Red Dust

From the distant harbour, there is a busy hustle and bustle from time to time, drifting with the wind, falling into the ears, and the neat buildings in Awaji Village as far as the eye can see.

Because the khaki stone buildings unique to the Land of Winds are too monotonous, Awaji Village also has a variety of building materials, and the exterior decoration is also as diverse as possible.

Just as he thought, at the junction of the blue sky, white clouds and the sand and sea, such a small town that seemed to be full of vitality was born.

Different from the thick and deep sandy hidden village, this place is full of high-spirited vitality, which is only available in Konoha Village and a few prosperous towns in the land of fire.

After staying in Shayin Village for a period of time, I watched a few episodes of "The Story of Bamboo Fetching", and the incense sticks that I watched all kinds of scenery over and over again, along with the southward business traveler, came to this place that the villagers of Shayin Village talked about with great interest. place.

The story of opening up a home in the long yellow sand probably only appeared in the years when Shayin Village was established. After several decades, the sand Ninja, whose popularity has been declining, has not appeared for a long time. hero.

During last year's elder co-governance period, the inefficient management level was criticized by many Sharen, but only in the matter of going south, he gained a lot of prestige.

The middle- and upper-class ninjas are more concerned about the victory of repelling Iwanin and regaining lost ground, while the general public is more concerned about the appearance of Awaji Village and Naruto Village.

Glory, interests and survival, people of different classes still have slightly different focuses.

The red-haired girl was thinking about something, when she suddenly saw a few young people with grass foreheads approaching from far and near. She quickly turned her head away, spread her forehead hair slightly to cover her face, and waited until they were far away. He breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Didn't you recognize it? Such a conspicuous red hair..."

Xiang Rin, who was talking, muttered to herself,

"Maybe they have forgotten me!"

Back then, the little girl with low strength and weak disposition had a very low chance of surviving alone in the ninja world, and the grass ninja village didn't seem to think much of their mother and daughter.

"I'm such an idiot who occasionally hesitates because of my grass ninja identity..."

Xiang Rin, who laughed mockingly at herself, raised her head, no longer concealed herself, and held her head high, revealing the stubbornness of a young girl.

Chapter 0777 Secretly

This year's joint Chunin exam is not the one with the largest number of candidates, but almost all the ninja villages have gathered, which is undoubtedly unprecedented in terms of momentum.

The conditions in Shayin Village are not as good as in Konoha Village, and there is no examination room that can accommodate all the Shimanin candidates.

Yun Ninja, who came from the country of high mountains, snow peaks, and white clouds, and Wu Ninja who came out of the land of water mist, dislike the environment of the country of wind the most; in contrast, Iwa Ninja and Konoha Ninja who have been fighting with Sand Ninja for decades , It is a bit of experience to deal with this dry, hot and windy environment.

As for the small country ninjas such as Taki Shinobi, Kusanagi, and Rain Shinobi, no one cares about their thoughts.

Absolute fairness cannot be guaranteed, at least efforts must be made to provide conditions.

Settling in half a month in advance allows foreign candidates to have more than a week of adaptation.

Therefore, in the streets and alleys of Awaji Village, there are always strange ninjas wearing various forehead guards.

In groups, talking eloquently, and shouting a few slogans from time to time to cheer themselves up is Yan Ninja; free and undisciplined, frivolous, curious, and wants to try everything is Yun Nin; The one who can quarrel with his own people is the Konoha ninja; the one who has no sense of existence and lacks self-confidence is the mist ninja;

Other ninjas from the small Ninja Village always like to try their best to hide the envy and jealousy in their eyes.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as the Taki Shinobi girl Fu, being able to come out and see the world is more in line with her heart than the exam.

As for the Sha Ninja candidates, I actually understand that most of the young people who have stood out in the past two years have been promoted, and the rest are relatively mediocre. Except for some seniors who support the scene, others are just to experience in advance what a leader of the same age looks like. of.

"It's really an anxious town!"

Kurama Yakumo withdrew his eyes with deep meaning. Wherever he looked, a girl with bright red hair disappeared around the corner.

"Small and high-rise residential areas in a row, with identical shops, horizontal and vertical street layout, even locals, if they don't read the house number, they probably won't recognize the road..."

Looking around, almost all of the street scenes are similar. The little guys who are used to the local life really don't like this layout.

Not only the town planning, but also the norms in daily life are meticulously detailed to an outrageous degree.

For example, damage to windbreaks, green vegetation, and pollution of soil and water requires fines or even compulsory volunteers. Even garbage classification has special channels for disposal.

"Let's do as the locals do, it's good to keep an eye on it!"

Zhibao entrusted Toby's glasses, which were not much thinner at the bottom of the bottle, and calmly persuaded,

"Make it clear in advance, so as not to accidentally violate the taboo. I think some measures are very valuable for reference..."

"You're still too young..."

The pommel horse Yakumo sneered,

"The stricter the rules are, the more they show that the people in charge of this small town are lazy. This 'one size fits all' rule obviously doesn't want to spend more manpower and material resources on these small things. It's not like this, it was a good place with a lot of humanity..."

"Oh? Too young..."

Shiho responded with a deep meaning.

"Indeed, you are a senior who is older than us. However, I didn't feel the slightest calmness from you..."

"You two, here again..."

Haruno Sakura persuaded helplessly,

"It's obviously a companion who needs to help each other, so why can't you talk properly?"

"Reassurance, we just have a slight difference in personality, but it will not affect the performance of the Chunin exam..."

Shiho said softly.

The pommel horse Yakumo also waved his hand in a sullen mood:

"It's just that I'm not used to dealing with people who are emotionally fluctuating too flat. A companion who is a little bit warmer and warmer should be easier to get along with. Just like you, Sakura... In your seemingly peaceful and weak body, you have a volcano that explodes like a volcano. The passion makes people unable to help but want to tease one or two!"

"I do not understand what you are saying!"

Haruno Sakura, who has a good brain, but has not developed much emotional intelligence, sighed and said,

"Again, you just said 'the last time you came' or something, why don't I remember that you had a chance to come to Awaji Village?"

"Don't worry about such trivial matters!"

Back then, when I secretly went with Daimaru to catch Bai Jue's clone, it felt like a long way off.

"I don't know what to do with such an extreme layout. It's too unbalanced..."

In a joke circulating in private, [-]% of the population of Awaji Village is concentrated in one-tenth of the village's area. This is of course an exaggeration, but it also illustrates some problems.

The entire Awaji Village is not small, and even a "bus" was born that uses puppet traction as the driving force to pull trailers through the streets. The main line is operated by the village, and the branch lines are handed over to apprentices to earn extra money.

The Konoha ninjas who have just arrived a few days ago have already experienced the feeling of riding a "bus puppet" like an iron box.Compared with the speed of a ninja, it is naturally far inferior, but it is much faster than walking. It is rare to be comfortable and comfortable, and it can be regarded as a moment of peace for those who have been tired all day.

It's just that such extreme regional division is not suitable for Ninja Village.Once a foreign enemy attacks and breaks the outer defense line, as long as the relatively prosperous area is destroyed, it can cause major damage.

This is a fairly large defensive loophole. Arrange a tailed beast or a human pillar on the periphery, and send a tailed beast jade in this direction, and the essence of the entire Awaji Village is basically swept away.

Putting the first test of the joint Chunin exam in Awaji Village and letting ninjas from other countries come in and out is equivalent to exposing its shortness.

"Maybe Sand Ren is not afraid of threats at all, or maybe this is just an appearance, the real core is out of our sight!"

……

Ten meters deep underground, in the hall supported by the dense iron skeleton, Temari was directing his subordinates to inspect the examination room facilities.

The entire Awaji Village, the underground construction area, is larger than the above-ground part in the plan. It has a three-story underground structure, and the functional area is fully operational, which can accommodate more people than Sandyin Village.

The surface environment is really bad, and even Daimaru is not sure whether it should go underground.

Awaji Village is the first pilot, if feasible, and then gradually expand.

Of course, the things on the drawings have not been fully implemented, and only a small part has been opened up as the venue for the first test of the joint Chunin exam.

"A test room that is stronger than a prison cell, this is not going to give candidates a chance to be opportunistic..."

Looking at the examination room that gradually overlapped with what he imagined, Temari sighed secretly.

Chapter 0778 Competition

For the examiner, how to control the pass rate is a very troublesome thing. No matter how good the rules are, if you encounter a guy like Daimaru who always thinks about exploiting loopholes and has the ability to put them into practice, he will be rejected. Destruction is a mess.

In this joint Chunin exam, I don’t know how many “bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods” are involved. Konoha Village’s Hyuga Neji, Kurama Yakumo and others really want to give full play to their strength, even many Chunin and a few Shangnin can’t resist. To live, is to stand out from the crowd.

Shayin Village itself didn't really give up completely. Like Sha Ye and Ziluo, they were obviously beyond the scope of Genin, and it was not difficult to compete with the examiners on the scene. There were also six outstanding people selected from the air combat unit, and Temari was just careless. After watching their primary internal match, I knew it.

"This is a rhythm that doesn't give a chance to those mediocre but hardworking Jinnin candidates!I feel that the last time I took the exam, the next time I was a monster, this year's is even more exaggerated! 』

If the level of the candidates two years ago was as high as this year, most of the candidates who made the cut that year would not have passed the second exam of the Death Forest.

The gap in reality is obvious, and there are also some newcomers who have gone through the motions of "soy sauce", as well as losers in the past.

"Bless yourself!It’s better to be eliminated early, so you can prepare for the next competition in advance! 』

In order to increase the discrimination rate of the top batch of candidates, the difficulty of the test questions must be raised a lot, and those with insufficient ability can only become dispensable victims.

Just as Temari was doing the final inspection, his subordinates came over and whispered a few words beside him.

"It's finally here, prepare the conference hall, I'll go later..."

Thinking of the expressions of other people when the exam questions were revealed, Temari looked forward to it.

……

"It's hotter than Shayin Village, the sun is more poisonous, and because it is near the sea, the air humidity is higher, and the air is suffocating and uncomfortable, and there is no time for close-fitting clothes to dry..."

The leader of the examinee sent by Konoha Village to Sandyin Village, as well as the chunin exam observers Matekai, Yuhika, and Sarutobi Asma, observed the surrounding environment and found no abnormality, and took the time to go to an izakaya that is said to be quite good. Hangout,

"Occasionally, there will be small tornadoes that roll up sand and dust. In such an environment, a vibrant town can be born, which is not very common sense..."

The bearded man took a sip of light green champagne and said with some doubts.

In fact, traditional sake is more in line with Sarutobi Asma’s preference. The best is of course the treasures brewed from pure rice. Unfortunately, the land of wind does not produce rice and other staple foods, and the rice imported from other places is not enough for the daily needs of residents. How can it be used to make wine?

Awaji Village is basically filled with various kinds of fruit wine. The sake that has been airlifted from Naruto Village all the way is expensive. Even Konoha Joinin, who has a good income, is a bit painful to consume.

Fortunately, most of the local specialty fruit wines are pretty good.

Thick eyebrows Matekai looked at the flow of people coming and going outside the window and responded:

"Business is prosperous, and it is located on the main road of traffic!"

Sarutobi Asmalio shook his head after thinking about it:

"The southern maritime trade route is nothing new. It has not seen any improvement for hundreds of years. Recently, it has suddenly emerged, not only because of its strategic location, but almost every family in the factory area by the sea participates in it. Small workshops and various functional areas that are nearly ten times larger than residential areas are the key..."

As a resale trader, there is no future if you touch "oil and water". How to make use of this advantage and strengthen yourself is the key.

"Compared with most towns in the slow-paced country of fire, people here are in a hurry, and they are always busy! It's hard to think whether they are prosperous or not..."

No matter how good the external conditions are, it is people who determine the final result, the level of effort and the attitude of seeking change are the key.