"Have you already gathered this much intelligence?"
Looking at Hada Ichiba before her, a complicated expression flickered across He Yin's face. After hesitating for a moment, she finally spoke.
"Yes."
Hada Ichiba nodded.
Then, he took several scrolls from his robes one by one and placed them before He Yin.
"What are these?"
Seeing Hada Ichiba's actions, He Yin paused slightly. Looking at the boy whose face was so familiar to her, she asked in confusion.
"The participants in this Chunin Exams are no ordinary people. Or rather, Kusagakure is relying on these Chunin Exams to ease the village's economic crisis, but that does not mean the other shinobi villages do not have similar intentions."
Hada Ichiba did not directly answer He Yin's question. Instead, after pushing all the scrolls toward her, he said something that seemed to have no direct connection to what she had asked.
The other villages...
Hearing Hada Ichiba's words, He Yin froze slightly. Instinctively, she picked up one of the scrolls pushed toward her, opened it, and began reading.
I see!
So that's how it is!
Since Kusagakure could use this Chunin Exams to display its strength to the great nations and major shinobi villages, thereby securing more resources and aid, then for the other small shinobi villages, this was also a rare opportunity. Those smaller villages would certainly go all out.
They might even risk everything.
After all, gaining even a little more preferential access to a great nation's resources was an immense fortune for any small nation.
At the same time, this thought flashed through her mind, and she understood what Hada Ichiba meant.
"It is not just us smaller shinobi villages. Konoha and Sunagakure will not allow these Chunin Exams to become a stage show for small villages. For Konoha and Sunagakure—especially