Making Concessions!

Third was furious. A rare trace of murderous intent spilled from his eyes.

From forging an alliance among the Five Great Shinobi Villages to expanding it into an alliance encompassing every shinobi village, his plans had been steadily progressing.

His original intention in hosting the Chunin Ninja Exams had been to establish his authority through the exams and seize control of the shinobi village alliance in one fell swoop.

Everything had gone smoothly at first, but he had never expected his entire plan to be disrupted by something as trivial as the examinees challenging one another!

If it had only been one or two defeats, it would have been insignificant to Konoha. That was why he had not taken it too seriously at first.

But things quickly spiraled out of control.

No one had expected a Kusagakure ninja to block the entrance of Konoha Hospital and issue challenges. Even more astonishingly, that Grass Ninja had defeated every Konoha Ninja who accepted the challenge.

This had not only dealt Konoha's reputation a heavy blow, but had also pushed the entire village into the eye of the storm, making it difficult for Third to carry out his next plan!

At today's Kage Summit, Third had finally used the momentum of opposing the Akatsuki Organization to get the other four great shinobi villages to restrain their own ninjas and defuse the negative impact. He had never expected that before the summit had even ended, an Otogakure ninja would imitate Kusagakure and block the gates for another challenge!

"Could someone be directing them from behind the scenes?"

Kusagakure had yet to recover from the war in Grass Country and could not even deal with some of the rogue shinobi forces within its borders. Otogakure had only been established a few years ago. Even if