Konohagakure village now has an unstable factor like Whitebeard, and Sarutobi Hiruzen absolutely does not allow the nine-tailed fox inside Naruto to bewitch Naruto into becoming a second unstable factor.
Moreover, in Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart.
The tailed beast inside Naruto, compared to Whitebeard, is even more unstable.
Because he has experienced the Nine-Tails incident.
Although Whitebeard is also very terrifying, but from the current point of view, Whitebeard is at least an evil than nine tails.
The Nine-Tails is absolutely the embodiment of evil.
This is the difference between the two.
In addition.....
Naruto has finally escaped from Whitebeard's sight. If he doesn't take the opportunity to come and build a good bond with Naruto, then Konohagakure's Jinchuriki would be separated from Konohagakure.
If the bond between Naruto and Konohagakure is really cut off by Whitebeard, then Sarutobi Hiruzen will go crazy.
So Sarutobi Hiruzen can't sit still.
He came in person.
In order to show that his coming in person is not so abrupt, he also brought a group of Jonin and Chunin examiners.
he said that he just want to see the situation of the candidates.
In fact, the only one he cares about in his heart is Naruto.
However.....
When Sarutobi Hiruzen saw Uchiha Izumi, a complex look flashed in his muddy old eyes.
The survivor of the Uchiha clan!
She is a very excellent female ninja!
Sarutobi Hiruzen began to worry, the survivors of the Uchiha clan who had experienced the destruction of the Uchiha clan, would they produce any extreme twisted thought against Konohagakure?
Because Danzo was the reason why the Uchiha clan was destroyed.
Konohagakure actually didn't do nothing to stop this.
Although no one thought that Danzo would be so extreme. Until He wanted to wipe out the entire Uchiha.
But things have happened.
The seeds of hatred have also been planted.
Maybe.....
Wait until the day when these survivors of the Uchiha clan know that there is a Shimura Danzo behind the scenes, the seeds of hatred can take root and grow.
At that time, it will definitely pose a very serious threat to Konohagakure at that time.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had various thoughts flashing in his mind, had a kind smile on his face: "You should be Uchiha Izumi, right?"
"Yes, Hokage-sama." Uchiha Izumi greeted.
"Uchiha clan, are they okay?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked with concern.
"Not so good." Uchiha Izumi also told the truth.
Compared to the Uchiha clan in its heyday.
The current Uchiha is not worthy of being called a ninja clan.
Because, the entire Uchiha clan now only has three ninjas left.
One is Uchiha Shisui.
One is Uchiha Sasuke.
One is her, Uchiha Izumi.
As for Uchiha Itachi, who caused such a disaster, and a member of the Akatsuki organization suspected to be "Uchiha Madara", Uchiha Izumi directly kicked them out of the Uchiha clan.
Those who caused such a disaster are not worthy of being called Uchiha.
Izumi feels that if she really becomes the head of the Uchiha clan.
She would openly hold a clan meeting and kick those two out.
Deprive them of the surname "Uchiha"!
Although such actions might not hurt the two culprits responsible for the annihilation, it could enhance the cohesion of the clan members. At least, it made the clan members feel good!
"Cough... Actually, Konohagakure has always intended to protect the Uchiha clan. Izumi, the Uchiha clan and Konohagakure have deep ties. Even if such an incident occurs, you should trust Konohagakure. Konohagakure will take care of the children who have lost their relatives."
"Back in the day, one of the two ancestors who established Konohagakure village was from your Uchiha clan. Now, Konohagakure is filling the big pit in the Uchiha clan's residence. Maybe you can return when that big pit is filled..."
Before Sarutobi Hiruzen could finish his words, Uchiha Izumi shook her head and refused: "Hokage-sama, I'm worried that when that time comes, there will be another clan annihilation disaster."
She looked deeply at Sarutobi Hiruzen: "If Konohagakure can protect the Uchiha clan, would the Uchiha clan still be annihilated?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen opened his mouth.
Uchiha Izumi interrupted in advance: "If I remember correctly, Uchiha Itachi is Hokage-sama's confidant, right?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyebrows suddenly frowned: "Izumi, what are you talking about? Are you doubting me?"
"No."
Uchiha Izumi shook her head: "I believe Hokage-sama is upright and honest, but I don't believe Hokage-sama can protect Uchiha. In the entire ninja world, the only one who can protect Uchiha is Pops. Only under Pops' wings can Uchiha grow."
"Hokage-sama, Uchiha will return to their residence one day. But definitely not now, when exactly... maybe, it depends on what will happen in the future."
Sarutobi Hiruzen's face was a bit stiff.
Because of the word "Pops", it was clear without guessing that it must refer to Whitebeard!
Whitebeard, Whitebeard, Whitebeard.
Again, it's Whitebeard!
Still, Whitebeard!
Sarutobi Hiruzen found that all kinds of major events happening in Konohagakure were related to Whitebeard. And some things that could have gone smoothly were made extremely complicated because Whitebeard intervened.
But facing that man, Sarutobi Hiruzen could only get angry once, and didn't know what to do for the rest.
Also.
This Uchiha junior called Uchiha Izumi, probably because she has Whitebeard backing her up, that's why she speaks so strongly to him, the Hokage, right?
She calls Whitebeard "Pops", does that mean she has recognized Whitebeard as her father?
Could it be that the entire Uchiha clan has recognized Whitebeard as their father?
In that case, is Uchiha still part of Konohagakure?
Could it be... Uchiha has become a vassal of Whitebeard?
Just like that shameless Kusagakure Village?
Hahaha.....
Suddenly...
A flock of birds suddenly flew up not far away, the birds seemed to be startled and flew up, still screaming in shock.
"Hokage-sama, it seems that some examinees are coming to the central tower." At this time, a Konohagakure ninja appropriately interrupted the conversation between the two.
To prevent the atmosphere on the scene from becoming awkward.
"Cough!" Sarutobi Hiruzen coughed, his stiff expression also squeezed out a smile: "I don't know which village's young boy is, or I hope it is our Konohagakure village."
A group of people looked forward.
Everyone is looking forward to it.
Ten minutes later.
They finally saw someone approaching with their own eyes.
What caught their eyes were three short children, the appearance of these three people once again stiffened Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression.
"Eh? Naruto, Sasuke, Haku?" Uchiha Izumi next to him also recognized them at a glance.
".....Naruto." Sarutobi Hiruzen started to have a headache.
He came here this time for Naruto.
Seeing Naruto coming to the central tower, does that mean.....Naruto grabbed a scroll and passed this exam?
"Hmm?" But the next second, Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned.
Because, he found.....
There are actually people following behind the three children of Naruto.
And.....
Even if Sarutobi Hiruzen is old and his eyesight is not as good as when he was young, he can still see that the person behind Naruto is not wearing clothes, only a pitiful pair of underwear.
Even they are not wearing shoes.
Their forehead protector was also taken off.
Sarutobi Hiruzen also vaguely saw that this person was tied up with a rope.
Sarutobi Hiruzen: "?"
A group of ninjas. "?"
"Wait, Hokage-sama! There seems to be more behind!"
At this time,
An examiner hurriedly reminded: "Not only one, but also the second, the third, the fourth....."
"The.....the....."
This examiner can't go on, because the speed at which one after another almost naked person walks out of the forest has far exceeded his counting speed.
A group of people were dumbfounded.
Staring a tthem and speechless!
"This this this.....what is going on?" Kurenai, as the chief examiner of this second round of exams, had a bad feeling, and her expression was also dumbfounded: "Uzumaki Naruto, what did he do?"
Kurenai saw several familiar faces from the group of "unlucky kids" who were naked.
If she didn't guess wrong, these people should all be candidates for the second round of the exam, right?
She also saw several Kirigakure ninjas dressed relatively normally.
These Kirigakure ninjas seemed to be escorting a group of people.
And Naruto's team are the leaders.
The group of unlucky kids who are naked are the captives.
Ah this?
Uchiha Izumi was also stunned for a while, but she quickly reacted, and a smile of interest appeared on her face: "Naruto wouldn't have tied up the remaining examinees, right? No wonder he didn't come to the central tower on the first day, it turns out.....he is going to do such a 'big thing'."
Speaking of this, Uchiha Izumi thought of something, she turned her head to look at Sarutobi Hiruzen next to her.
Sure enough, the expression of this third-generation Hokage is not very good.
Because Naruto did this, it almost messed up the Chunin exam.
A group of candidates for the Chunin exam were all caught, and even the ninja forehead protectors on their heads were taken away.
What qualifications do they have to advance to this round of exams?
"I see....." Uchiha Izumi's smile became more and more brilliant.
She had heard from Naruto before... he was going to take the Chunin exam and give "Grandpa Hokage" a big surprise.
So this is the "big surprise" Naruto was talking about?
The Third Hokage standing next to her was indeed surprised.
As for the "joy"...
It's subjective.
Uchiha Izumi couldn't see any joy on Sarutobi Hiruzen's face.
But she seemed quite cheerful.
"Izumi..." From the side, a stuttering voice from Inuzuka Hana, who seemed a bit shocked, rang out: "Give me a punch, let me see if I'm dreaming?"
Izumi didn't punch her, she just stretched out a slender finger and gently poked Inuzuka Hana's face.
That slight touch.
Made Inuzuka Hana know... she was indeed not dreaming.
"Gulp!"
Inuzuka Hana swallowed a mouthful of saliva in secret.
Her face was full of astonishment.
"Oh My Goodness!"
.....
"Naruto, what's wrong?" Haku noticed something unusual about Naruto because Naruto's footsteps had suddenly paused.
Although Naruto quickly returned to normal and continued to walk forward, Haku still noticed Naruto's anomaly.
Naruto answered: "I found an unexpected person."
"Oh?" Haku was a bit curious: "An unexpected person?"
Hakuiro curiously looked towards the central tower in front, he found that "in front of the central tower's gate, there seemed to be a group of people standing.
But because this direction was directly facing the sun.
The light made it a bit difficult for Shiro to see who the other party was.
Central Tower.
"There are so many people..." Hsku squinted: "They shouldn't all be the second tound exam candidates, after all, more than half of the second round exam candidates were caught by us. Maybe... they are the second round exam examiners? Those examiners, they are not unexpected people, right?"
Naruto explained: "It's the Third Hokage, and some ninjas of Konohagakure Village, they are there."
Sasuke: "!!!"
Haku: "!!!"
"The Third Hokage?" Shiro suddenly realized: "He actually came?"
Speaking of which... Haku turned his head to look at Naruto: "I think he should be coming for you, because you are the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, it seems he still doesn't want to give up the bond between you."
"If that perverted old man hadn't told me those words, maybe I would really be happy that he would come to see me in person."
Naruto shook his head: "Unfortunately, after knowing a lot of things, I have no good feelings for him anymore.
Naruto's mentality was undisturbed.
The appearance of Sarutobi Hiruzen did not bring him any joy.
All he had was a bit of surprise.
Emotional fluctuations were limited to this.
Soon.
Naruto, Sasuke, Haku, and six Kirigakure, escorted sixty-four prisoners to the gate of the central tower.
At this moment.
Naruto made an eye contact Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's suddenly trembled.
Something was wrong!
Something's wrong with Naruto!
In Sarutobi Hiruzen's imagination, when he appeared in front of Naruto, Naruto would happily call him Grandpa Hokage.
However, he did not hear Naruto call him Grandpa Hokage.
Looking at Naruto's tender little face, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't even see a hint of joy on it.
Naruto didn't speak.
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't speak either.
The Hokage, didn't speak, and the group of Konohagakure ninjas and examiners behind him didn't know how to speak.
And the group of Genin from various villages who were captured were even more downcast.
They have been tormented to the point where they have no interest in speaking.
All they could think about was how they could be so embarrassing.
Such an embarrassing scene was seen by the Hokage of Konohagakure.
It was simply embarrassing.
Everywhere in their bodies was uncomfortable.
The atmosphere fell into silence.
The scene fell into a stalemate.
In the end.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hokage, was the first to be a bit unable to bear this stalemate. He showed a smile that he thought was very kind, like an old grandfather. The first time he met Naruto after a long time, he showed such a smile to Naruto.
It was from that day on that Naruto would call him Grandpa Hokage.
Sarutobi Hiruzen took two steps forward, wanting to touch Naruto's little head, just like an elder touching a junior.
Such an action would make both parties seem very intimate.
But.....
Naruto dodged back.
Naruto retreated half a step back.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's fingertips could only touch a strand of Naruto's hair, and then he couldn't touch anything.
His hand stiffened.
"Naruto?" Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know what to say.
Because at the moment Naruto retreated half a step back.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's brain was stunned for a moment.
"Hokage-sama, I haven't washed my hair for two days. If you touch my head, you might dirty your clean hands." Naruto's tone was very flat when he said this.
Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that there was a bit of sarcasm in this sentence, but he couldn't hear it.
Besides.....would such a small child be sarcastic?
Does he have a reason to be sarcastic to himself?
No!
Just why did Naruto's call to him change from Grandpa Hokage to Hokage-sama, why did it become so unfamiliar?
"Ah, hahaha! It's okay, it's okay, how could I possibly dislike the children of Konohagakure village?" Sarutobi Hiruzen laughed, which was a way to get over this matter, to avoid falling into embarrassment, and to avoid some things he didn't want to see.
He changed the subject and said: "Naruto, what's going on with you guys? Why.....why are these genin all tied up by you?"
This was a question everyone wanted to ask.
A hint of a smile appeared on Naruto's calm face.
Compared to the forced smile on Sarutobi Hiruzen's face, Naruto's smile was indeed natural: "Because they are all my prisoners, I'm going to exchange them for money."
Sarutobi Hiruzen: "???"
A group of ninjas: "???"
"Exchange for money?" Kurenai, the chief examiner, was the first to lose her composure: "Uzumaki Naruto, do you know that your actions have completely ruined this second round of the exam? More than eighty genin, and only two teams advanced!"
Naruto didn't speak.
Haku stepped forward to speak for Naruto: "First, we didn't violate any rules of the Chunin exam. They were defeated by us because they were not skilled enough. A group of children who were defeated by us, they are not qualified to pass the exam, advance to the third round, right? They are not even qualified to become a Chunin, right?"
"Second, although only two teams advanced? Naruto, Sasuke, and me also participating in the Chunin exam, And these six ninjas from Kirigakure Village, isn't this also two teams? That makes three teams in total."
Kurenai was left speechless by Haku's words.
"So what do you mean by 'prisoners', 'exchange for money'?" Kurenai couldn't help but ask again.
Sasuke put on a cold posture, his hands in his pockets: "A group of defeated genin, if they don't even have the use of exchanging for money, it's better to kill them."
"The so-called exchange for money is to use them to threaten their ninja village. If they don't pay the ransom to redeem these Genin, then we will kill them."
Sarutobi Hiruzen: "!!!"
Kurenai: "!!!"
Other ninjas: "!!!"
They understood, that is to say, these three brats had kidnapped most of the ninjas from various villages who were participating in the exam.
Only a group of ninjas from Kirigakure Village were spared.
Hmm...
Those who died in the Forest of Death were also "spared".
"Nonsense! Naruto, how can you do this?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately realized that he couldn't let Naruto doing whatever he wants.
If Naruto really did this.
Then the Chunin exam would really be ruined!
Kidnapping Genin from other ninja villages, threatening other ninja villages to pay ransom, what's the difference between this and openly provoking the other village?
In addition... As the organizer, Konohagakure also has a certain responsibility to prevent such things from happening. Once such a thing happens, how will other ninja villages view Konohagakure?
Will they criticize Konohagakure's incompetence?
Even, if other ninja villages knew that Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of Konohagakure Village.
Would they direct that kind of hatred...
To Konohagakure?
"The person who is least qualified to say that I'm messing around should be you, right?"
Naruto looked up at Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Third Hokage!"
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