This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

Immediately afterwards, Karujutsu Yagura's originally orange pupils turned blood red, and the blood color of the pupils split into three scarlet magatama.

Then, with a dazed look on his face, Karuta Yagura walked blankly towards the underground of the Kirigakure Anbu building.

If there were any high-level ninjas from Konoha, they might be able to recognize that this was a characteristic of a high-level illusion.

Moreover, this illusion originated from the Uchiha clan, which stands at the top of the ninja world!

The next day.

Water Shadow Building.

The senior ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village seemed to have received orders and gathered in this building.

Today is the monthly jonin meeting.

All the Jonin in the village must participate.

The jonin class is the true backbone of a ninja village.

They are also the elite class that reflects the strength of the ninja village.

Even if all the Jonins in the entire Kirigakure Village were added together, there would probably be no more than three hundred of them.

Only a small number of people were able to attend the meeting.

After all, most ninjas are busy on missions, and only a small number of them stay in the village to recuperate.

Don't underestimate these three hundred jonin. Almost every one of them is a high-level ninja who masters advanced ninjutsu. It is no exaggeration to say that only twenty jonin are enough to destroy a small country.

Twenty jonin working together can even fight some Kage-level strongmen in a short period of time.

Some ninja villages in small countries probably only have a dozen or so Jonin-level fighters.

At the Jonin meeting, the village's Kage would also announce some important matters and listen to the opinions of the Jonins.

At the same time, the Jonin Conference also has an important function.

That is the selection and promotion of Jonin.

Generally speaking, the appointment and promotion of Jonin must go through the Jonin Conference.

At the same time, theoretically speaking.

"Shadow" is regarded as the leader of a village.

Then the Anbu chief is the second in command of the village.

The leader of the Jonin squad is the third in command of the village.

If nothing unexpected happens, the next Kage of the ninja village will probably come from among the jonin squad leader and the Anbu chief.

When Mizunoe Ryosuke arrived at the Mizukage building, most of the jonin who were attending the jonin meeting had already arrived.

When everyone saw the somewhat unfamiliar face of Mizunoe Ryosuke, they all looked at him in different ways.

But soon, everyone understood what this meant.

Apart from the "Jonin", there is only one other type of person who can come to this occasion.

"The one who will become a Jonin."

That's right, Mizunoe Ryosuke came here this time to participate in the promotion to Jonin.

Chapter 7: The Ninja World is Not All About Fighting and Killing

After entering the conference room of the Mizukage Building, Mizunoe Ryosuke first greeted the familiar jonin.

Then he very consciously found a corner at the back and hid there.

Mizunoe Ryosuke was not surprised by the current result.

After all, long before this, Mizunoe Taki had hinted to him that he would "add some burden" to him.

But what he didn't expect was that Mizunoe Taki would be so anxious to make him a Jonin.

To be fair, he felt that based on what he had shown, he was still some distance away from the position of "Jonin".

It was just a "lucky" kill of an Iwagakure jonin, which was still a bit weak.

Don’t you see, Prince Naruto is always talking nonsense to everyone, but in the end he is still a Genin.

Therefore, the upgrade of a ninja is not that simple.

This is also related to Ryosuke Mizunoe's consistent "low-key" attitude.

Soon, except for the seat of Mizukage in the center, nearly half of the seats in the entire conference room were occupied.

On the left and right sides of the Mizukage, the Anbu chief Yagura Karatachi and the leader of the Jonin squad Genshi Maeda were already in place.

The two second and third most important figures of Kirigakure remained silent, feeling oppressive as if they were from a higher position.

Unlike the baby-faced Anbu leader Yagura Karatachi, Genshi Maeda has the face of a dignified middle-aged man and looks very calm.

Mizunoe Ryosuke took the opportunity to look at the senior officials of the Hidden Mist Village, especially the future fourth-generation leader, Karutachi Yagura.

At the same time, Mizunoe Ryosuke also noticed that almost all the senior ninjas of the Mizunoe family came to this meeting.

The arrival of these Mizunoe family ninjas was naturally due to the arrangement of the Mizukage.

I'm here to "collect votes" for Mizunoe Ryosuke.

Then, two masked Anbu members appeared at the door of the conference room, which also meant that the Jonin meeting was about to begin.

"cough cough"

Several clear coughs came from far away and reached everyone's ears.

Needless to say, the person who came was the current Mizukage, Taki Mizunoe.

After a while, Mizunoe Taki staggered to the main seat and slowly sat down.

He first talked about the situation in recent months in a clichéd way, and then said some encouraging words to encourage everyone to work together.

Then he got to the point.

"cough cough"

"Since everyone understands, I won't say any more nonsense."

"At this Jonin meeting, a total of five nominations were made for promotion to Jonin."

"It's still the same, three of mine, one for Goji, and one for Maeda."

"Next, let's vote. Those who have opinions can raise them."

Mizunoe Taki looked at all the jonin present with a smile, his aura as kind as usual.

In order to become an official Jonin, in addition to having one's achievements and strength recognized, one must also be recognized by more than one-third of the Jonin attending the Jonin Conference.

"cough cough"

"Maeda, please read your name."

After a low cough, Mizunoe Taki spoke to the senior ninja squad leader Maeda beside him.

Although the position of this jonin squad leader has always been wavering, he would not go so far as to offend the Mizukage on such a small matter.

"Miyake Daishi, Kato Ichiro, Hara Hidenori, Jiang Naoki, and Mizunoe Ryosuke."

"Voting will now begin. Anyone who has any objections to the above quotas may raise them."

Master Maeda said this in a voice full of majesty.

When they heard the name of Mizunoe Ryosuke, a gleam of light flashed in the eyes of all the jonin present.

This is not because Ryosuke Mizunoe is so famous within Kirigakure.

But you can guess the relationship between Mizunoe Ryosuke and the Third Mizukage even with your ass.

"hehe"

"Let's get started quickly. There's still a lot of work waiting for me in the Anbu."

The Anbu leader Yagura Karatachi on the side seemed to be very displeased with Master Maeda and urged him impatiently.

Seeing Karutagi Yagura's attitude, Maeda Genshi was not angry, but started the voting process.

Mizunoe Ryosuke was ranked fifth, so he was not in a hurry. Instead, he observed the situation on the field and made "preparations" secretly.

Long before he came, he had inquired about the process of being promoted to Jonin.

Getting nominated is just the first step, the next step is the vote of all the jonin.

There is also the most important third step, which is the strength test.

The jonin who attend the meeting on site will be randomly selected to compete with the ninjas who are promoted to jonin.

The Mizukage, Anbu Changbu, and Jonin squad leader watched from the sidelines.

On the one hand, it depends on whether the selected jonin has been given too much slack, and on the other hand, it depends on whether the strength of the jonin who is promoted meets the standards.

As long as you can remain "undefeated" during the competition, you will be promoted to a Jonin.

Once you lose in the competition

Come back next year

And what Mizunoe Ryosuke was waiting for was this "competition".

Jonin?

Whoever wants to be whoever.

Can he defeat Kaguya Otsutsuki? Can he defeat Madara Uchiha? Can he defeat Hashirama Senju?

At the very least, he still has the strength to force a 50-50 fight like Kakashi Hatake, right?

You want to be a jonin now? You're not even close.

"Jiang Zhishu, the final vote is thirty-seven!"

"pass."

Soon, the vote counting for the four Chunins who were to be promoted was completed.

Except for the civilian ninja named Miyake Daishi, the remaining three ninjas all have their own backgrounds, and without exception, they have passed the voting for Jonin.

At this time, the major ninja villages had only been established not long ago, and the ninja schools open to civilians had just been established.

The world of ninjas is still the world of family-based ninjas.

So the world of ninja is not all about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and worldly affairs.

Finally, it was Mizunoe Ryosuke's turn.

Chapter 8: Human Relationships

The voting for the Jounin of Kirigakure is non-anonymous, that is, voting is conducted on-site.

After Master Maeda announced the start of voting, the senior ninjas present raised their hands in agreement.

It can be clearly seen that about half of those who expressed their agreement were ninjas from the Mizunoe family. These ninjas were all wearing uniform white kimonos, which is also a major feature of the Mizunoe family in Kirigakure.

More than twenty senior ninjas, this is the foundation of the Mizunoe family.

In any case, the Mizunoe family, with the current Mizukage in charge, is the largest ninja clan in Kirigakure today.

From this we can also see how great an advantage ninjas who come from the ninja clan have.

On the other hand, on the seats opposite to the Mizunoe family ninjas, there was a row of burly ninjas sitting neatly, and their number was almost the same as that of the Mizunoe family ninjas.

These ninjas, regardless of gender, all have extremely well-developed muscles and one common feature: they have no eyebrows.

After removing the eyebrows, they used an eyebrow pencil to mark a black dot where the eyebrows should be.

This appearance looks tough but also looks funny and ugly.

The leader of this group of ninjas was a manic being of exceptionally large build, even larger than the rest of his kind.

Kaguya family!

The leader is none other than the current head of the Kaguya clan - Kaguya Ichiro!

He is also the mortal enemy of the Mizunoe clan!

At the moment, this group of ferocious ninjas all sat in their seats, sneering and saying nothing.

Without exception, Kaguya's ninjas opposed Mizunoe Ryosuke's promotion.