While Konoha was making preparations in full swing, the other four ninja villages were also selecting candidates.
Each ninja village has its Anbu who remove their masks and undergo collective learning and training, and their files are naturally prepared by others.
While the smaller ninja villages were relatively unaffected, a training craze swept through almost all the major ninja villages.
Even Utakata, who was staying in Konoha, received a new identity file from Mei Terumi!
Ren was aware of this matter, but he didn't say anything. Kirigakure really didn't have many trump cards.
Although Utakata is old, he looks young, so it wouldn't be a big problem for him to participate in the Chunin Ninja Exams.
This is an unspoken rule that everyone knows. Even without the Joint Chūnin Exams, each ninja village still has its own promotion tests.
It would be naive to think that everyone participating in the Joint Chūnin Exams is Genin.
Amidst this surge of learning and training, the Shinobi World passed peacefully for a month.
A major event has drawn the attention of those with ulterior motives to the sea area between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Iron.
Someone has spotted the Eight-Tails!
The news came from a samurai of the Land of Iron.
About a week ago, in a small village on the coast of the Land of Iron where fishermen made their living, rumors circulated among the fishermen that a giant sea monster had been discovered.
The ruling class of the Land of Iron naturally dispatched a corresponding team to investigate.
The captain of the investigation team, a well-traveled samurai, recognized the sea monster the moment he saw it as the Eight-Tails Beast, one of the Nine Tailed Beasts.
The news quickly reached the hands of Mifune, the admiral of the Land of Iron, as a permanently neutral country, never participated in conflicts between ninjas.
Mifune did not hesitate and immediately informed Kumogakure.
Then everyone in the Shinobi World who needed to know knew.
It wasn't the Land of Iron or Mifune who leaked the information, but rather that the five great ninja villages would pay appropriate attention to any slight movement in the Shinobi World, the only difference being the degree of attention they paid.
The major ninja villages, who initially thought it was a summoning beast that had accidentally wandered into the Shinobi World and were eager to get involved, all stopped their plans after learning that it was the Eight-Tails, and simply increased their attention to it.
Some ambitious smaller ninja villages, however, completely abandoned their original plans.
If it were a large summoning beast, I might have a chance to win, but Tailed Beast? Forget about it!
Amidst the intense anticipation of the world, Darui, the Fifth Raikage of Kumogakure, personally led a team out to sea to retrieve the Eight-Tails.
Ren also left Konoha quietly.
It's not that Konoha has any particular feelings about the Eight-Tails, but rather that Ren himself is quite interested in it.
The Eight-Tails' soul was burned away by Ren, so Ren was very curious about its resurrection.
Not to mention that Orochimaru later used fragments of the Eight-Tails to create Chakra-Making Device through imitation.
The Eight-Tails' revival time will be even earlier; Ren learned the specific revival time from Saiken.
The Tailed Beast's group chat now has three and a half members.
The group chat includes the Six-Tails Saiken, who joined because Utakata became the Perfect Jinchuriki; the Isobu, who was released as promised before Yagura's death; the newly resurrected Eight-Tails Gyūki; and the One-Tail Shukaku, which can only be considered half a Shukaku due to its 2G network speed.
The resurrected Gyūki is like a newly born Tailed Beast, not only forgetting who it is, but also maintaining a high level of vigilance towards Saiken, Isobu, and Shukaku.
Ren knew about the Eight-Tails' resurrection, but he didn't know its exact location.
Upon receiving the news, they immediately set off for the sea, with a simple goal: to steal something from the Eight-Tails.
It wasn't just Ren who was interested in the Eight-Tails; Orochimaru was too.
Orochimaru, who had just finished creating the new account, also set off from the base in the Land of Land of Rice Paddies with the same goal as Ren.
In another direction, two Akatsuki members dressed in Akatsuki cloak were also traveling.
Nagato, who is wholeheartedly dedicated to creating a truly peaceful world, shouldn't be so concerned about the Eight-Tails.
In order, the Eight-Tails- Tails is second to last. At this moment, it is enough for the Akatsuki's peripheral members or White Zetsu to keep an eye on the Eight-Tails' final whereabouts. There is no need to send out the Akatsuki's core members.
The key issue lies in the timing of the Eight-Tails' revival, which occurred earlier than expected. This unusual phenomenon has drawn Nagato's attention.
Nagato is indeed a bit of a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur), and it's true that he's not very bright, but that doesn't stop him from knowing what he wants to do.
As the Tailed Beast are a key factor in achieving peace in the Shinobi World, any mishap with them would attract Nagato's attention.
The Akatsuki, which has always kept a low profile in front of major powers, also sent two core members for this reason.
The Akatsuki no Jade Maiden Sasori who goes back to her ex, and the Kakuzu no Northern Dipper who is obsessed with money.