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Chapter 383 Chunin Exams in the Land of Wind

The newcomers were Changxin and Chisha Xie, who had just returned from a mission a few days ago, earning their commission.

The organization now has eight members: Nagato with his intact Rinnegan, Konan who has learned to multiply explosive tags, and, regardless of how they learned it, it was all a deal between some dark figures.

Initially, Black Zetsu didn't intend to strengthen the organization's members, but now that the enemy is getting stronger, they can't win without strengthening their own power.

Next came the intelligence agent Black and White Zetsu, the master of management and coordination, the true lord of Dawn Castle, Nagatomo, the rogue ninja from Kirigakure who was recruited, the broken sword Biwa Juzo, and Kisame Hoshigaki, who was still a boy.

Then there's Sasori of the Red Sand, who was the first to be recruited. He's a puppeteer and mechanical repairman in Dawn City, and also a pharmacist and alchemist.

That's right. Don't be fooled by how small and dilapidated Dawn City is now. It's full of all sorts of traps and mechanisms, all made by Sasori of the Red Sand.

As for the last one, he was a young man with white hair. According to him, he was very old and had long forgotten his own name, so everyone could call him Hu.

He is said to be a medical ninja, whose combat strength is unknown. He is also in charge of logistics and research, and he is very interested in all the newly produced pills on the market recently.

He can restore most of the ingredients of the elixir.

The group gathered together, looked at each other, and finally all eyes fell on Changxin.

"So it's me again!"

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Most of these people have shady identities, and his own identity is also shady, but in reality, he has become a figurehead.

At this moment, Pain said, "Next, we need to shift our focus. Nagashino, your task is very important..."

I was quite excited to see such a grand scene as soon as I joined.

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On the other side, Konoha Village.

"The Chunin Exams?"

Yamanaka Inoue frowned slightly upon seeing the invitation in his hand. He hadn't expected to be asked to lead a team to Sunagakure this time.

I flipped through the list.

He was in charge of leading ten squads, totaling thirty genin, to participate in the Chunin Exams held by Sunagakure.

The lineup is undeniably impressive.

Kotetsu, Izumo, Aoba, Might Guy, Ibiki Morino, and Anko Mitarashi are all outstanding members of Konoha's younger generation.

In addition, there were two Hyuga branch family ninjas, two Uchiha clan juniors, Inuzuka Hana, a junior from the Aburame clan, and top-tier academy students from the Ino-Shika-Cho trio.

"The Third Generation Lord takes this exam very seriously!" Yamanaka Inoichi thought to himself as he looked through the list.

Hiruzen Sarutobi really valued it, so much so that he didn't even send Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma out.

It's not because they're not good enough; quite the opposite, it's because they're too good.

I was just promoted to Chunin a few days ago, which means I'm no longer eligible to participate. The timing is exactly one day off, isn't that a coincidence?

In fact, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio had long since lost interest in the Hokage title, but they still had to maintain appearances and accept the task.

As for winning the championship, that depends on fate.

June 1952.

The Land of Wind, Sunagakure Village.

The ninja village, nestled in the vast desert, has always been ranked last among the five great ninja villages. Its land is barren, resources are scarce, and its population is sparse; besides sand, it has nothing else.

Even when life is tough, you still have to save face.

The purpose of holding the Chunin Exams this time is to showcase national power while other ninja villages are busy with their own affairs. Of course, it is also possible that it is just for show.

Before the exam, they busied themselves building a huge venue in the middle of the desert, an open-air, circular design, like the ancient Roman Colosseum.

On the same day, many merchants and nobles were invited. Of course, it wasn't free; tickets were required. In fact, the Chunin Exams were just an exhibition match. Selling tickets served two purposes: first, to showcase national power, and second, to make money and recoup losses.

A few days before the Chunin Exams, the first to arrive were the Konoha ninja.

Seeing that Konoha had led ten teams in total, Rasa's expression became slightly unnatural.

There's no other reason than that there are too many people. As expected of Konoha, it is the number one ninja village in the ninja world. In contrast, Sunagakure, which is holding the event locally, only sent five teams of players.

The main reason is that there aren't many people, and even fewer talented individuals. The few they have are the ones they've cobbled together and trained and selected in advance.

That's right, it's training in advance. In Fengying's view, this doesn't count as leaking the exam questions in advance; it's just training their test-taking skills.

"Wow, this is the Land of Wind, this is Sunagakure! I've never been here before. But the ninjas here look so poor!"

Matt Kai looked around, extremely excited, and said things without thinking.

"Jonin Yamanaka Inoichi, why don't they plant some trees in the village? That would help block the sandstorms. The sandstorms a while ago were really bad; they even blew over to our area..."

Yamanaka Inoichi turned to remind him, "Don't talk nonsense. This isn't Konoha. I'm going to pay my respects to the Kazekage. Your teacher is waiting here. Don't cause trouble."

"Oh, oh, oh!" Everyone nodded in agreement.

However, to prevent any accidents, they still asked the most sensible Ebisu to look after them.

He just didn't expect that he would trust the wrong person.

As Yamanaka Inoichi stepped onto the Kazekage Tower, Ebisu was immediately drawn to a pair of slender, wheat-colored legs.

His eyes followed those beautiful legs behind his sunglasses, but when he turned his head again, they had disappeared.

Just then, a hot girl with a seemingly uninteresting personality appeared in front of him, looking at him with an unfriendly expression.

Instead of backing down, he grinned and said, "Hey beautiful, what's your name? I'm Ebisu..."

"Juan. Were you spying on me just now?"

"No, no, how can that be called peeping? That's called having a heart." As he spoke, his eyes involuntarily drifted downwards, looking at Xiao Juan's chest. He hadn't expected that the beauties of the Land of Wind weren't just about having beautiful legs...

"You...you're so shameless!"

Komaki struck out with a palm, and Ebisu, who was about to retreat, suddenly froze. Just when he thought he was about to get a beating, he realized that Komaki was about to strike.

A white hand appeared in front of him, raising its hand to block Juan's attack.

"Eight Trigrams Palms".

Snapped--

Juan's body went out of control, and she fell backward, crashing heavily to the ground, her chest wracked with pain.

"Is this how you, Sunagakure, treat your guests?"

Hinata Akiyama crossed his arms and looked down at her, his white pupils revealing not a trace of appreciation, but utter contempt.

Sunagakure Village is a disreputable place, filled with people who flaunt their beauty.