However, on the day before the Chunin Exams, inside the residence of the Land of Grass in Konoha.
"My Lord, I have handled everything you ordered. Do you have any other tasks?"
At this moment, the Jonin leading the Land of Grass team was fawning over a ninja who was also wearing a Land of Grass forehead protector and Genin attire.
If someone from Konoha were here, they would be shocked, because this person fawning was the highest leader of the Land of Grass team this time.
But why would he be currying favor with a Genin?
"No action is needed for now. Wait for the exam to start. Just do your job well and don't give the game away."
The ninja in the Land of Grass Genin attire looked indifferent, not putting the nominal team leader opposite him in his eyes at all.
"Yes, My Lord!"
The Land of Grass leading Jonin said respectfully.
"Dismissed."
The Genin waved his hand impatiently, shooing the leading Jonin out.
"Hai!"
The leading Jonin knew better than to ask why and withdrew directly.
After the leading Jonin left, two figures walked out from the shadows. They were the other two examinees registered for the Land of Grass.
For a leading Jonin to be so respectful to a Genin was indeed a bit unusual.
"Lord Hirono, after several days of secret observation, that guy has been honest and hasn't had any disloyal thoughts."
One of the ninjas reported after days of tracking.
"Hmph, our mission was personally ordered by the Third Raikage, so there cannot be any mistakes. Be careful in everything. Once the news leaks, we might die without a burial place. We must be careful."
The ninja named Hirono opened his eyes, his expression very solemn.
However, a shocking truth came out of his mouth.
It turned out they weren't ninja from the Land of Grass at all, but ninja from the Hidden Cloud Village.
This starts from Konoha inviting various small countries to participate in the Chunin Exams and the battle in the Land of Whirlpools.
Ever since the Hidden Cloud Village's elite unit of a hundred men lost contact, the Third Raikage began investigating the matter. A hundred people disappearing for no reason; how could the Third Raikage not be cautious?
After getting the news, he immediately dispatched investigators to the Land of Whirlpools to gather information.
After the investigators entered the Land of Whirlpools, they were lucky enough to find some Hidden Cloud Village codes, and subsequently found those survivors, though there were only a few of them.
They were all heavily injured and had been holding on, waiting for rescue. Fortunately, they held on and waited for the support unit.
Then the support unit learned from the survivors why the elite unit of over a hundred men lost contact: the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki defeated them.
After obtaining the intelligence, the support unit immediately took those few survivors back to the Hidden Cloud Village for treatment and reported the events of that time in detail to the Third Raikage.
This was just great. A short while ago, he had suffered a small loss at the hands of Minato's trio, his son was beaten up, and the target they were supposed to snatch wasn't taken.
As a result, just a few days later, an elite unit of over a hundred men was wiped out by the other party in one breath.
This time, the Third Raikage exploded with rage right there.
He called all the think tanks and ninjas to discuss how to retaliate against Konoha.
Everyone knew the Third Raikage's temper. After suffering such a big loss, it would be strange if he didn't retaliate.
Especially considering the Third Raikage had already suffered a loss before.
After everyone's discussion, it happened to be the time when Konoha was inviting allied small ninja villages for the Chunin Exams.
The Hidden Cloud ninja knew that Konoha, as the victorious nation, wanted to show off its strength.
At that time, merchants and big shots would go to watch. For the sake of face, Konoha would definitely send the village's geniuses to participate.
Afterwards, the Hidden Cloud ninja went through a series of plans and finally came up with a proposal.
That was to send three ninjas with Jonin-level strength who were not famous in the ninja world and were not very old to Konoha to participate in the Chunin Exams.
Then, seizing the opportunity during the Chunin Exams, they would kill those genius Genin of Konoha cleanly.
In this way, they would both slap Konoha in the face and take revenge.
However, they couldn't participate through their own ninja village; they had to borrow the channels of those small ninja villages.
In the end, they chose the Hidden Grass Village.
They sent people to the Hidden Grass Village to use both coercion and bribery, making them write the list of participants for the Chunin Exams as the three people selected by the Cloud. They also promised the Hidden Grass Village that after the matter was done, they would give them some precious ninjutsu.
Then the leader of the Hidden Grass Village spinelessly sold out Konoha.
Of course, the people of the Hidden Grass Village didn't know who the other party was or what they were going to do. They also knew there were some things they shouldn't know; as long as there were benefits to be gained, it was fine.
As a small ninja village, what they lacked most was ninjutsu. Someone was giving them ninjutsu, and the requested matter was just a lifting of a hand, so they agreed to the request immediately.
As the three people in this operation, led by Hirono, he was an Elite Jonin in his twenties, but his unique characteristic was that he looked young.
Yes, he looked young. Outwardly, he looked about 18 or 19 years old. In small ninja villages, Genin of this age were everywhere.
The other two Jonin-level ninjas also looked relatively young; their real age and appearance did not match.
Like this, the leader of the Hidden Grass Village operated fiercely, replacing the three people with people from his ninja village. Even if someone investigated, they would only find that these three people were indeed from the Hidden Grass Village.
Of course, as a deposit, the Hidden Cloud Village also gave the Hidden Grass Village a C-Rank Ninjutsu, stating that only after the mission was completed would they give a B-Rank Ninjutsu.
Having tasted the sweetness, the Hidden Grass Village immediately treated them like ancestors.
From this, it can be seen how much capital the Third Raikage invested for revenge.
A C-Rank Ninjutsu is fine, but a B-Rank Ninjutsu is basically qualified to be in the village's confidential archives.
Of course, Hirono didn't fully trust the people of the Hidden Grass Village.
After all, what they were playing with now was heart-stopping. If the people of the Hidden Grass Village sold them out, not only would a C-Rank Ninjutsu be lost in vain, but they would also fall into an abyss.
So there had always been someone monitoring every move of this leading teacher. Not only that, but the Hidden Cloud Village even sent people to monitor the Hidden Grass Village side, fearing that they would pass the news to Konoha.
At that time, relying on Konoha's ability, they would definitely be able to find out that the Hidden Cloud Village did it.
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