Hanyu is a person who has a close relationship with the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. He gets along well with the previous Daimyo, and even better with the new Daimyo... Shadow Stream even helped the Daimyo set up a defensive barrier. Although he received money, isn't this friendship?
Perhaps out of political intentions and in order to further demonstrate his presence and consolidate his status, the new Fire Country Daimyo Nihoku also came to Konoha to watch this time's Jonin Exam.
As an acquaintance of the daimyo, Hanyu also walked up to the daimyo and greeted him, and received a cordial response from the daimyo himself.
It can be said that Nihohisa is a really good person. Having lived to his age, he has suffered the hardships of life and naturally understands some truths... At least after becoming a daimyo, he did not become arrogant at first and humble later, but was just the way he was.
This is already very rare.
After all, people's emotions are not so easy to control. When a poor person suddenly becomes rich or gets a high position, most people will unconsciously become arrogant.
But his reputation did not expand, which may be related to the fact that he knew that it would burst if he was not careful.
After Hanyu visited the daimyo, he stepped aside. There was nothing he could do about it. This was the behavior of people of low status.
Although the Daimyo is only here to watch the fun, he is the Daimyo, so the Third Hokage will definitely accompany him personally.
After a month-long preliminary selection, only eight Chunin teams reached the final stage of the exam. According to Hanyu's prior understanding, the final stage of the exam not only requires the ninjas to have strength, but also limits the number of qualified candidates... The number of qualified candidates for this exam will not exceed four at most.
The title of Jonin is not only a recognition of strength, but also a symbol of status. It represents the highest position of normal ninjas, so the number of rank is strictly controlled.
Things that are common on the street are not valuable. This principle is true everywhere.
As for the ninjas who did not pass the final exam, if they are lucky, they can continue to take the exam next time, but if they are unlucky, they will most likely be promoted directly to special jonin after their strength is evaluated.
Becoming a special jonin is certainly not a good thing. Currently, the village does not have an examination for special jonin to be promoted to jonin. After all, the two are nominally on the same level. How can there be "promotion" when there is no hierarchical relationship at all? However, there is a substantial difference in the strength and status of the two.
If one can become a jonin, who would choose to become a special jonin?
In other words, a special jonin basically never has the chance to remove the word "special". A ninja can certainly refuse such a promotion, but this is only superficial - since the examiners and even the review panel represented by the Hokage believe that a ninja should become a special jonin, it also indirectly shows that they think the other party does not have the talent to become a jonin.
So for such an exam, it is best to pass directly, the second best is to be rejected take the exam again later, the second best is to be awarded the title of Special Jonin, and the worst is to be directly told goodbye and not be eligible to take the exam again... The last situation is almost non-existent for the team that has passed the brutal first round of exams, so the actual worst situation is to become a Special Jonin.
In a semi-open-air training ground, the teams that qualified in the first round gathered together.
The examinees stood below and the viewing stand was above. The Third Hokage and the Daimyo naturally sat in the center of the viewing stand. As for Hanyu, he stood quietly in an inconspicuous corner.
The current exams are small, precise and serious, and are far less showy than the later Chunin Exams.
Among the crowd of qualified candidates, Hanyu naturally saw Sakumo and the other four... If the Shadow Stream team can't even pass such a preliminary selection, then Hanyu should consider retiring directly.
At this time, all the qualified candidates in the first round, including Hatake, had tired looks on their faces.
All exams are ultimately a kind of ordeal, and a high-level exam like the one for selecting jonin will naturally torture the ninjas to death. So even if Hanyu were to take such an exam, he wouldn't be able to relax... Without the ordeal, how could he show that the status of jonin was hard-earned?
However, compared to the complicated preliminary selection stage, the following exams are actually simpler. The preliminary selection is to test the comprehensive qualities of the ninjas and their ability to deal with various situations. As for the final selection, it is to evaluate the most important thing for a ninja to become a ninja... combat power.
Next, the examiner announced that the content of the final exam would be a direct team battle, and it would not be a fair battle between groups drawn by lot, but a "big melee" among eight groups.
The specific rules of the exam were then announced:
"First, the exam time limit is 30 minutes.
Second, after the time limit is reached, only one small team is allowed to remain on the field, otherwise the team will be collectively disqualified.
Thirdly, those who qualify as jonin are selected by a panel of examiners and are not necessarily limited to the winning team.
Fourth, death or disability caused in combat is within the reasonable range and no responsibility needs to be assumed.
Fifth, any fear of battle, cowardice, or active surrender is not allowed. Otherwise, the ninja qualification will be permanently removed at the least, and severe punishment will be imposed at the worst."
It sounds like there are some inhumane aspects in the exam, but this is an exam to select the best ninjas after all, it can't be full of affection... Many of the warm things in the ninja village are disguises, and when they are torn apart, they all reveal such cold contents.
Like iron, like dried blood.
Even if they cannot become jonin, all the examinees present are elite ninjas, who have been trained by the village with great effort. However, now the village allows some of them to kill others. This is actually a typical case of raising poison.
Under such rules, if it was Hanyu who took the exam, he would most likely use his ultimate move right at the start... Killing and injuring people is unreasonable, but if the rules allow it, then it is reasonable.
However, if the opponent is from the same village, the Shadow Ninjas including Sakumo should not be ruthless.
Killing is allowed but it does not mean that you have to kill others. Although the relationship between ninjas is relatively cold, being too bloodthirsty will not leave a good impression on the Hokage.
Regardless of the rules, Hanyu is quite confident in the Shadow Team. Even though there are both Sharingan and Byakugan among the contestants, it is difficult for them to be very effective when dealing with swordsmanship, curses and sealing techniques.
It all depends on how the ninjas perform.
When the examiner announced the start of the exam, something surprising happened to Hanyu. All the teams tacitly launched an attack on the Shadow Team first...
Black whistle, is there any shady deal?
The two great eye techniques of Konoha actually teamed up to beat up a few children. Do they have any shame?
Hanyu was about to report this problem to the organizing committee, but he quickly realized that the Shadow Stream team must have done something during the preliminaries that exposed the team's strength, so other teams regarded them as the biggest obstacle and the priority targets for elimination.
But no matter how to say it, it is always difficult to fight seven alone. Fortunately, Hatake had just been fed experience by Hanzo not long ago, and he should have evolved a little bit now, while his opponents are all Chunins at present.
Hanyu's attention was focused on the scene, and he did not notice that at this moment a ninja silently walked up to the Third Hokage and said something in his ear.
I saw a team rushing towards the position where Sakumo and his team were. The Shadow Team could only fight and retreat, but when they made way and the opponents passed by, it was like pulling the handbrake suddenly, and those ninjas were instantly frozen.
Long black patch-like techniques emerged from their bodies, and it was obviously a curse-binding technique... So Sakumo was a joke, and if we really want to see ninjutsu, we have to talk about Uzumaki.
At this time, the Third Hokage said something to the Daimyo again, then he left, and Hanyu finally noticed the situation here.
But just a moment later, the Third Hokage came back, as if he had just gone to the bathroom.
Hanyu seemed to be lost in thought. In his impression, whenever Konoha started the exam, something bad would always happen.
The Third Hokage made a secret gesture to Hanyu. After Hanyu understood, he nodded and left the venue.
When he arrived outside the training ground, he found the Third Hokage and another Anbu ninja who came to report the situation standing at the door... The Hokage was really amazing, he actually placed a clone there to fool the Daimyo.
"Hokage-sama, what happened?"
The Third Hokage nodded and asked Hanyu, "Hanyu, when you went to the Land of Lightning to carry out your mission and passed through the Land of Fields, did you pay attention to the situation of the Ninja Village in the Land of Fields?"
"No, I'm just passing through... They don't care about me, and I don't care about them." Hanyu said. When ninjas are performing a mission, they always go straight ahead, so how could they possibly say hello to their master.
"It's like this, the village in the Land of Rice may have disappeared." Under Hanyu's gaze, the Hokage told him the information he had just received.
"…What does disappeared mean?" Hanyu asked.
"It just exploded."
"Exploded?"
"Well, it disappeared after it was blown up."
What the hell is this? You're just going around in circles.
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