Refusing to Bully Children

Kakashi could, of course, see that Jingman Paradise had many allusions to real Ninja World figures, but he didn't care.

Didn't Jiraiya's Root Spirit Ninja Legend have them too?

What Kakashi was worried about now was that he might never see the next installment published.

He had been waiting for Icha Icha Paradise since he was eighteen, and that was with Jiraiya constantly writing and gathering material outside.

What about Shirozumi's Jingman Paradise?

Would Shirozumi really have the leisure he had during the Land of Snow mission?

It was likely to become a swan song.

A few days later, Kakashi and a group of Jonin arrived at the Hokage's office and were informed of the list of other forces participating in the Chunin Exams.

Among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, only Rasa, the Kazekage of Sunagakure, had told them in advance that they were preparing to participate. The rest were small Ninja Villages.

The rest were purely spectators, there to watch the fun.

Kirigakure, which had been silent for a long time, and Iwagakure, which had recently caused a stir with its reforms, were both going to participate.

This made Hiruzen Sarutobi a little worried.

This was not the Chunin Exams of Boruto's time. Parts of three large Ninja Villages, and their Kage, gathering in Konoha was too dangerous.

Before, with only the Kazekage, Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't too worried.

Hiruzen Sarutobi also understood the situation in Sunagakure.

But Iwagakure and Kirigakure were different.

One had just undergone a reform, and the other was shrouded in mystery.

"Hmm? Third Hokage, are they also participating?"

Kakashi saw a familiar name on the visitor list.

"Yes."

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, not saying much more.

After Kakashi brought back the information about Death Possession Blood last time, Hiruzen Sarutobi told Kakashi not to publicize it to avoid causing panic.

Whether it was true or false, the other party must have a goal other than killing people by bringing this up.

The best way for them to deal with it at the moment was to remain unchanged in response to all changes.

Now that the other party was going to appear at the Chunin Exams, their goal might be revealed.

The other Jonin didn't know about this, and they were very confused about the person Kakashi mentioned.

"Who is it?"

Might Guy was the first to come up and look at the list, following Kakashi's gaze.

There were only two visitors from Amegakure - the Village Chief of Amegakure, Shirozumi.

"Don't know him."

Might Guy scratched his head, threw out those three words, and returned to his original position.

Although Might Guy's team participated in the Land of Snow mission last time, they were in the dark from beginning to end. In addition, Might Guy had a mysterious difficulty in recognizing people. He could forget people he had met and fought with, let alone Shirozumi.

The other Jonin didn't pay any attention to the two people from Amegakure on the list, but looked at the dense list below.

"Why are there so many people from Kirigakure and Iwagakure?"

Kurenai Yuhi widened her eyes, looking incredulous.

"The Mizukage and Tsuchikage's reasons are that they lost too much combat power before, and the new generation of Ninja have not experienced any battles. They want to come to the Chunin Exams to train, whether they pass or not doesn't matter."

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a puff of his pipe and explained.

"Kirigakure is probably referring to the Bloody Mist, and Iwagakure is referring to the Third Ninja War and the battle with the Third Raikage... There's nothing wrong with the reasons, but can this be true?

So many Ninja are being let into the Village, what if they unite and riot?"

Asuma also took a puff of his cigarette and asked the question.

"I will have the Anbu monitor and analyze the Ninja from the two countries who come to the Land of Fire in advance. If they are really of average strength, then it means that the Mizukage and Tsuchikage are not hostile.

As for whether the Mizukage and Tsuchikage will find out and be dissatisfied, we will apologize to them at that time."

Hiruzen Sarutobi tapped his fingers on the table and quickly came up with a solution.

Kirigakure and Iwagakure had a large number of Genin participating in the Chunin Exams. If these were really Genin, and they really dared to cause a riot in Konoha, it would be easy for them to suffer heavy casualties.

Although the Jonin of a Ninja Village are the key, and the Chunin are the backbone, the Genin are not just cannon fodder.

The vast majority of Genin have the talent to grow into Chunin, and too many casualties among the Genin would mean that the Village's combat power would be cut off for a period of time.

But Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't dare to gamble.

So he decided to be safe.

Even if the Anbu's conclusion was that there were no abnormalities, he would still guard against any other ideas the Mizukage and Tsuchikage might have.

Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to have the Anbu search again for Jiraiya and Tsunade, who were still outside Konoha, to tell them about the crisis the Village was facing.

If he could find Jiraiya, he would probably come back, but Tsunade was hard to say.

He could only say he would try his best.

Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed the Jonin.

He began to blow smoke rings in the Hokage's office.

The only thing he was grateful for now was that even if the Tsuchikage and Mizukage had some conspiracy, the Kazekage would not participate.

According to intelligence, Iwagakure and Kirigakure had joined something called the Inter-mutual Alliance, which was like an alliance.

But Sunagakure had not.

A few days later.

Shirozumi and Konan, wearing a bamboo hat and acting as the chief of Amegakure, arrived in Konoha.

The people from Iwagakure and Kirigakure had already arrived before them.

Konoha's hotels were instantly packed.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's Anbu reported that those who came were indeed Genin, even the weaker ones among the Genin.

That's right.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was indeed overthinking things.

Shirozumi suggested that Kirigakure and Iwagakure participate in the Chunin Exams on a large scale.

This was to prevent the emergence of those humorous Ninja who could only throw kunai and shuriken, and even asked their enemies to pick them up after throwing them, like the troops Hozuki Gengetsu drilled in the Fourth Shinobi World War.

That's also why Shirozumi didn't directly tell these old foxes about the Otsutsuki Clan.

Sometimes, it's not that people will believe you just because you tell the truth.

"It's really lively."

Konan looked at the scene in Konoha and said with emotion.

"Don't worry, our place will be lively in the future too."

Shirozumi chuckled.

A weak country sandwiched in the middle is a sad buffer zone for great powers.

A powerful country in the middle is the center of the World where all roads lead to Rome.

"Are you really not going to play around? If you want teammates, I can call Ajisai and the others to be your teammates."

Konan's eyes swept over the teams of young and energetic Genin, and suddenly the corners of her mouth raised slightly, asking Shirozumi.

"Is it fun to bully children?"

"Aren't you not much older than them?"

"..."

That's true.

Not to mention the older Genin who came from Kirigakure and Iwagakure, and Kabuto Yakushi, the spy in his twenties.

Temari from Sunagakure was already fifteen years old, and she truly became a Chunin at the next Chunin Exams, when she was seventeen years old.

So age was indeed not a problem.

The Chunin Exams were not some "immortal cultivation selection" or "Luo Tian Grand Ceremony" with age restrictions.

"Forget it, I don't have Orochimaru's thick skin to bully a few Genin with Kage-level strength."

Shirozumi still refused.