Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 420 Recruiting New People

"Konoha actually agreed? I've overestimated them."

Tachibana Kanagawa held the scroll containing Konoha's reply, shook his head and chuckled, then directly gave instructions.

"Notify all team leaders to decide for themselves whether to submit their registration applications as soon as possible."

The secret agents who had been waiting on the sidelines immediately accepted the order and withdrew.

However, after seeing the Dark Division retreat, Elder Yuan whispered a reminder.

"Fourth Hokage, should we select some younger Chunin to temporarily demote and participate in the Joint Chunin Exams?"

Upon hearing this, both Jianchuan Ju and Qing looked at Elder Yuan with puzzled expressions.

But Elder Yuan Shi didn't take it seriously at all.

"Is that strange?"

"Although Kirigakure has never held its own Chunin Exams, we have participated in joint Chunin Exams with other villages before, so it's not uncommon."

"Besides, both Konoha and Sunagakure will participate in this exam. If we don't do it, they might still do it."

Seeing Elder Yuan's matter-of-fact attitude, Qing Shen deeply felt his own shallowness and cautiously asked.

"But... but wouldn't doing this be a bit too obvious?"

However, Elder Yuan glanced at the eccentric Qing and, after thinking for a moment, offered an explanation.

"That's why we said we're looking for some younger Chunin. The Joint Chunin Exams are essentially about showcasing the future of the village. The stronger the young ninjas are, the more confident the commissioners will be in the village's development. As for whether they are actually Genin, that's not that important."

"Furthermore, it is within the rules for Chunin to make mistakes, be punished, be demoted to Genin, and then return to Chunin through exams."

"Konoha has done this quite often."

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Elder Yuanshi clearly didn't think this little trick was a problem.

After all, if the goal is simply to promote ninjas in the village to Chunin, how many can be promoted through one or two Chunin Exams each year? The village does have a normal selection mechanism.

The joint Chunin Exams are essentially a show of force.

Since it's all for the sake of appearances, making a little "effort" behind the scenes isn't really going too far.

Upon hearing Elder Yuan's analysis, Jianchuan Ju's first thought was of her own team.

"I guess I'm considered a young ninja, right? Wouldn't I just go and wreak havoc?"

However, this was just a thought in Jianchuan Tachibana's mind.

Let alone his own reflection in the water.

Even Mei Terumi and Zabuza, who were once teammates, must have had their information placed in the hands of the higher-ups of various forces long ago after I became the Mizukage.

If they just find some excuse to demote the two of them to genin and send them to take the chunin exams.

The Hidden Mist Village has completely lost face.

Jianchuan Ju had just established a news publication for Kirigakure Village.

Unexpectedly, the headline "Mizukage's teammates participate in the Chunin Exams" became the cover story for a while afterward.

"Forget it, there's no need for these underhanded methods. Let's just have normal genin participate, and we can just keep an eye on the number of participants and their strength."

Elder Yuan and Qing nodded in agreement and did not pursue the matter further.

Again.

As long as Tachibana Kanakawa is still around, no one will underestimate the development potential of Kirigakure.

However, Tachibana Kanagawa suddenly remembered something and asked Ao.

"It seems that the application for Chunin in Guren's team hasn't been approved yet, right?"

Qing was stunned for a moment, but she immediately realized who Jianchuan Ju was talking about.

After all, bloodline limits are a good point of reference, not to mention that the team also had two bloodline limit ninjas.

"Yes, the approval has indeed not been issued yet."

"However, their team was in trouble because one of their members died in a mission, and the Jonin in charge just happened to be able to fill the vacancy."

"Is one person short?"

Kanakawa Tachibana nodded thoughtfully.

The Joint Chunin Exams do indeed require teams of three.

Becoming a Chunin isn't just about strength; intelligence gathering and teamwork are also tested, making teammates an essential part of the exam.

Speaking of which, Jianchuan Ju has exactly four disciples.

If everyone is to take the exam, then allocating it to one person in the Red Lotus Squad would be just right.

However, after discussing this issue with Elder Yuanshi, Jianchuan Ju decided that Yu Gao would not be allowed to participate in this exam.

The identity of a Jinchūriki is still somewhat sensitive.

This time, Tachibana Kenkawa doesn't plan to use a Jinchuriki as a bomb in the Chunin Exams like in the original "Miba Collapse Plan." There's no need to expose Utakata to the public so openly just because of one exam.

With that thought in mind, Jianchuan Ju no longer hesitated.

"Just find any decent-level genin and temporarily add them to the Crimson Lotus Squad. There's still some time before the exams start, enough for them to practice together briefly."

"As for the security personnel during the exams, as well as the chief examiners for each session, I would appreciate it if Elder Yuan could prepare a list."

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away."

at the same time.

In a dark and secluded mountain cave.

The terrifying, writhing demonic statues made the entire cave feel extremely crowded and cramped.

However, if you look at the two outstretched palms of this demonic statue, each fingertip is large enough to support a person, you can tell that this cave is actually not small.

Although the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path has ten fingers, it is not standing full at this moment.

There are human figures standing on only seven fingers.

And on each of the fingers on which a person is standing, there is a large Chinese character.

They are "zero" and "mystery".

"Jade", "Emptiness",

"North Three", "White".

Among them, five figures were somewhat strange, semi-transparent, seven-colored phantoms.

If Nagato were here right now, he would recognize that this is the Rinnegan's exclusive secret technique, "Illusionary Body Technique".

The two figures representing "Zero" and "Mystery" are not colorful illusions, but their true forms.

However, the figure codenamed "Zero" was wearing a strange one-eyed mask on his face.

These two were clearly Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu.

Once everyone had arrived, Obito Uchiha spoke first.

"Bai, Xuan has confirmed the newcomer, who will be your partner from now on."

Upon hearing this, the figure called "White" stood there with his arms crossed, completely unconcerned, and replied in a nonchalant tone.

"A newcomer? It doesn't matter. Tell me the position, and I'll give him a try later."

Judging from her voice, she was clearly a female member, and her speech was somewhat casual, as if she was very confident in her abilities.

However, Obito Uchiha shook his head slightly.

"The newcomer is quite strong and has a good counter to your ninjutsu. The location of Beihe San is not too far from your place. This time, the three of you will act together."