Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 118 The Hidden Ninja

Chapter 120 The Hidden Ninja

After San De announced the advancing teams, the eliminated teams left.

A total of 15 teams passed, but only 24 people were involved. Most teams suffered losses, such as Uchiha Fugaku and Nara Shikaku. These teams, which were highly anticipated, passed the test but were left with only one captain.

Akashi scanned the group and found that 12 of the 24 people were Konoha ninjas—maintaining the previous ratio, exactly half!

The chief examiner, Hatake Sakumo, then stepped forward and announced, "You 24 are the genin who have passed the preliminary test and entered the final test—you are all excellent among the genin, but to become chunin, you still need to pass one last test!"

This statement—

Don't believe it!

If it weren't for the Joint Chunin Exams, everyone present would definitely have the strength to be promoted to Chunin, or even surpass the strength of an ordinary Chunin!

However, that's how the ninja world is; it's full of oppressive education.

Next, Chief Examiner Hatake began to announce the content of the final exam.

The 24 who passed the exam weren't particularly nervous. In all previous Chunin Exams, the final round always tested direct combat ability, so it was basically confirmed to be "1 vs 1". The only thing to announce now was the format of the competition.

"The final test will be held on August 1st. Not only the Kage of the three great hidden villages, but also political figures and wealthy merchants from various countries will come to observe. At that time, twelve people will be selected from among you to pass the final test and be awarded Chunin positions," Hatake continued.

Everyone was slightly surprised to hear that the final exam would be on August 1st, but then they heard that the Tsuchikage and Mizukage would also be there, so it wasn't surprising.

Moreover, the mention of "spots" later on brought a sigh of relief to everyone.

In previous Chunin Exams, there were often no limit to the number of participants, making the possibility of any number of participants the most unpredictable.

Of the 24 people, 12 will advance. Considering the special nature of the "Joint Chunin Exams", this advancement rate is already quite high.

"The ratio is so high? Is it possible to win in just one one-on-one?" Inuzuka Tsuru said, licking his sharp nails.

"No, there will be four arenas, each with four champions. Each other person will have one challenge opportunity. Each champion can be challenged an unlimited number of times. The one who succeeds remains champion on the arena until everyone has completed their challenge."

"The four champions who remain on the stage will be promoted to Chunin without any conditions. In addition, eight people will be selected from the others to also obtain Chunin qualifications." Sakumo Hatake announced this strange rule.

"Select eight people? How will they be selected?" Huang Tu asked, frowning.

"Don't worry, the Hokage, Tsuchikage, and Mizukage will personally select the two best performers from each arena, besides the reigning champion," Hatake Sakumo said with a slight smile.

Sure enough, once it was announced that the three Kage himself would act as referees, no one questioned the fairness of the proceedings anymore.

If anyone questions this further, it might not just be the security detail that calls for help—

"Those four champions—"

As expected, this is what everyone is most concerned about.

"Of course, they are the captains of the top four teams: Yagura Karatachi from Kirigakure, Kyoto from Iwagakure, and our Konoha's—Fugaku Uchiha and Akaishi Uchiha," Sakumo Hatake announced.

It's obvious that the team leader was specifically asked to deliver the reel beforehand for this reason.

Pfft, Ichiro Kuchi laughed out loud, and nudged Akaishi, saying, "Hey, good luck, Akaishi, champion."

Lan Wu also looked at Chi Shi strangely.

"Hahaha, of course!" Akashi said with great enthusiasm.

Shikaku, Ranmai, Minato, Shinnosuke, etc.: ————

Goodness, this guy doesn't seem to have realized that being the champion is actually at a disadvantage?

Just then, thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

Everyone was wondering what was there to applaud?

Besides the genin who passed the preliminary test, aren't the people here just maintaining order—oh, the security personnel—applauding?

"As expected, Konoha is counting on the Uchiha!"

"Hahaha, of course! Without us Uchiha, could it still be called Konoha?"

"Go for it, Fugaku and Akaishi! Set a good example for the other Konoha genin!"

"This time, we can't hide our weaknesses by finishing third or fourth!"

Everyone: ————

As expected, the Uchiha group did not feel that the position of "champion" was actually a tactical disadvantage; on the contrary, they were very proud!

Of the four champions, two are from Konoha, and the champions from Konoha are all from our Uchiha clan!

What does this tell us?

This shows that you still need to practice and learn!

Only Fugaku's expression was a little serious, but seeing that Akaishi and the other clansmen all had the same reaction, he forced a smile.

The outlying village genin present were all looking at these fan-wielding figures with bewilderment, while the Konoha genin seemed used to it and simply avoided eye contact.

Only one young female Konoha genin, wearing round-framed glasses, was watching the Uchiha clan members warily.

After announcing the rules, Chief Examiner Hatake left the scene.

Those who pass the test are free to move around and cram for the next two weeks.

Akaishi then took a look at the twelve genin from Konoha—most of them were familiar faces; eight of them had gathered together at the ramen shop the day before the exam.

It's missing Akimichi Choza, Yamanaka Inoichi, Hyuga Hizashi, and — that Kurama guy or something.

Of the four who joined, Fugaku Uchiha goes without saying. Among the other three, Akashi knew two of them, but wasn't very familiar with them; they were ninjas two or three years his senior. As for the last one—Akashi was also a little puzzled. Who was this person? He looked about the same age as him, so how come he had never seen him at the Ninja Academy?

"Ranmai, Minato, is that girl with glasses your classmate?" Akaishi asked curiously. Judging by her appearance, she should be the same age as Akaishi or slightly younger, not older.

Upon hearing this, both Lanwu and Shuimen shook their heads.

As Akaishi spoke, he looked at Shikaku, who also shook his head.

"Huh?" Akaishi was even more confused. He had absolutely no recollection of her, whether she was a year or two younger or a year older than him—could she not have graduated from the Ninja Academy?

If you didn't graduate from the Ninja Academy, why are you a Genin?

If the proctors hadn't never raised any questions, Akaishi would have suspected that someone was impersonating a Konoha genin.

"Fugaku-nii, let's go get some yakiniku later?" Akaishi invited Fugaku again. Seeing Fugaku glancing at the group around him, Akaishi added, "My treat! Shinnosuke's paying!"

"Wait, can you invite more people?" Shinnosuke looked at Akaishi in shock—is this what you mean by treating people?

As Akaishi spoke, he also looked at Shikaku and said, "Let's invite Choza and Inoichi as well!"

Shinnosuke:————

Upon hearing this, Lu Jiu shook his head regretfully and said, "They both need to stay in the hospital for another two days."

Shinnosuke breathed a sigh of relief.

If Shikaku and Inoichi are alright, but if Choza also comes, his secret stash of money is in danger.

As for Jazz, there's no need to invite him specially, since he's Shinnosuke's teammate.

"I see—by the way, you guys come too!" Akaishi said, then called out to the other three Konoha genin.

A man with pink hair, styled into a five-pointed star, was beaming with pride—Akaishi could understand his smugness, after all, they had qualified with only 1 point!

With both of his teammates failing, he managed to survive to the end by holding onto just 1 point in each event, which was indeed something to be proud of, because he was two years older than Akaishi and had also achieved top grades at the time, so Akaishi still remembered him.

Another character I remember even more vividly is a female ninja who has beautiful features but a very strong personality. She was a notorious troublemaker at the ninja academy and could be considered "a senior of a certain red-haired guy".

As for the third one—

"Is that okay?" Pink Starfish was still a little embarrassed.

"Okay!" Matsumoto agreed immediately.

Akagi then said to Ranma and Minato, "Let me introduce you—"

Ranmai and Minato were a year or two younger, so Akaishi estimated that they probably didn't have much of an impression of Matsumoto and Haruno.

"This is Haruno Cho. Although he is a commoner ninja, he has quite a bit of talent."

Lan Wu rolled her eyes – Why are you talking so condescendingly? Can you tone down your Uchiha vibe?

Haruno Chizuru was quite diplomatic, greeting everyone. After all—if nothing unexpected happened, he was probably the worst among the twenty-four people!

"This is Yoshino Matsumoto. Before that little firecracker enrolled, Matsumoto was the school's previous female bully!" Akaishi said matter-of-factly.

"The last sentence is redundant—" Yoshino punched him.

As for————

Akaishi looked at the girl with glasses and said somewhat awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I really can't remember your name."

"If you don't know, then don't introduce me!" Lan Wu muttered to Chi Shi under her breath while smoothing her hair.

In fact, it wasn't just that she couldn't remember; Akashi felt that either she hadn't graduated from the Ninja Academy at all, or she had a baby face but a huge belly and was many years older than him!

"I am Yakushi Nonou. Let's skip the meal—there are more meaningful things to do, and I hope you won't bring shame to Konoha," Yakushi Nonou said coldly.

"What's wrong with this guy?" Akaishi stared at her back with displeasure.

"It's all because you didn't know their name and still insisted on introducing them!" Lan Wu retorted directly.

However, at this moment, Fugaku spoke up fairly: "No, that shouldn't be the reason."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Fugaku, wanting to find out if he knew anything secret.

"I heard that some of the genin who received ninja numbers this year did not graduate from the Ninja Academy, but were submitted by Root. All the information was kept secret from the beginning." Fugaku did not say it explicitly, but only mentioned that this situation existed.

This is different from the Anbu. Although the Anbu is secretive, they select people from existing ninjas and then seal their files. However, the Root submitted ninjas this year without any information from beginning to end, making it a parallel channel with the Ninja Academy.

Immediately, everyone understood what it meant!

Since no one recognizes her, she probably didn't come from the ninja academy, which means—

"Let Root train ninjas from a young age? How can that be allowed!" Akaishi frowned.

However, because it concerned the Root organization, a secretive department, and especially because of its awkward relationship with the Uchiha clan, the group did not continue the topic.

Afterwards, the remaining eleven people, along with Hiashi Hyuga and Murakumo Kurama, went to a barbecue restaurant together.

"Huh? What a coincidence? Kurama, what are you doing here?" Akaishi asked feigned surprise, as if to say, "Did I invite you?"

Fugaku frowned slightly, feeling that Akaishi was going too far and becoming more and more like the other clansmen.

However, before he could speak, Kurama said, "Heh, it's no use. Today I'm going to eat your Uchiha clan out of house and home!"

"Have you no shame? Hey! Don't choke on your words here!"

Fugaku: ————

Fugaku decided to pretend he hadn't heard him say "Uchiha clan".

Only Shinnosuke weakly reminded him from the side, "Um—even though Akaishi is treating, I'm paying!"

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