Ninja school teacher, I can become stronger by teaching.

Chapter 721 Five Shadows Appear Together
"Mu Yue is not suitable as a challenger to consume Sosuke's chakra." Sarutobi Hiruzen said straight to the point.

During the challenge, Sosuke is unlikely to be ruthless towards Mu Yue, as he is worried about his friendly forces.

By the time the challenge was over, Sosuke's chakra was consumed, but Mu Yue's chakra was also consumed.

Perhaps other ninja villages will accidentally hurt Mu Yue, whose combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was not afraid to assume the worst of his fellow ninja.

In order to reduce losses and gain profits, Kirigakure can backstab the three major ninja villages and rebel against Konoha.

In order to preserve their interests, Iwagakure, Kumogakure and Sandagakure can put aside their past hatreds and unite.

The Ninja Village has always been profit-oriented. As long as the profit is sufficient, there is nothing that cannot be done.

And for all ninja villages except Konoha, what is the best outcome of the martial arts tournament? Is it to successfully kill Sosuke?
No, it was Sosuke and Mu Yue who died together!
The two of them are too advanced for the current ninja world. No one wants such strong people to appear among the ninjas from other villages.

"Third Hokage, you are underestimating young people. The strength of the Fourth Hokage is obvious to everyone. Although he is young, his strength may not be much worse than Sosuke." Oonoki retorted.

Judging from Mu Yue's performance in the final battle of the Third Ninja World War, Mu Yue still has a long way to go to catch up with Sosuke.

But two years have passed, and Mu Yue must have made some progress. And he wants Mu Yue to play, so he must praise Mu Yue more. It doesn't cost anything to praise her anyway.

"The Fourth Hokage is indeed very powerful. In today's ninja world, he should be second only to Sosuke."

The Third Mizukage said with a smile, without expressing his opinion, but just praised Mu Yue's strength.

Luo Sha wanted to speak, but didn't.

If others praise Mu Yue, it might be understood as polite flattery, but if he praises Mu Yue, it means he admits defeat.

Because Luo Sha was once seriously injured by Mu Yue's punch on the battlefield.

The Third Raikage did not speak either. He leaned back in his chair with his arms folded across his chest and looked at everyone quietly.

As the center of the topic, Mu Yue also did not express any opinion.

Some words are really not suitable for him to say.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression remained unchanged as he continued:
"It is precisely because Mu Yue is so powerful that she cannot be a challenger."

"Sosuke has powerful defensive ninjutsu and his physical skills are far superior to those of ordinary people. If there is no strong man like Mu Yue who has mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique and has powerful offensive means to take action, Sosuke is likely to escape."

In addition to worrying about his allies taking the opportunity to stab him in the back, Sarutobi Hiruzen did have this consideration.

If Sosuke ran away, the consequences would be unimaginable.

No ninja village can withstand the torment of a ninja god, not even Konoha.

If Sosuke does nothing and just focuses on killing the Konoha ninjas, the Konoha ninjas will be scared every time they leave the village unless they stop doing missions.

"What the Third Hokage said makes sense." The Third Mizukage nodded, agreeing.

Although it can be seen that Sarutobi Hiruzen is preserving Konoha's power, there is indeed nothing wrong with this logic.

Oonoki thought for a moment and said:
"Then who should be the challenger? I'll be frank. I've fought Sosuke before and was defeated quickly and miserably."

"I am willing to be the challenger, but if I face Sosuke, I will probably be defeated by him in a few minutes, and there will be no way to consume a lot of Sosuke's physical strength and chakra."

Ohnoki honestly admitted that he was not capable of this.

In the circle of high-ranking officials of the five major ninja villages, Sosuke is already a recognized god-level ninja, and it is not shameful to be inferior to Sosuke.

Ōnoki's words were not too surprising to the other Kages.

After all, the information from Iwagakure was almost a clear tell to everyone else, that Oonoki and Sosuke had fought.

"As you all know, I once fought with Sosuke. I was defeated miserably in that battle, and I'm afraid I can't be the challenger." Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head and said.

Oonoki started it, and Sarutobi Hiruzen also revealed his battle achievements.

It's not that he's afraid of fighting, Sarutobi Hiruzen really feels that he can't do it.

"Sosuke can easily defeat Hanzo with just his Fire Style. My Water Style is not much stronger than Hanzo's, so I cannot take on the responsibility of being a challenger." The Third Mizukage sighed.

He was speaking the pure truth. In terms of strength, among the several kages present, the only one he could surely beat was Luo Sha.

Even Sarutobi Hiruzen considers himself unqualified to be a challenger, so why is he joining in the fun?

Everyone's eyes were on Rasa and the Third Raikage, who had not spoken yet.

"I have little experience and am powerless." Luo Sha said quickly.

Mu Yue can easily defeat him, and Sosuke is even stronger than Mu Yue. Wouldn't it be boring for him to challenge Sosuke?

Everyone looked at the Third Raikage.

At this time, everyone suddenly realized that the Third Raikage was indeed the best choice besides Mu Yue.

The Third Raikage, who possesses both the strongest spear and the strongest shield, has both outstanding attack capabilities and strong defensive capabilities. Ordinary ninjutsu cannot do anything to the Third Raikage.

Moreover, the Third Raikage, who is proficient in Lightning Release Ninjutsu, is also famous for his strong endurance, and his sustained combat capability is top-notch among ninjas.

Feeling everyone's gaze, the Third Raikage's face darkened, and he snorted coldly:

"You guys are shirking responsibility and don't want to take risks, so why should we let Yunyin go?"

For the sake of his subordinates, he can face challenges head-on and is not afraid no matter how strong or numerous the enemies are.

But this is a joint operation of five villages, why should he take on all the hard work himself?

The atmosphere in the meeting room became somewhat awkward.

Although the words of the Third Raikage are a bit harsh, they are also realistic.

Challenging Sosuke is definitely not an easy task.

First of all, with Sosuke's strength, the challenger will definitely lose, which will have a certain impact on his reputation.

If the two sides had not fought, in the hearts of most Kumogakure ninjas, the Third Raikage would still be the invincible Raikage.

If you lose in a one-on-one combat, no excuse will work, you lose.

“How about this, except for the Third Hokage who will replace the Fourth Hokage, all other Hokage will participate in the martial arts tournament, but whenever we meet the Raikage, we will pretend to be defeated and let the Raikage advance.” Ohnoki said after thinking for a while.

The Third Raikage didn't want to fight, but he felt that Kumogakure was at a disadvantage, so they wanted to make sure the Third Raikage didn't suffer any loss.

Before his defeat to Sosuke, the Third Raikage would defeat other Kages in martial arts tournaments.

"I think there's no problem." Sarutobi Hiruzen said.

When he thought about the benefits that Konoha could gain from this battle, he felt that losing some face was acceptable since he was not the current Hokage after all.

"I think it's okay." The Third Mizukage had no objection.

Luo Sha nodded quickly. Although it was unpleasant to be embarrassed, if the Ninja Clan was not eliminated, the future of the Sand Village would be difficult.

The Third Raikage thought to himself, "I can still win without you having to disguise yourself."

However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that Ōnoki's suggestion was indeed a good one, which could strengthen the power of Kumogakure. Therefore, the assassination plan against Sosuke was officially decided.

Except for Konoha, where the current Kage does not have a leader, the current Kage of other major ninja villages will personally lead a large number of elite ninjas to participate in the competition.

Putting aside the hidden conspiracy, if we only look at the number of strong men participating in the competition, the number of strong men participating in the Ninja Martial Arts Tournament will exceed any previous battle, making it a rare ninja event.

……

As time passed, the Ninja Clan continued to release new information about the martial arts tournament.

For example, the ranking rewards of the martial arts competition.

The rewards for the top four in this martial arts tournament are better than those for the top four in the last Youth Martial Arts Tournament. While retaining the original rewards for the top four, more rewards have been added.

First, in addition to the new opportunity to challenge Sosuke, the ninjutsu is no longer just the Fire Dragon Dance, there is also the Wind Style Vacuum Hurricane Dragon of the same level, and you can also obtain the latest advanced ninjutsu scrolls produced by four ninja sects.

The second is that you can ask Sosuke to customize three ninjutsu, and you can also get the latest advanced ninjutsu scrolls produced by three ninja sects.

The third option is to study with Sosuke for one month, but what is taught is not fixed and is entirely decided by Sosuke. There are two ninjutsu scrolls.

The fourth is a set of top-level prosthetic limbs from the Ninja Clan, with free surgery and only one Ninjutsu scroll.

And this time, in addition to the top four, there are rewards for other rankings. As long as the players enter the knockout stage, even if they are eliminated in the first round, they can get the latest ordinary ninjutsu scroll.

The higher your ranking, the more and higher-level prosthetic limbs and ninjutsu scrolls you will receive.

After the news of the reward spread throughout the ninja world, it quickly caused heated discussions throughout the ninja world.

There's no other reason, the reward is just too valuable.

The fourth worst among the top four also has a top-level chakra sword and a top-level prosthetic limb.

If I sell it, I don’t know how many S-level tasks it will be worth.

Of course, most people are more self-aware. After all, the last time there was an age limit, the fight was so intense. This time there is no age limit, so there will definitely be a lot of strong people.

Most people want to participate in the martial arts competition to get a ranking reward in the knockout round.

In the last Youth Martial Arts Tournament, some ninjas from small villages entered the knockout stage. They believed that they still had hope of getting a knockout ranking.

Being able to watch the battle between powerful men and get a ninjutsu scroll at the same time is a win-win no matter how you look at it.

Of course, there are also those who aim for a high ranking, such as Obito.

"I lost to Nagato last time, but now I'm much stronger and I won't lose to him again!" Obito said confidently.

It is true that Nagato's abilities are strange, but his Mangekyō Sharingan and Flying Thunder God Technique are not to be trifled with.

Although Nagato should have made some progress during this time, his progress is unlikely to be as great as his.

"There is no age limit this time. The strongest contestant may not be Nagato." Kakashi reminded calmly.

The rewards for this martial arts competition are so good, and now that it is a peaceful era, there will definitely be many strong people who will participate for the rewards.

"I don't care who participates in the competition, as long as I keep winning and get first place!" Obito said domineeringly.

With the mighty Flying Thunder God technique in hand, he can deal with anyone he meets.

"As expected of Obito, this is what youth should be like!" Might Guy gave a thumbs up.

He is also preparing to participate in this martial arts competition, and his goal is also to come first.

"Since we are participating in the competition, we must take first place, Kakashi, don't you think so?"

"Just do your best." Kakashi replied, shaking his head.

He didn't have much interest in the martial arts competition. He wasn't opposed to it, but he didn't like it much either.

The main reason why he went to participate was because Obito and the others wanted to go, and Konoha persuaded them to go.

"Don't force yourself to get a ranking. What's important is to participate and perform to the best of your ability." Shisui gave a heads-up to a few people in advance.

As the vice-captain of the training team, Shisui knew a little more than the average ninja.

The circumstances of this martial arts tournament were so fraught that even Shisui was a little bit incredulous when he was notified.

It's too outrageous for the five Kage to team up to compete in the competition.

“Well, as long as we give full play to our strength, we will have no regrets no matter what ranking we get.” Yamato nodded.

During the last Youth Martial Arts Tournament, he was unable to leave the village to participate due to root issues.

Now that he is a full-fledged Chunin of Konoha, of course he has to follow the footsteps of his predecessors and participate in the martial arts tournament.

Shisui looked at Yamato with some pity. With Yamato's strength, if he had participated in the last Youth Martial Arts Tournament, as long as his luck was not too bad, he would have no problem entering the knockout round.

This year, that may not be the case.

After all, the opponents are the elite ninjas from the Five Kage and the Five Great Ninja Villages.

"That being said, we must still strive for first place. After all, we were second last time, and we can't fall behind this time." Obito said with a smile, his attitude was very optimistic.

Shisui didn't respond. In this martial arts tournament, let alone second place, if one wanted to enter the top four, they had to defeat the top ninjas.

When the martial arts tournament was about to begin, Konoha began to form a team to prepare to go to the Ninja Clan to participate in the martial arts tournament.

"Why are there so many people going this time?" Obito couldn't help but mutter in his heart as he looked at the rather long line.

Although it is normal to have more participants when there is no age limit, this is too many. It must be nearly seven or eight times the number of last time.

Moreover, the former Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and the current Hokage's assistant Namikaze Minato are also in the team, and even the current Hokage is leading the team himself.

"Teacher Mu Yue and the others should have been invited to watch the game, right?" Obito quickly thought of a very reasonable reason.

Going to Six Paths Castle does not necessarily mean participating in the competition, which can also explain why there are so many ninjas in the team. After all, it is the Hokage's trip.

"Obito, do you have confidence in getting first place this time?" Asuma walked to Obito with a smile, patted him on the shoulder and asked.

"It's okay, I feel like there's a chance." Obito answered rather implicitly.

He has now practiced Yang Breathing quite well, so using the Kaleidoscope will be less stressful.

"That means I have made a lot of progress. I feel like it's good enough if I can stay in the quarterfinals." Asuma sighed.

Once the age limit is removed, their opponents are no longer just those who are a few years older than them. It is not uncommon to encounter opponents who are old enough to be their fathers.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was not far away: ...

To be able to reach the quarterfinals, the reason for being able to enter the knockout stage is due to hard work and good luck.

In this martial arts competition, even if you hang up a label of the best in the world, you will be qualified, there are so many strong people participating.

In fact, Sarutobi Hiruzen thought about persuading Asuma to give up the martial arts tournament because it was difficult to get a ranking and it was also dangerous.

However, Sarutobi Hiruzen said nothing in the end, because he was not the only one who had a child.

(End of this chapter)