Hokage, I am Uzumaki Naruto

The remaining 84 will be considered eliminated!

The moment the voice fell, the candidates were once again stunned.

What the hell?

Will those who arrive late be eliminated again?

After learning the experience and lessons of the last rush, the members of their respective teams immediately realized that this was an extremely harsh test.

Without thinking too much, the crowd almost followed each other, and immediately started a frantic chase.

Seeing that the candidates have almost started to act.

Only then did Naruzuo Sakura's team slowly perform their teleportation technique and started on their way.

In this way, a new competition is unfolding.

At the same time, Kakashi wrote a small note of everything that was going on here, and tied it to the leg of the messenger eagle, letting it pass the news to the city of fire.

city ​​of fire.

It has been nearly ten days since Naruto took the exam.At this moment, the city is still a scene of joy, peace and prosperity.

And it was in a coffee shop on the edge of Chengnan Street, near the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Several beautiful women in their 30s and 40s were chatting about something.Judging from the expressions of some of the beautiful women, there are quite a few smug ones.

And if you look carefully, you will find that among this group of beauties are the current First Lady of Hokage, Kushina, and his close friend Uchiha Mikoto.

And beside them, the other women who sat were not simple.

Among them, apart from Kushina and Mikoto, Ino's mother Rino Yamanaka also attended the tea party.Sakura's mother, Haruno Mebuki; Kiba's mother, Inuzuka Zuo, and Shikamaru's mother Nara Yoshino and others.

It was rare for everyone to get together, and first they talked about clothes, cosmetics and bags for a while.

Then, as we talked, we started to bring up the topic of the children from various families who took the Chunin Exam.

Speaking of this, except for Kushina, Mikoto, and Haruno Yabuki who all looked calm.A look of worry flashed across the faces of the rest of the women.

Among them, Ino's mother Yamanaka Moye was even more worried about her daughter and said: "I heard that there are more than 2000 people who participated in the Chunin exam this time, and there are people from any ninja village."

"As for that girl Ino, she doesn't practice diligently enough. What should I do? I don't know if she can persevere until the end?"

Also worried is Shikamaru's mother, who is also one of Ikacho's parents.

Nara Yoshino frowned and said, "Don't talk about it, my family is similar to yours. Shikamaru's child, although he is just like his father, is extremely smart."

"But this is an exam after all. In the end, apart from IQ and strategy, there is also strength. And this happens to be my Shikamaru's shortcoming."

Speaking of this, she sighed heavily, and said: "Not to mention that there is Izuo Jinchuriki from Sand Hidden Village this time, such a ninja whose strength is completely beyond the scope of a ninja, would take it for granted. To participate in this Chunin exam, alas..."

As long as she thought that the eighth class her child was in might be wiped out, she couldn't help but feel worried. .br>

At this time, Kushina, who was sitting opposite the two of them, took a sip of coffee in a calm manner, and then slowly said, "Shikamaru's mother, Ino's mother, you two, don't worry too much."

"Although many talented ninjas from other ninja villages came to the Chunin exam this time. But it doesn't matter, I believe that my kid and Sasuke will definitely make a move."

The implication is that with Mingzuo and the two present, Konoha will definitely not lose to other ninja villages in terms of fighting the enemy.

The second daughter nodded in agreement when she heard the words: "That's right. But with so many contestants, on this scale, compared to our time, I don't know how many times more dangerous."

"Especially among the lower ninjas of the five great ninja villages, there must be no shortage of crouching tigers, hidden dragons."

"So what?" Jiu Xinnai continued to show disdain, and said proudly: "As far as the people you mentioned, there really are, but they are still not enough in front of that brat in my family."

Everyone: "..."

So yeah, what they didn't say was.

Compared with those candidates from villages all over the ninja world.

What they were more worried about was that Naruto and Sasuke would attack the Genin from the same village.

After all, they have heard of it.This is before the third test of the finals, but there is a qualifier to be played.

And this so-called preliminaries turned out to be a random brawl among candidates.In this way, the comparison is based on the personal strength of the candidates.

Thinking of this, Kiba's mother, Inuzukazume, also panicked, and said, "But I heard that before the start of the third exam, there is still a preliminaries to be held. And the rules are, no-rule brawling."

"Yeah, I've also heard about this rule, and it's said that it came out only recently."

At this time, Sakura's mother, who had not spoken for a long time, also nodded in agreement.

Mikoto then added: "I heard that this is a contest specially set up by Hokage-sama based on the experience of the last Chunin exam. The purpose is to reduce the number of candidates who can finally enter the final."

"Then why would he do that?" the women were puzzled.

According to the past practice, the original purpose of the selection of Chunin Exams was just a means to increase the front-line combat power of the ninja village.

But now, all this has changed.

Regarding the doubts of the crowd, Kushina knew a little about the purpose of it.Said to the women: "I can understand why Minato would do this?"

Everyone looked at her in unison: "Why?"

Kushina said: "Because the Chunin exam this time is different from the previous one where the purpose is to select Chunin who can serve as the captain."

"This time the focus is on selecting the most talented young ninjas, which is the ultimate goal of this exam."

Chapter 457 Talking Hearts

After hearing this, all the women were worried: "Then, doesn't that mean that many candidates will be eliminated?"

Kushina nodded, "That's also impossible."

Everyone thought that it was indeed the case, so they simply stopped talking and started talking about other topics. ...

Time passed slowly.

In the office of the Hokage Administration Building, Minato was, as usual, busy processing the paperwork at hand.In his spare time, he raised his head and looked out the window from time to time, as if thinking of something happy, a smile unconsciously rose from the corner of his mouth.

At the same time, in the sky, a lone eagle circled a few times over the building and landed steadily on the window of Watergate's office.

Minato quickly noticed this lone eagle, which he had sent out to ask Kakashi about the progress of Hidden Sand Village.

Seeing that Lone Eagle has come back now, he thought to himself, maybe the exam on Sha Yin's side has already ended.

He took the letter written by Kakashi from the Lone Eagle's leg and read it carefully for a while.

Everything turned out as he expected, Kakashi stated in the letter that the exams at Hidden Sand Village have generally ended.A total of 180 four candidates passed the second exam.

And Kakashi has already ordered the candidates to come straight here.

So Minato didn't think too much, and yelled outside the door: "Come on, call me Lu Jiulai, I need to find him."

"Yes." Hearing this, the guard standing outside the door immediately cast the instant body spell and disappeared in place.

Not long after, the door of the office was opened.

Lu Jiu walked straight in from the door, looked at Minato and said, "Master Hokage, what can I do for you?"

Minato smiled at him, and said: "It's okay, I called you here to let you know that the exam over there has ended, and the candidates will come here soon.

So what should be prepared here in the city, are you ready? "

Lu Jiu said: "Everything is ready."

"That's good."

Minato signaled him to sit down, and then asked: "You said, among the candidates this time, how many people will be able to come here?"

Lu Jiu shook his head, "I don't know."

Minato said: "You can guess any number."

Lu Jiu thought for a while, then replied, "500 people? Or... 300? Or even less than [-] people."

He thought, after all, there are so many people participating in the competition, it would be pretty good if one-third of them advance.

However, he was afraid that the actual number of people promoted would not be as good as he expected, so he lowered the guessed number a bit.

At this time, Minato handed the note he had just received to Lu Jiu.

Lu Jiu took the note and glanced at it, after seeing clearly what was written on the paper.

A look of shock instantly appeared on his calm face!

"How come? More than 2000 people have participated in the competition, so far, there are only less than 200 people left?"

He looked at Minato in disbelief and said.

This elimination rate is almost one out of ten.

Its strict promotion standards are even more severe than before.

Before he could recover, Minato said in a leisurely manner: "This is just the number of people starting from there. The number of people who actually come here to participate in the qualifiers is probably even less than this.".

"is it?"

Lu Jiu took a deep breath, thinking in his heart that with such a high elimination rate, in the end, if more than 20 people advanced, it would be considered remarkable.

He raised his eyes and saw Minato's face, always wearing an expression of no waves in the ancient well.

Even though Lu Jiu knew that this was to pick out talented people from among the candidates for training.

But I still can't help feeling sorry for those candidates who were eliminated!

And he had a hunch that this shouldn't be the first time.

Instead, it's more like a start.

Minato waited for him to calm down a little, and then slowly opened his mouth and said: "The requirements for candidates to advance are a bit harsh, but there is no way to do it.

Only in this way can the most talented candidates be selected and cultivated to become the future backbone of the ninja world. "

Speaking of this, a look of vicissitudes that did not belong to his age flashed across Minato's face, and said: "Furthermore, Lu Jiu, you should be very clear. The reason why the Kingdom of Fire is able to maintain a unified situation for the time being.

The fundamental reason is that there are Naruto, Sasuke, and the first generation and Madara.It was able to temporarily deter those ambitious people. "

"In other words, if Naruto and the others leave one day, will this ninja world fall into a new war again?"

"This……"

Lu Jiu was speechless.

He is a smart person, so he can naturally understand the meaning of Minato's words.It is also clear that not everyone among the top executives of the Nation of Fire is convinced by Minato's rule.

So he pondered for a moment and said: "Then Hokage-sama, what good ideas do you have for this?"

The corner of Minato's mouth curled up slightly, and he revealed a slight smile: "My idea is that while I'm still young, I have a lot of time to cultivate a group of talented ninjas after Naruto Sasuke, who are confirmed to be loyal to the Nation of Fire.

In this way, even if one day, Naruto, Sasuke, and even me will no longer be in the ninja world.

Those who have been cultivated can also have enough power to protect the ninja world from being divided when unknown dangers come. "

What do you mean?

Lu Jiu was dumbfounded.

Hearing what Hokage-sama said, are they going to leave?

After a long time, Lu Jiu asked tentatively, "So, is Hokage-sama preparing for his departure?"

Minato just looked at him quietly.

After a long while, I seriously replied: "Leaving is not a matter of course, it's just a matter of planning ahead.

After all, no one can tell when those people from the Otsutsuki clan that Naruto mentioned before will arrive. "

When Lu Jiu heard this, he thought it was true.

Then he said again: "Even so, Naruto and Sasuke may leave the ninja world, what is it about Hokage-sama?"

Shuimen said: "Isn't this simple? With the current strength of those two boys.

They must be thinking, rather than waiting for the Otsutsuki clan to attack the ninja world.Why don't they take the initiative to go to the mysterious Gaotianyuan world and kill the Otsutsuki clan. "

"And that's ... something I've been worrying about might happen."

Lu Jiu was puzzled: "But they don't seem to have any intention of leaving now?"

Minato shook his head and smiled, "That's because you don't know those two boys. Their ambitions are much greater than I imagined."

"The reason why they have stopped fighting in the past two years is nothing more than that they feel that they are too young and not strong enough to start a new battle.

On the other hand, those two boys are trying to recruit new people to join their plan. "