Chapter 82 [The Third Qualifying Match]

Did the Sand Ninja's trump card make him so confident?

The third generation vaguely felt something was wrong, but he did not immediately guess in Orochimaru's direction.

Of the six ninja villages participating in the Konoha Chuunin Exam this time, he felt that the most problematic was the Sound Ninja Village—a village that had appeared out of nowhere in recent years.

As for Sand Ninja Village...

As long as Kazekage Rasa's mind is normal, it is unlikely that he will start a fight with Konoha.

Although Konoha has experienced a series of bad things such as the sacrifice of the fourth Hokage, the Nine-Tails Rebellion, the genocide of the Uchiha, and even the Sannin defected and wandered around, the top combat power in the village has plummeted. .

But the Sand Ninja Village of Rasa is not much better. It has poor resources and serious internal struggles. Even the Sand Ninja hero Yekura can be sent out as a sacrifice. The high-end combat power in the Sand Ninja Village is also scarce, and Sarutobi even doubts it. , if Luo Sha dies, will there be a serious successor in Sand Ninja Village...

When the two brothers were compared, Sarutobi felt that Konoha was still stronger.

In addition, the mutual alliance between the two countries is not an empty talk. The business exchanges between the two countries have been very frequent since the Third Shinobi War. The Suna Ninja relied on magnetic release to make money, and Konoha had resources. In peacetime, the cooperation between the two countries was certain.

Sarutobi couldn't think of a reason why Suna Ninja Village would trouble them. It was just that they had trained a genin who could fight, and wanted to show it off in the chunin exams and obtain resources for future missions.

Thinking of this, Sarutobi nodded slightly, agreeing with Kazekage's suggestion and decided that the preliminaries would be displayed in front of the public.

But soon, Feng Ying added: "Was the disappearance of the surveillance in the Death Forest just now caused by that child on your side?"

He pointed at Rock on the surveillance camera.

The ANBU's investigation just now has produced results. It was indeed Rock who was responsible for attacking a powerful Kusanagi.

There must be something wrong with the grass ninja, but nothing has been found so far.

"The child is ignorant and is just playing around." Sarutobi said calmly.

"Are you kidding? This kid is so strong and can participate in the competition alone..." Feng Ying suddenly showed a look of surprise: "Could it be that... he is your beloved disciple?"

Sarutobi thought about it, the qualifiers would be announced later, and not long ago Yamato reported that Danzo was secretly approaching Rock. Maybe this was a good opportunity to announce Rock's position, which would just put an end to Danzo's ambitions...

"Yes, he is my close disciple." Sarutobi said with a smile.

"The closed disciple... he must be excellent, right?"

"Of course, he is the most outstanding child I have ever seen!"

"The best..."

Sarutobi thought for a while and felt that he could add another sentence to add some weight: "Yes, I even considered adopting the psychic beast Saru Demon to him..."

It's not impossible to adopt an adopted child. Anyway, Rock doesn't have a surname now and he's not a bad person. When the time comes to marry a girl from the Sarutobi family, she will become one of his own, and the ninja beast passed down from the Sarutobi family can be considered.

But these were all just words, Sarutobi smiled. Sometimes it was just an attitude and stance, but it wasn't really given. Luo Sha should be able to understand what he meant.

But Feng Ying Luo Sha remained silent.

"Is it because this child has some kind of blood inheritance limit?" he said suddenly.

Sarutobi:? ! !

Immediately afterwards, Kazekage continued to ask: "Do you even think that blood successor ninjas are better than ordinary people?"

His attitude was respectful, as if he was asking the teacher about his philosophy on life.

You ask me this? I'm not a bloody ninja!

The other party poked Sarutobi's sore spot.

But Sarutobi then thought about it and thought that Kazekage Rasa was famous in the ninja world for his magnetic escape.

In the Third Ninja War that year, his disciple Orochimaru was responsible for facing off against the young Rasa. At that time, Rasa's magnetic escape on the front line of the Sand Ninja Village really gave Orochimaru a headache.

So the other party is flattering himself?

Oh, the pride of a poor small village.

Sarutobi believed that he had a good temper and was not as knowledgeable as Rasa, so he adhered to the concept of political mutual bragging and praised: "The blood successor ninja is indeed much stronger than ordinary ninjas innately."

"There are even some geniuses, but at a young age they can catch up with the older generation of ninjas by relying on the blood inheritance limit." Sarutobi compared himself to Rasa.

"..."

Feng Ying said nothing.

"But sometimes, there will be some juniors that I have watched grow up, and they will step on the head of the old ninja just because they have the limit of blood inheritance. Hahaha!" Sarutobi relied on his old age to take the opportunity to hit the Kazekage.

"..."

The Kazekage remained silent.

"But! Kazekage, you are still very good." Sarutobi continued to rely on his old age and indulged in memories: "I remember that my incompetent disciple Orochimaru always lost to you on the battlefield!"

You are worthy of fighting my disciple, so speak to me honestly!

"What the hell..." Kazekage finally couldn't help it anymore: "It's just a matter of victory and defeat! Your disciple Orochimaru gave me a lot of headaches at the beginning, and I just lost more than I won."

"Hey! No matter what, I'm far inferior to you!"

"No, no, no, there will be a winner and loser!"

"Hey, I'm far inferior to you!"

"..."

Feng Ying finally gave up the argument. He took a deep breath, his attitude finally became respectful, and he shouted clearly.

"The Third Hokage, you are right."

Sarutobi nodded, and he smiled happily. Sure enough, ginger is still hot with age.

The Kazekage pondered for a moment and suddenly said, "Third Hokage, you mentioned the three battles just now, so why not change this preliminaries to a competition between teams?"

"Just to see how good the teamwork ability of the ninjas of our two countries is."

Team?

Among all the teams in this session, only Rock is alone. If it is changed to a team system...

Is Rock going to fight three alone...

So you are waiting for me here? Want to embarrass the Hokage's closed disciple?

Then you underestimate the Wood Release Ninja!

Sarutobi smiled again, and he readily agreed.

...

The second Death Forest exam is over.

Including Rock and Kabuto Yakushi, a total of 22 candidates passed the exam, and the third preliminaries will be held a week later, and Konoha will hold the competition with great fanfare.

At that time, Konoha's nobles, daimyo, and the middle and lower ninjas in the village will be eligible to watch the game.

Although the top fighters in the village are not as many as in the past, the economic level and living standards of Konoha are indeed much higher than before, especially during the Chunin Exam period, cross-border merchants from various countries come and go in an endless stream, pushing the popularity of the Chunin Exam to a new climax.

"Fortunately, I didn't meet Rock."

"Otogakure... Does anyone know them?"

The little strong men of Konoha are looking at the schedule.

"The schedule is out, Rock!" Naruto was very excited. This time his name was also known by others along with the list of contestants.

He is one step closer to gaining everyone's recognition.

Rock took the schedule and took a rough look. This time, even Kabuto Yakushi did not withdraw from the competition, but continued to participate in the competition honestly.