Chapter 144 Ranking and Eating

When the three of them arrived in front of the stage, there were already quite a few ninjas waiting. Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a smile, "Sorry, everyone. I was late because of official duties."

The dark-faced man from the Land of Lightning smiled nonchalantly: "The Hokage is very busy, and it is an exception for him to come here in person. It is only right that we wait for a while."

After everyone took their seats according to their priorities, Chiyo from the Sand Village asked casually with a gleam in her eyes, "It seems like something big has happened in your village recently. There are more patrolling ninjas on the streets."

Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at her with a half-smile, and naturally knew what Chiyo was referring to. He said calmly: "With so many distinguished guests in the village, the security work will naturally be tighter than usual."

As the saying goes, family disgrace should not be made public. Sarutobi Hiruzen was not stupid, so he would never tell the truth. He just changed the subject with a few words to fool the person.

Everyone just sat on the stage, and ninjas below brought out the Genin who were going to take the exam one by one. It took two hours to make sure that everyone was present.

Sitting in his seat, Ye Shan glanced at the many Genin standing on the stage, and couldn't help but sigh at the cruelty of the Chunin Exam.

Seven days ago, nearly two hundred and fifty teams had entered the forest, but now there were less than two hundred people standing there, and dozens were lying on the ground.

This is the cruelty of ninjas, just like raising poisonous insects, only the strong ones can survive intact, and the eliminated ones will naturally become food for other poisonous insects.

You have to know that these Genin are generally not very old, the youngest one, like Kakashi, is only eight years old, and the oldest one, like a ninja from the Land of Grass, is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and they are all half-grown children. If they were lucky enough to be born on Earth, they would be at the age to stay in school and enjoy a beautiful campus life. Unfortunately, they were born in the Ninja World and were destined to pick up weapons and fight from a young age.

However, what made Yeshan breathe a sigh of relief was that Kakashi and Obito survived to the end without any serious injury. Although they looked really embarrassed, at least their lives were saved.

Seeing that there were no more candidates left in the forest, Ye Shan, as the chief examiner, stood up, walked to the front of the stage, cleared his throat and began his speech.

"First of all, I would like to congratulate you on successfully passing the second Chunin selection exam. In these seven days, you have proven your ability to survive, fight, and other necessary qualities for a Chunin, and have initially obtained the qualifications for promotion."

"Secondly, I think you should thank those opponents who unfortunately lost the election. It was their failure that prompted your growth and made you stand here proudly. The growth process of a ninja is not smooth sailing, but is destined to go through some trials and tribulations. They just didn't persevere, but they are equally worthy of your respect."

"Finally, please hand over your tokens to the examiners in an orderly manner. The final results will be announced on the spot to ensure true openness and transparency."

After saying that, Ye Shan waved his hand to signal the start of the counting work. Dozens of ninjas holding plates walked towards the ninja team standing in the front.

Under the gaze of many ninjas, the Genin who was in charge of the token took out the token and placed it on the tray, then gave his name and stepped back.

"Team Masao Izumi of the Land of Grass has obtained a token!"

"Taku Nagase of the Frost Country has obtained a token from his team!"

"The Rain Country Ogihara Haruhiko team has obtained a token!"

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What's interesting is that the first ones to hand in the tokens were all teams from the small ninja villages, as if they also knew that the focus of this exam was not them. As for the ninja teams from the large ninja villages, they all watched coldly and no one stepped forward to hand in the token.

Until the last ninja from the small ninja village handed over the token, some of them had no less than a token, and some had no more than three. Everything was as expected by everyone.

Under Yeshan's watch, the hunting team of the Land of Earth took the lead in starting the competition between the great powers, although their results were not satisfactory.

"The Earth Country Hunting Team has obtained eleven tokens!"

The young man from the Iwagakure village who was sitting next to Sarutobi Hiruzen had a grim look on his face. He obviously didn't expect that the hunter who was highly expected by the village would get so little. Jiraiya was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the hunter team had hidden eleven tokens and didn't give them to Uchiha Huoyu. As for the hunter himself, he was lying on the ground with burns all over his body.

"Hmph, Konoha is full of geniuses, but they were able to injure Kari to this extent." The young man from the Iwagakure said with dissatisfaction.

Everyone in the entire ninja world knows that Konoha Village is the best at Fire Release, so he could tell at a glance that Kari was defeated by the Konoha ninja.

"hehe."

Jiraiya chuckled without smiling, ignoring the helpless and furious young man from the Iwagakure Village, and watched the situation below the stage.

"The Earth Country Team obtained twenty-six tokens!"

The announcement from below caused a lot of discussion among the people on the stage, and also made the young man from Iwagakure Village look much better.

Soon the Earth Country team finished their report, and the highest ranking team was the Earth Kingdom team, which received twenty-six tokens.

Next came the Thunder Nation team, and the highest-ranking team was the Night Moon team, which received twenty-nine tokens.

The second was the Wind Country team, and the highest-scoring team was the Maki team, which received twenty-eight tokens.

Kakashi in the crowd looked very unhappy. With the help of Puck, he barely defeated two teams of strong ninjas in the past few days and only collected thirty-one tokens. It might be difficult for him to get the first place.

Sure enough, under his gaze, Uchiha Huoyu took a step forward with an arrogant look, and poured a pile of tokens from the ninja tool bag onto the tray, causing everyone to look at him sideways.

"The Fire Country Uchiha Fire Feather Squad has obtained thirty-six tokens!"

Shou, lying on the ground, almost broke his teeth. He felt as if hundreds of millions of ants were crawling all over his body, making him extremely uncomfortable.

Obito's face turned a little dark. It felt like the achievements he was so proud of were crushed by his own ninja. It was too dreamy.

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and nodded. He was not at all surprised that Uchiha Huoyu had so many tokens on him. After all, he saw with his own eyes that the other party defeated Kari and snatched thirteen tokens.

"Team Kakashi of the Fire Flag has obtained thirty-one tokens!"

After hearing the report, Yeshan looked at Kakashi's pale face expressionlessly. He was still satisfied with the other party's achievement, but he did not show it.

Soon, the tokens of all the ninja teams were counted. Uchiha Huoyu's team was first, Kakashi's team was second, and the Lightning Country team was third. As expected, the Fire Country took the first and second places.

Jiraiya stood up and walked to Ye Shan's side, announcing the end of the second exam and the third exam would be held the day after tomorrow. Then the Hokage gave ninjutsu rewards to the top three teams on the spot, and everyone dispersed.

Kakashi and Obito followed behind Ye Shan with depressed looks, timid and not daring to speak, as if they were afraid that Ye Shan would blame them.

When they arrived at the training ground by the Nanhe River, Ye Shan sat on a wooden stake, took out a few rice balls and handed them to them, then watched the two of them wolf down the food before he spoke.

"You have done a good job these days. I am very satisfied."

Obito was relieved after hearing this. He adjusted his broken goggles and said happily, "Master, you don't know that we were in the forest and we defeated six teams."

As he said that, Obito stretched out his fingers and made the number six, waiting for Yeshan's praise.

Ye Shan's face was serious and he said in a deep voice: "But you are not first. Before the test, I said that you will be punished if you are not first."

"what?"

Kakashi exclaimed and said carefully, "Isn't the Chunin Exam over yet?"

"Yes, yes, the exam isn't over yet, we still have a chance to compete for first place." Obito agreed, fearing that Hayama would punish them.

Ye Shan smiled with a straight face, stretched out his hand to help Kakashi brush away the dust on his clothes and said, "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore."

"Although you are not first, you were selected at the last minute before the exam. You did a good job. I should reward you."

Obito grinned and asked, "What's the reward?"

"You will be rewarded with running around the village ten times. If you don't finish, you won't have dinner."

"..."

"..."

Kakashi and Obito looked bitter, looked up at the sky, and then ran. If they delayed any longer, the restaurant would be closed, so they had to hurry up and finish the run. They had been dreaming about eating barbecue these days.

The two ran away in a cloud of dust, while Ye Shan sat quietly on a wooden stake with his arms folded over his chest, thinking about his problems.

Konoha Village is not small. When Kakashi and Obito returned breathlessly, the moon was already high in the sky and it was really late. Hayama sat on a wooden stake, and Jiraiya was also sitting beside him.

"Jiraiya-sama."

Both of them knew Jiraiya, one of the famous Three Ninjas, and greeted him respectfully.

Jiraiya nodded and said to Ye Shan, "Let's go, what do you want to eat?"

Ye Shan smiled, stood up, patted the dust off his butt and replied, "Barbecue."

Kakashi and Obito's eyes lit up and they swallowed involuntarily, looking forward to the barbecue dinner.

Jiraiya took out a toad-shaped wallet and carefully counted how much money he had left. He thought to himself that something was wrong because he didn't bring enough money.

"You don't have no money, do you?" Ye Shan said with his eyes wide open.

He thought he was the poorest jonin in Konoha, but he didn't expect that there was someone even poorer than him. Ye Shan couldn't help but feel happy.

Jiraiya felt a little embarrassed in front of the two juniors. He suddenly came up with an idea, and slapped his hands on the ground to call for help.

After a puff of smoke dissipated, Minato appeared in the training ground with his bare chest, a strange orange tint at the corners of his eyes, and it was unknown what secret technique he was practicing.

"What happened?"

Jiraiya laughed and said, "No big deal, how's your training going?"

Minato released the seal he was holding, and the orange color in the corners of his eyes disappeared as he smiled, "It's okay, long time no see, Ye Shan."

"Long time no see." Ye Shan also greeted.

It has been a long time since we last met. Ye Shan thought about it carefully and realized that he had not met Minato in the village for more than half a year. Looking at the orange color in the corners of his eyes, he had obviously been training in Myoboku Mountain during this period of time, which was quite diligent.

"Well, do you have money with you?" Jiraiya asked hesitantly.

Minato was stunned and said in embarrassment: "I didn't bring it."

"..."

Jiraiya lived in Bengbu, and he didn't expect that the rescuer he called had no money, so he immediately said, "Go home and get it now, we will wait for you here."

"..."

Minato also lived in Bengbu. He looked at his master, then looked at Ye Shan who had a smile on his face, and finally nodded.

Without any hand seals or chakra fluctuations, Minato disappeared in front of them.

Ye Shan was shocked and asked in a deep voice: "Is this space-time ninjutsu?"

Jiraiya said nothing, but nodded with pride.

Of course he could be proud, because Minato was the only ninja in the entire Konoha Village who had mastered space ninjutsu in the past twenty years. He even surpassed the Second Hokage. He was simply a genius among geniuses.

Ye Shan looked at the place where Minato disappeared and became thoughtful. No wonder the other party had been so mysterious in the past few years. He actually mastered the space-time ninjutsu. The Hokage lineage had a successor.

Not long after, still without any warning, Minato reappeared in front of them, wearing home clothes and holding a bulging wallet in his hand.

Jiraiya was a little surprised and couldn't help asking, "You want to eat too?"

Minato raised the wallet in his hand and smiled warmly, "I've not seen Ye Shan for a long time. Let's have a meal together. There's no rush for training. I've basically mastered it."

Jiraiya stared at Minato with eyes wide open in disbelief, and asked in even greater astonishment: "Have you really mastered it?"

"real."

"Hahaha, you are worthy of being my apprentice."

Ye Shan looked at the master and disciple in confusion, not understanding what kind of secret technique Minato had mastered that made Jiraiya laugh.

However, he did not ask rashly. After all, this matter involved personal privacy, and the relationship between him and Jiraiya as master and disciple was not good enough for him to ask some private questions casually.

Jiraiya waved his hand in a good mood and walked out first. Minato walked side by side with Hayama with a smile on his face, followed by Kakashi and Obito.

The few of them soon arrived at a busy barbecue restaurant, attracting the attention of several ninjas who were dining there, who hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

After the greetings were over, they entered a private room and someone handed them a menu. Ye Shan looked at the menu, ordered a few dishes he liked, and then handed it to Minato.

Minato didn't order it, but handed it to the eagerly looking Kakashi, and stood up to pour a glass of water for Jiraiya and Hayama.

"Has anything big happened in the village recently?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Jiraiya and Yeshan froze in their teacups, and the atmosphere in the box became subtle.