Reborn wind shadow: Attack the country of fire in the beginning

Originally, Rasa didn't have any intention of holding a ninja exam.

Firstly, although it was somewhat embarrassing, the Hidden Sand Village didn't have many talented young ninjas to show off. Among the five great ninja villages, the Hidden Sand Village was known for its lack of talent. Even though Rasa had supplemented the ranks through various means, it would take four or five years for the results to fully materialize.

Secondly, Rasa didn't want to create unnecessary trouble. Holding a ninja exam sounded easy, but it was a major event that affected the entire village, requiring significant investment of manpower and resources.

However, in the end, Rasa had no choice but to agree.

One reason was that when he wanted to invite the Daimyo of the Wind Country to visit the Hidden Sand Village, the Daimyo agreed, but the Daimyo's office made a request: the Hidden Sand Village had to give the Daimyo a reason worthy of his status and presence.

After all, from the perspective of superficial hierarchical order, Rasa was still only a vassal of the Daimyo. As the Daimyo, he couldn't lower his status simply because of a request from a vassal.

Another reason was that after the success of the Sage Art Cursed Seal, Rasa planned to start experimenting on the ninjas of the Hidden Sand Village, especially the children in the ninja academy. However, although the Sage Art Cursed Seal had been successfully tested, not everyone was suitable for inoculation. In order to select suitable candidates, Rasa agreed to hold the ninja exam.

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Hidden Sand Village, Ninja Academy.

As a year passed, Kunimi, Sara, and Maki grew older and became second-year students at the Ninja Academy.

As second-generation ninjas of the Hidden Sand Village, Kunimi and Sara had natural talent and early exposure to ninjutsu training, which allowed them to immediately become top students in their class and even the entire grade when they started learning about chakra in the second year.

Even Maki, a commoner girl, caught up with the two with their help, forming a famous trio in the entire school.

Of course, there were many children in the class who wanted to challenge them, but the difference in strength led to their repeated failures.

Just as these children were unwilling and envious of the talent and abilities of others, the arrival of a piece of news excited the entire school.

In the huge classroom.

At this moment, all the children were sitting in their seats with excitement on their faces, looking expectantly at the direction of the classroom door. Soon, the classroom door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man with paint on his face, who looked very strict, walked in. He was the second-year teacher: Daron.

Seeing the expectant eyes of these children, Daron nodded and didn't waste any words.

"Alright, seeing how excited you all are, I won't waste any time."

Daron said, taking out a folder, looking at it, and then raising his head to say.

"I think you should have heard some news from your parents. That's right, in ten days, on the third day of our Hidden Sand Village's Five Kage Summit, we will hold a: Desert Flower Ninja Selection Exam!"

"Wow..."

The whole classroom became lively all of a sudden.

"Quiet, it's not too late to make noise after I finish speaking."

Daron then talked about the arrangements for the exam.

"This ninja selection exam is very simple. The competition is divided into four stages. All students of the Ninja Academy are eligible to participate, including your newly enrolled freshmen. However, don't underestimate this competition because of this. I can clearly tell you that you must strive for good rankings in this ninja exam, because this is a great opportunity for you to change your destiny. In addition, the final winner will also have the opportunity to be personally taught by Lord Kazekage and become Lord Kazekage's student. I don't think I need to tell you little brats what this represents, right?!"

In this chaotic ninja world, children are relatively precocious. After hearing the teacher say that there was a chance to become a disciple of Lord Kazekage, everyone became envious.

That was Lord Kazekage!

The current Rasa is like a god to every villager in the Hidden Sand Village.

Even Kunimi, who had always been calm, widened his eyes all of a sudden.

Seeing the excited look of the students, Daron also nodded, feeling a little envious of these children's good luck.

Why didn't he encounter such a good thing when he was in school?

"Alright, I'll talk about the specific schedule. This competition is divided into four days, which are four stages, lasting thirty days:

The first stage is called: Desert Assessment. This stage assesses your physical fitness and willpower. You need to travel 50 kilometers within 24 hours to reach the designated competition point for the second day. Don't think this is easy, because you will be crossing the scorching and barren desert. You will encounter various tests, which will not be easy even for those senior students.

The second stage is called: Courage Assessment. You will be teleported to a place called: Tongling Island, where you will undergo special tests. You will know the specific assessment content when you arrive. Only those who pass the test can enter the third stage. The second stage lasts for seven days.

The third stage is called: Ninja Power Assessment. After the second stage, you can rest for three days. After three days, the Ninja Power Assessment will begin. At that time, the village will group you according to your grade, divided into two groups: grades 123 and grades 456, and then conduct actual combat to select the final winner.

Normally, the competition would end after the third stage, but in fact, there is a final stage.

That is, after the third stage, you can rest for half a month. Half a month later, the best of your age from the other four great ninja villages will also come to our Hidden Sand Village."

Now the students present understood what the teacher meant.

"It seems that I don't need to say more. You will compete with the younger generation of other villages at that time, and only those who perform well in this fourth stage will have the opportunity to become a disciple of Lord Kazekage!"

"......"

The whole classroom instantly became quiet, and the eyes of all the children were filled with tension and anticipation.

"Alright, that's all I can tell you. Next, you can only rely on yourselves. For this reason, the school has made an exception to allow you to freely arrange the next ten days. It doesn't matter even if you don't go to school. You can do everything you can to prepare for this ninja exam! Now, class dismissed!!!"

Daron left the classroom very simply, and then the whole classroom became noisy.

"It feels so exciting?"

"I must become the winner and become a disciple of Lord Kazekage!"

"But we have to compete with the third-year seniors who are older than us!"

"Tch, I'm not afraid. It's just a year older than us."

"Yeah... the winner in our class must be Kunimi. This guy is too strong. We are not opponents at all..."

All of a sudden, everyone's eyes looked at Kunimi in the front row. Feeling the gazes of so many people, Kunimi could still remain calm, but Sara and Maki had already nodded excitedly.

But at this moment, a weak voice sounded.

"Not necessarily, didn't you notice the strangeness in the teacher's words just now?"