Itō Yuying and the others ignored him, sparing him a glance before continuing their meeting.
"Yeyang, what's the situation now?" Uchiha Fugaku asked.
"The instructors glanced at him and then stopped paying attention to him," Hyuga Yeyang answered.
"Oh... are the instructors just going to leave him alone?" Nara Shiya said.
"Let's go over and eavesdrop together! Zuomu's been listening for so long without anything happening. Let's listen too."
"Sounds good to me." And so this scene unfolded: a swarm of little cockroaches scurried forward on six stubby legs. Zuomu, the little cockroach, was thoroughly enjoying listening in. He unconsciously glanced back and saw more than a dozen cockroaches just like him behind him. Startled, he said, "Holy shit, why are you guys here too?"
"We were worried about you, weren't we? So we came to check on you."
"Tch, just say you wanted to eavesdrop. Now you're making it sound like I owe you a favor," Senju Zuomu said, curling his lip.
"Hey, hey, hey, you've got it wrong. We're lifelong companions," Hanazawa Kazuo said.
"Oh, right. When I was drinking water earlier, I heard the instructors talking about holding some joint Chunin Ninja Exams for the whole Shinobi World. Then Lord Hokage put our side in full charge of setting up the venue. I didn't hear the details after that," Xueman said.
"Joint Chunin Ninja Exams for the Shinobi World?" Nara Shiya stroked his chin with one claw. "If I'm not mistaken, these joint Chunin Ninja Exams are being arranged to stop Lord Yuying from taking us rampaging around the Shinobi World, bullying people everywhere."
"Really? Is it that exaggerated? It feels like Lord Yuying has never even been to the places where we fought," Murakami Yuhe said.
"Heh, you're seriously underestimating Lord Yuying's fearsome reputation in the