The Chunin Ninja Exams were back, settling in Konoha once again.
As the biggest winner of the Third Shinobi World War, Konoha had signed agreements with all Four Great Shinobi Villages.
Therefore, for these Chunin Ninja Exams hosted by Konoha, Minato simultaneously sent invitations to the four great shinobi villages.
All four great shinobi villages agreed and stated they would participate.
However, according to information obtained by the ANBU, the Rock Shinobi and Cloud Shinobi each dispatched only a single team to go through the motions.
Minato was not surprised; the prejudice and hatred between villages were not so easily resolved.
The active participation of the Sand Shinobi and Mist Ninja surprised him even more.
Now there was a problem that gave both him and Hiruzen Sarutobi quite a headache.
The Forest of Death was originally the most important checkpoint of the Chunin Ninja Exams, a place for young shinobi to undergo trials, but it had now become Kazan's territory.
As he transplanted the Ryumyaku into the Forest of Death, it had long since become the Fourth Sacred Land.
Even if Kazan agreed to let the Forest of Death become one of the venues for the Chunin Ninja Exams, the examinees would not be able to pass it, as senjutsu chakra had condensed within the bodies of many fierce beasts.
What was more, the Nine-Tails lived right there and came out to sunbathe every single day.
How were the Genin supposed to survive for a day among the Nine-Tails and fierce beasts practicing senjutsu?
Minato and Hiruzen Sarutobi exchanged a glance, both seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes.
We can only choose another place.
The purpose of the exams was to select Genin qualified for promotion, not to harvest their lives.
Over at the Forest of Death.
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