Chapter 128: Chunin Exam, Begin!

The final exam time has arrived, the big figures from all sides have gathered in Konohagakure. This is an exam to showcase the strength of the country, and also an exam to bring glory to the ninja village. It is of extraordinary significance to ninjas from all countries.

The viewing stand at the top

"You're finally here, Kazekage-sama, you must be tired from your long journey to Konohagakure."

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled as he looked at the Kazekage and his two attendants who were slowly walking over.

"No, it's not too far, not tired."

The Kazekage said lightly.

He is not the real Kazekage, but Orochimaru who killed the Kazekage and replaced him. His words also came from the heart. It's not too far, because his laboratory is very close to Konohagakure, not tired, that's not tired from killing the Fourth Kazekage, because Jugo helped him fight before.

Although Jugo is here studying and practicing Senjutsu with Naruto, he has always been Orochimaru's man. And if Orochimaru wants to kill the Fourth Kazekage, he must be fully prepared. His previous choice was Kimimaro, but now Jugo has begun to control his own power, he doesn't want Kimimaro, whose body has just recovered, to participate in high-intensity combat.

So, Jugo replaced Kimimaro

The result was quite good, Jugo's super strong Senjutsu power is very fierce, almost single-handedly hammered the Fourth Kazekage into the ground, Orochimaru succeeded without much effort.

Afterwards, Jugo, who killed the Kazekage, even cautiously muttered to himself: 'It was so easy to kill, this can't be a sand clone, right? But I didn't feel any other presence, and the touch was very real, what's going on? Genjutsu?'

Now Jugo is really fierce, before he couldn't control the elemental force at all, he could only use the elemental force to rampage in his body and fight in monster form. But now it's different, he can directly use the thunder elemental force to strengthen his body, use the fire and wind elements to attack and so on, the overall strength has greatly improved.

It's like Jugo has a million dollars in cash, but he only knows how to hit people with money, hard hit, because there's enough money, hard hit also has a certain damage, just the damage is not high enough. But now, he has learned to control the elemental force, which is equivalent to learning to use money to buy weapons to fight, the weapon from money to guns and cannons, the damage increase is of course quite large.

...

"Compared to this, Hokage-sama seems to be quite old, have you considered finding a successor to take over the position of Hokage?" Orochimaru asked tentatively.

"Haha, of course, of course, the position of Hokage is too uncomfortable, I am already an old man, I also want to retire early. Recently, the newcomers in Konohagakure are quite strong, so I can retire with peace of mind." Sarutobi Hiruzen answered with a laugh.

"Oh, really?"

Orochimaru was a bit surprised, based on his previous understanding of the Third Hokage, this guy would normally stick to the position of Hokage for another five years, right?

Has the old man changed?

"Yes, yes, the young people in Konohagakure are now as strong as monsters, and they have forward-thinking ideas and the ability to think independently, I really like them." Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a smile.

"Really? That's scary~"

Orochimaru answered lightly.

Although his goal is to kill the Third Hokage, he has to admit that the strength of the current generation of Konohagakure Genin is indeed as strong as monsters. If these young people continue to grow, Konohagakure might have a chance to unify the entire ninja world.

That would be an unprecedented feat!

The First Hokage was very strong, and was revered as the God of Shinobi, but unfortunately, he was just a naive powerhouse. Although he created the concept of the village, which was a good idea, and successfully ushered in a new era.

However, he did not realize what the root of war was, what the core was, the basic composition of war is opposition, and opposition requires two opposing, or say, non-unified forces.

So, as long as Senju Hashirama unifies the ninja world, there will be no more wars in the entire ninja world. It's a pity that he only wanted to make his own village better, he didn't think so much, so far, he even wanted to balance the major villages by distributing the Tailed Beasts.

He succeeded, the Tailed Beasts became the capital of the countries' confrontation, he failed, the Tailed Beasts also became the weapons of the countries, weapons used to attack, making the war even more fierce.

But...

Naruto and the others are different, they have learned from the experiences and lessons of their predecessors, they will not repeat the mistakes of Senju Hashirama, they have abandoned their naivety, how far can they go? How interesting!

...

"Welcome all guests to watch the Chunin Exam jointly held by Konohagakure Village and Sunagakure Village. For this, I express my heartfelt thanks. Next, let the eight contestants who have passed the preliminary round proceed with the official selection match! Please look forward to it!" Sarutobi Hiruzen took the initiative to announce.

The audience was boiling

On the competition field, the examiner in charge of this exam is Yamashiro Aoba, a special Jonin with black long hair, wearing green sunglasses, dressed in a blue tight-fitting combat suit, and equipped with a green Jonin chain mail on the outside.

"Just like in the preliminary round, the rules of the competition are that there are no rules, fight until one side completely loses the ability to fight or voluntarily admits defeat, good luck everyone!" Yamashiro Aoba said with a smile.

The eight people in the field were already mentally prepared and didn't say anything. Among them, Naruto's gaze inadvertently drifted to the distance, in the direction of Konohagakure, and also the direction of the front desk.

He could sense that the Fourth Kazekage was Orochimaru, and today, there were a few more people in Konohagakure wearing black and red cloud Akatsuki robes. However, their aura was different from the two he had encountered before, they should be the companions of those two guys, they all had a lot of malice on them, coming to Konohagakure probably didn't have any good intentions.

Tsk, don't cause me trouble...

"The first match, Uzumaki Naruto versus Rock Lee, the participants stay, other contestants please return to the rest area to watch the match." Yamashiro Aoba continued.

"Hmph, win quickly."

Sasuke patted Naruto on the shoulder, a proud smile on his face.

"Well, I'll do my best."

Naruto laughed helplessly. If his opponent was someone he didn't know, or from another village, he might fight a little more openly, but when facing acquaintances from his own village, he had to try to save face for his own people. If he were to defeat them in one move, they might not be able to save face.

Moreover, Lee is a practitioner of Taijutsu, which is looked down upon by many people. If he is defeated by him now, won't there be more people looking down on him in the future? And this would also be a great blow to Lee himself.

Ino quietly made a cheering gesture, winked playfully, and followed along.

In this way, the other six people left the field, leaving only Naruto and Lee in the field, even Yamashiro Aoba, the referee, left the field.

This was the Hokage's order, he said, with Yamashiro Aoba's strength, he might be seriously injured, or even killed, by the aftermath of some Genin's fight, so he must keep a good distance.

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