The Third Hokage left.
Everyone else stayed behind and continued the meeting.
"Minato, you've really gotten me into trouble."
Kyoichi sighed.
"Isn't this a good thing? It's an A-rank mission, and the pay isn't bad!"
Minato looked rather embarrassed.
But still.
Wasn't this a good result?
At first, he had been worried about Kakashi's situation, but now Kyoichi had resolved it perfectly.
Rearranging the teams...
How had he not thought of that?
The only problem was...
With this, Obito was basically out of the running for becoming a Chunin this year.
It wasn't a matter of Obito's strength.
In terms of ability, he felt that Obito should rank near the top among this batch of Genin. But the kid only looked ahead and never behind, only left and never right. He was exactly as Kyoichi had said...
He was missing a brain.
"Jonin Kyoichi, your problems and suggestions are indeed things we never considered. Perhaps young people really do have more ideas. You should put more thought into the Chunin Ninja Exams. If you need anything, you can have Lord Hokage pass the request along. I'll definitely help."
Baiyun Hayama greeted him with a smile and a courteous attitude, completely at odds with his hideous scar.
Kyoichi had met him a few times before—he had participated in the previous Jonin Exam.
By now, Kyoichi actually knew quite a bit about him.
Baiyun Hayama had previously been an Anbu shinobi and already held a high position in the Anbu. His participation in the Jonin Exam had merely been a formality. He had also become the supervising Jonin for Might Guy and the others.
That was different from the original timeline.
"Fine."
Kyoichi was helpless.
The Chunin Ninja Exams were thankless work. The system probably wouldn't offer much of a reward either,