Naruto Reborn: The Rise of the Tsar

Chapter 271 Play-in Round

Finally, the first day of the blood test conference officially arrived. On this day, the central square was overcrowded.

Although more than half of the patrol members were mobilized to maintain order, the surging crowd still surrounded the entire square, and even one-third of the contestants were unable to enter on time. They were all blocked by the surging wall of people. outside.

Fortunately, ANBU ninjas took action and used Earth Release Ninjutsu to temporarily build a suspended bridge and arrested a dozen troublemakers who did not follow the rules, so the flow of people gradually became orderly.

At this moment, Rika, Garo and Nobuko were staying in the center of the square. They saw that the entire square was divided into ten areas of equal size. Each area was densely packed with people. At a glance, they were all registered ninjas.

The onlookers crowded around these areas, cheering and cheering.

"How many people are there?" Jia Luo sighed.

"There should be four hundred and thirty ninjas who have signed up, but there are still twenty-three ninjas who have not arrived yet. It is estimated that these are the only ones." Nobuko answered Gaara's question while flipping through the registration book in her hand, looking like a professional elite. posture. At this time, she was responsible for recording the results and guiding the contestants as a secretary.

Rika observed that most of them were middle-aged ninjas in their thirties to forties. At this stage, most ninjas had accumulated rich experience in missions and were at their peak in terms of physical fitness and chakra. Among them, most of the ninjas of this age group successfully stood out and got the blood test spot.

Occasionally, there are a few particularly young boys and girls, most of whom have just graduated from the ninja school. However, due to their lack of experience, they have a serious lack of combat experience. Some of them have one or two secret techniques inherited from their families, but most civilian families For those of you who have a good background, you can only focus on participation. Anyway, opportunities come every year, which can be regarded as accumulating experience for the future.

But looking at all the participants, all the participants were wearing middle and genin forehead protectors, and not a single jounin was wearing them.

Nobuko seemed to see Rika's doubts and said with a smile, "Our village has experienced the Second Ninja War and the turmoil three years ago. The number of jounin-level ninjas has decreased a lot. Generally, if the strength reaches the jounin level, will it?" With a big family to rely on, it is not so important. Moreover, for those battle order troops, if a jounin from the same village wants to join, it is too late to welcome him, so why use this method?"

"That being said, I don't feel any pressure anymore."

"That's hard to say. Don't underestimate any ninja!" Nobuko added, "I have basically paid attention to the previous blood test competitions. Many people can be said to have the strength of jounin, but they were still eliminated. , but it does happen that one can be shortlisted just by being a Chunin."

"It seems that luck is also crucial."

“After all, it’s a grouping system.”

"what?"

Nobuko had to explain patiently again.

The so-called grouping system of the blood appraisal conference is actually very simple. It is to roughly divide the four hundred people into ten teams, and then each team is divided into two groups by drawing lots.

Once you lose a battle, you will lose the qualification to advance. In other words, depending on the number limit of about forty people, you need to win five to six games in a row to be qualified.

Of course, according to today's rules, after being shortlisted, you can already get the qualification to detect blood. This is also the purpose of most people participating in the conference. But as far as the conference itself is concerned, there will be further competitions to determine the top six and top three. Even the strongest this year.

If you can successfully advance, the resources and treatment you will receive in the future will be very different.

Among them, the ninja who can win the blood appraisal competition will be awarded a special ninja forehead protector by Lord Kazekage himself. This is also the highest honor that a ninja can receive today. Therefore, in order to pursue this reputation and prestige, many children of big families also participate anonymously. If they can get a good ranking in the promotion competition after being shortlisted, their true family names will often be disclosed, but if they are accidentally Eliminating them will not damage the family's reputation.

Soon, the number cards were assigned. Fortunately, Rika was in the first group and Gaara was in the third group. The two looked at each other and smiled.

At this moment, Rika noticed a strong chakra fluctuation, and couldn't help but look back. She saw a figure wearing a white royal robe slowly appearing on a high platform not far away, with a stern face that was clearly the third generation of Mekaze. The shadows and sands are violent and the arrows are flying.

There were several strange ninjas standing around the Kazekage. Judging from their costumes, they seemed to be ninjas from Konoha? They are all good players, Rika judged. At this moment, she turned around and found Gaara staring at the stands, with a hint of indifference in his eyes.

Sighing slightly, Rika slowly moved her field of vision, and her attention returned to the arena in front of her again.

Soon, with the order from the messenger ninja, many referee ninjas entered the scene one after another, and the elimination round began in full swing.

"What a rare occasion!"

A white-haired ninja next to Kazekage praised, "Looking back, I also suggested to Hokage-sama that Konoha should also do something about it, otherwise those little guys will be silent in their own world all day long. If things go on like this, sooner or later they will be killed by Sunagakure. The ninjas transcended."

"You cannot cultivate good ninjas if you work behind closed doors."

Shabaozhen on the side echoed expressionlessly, not knowing what his true thoughts were in his heart.

The reinforcements led by Konoha White Fang arrived last night. Originally, according to Sandstorm Shinichi's plan, he did not intend to expose the existence of Konoha's reinforcements, thereby in vain alerting the enemy.

However, there was a slightly feminine leading ninja in the Konoha team who raised objections. It is said that the person's name was Orochimaru and he was one of the three Konoha ninjas.

Originally, Sand Hidden Village didn't care about the self-proclaimed name of Sanshou Hanzo, but Jiraiya, who was also one of the Sannin, had a disciple, the Desert Death God.

Sandstorm Shinichi's memory of what a desert god of death was, was so fresh that even his tone when facing Orochimaru began to soften.

"Our Konoha ninja team has a large number of people, and it is difficult to escape the eyes of those who are interested."

"Now that the enemy already knows we are coming, there is no longer any surprise."

"In this case, it is better to expose Mr. Hatake to the public and hide me in the dark. Even if the other party knows that Konoha will intervene, they will make arrangements for the 'Konoha White Fang' and leave me as a surprise force. Play a role!"

Orochimaru's words echoed in Sandstorm Shinichi's heart.

He had to admit that the other party was right, but at the same time he secretly took another look at the other party. This man was experienced in life and had great strength. The ninjas he led under his command were very admirable. If the three ninjas were all such characters, then why not? Ye's background is too scary

With a bang, the drums sounded, and in a moment, the winner was already decided in the arena.

(End of this chapter)