No one knows Hokage better than me

Time passed by and the five-day survival extreme exercise finally came to an end. A total of 30 people and 10 teams passed the second test.

Among them, Konoha alone accounts for 60%, and Sand Hidden Village and Otogakure Village each account for 10%. This is not surprising.

On the contrary, in the newly established Mingyin Village, the two teams that signed up for the Chunin Exams all passed the second exam. This made leaders from various countries pay more attention to this newly established ninja village.

According to Danzo, the Chunin Examination is not only to select outstanding ninjas with the qualifications of captains, but also a microcosm of the war between various countries to compete for resources.

For example, countries that show strong strength will receive more task commissions, and the individual commission fees will also increase accordingly.

Therefore, the Fifth Hokage Danzo’s advice to the genin who are about to take the third exam is: fight with your life.

Unlike when Hiruzen was in power, Kabuto could jump repeatedly on the edge of death.

Now that Danzo is in power, he has the good sense not to take the Chunin Exam. After all, if he is discovered by the former, he will definitely die.

Orochimaru has learned the "Jutsu of erasing the face", and even Danzo himself cannot see through his identity, so now he is pretending to be the instructing Jonin of the Sound Ninja team, eating melons and watching the show in a serious manner.

There is a preliminary round before the third exam. Candidates need to compete one-on-one. The winner can advance. Among the 15 people who lost the competition, only the ones with the best performance are eligible to continue the competition.

Not long after they came out of the extreme survival exercise, the candidates were not in very good condition, so they did not spend much time in the preliminaries.

According to the arrangement of Moonlight Hayate, the person in charge of the third exam, the 16 people who are qualified to participate in the third exam were finally determined.

Through the drawing of numbers, the matchups for the official matches are as follows:

Group 1 No. 4~: Uzumaki Naruto vs. Hyuga Neji, Yun Shengxiao vs. Shimura Shishou

Group 5 No. 8~: Gaara vs Mo, Toss Anvil vs Uchiha Sasuke

Group 9 No. 12~: Nara Shikamaru vs. Jasmine, Katagiri An vs. Temari

Group 13 No. 16~: Kankuro vs. Shino Aburame, Kosuke Maruboshi vs. Kyouga Muta

The rules of the formal examination are relatively simple. Each group of four people competes in twos and twos, and then the two winners compete again. The final winner can be promoted to Chunin.

Of course, in addition to the final winners of the four groups who can be promoted to Chunin, there are also two Chunin places that will be voted by celebrities and ninja leaders from various countries who are watching the game.

In other words, even if you fail to win in the group, as long as you perform well enough, you may be voted into Chunin, which somewhat solves some of the disadvantages caused by the matching mechanism.

In order to give celebrities and ninja leaders from all over the world time to come and watch the competition, the official competition will be held in one month. During this period, candidates can make targeted preparations based on the performance of their opponents in the preliminaries.

After all, in the ninja world, it is common to use intelligence to prepare and turn the tide of the battle.

"One last thing to remind everyone, don't waste this precious month of time," Danzo said solemnly.

The candidates present had their own ideas, but their goals were all clear, which was to defeat their opponents and be promoted to chuunin.

Apart from Kosuke Maruboshi who was "forced" by Danzo to take the Chuunin Exam and wanted to be eliminated early but his strength did not allow it, he should be the only genin in the audience who wanted to lose the competition early.

After listening to Danzo's speech, everyone left the scene one after another.

Although Naruto was quite confident in his own strength, in order to defeat that guy Shimura, he wanted Kakashi to help him train for a month.

At this moment in Konoha Hospital, Naruto found the ward where Sasuke was resting and handed the lunch he bought to him.

"Sasuke, this is your favorite bonito-flavored rice ball with ketchup added in it."

Naruto had asked Kakashi about Sasuke's condition before. Kakashi said that it was nothing serious and that he would recover as long as he took a good rest, so Naruto was not too worried now.

Sasuke leaned on the pillow and said politely: "Thank you, Naruto."

Naruto smirked, "Why are you being polite to me? Just eat it while it's hot."

After saying that, Naruto took out another portion from the food bag and handed it to Kakashi: "Kakashi-sensei, I have a portion for you too."

"Oh Naruto, you are so considerate. It really makes me, a teacher, a little embarrassed." Kakashi pretended to scratch his head.

This was what Naruto was waiting for. When Kakashi took the rice ball, he said in an unceremonious manner: "Kakashi-sensei, since you want to thank me, why not practice with me for a while after dinner?"

Naruto thought that as long as he asked Kakashi to practice with him for a while, he would be able to find other reasons to let Kakashi continue to practice with him until the official competition begins.

Kakashi had a dark look on his face. He found that the rice balls in his hand were so expensive that he couldn't afford them.

"That, Naruto"

Kakashi was about to get down to business when Naruto took out a bowl of ramen from the bag, rubbing his little hands with a mean smile on his face.

"What's the matter, Kakashi-sensei?"

Naruto smirked, as if Kakashi had agreed to practice with him.

"I just promised to train with Sasuke, Naruto."

Before Kakashi could finish his words, he was cut off by Naruto with chopsticks.

Seeing Naruto eating ramen with big mouthfuls, Kakashi was speechless.

"Then I will train with Kakashi-sensei together with Sasuke." Naruto didn't panic at all.

Kakashi shook his head slightly and refused: "No, Naruto, the next test requires the personal qualities of a ninja. If you and Sasuke are still training together, it will definitely affect your personal performance."

"Then what should I do if I don't practice quickly? I will definitely be eliminated by those powerful opponents."

Naruto looked aggrieved. If he hadn't stopped moving his mouth, Kakashi would have believed him.

Kakashi was at a loss when suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and said: "Naruto, I suddenly thought of a person who is more suitable to help you practice than me. He is much better than me."

"What kind of person would he be if he was much stronger than Kakashi-sensei?"

Naruto has heard about Kakashi's experience, and also knows that the latter did not show his full strength when he grabbed the bell and fought the black hoe Thunder Fang, but just like that, Kakashi-sensei is very powerful, and now there is Kakashi. Teacher Nishi was the stronger person, Naruto instantly didn't want to train with Kakashi.

Kakashi heard someone say the day before yesterday that Lord Jiraiya, one of the "Three Ninjas" known as "Toad Sage", was back. It was probably because of the traitorous Ninja Orochimaru who sneaked into Konoha.

Orochimaru took the opportunity to put a curse seal on Sasuke during the second exam. At this time, the Fifth Hokage sent many ANBU to track him down.

In this way, even Orochimaru, who is also a "Sannin", will have a hard time making trouble again.

In other words, Jiraiya-sama should have nothing important to do now.

If Naruto can ask him to help him train, he has great hope of defeating the genius of the Hyuga family and the great-nephew of the Fifth Hokage.

Naturally, although the newcomer from Mingyin Village won the preliminaries, his strength seemed to be average and there was no way he could be an opponent of Shimura Shishou. Naruto would not have a chance to fight him anyway.

Thinking about it, Kakashi deliberately emphasized his tone and said, "Naruto, the master I'm talking about is Mr. Jiraiya, who is known as the Toad Sage."

"Sage" Naruto asked in surprise.

"That's right, Jiraiya-sama is a more powerful ninja than Sage. As long as you can ask him to help you practice, it is not a problem at all to be promoted to chuunin," Kakashi-sensei praised vigorously.

Naruto's eyes flashed and he exclaimed: "Really?"

Kakashi nodded, then Naruto asked him where the sage was.

I had only heard the news that Jiraiya had returned to the village, so no one knew where he was. But judging from what Kakashi heard about Jiraiya, he was probably collecting information.

Thinking about it, Kakashi cleared his throat and said seriously: "Naruto, go to a tavern or a hot spring bathhouse where there are beautiful waitresses. You might be able to meet Jiraiya-sama by chance."

""Naruto seemed to hear something strange.

He was about to ask a question when he was interrupted by Kakashi: "Okay, stop asking, let's eat quickly."

"After eating, go to the place I mentioned to find Mr. Jiraiya. He has very long white hair and wears a forehead protector with the word "oil" written on it. What other characteristics do he have?"

"That's probably it."

"You have to find Lord Jiraiya before he leaves Konoha, otherwise your training plan will be ruined." Kakashi pretended to be serious.

Naruto pouted his mouth and sipped the ramen, secretly complaining about Kakashi's favoritism, and at the same time he was full of interest in the Lord Jiraiya in the latter's mouth.

So much so that when Kakashi was about to start, Naruto had already finished eating and left.

"This guy doesn't even throw away the noodle box"

Kakashi said with a doting look on his face and turned to eat the rice ball in his hand.