Chapter 300 Invitation to the Joint Chunin Exam
"I'm so sorry! Mr. Mizukage! Your reputation is so well-known in the ninja world that I feel a little sad for a moment..." Namikaze Minato looked solemnly at Seiji who was sitting behind the Mizukage's desk, with a hint of apology in his eyes, then bent down and bowed deeply to Seiji.
In any case, his behavior just now could be considered rude in this formal diplomatic conference, and as an envoy of Konoha, he still knew the rule of admitting mistakes, and he also had to demonstrate the demeanor of the largest ninja village in the ninja world.
Especially just now, when he was subjected to Qing Si's gaze, he had a subconscious feeling that he was invincible...!
What this means is self-evident.
The strength of the Fourth Mizukage is likely to exceed the expectations of their Konoha Village. At least he is much stronger than the "strongest" Hokage of their Konoha Village, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.
It's not like he hasn't seen the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen in action before. However, even when the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen was bursting out with all his strength on the battlefield, he had never given Namikaze Minato such a feeling of "fear"!
It seems...the rumors are not groundless...!
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After hearing Minato Namikaze's explanation, Qingsi smiled indifferently, then changed the subject and asked directly, "I wonder what is the purpose of the Hokage of your village sending an envoy to Kirigakure?"
Namikaze Minato was stunned for a moment, but reacted in a flash. However, he was a little uncomfortable with Seiji's conversation style of not too much greetings but getting straight to the point. After all, in Konoha Village, the conversations between him and those Konoha high-level officials were always evasive and roundabout, and they always wasted their time saying some meaningless words before getting to the point...!
"I am the Jonin of Konoha, Minato Namikaze! The Hokage sent me to the Hidden Mist Village this time, mainly for two things." Minato Namikaze introduced himself first. Although he knew that Seiji must know who he was, this was diplomatic etiquette after all. "I brought a letter from the Hokage to the Mizukage. After you read it, if you decide to participate, I will continue to tell you about another matter."
"Oh...?" Kiyoshi did not comment. The Mizukage's secretary, Chino Hozumi, who appeared in the Mizukage's office because Kiyoshi was going to have a formal meeting with the Konoha envoy, took the letter from Minato Namikaze and handed it to Kiyoshi after checking it.
Of course, it's just a letter. As long as the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen is not stupid, he will not do anything to it. Checking it is just a normal procedure.
Moreover, it is not appropriate for Minato Namikaze to hand this letter directly to Kiyoshi, simply because their statuses are not equal.
Although Namikaze Minato is a messenger sent by the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, and is a disciple of Jiraiya, one of the "Three Ninjas", and the great-grandson of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, he is currently only a Jonin in Konoha Village and does not hold any position.
Kiyoshi is the leader of the Hidden Mist Village, one of the five major ninja villages, and the Fourth Mizukage. In terms of status, the two sides are very different. If it was one of Konoha's more active senior diplomats, "Konoha's Crouching Dragon" Mitokado En, or "Konoha's Phoenix Hatchling" Utane Koharu who came, it would be more appropriate.
Qingsi took the letter from Chino Kizuna and opened it to read.
Soon, Seiji read through the letter written by the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.
The letter from the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen was almost entirely filled with flattering diplomatic rhetoric, and also contained some veiled tentative intentions. However, what Qingsi couldn't stand was that these thousands of words were basically all nonsense without any substance. It was not until he read the end of the letter that he saw the so-called key point...!
That is, to invite the Kirigakure Village to participate in the joint Chunin Exams held in July by the Konoha Village, and the Sand Village, the Kumogakure Village, the Iwagakure Village and some small ninja villages have all agreed to send their own Genin elites to participate.
"Joint Chunin Exams...?" Qingsi thought to himself, and he instantly understood what the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen was planning.
This is treating their Konoha Village as the "Ninja World Police", wanting to mediate the conflicts between the major ninja villages and delay the war that may break out at any time...!
My goodness, no matter which world you are in, there are always people who want to maintain "peace"...!
Qingsi thought with amusement, with the Hokage of your Konoha who is "expert in civil wars but amateur in foreign wars" and who only targets his own people, and who constantly secretly stirs up trouble in various parts of the Ninja World and assists Danzo Shimura, do you, Konoha, have the character to "maintain" the peace of the Ninja World?
However, since other ninja villages have already agreed to participate, then our Kirigakure, as one of the five major ninja villages, certainly cannot be absent.
After all, this can be considered an alternative "Five Kage Conference".
Using the excuse of a joint Chunin Exam, the ninjas from the five major ninja villages were gathered in the Land of Fire. Even if the Five Kage were not there, this could help establish Konoha Village's position as the true leader of the ninja world.
The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, what a calculating plan...!
However, this time Qingsi had the wrong idea.
Under the advice of "Konoha Crouching Dragon" and "Konoha Phoenix Hatchling", the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen did something so cool that it could break his waist. Every envoy he sent to other ninja villages used the excuse that all other ninja villages had agreed to participate in this joint Chunin exam.
So, the Third Kazekage Tessa, the Third Raikage Ai, the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, and our Fourth Mizukage Seiji, fell into the trap directly. After all, they had no time to inform each other, and it was impossible for them to inform each other!
Although all the Kage knew the purpose of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen holding the joint Chunin Exam, when they saw that the other families were participating, they thought that if they did not participate, they might miss something. Therefore, as expected, they all agreed.
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"Okay! The Hidden Mist Village will send Genin to participate in this joint Chunin exam!" Kiyoshi agreed, and then continued to ask Minato Namikaze without any fluctuation in his tone, "So... what is the other thing?"
For the Hidden Mist Village, there is nothing wrong with competing with ninjas from other major ninja villages. After developing for so long, it is time to give other forces in the ninja world a hint before the outbreak of the Third Ninja World War and give the Hidden Mist Village a small shock.
After all, on the surface it was a joint "Chunin" exam, but Kiyoshi knew very well that this so-called exam was a platform for the major ninja villages to demonstrate their strength and measure the military power of other ninja villages. At the same time, it could also be said to be a small-scale rehearsal for the Third Ninja World War.
Well, I believe that other ninja villages will hold the same idea, and the ninjas who come to participate must be the most elite from each major ninja village!
And it is not ruled out that they will directly cheat in secret, suppressing the levels of ninjas who could have been promoted to Chunin, and forcing them to continue to participate in this exam as lower ninjas.
Even more shamelessly, each ninja village could find a reason to demote those unknown but powerful Chunins or especially Jonins back to Genin and let them take the exam again. After all, the ninja level is something that is decided by each ninja village.
Of course, those jonin who are already famous in the ninja world definitely can't do this. Although this kind of secret behavior is shameless, it doesn't matter if everyone does it. But you can't really treat other people as fools.
Qingsi didn't care about it. Although he knew that there would be all kinds of tricks in this exam, their Kirigakure Village also had its trump cards!
You know, he holds two conventional powerful weapons, Nagato and Mei Terumi!
Once the Rinnegan opens and the Vulpix appears, just charge in and it's done.
To deal with a group of elite ninjas from other ninja villages whose strength may be at the level of jonin, or at best, elite jonin, just crush them all the way!!!
Namikaze Minato didn't know about the little tricks played by the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, so when he learned that the Hidden Mist Village would participate in the joint Chunin Exam as scheduled, he couldn't help but feel relieved. At least, his overt mission on this mission was half completed.
After all, the ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village have not appeared in the Ninja World for a long time.
Therefore, before accepting the mission to go to the Hidden Mist Village, Minato Namikaze had actually prepared for the failure of the mission...!
"The other thing is actually a continuation of what happened just now..." Namikaze Minato sorted out his thoughts and said, "The Hokage hopes to invite the Mizukage to come to Konoha to watch the third round of the Joint Chunin Exam!"
Qingsi was slightly stunned. What the hell was the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen doing?
Judging from this, he should have invited not only himself, the Mizukage, but all the Kages at the same time...!
Could it be that he really wanted to take this opportunity to convene an alternative "Five Kage Conference" to stop the Ninja World War that was on the verge of breaking out? ? ?
A trace of confusion flashed across Qingsi's eyes. He thought for a long time but still couldn't figure out what kind of mentality the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen had, and what kind of confidence he had.
Could it be that, for political reasons, Sarutobi Hiruzen really believed in the "strongest" Hokage in history who had been promoted for many years, and really thought that he was the strongest!
No way, no way...!
However, he soon stopped thinking about it. No matter what kind of plan Konoha had, he was already at the Six Paths level and could break it with his force!
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"I see..." After Qingsi figured it out, he paused and continued, "No wonder you said that. If we, Kirigakure, don't participate in this joint Chunin exam, then there is really no need to talk about the other thing."
"Well, in that case, I agree!" Qingsi decided to agree. He has been in the Ninja World for so many years, and he has been to the Land of Fire many times, but he has never been to Konoha Village. Although he has not watched "Naruto" much, the Land of Fire and Konoha Village are still the center of the Ninja World, and all the stories revolve around Konoha...!
However, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen was indeed very courageous this time. He dared to invite all the Kage to enter Konoha. If anyone among them had bad intentions, the "Konoha Collapse Plan" would have to be staged in advance.
The outbreak of a Kage-level warrior in Konoha Village would be enough to give Sarutobi Hiruzen a hard time, not to mention that there is also a Six Paths-level warrior named Seiji among them.
Of course, Kiyoshige would definitely not take the initiative to cause trouble. Otsutsuki Urashiki is still hiding in the ninja world, and that is his current target.
But if other Kage have planned something and really take action against Konoha, then Kiyoshi will have to go and help out...!
Afterwards, Kiyoshi and Namikaze Minato held consultations on other matters between the two villages and ended the meeting.
Seeing that the two had finished the topic, Chino Kizuna led Minato Namikaze out of the Mizukage's office and went to the accommodation prepared for Minato Namikaze by the Ministry of External Affairs.
After Chino Kizuna and Minato Namikaze left, Seiji also left the Mizukage's office. Following his perception, he found the Third Mizukage Bing who was teaching his disciples at home.
Although he didn't care about Konoha's actions, he still needed the experienced Bing to help him analyze what the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen was like. After all, the two of them were old rivals who had fought for many years...!
It has to be said that Bing's decentralization was very thorough. After Qingsi came to power, he transferred the power of the Mizukage completely, which was in stark contrast to the approach of a certain Third Kage in the future.
(Isn't that right, Sarutobi Hiruzen?)
Although later, in the overall reform of the Hidden Mist Village, Kiyoshi appointed Bing as the Minister of Foreign Affairs to be in charge of diplomatic work.
But Bing only focused on management in the early stages. After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was running on the right track, he directly handed over daily affairs to his deputy and entered a semi-resting state. He would only show up in person when major events occurred.
The rest of the time, Bing basically enjoys a leisurely semi-retired life while focusing his energy on training his three disciples.
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I have already written 300 chapters without realizing it! Let me commemorate this!!!
