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Chapter 722 I fight the Hokage?

There were no restrictions on participation, the rewards far exceeded those of the previous competition, and with the added bonus of peacetime, the Ninja Clan's Second Martial Arts Tournament created an unprecedented event.

Even the Liudao City, which had been expanding, became a bit crowded due to the sudden influx of a large number of people.

The participation in the competition will definitely not fill up the Six Paths Castle. After all, ninjas are only a minority group. It is mainly because of this grand event that it attracts many ordinary people.

Some people want to find reliable ninjas to complete their missions through this martial arts tournament, some simply want to watch the exciting fights of the ninjas, and some want to take the opportunity to come to Liudao City to make a fortune.

In short, due to various reasons, the population of Liudao City has reached its peak since its establishment.

"There are so many people. If there are thousands of ninjas participating in the competition, how long will the preliminaries take?" Obito couldn't help but complain as he entered Six Paths Castle and looked at the crowd.

There are many people and ninjas in Liudao City now.

"It shouldn't be over a thousand ninjas, but it will definitely be more than last time. After all, the number of places in the knockout rounds has been doubled this time." Kakashi shook his head.

Even in the last Youth Martial Arts Tournament, some ninjas with the strength of a jonin barely made it to the knockout rounds and were quickly eliminated.

There is no age limit for this martial arts tournament, so the competition is bound to be more intense, enough to discourage many ordinary ninjas who are self-aware.

Of course, after all, there will be rewards for entering the knockout round this time, so there will definitely be a group of ninjas who dream of taking advantage of the opportunity to enter, so there will definitely be a lot more people.

"Isn't that the Third Raikage and the Alternate Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village? They have also been invited to watch the game?" Obito looked around and saw a group of strong men with muscular bodies and dark skin.

"Maybe." Kakashi didn't take it too seriously.

It's not a war period. If we encounter something, it happens. Besides, Mu Yue is still here. What can go wrong?

Due to the large number of people, Konoha specially booked a hotel for its own ninjas to stay.

We made the arrangements before coming here, so we can just move in and stay there.

After the team arrived at the hotel and the rooms were allocated, Mu Yue, the Hokage, took the Konoha ninjas who needed to participate in the competition to register.

There were so many ninjas at the registration office that even Obito, who was guarding the ninjas, was dazzled.

"Hey, the baby-faced Kirigakure who was captured by Mu Yue teacher." Obito discovered his old acquaintance, Yagura Karotachi.

Yagura Karuta led his team to fight against Mu Yue's troops twice. Once he was beaten by Mu Yue and fled back to the Kirigakure homeland overnight, and another time he was directly captured.

Because Yagura Karuta has a very distinctive appearance, Obito has a deep impression of him.

Karatachi Yagura may look like a young genius, but he is actually old enough to be Obito's father.

Obito continued to look in the direction of Karatachi Yagura and soon saw the Third Mizukage, who was talking to the registered ninja.

Just as Obito was curious, something more attractive happened in Konoha soon.

"No way, old man, you are participating too?" Asuma was dumbfounded when he saw Sarutobi Hiruzen who was registering.

He thought that Sarutobi Hiruzen was just here to lead a team like Mu Yue, but he didn't expect that Sarutobi Hiruzen was also going to participate in the martial arts tournament.

Asuma's words attracted the attention of many ninjas in the Konoha team.

The plan to assassinate Sosuke was kept top secret, and many of the participating Konoha ninjas did not know that Sarutobi Hiruzen was going to participate.

"The way of ninja is infinite. It is a rare thing to communicate with powerful people from all walks of life." Sarutobi Hiruzen said calmly.

Asuma: ...

In other words, there is a real possibility that he will run into his father in the martial arts tournament.

Asma was stunned. What was going on?

"Obito, do you still have the confidence to take first place?" Kakashi couldn't help but tease him.

"Well, the important thing about competitions is participation. Just give it your best." Obito replied calmly.

However, the sweat on his hand still allowed Kakashi to see that Obito was feeling uneasy.

"No, in that case, then the Third Raikage and the Third Mizukage..." Obito suddenly thought of something a little scary.

Sarutobi Hiruzen is participating in the competition, so is it possible that the Third Raikage and his companions were not invited to watch the game, but also to participate in the martial arts tournament?

Obito couldn't help but sweat beading on his forehead.

If it really goes as we wish, let alone getting first place, even getting into the semi-finals would be a great success.

Some ninjas noticed the unusualness of this martial arts tournament, and quietly put away the registration fees and information they had prepared, then turned around and walked out.

Although the number of places for the knockout round has doubled, there are too many capable ninjas and it is difficult to take advantage of them.

Any ninja who participated in the last martial arts tournament would easily discover this.

Because there weren't actually many participants from the five major ninja villages in the last martial arts tournament, most of them were ninjas from various ninja organizations in smaller ninja villages.

This time it’s different. Just take a quick glance at the registration office and you can see many forehead protectors from the five major ninja villages.

"Are the five major ninja villages trying to divide up the martial arts tournament rewards together? With so many ninjas coming." A ninja who was persuaded to leave couldn't help but complain in his heart.

In fact, when the registration deadline came and the list was submitted, all the people involved in the Ninja Clan were shocked and quickly contacted the registration office to ask if there was any mistake.

There's no way, this list looks too scary.

The Kages of the five major ninja villages have all gathered together. Except for Sarutobi Hiruzen who is the former Hokage, Rasa and the others are all the current Kage of their respective ninja villages.

In addition to the Kage, there are also many famous and powerful people from the five major ninja villages on the list.

For example, the Sand Village hero Ye Cang, the Iwakakushi of Iwakakushi, the AB combination of Kumogakushi, and the Karagi Yagura of Kirigakushi...

The Shinobi clan ninjas at the registration office told the checking personnel with certainty that they were correct and that the Kages had registered in person.

Due to the fact that the identities of the contestants were too important and there were many strong people, the list of contestants was reported to the top leaders of the Ninja Clan layer by layer.

"What are these big ninja villages planning? Why are they all flocking here to participate in the competition?" Kakuzu touched his chin, feeling that there was a conspiracy.

The Five Kage had informed the Ninja Clan before they set out, so the Kaku knew they were coming.

However, Kakuzu did not believe the reasons for the Five Kage's participation in the competition. From any perspective, the current martial arts tournament was not worthy of participation by ninjas of the Kage's level.

It would be better to have a backup movie.

"Could it be that our arrangements in the Kingdom of Rivers have caused them to be wary, and they are secretly uniting to deal with us?"

Although it sounds unbelievable, based on Kakuzu's experience, nothing is impossible.

"That should be the case, but don't worry, this will be a successful game." Mu Yue said, looking out the window.

With his current strength, if the big ninja villages gather together, Mu Yue will have less time to concentrate.

"Anyway, with you here, they can't cause any trouble." Kakuzu nodded.

Since Sosuke is so calm, nothing will happen.

"Having said that, this martial arts tournament was really exaggerated. I feel like if I'm a little unlucky I won't even make it to the knockout rounds." Yahiko couldn't help scratching his head.

He was thinking about getting good results this time, but he didn't expect that the five major ninja villages would come together to the martial arts tournament for team building.

"Just do your best." Nagato comforted with a faint smile.

Speaking of confidence, Nagato is actually the person in the office besides Mu Yue who has the most confidence in the Ninja Clan.

The four major ninja villages united with Nagato might still be a little worrying, but the five major ninja villages united with Nagato is a little laughable. The Hokage of Konoha is the leader of their ninja clan.

……

The qualifying round officially begins on February 4th.

Considering that there will be a lot of ninjas participating in the competition, the Ninja Clan expanded the qualifying venue in advance and re-planned it.

The current qualifying venues are divided into four major areas, each with four competition zones.

The promotion rules are still the same as the last martial arts tournament, with the top four teams in each division advancing to the knockout rounds.

After drawing the lots, Obito and other familiar Konoha ninjas gathered together for pre-match discussions.

"Which division are you from? I'm number 1 from Division A." Obito said, raising the white strip in his hand.

"Number twelve from the A4 region," Kakashi replied briefly.

"I'm also in the A4 division." Nohara Lin was a little surprised.

"Luckily I'm number 25, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have made it to the knockout round this time."

Since there are thirty-two people in each competition area, according to the Ninja Clan's competition system, every eight numbers can produce one knockout spot, such as one from one to eight, and one from nine to sixteen.

Nohara Lin's number is far away from Kakashi, so she doesn't have to worry about being eliminated by Kakashi.

"Obito, you and I are in the same division, but I'm number eight, so we can't meet." Asuma hit Obito on the chest.

"That's great, we'll go there together later." Obito said with some regret.

It’s nice to be in the same division with a good brother, but it would be happier to be in the same division with Nohara Lin if the serial numbers were not too close.

The others also reported their respective divisions. Shisui and Yamato were in division A3, while Might Guy was in division B1.

"The same ninja village is arranged in one area." Kakashi thought when he found that most people were in Area A.

To prove this, Kakashi went to ask some other Konoha ninjas about their divisions, and sure enough, most of the Konoha ninjas were in Division A.

"To ensure that the big ninja villages don't differ too much in the number of places in the knockout round?" Kakashi put himself in the shoes of the Ninja Clan and came up with a possibility.

At this moment, the venue broadcast sounded, reminding the contestants to go to their respective competition areas to prepare.

"See you later." Obito waved goodbye to his friends and headed to the A1 region with Asuma.

Since it was not a big deal, Kakashi didn't think too much about it. He waved goodbye and went to the A4 zone with Nohara Lin.

Once they reached the A1 zone, Obito and Asuma stayed where they were.

"It seems that our luck today is not very good." Asuma said helplessly as he looked at the extremely familiar figure.

Obito nodded in agreement.

There are a total of sixteen divisions, and coincidentally, Sarutobi Hiruzen is in their division.

"Please don't let it be a number 25 or above." Obito prayed in his heart.

He didn't want to be eliminated by Sarutobi Hiruzen in the preliminaries, otherwise Kakashi would laugh at him to death.

Before the game, he threatened to win first place, but in the end he didn't even make it to the knockout round. What a mess.

The preliminaries will soon officially begin.

"In the first round, contestant number one, Lord Sarutobi Hiruzen, will face contestant number two, Kenji Ishida." The Ninja Clan referee looked at the list in his hand and silently added a honorific suffix to Sarutobi Hiruzen's name.

After all, he is at the top of the ninja world and deserves some respect.

The words of the Ninja Clan referee instantly broke the hearts of several ninjas.

When Asuma heard the words "Number One Sarutobi Hiruzen", his eyes went dark.

Spicy balls!

The contestants who were not ranked one to eight were relieved. Regardless of how high their ranking would be, at least they still had a chance to enter the knockout stage.

Sarutobi Hiruzen stroked his long beard and walked slowly onto the battlefield without using the body-flickering technique.

The Kusagakure jonin named Kenji Ishida followed with steady steps.

But all those present were ninjas, with observation abilities far exceeding those of ordinary people. They instantly noticed Ishida Kenji's slightly trembling hands and his forehead that was beginning to sweat.

There is no doubt that Kenji Ishida is under a lot of pressure at this time.

When he officially stood on the battlefield and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen opposite him, Kenji Ishida was in a trance.

Before participating in the competition, no one told him that he would play Naruto. He came because he heard that there would be a Ninjutsu scroll for advancing to the knockout round.

"The fight begins!" the referee shouted when he saw the two men were ready.

"I give up!" Kenji Ishida bowed at an extremely fast speed.

He must be sick in his head to actually fight Sarutobi Hiruzen.

If it was some strong young man, he might have given it a try with the mentality that since he was already here, but this was the Sandaime Hokage who was at the top of the ninja world, the ultimate form of a genius.

If Sarutobi Hiruzen accidentally used a little more strength, he might be dead.

There's no need to fight hard just for that little entry fee, it's really not worth it.

Sarutobi Hiruzen retracted his outstretched hand.

"Lord Sarutobi Hiruzen wins!" The referee announced the result of the battle.

Thus, the first game of the A1 division ended at the speed of light.

None of the onlookers thought that there was anything wrong with Kenji Ishida's behavior, and it was not shameful to admit defeat to the Hokage.

Normally, a ninja of Ishida Kenji's level would not give Sarutobi Hiruzen a chance to admit defeat, as the two were not from the same world.

The same scene happened in other regions.

In the B1 division, facing the ferocious-looking Third Raikage, his opponent wisely raised his hands in surrender.

In the C1 division, the Third Mizukage had just stepped onto the ring, but his opponent gave up before the fight even began.

In the D1 division, Ohnoki's opponent left the field and admitted defeat the moment the referee called out "start".

In the D4 zone, Luo Sha's opponent gave up cleanly.

As the pinnacle of the ninja world, the sense of oppression brought by the Kage is too strong. Since the Kage are all number one, many ninjas who are in the same division as the Kage and are number eight or below simply give up the competition and go to different divisions to find the ninjas they want to watch.

There aren't that many opportunities to watch high-level ninja fights in normal times, so the registration fee is worth it as a viewing fee.

Since most of the contestants below number eight had given up, Asuma enjoyed the same treatment as Sarutobi Hiruzen and was directly advanced to the third round without having to do anything.

Although this was a battle that was doomed to fail, Asuma had no intention of giving up.

He had not practiced in vain all these years. If Sarutobi Hiruzen underestimated him, he might suffer a small loss at his hands.

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