Ninja school teacher, I can become stronger by teaching...

There is no age limit for this martial arts tournament, so the competition is bound to be more intense, enough to discourage many ordinary ninjas who are self-aware.

Of course, after all, there are rewards for entering the knockout round this time, so there will definitely be a group of ninjas who dream of getting in by chance, so there will definitely be a lot more people.

"Isn't that the Third Raikage and the Alternate Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village? They have also been invited to watch the game?" Obito looked around and saw a group of strong men with muscular bodies and dark skin.

"Maybe." Kakashi didn't pay much attention.

It's not wartime, so if we meet, we meet. Besides, Mu Yue is still here, so what can go wrong?

Due to the large number of people, Konoha specially booked a hotel for its own ninjas to stay.

We made the arrangements before coming here, so we can just move in and stay there.

After the team arrives at the hotel and the rooms are allocated, Mu Yue, the Hokage, will take the Konoha ninjas who need to participate in the competition to register.

There were so many ninjas at the registration office that even Obito, the guard, was dazzled.

"Hey, the baby-faced Kirigakure who was captured by Mu Yue teacher." Obito discovered his old acquaintance, Yagura Karatachi.

Yagura Gotsuchi led his team to fight against Mu Yue's troops twice. Once he was beaten by Mu Yue and fled back to the Kirigakure homeland overnight, and another time he was directly captured.

Because Yagura Karuta has a very distinctive appearance, Obito has a deep impression of Yagura Karuta.

Yagura Karatachi may look like a young genius, but he's actually old enough to be Obito's father.

Obito continued to look in the direction of Karatachi Yagura and soon saw the Third Mizukage, who was talking to a registered ninja.

Just as Obito was curious, something even more attractive happened in Konoha soon.

"No way, old man, you are participating too?" Asuma was dumbfounded when he saw Sarutobi Hiruzen who was registering.

He thought that Sarutobi Hiruzen was just here to lead a team like Mu Yue, but he didn't expect that Sarutobi Hiruzen was also going to participate in the martial arts tournament.

Asuma's words attracted the attention of many ninjas in the Konoha team.

The plan to assassinate Sosuke was kept top secret, and many of the participating Konoha ninjas did not know that Sarutobi Hiruzen was going to participate.

"The way of ninja is endless. It is a rare opportunity to communicate with powerful people from all walks of life." Sarutobi Hiruzen said calmly.

Asuma: ...

In other words, there was a real possibility that he would run into his father in the martial arts tournament.

Asma was shocked. What was going on?

"Obito, do you still have the confidence to take first place?" Kakashi couldn't help but teased.

"Well, the important thing about a competition is participation. Just give it your all." Obito replied calmly.

However, the way he wiped the sweat from his hand still allowed Kakashi to see that Obito was feeling uneasy.

"No, in that case, then the Third Raikage and the Third Mizukage..." Obito suddenly thought of something scary.

Since Sarutobi Hiruzen is participating in the competition, is there a possibility that the Third Raikage and the others were not invited to watch the competition, but also to participate in the martial arts tournament?

Obito couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.

If it really goes as we wish, let alone first place, even reaching the semi-finals would be a great success.

Some ninjas noticed the unusualness of this martial arts tournament, quietly put away the registration fees and information they had prepared, turned around and walked out.

Although the number of places in the elimination round has doubled, there are too many capable ninjas and it is difficult to find a chance.

Any ninja who participated in the last martial arts tournament would easily discover this.

Because there weren't actually many contestants from the five major ninja villages in the last martial arts tournament, most of them were ninjas from various ninja organizations in smaller ninja villages.

This time it’s different. Just a quick glance at the registration office will show you many forehead protectors from the five major ninja villages.

"Are the five major ninja villages trying to divide up the martial arts tournament rewards? So many ninjas have come." A ninja who was persuaded to retreat couldn't help but complain in his heart.

In fact, when the registration deadline came and the list was submitted, all the relevant personnel of the Ninja Clan were shocked and quickly contacted the registration office to ask if there was any mistake.

There's no way, this list looks too scary.

The Kages of the five major ninja villages are all gathered together. Except for Sarutobi Hiruzen who is the previous Hokage, Rasa and the others are all the current Kage of their respective ninja villages.

In addition to the Kage, there are also many famous strong men from the five major ninja villages on the list.

For example, the Sand Village hero Ye Cang, the Iwagakure's Rock Fist Huang Tu, the Kumogakure's AB combination, the Kirigakure's Karatachi Yagura...

The Shinobi clan ninjas at the registration office told the checking personnel with certainty that they were right, the Kages had all registered in person.

Because the identities of the contestants were too important and there were many strong people, the list of participants was reported to the top leaders of the Ninja Clan layer by layer.

"What are these big ninja villages planning? Why are they all flocking here to participate in the competition?" Kakuzu touched his chin, feeling that there was a conspiracy.

The Five Kage had already informed the Ninja Clan before setting off, so Kaku knew they were coming.

However, Kakuzu did not believe the reasons for the Five Kage's participation. From any perspective, the current martial arts tournament was not worthy of participation by ninjas of the Kage's level.

It would be better to have a backup movie.

"Could it be that our arrangements in River Country have aroused their fear, and they are secretly uniting to deal with us?"

Although it sounds a little unbelievable, based on Kakuzu's experience, nothing is impossible.

"That should be the case, but don't worry, this will be a successful game." Mu Yue said, looking out the window.

With his current strength, if the big ninja villages gather together, Mu Yue can save some of his attention.

"Anyway, with you here, they can't cause any trouble." Kakuzu nodded.

Since Sosuke is so calm, nothing will happen.

"Having said that, this martial arts tournament is really exaggerated. I feel like if I'm a little unlucky I won't even make it to the knockout rounds." Yahiko couldn't help scratching his head.

He was thinking about getting good results this time, but he didn't expect that the five major ninja villages would come together to the martial arts tournament for team building.

"Just do your best." Nagato comforted with a faint smile.

Speaking of confidence, Nagato is actually the person in the office who has the most confidence in the Ninja Clan besides Mu Yue.

Nagato might still have to worry about the four major ninja villages joining forces, but he would feel a little amused if the five major ninja villages joined forces.

The Hokage of Konoha is the leader of their Ninja Clan.

……

The qualifying round officially begins on February 4th.

Considering that there will be a lot of ninjas participating in the competition, the Ninja Clan expanded the qualifying venue in advance and replanned it.

The current qualifying venues are divided into four major areas, each with four competition zones.

The promotion rules are the same as the last martial arts tournament, with the top four teams in each region advancing to the knockout rounds.

After drawing lots, Obito and other familiar Konoha ninjas gathered together for pre-match discussions.

"Which division are you from? I'm number 30 from Division A1." Obito said, waving the white note in his hand.

"Number twelve from the A4 region," Kakashi replied briefly.

"I'm also in the A4 division." Nohara Lin was a little surprised.

"Luckily, I'm number 25, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have made it to the knockout round this time."

Since there are thirty-two people in each competition area, according to the Ninja Clan's competition system, every eight numbers can produce one elimination round spot, such as one from one to eight, and one from nine to sixteen.

Nohara Rin's number is far away from Kakashi, so she doesn't have to worry about being eliminated by Kakashi.

"Obito, you and I are in the same division, but I'm number eight, so we can't meet each other." Asuma hit Obito's chest.

"That's great, we'll go there together later." Obito said with some regret.

It’s nice to be in the same division with good brothers, but it would be happier to be in the same division with Nohara Lin if the serial numbers were not too close.

The others also reported their respective divisions. Shisui and Yamato were in Division A3, while Might Guy was in Division B1.

"The same ninja village is arranged in the same area." Kakashi thought when he found that most people were in Area A.

To prove this, Kakashi went to ask some other Konoha ninjas about their divisions, and sure enough, most of the Konoha ninjas were in Division A.

"To ensure that the places of the major ninja villages in the knockout rounds are not too different?" Kakashi thought from the perspective of the Shinobi Clan and came up with a possibility.

At this moment, the venue broadcast sounded, reminding the contestants to go to their respective competition areas to prepare.

"See you later." Obito waved goodbye to his friends and headed to the A1 region with Asuma.

Since it was not a big deal, Kakashi didn't think too much about it. After waving goodbye, he went to the A4 competition area with Nohara Lin.

As soon as they reached the A1 competition area, Obito and Asuma stayed where they were.

"It seems that our luck today is not very good." Asuma said helplessly as he looked at the extremely familiar figure.

Obito nodded in agreement.

There are a total of sixteen competition zones, and coincidentally, Sarutobi Hiruzen is in their zone.

"Please don't let it be a number 25 or above." Obito prayed in his heart.

He didn't want to be eliminated by Sarutobi Hiruzen in the preliminaries, otherwise Kakashi would laugh him to death.

Before the game, he said he would fight for first place, but in the end he didn't even make it to the knockout stage. It was a mess.

The preliminaries will soon officially begin.

"In the first round, contestant number one, Lord Sarutobi Hiruzen, will face contestant number two, Kenji Ishida." The Ninja referee looked at the list in his hand and silently added a honorific suffix to Sarutobi Hiruzen's name.

After all, he is at the top of the ninja world and deserves some respect.

The words of the Ninja Clan referee instantly broke the hearts of several ninjas.

When Asuma heard the words "Number One Sarutobi Hiruzen", his eyes went dark.

Spicy balls!

The contestants who were not ranked one to eight were relieved. Regardless of how high their ranking would be, at least they still had a chance to enter the knockout stage.

Sarutobi Hiruzen stroked his long beard and walked slowly onto the battlefield without using the instant body movement technique.

The Kusagakure ninja named Kenji Ishida followed with steady steps.

But everyone present was a ninja, with observation skills far superior to those of ordinary people. They immediately noticed Ishida Kenji's slightly trembling hands and his forehead that was beginning to sweat.

There is no doubt that Kenji Ishida is under a lot of pressure at this time.

When he officially stood on the battlefield and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen opposite him, Kenji Ishida was in a trance.

No one told him before participating in the competition that he would have to play Naruto. He came because he heard that there would be a ninjutsu scroll for advancing to the knockout round.

"The fight begins!" the referee shouted when he saw the two men were ready.

"I give up!" Kenji Ishida bowed at an extremely fast speed.

He must be mentally ill to actually fight Sarutobi Hiruzen.

If it was some strong young man, he might give it a try with the mentality of since he is already here, but this is the Third Hokage who is at the top of the ninja world, a genius ultimate form.

If Sarutobi Hiruzen accidentally used a little more strength, he might have died.

There's no need to fight hard just for that little entry fee, it's really not worth it.

Sarutobi Hiruzen retracted his outstretched hand.

"Lord Sarutobi Hiruzen wins!" The referee announced the result of the fight.

Thus, the first game in the A1 zone ended at the speed of light.

None of the onlookers thought that there was anything wrong with Kenji Ishida's behavior, and it was not shameful to admit defeat to the Hokage.

Normally, a ninja of Ishida Kenji's level would not give Sarutobi Hiruzen the chance to admit defeat, as the two were not from the same world.

Such a scene also happened in other regions.

In the B1 division, facing the ferocious-looking Third Raikage, his opponent wisely raised his hands in surrender.

In the C1 division, the Third Mizukage had just stepped onto the ring, but his opponent gave up before the battle even began.

In the D1 division, Ohnoki's opponent left the field and admitted defeat the moment the referee called out "start."

In the D4 competition area, Luo Sha's opponent gave up cleanly.

As the pinnacle of the ninja world, the sense of oppression brought by the Kage is too strong. Since the Kage are all number one, many ninjas who are in the same division as the Kage and are number eight or below simply give up the competition and go to different divisions to find the ninjas they want to watch.

There aren't that many opportunities to watch high-level ninjas fight in normal times, so the registration fee is worth it as a viewing fee.

Since most of the contestants ranked below 8 had given up, Asuma enjoyed the same treatment as Sarutobi Hiruzen and was directly promoted to the third round without any action.