The first Ninja Professional League was a great success.
In the final three divisions, two people placed in the New Generation Group. One was Jinro, an orphan from the Yuki Clan of the Land of Water.
Jinro had awakened Ice Release and possessed outstanding talent.
Mist Village had discovered him and brought him to the competition. Naturally, they wanted more than just their own resources.
They also wanted to obtain resources from the Heavenly Beings Organization.
The other was Kaito from Kusagakure. He possessed a special Kekkei Genkai that could rapidly age people.
This life-related ability was extremely valuable—and extremely dangerous.
Neither of them was very old; both were of academy age.
Yet they had already stood out from among countless shinobi. Their futures were bright.
The Open Group placed greater emphasis on combat power and battle potential.
Deidara of Stone Village had succeeded as the Fourth Tsuchikage, so he was naturally no longer eligible.
The Water Moon Full Moon brothers of Mist Village had joined the Heavenly Beings Organization even earlier, so they were no longer eligible either.
Darui of Cloud Village, who possessed Storm Release; Shura of Sand Village, who had created the Seven Days of Calling; Moegi Kazamatsuri of Konoha, who possessed Wood Release; Chojuro of Mist Village; and others all earned rankings.
As for Darui, Cloud Village wanted to revive Atsui and C.
So, shamelessly enough, they put forward a candidate for Raikage.
Although everyone in the Heavenly Beings Organization was rather speechless about it and urgently revised the competition rules afterward—
Since Darui had already competed, it would not have been right to make him leave.
Darui's strength was more than enough to deal with the younger generation that had yet to mature.
After all, the final judgment came from the referees and audience. They