Konoha: The New Will of Fire

The small pool has rippling blue waves and is crystal clear. Through the pool, you can clearly see schools of fish swimming at the bottom.

On the big stone beside the pool, an old man set up a large pot. The fish soup in the pot was boiling and rolling, and the fragrance was blown around by the wind.

"smell good…"

Naruto sniffed hard, and his stomach suddenly growled. After fighting repeatedly, Naruto didn't eat anything, and he consumed a lot. He didn't feel anything before, but now he smells this delicious fish soup. , Naruto suddenly felt hungry.

After touching his growling stomach, Naruto subconsciously walked over and asked for a bowl of fish soup.

At this moment, Sasuke suddenly called out to Naruto: "Wait, Naruto, something is wrong."

Naruto stopped, turned to look at Sasuke, and asked suspiciously: "What's wrong?"

"Don't you think it's strange?" Sasuke explained: "This is the assessment area. How can there be an old man cooking fish soup in a place like this? Judging from his age, he is definitely not a student, that is, he is an assessment officer. Let's go over now and say You might fall into the other party’s trap.”

"Really? But I think he is just an ordinary old man. Besides, if he is an examiner, why would he be cooking fish soup here?"

Naruto looked at the old man who was making fish soup, and he was deeply doubtful of Sasuke's inference.

"Whether the other party is an assessor or not, we will find out after we go and take a look."

With that said, Naruto ignored Sasuke's shouts and rushed directly through the water.

When Sasuke saw this, he cursed an idiot. He wanted to leave, but when he thought that Naruto had saved him just now, if he abandoned Naruto here like this, he would not be an unkind person. Thinking of this, Sasuke gritted his teeth. Followed.

Although Naruto said he didn't care, he was careful in his actions. He stopped about one meter away from the old man, looked at the milky white fish soup boiling in the pot, swallowed his saliva and asked, "Grandpa , can I have a drink?”

Hearing the growl from Naruto's stomach, the old man smiled kindly and said, "Come on, I can't drink all this by myself."

As he said that, the old man picked up a bowl of fish soup from the side and handed it to Naruto with a smile. Naruto took the fish soup and drank it without any doubt.

Seeing this scene, the old man was stunned for a moment, but then a more kind smile appeared on his face.

When Sasuke caught up, he could no longer stop Naruto. Sasuke was so angry that he yelled: "Idiot, this is an assessment that is [-]% close to actual combat. Except for teammates, anyone on the battlefield may be the enemy. How can the enemy's things be used?" Eat."

"It's okay, Sasuke." Naruto raised his head and said with a smile: "I feel that grandpa is not a bad person. You can have a bowl too. Grandpa's fish soup is really delicious."

The old man also served Sasuke a bowl of fish soup: "Here is a bowl of warm fish soup. It will be good for your injury."

"I do not want it."

Sasuke looked away with a haughty expression.

But at this moment, Sasuke's stomach growled, and Naruto burst into laughter. Sasuke's cheeks turned red, and he couldn't hold back his face for a moment.

After a while, Sasuke, Naruto and the old man were sitting around the fire, drinking delicious fish soup.

After drinking ten bowls in a row, Naruto finally burped with satisfaction and touched his already rounded belly. Then Naruto seemed to realize something and asked, "Grandpa, I still don't know your name."

"Me... Maruboshi Kosuke, my name is not worth mentioning. You must have never heard of it. I am just an ordinary genin." The old man named Kosuke said with a smile.

"what!"

Naruto shouted, with a look of disbelief on his face: "Sir, you are actually a genin..."

After saying this, Naruto realized that it was not a good idea to say this, and he quickly covered his mouth with an apology on his face: "I'm sorry, grandpa, I just..."

Kosuke waved his hands and smiled nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter. I'll be satisfied if I can be a genin."

Naruto looked puzzled. There were still people who wanted to be genin forever. What Naruto didn't know was that the old man in front of him who was just a genin was actually a powerful ninja that even Konoha's elite jounin didn't dare to look down upon.

Sasuke interrupted and asked, "Grandpa, are you also an assessor?"

"Yeah", Kosuke nodded, and while Naruto and Sasuke's expressions changed, he fiddled with the fire and said to himself: "But I'm not interested in the assessment, it's just that the Hokage thought I was boring and asked me to come here, don't worry. , I won’t take action against you.”

Sasuke frowned slightly. The old man in front of him must be too arrogant. He was still a genin at such an old age, but his tone sounded as if he could easily defeat them.

Naruto didn't have as much thought as Sasuke. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Grandpa Gusuke, don't underestimate me. I'm very strong."

At the same time, inside the venue.

Looking at Naruto and Sasuke who were sitting with Kosuke on the big screen, chatting and drinking fish soup, Shikaku shook his head: "Should I say that these two people have good luck or bad luck? First they met Shiranui Genma, and now they have bad luck. When I met Kosuke Maruboshi, among the fifty examiners, the strongest ones were all met by them."

Qian Qiao said: "I didn't expect these two people to have such a happy chat with Gu Jie."

Originally, Gu Jie was brought here for the final insurance, but Qian Qiao didn't expect that Gu Jie didn't take action.

Suddenly thinking of something, Qian Qiao shook his head and smiled. He was already a Hokage and he was really embarrassed to plot against these brats. If the two of them could really pass, then let's pass.

In the entire assessment area, students and assessors were fighting together.

Fights broke out everywhere, and the large screen at the venue was divided into dozens of sections, showing the scene of each battlefield in real time.

During the assessment, some defeated the assessors and passed the assessment directly, some gained the approval of the assessors and passed the assessment, but there were also some who failed the assessment and were directly eliminated.

People like Naruto and Sasuke who can obviously pass the exam but still get better results are in the minority after all.

Naruto and Sasuke had eaten and drank enough, and chatted with Kosuke for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, the two of them got up to leave.

Naruto said goodbye to Gusuke: "Grandpa Gusuke, we have to leave. We still have to take the exam and graduate."

Hearing this, Gu Jie looked confused: "Your strength still can't pass the test?"

"We have passed the assessment. We just want to get better results, graduate as Chuunin, and create new history in Konoha."

Naruto raised his fists with confidence on his face.

Gu Jie looked at the confident Naruto in front of him, as if he saw his shadow in the past, and suddenly stood up and said: "In that case, you don't have to run around, let me be your opponent, I am also just after dinner Under activity.”

Upon hearing this, Sasuke and Naruto were stunned.

Naruto reacted and smiled helplessly: "Grandpa Fousuke, please stop making trouble. Our opponents are Chuunin examiners, not Genin."

Sasuke, who looked arrogant, also said: "I don't want it. If I fight with you, everyone will laugh at you."

However, as soon as Sasuke finished speaking, Kosuke suddenly took action and attacked Naruto and Sasuke.