The Five Great Shinobi Villages were loudly bickering among themselves, accusing each other of being shameless.
The smaller Ninja Villages, besides feeling pained at the sight of their own teams suffering casualties, mostly just listened quietly, not daring to speak loudly.
Twelve Genin ganged up.
Jinchuriki.
A 20 million Ryo bounty on the black market.
...
The words used by the large Ninja Villages to argue with each other repeatedly stirred the hearts of the smaller Ninja Villages.
"We really want to have these too, we really want to be shameless too!"
"If being shameless can get us these, our entire Village can be shameless."
Those engaging in the verbal sparring were other members of the teams, while the leaders of each Village calmly watched the parts of the screen they were interested in.
The subordinates would argue or fight to the death, while the leaders remained calm and chatted cheerfully.
Everyone was under the same roof, so it was important to leave some room for future interactions.
The subordinates at this time were acting as their leaders' mouthpieces, helping them to express their views.
Kitsuchi's mood was incredibly heavy at this moment, not because his subordinates were not performing well or were being outmatched.
Rather, the intelligence his daughter had told him yesterday was now completely confirmed.
Kurotsuchi's experience was similar to Natsuri's; as a qualified father, and being a team leader himself.
When such a rare opportunity arose, it was essential to let his daughter come out to see the world and gain some experience.
As for safety, Kitsuchi believed he could handle any situation; it was a time of peace.
And within the foreseeable next few years, no war would break out in the Ninja World, so with his identity and strength, this trip was foolproof.
Yesterday, after the exam, Kurotsuchi told Kitsuchi a shocking piece of news.
Deidara had become a Konoha Ninja!
Kitsuchi knew about his daughter's obsession with Deidara, and although he was somewhat skeptical, he still quickly conveyed this information to his old man.
And now, looking at the blond boy on the screen, although he had grown quite a bit and was wearing glasses.
Kitsuchi could confirm that it was his old man's disciple, Deidara.
The Konoha forehead protector on Deidara's head clearly indicated the fact that he was a Konoha Ninja.
This made Kitsuchi unable to stop his thoughts from wandering.
After Deidara disappeared several years ago, there had been no news of him.
Today, however, he was seen in Konoha as a Konoha Ninja.
A spy?
Impossible, Deidara had a clean background.
So what was the reason that made Deidara become a Konoha Ninja?
Looking at his current performance, he did not seem to be coerced at all!
This reason was only one part, and even the most insignificant part.
The remaining problems were the truly headache-inducing ones.
As Ōnoki's disciple, Deidara could be said to have mastered core inheritances that ninety-nine point nine percent of Iwagakure Ninja would never be able to access in their lifetime.
Recalling Deidara in his memories, he was extremely resistant to Ōnoki's teachings, and only focused on his own pursuits.
But how much Deidara had actually listened and remembered was impossible to guess.
Just the potential leakage of inheritances was troublesome enough.
And there was more trouble to come!
Konoha allowing Deidara to appear so openly in the Chunin Exams was an even clearer signal.
How should Iwagakure respond?
Ignore it?
Completely impossible!
Reprimand or protest?
What if Konoha did not admit it, insisting that Deidara was a Konoha Ninja, Iwagakure would have no recourse.
Diplomatic means were almost impossible to achieve the goal, leaving only military force.
Kidnap him secretly?
Directly use this as an excuse to start a war?
This seemed even more unreliable to Kitsuchi; trying to achieve any goal through military force in front of the current Konoha was impossible!
Deidara's matter had completely reached a dead end.
Kitsuchi felt that he could not think of any way to deal with this matter, and in the end, Kitsuchi could only place his hopes on his old man.
Perhaps the old man, as the Tsuchikage, could come up with a good solution!
Kitsuchi tried to suppress this matter in his heart, not to think about it, and even started watching the performance of the Iwagakure Genin.
But with something on his mind, how could Kitsuchi truly ignore it? His gaze always unconsciously shifted to the screen where Deidara was.
And far away in Iwagakure, Ōnoki was also quite troubled.
The Ninja World had been fighting for a thousand years, and most inheritances had already merged, such as many basic Five-Element Nature Transformation, which every Village possessed.
Now, the core inheritances of each Ninja Village were successively developed by their respective Kage.
For example, the book of sealing left by the Second Hokage of Konoha, the Dust Release left by the Second Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, the Puppet Jutsu left by the Second Kazekage of Sunagakure, the Magnet Release left by the Third Kazekage...
The Ninja World was constantly developing, especially after the establishment of the Ninja Villages, with more Ninja, decades of peace, and Ninja World Wars unimaginable during the Sengoku period.
Everything urged the Ninja to grow rapidly, and many new inheritances appeared.
If they had to rely on the old foundations left from the Sengoku period, they would probably have been destroyed in one of the Ninja World Wars long ago.
What Kitsuchi could think of, Ōnoki almost instinctively listed out quickly.
Deidara's matter was quite thorny, and Ōnoki decided to make a trip himself, not waiting for the third exam, but to contact Konoha in advance.
However, hope cannot always be placed on others; the initiative must be held in one's own hands.
A group of fearless individuals appeared in Ōnoki's mind.
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