Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 117 Preliminary Test Ends

Chapter 119 Preliminary Test Ends

The Iwa ninja had actually captured Shinnosuke and Hiashi, but—the moment they saw Minato Namikaze, Minato had already appeared behind Yotsuchi, with a kunai held directly to his neck.

During the negotiations, Minato Namikaze was both calm and ruthless, refusing to listen to any bargaining. In the end, Iwagakure agreed, and both sides withdrew.

"They got off easy!" Akaishi said bitterly as he listened to Minato recount what had just happened.

"It wasn't all for naught—one of the Iwa ninjas on the other side took a hard hit from me before Minato arrived—cough cough cough, and his fate is now unknown, hahaha—cough." Shinnosuke said with a hearty laugh.

He was clearly also seriously injured, and he was even a little breathless when he spoke, but the one who took a hit from him was most likely eliminated.

"If his or her fate is unknown, then he's dead!" Akaishi optimistically cursed.

Akashi then asked curiously, "By the way, Minato, what brings you here?"

"Zhiwei told me that you and Lanwu were injured and were on your way to Shuba Town—I didn't find you in Shuba Town, so I looked for you on the way to Tanzaku Town and found Shinnosuke and Hiashi, who were attacked by Iwa ninja," Minato said.

"Zhiwei? When did he see us—" Akaishi asked, puzzled.

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"They probably found it using some kind of reconnaissance bug," Shinnosuke speculated.

Indeed, shortly after Sakumo Hatake left, Shiki discovered Akaishi and Shinnosuke—

Although they knew nothing about the situation, they knew that Akaishi and Ranmai were injured, and that they had encountered Akaishi and Shinnosuke in Tanabata before, so they could naturally deduce that Akaishi was going to Shukuba Town next.

Just then, Zhiwei and his group received a mission to go to the Valley of the End, so they left a secret signal for Minato—Minato has the "Thousand Realms Awakening Technique" with an extremely large range, and his perception range is the highest among all the reference genin. If they encounter a strong team like Zhiwei's, they will not come out at all.

However, after discovering the cipher written by Shiki using Tobirama's code, Minato took the initiative to find Akaishi and Ranma to meet.

He set off from the End Valley yesterday and has been working non-stop until now, which is why he arrived so quickly.

Afterwards, the two teams went to the post town together. Although Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Hyuga Hiashi were not in good condition, there were still not many people who dared to challenge them when the two teams were together.

Upon arriving in the post town, Akaishi proactively took out a scroll.

"No, no, no, Minato saved us once too, so let's skip it." Shinnosuke refused to let Akaishi pay the bill.

"This was agreed upon beforehand, and if it weren't for me and Lanwu, you wouldn't have stayed there and wouldn't have met us—"

As Akaishi was speaking, Shinnosuke interrupted, "No, those Iwa ninja are deliberately targeting the Hyuga brothers. It has nothing to do with whether you're with them or not. In fact, it would be more dangerous if you weren't there."

"Two points then!" Akaishi decided immediately.

"Then—1 point, and you can treat us to ramen afterwards!" Shinnosuke bargained.

Finally, Akaishi gave Shinnosuke two coded messages, after which Shinnosuke would treat Team 7 to barbecue.

Class 7 is certainly not short of "intercepting codes" these days—the water gate has returned, and it has brought twenty-two codes with it!

His efficiency alone was higher than that of the two glaring men from the third shift who were squatting on the short street spying on people.

In comparison, the transmission of points and the received coded messages seem rather pathetic.

"To achieve a high score, the key is actually passing on and receiving points. Strong enough teams should have already intercepted quite a few points, making it harder to complete the mission normally," Minato judged.

For the next eight days, Class Seven focused on "receiving" and "transmitting," only intercepting when the opportunity arose.

During this period, more and more ninjas found that both "intercepting" and "receiving" and "passing" to complete normal missions were becoming more difficult!

The battles are becoming more frequent and brutal, fewer and fewer teams are completing their missions, and the codes for entering the "interception pool" are becoming more and more numerous, but they are also increasingly concentrated on the strongest teams.

Once the weaker teams realized this, they all began to hide.

As a result, it became increasingly difficult to gain points in the second half of the competition.

By noon on July 15th, the coded points on all the teams' scrolls were simultaneously calculated.

Upon seeing this, everyone rushed back to Konoha Village from the three locations!

When Class 7 returned, most of the people had already come back—Lan Wu was able to travel on her own, but her stamina was still lacking, and it would probably take another week for her to fully recover.

Therefore, Team 7 was not in a hurry and returned to Konoha at noon on the 16th, just before the results were announced.

Those participating in the preliminary Chunin Exams were also gathered at the Konoha Ninja Academy at this time.

"Hmm? It seems like there are fewer people?" Akaishi said after looking around.

There should have been ninety people in total, but now there are only about fifty.

Those three from Kawaguchi, Team 7 knows they're all dead, but—

Surely not that many people died?

From Konoha's perspective, they wouldn't want so many people to die in the Chunin Exams they were hosting!

There were some necessary casualties, but they were still within a reasonable range. After all, this was the Chunin Exams, and being a ninja is not a profession that can guarantee safety, let alone Chunin who are going to carry out dangerous missions!

But there's absolutely no reason why so many people should have died.

Otherwise, it would be called "out of control," and how could you enhance your prestige?

"None of the eliminated ninjas came," Shikaku said, looking displeased.

"I see—what about Choza and Inoichi?" Akaishi asked curiously.

"The eliminated ninjas didn't come—" Shikaku repeated.

Akaishi:————

Akaishi didn't expect that the two of them would be eliminated!

But thinking about it, it makes sense.

After all, it's not a contest of pure strength; if you accidentally lose in a ditch or encounter a strong opponent, there's nothing you can do.

"You guys are all here." Lu Jiu looked at the three people from Class 7.

"We also suffered a lot." To keep it a secret, Akaishi didn't mention that he and Lanwu were almost killed by a mysterious person.

After searching around, Akaishi discovered that Fugaku was also alone. He simply nodded at Akaishi, but did not speak to him when he saw Santoku arrive.

After San De arrived, he said casually, "There are still so many people here—not bad, not bad. It seems you all understand how difficult it is to transmit information on the battlefield."

After a pause, San De announced, "Now let me explain the criteria for qualifying for the final round—all teams that score 1 point or higher are qualified! Of course, only you ninjas who haven't been eliminated yet can advance to the next round!"

After San De announced the standards, the scene was briefly quiet before erupting into a heated discussion.

At first, the voices were full of excitement—after all, a large number of low-scoring teams were excited at this point, as for the 0-point teams—they hadn't even given up hope!

However, soon after, voices of doubt and frustration began to emerge.

The genin who scored 0 points suddenly realized—if only they had known the standards were this low, they could have passed too!

If I had known that it only took 1 point, I would have just gotten 1 point each and then found a place to hide.

only----

Hindsight is always 20/20.

"Quiet! Do you expect to avoid battle on the battlefield? Isn't it normal to give it your all?" San De scolded.

Hearing that the Konoha Special Jonin made such a reasonable point, and that the kind-looking "Fan Man" was coming over with a baton, everyone immediately quieted down.

Regardless of what they think, the rules of the Chunin Exams will not change.

"Alright, now the team captains of those teams with scores over 0, please hand in your scrolls for verification!" San De said.

Upon hearing "Captain," Akaishi strode forward with his head held high. Lanwu pursed her lips at the sight, while Minato simply smiled gently.

The requirements sound simple, but—only 15 teams submitted their work!

Then San De also dropped off the points standings —

You wouldn't believe the difference until you see it!

The team that came in first place with 6975 points was none other than Kirigakure Karitachi Yagura's team!

The second place dropped directly to 4836, which was the team from Yan Yin Huang Tu.

The third place team is the Konoha home team, which is also the Uchiha team, with 3256 points.

Although only Fugaku remains as the sole survivor, his score is very high.

The fourth place came from Class 7, which tended to be more conservative in the second half of the competition, with a score of 1856.

Later, by the time they reached tenth place, it was already in double digits.

A total of fifteen teams passed the assessment, with the last three teams each passing by single digits.

Because it involves multiplication, the difference can easily become extremely large!

The first place only scored 15 points in receiving and passing, and intercepted 31 points. The seventh class, which seemed to be three or four times worse, also scored 8 points in receiving and passing, and intercepted 29 points!

In reality, the difference isn't as terrifying as the results seem.

At this point, many people also realized—

"I see—multiplication wasn't to ensure everyone got an even score, but simply to prevent any item from being zero." Minato realized this at that moment.

At first, when people saw "multiplication", they thought that "the more balanced the scores are, the easier it is to get a high score", and naturally, it would be easier to rank higher.

However, it seems now—

That's not true at all!

The goal is simply to get at least 1 point in each item; as long as none of them are 0 points, you can pass the assessment.

Seeing the score difference of thousands of times, a group of stronger genin who had been defeated because "there is always someone stronger than you" also sighed in despair.

However, this is actually part of the assessment!

"I guess this is also to tell everyone that when passing or receiving codes, it's better to give up than to be intercepted by the enemy," Shinnosuke said helplessly.

Akaishi looked around; he only had one brother with white eyes beside him.

"Hiashi?" Akaishi guessed and called out.

"I am Hizashi," Hizashi corrected once again.

It seems the Japanese national football team has also been eliminated.

They fought incredibly fiercely afterwards!

After all, nobody knows who will advance, so it's always good to have as many top finishers as possible.

However, because Lan Wu and Chi Shi were seriously injured, Class 7 was very timid in the second half of the game, but they did not suffer any losses and became a rare team with all three members intact.