Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, half a month had gone by.
During this time, because the third round of the Chunin Exams had been postponed by a month, ninjas from other villages could be seen throughout Konoha's streets and alleys.
Not only that, after the three major ninja villages sent invitations to the daimyo and nobles of various countries, hoping they would come to Konoha to watch the third round of the Chunin Exams, the village became even livelier!
People from elsewhere arrived in Konoha every day.
Among them were invited daimyo and nobles, as well as merchants who had spotted business opportunities.
There were also ordinary people who had simply come to watch the third round of the Chunin Exams.
Of course, quite a few spies from various countries had also infiltrated Konoha during this period.
Among them, Kumogakure and Iwagakure spies were particularly numerous.
The two major ninja villages had been excluded from the Joint Chunin Exams. How could that not make them suspicious?
Even when Orochimaru had caused trouble during the second exam, the higher-ups of those two villages had been quietly cheering him on.
Unfortunately, Orochimaru ultimately left without achieving anything, leaving the two villages quite disappointed.
But that was absolutely no reason for them to stop sending spies into Konoha!
It could be said that recently, Konoha's Anbu and Konoha Military Police Force had been arresting spies from other ninja villages batch after batch without pause.
The Anbu had it relatively easy, but the Konoha Military Police Force was truly busy to the point of collapse!
Even with all four squads operating at once, along with occasional cooperation from the Anbu, they could only barely maintain public order in the village.
As for rotating days off?
There was no chance of