Civilians in Konoha, forging their own paths

The fog was hidden and the snow was still falling. The whole village was shrouded in white snow, adding a touch of holiness!

In the conference room of the Mizukage Building, the Kirigakure Jounin class meeting is in progress!

This was a new meeting format added by Konoha after Dihuangwan replaced the Third Mizukage. Before that, Kirigakure did not have any senior ninja class meetings.

The topic of the meeting was the Joint Chunin Exam.

"For the joint Chunin exam next spring, I, Kirigakure, will send six teams of three people, a total of eighteen people to participate!" Dihuangwan said, "I wonder what your plans are?"

Everyone in the conference room was whispering and discussing in low voices. Mizunotsuki Hyoga was the first to speak: "Lord Mizukage, my Mizunotsuki clan will send a team to participate!"

Karuju Yagura also responded, "Lord Mizukage, my Karuju clan will also send a team to participate!"

Afterwards, the Hozuki clan and the Kaguya clan also expressed their willingness to send a team to participate. When Terumimine saw this situation, she knew that she had to express her position!

"Forget it, I'll just send a small team to join in the fun. We don't have to compete for results, but we won't fall behind!" Terumimine thought, and then he said, "Mizukage-sama, my Terumi clan will also send a small team to participate!"

The five major ninja clans expressed their opinions one after another and directly occupied five team places. As a result, the other small ninja clans and those of civilian origin only had one team place!

Immediately, the representatives of the small ninja clan and the jonin who were of commoner origin became unhappy!

"Lord Mizukage, we have too few places! You know, we have the largest number of Genin!" said one person.

Then other small ninjas and civilian representatives responded and expressed their protest!

Dihuang Wan waved his hand and asked everyone to be quiet!

"Let's put it this way. Only one representative from each of the five major ninja clans will participate, and the remaining two spots on the team will be filled by people outside the five major clans! The sixth team will be composed entirely of people outside the five major clans!" Dihuangwan said.

Now the people from the five major clans were a little unhappy again. After a heated discussion, they finally decided to follow Dihuang Wan’s suggestion!

"The specific list of team members will be reported in one month. In the next three months, the team will conduct intensive training to develop tacit understanding! Today's meeting is over, disband!"

Late at night, at the Mizunotsuki clan’s residence, in Mizunotsuki Hyoga’s study, Dihuangwan and the other two were drinking tea!

"Lord Bingyu, who do you think should take the quota for my Mizunoe clan?" Mizunoe Binghe said.

Dihuangwan lay in a rocking chair, drinking the new tea of ​​the Land of Fire, and said with his eyes closed, "I am just a Genin! Just let me go!"

"You? But won't your Third Mizukage's substitute also go to Konoha?" Mizunoe Sora asked puzzledly.

"The identity of the Third Mizukage is too conspicuous, and many things are inconvenient to do. However, the identity of a Chunin candidate is much more interesting!" Dihuangwan said.

"In the next few days, I will find a suitable opportunity to awaken my Ice Escape! This way, I will participate on behalf of Mizunotsuki, and you can explain it to your clan! As for the other two places, there will definitely be many people from outside the five major clans who will contact you, so you can just accept them as you see fit!"

Mizunoe and Hyoga nodded, indicating that they would leave it to Dihuangwan to arrange!

A month later, the member lists of the six teams were finalized. Dihuangwan's two teammates were named Ringo Koizumi and Megure Juichi!

The subsequent three-month training camp was held on a small island in the Water Country, and Dihuangwan sent his clone to participate!

Spring is here, there is still one month left until the Joint Chunin Exam, and registration has closed!

Konoha Village, inside the Hokage's office.

"Huruzen, the registration for the joint Chunin Exam has closed. In addition to the two major ninja villages of Konoha and Kirigakure, four smaller ninja villages including Kusagakure, Amegakure, Takigakure, and our ally Uzushio Village have also signed up!" said Utane Koharu.

Mitokado Enya said: "The Third Mizukage has sent a letter. Kirigakure will send six three-person teams, a total of eighteen people, to participate in the Joint Chunin Exam! It's a huge team! Moreover, the Third Mizukage will come to observe in person and meet with Konoha during the Joint Chunin Exam!"

He continued, "The other small ninja villages have all decided to send two teams!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen took two puffs of his pipe, "Although the other three major ninja villages will not participate, it is still within my expectations. This joint Chunin exam is still very important. We must show our style as a major village!"

"Men Yan, there is still one month before the Joint Chunin Exam. People from various ninja villages will come to Konoha one after another. You must make preparations for the Joint Chunin Exam within half a month!"

"Koharu, you will be responsible for the reception and placement of personnel from various villages participating in the Joint Chunin Exam!"

"Danzo, you and Sakumo, one in the light and one in the dark, will be responsible for the joint security during the Chunin Exams, as well as intelligence gathering and protection!"

Shimura Danzo said, "Monkey, who are you going to let be the examiner for this exam?"

"I have talked to Orochimaru and the other three, but none of them are very interested. What a pity! If Dihuangmaru were still here, he would be the most suitable person to be the chief examiner!" Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed.

"Monkey, since none of the three of them are willing, let me be the chief examiner!" Shimura Danzo said immediately. As for the second half of Sarutobi Hiruzen's words about Dihuangwan, it was as if he didn't hear them!

"Danzo, I've just told you about your mission, which is more important than being the chief examiner! I will convince Orochimaru to be the chief examiner!" Sarutobi Hiruzen refused.

Danzo Shimura secretly clenched his fists. This was a good opportunity for him to show his abilities in the ninja world, but he was suppressed by Sarutobi Hiruzen and was not given any chance at all.

"Huruzen, the Third Mizukage has an extraordinary status and position. How should we arrange for him when he comes to Konoha this time?" asked Utane Koharu.

Sarutobi Hiruzen said, "Clear a house for him and his men to live in separately, and the candidates from Kirigakure will live in the Konoha Post like other villages!"

"In addition, the Konoha Station will not be open to the public during the Joint Chunin Exams. It will only be used by candidates to stay in. Please pay attention to arranging rooms separately between villages to prevent conflicts and troubles!" Sarutobi Hiruzen added.

After the meeting, Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned the captain of the Konoha Guard, Uchiha Fuyang, and asked him to strengthen public security management during the joint Chunin Exam!

At the same time, he personally went to Orochimaru's laboratory and persuaded him to serve as the chief examiner of the Joint Chunin Exam!

Although Orochimaru was immersed in his own experiments, he was actually somewhat interested in the ninja world's first joint Chunin exam, so he simply took advantage of the situation and agreed!

Afterwards, Orochimaru, as the chief examiner of the Joint Chunin Exam, began preparations for the Joint Chunin Exam!