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Chapter 168 Persuading Tsunade, the Test Begins! (Please Subscribe)

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When Hoshino mentioned meeting Danzo that day, Tsunade frowned immediately.

"Danzo's actions will inevitably trigger a new round of war."

"Even if we secretly collect the tailed beasts, we will be exposed sooner or later, and then the village will definitely be besieged."

"Collecting the Tailed Beasts is not a wrong idea in itself," said Hoshino Hideyoshi.

"War will break out sooner or later."

"Interest, hatred..."

Tsunade frowned in thought.

Xingxia Xiu said quietly, "Any ambitious person will not be content with the status quo."

"As the leader of the village, he embodies not only his own will, but also the collective will, or rather, the collective interests."

"Sometimes, individual will represents collective will, but more often, collective will suppresses individual will. Even if the leader doesn't want to, collective will will drive him to fight for more benefits and go to war."

"Simply put, for a village to grow, it must expand outwards. And for a village to grow, it does not depend on the personal will of the village leader, but on the collective, on the individual ninja clans and individual ninjas. They want to expand their clans, they want to acquire money... If the leader is mediocre, then he will soon be abandoned by the village. This is the conflict between individual will and collective will."

Tsunade nodded slowly, understanding what Hoshino Hide had said and agreeing with his view.

Hoshino Hideaki continued, "Back then, the First Hokage distributed the Tailed Beasts to balance the strength of the major ninja villages. Besides his own great strength, it actually aligned with the interests of the major ninja clans."

"Because they had experienced the turmoil of the Warring States period, they also needed time for peace to recuperate and grow stronger under the new system."

"Therefore, even though Madara Uchiha and the Second Hokage opposed this approach back then, it was ultimately implemented."

Tsunade said in a deep voice, "But with the passing of my grandfather, the balance was broken. At the same time, the strength of the major ninja villages grew, and their ambitions grew. They all wanted to expand, which led to the First Shinobi World War."

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "That's right."

Tsunade then asked, "So, is it possible to stop the war by collecting the Tailed Beasts?"

Xingxia Xiu said, "Impossible."

"War will happen sooner or later, but peace may last longer."

"Even if the entire ninja world is unified, the war will not be eliminated."

"Human nature dictates that conflict will not disappear, it will only change its form."

Tsunade frowned immediately upon hearing this.

Hoshita Hide smiled and reached out to smooth it out: "Tsunade, we can't expect to achieve everything in one step."

"Every generation has its own mission. We cannot presume to do everything ourselves; we must trust those who come after us!"

Tsunade looked up at Xingxia Xiu: "So, what should we do?"

Hoshino and Tsunade gaze deeply into each other's eyes: "Let's set a small goal first: end the war. At least ensure that there is no war while we are alive, and that our descendants will not have to go to the battlefield before they have even grown up."

Tsunade blushed slightly upon hearing this, but then nodded emphatically: "Okay!"

Where do we begin?

Hoshino Hideyoshi said, "It all started when you competed for the Hokage position, when you collected the Tailed Beasts, and when I took control of Root."

"But there's no rush now."

"We'll set it up slowly."

"Um!"

……

7 month 8 day.

The first round of the Chunin Exams has officially begun.

The numerous genin arrived at the ninja academy, which had become the examination hall, and then entered the classrooms.

The scene inside the classroom is captured by a camera and then transmitted to a screen on the other side.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, Hideaki Hoshino, Tsunade, and others are all here.

"I heard that these three children from Amegakure were also taught by you, Hide."

Upon seeing Nagato and the other two, Hiruzen Sarutobi said.

Hoshino Hide nodded: "Yes, the Third Generation."

"Nagato's child should also have the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan, and he was born with six nature transformations."

This startled Hiruzen Sarutobi slightly, but he immediately laughed and said, "It seems the upcoming test will be quite exciting."

Inside the examination room, Minato Namikaze entered one after another and found a seat.

Besides them, Xingxia Show is actually familiar with quite a few people.

For example, Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza.

These people were only a year or two older than Minato; they could be considered peers.

In addition, there is Mikoto, the future mother of Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha.

She was only a year or two older than Minato Namikaze.

With all the candidates in place, the examiners took the stage.

The first written test was hosted by Akabane Nozomi, who had been recruited by Hoshino Shu as a Root agent with the code name Shadow.

Akabane looked at the unremarkable test papers and, after distributing them, glanced at the many genin taking the exam and said calmly, "Exam rules: no noise, and no leaving your seat before handing in your paper."

Let's begin!

Many students began to lower their heads and disassemble their papers, the rustling sound echoing in the classroom.

The test wasn't actually that difficult. In Konoha, as long as you listened attentively in class, you should have no problem passing.

For example, the concepts of bloodline limit and bloodline elimination are only examined conceptually.

The slightly more difficult ones are probably the math calculation problems.

For example, the calculation of the throwing angle of a shuriken.

For example, some calculations for trap placement.

Many people can wield a shuriken very well, but they may not be able to calculate.

Some people can set up traps perfectly well, but if you ask them to calculate them, they're completely lost.

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Of course, these questions were no challenge for Minato Namikaze, a top student.

As for the others...

The Aburame clan releases insects to steal the answers, and Minato Namikaze turns a blind eye.

White eyes can see through things directly.

Some people even use clone techniques to transform themselves into various small animals to peek at other people's answers.

Anyway, the examiner only said that we couldn't make noise or leave our seats, but he didn't say that we couldn't use ninjutsu to peek at others.

In an instant, the genin in the examination hall displayed their unique abilities.

All of this was under the watchful eyes of Hoshino Hide and the others.

But this is within the rules.

Ninjas are not bound by many worldly constraints.

Within the rules, any means are permissible.

This is also a hidden test point in the first exam.

If you still can't pass under these circumstances, then being eliminated might be a good thing.

This indicates that he is not suited to be a ninja.

An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and time was up. Akabane Nozomi announced, "Stop writing!"

Everyone immediately stopped writing.

"very good."

"You've all passed!"

Akabane Nozomi's words stunned everyone.

Hey, the exam papers haven't been graded yet!

Minato Namikaze seemed to be deep in thought, realizing that in this assessment, the score on the exam paper was not the key point.

Akabane Nozomi didn't say anything more and turned to leave.

Then another person walked into the classroom.

"I am the examiner for the second round, Mimura Yokomaki."

Mimura Yomi said calmly, "The next match is a team sparring session."

"Listen up, you must follow me to the exam room later."

"If you do not arrive within the specified time, you will be disqualified from the second round!"

You have five minutes!

"action!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Mimura Yoru disappeared from the spot.

"Kushina, Shinnosuke!"

Minato Namikaze gave a soft shout and took the lead by using the Body Flicker Technique to chase after them.

Kushina Uzumaki and Shinnosuke Sarutobi also followed suit.

Not only them, but the other genin also used their Body Flicker Techniques to chase after them.

However, the genin who participated in the assessment soon discovered that Mimura Yoru was too fast and they couldn't catch up with her at all; she disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Find the traces he left behind!"

Someone took a sip.

"Damn it, he used a clone!"

"Which side?"

Clearly, the second round of assessments began right outside the door.

(End of this chapter)