Stone Ninja has actually captured Shinnosuke and Hiashi, but - the first time they saw Minato Namikaze, Minato had already appeared behind Kitsuchi, and Kunai was directly on his neck.
During the negotiation, Minato Namikaze was calm and cold, and did not listen to the bargaining at all. In the end, Stone Ninja agreed, and both parties retreated.
"It's easier for them!" Akaseki couldn't help but said bitterly after hearing Minato talk about what happened just now.
"It's not all without gain - the other party has a Stone Ninja. Before Minato came - cough cough cough, he gave me a hard blow. Now I don't know whether I am alive or dead, hahaha - cough." Shinnosuke said happily with a smile.
It was obvious that he was seriously injured, and he was a little short of breath when talking, but the one who got hit by him was probably eliminated.
"If you don't know whether you are alive or dead, then you are dead!" Akaseki cursed optimistically.
Immediately Akaseki asked curiously, "By the way, Minato, why are you here?"
"Shibi told me that you and Ranwu were injured and were going to Shukuba Town----I didn't find you at Shukuba Town, so I went to Tanzaku Town searched on the road and happened to find Shinnosuke and Hiashi, who were attacked by Stone Ninja." Minato said.
"Shibi? When did he see us----" Akaseki wondered.
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"I guess they found it with some kind of reconnaissance bug." Shinnosuke speculated.
Indeed, shortly after Hatake Sakumo left, Shibi discovered Akaseki and Shinnosuke----
Although I didn't understand the situation at all, I knew that Akaseki and Ranwu were injured, and they had met Akaseki and Shinnosuke at Tanzaku Town before. It was natural to deduce that Akaseki was going to Shukuba Town after that.
Just then, Shibi and the others received the mission to go to Valley of the End, so they left a secret code for Minato - Minato has a very large range of "Thousand Worlds Awareness Technique", and the sensing range is the highest among all the reference Genin. If they encounter a relatively strong team like Shibi, they will not come out at all.
However, after discovering the password written by Shibi using the password Tobirama, Minato took the initiative to come to meet Akaseki and Ranwu.
He just set off from Valley of the End yesterday, and he has been working non-stop until now, so he arrived so quickly.
After that, the two teams went to Shukuba Town together. Although Shinnosuke Sarutobi and Hyuga Hiashi were not in good condition now, when the two teams were together, no one dared to come and sign.
After arriving at Shukuba Town, Akaseki took the initiative to take out the scroll----
"No, no, no, Minato also saved us once, so let's get rid of it." Shinnosuke refused Akaseki to pay the bill.
"This is what we agreed to before, and if it weren't for me and Ranwu, you wouldn't have stayed there, and you wouldn't have met----"
Akaseki said, Shinnosuke interrupted, "No, that group of Stone Ninja is deliberately targeting brothers Hyuga. It doesn't matter whether you are together or not. If you are not here, it will be more dangerous."
"Then two points!" Akaseki decided directly.
"Then----1 point, treat us to Ramen later!" Shinnosuke bargained.
Finally, Akaseki gave Shinnosuke two secret codes, and then Shinnosuke would invite Team 7 to eat Yakiniku.
Team 7 really has no shortage of "intercepted codes" now - Minato is back and brought twenty-two codes!
His efficiency alone is higher than that of two people on the third shift squatting and peeping around in Duanzhu Street.
In comparison, transferring points and receiving codes is a bit pitiful----
"If you want to achieve high scores, it is actually more important to pass points and receive points in the end. A strong enough team should have a lot of intercepted points by now, but it will be more difficult to complete the task normally." Minato judged.
In the next eight days, Team 7 focused on "accepting" and "delivering", intercepting only when there was an opportunity.
During this period, more and more reference ninjas found that whether it was "interception" or "reception" and "delivery" of completing tasks normally, it was more difficult!
The battles are becoming more and more frequent and cruel, and fewer and fewer teams are completing their missions. There are more and more secret signals entering the "interception pool", but they are increasingly concentrated on strong teams.
After the weaker teams realized this, they began to hide----
The result is that in the second half, it becomes increasingly difficult to gain points.
Until noon on July 15th, the code points on all the team's scrolls will be settled at the same time----
Seeing this scene, everyone rushed back from three places Konoha Ninja Village!
When Team 7 came back, most of the people had already returned - Ranwu was able to walk on his own, but his physical strength was still a little weak, and it would take another week to fully recover.
Therefore, Team 7 was not in a hurry and returned to Konoha at noon on the 16th before the results were announced.
Those who participated in the Chunin Ninja Exams pre-test are also gathering at the Konoha Ninja Academy----
"Huh? There seem to be a lot less people?" Akaseki said after looking around.
There were supposed to be ninety people in total, but now - there are only over fifty.
River Shinobi Those three, Team 7 do know that they are already cold, but----
Not so many people died, right?
From Konoha's point of view, I don't want Chunin Ninja Exams that I hosted to die so many people are right!
There are certain necessary casualties, but they are within a reasonable range. After all, this is Chunin Ninja Exams. Ninjas are not a profession that can guarantee safety, let alone Chunin who will carry out dangerous missions!
But there is absolutely no reason for so many deaths——
Otherwise, this is called "the situation is out of control". How can we improve our prestige?
"The eliminated ninja didn't come." Shikaku said with an unhappy face.
"I see--where are Choza and Inoichi?" Akaseki asked curiously.
"The eliminated ninja didn't come----" Shikaku repeated it again.
Akaseki:----
Akaseki also didn't expect that both of them could be eliminated!
But it's right to think about it----
After all, it is not about pure strength. There is nothing you can do if your boat capsizes in the ditch or encounters a strong enemy.
"You are all together." Shikaku looked at the three of Team 7.
"We also suffered a lot." Akaseki, out of confidentiality, did not say that he and Ranwu were almost killed by a mysterious man.
In addition, after Akaseki searched, he found that Fugaku was also present alone. When he saw Akaseki, he just nodded because he saw Santoku coming over and did not talk to him.
Santoku After arriving at the scene, Shi Shiran said, "There are still so many people--not bad, not bad. It seems that you all have understood how difficult it is to convey information on the battlefield."
After a pause, Santoku announced, "Now let me talk about the criteria for being selected for the final test - all teams that score more than 1 point are qualified! Of course, only you ninjas who have not been eliminated at the moment can enter the next round!"
After Santoku announced the standard, the scene was briefly quiet, and then a lively discussion broke out.
At the beginning, there were excited voices - after all, a large number of low-scoring teams were very excited at this time. As for the 0-scoring teams - they had no hope at all!
But then, there began to be doubts and chest-beating and foot-beating----
The Genins who scored 0 points realized at this moment - if they had known that the standard was so low, they would have passed!
If I had known that it would only take 1 point, wouldn't it be better to just find a place to hide after getting 1 point each?
Just----
Money can't buy it, I already knew it.
"Quiet! Do you expect to be able to avoid fighting and survive on the battlefield? Isn't it normal to give all your strength?" Santoku scolded.
After hearing Konoha's Special Jōnin, what he said was so reasonable, and there was also a kind-hearted "Gunbai man" coming over with a security stick, everyone immediately became much quieter.
No matter what they think, the rules of Chunin Ninja Exams will not change.
"Okay, now for the teams with more than 0 points, the captain should hand in the scroll for verification!" Santoku said.
Upon hearing "Captain", Akaseki went up with his head held high, Ranwu curled his lips upon seeing this, and Minato just smiled gently.
It doesn't sound like much, but - only 15 teams were submitted!
Then Santoku also pulled down the points list----
If you don't know it, the gap is really big!
The first place is impressively with 6975 points, it is the team of Hidden Mist Village Karatachi Yagura!
The second place fell directly to 4836, which is the team of Iwagakure Kitsuchi.
The third place is the home team of Konoha, which is also the team of the Uchiha Clan, with 3256 points.
Although there is only one seedling left, Fugaku, its score is very high----
The fourth place went to Team 7 1856 who tended to be conservative in the second half.
Later, when we reached the tenth place, we were already in double digits.
A total of fifteen teams passed the assessment, with the last three teams all in single digits----
Because it is a multiplication calculation, it is easy to make a huge difference!
The first place actually only had 15 points each for reception and transmission, and intercepted 31 points. However, Team 7, which seemed to be three or four times worse, also scored 8 points each for reception and transmission, and intercepted 29 points!
In fact, the gap in the results is not as scary as it seems.
At this time, many people also understood——
"That's it--the multiplication is not for everyone to get points evenly, but simply for [no one item can be 0]." Minato also reacted at this time.
At the beginning, when everyone saw "multiply", they thought "the more balanced the scores, the easier it is to get high scores", which naturally makes it easier to rank higher.
But now it seems----
That's not the case at all!
It is simply to get at least 1 point for each item. As long as it is not 0 points, you can pass the assessment.
Looking at the score gap of thousands of times, a group of Genin, who were stronger but failed because "the strongest has its own strong opponent", all lamented at this time.
But this is actually part of the assessment!
"I guess this is also to tell everyone that when transmitting and receiving secret codes, it is better to give up than to be intercepted by the enemy." Shinnosuke said helplessly at this time.
Akaseki looked and saw that there was only one Byakugan brother beside him.
"Hiashi?" Akaseki called out guessing.
"I am Hizashi." Hizashi corrected again.
It seems that Hiashi has also been eliminated----
The beating from behind was super fierce!
After all, no one knows who will advance to the top, the more the better.
However, Team 7 was very weak in the second half because Ranwu and Akaseki were seriously injured. However, there was no loss at all, becoming a rare team with three members.