Konoha Teken Ning Invincible

Chapter 62 List and Discussion

The pre-selection ends in the evening.

The nine people who advanced to the third test are: Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuga Neji, Tenten, Rock Lee, Uzumaki Naruto, Nara Shikamaru, Aburame Shino, Sak Stirrup, and Terunomaru.

There are nine people in total, the first seven are Konoha Shinobi, the last one is Otonin and the other is Sand Shinobi.

After the list came out, Neji was not surprised.

Without the participation of the Gaara trio, the strength of other villages could not be compared with Konoha.

“Congratulations, everyone successfully advanced to the third exam.”

After the qualifiers were over, the qualified players gathered again, and after Moonlight Hayate expressed their congratulations, Third Hokage announced the rules of the official competition.

“The official competition will be held in a month. During this time, I will leave you to prepare.”

The so-called preparations are naturally based on the pre-selected fighting situation to check for omissions.

Try to make up for your shortcomings, but also prepare more moves. Because in the official competition, no one will hide any more tricks, and it will be a more dangerous battle than it is now.

“To be fair, please work hard this month.” Third Generation said, “Of course, you can also choose to rest, all by yourself.”

That’s how it is said, but surely no one will use this precious time for rest.

Not even Neji.

Then, the examiner of the second exam, Mitarashi Anko, took out a cardboard box.

Draw lots.

Nine people were drawn one by one. After Neji finished drawing, the note was “9”.

“The number determines how you play against each other in the official game.”

The first exam examiner, Ibizi will take out the match chart.

No. 1 Aburame Shino VS No. 2 Terunomaru

No. 3 Tenten VS No. 4 Sack stirrup

No. 5 Uzumaki Naruto VS No. 6 Nara Shikamaru

No. 7 Uchiha Sasuke VS No. 8 Rock Lee

No. 9 has a bye and goes straight to the next round, where the winner is between No. 7 and No. 8.

As soon as the matchup chart came out, several people looked at their opponents.

Neji looked at the “No. 9 Card” in his hand with some playfulness. It was his bye, no matter how it looked like a black box operation.

Is it because you feel that no one has a chance to win against him, so you simply keep him out of the first round? In this way, we can see the performance of other candidates…

never mind.

It’s okay to fight one less game, but Neji thinks it’s easy.

What surprised him the most was the duel between Naruto and Shikamaru. The most “stupid” versus the most “smart” was really interesting.

In addition, the duel between Xiao Li and Sasuke also made him very concerned, as well as Tenten and Otonin’s Sacker stirrup…

All this is very interesting, but only if the exam can go smoothly.

The question is coming, can it?

…

In Hokage’s office, many Jōnin gathered.

Apart from Third Generation and Jōnin, there is the only Genin in the room, Neji.

As the person who provided information on the tail beast, he was allowed to participate in this Jōnin meeting by the Third Generation exception.

“It has been basically determined that Sand Shinobi has a plan against Konoha.” As soon as Third Generation spoke, the atmosphere in the room became tense.

Sarutobi Asuma, like his father, is also a big smoker, dangling his smoke and said: “So, do you want to prepare for war?”

At this time, Anbu reported: “Master Hokage, there is no evidence that Sand Shinobi has assembled ninja troops on the border.”

“Yeah.” Third Generation nodded. “It’s not clear what the enemy’s plan is. But… Kakashi, come on.”

“Yes.”

Kakashi stood up at this moment and surprised everyone when he opened his mouth.

“I suspect that Orochimaru may be related to Sand Shinobi’s action.”

“Orochimaru?!”

“He is back……”

“How can Orochimaru and Sand Shinobi have a relationship?”

Kakashi continued: “According to the current information of the Master, Orochimaru killed the candidates who were taking the exam with Kushinin, pretending to be candidates to participate in the exam. In the second exam, he purposefully found Sasuke and planted him on him. Curse seal.”

“And it was also in the second test.” Kakashi glanced at Neji. “Neji found Sand Shinobi’s Jinchūriki. After being tailed, Jinchūriki seemed to flee because of fear of being hunted down. After that, Sand Shinobi led Jōnin Baki, It was said that the three candidates were unwell, withdrew from the exam and went back to the village. But this is obviously an excuse.”

After Kakashi said this, the Jōnin were lost in thought.

“However, from this information, there is no connection between Sand Shinobi and Orochimaru.” Yuhihong said.

“Yes, but it’s a bit too coincidental.”

“There are very few real coincidences in the world, and most of them are premeditated.” Third Generation took a breath. Suddenly he asked Neji cheerfully: “Neji, what do you think?”

The Jōnin all looked at the boy.

The current Neji’s height has jumped again, more than 1.75 meters, and he is completely adult. Coupled with his strength and meticulous thinking, no one would treat him as a child again.

Neji raised his eyes: “I don’t think it’s a coincidence either.”

“Oh? Can you give us a reason?”

“My reason is simple, that is, if there is no strong foreign aid, why would Sand Shinobi attack Konoha now?”

“…”

The Jōnin looked at each other, let alone, the reason is simple, but it does make sense.

From the perspective of national strength, there is a gap between the country of wind and the country of fire. From the perspective of the hidden village, Konoha’s strength has been increasing in recent years, but Sand Shinobi has been declining.

Kakashi knows this best. Because at the time his father, Hatake Shumo, known as “Konoha’s White Fangfang,” personally beheaded a couple of Sand Shinobi’s masters, Jōnin, and Sand Shinobi lost a lot. Of course, this beheading made Hatake Sakumo’s reputation and gave birth to a monster.

With the current strength of Sand Shinobi, as Neji said, why can we go to war with Konoha without foreign aid? Why believe that there is a possibility of victory.

“Well, Neji is right. I don’t think Sand Shinobi will attack Konoha without foreign aid.” Third Generation was satisfied with Neji’s reasons and nodded frequently.

Hong and Asuma glanced at each other. They are lovers, and they are connected. Both can perceive that Third Generation seems to have a special preference for Neji.

“In this way, Orochimaru is very likely to be that powerful foreign aid!” Guy said in a deep voice, “It’s just that Orochimaru is powerful. Now I don’t know where to hide. It’s not easy to find him.”

“It’s not difficult.” Kakashi suddenly took the conversation.

“why?”

“Because whether he is Sand Shinobi’s foreign aid or not, Sasuke is among his goals. As long as Sasuke is optimistic, I don’t worry about Orochimaru not showing up.”

“Um…” Third Generation nodded again, “Kakashi also said it well.”

“However, we have to be wary that there may be more Orochimaru people in the village.” Kakashi said solemnly, “It has been discovered before that Yakushi Kabuto is his spy.”

“Yakushi Kabuto…”

“That kid from the enemy country who was picked up?”

“After the second exam, he didn’t show up. Later, in Sasuke’s ward, he wanted to take Sasuke away, but I stopped it.” Kakashi said, “But his strength should not be underestimated. Several Anbu died. His men.”

“…”

Death is a very depressing matter, and it is especially annoying that spies start to kill.

There was a moment of silence in the room, and Third Generation made a decision.

“I will send more people to monitor the border with Sand Shinobi. In addition, I will also revise a book and send it to Sand Shinobi. If Fengying knows the stakes and abandons the plan, we will be fine. If we don’t understand…then we Konoha will definitely fight to the end!” An edge flashed through the muddy eyes of Third Generation.

The Jōnin listened and nodded together.

Only Neji was not satisfied with this decision.

If I were Hokage…

Neji couldn’t help thinking: If I were Hokage, I would just do everything, let go of the border, set up an ambush in the territory, and wait until Sand Shinobi’s ninjas come in and catch them all… Then let Sand Shinobi pay more, or even counterattack Sand Shinobi. possible……

But he also understands that Third Generation’s approach is to avoid war.

However, if war can be avoided if you want to avoid it, will the world still look like it is now…