Chapter 425 Preliminary Test Begins
Feeling the gentle sea breeze and the afterglow of the sunset.
Konan, who had just walked out of the tea room, was still a little confused.
Although she finally found out that what Kaito meant by "replacing the daimyo" was not to kill the daimyo directly and blatantly and establish themselves as king with great fanfare.
But what Kaito envisioned was to secretly use illusions or transformation jutsu to control the daimyo, and then use the influence among the daimyo and the funds of the Land of Rain to develop the military forces of the Amegakure Village.
Show weakness to the outside world and give up some of your interests, recruit war orphans and wandering ninjas internally, and gradually establish a new regime.
All of this seems to sound so far-fetched.
But the only thing Konan understood was.
If Akatsuki truly controls the Land of Rain, they can issue a war commission to the Kirigakure Village in the name of the daimyo.
The Kirigakure Village will send enough elite ninjas to help the Amegakure Village get through the most difficult times.
"Think about it carefully. Does Akatsuki only want peace in the Amegakure Village, or does it want peace in the entire Land of Rain?"
This was the last question Kaito asked Konan.
'It seems that for the final exam, Yahiko must come to Sea Mist City.'
Konan thought so.
No matter whether it is the former Akatsuki organization or the current Amegakure Village, the final decision will still be made by the leader Yahiko.
Kaito said so much to Konan today, but it was mostly just a precaution for the upcoming meeting with Yahiko.
This is a subversive decision for most people in the ninja world, and it is impossible to be finalized with just a few words of discussion.
In fact, for Kaito, whether it was assisting Yahiko in controlling the Amegakure Village or now wanting to push the Akatsuki organization to replace the daimyo, it was not just out of helping a friend.
It was to weaken Uchiha Obito who is hiding in the dark, find solid allies for the Kirigakure Village, and lay the foundation for unifying the entire ninja world in the future.
When Kaito took the position of Mizukage, many things inevitably needed to be considered from the perspective of interests.
Of course, as a friend and partner, Kaito still gave the choice to Yahiko himself.
For him, it is not just the result that he wants, the process leading to the result is equally important.
If he needs to abandon everything and break the bottom line to achieve the final result.
Then unifying the ninja world would be meaningless to him.
After seeing Konan off, Kaito sat alone in the tea room, looking at the empty teacup and shaking his head with laughter.
In fact, he himself doesn't like drinking tea very much, nor does he know much about tea.
However, since he was already sitting in the tea room, Kaito would habitually choose to drink all the tea before leaving.
"Mizukage-sama, for our next trip, are we still going to the island where we have our second exam?"
Harusame, who had been waiting outside, immediately came up to ask when he saw Kaito come out.
However, Kaito looked up at the sun which was about to set and shook his head.
"Forget it. It's not an important matter anyway. I can still see it during the exam tomorrow."
After finishing speaking, Kaito waved his hand, indicating that Harusame didn't need to follow him, and he returned to the base alone facing the setting sun.
"Well, there are so many people!"
Ringo Ameyuri looked at so many candidates in the examination room and subconsciously reached for the two swords behind her.
But it's no wonder she would make such an exclamation.
In the huge examination room, there were nearly two hundred candidates sitting or standing in groups of three or four.
And perhaps out of caution towards other candidates, basically not many people would get too close to others outside their team.
This means that the originally spacious examination room is now filled to the brim.
"That's why I told you to come early. There are so many people here, we will definitely be the last to arrive."
Hozuki Mangetsu heard Ringo Ameyuri's sigh and complained quietly behind her.
"What can I do! Yoshi-Sensei has conjured up a bunch of apples, and I have to help sort them out!"
Nakamura Kabuto looked at his two teammates who were already blaming each other before the exam even started, and he was speechless.
'Or just give up.'
Kabuto looked around.
Although the Genin taking part in this exam were generally young, the three members of his team were still the youngest among these candidates.
He himself didn't even find a guy of the same height as him on the field.
Even after long-term teaching by Kaito, Kabuto didn't think that the strength of his team would be much worse than others.
But his age disadvantage still makes him a little worried.
What's more, his two teammates
have no problem with their strength, but they have a lack of tacit understanding.
Just as Kabuto was thinking this, a cold female voice came from behind him.
"Hey, you guys from Kirigakure, could you please not block the way here?"
Upon hearing this, Kabuto immediately turned around and saw a purple-haired girl with a dead look in her eyes, looking coldly at the three of them.
For some reason, Kabuto seemed to see his former self in the girl's dull eyes.
'Has she lost hope of living?'
Just as Kabuto was thinking this.
Among the two people following behind the girl, who seemed to be her teammates, the one with the hedgehog hair urged impatiently again.
"Little devil from Kirigakure, you are blocking us here, are you trying to affect our exam?"
Ringo Ameyuri and Hozuki Mangetsu, who were walking in front, obviously heard the conversation between the few people.
The two of them immediately turned around and glared at each other.
"Are all the guys in Konoha so arrogant?! Do you want to?"
Just when Ringo Ameyuri was about to draw out his weapons and teach these bastards of Konoha a lesson.
"Swish, swish, swish~" followed by a series of slight sounds of breaking through the air.
A clear and loud bell suddenly rang from the podium at the front of the examination room.
The candidates who were attracted by the bell were shocked to find that on the originally empty podium, there were suddenly dozens of ninjas wearing Kirigakure forehead protectors.
But apparently not all candidates were vigilant enough. Even when the bell rang, there were still many people whispering below.
"Quiet!"
"Exam time is up, everyone please stop making noise!"
After saying this, Toshio Utsumi looked around the entire examination room with a sharp gaze.
How could these fledgling genin resist the intimidating aura possessed by the jonin who walked out of the bloody battlefield?
The originally noisy examination room suddenly became silent. Even a few Genin with bad character seemed to have seen an endless sea of blood and corpses, and subconsciously took two steps back.
Seeing this, Toshio Utsumi nodded with satisfaction and spoke slowly.
"I am the examiner of the first exam of the Joint Chunin Examination, Toshio Utsumi."
"From now on, all candidates must take their seats according to their examination numbers! Wait for the examination papers to be distributed! Otherwise, it will be deemed that they have waived their examination qualification!"
(End of this chapter)