The Konoha Chunin Joint Exams.
Officially set sail.
People from different outside villages began entering Konoha's gates one after another.
And every one of them had to pass beneath Captain Tonbo's watchful eyes.
Ninja from Sunagakure, Otogakure, Kusagakure, Amegakure, and other small ninja villages.
There were far more villages on display than when he had watched the original anime.
Little villages like the Smoke Ninja Village and the Barbecue Ninja Village.
Some of them Captain Tonbo had never even heard of. Take that Barbecue Ninja Village, for instance—it was said to be a small ninja village near the Land of Fire.
It belonged neither to the Land of Fire nor to any other country.
It was a village that enjoyed using ninjutsu to grill meat. According to them, their village had even been promoting the creation of a profession called Gourmet Ninja across various countries.
Specialists responsible for hunting food.
They had abandoned the traditional ninja work of assassination and espionage.
Still, that unconventional philosophy had allowed their village to survive quite well in the Shinobi World, and Gourmet Ninjas had even become popular in a few regions.
Like Nadeshiko Village, which he had encountered in the Land of Hot Water, it was a rather remote village.
But according to Captain Tonbo's investigations, these small villages had all come out to broaden their horizons. Many of them had no intention of making a grand showing.
Small villages had little room to make a grand showing anyway.
Captain Tonbo had investigated every village involved. There were quite a few villages like this that had taken an unconventional path, even using the chance to come to Konoha to promote their own philosophies.
Just as Nadeshiko Village only trained female ninja, and the Barbecue Ninja Village studied food.
Many small villages had their