Danzō: Don't Call Him Kano!

Chapter 26: Danzō: Don't Call Him Kano!

Lord Danzō!

Uchiha Itachi's gaze sharpened!

Uchiha Itachi had heard that name before.

Once, while accompanying Uchiha Shisui on an assessment, he encountered a heavily injured ninja. From that ninja, he learned that Danzō had done things that harmed Konoha. He had even been attacked by Danzō's subordinates because of it, and the heavily injured ninja was ultimately killed. To prevent disputes within Konoha, the matter was dropped.

Uchiha Itachi later learned of Danzō Shimura's identity. He knew Danzō Shimura held the position of Hokage Assistant, making him a person of high authority.

This young man…

Was he actually under Danzō Shimura?

Why were all of Danzō Shimura's subordinates a bunch of bad people? This young man looked about his age, yet he was deceiving even these genin participating in the exam!

"Why the long face?"

Akihara Kagura looked at Uchiha Itachi's expression and suddenly chuckled, "It seems you know Lord Danzō too. Do you seem to be dissatisfied with Lord Danzō?"

"No…"

Uchiha Itachi quickly shook his head, his expression slowly easing, "I just don't quite understand why you would deceive them."

"Hmm? Why?"

Akihara Kagura tilted his head, as if pondering this strange question, "I just wanted to reduce the number of competitors in the exam. Is it strange that I used a little trick? Aren't all ninjas unscrupulous in achieving their goals?"

"..."

Uchiha Itachi was speechless.

This genius of the Uchiha Clan thought for only a second before suddenly saying, "However, the village won't allow such a thing to happen. This Chunin Exam cannot have only the two of us as candidates. The exam time should be postponed for a while..."

"Tsk…"

Akihara Kagura looked at the empty room, his mood seeming to become somewhat relaxed, "Perhaps, but there are fewer people here, so I can relax a little."

Hokage Building.

The Hokage's office was filled with screens.

These display screens were showing everything happening in the waiting area for the Chunin Exam's written test. A group of Konoha's high-ranking officials watched Akihara Kagura's brilliant maneuver with wide eyes.

"He's a very clever child!"

Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi was the first to laugh, even commenting with great interest, "Something like this happening during the Chunin Exam..."

"Sigh..."

"This won't do..."

"What's wrong with this child!"

"If this continues, the entire Chunin Exam will only have two candidates!"

"This will make the village lose face in front of other ninja villages!"

"The number of candidates participating in the exam is less than the proctors. How can this exam proceed! Someone must be sent to stop this quickly!"

The two Hokage advisors sitting beside him discussed animatedly. These two did not find Akihara Kagura's actions amusing but rather believed it could cause trouble.

"Danzō, what do you think?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at his old friend and asked, "This is a child from your class, what's his name?"

"Have someone stop this first..."

Danzō Shimura coldly ignored Hiruzen Sarutobi's teasing and continued on his own, "Even if an outstanding individual wants to display their strength, they need someone to set them off."

"Ashido Raido."

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the group of waiting special jonin and called out their names, "You are the chief proctor for the first stage of the Chunin selection. You will go and resolve this incident."

"Yes."

Ashido Raido stepped forward and nodded respectfully.

Ashido Raido still bore scars from the war, giving him a somewhat terrifying appearance, but he was a man who spoke and acted with gentleness.

"Although I believe that having only two candidates in the entire exam venue still aligns with the meaning of Chunin selection, it is ultimately an exam that requires scale..."

Ashido Raido saw that the Konoha high-ranking officials present seemed to agree with his suggestion and continued, "I propose that Uchiha Itachi and Kano directly pass to the second round."

"Among them, Kano deceived all the candidates, and only Uchiha Itachi was not fooled. Both of them are genin participating in the exam alone, so there should be no need to give them the final willpower test. As for the other deceived genin, the exam will be rearranged."

"Agreed."

Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded with satisfaction.

"Agreed."

The two Hokage advisors also nodded with satisfaction.

"Agreed."

Hokage Assistant Danzō Shimura nodded, then reminded, "Ashido Raido, don't call that child Kano in front of him. Call him Akihara Kagura."

"Huh?"

Ashido Raido glanced at Danzō Shimura with some confusion and asked cautiously, "But the Chunin Exam list has his name written as Kano..."

"He wrote that himself."

Danzō Shimura, slightly worried that Ashido Raido's address to Akihara Kagura might cause trouble, reminded him, "Only I can call him Kano. You should just call him Akihara Kagura."

After all...

That child always gets into trouble over a mere name.

However, on the Chunin Exam registration form, that child had honestly written Kano. Danzō Shimura no longer doubted whether the child wanted to use the name Kano.

"Yes..."

Ashido Raido could only agree.

Below the Hokage Building.

A group of genin were desperately searching for notices about the new exam venue.

However, this group of genin soon received the news that they had been tricked. They initially wanted to curse, but instead, they were scolded by the chief proctor.

"You fell for such a simple Transformation Jutsu!"

Ashido Raido looked at the genin who still wanted to curse, the scar on his left cheek twitching with anger. "You genin are the worst batch in Konoha's history!"

"..."

The group of genin dared not make a sound.

Kakashi Hatake, after finishing ramen with Tenzo, saw a group of passing genin glaring at him angrily. Some even wanted to fight him.

Why did these genin...

Hate him?

"Hey, calm down!"

Someone loudly stopped the genin and sternly reprimanded, "This is the real Upper Ninja Kakashi Hatake. You guys who were tricked, hurry back to the exam venue!"

"What happened?"

Tenzo asked curiously.

Ashido Raido glanced at Kakashi Hatake, feeling a bit embarrassed. "A genin named Akihara Kagura transformed into Senior Kakashi Hatake, knocked out the Chunin maintaining order, and drove away all the genin examinees in the venue!"

"..."

Kakashi Hatake's forehead twitched.

What was up with that kid? He was smearing the Darkness Division at Ichiraku Ramen this morning, and now, after such a short time, he was already framing him again?

Meanwhile.

A group of genin examinees were still rushing to the next venue.

Akihara Kagura and Uchiha Itachi also learned that they had passed the first written exam without needing to take it. They could head to the location of the second exam early.

"It's a bit of a shame..."

Akihara Kagura seemed to still be unsatisfied. "This was the only exam that could have possibly stopped me from passing. I still have many cheating methods I haven't used yet!"

"Cheating?"

Uchiha Itachi was a bit confused. Since he had been a top student since childhood, he asked curiously, "The written exams are all very simple... Why would you need to cheat?"

"In this world, what you consider simple can be very difficult for others."

Akihara Kagura looked deeply at Uchiha Itachi, as if wanting to engrave his current expression in his memory.

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