Chapter 291 Chunin Joint Examination

"Stop, Asuma!"

Asuma exerted force with one hand, his expression ferocious.

Almost, just a little bit!

As long as he exerted a little more force, the shuriken would be able to penetrate Luke's chest directly.

At that time, Hong would still be his!

"Are you crazy, Asuma!"

Feeling Asuma's increasing strength, the Sandaime Hokage's face changed slightly.

He was already here, did Asuma still want to do something dirty?

"Old man, let me go!"

Asuma's face flushed.

His reaction made the Sandaime Hokage look a little disappointed.

Then, several Anbu joined forces to suppress Asuma.

Luke realized that he was attacked as if he had just woken up from a dream.

Yuhi Kurenai stood in front of him, holding Luke tightly with one hand.

Just a little bit, Asuma could have come to rip his heart out.

The body of an ordinary person is like a fragile cardboard to a ninja.

A casual poke can kill countless civilians.

Even a child who has not graduated from the ninja school, with the blessing of chakra, can easily kill an adult man even if he can't use ninjutsu.

Not to mention elite jonin like Asuma.

As long as he wipes it with a shuriken, Luke should be carried to the crematorium on the spot. Even Tsunade Senju will say that there is no hope.

"Let me go! Let me go."

Asuma's eyes turned red and he struggled hard. Several Anbu almost overwhelmed him.

Yuhi Kurenai looked alert.

It was because she was not prepared just now. Now that she has reacted, she must not let Luke get hurt.

The third Hokage sighed in his heart.

He could see that Asuma's current state was problematic.

Although Asuma's personality was indeed more reckless, it was not to the point where he was willing to kill people in the street for a woman.

As a ninja who believed in the will of fire, Asuma's code of conduct was generally biased towards goodness.

He might be unwilling and jealous of Luke.

But he would never kill him, or even attack Luke.

So, is it an illusion?

Thinking of the urgent report from the Anbu, the Sandaime Hokage narrowed his eyes and raised his hand to perform a sealing technique.

Directly blocking the flow of chakra in Asuma's body.

The looming red magatama in the depths of Asuma's eyes disappeared.

He fell to the ground, but was supported by several Anbu ninjas.

"Take him back."

The Sandaime Hokage's voice was a little cold.

Sure enough, it was the influence of the illusion.

"Sandaime Hokage, I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation!"

Before he could think about who was behind it.

Luke asked with sharp eyes.

The Sandaime Hokage suddenly felt a headache.

Even if he explained to Luke now, it was because Asuma was confused by an illusion, so he did this.

Luke would never believe it.

Ordinary people are not like ninjas, who can see the traces of illusions.

Luke, who has no chakra, will only think that this is just a reason that the Third Hokage wants to protect his son and forcefully explains it.

Luke can't admit it.

The Third Hokage can't watch his son go to jail.

If he carries such a stigma, let alone succeeding the position of Hokage in the future, even after his injuries are healed, it is a problem whether there are nobles willing to let him take tasks.

A ninja with a reputation problem is no different from a wandering ninja outside the village.

Whether it is the former or the latter, they can't get a serious task.

The Third Hokage obviously doesn't want to see this scene happen.

No matter how big a mistake Asuma made, he is still his son.

So, looking at Luke who rarely shows anger.

The Third Hokage squeezed out a wrinkled smile on his face.

For the sake of his child, he should be humble.

Moreover, if he loses some face now, there will be plenty of opportunities to get it back later.

"Mr. Luke, Asuma..."

How the matter was handled afterwards, the ninjas and civilians in Konoha Village did not know the follow-up.

The witnesses at the scene only saw the Hokage smiling and leading Luke and Kurenai into the Hokage building.

The few people discussed in the Hokage's office for a long time.

Finally, Luke smiled and took Kurenai out of the Hokage's office.

Some projects in the village were also urgently cut.

Although Konoha Village is supported by the daimyo and nobles, it does not mean that Konoha has no economic achievements.

Each ninja clan has its own industry, and each department of Konoha can also generate a certain profit in peacetime.

The third Hokage said that it was acceptable to set aside a part of it for apology.

Of course, Asuma's mistakes will still be punished.

It's just that the guilt in this regard will not be recorded or reported to the daimyo.

They reached an agreement.

An agreement that would satisfy Luke and make the third Hokage feel a little sad.

These things were originally going to be sent to the Sarutobi family.

His "Three Thousand Sarutobi Army" requires a lot of resources to train.

The Third Hokage was in great pain.

However, the only thing to be thankful for was that his son's "pure and innocent" record was finally preserved.

After this incident, the atmosphere in Konoha Village became strange.

It happened to be the Chunin Joint Exam at this time, and ninjas from various villages were active in Konoha.

In order to prevent any problems from happening again, the Third Hokage has increased the supervision of ninjas from each village.

Now, if a ninja from another village bumps into someone from this village, the Anbu will come out to "ask" whether this person wants to attack the top leaders of Konoha?

Genin from the Hidden Rain Village:?

Me, attacking the top leaders of Konoha?

Let's not talk about whether I have the courage and strength to do so. How can he be a top leader of Konoha as a civilian wearing rough leather and linen clothes?

Which ninja village's top leader can be knocked to the ground by a Genin?

I don't know how many complaints the ninjas from other villages want to say in their hearts.

But looking at the ferocious Konoha Anbu, one by one, they can only choose to apologize humbly from the heart.

This is just the relatively gentle attitude of the Anbu.

Some are too much. Even the evil Uchiha has to say that it is still the Anbu.

The red pandas in the Hidden Sand Village are almost angry and release the tailed beasts these days.

If it weren't for the eager eyes of the Konoha Sealing Squad, and the desperate push from his brother and sister, Shukaku would have jumped out to join in the fun.

"Hey, the guy with the gourd on his back, is your gourd filled with wine?"

The drunken businessman asked carelessly.

Gaara's veins bulged, and his murderous intent shone through his body.

The eyes of the Sealing Squad hidden in the dark were brightened, are they here to work?

Because the Sandaime Hokage strengthened the vigilance, the Sealing Squad, who usually eat dry food, were pulled here to perform the mission.

The seal of the Nine-Tails is extremely strong, and Naruto has only rioted a few times in the past ten years of his growth.

And it only penetrated some of the tailed beast's chakra.

The Sealing Squad only needs to slightly reinforce the Four Symbols Seal and it will be fine.

Even if a large amount of tailed beast chakra leaked from the seal in Naruto's body, they would not be needed, and the Sandaime Hokage would carry the Five Elements Seal himself.

Don't think that the Ninjutsu Doctor is not good at sealing techniques.

Jiraiya could learn the sealing technique, so naturally, as a teacher, his level of sealing technique was not much worse.

However, this also led to a problem.

When the seal really needed to be reinforced, the sealing class could not do it, and when the sealing class could do it, the sealing of the tailed beast did not require them to do it.

Therefore, the sealing class established by Konoha specifically for the tailed beast has gradually evolved into an idle department.

The main work on weekdays is not to pay attention to the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but to deal with various sealing objects brought back by the ninjas in the village.

The origin of the sealing technique is quite long.

In the past, many people used sealing techniques to seal various demons and ghosts, or things with strange powers.

A small part of these things are useful, and most of them are harmful.

So they are generally handed over to the sealing class for processing.

The current work of their department is a bit like "collecting waste".

In addition to identification, the sealing class does not have any other additional work.

This also led to the fact that they have clearly trained a lot of skills, but they are useless.

But, right now, their Sealing Team finally came to life.

A real "work"!

The idiots from the Sand Village sent the One-Tail Jinchuriki here.

In name, they were participating in the Chunin Joint Exam, but in reality, they probably wanted to kill Konoha's genius ninja.

After all, even for a shadow, it would be quite difficult to face the tailed beasts.

Not to mention Konoha's Genin.

Even if there really were one or two genius ninjas like Kakashi who could have the strength of a Jonin at the age of twelve.

Facing monsters of the level of the tailed beasts, they would still be powerless.

It would be just right for Gaara to catch them all at once.

The casualties in the Chunin Joint Exam were all borne by the ninja villages and the ninjas themselves.

If they died, they died.

It only showed that they were not strong enough.

Neither the organizers nor the participants would start a war for this.

Originally, the Third Hokage had a headache about how to deal with this guy. He couldn't let the Nine-Tail out and fight the One-Tail alone, right?

Let’s not talk about whether the two tailed beasts will be a win-win situation as he thought. If they really fight, Konoha will suffer no matter what.

Back then, one Nine-Tail cost the Fourth Hokage his life.

Two?

I’m afraid the Third Hokage’s soul will be sucked away.

In order to prevent the tailed beasts from attacking the village and the Hokage from being killed again, the Third Hokage specifically ordered the sealing team to keep a close eye on the One-Tail Jinchūriki.

As long as he makes a slight move, everyone will rush forward and let the One-Tail Shukaku feel the charm of the sealing technique on the spot.

This is not their first move, but your Jinchūriki couldn’t help it.

Konoha is just for "self-protection".

The Sand Village is located in the desert, with scarce resources and a remote area, so naturally it can’t cultivate any ninjas who are proficient in sealing techniques.

The tailed beast seal on Gaara was something that the Sand Village pieced together.

It was a miracle that the One-Tail was sealed instead of bursting Gaara directly.

But it’s okay. As the leader of the Konoha Sealing Squad, who has studied the sealing technique for many years and whose ancestors even married the Uzumaki clan, said:

You can go crazy, but if the One-Tail can be half-tailed, the Sealing Squad will kneel down and apologize.

They can’t wait to "reinforce" the seal on Gaara.

You Sand Village won’t do it, but we will!

We will definitely help you with this!

Once the Shukaku in Gaara’s body is reinforced by the group of crazy people in Konoha, Gaara’s combat effectiveness will undoubtedly decline significantly.

It may be possible to crush ordinary genin, but if you want to achieve the level expected in the plan, it is undoubtedly not possible at all.

Even whether this plan can continue is a question.

Noticed the "enthusiastic" looks from several people.

Kankuro's scalp was numb and he hurried forward.

"Gaara, the first exam is about to begin."

"Yes, yes, if we don't go, we will be too late, and we may be disqualified from the exam by Konoha."

Temari also echoed.

Don't go crazy! Don't go crazy!

For Sunagakure Village, and for Gaara himself.

Be sure to hold back at this time.

The sand flowed, and the strong murderous aura made the drunken businessman shiver.

It's broad daylight, why is there still cold wind blowing?

The businessman looked up in confusion.

But in the end, in the disappointed eyes of Konoha's sealing team and the expectant eyes of Temari and Kankuro, Gaara's sand flowed back into the gourd.

"Walk!"

This word popped out of Gaara's mouth.

With a cold face, he walked straight to the examination room.

If it hadn't been for the fact that Captain Markey had told him several times to hold back for the time being, everything would have been to complete the plan.

Otherwise, he would have...

Gaara became excited, and his unconscious murderous intention was released again.

Kankuro and Temari's bodies froze again.

But fortunately, it was only releasing murderous intent, and no sand flowed out from the surface of Gaara's body.

This made Temari and the two men relax.

Ignoring the disappointed Sealing Class members, they hurried to follow Gaara.

The three-person team quickly rushed to the test site for the first round of the Chuunin Joint Examination.

However, several people did not notice a beautiful "woman" standing in the shade.

The "woman" was holding a paper umbrella and hiding in the shadows, looking like a commoner taking refuge in the summer heat.

But after confirming that no one was around to notice her, the "woman" disappeared instantly.

Like a ghost.

If Kakashi were here, he would probably recognize the true identity of the "woman" at a glance.

After all, he died by his own hands.

"Zabuza-sama, you should be careful, we can't appear under the sun yet."

Bai was a little helpless.

Ever since Zabuza-sama regained his consciousness, they have been assigned tasks by that adult to spy on some people.

Although being "alive" again is indeed something worth celebrating.

But Zabuza-sama was a little too excited.

Every time I go out, I get burned by the sun accidentally.

"It's just a small injury."

Zabuza's expression remained unchanged.

The newborn soul body is indeed fragile and cannot even face the sun directly.

But this is also to better collect intelligence.

Moreover, this burning sensation can better train the soul body and make the soul body more solid. This is what the adult said personally.

In the misty purple mist space, Zabuza sat cross-legged on the ground, with wisps of purple air floating over, constantly repairing his "injuries".

Bai sighed slightly.

Ever since Zabuza-sama woke up, his whole person seemed to have changed a lot.

I always felt like Zabuza-sama had misunderstood something. (End of chapter)