"Guests" of the Chunin Exams
After two days of practicing "predicted questions," with a focus on reviewing information related to the Land of Rain, Ranwu was getting restless from staying still for too long. "We can put our Taijutsu training on hold for the next few days—the village has already started seeing ninja from other villages. Maybe we can go gather some intelligence."
"Don't worry. Our Military Police Force had their eyes on them from the very beginning. Whatever intelligence you want is ours for the taking," Akashi said at once.
Though it was still peacetime, Konoha was, after all, a hidden village. With foreign ninja entering, the Konoha Military Police Force naturally had plenty to do.
Every team of foreign ninja that came to Konoha had been assigned plainclothes officers from the Military Police Force to follow and protect them—
Gathering intelligence was merely incidental. After all, it was not just Akashi from Team 7 participating in the Chunin Exams. Given the special nature of these exams, the Uchiha Clan also had a dedicated genin team participating, with Fugaku and Yashiro among them.
"As for intelligence..." Minato shook his head. "We're all genin. I'm afraid we won't be able to find out much."
Setting aside their strength, genin generally had little reputation to speak of. Let alone genin from other villages—even the three members of Team 7, few people in Konoha knew their full capabilities. At most, they knew that Minato Namikaze was a once-in-a-century super genius even by the standards of the Warring States Period, that Ranwu had much of her grandfather's bearing, and that Akashi Uchiha... had contracted the Tanuki Beast of the Uzumaki Clan.
The genin of other hidden villages were probably much the same. At most, there were a few rumors about them.
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