Konoha: Unable to learn ninjutsu, they had to develop their own.

Tian Tian and the others graduated more than a year ago, so they definitely meet the requirements for taking the exam, while Pharmacist Dou…

This guy has taken the test six times?

He clicked his tongue in surprise, then shook his head with pity.

If Chiba hadn't been in charge of the exam process, Kabuto Yakushi might have had a chance this year, but now that Chiba is in charge, he's heard it's extremely difficult.

This child might need to prepare for their eighth attempt ahead of schedule.

Iruka silently mourned for him in his heart.

After registering, Chiba stepped down, and Kai followed suit and went up to register as well.

then.

Chiba tugged at Kai's sleeve.

Kai understood immediately, asked the Third Generation for leave, and then Chiba followed, the two leaving the conference room one after the other.

Subsequently, other Jonin subordinates, all of whom were ninjas who had graduated many years ago, also stepped forward to sign up.

Asma cast an envious glance at her.

Their students have just graduated, so they have to wait a bit longer, because Kakashi, who dared to speak first, hasn't arrived yet.

Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi stood in the room in an extremely awkward atmosphere.

……

"Chiba, what brings you here? If it's about trying out ninjutsu or something, forget it. Cough, you know I'm going to give Neji and the others some special training soon."

Matt Kai's face turned slightly red.

Kai himself felt that his excuse was very lame, but Chiba's technique was really dangerous, and accompanying him to the experiment could easily land him in the hospital.

He had heard that Kakashi spent the entire afternoon at the hospital yesterday.

Chiba was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't want you to help with the experiment, but I want to ask you about taijutsu and discuss the development of a ninjutsu."

"No problem, you know I'm interested in any kind of physical martial arts!"

Kai chuckled.

Chiba briefly introduced the Lightning Release Armor and his own Chakra Armor, then looked at Guy and said, "Guy-sensei, if this technique succeeds, it can greatly enhance one's own defense and is effective even against taijutsu ninjas."

Kai is a master of physical combat.

He may not be very strong in theory, but he's definitely not completely ignorant.

As long as Chiba doesn't talk about very detailed things.

His knowledge is more than sufficient to support something as advanced as the Chakra Armor.

"It's feasible. If it's successfully researched, all the Konoha ninjas will benefit from it. But you probably didn't come to me for that reason, did you?"

Kai looked at Chiba.

This guy is always driven by self-interest when it comes to research.

Even though the knowledge was learned from Kakashi, he still tries to drag me out of it after we've finished talking...

They must have their eyes on something that only they possess.

Eight Gates Dunjia!

Kai was direct: "You want to study the Eight Gates Formation?"

"To be precise, it's a combination of the Eight Gates and the Chakra Armor. Although the Chakra Armor is difficult and troublesome, I can make it in half a day. But I know nothing about the Eight Gates."

Chiba continued to express his thoughts.

If the Eight Gates Formation could be combined with the Chakra Armor, the defense would be much stronger, and even the use of muscles and strength would be enhanced.

Kai was speechless at Chiba's "half a day" remarks.

but.

He felt that Chiba's idea was indeed worth studying.

In the state of having six or more gates, one is already in an extremely violent chakra mode. If this is combined with the chakra armor mentioned by Chiba...

If more than 30% of the effect can be achieved, it will be a huge improvement for the Eight Gates Formation.

Kai was tempted.

Then, Chiba pulled him along to study the chakra armor, and they succeeded in researching it in less than half a day.

Kai became completely absorbed in it, but Chiba forgot one thing—

The deal with the Akimichi clan.

However, the importance of the Chakra Armor is far greater than that of the trade!

It wasn't until the third day that Kai remembered he still needed to give Neji and Lee special training, while the other teams had already begun intensive training—

Especially academic subjects.

The Chiba process is absolutely devilish.

Everyone was frantically catching up on lessons, including Naruto and Rock Lee.

Tenten and Kazusa were more composed.

Their knowledge base is far behind that of Chiba, but compared to ordinary ninjas, they are definitely top students.

Especially every day.

Recently, she has been reading only slightly fewer books than Chiba.

take an exam……

She is confident!

The atmosphere in the whole village changed suddenly. The most popular place was the ninja academy, and many people went to the ninja academy's library to borrow books for extra lessons.

As for the instigator.

He holed up in the research institute, spending his days either studying chakra armor or figuring out how to further optimize the chakra shield.

Since there are no test subjects for mental attacks, it is difficult to further optimize them, but he has many proposals and ideas that he can try out one by one in a battle.

but.

In the past few days, his chakra armor has been basically completed.

Not only that, Chiba also tried activating the Chakra Armor and the Third Activation simultaneously while in Sage Mode.

The effect is very powerful, but it consumes a lot of energy.

In this state, his combat power increases exponentially, and he doesn't have the problem of his chakra being too violent and difficult to control in the Eight Gates state.

It just means the duration is short.

The Sage Mode, which originally lasted for nearly two minutes, could only last for less than a minute.

"The Chunin Exams are still two or three days away, so we can optimize it further by incorporating the effect of absorbing natural energy."

Chiba was writing in his notebook.

however.

Before he could even try, an uninvited guest disrupted his plans that very night.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

It was his shadow clone that arrived, but this shadow clone was quite imposing—

He came directly using the Flying Thunder Formation technique.

"Lord Hokage, what brings you here?"

Chiba was somewhat surprised.

The third generation's entourage is quite large; it's obvious they have something important to say, otherwise they wouldn't need to keep it so secret.

Something moved in his heart.

Is it...

Is Hiruzen Sarutobi about to make a move against Danzo?

"The Daimyo will also be observing the Chunin Exams this time. Since the process is designed, only you understand the intricacies of each step. After much consideration, I have decided that you will accompany the Daimyo."

The third generation explained their purpose.

As Chiba tidied up the documents, he smiled and said, "If it's just about accompanying him, I should be able to send a shadow clone, right? The Daimyo doesn't know any ninjutsu."

"Well, we still need to be careful. After all, the other party is a daimyo. Don't say things like that when you get there."

The third generation's lips twitched.

He knew that Chiba might not have much respect for the daimyo, but he didn't expect him to be so unreserved, not even bothering to pretend.

Shadow clone?

What if something unexpected happens?

He took a deep breath, then waved, deciding to have a more in-depth talk with Chiba.

Chiba leaned close to his ear and the Third Hokage whispered, "Chiba, as you are by the side of the Daimyo, I allow you to act according to circumstances, but there is only one condition: you shall not obey any orders from anyone other than mine, Uzuki Yugao, and Inoichi."

"What do you mean?"

"Just follow orders. If anyone attacks the Hokage Building, have Genma and the others send the Daimyo back to the Daimyo's residence. If you can capture him, great; if not, at least remember the chakra aura of the attacker."

The Third Hokage's expression was serious.

"Yes!"

"You must keep this a secret."

"What if the order is delivered by one of the two advisors, or by Lord Danzo?"

Chiba bowed his head.

"They'll do the same. Just say it was me who said it. If they insist on making things difficult for you, I'll allow you to fight back on your own."

"Yes!"