Naruto: I am Ninja World Ghost Story, who are you?

Xiao Nan, who was eavesdropping, had her pupils shrink.

Tsunade?!

That's a powerful ninja who was one of the Legendary Sannin alongside Jiraiya, and a key figure in Konoha's power structure. Why would he fawn over a mere Uchiha kid?!

As expected! Zetsu's information was correct; something strange had indeed happened to the Uchiha clan.

Konan secretly memorized this information, while out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Uchiha Bufan's face.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's time for the first round of the Chunin Exams: the written test.

The candidates walked towards a teaching building of the Ninja Academy. The examination room was already filled with many candidates.

"Looks like there are quite a few people taking the Chunin Exams this year." The girl who spoke had short black hair, wore super short shorts, was only twelve years old, and was already over 1.5 meters tall. Underneath the shorts were a pair of long, slender, and fair legs.

"No matter what, we must get the Chunin rank. We can't let the other villages look down on us," said the short Akatsuchi.

"Okay, Senior Brother." Heitu pouted.

Meanwhile, another team member, a twelve-year-old girl named Lie, remained silent, simply sitting quietly in her seat.

At this moment, all the candidates in the classroom had arrived.

Konoha has five teams, including ninjas from the Uchiha clan.

Nawaki also participated in the exam at the request of Tsunade and Tobirama.

Although Nawaki was killed by the explosive tags, his actual strength was higher than that of a genin of this era. Therefore, in order to increase the number of chunin slots available for the village, Nawaki had no choice but to participate.

Moreover, Nawaki's team consisted of two Chunin aged fifteen or sixteen.

One is from the Nara clan, and the other is from the Hyuga branch family.

They had assumed that Sunagakure was not planning to send a team, but just as the list was about to be completed, they received the list and a letter from the other party.

The Sand Village sent two teams and a Jonin as representatives.

Therefore, now there are forty-seven teams in total, including all the candidates, the remaining village teams, and the two Konoha teams that provide answers to other ninjas.

That is, 141 candidates.

The moment all the candidates arrived, the ninjas in charge of proctoring and the ninjas of the chief examiner were also in place.

"Quiet!"

"I am Ibiki Morino..."

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Outside the Uchiha clan's territory.

Numerous ninjas from other villages were observing the situation within the Uchiha clan's territory.

"According to the intelligence we have obtained, the Uchiha clan was likely wiped out."

Upon hearing Huang Tu's words, another Jonin from Iwagakure said, "But the Uchiha clan seems to be safe and sound right now, it doesn't look like they've been wiped out at all! Could it be that those people are just making things up?"

Huang Tu shook his head: "Didn't you notice that there haven't been any Uchiha clan members in Konoha Village these past two days?"

"This alone is enough to show that there is something strange about the Uchiha clan."

"Should we go and test them?" asked a Jonin from Iwagakure.

"No!" Huang Tu smiled sinisterly, looking at other places outside the Uchiha clan's territory where they could hide: "We're not the only ninjas who used clones to explore."

"Furthermore, the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, Kakashi Hatake, and the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, also solemnly warned us that if we actively contacted the Uchiha and any deaths occurred, they would not be held responsible. We also signed a relevant agreement."

"Therefore, it is a good thing to let ninjas from other villages test the waters."

On the other side, Konan's paper clone was alone on a tree trunk in a forest, observing the situation within the Uchiha clan from a high vantage point. Just as Huang Tu had said, she was also observing, but dared not enter. Meanwhile, her real body was in a monitoring room within the village, observing the examinees' situation together with Tobirama Senju, who represented Konoha.

Currently, besides the two, there are several other forces surrounding the Uchiha clan's territory.

Kirigakure Village, the shadow clones of Ao and Kitamura Matsu.

Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village), shadow clones of two Jonin.

as well as...

Chapter 29 Become the Village's Dog!

Representative of Otogakure Village.

The representative of the Sound Village was a pale-skinned, long-haired man wearing green armor representing a Jonin, who was intently watching the situation within the Uchiha clan.

"Sbarasi!"

"I never expected that something like this would happen to the Uchiha clan after Itachi massacred them."

"As expected, the power of the Uchiha clan is the strongest."

This person is none other than Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin.

Not long after Itachi Uchiha completed his mission to assassinate the nobles in the Land of Water, he became Itachi's partner and launched an attack on Itachi Uchiha immediately.

Of course, the result was that they were defeated instantly.

This has made him particularly interested in the power of the Uchiha clan.

Danzo, who intended to contact Root, learned from the spies left behind in the village that Root was gone.

It is now renamed the Anbu Training Department and is managed by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Furthermore, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, who had died, reappeared in Konoha Village, and the Fifth Hokage was elected.

It was Kakashi, the same Kakashi he looked down on.

Most importantly, before these events occurred, Konoha had also experienced the funerals of the three elders and the serious injuries and hospitalizations of the Third Hokage and the Second Hokage.

Everything points to the 'resurrected Uchiha'.

This inevitably piqued Orochimaru's interest.

Therefore, the Chunin Exams held by Konoha Village this time is the best opportunity to get close to the Uchiha clan's territory.

With Orochimaru's Kage-level strength, he naturally sensed many ninjas hidden in the surrounding jungle and underground.

"Nobody dares to test the waters, is that it?"

"Then let me do it."

Orochimaru spat out a set of Konoha Anbu uniforms. After putting them on, he transformed into a Konoha Anbu member, jumped down from the top of a tree trunk, and openly headed towards the Uchiha clan's territory.

"coming."

Everyone spotted the figure immediately, but when they saw that it was a member of the 'Konoha Anbu' and there was no chakra fluctuation on its body, and it was likely real, everyone couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"Tch, I thought someone would be willing to test the waters," the loess muttered from underground.

In the woods, Konan saw the 'Konoha Anbu' and couldn't help but sigh, "I thought someone was testing the waters for me..."

But the next second, she couldn't help but frown. She sensed a threat from that 'dark guard'.

wrong!

That's not a normal dark area.

Meanwhile, Ao from Kirigakure used his Byakugan to see through the true identity of the 'Anbu'.

"That appearance... it's Orochimaru, the S-rank rogue ninja from Konoha!"

"What?!" Kitamura Matsu's tone couldn't help but show a hint of surprise.

Outside the clan's territory, members of the Uchiha Security Force stood at attention, guarding the gate.

Under orders from the clan, many ninjas from other villages will be coming to Konoha to participate in the Chunin Exams in the next few days. As members of the Uchiha clan, they must protect the reputation of the Uchiha.

Upon seeing the arrival of the 'Konoha Anbu', the security personnel guarding the gate immediately shouted, "Halt!"

Orochimaru, pretending to be an Anbu member, slightly raised his hand and said in a high-pitched voice, "I am an Anbu ninja sent by the Hokage. I have business with Chief Fugaku."

Upon hearing this, the security personnel scratched their heads in confusion. "What does the Hokage want you to see Chief Fugaku for?"

Orochimaru said, "Well... naturally, I have important information to inform Chief Fugaku."

But the security personnel weren't having any of it: "Excuse me, but recently there have been a lot of ninjas from other villages coming to our village, so we have to check your identity."

Orochimaru thought to himself that this group was no different from the Uchiha clan of the past, but he still smiled and said, "Of course."

"My code name is Pigeon. I was a member of the ANBU team that was once in charge of the Fifth Hokage, Kakashi."

The security guard waved his hand: "I didn't ask for your code name, I asked you to take off your mask."

Orochimaru:?

Even the Anbu don't need to check this when they enter the village. You Uchiha are giving special treatment, aren't you?

After a moment of silence, Orochimaru explained again: "The information on the members of the Anbu is kept secret, and their faces are even more confidential information."

"As members of the Uchiha clan, don't you know?"

"We don't care about that." One member of the security department activated his double-tomoe Sharingan, and another member did the same, gripping a kunai.

Orochimaru was silent for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Hehehe—"

"Since that's the case, then don't blame me."

"Latent Shadow Snake Hand!"

"A snake?! Oh no! Fire Release... Ah!"

Before the two Uchiha Chunin could react, they were entangled by several large white pythons that Orochimaru extended.

A Chunin from the Security Department, entangled in mid-air by a swarm of white snakes, struggled desperately, saying, "This technique... if I remember correctly... is only used by the village's female ninja named Mitarashi Anko... and also by Orochimaru, Anko's mentor, who is an S-rank rogue ninja!"

"Orochimaru! How dare you return to Konoha and attack the Uchiha clan's territory!" another Chunin from the Security Department gritted his teeth and said.

"Hehehe, I'm quite interested in you all." Orochimaru removed his disguise, stepped forward, and then slashed the neck of one of the Uchiha ninjas, blood gushing out the next second.

"Ayata!"

"Damn Orochimaru!! We Uchiha will not let you get away with this."

Feeling the heat in his blood, Orochimaru couldn't help but lick his lips: "Wow, this is exactly like a real person."

"If I hadn't received the information, I might have thought you were really Uchiha."

"But now it seems that you are no different from the real Uchiha."

Orochimaru ignored the 'dead Uchiha Chunin', tossed it to the ground with disdain, and looked at the other guard.

Just as his hand was about to reach the Chunin, intending to break his neck for the next experiment, a short sword of the Anbu style suddenly appeared in front of Orochimaru, severing his right hand before he could retract it.

At the same time, the swarm of white snakes that had been coiled around the 'living' Uchiha Chunin was also dealt with by the arriving Uchiha ninja.

Orochimaru clutched his right arm and looked at the newcomer. The next moment, his pupils widened involuntarily.

"Orochimaru! I didn't expect that the first thing you did upon returning to Konoha was to attack the village's ninjas..." It was 'Uchiha Itachi' dressed in ANBU uniform.

He was on his way to work in the village when he saw this scene at the door and immediately stepped in to help.

"Itachi, be careful. I'm going to find other ninjas in the clan."

"Yes!" Itachi Uchiha nodded slightly.

But in just a moment, the 'corpse' of the Uchiha Chunin on the ground disappeared, and even the blood disappeared.

Orochimaru became even more curious upon seeing this, as he had just collected several drops of the other party's blood, which had now vanished.

Orochimaru dared not underestimate his opponent. He opened his mouth wide and crawled out. His right arm had been restored, and he was covered in a strange liquid. He spoke:

"Itachi-kun, long time no see."

Itachi Uchiha stared with his three-tomoe Sharingan, "It has indeed been a long time, but I didn't expect Lord Orochimaru to give the Uchiha such a surprise as soon as he returned. Truly..."

"May I ask you, do you know what I just did?" Orochimaru began to probe.

Itachi Uchiha frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "As an S-rank rogue ninja, you appeared on the outskirts of Konoha without authorization and maliciously attacked the Uchiha clan's territory."

"As a member of the secret service, it's only natural that I have to take action to eliminate you."

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru immediately understood that this 'Uchiha Itachi' was definitely not the one from the Akatsuki organization, but rather a product of the 'resurrected Uchiha'.

From the conversation, it's clear that this 'Itachi-kun' doesn't remember the corpse's memories.

This means that an invisible force erased his memory.