Chapter 19 Chūnin Exam (Ch 19)

Seeing Hong’s admiring look, Asuma became quite jealous and swore that when he got home, he would ask his old man for such a cute summoning beast, one that would definitely be better than Xiaolan’s.

“Asma, please be gentle. The cow is in pain.”

If it weren’t for the protection of the railing, Yue Yan would have no doubt that Asma would have a few more cow hoof marks on his face.

“You seem to be in high spirits.”

Hizashi came over and greeted him with a smile.

“Hello, Captain Hiashi.”

Yue Yan and the other two also greeted him.

“In half a year, several villages will jointly hold the Chunin Exam, so I plan to let you participate.”

“That’s great. I finally have a stage to showcase my talents.” Asuma excitedly put his hands on his hips, looking very awesome.

“Since it is a Chunin Exam jointly held by several villages, there will definitely be Genin from other villages coming to participate. I promise to beat them to a pulp.”

Although Asuma’s bold words sounded impressive, the other people present didn’t even look at him.

“Hizashi-sensei, is this considered as proving to the Daimyo how powerful our Konoha is?”

Yue Yan touched his chin and thought, after all, the ninja village can only continue to develop by relying on the money allocated by the daimyo. Although he didn’t understand this system, it had nothing to do with Yue Yan.

“Not really.” Hiashi shook his head and patted Yue Yan’s head. “As the victor of the Second Ninja World War, we in Konoha don’t need to prove anything to the Daimyo. Besides, the Daimyo from other countries won’t come to watch the Chunin Exam this time. All you have to do is be careful of the ninjas from other villages.”

Hearing this, Yue Yan nodded in understanding.

“I see. The other villages felt that they had lost face in the Second Ninja World War, so they wanted to use the Chunin Exam to regain their position among the new generation of ninjas. This would also prove to the daimyo behind them that they were still worth investing in.”

Originally, Yue Yan just subconsciously expressed his inner thoughts, and Asuma and Hong on the side were also confused. However, Hizashi, who knew the inside story of this Chunin Exam, felt a little upset. It seems that it is not a good thing to have subordinates who are too smart.

Hiashi reached out and tapped Yue Yan on the head. Although the tone was the same as usual, Yue Yan still heard the warning in it.

“Kids don’t know shit, don’t say anything.”

After hearing this, Yue Yan realized that he had said the wrong thing, and he bowed his head and admitted his mistake without any rebuttal.

After all, if such words slandering the top leaders get out, being harassed would be the least of the worries. The worst thing is that a mission that means you must die would suddenly come up, and if you don’t do it, you’d be considered a traitor. Are you afraid?

“Dirty politics.”

Yue Yan complained quietly in a voice that only he could hear, then looked at Hizashi again.

“So, Captain Hiashi, what are your plans?”

Seeing that the question finally got to the point, Ri Di didn’t keep the question in suspense.

“The team will no longer accept this kind of D-rank mission in the future. All attention will be turned to C-rank missions. At that time, we will focus on eliminating rebellious or wandering ninjas, so that you can accumulate as much practical experience as possible before the Chunin Exam.”

Compared to a certain insignificant person in later generations, Hizashi was really dedicated as a team leader. Not only did he teach every member diligently outside of the mission, but during the mission, in order to ensure the same thing as before, he would also use his Byakugan to collect information in advance.

Thanks to Hizashi’s teaching, Yue Yan’s strength has improved by leaps and bounds in the past six months.

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The beginning of the 42nd year of Konoha.

As the host, Konoha Village jointly held the Chunin Exam with other ninja villages.

Among them, not only the Thunder, Earth, and Sand villages announced their participation, but even the Hidden Mist Village, which had been closed off from the outside world and engaged in a civil war, also announced its participation.

At the same time, small ninja villages such as Rain Village, Kusagakure Village, and Hot Spring Village will also come to participate in the Chunin Exam.

The purpose of this joint Chunin exam is not only to select Chunins, but more importantly to show the potential of the new generation of ninjas to others in order to win more missions. Therefore, those sent by all parties to participate in the Chunin exam are all elites.

On the day of the exam, there were huge crowds of people and ninjas in various costumes gathered in one place.

Those who are sent to take part in the Chunin Exam are all geniuses, and coupled with the hatred caused by the Second Ninja World War, basically no one is willing to submit to anyone else.

Fortunately, this is not their territory, and the instructors of each team avoided conflicts and pulled the team members away in time, so that no melee broke out.

“There are so many people.”

Asuma stood on tiptoe and couldn’t help but sigh.

“And most of them are Genin from other villages. I didn’t see many from Konoha at all.”

Hong was a little worried, especially when she saw several genin who were full of murderous intent and had killed many people. Although she was not afraid, as a newcomer who had just graduated for about half a year, it was inevitable to worry.

Seeing this, Asuma patted his chest with a smile in order to gain Hong’s favor.

“Don’t worry, I’m very strong, don’t you think so, Yue Yan? Yue Yan?”

In order to increase the persuasiveness of his words, Asma also brought Yue Yan along, but Yue Yan had no intention of paying any attention to him and was instead greeting someone he knew.

“Uncle Dai, you are here to take part in the Chunin Exam as well.”

Hearing someone calling him, Mighty, who was practicing in a handstand, looked around and found that he could not see anything except a pair of shoes.

Seeing this, Yue Yan couldn’t help but twitching his lips, and squatted in front of Matt Dai to let him see clearly.

“Oh, it’s you, little brother Yue Yan. Are you here to take part in the Chunin Exam as well?”

“Yeah, Captain Hizashi signed us up, so we’re here.”

“That’s great. Although it makes me ashamed as a father to participate in the Chunin Exam with Gai, this is the test of my youth. Only when I can face my own shortcomings can I be truly youthful.”

Looking at Might Dai who was inexplicably getting angry, Yue Yan didn’t know what to say.

“Yue Yan, don’t forget that we are only a small team.”

At this time, Asma appeared from behind Yue Yan, slapped Yue Yan on the shoulder, and spoke in a very resentful tone.

“Uh…” Yue Yan scratched his head. “Isn’t this just to say hello to an acquaintance? By the way, I want Uncle Dai to show some mercy when we meet. I don’t want to lose so miserably.”

Hearing this, Might Guy looked at Yue Yan’s sincere face suspiciously.

“real?”

It’s not that Asuma didn’t believe Yue Yan’s words, it’s just that Yue Yan’s strength was too extraordinary. Asuma had also sparred with Yue Yan during the team training before. It’s no exaggeration to say that in a normal fight, it was basically a 30-70 split. In three minutes, Yue Yan beat him to 70% death, and the remaining 90% was the result of Yue Yan using medical ninjutsu to treat him.

But before Yue Yan could open his mouth to explain, a loud noise was heard.

In front of the entrance, Sakata Gin, a man with white hair and dead eyes… bah, Hatake Kakashi, was carrying Obito who was tied up and walked in, followed by Nohara Rin who had a helpless smile on his face.