get-shopping Chapter 21: The Chunin Exams of Konoha Destroyed by the Fourth Shinobi World War
Chapter 21: The Chunin Exams of Konoha Destroyed by the Fourth Shinobi World War
"Don't underestimate me! I won't run away at the last minute!!"
Naruto raised his hand before Sakura, but instead of giving up the exam, he slammed his hand hard on the table!
"I won't give up! Bring on the tenth question! Even if I'm a genin for the rest of my life, I'll strive to become Hokage!!"
The mirror that suddenly appeared displayed this scene right in front of the entire Allied Shinobi Forces!
"This is during the Chunin Exams!"
"So that thing really is connected to the Chunin Exams era too?!"
"Even if I remain a genin my entire life, I'll still strive to become Hokage?"
"That kid really has guts! No wonder he can stand in front of us adults now."
The Ninja Alliance was filled with admiration.
……
Chunin Exams Timeline —
Ibiki Morino was the first to notice the mirror that had suddenly appeared in the classroom.
However, there was no chakra reaction on the mirror, and only two proctors stood beside the mirror to keep watch.
"I'll ask you one more time: this is a life-or-death decision. If you want to leave, do it now!"
But even though he used a stronger pressure, the genin, inspired by Naruto's words, were fearless.
They're not even afraid of that bottom-of-the-class student! What are they afraid of?!
Doesn't that make him seem even worse than Naruto?!
With this in mind, no matter how much Ibiki threatened or coaxed the genin, none of them raised their hands to give up the exam.
Helpless, Ibiki Morino announced, "Everyone who stays here..."
"—I declare you have passed the 'First Test'!"
Everyone was astonished!
But there was no time to explain this surprise!
The little divine tree in the mirror, which had been keeping its eyes closed, suddenly opened its eyes, revealing a red Rinne Sharingan!
[“Uchiha Sasuke, do you agree with the statement, ‘Uchiha Sasuke is incredibly unlucky to have a friend like Uzumaki Naruto!’”]
After a couple of seconds of stunned silence, Naruto asked the proctor, looking rather bewildered, "Was this also a question on this exam?"
Sasuke: "Idiot! How is that possible?!"
This is such a serious exam room! How could they ask such an idiotic question! And specifically targeting him?!
As they were talking, a small black object appeared in Sasuke's hand, resembling a TV remote control, with only two buttons of different colors on it...
[The red button on the option selector indicates agreement, and the blue button indicates disagreement.]
"—Please make your choice, Uchiha Sasuke."
[Please note that this poll is anonymous.]
The sudden sound was so powerful that even a ninja with keen hearing couldn't pinpoint its direction!
They couldn't sense any chakra or aura at all, and the proctors thought someone was playing a prank.
However, when it comes to pranks, Naruto Uzumaki was the most mischievous in the whole village, and it was only after he became a genin for about half a year that he calmed down a lot.
Just as he was thinking this, a male voice that sounded familiar to Ibiki Morino came from the mirror: "This is not a prank, but some kind of force that does not belong to our world is interfering with the order of the ninja world."
Ibihi could clearly feel his heart skip two beats!
If I remember correctly, this sound is...
Naruto's eyes widened as he saw someone in the mirror he could never have met!
"The Fourth Hokage...?"
Minato Namikaze nodded to him. "It's a pleasure to see you, Naruto, participating in the Chunin Exams." After saying this, the Fourth Hokage's smile faded, and he solemnly told Ibiki Morino:
"We are here during the Fourth Shinobi World War, three years after the Chunin Exams. In order to deal with an unprecedentedly powerful enemy, I, the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and the Third Hokage were all resurrected by Orochimaru using the Impure World Reincarnation technique."
He turned to the side to show the battlefield of the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Hidden Leaf Village, Hidden Sand Village, Hidden Mist Village, Hidden Stone Village, Hidden Cloud Village...
They've all joined the war!
The Hokage of all generations were also resurrected by Orochimaru using the Impure World Reincarnation technique to participate in the battle...
Wait a minute! Isn't Orochimaru a rogue ninja?!
"Who is the enemy in this great war?!" Ignoring his surprise, as a professional intelligence ninja, Morino Ibiki's first priority was to gather enough intelligence to prepare for the future war!
"It's Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha, and the Ten-Tails that they're controlling."
Upon hearing the surname Uchiha, Sasuke Uchiha in the examination hall was extremely surprised!
"Uchiha?!"
The other examinees also looked at Sasuke, who was present.
Sasuke jumped directly in front of the mirror and said to the Fourth Hokage on the other side of the camera, "Impossible! The Uchiha clan should only have me and 'that man' left!"
"I'm sorry about the Uchiha incident, Sasuke," the Fourth Hokage said guiltily. "But it was indeed Obito and Madara who started this war."
"Obito?!" Ibiki Morino shoved the stunned Sasuke aside and asked, "Fourth Hokage, is the Obito Uchiha you're talking about the Obito I know?!"
Ibiki and Obito were ninjas of the same generation, and Ibiki knew about Obito's personality and strength. So he couldn't connect the Obito he knew with the person the Fourth Hokage said wanted to destroy the world.
"He is my student, Kakashi's classmate, and also your contemporary."
Kakashi?! Kakashi-sensei?!
Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura received several more pieces of surprising news!
Kakashi-sensei was a student of the Fourth Hokage! Besides Kakashi-sensei, the Fourth Hokage also had a student who was from the Uchiha clan! And that person even started the Fourth Shinobi World War?!
Sasuke suddenly remembered that during the mission in the Land of Waves, he had asked Kakashi where his Sharingan came from.
Remember when Kakashi said it was entrusted to him by his dying comrade? That Kakashi should see the world clearly in his place!!
In other words, Obito Uchiha was the one who gave Kakashi the eye.
"You still have plenty of time to find Obito and stop him. The more pressing issue we have now is..."
Minato Namikaze said, "It seems there's some force interfering in this battle. We need to figure out as soon as possible whether this force is friend or foe!"
They had no way to deal with the Ten-Tails, so they could only start by defeating Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha, who had summoned the Ten-Tails, and then figure out a way to solve the problem of the Ten-Tails!
This series of unexpected events left the genin who participated in the Chunin Exams completely bewildered!
To showcase the strength of each village, this exam invited not only the ninjas from Konoha, but also the ninja villages from the Sand Village of the Land of Wind, as well as Amegakure, Kusagakure, Takigakure, and Otogakure—ninja villages from four small countries surrounding the Land of Fire—to participate in the exam!
They couldn't believe it—the Ninja World War, in which all five ninja nations were involved, only had two enemies?!
They're all from the Uchiha clan!!