My older sister is Kushina

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

That morning, Uzumaki Hanamichi got up early. Today was the day of the ninjutsu exchange meeting that Konoha had arranged with the two major delegations from Kumogakure and Kirigakure.

As soon as Hanamichi Uzumaki stepped out of the room, he saw Tamako preparing breakfast.

Good morning, Master!

When Xiaoyuzi saw her master, a sweet smile appeared on her cute little face.

Whirlpool Flower Path: "Good morning, Tamako!"

After a brief greeting, the master and apprentice quickly got to work preparing breakfast.

Today, Uzumaki Hanamichi wanted to eat dumplings. Since he hadn't taught Tamako how to make dumplings before, he had to do it himself and take the opportunity to teach Tamako how to make dumplings.

Xiaoyuzi felt very happy learning cooking skills from her master.

After a flurry of activity, the dumplings were finally made.

Xiaoyu looked at the cute dumplings in the bowl with great anticipation.

There are two kinds of fillings for dumplings: one with meat filling and one with vegetarian filling.

The swirling flower arrangement uses two cooking methods: boiling and pan-frying.

"Eat!"

Whirlpool Flower Path was also looking forward to it; he hadn't eaten dumplings in a long time.

Xiaoyu nodded.

The master and apprentice quickly got to work.

Xiaoyu first ate a boiled dumpling, and exclaimed with delight, "Master, it's delicious!"

Whirlpool Flower Path: "Eat more if it's delicious."

The master and apprentice finished their breakfast happily.

After breakfast, Uzumaki Hanamichi gave Tamako some instructions and then left alone.

Today is the opening day of the Ninjutsu Exchange Conference. As the captain of the first squad of the Anbu, there are some things he needs to arrange first. In addition, he is also the representative of the Konoha Jonin group.

The swirling flower path led straight to the Dark Division building.

Most of the members of the First Squad in the Anbu Building have already arrived. Today is the day of the Ninjutsu Exchange Meeting, and the First Squad has quite a few tasks to complete.

Whirlpool Flower Path first confirmed the relevant arrangements and tasks with the team members.

Afterwards, he left the Anbu building with Uchiha Shisui.

As representatives of the Jonin group at the Konoha Ninjutsu Exchange Conference, the two of them still need to meet up with other ninja representatives before they can participate in the Ninjutsu Exchange Conference together.

Uzumaki Hanamichi and Uchiha Shisui soon arrived at a conference room.

The meeting had already gathered a number of people, who, like Uzumaki Hanamichi, were ninja representatives from Konoha for the Ninjutsu Exchange Conference.

Soon, the twelve ninja representatives had assembled.

Finally, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and two representatives from Konoha's high-ranking officials also arrived.

Hokage Minato Namikaze encouraged everyone, and two Konoha high-ranking officials gave a detailed introduction to the ninjutsu exchange meeting to Uzumaki Hanamichi and the others.

According to the specific plan agreed upon by the three parties, the ninjutsu exchange meeting will last for three days.

On the first day, there were eighteen matches, with six matches each for the Jonin, Chunin, and Genin groups. This meant that each ninja representative had one match, and the winners would advance to the next round.

On the second day, twelve matches were held. The eighteen winners from the first day competed in pairs again to advance to the third round. The third round was held that afternoon. The three winners from each group were drawn to determine the finalists. One of them received a bye, and the remaining two competed to determine the finalists for each group.

On the third day, there were three matches: the finals between the Jonin and Chunin groups, and the finals between the Genin groups.

The details of the ninjutsu exchange meeting were already known to Uzumaki Hanamichi and the others, and this time the Konoha high-level representative was simply emphasizing it again.

Soon after, Hanamichi Uzumaki and twelve other ninja representatives left with the Konoha leadership.

The group headed directly towards the arena for the Ninja Art Exchange Tournament.

The Konoha Arena is similar to a large stadium, with a spacious central battle area and surrounding stands, easily accommodating nearly 10,000 spectators.

"Wow, so many people!"

As Uzumaki Hanamichi followed the ninja representatives into the arena, a slight look of surprise appeared on his face. There were at least several thousand spectators in the stands around the arena.

Most of the spectators in the stands were ordinary villagers from Konoha, but there were also many ninjas.

Konoha also deployed a large number of ninjas to guard the railings around the stands, with one ninja almost every few meters, in order to better ensure the safety of the audience.

There is also a raised platform in the south-facing area of ​​the stadium.

On the high platform, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was seated in the very center, surrounded by several high-ranking officials of Konoha and representatives of the two major delegations.

Former Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi was also sitting there, right next to Minato Namikaze.

Hiruzen Sarutobi remarked with some emotion, "It's been a long time since Konoha has been this lively."

Minato Namikaze nodded: "Yes, I didn't expect so many people to be here today."

Hiruzen Sarutobi: "I hope our Konoha ninja representatives can perform well."

Although this ninjutsu exchange was nominally a simple exchange and sparring session, he knew it was a test of Konoha by the two major ninja villages, Kumogakure and Kirigakure. Moreover, this exchange would more or less have an impact on Konoha. If Konoha could win a great victory, it would undoubtedly greatly boost the confidence of the Konoha people in the village, and at the same time serve as a deterrent to other ninja villages. Conversely, it could very likely have negative consequences for Konoha. Therefore, he hoped that the Konoha ninja representatives could achieve the final victory.

Minato Namikaze: "Yeah, I hope for a good result."

Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at the Fourth Hokage: "You seem to have quite a bit of confidence in that Wolf Fang guy?"

He had also participated in recommending ninja representatives before. The Jonin representatives from the two delegations from Kumogakure and Kirigakure were very strong. Kirigakure had Mei Terumi, who possessed the dual bloodline limits of "Lava Release" and "Boiling Release," while Kumogakure had Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. Both were formidable opponents, and it would be very difficult to defeat them. When it came time to finalize the selection, Minato Namikaze strongly recommended Langya, the captain of the first squad of the Anbu, seemingly having a lot of confidence in him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't very clear about Langya's strength. Although he had seen Langya fight Genhi in the Anbu before, Langya's strength in that battle was not weak, but in his opinion, it would be difficult for him to defeat an opponent of the level of eight Jinchuriki like Killer Bee.

Minato Namikaze replied calmly, "I do have some confidence. His strength is quite good; he could even put up a fight against Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression shifted slightly: "For Wolf Fang to gain such recognition from you, Fourth Hokage, it seems his strength is far greater than the sparring match I witnessed in the Anbu."

Minato Namikaze didn't deny it. To be honest, he was also very curious about the level of Uzumaki Hanamichi's strength. He had seen Uzumaki Hanamichi fight twice, once during the Nine-Tails Night and once during a sparring match with the Anbu. In those two instances, Uzumaki Hanamichi had concealed a lot of his strength. As for the Nine-Tails Night, he had only seen Uzumaki Hanamichi's sealing technique, and he wasn't really sure about Uzumaki Hanamichi's true strength.