Reborn into Naruto World with Tenseigan

Hokage Building, Konohagakure

Looking at all the Unfolded Scroll, Kuroto tapped his fingers on the table with a thoughtful expression on his face, “I did not expect that not only the Tsuchikage but even the Raikage would make such a proposal.”

A few days before the recent Graduation Exams, Konohagakure received a proposal from Iwagakure about holding a joint Chūnin Promotion Exam for the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

Through the Chūnin Promotion Exam, on the one hand, outstanding and talented Shinobi from the five great shinobi villages can be selected, and on the other hand, the cooperation between the five great Shinobi Villages can also be deepened.

Even in canon, Konoha used to hold joint Chūnin Promotion Exam for its allies such as Amegakure, Otogakure, Sunagakure, Kusagakure, Takigakure, Tsukigakure, and Kirigakure. These joint Chūnin Promotion Exams have always been used to consolidate relationships between different villages and to showcase the strength of their excellent Genins.

Although Orochimaru taking advantage of the Chūnin Promotion Exam to start the Konoha Collapse Plan occurred because Yondaime Kazekage was an idiot and was deceived by him, that was an exceptional case, overall, the purpose of the Chūnin Promotion Exam has always been the same.

After thinking over Tsuchikage’s proposal, Konoha conveyed that proposal to several other great Shinobi Villages including the Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure with the intention of hearing their opinion about the joint Chūnin Promotion Exam.

Surprisingly, all three great shinobi villages agreed to the proposal of holding a joint Chūnin Promotion Exam.

Sitting on the sofa, Elder Hiruzen exhaled a puff of smoke and spoke in a carefree tone of voice, “Ōnoki made this proposal, it’s probably because he wanted to use the joint Chūnin Promotion Exams to restore the reputation of Iwagakure.”

Although both Iwagakure and Konohagakure were destroyed by the Akatsuki Organization, Konoha managed to somehow repel the Akatsuki Organization and protect their Jinchuriki, while Iwagakure was completely defeated and barely managed to protect themselves by sacrificing their both Jinchuriki.

For this reason, the reputation of Iwagakure seems to have fallen. In times of peace, a shinobi village generally thrives and sustains itself on the missions it receives, and the missions it receives depend upon its reputation. Since Iwagakure’s reputation has fallen, so it has not received as many missions as it used to until half a decade ago.

Based on this, it is easier to understand Ōnoki’s intentions, he wants to use the joint Chūnin Promotion Exams to restore the reputation of Iwagakure so that the village can receive good missions in the future.

Elder Koharu agreed with Elder Hiruzen’s guess, “The same can be said for the Kumogakure.”

Although Kumogakure did not suffer as terribly as Iwagakure, Shimura Danzō’s attack on Kumogakure did leave a scar on their name, coupled with the fact that both the Jinchurikis of Kumogakure have been captured by the Akatsuki, that village is also suffering from a serious lack of high-end combat power, so Raikage also intends to brush up the reputation of Kumogakure through the joint Chūnin Promotion Exams.

As for Sunagakure and Kirigakure, the final decision for these two villages is obviously up to Kuroto, but both Kazekage and Mizukage have also accepted the proposal since it benefits their villages as well. Sunagakure in particular intends to show off their exceptional Chūnin in the joint Chūnin Promotion Exams, after all, as the only shinobi village that hasn’t suffered any catastrophe in the past few years, their overall strength can be said to be very good.

Tsunade-hime said nonchalantly, “Humph, if they are all so eager for the joint Chūnin Promotion Exams, then why not do it? The Genins of Konohagakure would never be afraid of any shinobi village!”

Kuroto glanced at Tsunade-hime and smiled, “The Genins of Konohagakure, huh? Hahahaha…”

Jiraiya also added with a confident smile, “Indeed… several of the recent graduates have far surpassed the requirements of being Chūnins, heck of them are on the level of Jōnins… so even if we hold the joint Chūnin Promotion Exams, there wouldn’t be any problem.”

Undoubtedly, the performance of the trainees in the graduation exam a week ago has given everyone a great deal of confidence.

Elder Hiruzen turned to Kuroto, and asked, “Kuroto, what do you think?”

Kuroto had a thoughtful expression on his face.

In fact, initially, he was not so interested in Iwagakure’s proposal. Events like the joint Chūnin Promotion Exams are generally very troublesome and require too much time… Kuroto himself is so busy that he didn’t have any intention of holding such a large-scale event for the five great nations.

However, Obito’s sudden appearance made him realize that whether it’s the Project Godhood or Naruto and Sasuke’s development plan, everything has to be accelerated, and the joint Chūnin Promotion Exams does present such an opportunity.

Real combat has always been a very good method of overall development, so Naruto and Sasuke’s development plan aside, Kuroto’s Lightning Chakra Nature Clone can also be developed during the joint Chūnin Promotion Exams.

‘Maybe it’s not such a bad idea to hold the joint Chūnin Promotion Exams,’ thought Kuroto as many plans started to formulate in his mind, and he nodded with a smile, “Since everyone wants to use this opportunity to restore their reputation, then let them come… as for whether they will succeed in their objective or not will depend on their abilities…”

The others nodded, as Elder Koharu questioned, “Which Genins do you plan on selecting for the joint Chūnin Promotion Exams?”

Kuroto answered, “All the squad captains who believe that their Genins are up to the mark can recommend their teams, of course, our target will be the top eighteen trainees of this year since there are still a few months left for the joint Chūnin Promotion Exams, they can receive targeted training in these months to get ready for the exam.”

Elder Hiruzen mumbled, “If it’s those eighteen trainees, they would definitely perform very well…” then he thought of something, and questioned, “By the way Kuroto, what about their instructors and the configuration of the squads… you haven’t told us about them, …”

Elder Koharu, Tsunade-hime, and Jiraiya also looked at Kuroto, “Yes, we should be aware of these things…”

Kuroto smiled, “Since everyone is interested, why not simply watch everything ourselves? If I am not wrong, Iruka should be assigning the squads together at this point,” he then turned to Elder Hiruzen and asked, “Using that Jutsu would be fine, right?”

Elder Hiruzen stroked his beard for a moment, then nodded, “Yes, there shouldn’t be any problem.” And took out a crystal ball from his cloak. He put the crystal ball on the table at the center.

Tsunade-hime stared at Elder Hiruzen with a dead-fish eye look, “Sensei, you still use this?” She couldn’t be clearer about the purpose Elder Hiruzen uses the Crystal Ball.

Elder Hiruzen blushed, and shook his head, “You… you are wrong Tsunade, I haven’t used the Crystal Ball for a very long time!”

Jiraiya asked with a grin, “Then why do you have it with you, Sensei?” As someone who shares similar hobbies of collecting material, Jiraiya also knows the true purpose of the Crystal Ball.

Elder Koharu also rebuked him, “You are already so old, but you still haven’t changed your habits…”

Elder Hiruzen coughed in embarrassment.

Kuroto looked weirdly at everyone, shook his head, and quickly changed the topic, “Anyway, let’s look at the trainees of Class-A…”

Hiruzen looked gratefully at Kuroto for changing the topic, and he quickly activated the technique, ‘Crystal Ball Jutsu!’

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