"Today, I called everyone here for an important matter." Sarutobi Hiruzen got straight to the point. "Not long ago, when the Land of Wind and other nations visited our Land of Fire, they proposed strengthening exchanges with us. The Kazekage suggested holding a Joint Chunin Exam. What do you all think?"
"Lord Hokage, such exchanges would certainly begin with Konoha. Wouldn't that make our village's intelligence highly likely to leak? Though we are allies now, everyone knows that alliance is only a verbal agreement." One of the Jonin below directly voiced the Land of Wind's most likely objective.
"We have indeed considered that. The Land of Wind also knows that we understand their intentions, which is why they proposed exchanges between Genin instead. The plan is to primarily involve the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, while inviting the smaller nations around us to participate as well in a jointly held Chunin Exam, rather than exchanges between Chunin and Jonin," Mitokado Homura explained.
"The Daimyo personally agreed to this. Although we found it somewhat hasty, after discussing it with several Council Elders, we concluded that this Joint Chunin Exam is still feasible." The Third Hokage began explaining the advantages of the matter to the Jonin.
"The war ended not long ago. We believe that strengthening friendly relations between allied nations is indeed feasible. After all, no one wants another conflict to break out."
"Another important point is that holding this Joint Chunin Exam would be an excellent way to project military strength. The Daimyo has already said that the leaders of every nation and village will come to watch the Chunin Exams."
"If we demonstrate the strength of our Konoha Ninja during the exams and intimidate the surrounding nations, we can also reduce the likelihood of war breaking