Hinata's Jonin Exam

As the heir to the Hyuga Main Family, New Year's Day is always the busiest time for Hinata.

Not only do they have to entertain the elders in their own clan, but they also have to entertain people from other ninja clans and the nobles of the Land of Fire.

This is Hinata's first year as a ninja, and Hinata currently enjoying great popularity in the Shinobi World. The number of people visiting the Hyuga Clan is much greater than before.

Fortunately, Hinata wasn't the only one suffering.

Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, Kiba, Shino, Neji, and the others were also busy following their father around, and when they occasionally met, they could only greet each other with bitter faces.

Before graduation, everyone could compare who received more lucky money after the New Year, and then the person with the most lucky money would treat everyone to a meal.

However, everyone is now a ninja, and after the New Year, they will all be busy with their own missions, and even the time for a gathering can only be squeezed out from their busy schedules.

On the first day of the new year, Hinata held a fan meeting at the Konoha venue and completed fifty-three C-rank mission in one go, greatly increasing her seniority in the ninja database.

If Hinata mission experience would completely surpass Kakashi's.

This has always been Hinata's biggest goal.

Hinata's classmates were very supportive and all came to her fan meeting. In the evening, they all had dinner together and chatted about what would happen after graduation.

Although everyone is only thirteen years old after the New Year, they have matured a lot. Hinata and Shikamaru are already Chunin.

There are two more Chunin Ninja Exams this year, in February and August, and quite a few more people should be promoted to Chunin.

And Hinata... will soon be Jonin!

Whenever Hinata thought of this, a sense of superiority would well up within her.

On January 3rd, Hinata arrived at the Hokage's Office at 8:00 AM sharp.

Although she had only rested for a few days, Hinata felt as if she hadn't reported to the Hokage's Office in a long time, and had a sense of novelty as if it were her first time reporting here.

Tsunade Hinata a meaningful look and said with ill intent, "Everyone else looks radiant and full of energy after the New Year... Hinata, why do you look so tired?"

Hinata inwardly scorned Tsunade: You must have experienced something like this when you were a kid!

Tsunade chuckled, took out Hinata's ninja file from the drawer, and said seriously, "Although it was a bit opportunistic, you have already met the number of missions required and can participate in the formal Jonin Exam."

"Yes!"

Hinata stood still obediently.

If the purpose of the Chunin Ninja Exams is mainly to test a ninja's ability to carry out missions independently or in a team, then the Jonin Exam are entirely about testing a ninja's strength.

Ninja ranks can be roughly divided into three levels: Jonin, Chunin, Genin, but if we break it down further, we can distinguish some other ranks as well.

Special Jonin are different from all- Jonin. They are ninjas with unique talents and abilities in certain areas, and their strength Chunin and Jonin.

Jonin are the true elites of their respective villages. In addition to leadership skills, Jonin are required to excel in Ninjutsu, analytical skills, and other aspects, making them all-around ninjas.

Elite Jonin are ninjas who are qualified to lead Jonin squads on missions and whose strength surpasses that of Jonin.

Prior to this, Hinata's strength had already met the requirements for promotion to Jonin, but she still had some gaps in terms of ninja experience.

However, since Hinata completed 53 C-rank mission in one go, Hinata is now qualified to skip the 'Special Jonin' rank and be promoted directly to Jonin.

Tsunade continued, "Generally speaking, as long as you have enough mission experience and your strength reaches a certain level, you are qualified to be promoted to Jonin."

"The Jonin Exam only assess strength..."

At this point, Tsunade said calmly towards the office door, "Come in!"

Hinata also turned around to look.

The office door was pushed open, Asuma, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, swaggered in and greeted him with a smile.

"Yo! Good morning! Lord Hokage, Hinata."

Good morning, Teacher Asuma!

Hinata, beaming, asked, "Teacher Asuma, are you one of the examiners for this year's Jonin Exam?"

"Yes!"

Asuma, with an encouraging attitude towards his junior, said with a faint smile, "Hinata, we've done several missions together. Although I think you've already reached the level of Jonin, the necessary procedures still need to be followed."

"Hinata, you'd better do your best later!"

"However, as a senior, I also have to be responsible for my juniors... Hinata, I won't hold back later, so you'd better be prepared."

Hinata and Tsunade exchanged a glance: He's so confident!

Asuma was indeed extremely confident at that moment.

Asuma and Hinata had carried out several missions together, especially the one to support Kakashi in the Land of Water, where Asuma witnessed Hinata's true strength.

In Asuma's view, Hinata's strength actually exceeded her 'hardcore strength', but her combat experience was extremely poor.

Furthermore, Hinata would need to use some kind of technique to reach the level she achieved in the Land of Water.

However, it takes Hinata about three minutes to activate the technique.

Three minutes!

In ninja battles, three minutes is enough to decide the winner.

Hinata politely replied, "Then please take good care of me Teacher Asuma!"

Asuma chuckled and said, "Once you become Jonin, we'll be colleagues, and we should be mentoring each other!"

Tsunade said calmly, "Hinata has a mission after this. The Jonin Exams will begin now!"

Asuma grunted in agreement, then turned to Hinata and said, "Hinata! Let's go to Training Ground Three!"

"OK!"

On a high platform outside Training Ground Three, Tsunade and Shizune watched Hinata and Asuma in the training ground from afar.

Tsunade suddenly chuckled and turned to Shizune, asking, "Shizune, how long do you think Asuma can hold out?"

Shizune muttered under her breath, "Lady Tsunade, as the Hokage of Konoha, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to say that?"

Tsunade said nonchalantly, "How about we make a bet... three minutes, I bet Asuma won't last three minutes!"

Shizune asked, "How do I calculate this?"

Tsunade chuckled and said loudly, "Let's see who guesses the closest time!"

Shizune nodded, then gave Tsunade a disdainful look.

Tsunade clearly understands Hinata and Asuma's strength very well. Before entering Sage Mode, Hinata would have a hard time defeating Asuma in a short time, but once Hinata enters Sage Mode, Asuma would have virtually no chance of winning.

Therefore, this battle only has three minutes of entertainment value.

Asuma either has to defeat Hinata within three minutes, or he has to simply admit defeat after three minutes.

Shizune analyzed, "Then I'll guess for two minutes!"

Tsunade said confidently, "Shizune, you're going to lose this time!"

"Hinata's strength has reached a bottleneck, especially in Gentle Fist, which is unlikely to improve in a short period of time."

"If Hinata fights in her normal state, she only has Gentle Fist techniques to use... Asuma knows Hinata well, and the fact that he dared to accept this test shows that he is fully prepared."

Shizune said with a dark face, "Then we'll wait and see!"