Tap, tap!
Hiruzen Sarutobi took two puffs of his pipe. After staring at Minato Namikaze for a while and thinking it over, he finally asked solemnly,
"Minato, do you believe Veigar already has the strength to become a Chunin?"
Tap, tap.
After saying that, Hiruzen Sarutobi took two more puffs.
Hearing Hiruzen Sarutobi's question, Minato Namikaze immediately answered seriously, "Yes, Third Lord."
"I'm certain that Veigar Koshima now possesses the strength to become a Chunin."
A smile flashed across his face as Hiruzen Sarutobi said to Minato Namikaze, "Since you insist on having Veigar participate in this Chunin Ninja Exams as a special exception."
"Then, in my capacity as the Third Hokage of Konoha Village, I agree."
After Hiruzen Sarutobi finished speaking, joy appeared on Minato Namikaze's calm, serious face. He immediately replied, "Yes, thank you, Third Lord."
Hiruzen Sarutobi merely smiled at that.
How could Hiruzen Sarutobi be unfamiliar with Veigar? After all, Veigar's talent had already been noted by him.
For more than a year, Hiruzen Sarutobi had been watching Veigar's growth. Now that Minato Namikaze had recommended Veigar to participate in the Chunin Ninja Exams as a special exception, Hiruzen Sarutobi could not help sighing inwardly.
Veigar had reached the day when he would reveal his talents.
The last person to become a Chunin through a special exception had been Minato Namikaze's other current student—Kakashi Hatake. Hiruzen Sarutobi still remembered it clearly.
Once the final list of participants for the Chunin Ninja Exams was confirmed, the Konoha jōnin left one after another. Only Hiruzen Sarutobi, seated in the Hokage's chair, turned his head and gazed out at Konoha, sighing inwardly.
"These are troubled times. I hope war doesn't come too soon."
The ninja world's tides were about to rise. As the great waves swept away the sand,