Today's Konoha newspaper's front page features content about the five great ninja villages and the Five Kage.
Compared to this, the introduction of the participants in the Chunin Ninja Exams seems rather small-scale.
Naturally, the names listed first are those of the Konoha Ninja.
[Hidden Leaf Village - A powerful ninja village in the Shinobi World]
[Hidden Leaf Village was the first ninja village established in the Shinobi World. Its founding goal was to liberate ninjas from the endless curse of war. A love of peace flows in the blood of Hidden Leaf Village. Throughout the four Shinobi World Konoha Shinobi World initiated a war, always responding passively, maintaining peace in the Shinobi World with the blood of countless Konoha Ninja.]
[All the people in the Shinobi World love peace and hate war, because only with peace can agriculture develop steadily, commerce flourish, and everyone live and work in peace. Fortunately, the peace-loving Hidden Leaf Village has always been the strongest ninja village, ensuring lasting peace in the Shinobi World and allowing justice to triumph over evil.]
The opening is straightforward and plain language, highlighting Konoha's contributions to the Shinobi World and its importance to peace within Shinobi World.
The implication is that only Konoha is strong can the Shinobi World be at peace.
Naruto couldn't see these things for the time being, but he still felt a slight sense of pride, proud to be Konoha Ninja.
What surprised Naruto was what happened next.
In conclusion, Konoha is the last guarantor of peace in the Shinobi World, a ray of light illuminating it. As we all know, protecting peace requires not only conviction but also strength. The following will detail the reasons behind Konoha's formidable power.
[Hidden Leaf Village has over 51,000 active ninjas, over 22,000 retired ninjas, over 7,200 reserve ninjas, and over 80,000 ordinary villagers skilled in the mass production of ninja tools and war supplies!]
[Approximate List of Active Ninjas]
[Shadow: 1 person]
[Jonin: Over 5000]
[Elite Jonin: Over 500 (including more than 10 clan leaders and super Jonin whose strength is comparable to the other four village kage besides the Hokage)]
[Chunin: Over 15,000]
[Genin: more than 31,000]
[Border troops stationed: 10]
[Ninja units are stationed in all border areas of the Land of Fire's neighboring countries. Specific locations are omitted. Each unit has at least 2000 ninjas, Jonin and at least 30 Jonin.]
[Types of Konoha ninja tools...]
[Konoha's ninja tool reserves...]
[Konoha Explosive Tag Reserves...]
Naruto read the rest of the text almost in a daze, and at that moment, Naruto had only one feeling.
Konoha is so strong!!!
There are over 15,000 Chunin, and Naruto knows he's still just a Genin.
Naruto was aware that he couldn't be used as a reference because he was Jinchūriki, but before he mastered the Nine-Tails' power, he was just an ordinary Genin.
For several years, Naruto had been hearing everywhere that Konoha was the strongest ninja village, but at that time, Naruto, who was still in school, had almost no concept of it.
Now, Genin, coupled with this report, Naruto finally has a general understanding of Konoha's strength.
While Naruto was shocked, he unconsciously felt a strong sense of identification and pride, and he also understood why the two older men had told him that he had to win!
Naruto, his heart pounding with excitement, continued looking down.
[The Kirigakure Ninja Village—the ruler of the vast ocean, a miracle of the era!]
The Ninja Village Overview mainly summarizes the history of Kirigakure and its contributions to the Shinobi World.
The latter half focuses on the dark history of Kirigakure, its rapid decline after being controlled by someone and becoming the Mizukage, followed by long passages about its rapid development after being rescued by Konoha.
It particularly emphasizes the leapfrog development achieved 'after Konoha's liberation' and 'with Konoha's help'.
[The Kirigakure Ninja Village has over 36,000 active ninjas, over 12,000 retired ninjas, over 4,200 reserve ninjas, and over 90,000 ordinary villagers.]
[List of Active Ninjas]
[Shadow: 1 person]
[Jonin: Over 3200]
[Elite Jonin: Over 300]
[Chunin: Over 8,000]
[Genin: more than 25,000]
After watching, Naruto felt that Kirigakure's strength was decent; although not as good as Konoha's, it was still quite powerful.
What Naruto liked most was Konoha's help to Kirigakure, which enabled Kirigakure to quickly recover from its slump and regain its power to protect itself.
That feeling was as if Naruto himself had participated in helping Kirigakure, leading them out of the Kirigakure and into the light.
This filled Naruto with an unprecedented sense of satisfaction, and at the same time, the image of Kirigakure in his mind gradually became more complete and was given special meaning.
Kirigakure is like a good brother to Konoha!
Over the past few years, Naruto has been studying under Utakata and has learned that his teacher, Utakata, comes from Kirigakure).
Naruto had asked Utakata many times why he came to Konoha instead of staying in Kirigakure, but each time Utakata did not answer.
After reading this article today, Naruto vaguely understood something.
Utakata is a symbol of the friendship between Konoha and Kirigakure!