章 95: Chapter 95 Shimizu ''Inflamer'' Sōseki

"Look, those are Shinobi from the Land of Rain."

"That person is Hoshigakure's Shinobi from the Land of Bears!"

"Kumogakure's people are here too, they are not easy to deal with!"

As time goes by, more and more people other villages' Shinobi appeared in Konoha.

The news of the joint Chunin Exams also spread.

In this regard, most Konoha's villagers are happy to see it succeed. After all, being able to hold such a grand Chunin Exams is a symbol of their village's strength!

At this moment, several Konoha's Genin are whispering in a restaurant.

"Where is Sunagakure?"

"I came by the alley, they should be two minutes away."

"Where is Kumogakure?"

"About three minutes."

"The actors are already in place, Asuma, you can start your performance!"

"Damn it, why should I play such a mentally handicapped role?"

"Why? It's obviously in line with your character!"

"What? Do you all always seen me like that?"

"This is called great intelligence may appear to be stupidity! At least in the eyes of other villages, this kind of thing fits your personality very well." Ibiki urged, "There's no time left, hurry up!"

Asuma mumbled depressedly, but as soon as he stepped into the street, he immediately entered his role.

"The hooded man over there, are you Sunagakure's Baki?"

The Sunagakure's group, who were talking and laughing, stopped upon hearing this, turned their heads and looked to the side only to see a thug with a cigarette clamoring there.

Baki frowned and said coldly, "That's me."

"I heard that you are the most powerful on Sunagakure's side? But it seems that you are too ordinary!" With everyone from Sunagakure looking at him with furious gazes, Asuma shrugged, "I'm sorry, but I just like to speak truthfully."

"You bastard!"

At this time, several Shinobi from Kumogakure happened to walk from another road to a fork in the road.

"Hmm? There seems to be something fun to watch!" Yugito excitedly pulled her companions and squeezed over, "Samui, let's go there and take a look!"

"No, that's not cool at all!" Samui resisted, but was dragged over anyway.

Baki stopped the boy who wanted to fight, "Who are you, do you want to fight?"

Asuma pointed at himself with his thumb, "My name is Sarutobi Asuma, and I'm the second most powerful Genin in Konoha!"

'Sandaime Hokage's son?' Baki naturally knew about the information of the other party, but he's kind of unable to believe it.

"Hmph! There will come a day where you all pleaded to call me, Sarutobi Asuma, father!" Asuma said with a rebellious look.

'Sure enough, it's the same as what the intelligence said!' The corners of Baki's mouth twitched, "You came all the way here just to tell me this?"

Asuma waved his hand impatiently. "I heard some ignorant guys say that the most famous in each of the Five Great Shinobi Villages are the five most powerful in this Chunin Exams."

"But I think that the number one of some Great Shinobi Villages may not be as good as the number two of our Konoha. Well, you can beat that weakling Ibiki who is said to be weakest among Konoha's Genin!"

In the distance, Kurenai looked towards with surprise Ibiki, "This is too cruel, do you even have to ridicule yourself in the script you designed?"

Ibiki said with a dark expression, "He added it himself."

The boy beside Baki cursed angrily, "Speak clearly, who are some Shinobi Villages you are referring to?"

Asuma pretended to sigh and said, "Do I have to make it clear? Isn't it Sunagakure whose boss has disappeared, Kumogakure who is rushing little brat to graduate, and Iwagakure whose Jōnin couldn't even beat Genin..."

Upon hearing this, Yugito, who was watching the show in the crowd, turned furious, and then she jumped out and said, "Bastard! How dare you look down on our Kumogakure!"

Asuma showed a hint of surprise at the right time, and immediately yawned, "Sorry, I refuse to communicate with trainee Shinobi like you."

Yugito then shouted loudly, "Bastard, I'm going to blow you away!"

Baki narrowed his eyes and said, "Wait until I finish with him!"

"I said it first!"

"He found me first!"

Asuma dismissed it, "Just you two?"

"You..."

Just as these people were arguing, a gentle voice sounded.

"Sorry, it seems that Asuma has caused you all trouble."

"Hey, Sōseki, I didn't bully them!"

'He is that Shimizu Sōseki?' Both Yugito and Baki were surprised, and looked at the boy who was talking.

Handsome and gentle, sunny and refreshing, just a glance makes people feel good.

However, they quickly reacted, "Wait, what do you mean by not bullying us?"

Asuma rubbed the fist and said, "Do you really want to be beaten?"

Sōseki pressed his shoulder and said, "If you hurt a candidate for no reason before the exam, you will be disqualified from the exam."

"What do you mean? Are you saying that we are going to be hurt by him?"

Sōseki waved his hands again and again, "Of course not. If you can represent your village in the exam, you all must be very strong!"

"Then let him fight us! "

Sōseki was surprised and said, "Two-on-one? That's..."

Yugito and Baki were both furious after being "inflamed" by Sōseki, "One-on-one, it's one-on-one!"

Sōseki looked embarrassed, and finally smiled bitterly, "Let's choose a competition method that won't hurt anyone."

"Although the format and content of the Chunin Exams change every year, the venues generally don't change too much. Why don't we compete who can pass the Forest of Death the fastest?"

Yugito and Baki didn't want to be disqualified either, so they had to grit their teeth and agree.

"Just you wait, I will definitely win!"

...

After the incident subsided, Asuma couldn't help but laugh.

"Hahaha, it really went well!"

"Well, thanks to their Jōnin leader, who didn't follow."

"After all, there are dozens of them, so it's impossible for those Jōnin to follow them every day." Asuma said as a matter of course.

"Of course it's impossible to follow the Genin every day, otherwise, how would they go to inquire intelligence?" Sōseki shook his head slightly.

"Huh? Inquire intelligence?"

"You don't think they are really that honest, do you? Since they agreed to put the venue in our Konoha, most of them must have the idea of finding out the distribution of our military power."

"Then, what should we do? Should we hurry up to remind that old fogey about them?"

"Do you think Hokage-sama and the others can't think of this kind of thing?"

"Huh? Then why agree?" Asuma asked blankly.

"Of course it's because we have no military distribution at all!" Sōseki quietly said with a smile.

"Ehhhhhh?"

"Don't worry, they know it's too late. On one hand, the Shinobi who came for the Chunin Exams are equivalent to hostages, and on the other hand, Konoha's preparations should be almost completed. In short, they have missed the best time to start."

Hearing this, Asuma said strangely, "Then, aren't they about to die of anger now?"

Sōseki sighed and said, "They probably didn't expect that Konoha's war preparations would be slackened to this such an extent, right?"

Asuma shook his head and threw these complicated thoughts aside, "By the way, Sōseki, since we want to expand our influence, why not bring in Kirigakure and Iwagakure? If we defeat those four Great Shinobi Villages at once, the effect of attracting those small Shinobi Villages will be even better, right?"

Hearing this question, Sōseki raised his fingers one after another, "First, it's easy to notice if you encounter too many Shinobi Villages at one time, and after hearing about this competition, maybe they will feel left out and ask to join in."

"Second, who said I am planning to win against them?"

Asuma was startled, "You don't plan to win?"

Sōseki nodded slightly, "Showing strength should be done in the final official match. As for this competition, I just don't want them to interfere with my plan."