"From the fact that Orochimaru still sends people to attack you, it seems that he hasn't given up on you yet. Let's walk the next road together. Sasuke, have you got Heaven and Earth Scrolls?"
The condition for passing Chunin Ninja Exams in the second game is to collect Heaven and Earth Scrolls to reach Central Tower.
Neji They gathered Heaven and Earth Scrolls on the first day. If Neji hadn't seen Sasuke and came to help them when they were in trouble, Neji would have arrived at Tower.
"Before we met Orochimaru, we gathered together Heaven and Earth Scrolls. If we didn't have Orochimaru, we would have arrived at Tower."
After confirming that both parties had met the customs clearance conditions, Neji's Team and Sasuke's Team set off towards Central Tower together.
"Well done."
Forest of Death, Central Tower, Sakura, Sasuke, Naruto met Madara Uchiha who had been paying attention to them just after entering Tower.
The scene where Sakura found the hiding place by himself and moved Sasuke and the others into place, as well as the last person bravely facing Three from Otogakure, were all seen by Madara.
This is the first time that Madara has expressed his recognition to Sakura since we formed the team for so long. After hearing what Madara said, Sakura also felt a little proud.
After all, this is Madara's compliment.
[It's not enough. Now I just have the determination to protect Teammate, but I'm still far behind in terms of strength!]
Sakura looked at the backs of Sasuke and Naruto walking in front, and in her heart she silently set a new goal for herself.
After entering Tower, Sasuke and the others rested for a few days. After the exam time was over, they came to Third Exam.
"First of all, congratulations to everyone for passing the second exam!"
In Arena of Central Tower, the students who passed Twenty-One stood in Arena in the tower, and Anko, as the person in charge of the second exam, made the final summary.
Although Orochimaru had already appeared in the second exam, at present, because he ended the exam alone, not only the prestige of Konoha was greatly damaged, but also unable to have any impact on Orochimaru, so Chunin Ninja Exams continued under the impetus of Third Hokage.
"Well done. Your group is very lucky. But as long as our group is still there, don't think about it. After all, the next exam will test your true skills."
After the second exam, Instructing Jōnin were also summoned to Arena. Might Guy looked at Madara next to him and issued a challenge.
In the hands of Madara, Kai's only opponent was a draw and never a victory. If he couldn't do it himself, he would rely on his disciples to defeat him. This was what Kai thought in his heart.
"After all, youth is sometimes sour and sometimes severe, Itachi."
Madara glanced at Kai speechlessly. Although he fully recognized this guy's Taijutsu, it was really difficult for him to understand what Madara was thinking about in this guy's mind.
In the past few years of getting along with each other, it was really difficult for Madara to connect this strange guy with Kai who had an amazing kick in his previous life.
After years of being together, Madara is usually speechless when it comes to Kai being so crazy, but fortunately Kai is used to it.
"Next, Lord Hokage will introduce Third Exam, everyone, pay attention."
Anko, who was responsible for introducing the exam content, naturally didn't care what Kai was thinking. After congratulating Genin, she handed over the leadership to Third Hokage.
"Third Exam will begin next. Before introducing it, I must make something clear to you, which is related to the real purpose of this exam."
In front of Genin, Third Hokage began to speak. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone's attention was attracted to him.
"Why do we need to take the exam together with Allied Countries?"
After hearing what Third Hokage said, Madara stood below and smiled. This brat always brings surprises to him.
"It is for the friendly exchanges between Allied Countries and to improve the level of Ninja. Is this the real purpose of the exam? Unfortunately, it is not the case."
After Third Hokage said these words, some of the Genins standing below changed their expressions.
"This exam is actually the epitome of War Between Allied Countries."
"What do you mean?"
When Tenten heard Third Hokage say such horrific remarks, she couldn't help but ask.
"Historically, the current Allied Countries is the Neighboring Countries that had constant wars. Nations specially selected this battle site in order to avoid losing both sides. This is the origin of Chunin Exams."
"Why does it have to be like this? Isn't this for the purpose of selecting Chunin?"
After listening to Third Hokage's answer, Naruto also asked a question. He didn't understand why a good Chunin Ninja Exams turned into a battle.
"Indeed, it is undeniable that this exam also has the mission of selecting Chunin, but on the other hand, it is also a place where National Prestige Ninja fight desperately."
Carrying the prestige of the country and carrying such a heavy responsibility must be extremely cruel to these Genin.
Madara glanced around at the Genins who had passed the level. Most of them were still children of thirteen or fourteen years old. Just because of their Ninja identities, now they had to risk their lives to prove their worth.
"On top of Third Exam, there will be many Lords of the Nations and Notable Figures who have entrusted us with tasks. These big shots will watch your battle. Strong countries will naturally receive more entrustments, while weak ones will have fewer entrustments. At the same time, this is also an opportunity to prove the strength of one's country to surrounding countries. The same display of strength will also bear fruit in diplomacy."
In order to prevent these fledgling young people from not understanding what they meant, Third Hokage broke apart the purpose and influence of Chunin Ninja Exams and told them to them.
"So why should we fight to the death!"
Standing below, Ya didn't understand how he could rise to the national level just by taking part in an assessment.
"The strength of the country is the strength of the village, that is, the strength of the ninjas, and the strength of the ninja needs to be fought to the death. This exam is the stage to show the strength of the ninjas in your country to others."
In essence, the so-called Chunin Ninja Exams is a small colosseum to prevent wars between Allied Countries due to interest disputes.
The Genin of each village are the players sent by their village, and the so-called benefits are entrusted by big figures in each country.
The battles in which teenagers risk their lives are actually just the spice of life in the eyes of big men.
If given the choice, who would be willing to let their teenage children risk their lives to perform for others?
"All in all, this is a life-and-death battle for dreams and prestige."
In fact, this is just a stage set by Allied Countries Lords. When these Lords really need to assign A-level or even S-level tasks, they will not care about the strength of Genin in your village, not to mention that many of these tasks are to assassinate Lords from other countries.
For example, would Daimyo of Land of Wind assign the S-level task of assassinating Land of Fire Shinhiko Kōzuki to Konoha just because Sasuke of Konoha performed well in Chunin Ninja Exams?
At best, Allied Countries is competing for Lords's small tasks.
But just for the benefits flowing out from the fingers of these people, Ninja people have to fight with their lives.