Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

Yu Ming smiled and said, "Just treat him like you were back then, right?"

Tsunade actually wanted to do that too, but she couldn't explain it to the two Hokage advisors and Danzo.

However, this is a question that the Third Hokage should be considering; Tsunade would never ask them.

During Tsunade's time, power was much more centralized compared to the Third Hokage.

Tsunade has taken back much of the power held by the two Hokage advisors and Danzo.

However, Sasuke's matter is ultimately a matter for the Uchiha clan, so it is still necessary to discuss it with them.

Looking at Yu Ming, Tsunade decided to do as Yu Ming said.

Yu Ming was no longer a member of Class 7, so he didn't need to go on missions with them.

After leaving the Hokage Building, Yu Ming went straight to the secret room to continue reading.

He didn't actually want to get involved in Sasuke's affairs.

For the next year, 287 years later, Yu Ming stayed in the secret chamber of the Senju clan.

It took a year to read through all the books in the Senju clan's collection.

After reading it, Yu Ming had mastered almost all the ninjutsu of the Senju clan, including the ninjutsu of the Uzumaki clan that the Senju clan had collected, and even some ninjutsu of the Uchiha clan.

However, it's not surprising. After all, the Second Hokage was a fanatic who researched the Uchiha clan. If he didn't even know the Uchiha clan's ninjutsu, what would he be researching?

It contains many uses and detailed information about the Sharingan, some of which are even more in-depth than what the Uchiha clan has researched.

And upon opening these books, one can see that they are all signed by Tobirama Senju.

It must be said that, as an opponent of the Uchiha clan, Tobirama Senju was absolutely outstanding.

However, it also made Yu Ming more familiar with the use of the Sharingan.

A year later, Naruto went on a journey through the ninja world with Jiraiya, actually to protect him and also to protect the village.

With Jiraiya by their side and the ninja world being so vast, it would be very difficult for Akatsuki to find the two of them.

Even if they found him, Jiraiya would still be by their side. No one in the Akatsuki duo was confident they could defeat Jiraiya.

During this year, Yu Ming did not go on any missions, but the fact that he had single-handedly suppressed the Three-Tails had spread throughout the Hidden Cloud Village.

The entire ninja world now knows that Konoha has produced a Kage-level ninja, and he was only thirteen years old at the time, but is now fourteen.

Meanwhile, Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki also reported Yu Ming's situation to the Akatsuki organization.

Nagato's idea was that if they encountered Yu Ming in the ninja world in the future, they should stay away if they weren't confident in their ability to win.

After emerging from the secret chamber, Yu Ming officially became Tsunade's bodyguard.

Because he had already read all the information in the Hokage's office and the Senju clan's secret chamber.

One day, just as Yu Ming returned to the village after completing an S-rank mission and was preparing to rest for a while, Tsunade summoned him.

Yu Ming was speechless. "Sure enough, if you show your strength, you'll definitely end up being treated like a laborer."

"But I'm lucky. Kakashi is still out there on missions every day. Almost as soon as he finishes a mission, the next one comes. At least I have some time to rest. That's good."

Although both were equally difficult, Yu Ming was indeed much better than Kakashi.

There are very few Jonin in Konoha now, so Kakashi is really being used as one person for several people.

Yu Ming, on the other hand, only sends him on A-level and S-level missions.

In the past year, Yu Ming has completed three S-level missions and five A-level missions.

This is considered an overachievement, because in peacetime, a Jonin would be lucky to receive one or two S-rank missions per year.

But now Yu Mingguang has already completed three in a year, which is really outrageous.

Kakashi was even more outrageous. Within a year, Tsunade assigned him six S-rank missions. In addition to the S-rank missions, he also had 10 A-rank missions. So, for the past year, Kakashi had to go to complete the next mission almost as soon as he returned to Konoha.

Yu Ming felt sorry for them.

However, Tsunade's purpose in sending Yu Ming to complete so many missions was different from Kakashi's. She gave Kakashi so many high-risk missions because Konoha was short of ninjas, and there were even fewer Jonin.

While Kakashi gained Tsunade's trust, it also added a lot of burden to him.

The reason why Yu Ming was given so many high-level missions was because Tsunade praised him for increasing the number of missions he could take on as a Jonin.

At the same time, she trusted Yu Ming's abilities and believed that he would not be stumped by those tasks.

When Yu Ming arrived at the Hokage's office, he saw many Jonin standing there, including Asuma, Guy, and Kurenai Yuhi.

This even includes their students, Hinata and the others.

Kakashi is not standing here because he is currently on a mission.

Yu Ming walked up to Tsunade and asked curiously, "Hokage-sama, is there another mission?"

Tsunade looked at Yu Ming and smiled, "There is indeed a mission. Sunagakure is going to hold a Chunin Exam in conjunction with other villages. I hope you will lead the team to participate in this Chunin Exam in Sunagakure."

Yu Ming looked at Kai and the other two and asked curiously, "Why don't we just have Teacher Kai and the others lead the team this time?"

Tsunade shook her head and said, "This time you are the team leader, and they are going as Jonin to lead the team."

Kai also said, "We need to take the students to participate in this Chunin Exam, so I can only leave the handover to you, Yu Ming."

In fact, Tsunade's intention this time was to use the pretext of leading the Chunin Exams team to promote Yu Ming to Jonin.

Yu Ming's workload was actually already sufficient.

Moreover, it's a high-quality task.

Yu Ming looked at Kai, Asuma, and Kurenai, who all nodded, and agreed, "No problem."

Tsunade smiled. Actually, the Chunin Exams were a minor matter. The important thing was that Yu Ming could use this exam to advance to Jonin.

Lee and his friends were among those sent to participate in the Chunin Exams.

Last time, only Yu Ming and Shikamaru passed the Chunin Exams, and Yu Ming was even promoted directly to Special Jonin.

Three days later, Yu Ming led the Konoha team into Sunagakure.

After exchanging documents with the people of Sunagakure, Yu Ming led the Konoha team into the accommodations arranged by Sunagakure.

The Chunin Exams will not begin for another three days.

The Konoha members participating in the Chunin Exams this time are the other Konoha ninja besides Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Naruto.

However, Yu Ming, who was originally in the same cohort as them, has now become the team's Jonin leader.

Chapter 175

After Yu Ming entered Sunagakure, the village's leaders were discussing something.

That concerns Yu Ming's strength.

Yu Ming is now very famous in the ninja world, with a reputation comparable to that of Minato Namikaze back in the day.

The fact that he suppressed the Three-Tails is enough to prove his strength.

The fact that Konoha sent such a powerful figure to lead the team into Sunagakure has made the village's leadership somewhat nervous.

However, Gaara did not attend this high-level meeting.

Gaara has not yet become the Fifth Kazekage.

The reason why Sunagakure has not yet elected a Kazekage is simply because Sunagakure has no one who is qualified to serve as Kazekage.

The strongest ninja in Sunagakure right now is Maki, but Maki is just an elite Jonin, not enough to become the Fifth Kazekage, and his prestige is far from sufficient.

Therefore, Sunagakure is now controlled by the village's higher-ups.

During a high-level meeting in Sunagakure.

Several senior ninja from Sunagakure stood up and said, "What does Konoha mean by this? Sending someone like Yu Ming, don't they know how much of a threat he poses to our Sunagakure?"

He could suppress the Three-Tails all by himself and was also proficient in the Flying Thunder God Technique. With such strength, it was obvious that Tsunade made Yu Ming the Jonin leader.

After all, for a ninja like Yu Ming to enter Sunagakure is tantamount to letting a tailed beast into the village.

The defense pressure on Sunagakure is immense.

However, because of the previous attack on Konoha, Sunagakure surrendered to Konoha, so Konoha sent Yu Ming to lead the team, and they had no choice.

Although the older generation of ninjas complained, they knew there was nothing they could do but strengthen the defenses of Sunagakure.

The current strength of Sunagakure is far inferior to that of Konoha. Keep in mind that Konoha is currently at its weakest point in history.

Of course, because of Yu Ming, their strength among the five great ninja villages is not very high.

It was precisely because of Yu Ming's appearance that Sunagakure felt a great deal of pressure.

Temari, Kankuro, and Maki also participated in this high-level meeting.

These two currently hold higher positions than Gaara.

Gaara should have been promoted to a higher position, but the village's ninjas simply didn't trust him.

He had left a very deep impression on the village.

Seeing the ninjas complaining, Kankuro frowned and said, "That Yu Ming is now a special Jonin of Konoha and also the Hokage's bodyguard. There shouldn't be any problem with him leading the team to participate in this Chunin Exam."

"We should now discuss how to set up the Chunin Exams. This time, Amegakure and Takigakure are participating, so we need to arrange the exams well to dispel the concerns of the other villages."

Sunagakure is currently very weak and easily attacked.

Kankuro felt that this was the most important thing, rather than discussing a ninja who could not possibly harm them.

Although Kankuro didn't know Yu Mei very well, he knew their new Hokage quite well; he was someone who wouldn't easily start a war.

In that case, worrying about whether Yu Ming poses a threat to Sunagakure is completely unnecessary.

The older generation of ninjas who had been arguing quieted down.

Looking at Kankuro, he said, "If this person really does it~."

At this moment, Temari stood up and calmly said, "He won't do anything. He's not that kind of person. Unless he wants to start a war with Sunagakure, he would never do anything to harm Sunagakure. Obviously, the Fifth Hokage will not allow him to start a war with Sunagakure."

"He is just very powerful, not a warmonger."

"Moreover, the fact that the Fifth Hokage allowed him to come here is enough to prove that this arrangement was just a very ordinary one. Given his status, such an arrangement is reasonable."

Several older generation ninjas were thinking quite a bit, because Sunagakure was indeed relatively weak at the moment, which forced them to be more cautious.

Temari then added, "Now that he has entered Sunagakure, who do you think can stop him if he really wants to do something?"