Red sand dust

It’s such a fun atmosphere!

Daimaru silently gave Ao a thumbs up in his heart. How could this be the case that countries are so conflicted that a ninja war will break out if they disagree?

It looks like a family from the five major countries are having a tea party here.

Suppressing the laughter in his heart, Daimaru said softly:

"It seems that a consensus has been reached. The first test will give the candidates a showdown, and the second test will be a traditional, practical competition based on teams. There are too many requirements, and even those genin candidates can't do it..."

Such strategic thinking as combining vertical and horizontal forces, joining the weak against the strong, taking advantage of others first, and attacking later are simply not something that children who are not even chuunin can play with.

As Daimaru finished speaking, the entire venue was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

"Still the same old battle for the scroll?"

Morino Yibixi asked calmly,

"As long as the ten best ones are selected in the end, that's enough!"

"This is it!"

Daimaru tilted his head and thought for a moment before replying,

"Someone used a fake scroll to confuse the audience last time in the Chuunin Exam. I'm afraid someone will follow the same example this time. How about changing it!"

The scar-faced man was speechless and looked at the talkative guy in front of him with a strange expression, as if he was not the one who caused the trouble, but an unrelated outsider.

"How about... adopt the unlimited competition mode of 'Battle Royale', and after three days, just select the required candidates according to the rules..."

"Battle Royale?"

Hearing this obviously malicious word, Ao and Azabui were very interested, and even Loess wanted to understand. Only Morino Hiki had a bad premonition in his heart.

After sorting out his words, Daimaru replied calmly:

"The Demonic Desert is extremely large, many times larger than the 'Forest of Death', the traditional examination venue of Konoha Village, and the environment is even harsher, making survival difficult. Therefore, there is no need to be bound by qualified tasks such as scroll fighting and rapid marching. When the time comes, select the surviving candidates and that’s almost it..."

The simpler the rules, the more dangerous they are. What's more, Daimaru's rhetoric clearly has unfulfilled intentions.

"This is just a more difficult way to survive in the wild. Isn't it too monotonous?"

Torture expert Morino Ihiki was a little confused. As the second test question, it seemed difficult enough, but it did not meet the needs of selecting Chunin.

"What if some candidates are opportunistic and find a hidden place to hide and pass the exam time?"

"How could it be? Not to mention whether there is a geomantic treasure land for genin to survive safely in the Demonic Desert. Even if there is, it does not mean that it is foolproof..."

Daimaru grinned, showing his white teeth, and his whole body was filled with a sense of awe.

"During the official examination, the hard elimination mechanism of the 'Circle of Divine Punishment' will be introduced. All candidates outside the circle will lose their qualifications for the examination if they cannot return to the circle within a certain period of time..."

"Circle of Divine Punishment?"

Daimaru waved his hand, indicating that everyone would wait for the explanation:

"The so-called 'Circle of Divine Punishment' is an ever-shrinking 'elimination deadline'. It has almost no impact on all candidates at first, but as time goes by, it will continue to squeeze the candidates' activity space, and finally they have to gather together. Fight for qualifications..."

"interesting!"

Morino Ihiki, who is well-informed, has finally approved of this selection method. It is simple and direct. It not only tests the strength, but also cracks down on opportunistic candidates.

As long as you choose the shrinking direction and extent of the "Circle of Divine Punishment", you can eliminate the influence of luck to the greatest extent.

The only problem is that it's not easy to implement.

"If you want to perfect the details, you need to make a lot of preparations. It seems that your village is not in a tight situation recently..."

“Things within our capabilities should be unambiguous!”

Daimaru nodded implicitly. As long as the assessment method was approved, the specific implementation would be easy to say. The so-called "Circle of Divine Punishment" was just a nickname. Whether it was implemented using barrier techniques or other means, it would have little impact.

Daimaru is even planning to prepare some dangerous beasts, poisons, puppets, etc. in the Demonic Desert that are completely beyond the chunin's ability to deal with. During the "out-of-circle countdown" stage for candidates, originally harmless background creatures will continue to attack "outside the circle" candidates. Launch an attack to further increase the difficulty of the "out of the circle" assessment.

They even airdropped some fresh water, cans, healing medicine and other supplies into the circle. Otherwise, the Demonic Desert was so dangerous that it would be difficult for those genin candidates to survive there for several days without supplies, let alone fight desperately for a place in the promotion.

After briefly talking about their thoughts, some test settings made even Morino Hiki, an "old examiner", shine.

"It seems a bit more difficult, but when all the outstanding genin in the ninja world gather together, there must be a lot of people. If the elimination rate is not high, the third trial will not be able to proceed."

The representative of Konoha Village did not object, Azabu Yi was non-committal, and Huang Tu was too lazy to fuss. After the memorandum of the meeting was compiled and signed, this not-so-serious five-village meeting ended.

Surprisingly, when the show was over, it was already getting late, and the Leaf Village even took care of the meal, specially arranging a sumptuous midnight snack. There was no irritation before, but it was actually a good time afterwards.

After finishing the day's arrangements, it was almost midnight. Daimaru leaned on the sofa where he was resting and breathed a lazy sigh of relief.

"Even if you are a ninja, you still have time to socialize! Fortunately, everyone is not a show-off person, so what they say can be considered meaningful..."

"When your words and deeds represent someone other than yourself, invisible pressure follows you, so you can't do whatever you want..."

Temari poured a glass of cold water for Daimaru, sat opposite and said seriously,

"What you said today, do you have other plans?"

"Roughly the same!"

Daimaru drank the water in the cup in one gulp, letting his internal organs that were a little hot feel a little better.

"Strengthen the control of the second trial. It is the place where the last choice is made. If there are people with ulterior motives who want to cause trouble, it will be the last chance..."

"Can't it be avoided? The village has obviously been doing well recently..."

"The long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain, we don't have time!"

Daimaru interrupted Temari and said with some regret,

"The mistakes of the past must be settled, and only by putting down the burden can we go into battle lightly..."

The roar that once resounded in Sunagakure Village, and the bloody smell floating in the wind at night, cannot be ignored. Daimaru can create a solution for them, but how to do it has to be chosen by Gaara himself, even Temari. Neither Kankuro nor Kankuro could be of much help.

"Don't worry, I have already made arrangements and will do my best to ensure that the ending of a kind person will not be a tragedy..."