"Is that so!"
Liao Wu knew that Danzo was the one who had exposed Naruto's identity as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Tsunade knew it too.
If Tsunade were not the Hokage, she would have told him the truth.
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But now that Tsunade was the Hokage, as the person in charge, she had to put Leaf Village's stability first.
Liao Wu set Danzo's matter aside and began asking Tsunade for benefits. "Grandmother Tsunade, Sakura and Shikamaru have both become Chunin, and Neji is already a Jonin."
"I missed the Chunin Exam. When I walk with Sakura and the others, I feel like I'm a level below them."
"Grandmother Tsunade, can you promote me to Jonin?"
Tsunade stroked Liao Wu's hair and smiled, finding her earlier suspicion that he had been possessed rather ridiculous.
If he really were some ancient monster, why would he care about the ranks of Genin and Chunin?
"Naruto, if you want to become a Chunin, you have to pass the Chunin Exam. Those are the rules!"
A Genin had to pass the Chunin Exam to become a Chunin. Even Might Duy, who possessed the Eight Gates Technique, had remained a Genin his entire life.
Duy's case could be attributed to how well he hid himself and how little actual combat he had seen. He had only used the Eight Gates Technique in the battle against the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
Most people in the village had no idea Duy was that powerful.
Maruboshi Kosuke, who had inherited the Second Hokage's Water Style techniques, had his strength acknowledged by the Third Hokage, Danzo, and the others.
Yet he was still a Genin even in his fifties or sixties.
If the Third Hokage had been a little willful with the power in his hands, he could have