However, on the day before the Chunin Exams, inside a 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 fawning man was the highest leader of the Land of Grass team for this event.
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 spoke respectfully.
"Dismissed."
The Genin waved his hand impatiently, shooing the leading Jonin out.
"Yes!"
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 mission was successful, 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.
Chapter 117: Kushina Freaks Out
So now, every day their nerves were tight, and they had to be careful, careful, and careful again about everything.
They were afraid that a slight mistake would lead to their deaths.
One must know that they were currently in Konoha's base camp. If their identities were exposed, the hope of escaping was less than one percent.
Especially given that the Space-Time Ninjutsu user, Minato Namikaze, was also in the village.
If they ran into him, the probability of escape was zero.
Late at night, after discussing some details, the three dispersed.
Since they didn't know how Konoha would conduct the exam, they could only take it one step at a time.
The next day, the first stage of the Chunin Exams officially arrived.
The location of the first exam was known to all; it was the Konoha Ninja Academy.
So, rarely, the Ninja Academy had a day off today.
For this Chunin Exam, not only people from Konoha but also quite a few people from outside the village came.
There were about 54 people from Konoha, and together with those from outside the village, there were almost 30 people.
This was the limit of what they could do.
After all, it had only been a few years since the end of the Second Great Ninja War. The villages were all recuperating, and gathering so many people wasn't easy.
In a huge lecture hall, people from various ninja villages were in their seats observing their surroundings, checking to see who was worth noting.
However, when Kushina walked in leading Nawaki, Shibi, and Shikaku, half of the Konoha candidates' expressions changed.
Because they were all figures who had once been dominated by Kushina.
Of course, they wouldn't tell others that a certain human-shaped female T-Rex was terrifying; this was their exclusive intelligence.
Wait, if the Red Hot Habanero is participating in the Chunin Exams, isn't that just bullying?
It seems they would have to avoid these few people in the upcoming exams.
As an Elite Jonin, Hirono instantly discovered the issue. As those few people entered, the expressions of half the people from Konoha changed.
So he couldn't help but secretly memorize the faces of Kushina and her group, marking them as priority targets for the execution of the plan.
However, he had no idea that this red-haired girl was the culprit who caused the destruction of his village's hundred-man elite unit.
The Hidden Cloud Village hadn't told him this intelligence; back then, it was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
He didn't know Kushina's specific situation at all.
But how could the people of the Hidden Cloud Village guess that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was merely a Genin and, out of a prankster mentality, actually participated in this Chunin Exam?
Unfortunately, Hirono included Kushina as a key target. Truly, man proposes, God disposes. His life was like a table full of cups—nothing but tragedies.
Soon, all the candidates were present, and the atmosphere at the scene was solemn to the extreme.
Everyone was guarding against the people next to them. Anyway, apart from teammates, everyone around was an enemy, even people from the same village.
Soon the proctor arrived. Simply put, the first exam was an intelligence-gathering test.
But the proctor wouldn't say it; the candidates needed to realize it themselves.
The explicit method was a written test.
After the proctor explained a heap of rules, the test papers were distributed.
When the candidates saw that the first written test was such a simple assessment, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
It turned out to be just a written test. It was so simple. No fighting and killing required; that couldn't be better.
However, there was one person present whose heart collapsed. She would rather fight and kill than take an exam.
That was Kushina. For someone who liked to use her fists, a written test was hell. She didn't even take a written test for her graduation exam. Why did a Chunin Exam have a written test? Why not just ascend to the heavens?
When the test paper was placed in front of Kushina, she glanced at it casually, then lay on the table with a look of despair.
Because she found that the things on it were like a celestial book. She recognized every single character individually, but put together? Sorry, I don't know you; I only know myself.
Damn it, could it be that I, the heroine Kushina, will be eliminated in the first round of the Chunin Exams?
Being pointed at by people in the future, with a group of people saying, "Look, that's the Genin who couldn't even pass the written test. Konoha's shame."
No way, absolutely not, I'd rather die! If this gets out, how embarrassing would that be?
Kushina was starting to freak out.
Uh, it has to be said, Kushina's imagination broke through the horizon; everything was just her delusion.
Unwilling to be eliminated like this, Kushina decided to launch a sneak attack. Her eyes secretly glanced at the proctor.
Hmm, he's not watching. That's best. Let's see if anyone is writing, and copy it later.
Kushina looked left and right, finally identifying a target, preparing to copy.
But just as she stuck her head out intending to peek, a kunai flew past her head and embedded itself into the desk behind her.
"Number 23 is disqualified. Teammates Number 46 and Number 69 are also disqualified. Please leave the exam hall."
The proctor said expressionlessly.
"On what grounds? I didn't do anything!"
Candidate Number 23 was unconvinced.
"I have records of your five attempts at cheating here. Do you need to check?"
The proctor raised the notebook in his hand.
Candidate Number 23 instantly fell silent and walked out of the exam hall silently. However, the unwilling expression on his face showed he was feeling terrible.
As soon as he went out, his two companions blamed him. It was all his fault for failing to cheat that caused them to lose their exam qualifications too.
This made him even more withdrawn.
Kushina jumped in fright when the kunai flew over. She thought she was about to be caught cheating.
As it turned out, she realized it wasn't her.
Now Kushina bristled with anger. If you catch a cheater, catch the cheater. Why throw a kunai? And throwing a kunai right past her head? Her poor little heart, which was already panicking, was scared stiff by this. Now she wasn't panicking anymore; she was furious.
Hmm, a magical brain circuit—ah no, heart circuit.
But who is Kushina? As the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and with Minato, a highly skilled boyfriend as her backer, how could she tolerate being scared by someone for no reason, let alone by a mere Chunin proctor?
She didn't enter the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, but directly deployed the Adamantine Sealing Chains. Six thick chains danced out from behind her, instantly binding the Chunin who threw the kunai.
Then, with a flick of the chains, she pulled the Chunin out of the air and smashed him onto the empty desk behind her.
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