In this ranking battle, it can be said that personal strength has been reduced to the minimum. Only by guarding the big flag and obtaining more small flags from other genin can it be possible to win the second chuunin exam in group mode. victory.
Judging from the current situation, Konoha and Kumogakure are undoubtedly the top two. For no other reason than the two camps have the largest number of genin.
But if you look at the terrain, the camps of Konoha genin are much less safe than Kumogakure.
—Konoha is at the center of the entire training ground.
At this time, careful genin have discovered that the division of the thirteen camps based on ninja villages is actually similar to the distribution of countries in the entire ninja world.
To put it more clearly, this is not the second chunin exam at all, but a simulation of a great ninja war.
It's just that the strength of each village is reduced to the genin level.
I don't know how many other genin students who took the exam discovered this, but since Minato discovered this, soon all Konoha genin knew it.
Most of the ninjas present had participated in World War II, and only a few, such as Kushina and Dai, had not participated.
But no matter what, one thing must be made clear. This is a team competition, not a group competition, so information must be shared unconditionally.
After losing the best Uchiha Tatsu of this generation and Shikaku with the highest IQ, Minato deservedly became the commander who took office.
Of course, some people would be dissatisfied with this, but with the support of big family ninjas like Naoki and Mikoto, the objections were quickly suppressed.
When a day had passed and Minato was still busy collecting information, that is, exploring the training ground map, Aburame Shimi came over.
Hearing the footsteps, Minato raised his head and asked, "How is the situation now?"
As a member of the Aburame clan with excellent investigative abilities, Zhiwei was naturally entrusted with the important responsibility of investigation. It was also because of his presence that he was able to detect the specific conditions of several other camps in such a short period of time.
"The campsites of the genin from two villages, Grass Ninja and Rain Ninja, have been detected. The movements of other small villages are temporarily unknown."
Minato nodded.
This time, since it is distributed according to the location of the countries in the ninja world, that is to say, the camps of each small village are distributed among the big countries.
The final victory is based on the number of small flags collected. If you only stay in your own camp, you will definitely fail, so no matter which village you have, you must take the initiative.
However, one must also pay attention to strategy when attacking. It is undoubtedly unwise to attack the big village as soon as possible.
You know, once a battle breaks out, the loss of personnel and even casualties are foreseeable.
The genin of the five major countries are powerful, and if they attack rashly, they will suffer huge losses. At this time, it is the inevitable choice to attack the genin of the small village as much as possible.
"Where are Sunagakure's movements?" Minato thought for a moment and then asked.
Before the exam, they had specially collected information about the genin of each village... Luo Sha, who mastered magnetic escape, was undoubtedly the most troublesome existence this time.
"The Sand Ninjas are also actively exploring the specific locations of other camps, but it may be due to the lack of reconnaissance ninjas that the progress is not very smooth, and due to the relatively small number of people, they are divided into two teams. "
"What about the staffing configuration?"
"Rasa formed a team of his own and went north alone. He also formed a group of six genin and went east. The remaining ninjas all stayed in the main camp."
"It's really prudent. With this configuration, there is basically no possibility of stealing."
Minato pondered for a moment, then asked Naoki standing nearby to summon all the genin.
After about half an hour, Sheng Shu brought everyone back.
Minato coughed and said, "Thanks to Zhiwei's efforts, we have now figured out the camps and defense conditions of the two small ninja villages, and we also know the movements of the Suna ninja."
With that said, he distributed the compiled information.
"There are many genin in Konoha, so I plan to divide into two groups. The first group will be led by Mikoto and Naoki to tentatively attack the rain ninja camp; the second group will be led by me to attack the grass ninja camp; the remaining ninjas will be stationed there. Hai Yi is in charge of the camp.”
"Okay." Basically no one objected, so Watergate's proposal was quickly passed.
Now that the next route has been decided, Minato gave Mikoto the map of the training ground. He had already memorized everything marked on the map in his mind, so even if he didn't have a map, it wouldn't be a big problem.
Then at the gate of the camp, the two teams of ninjas said hello and dispersed.
This training ground was not as big as the famous Forest of Death, so with the speed of Minato and his team of six, they reached their destination very quickly.
"It's... so miserable."
When they arrived at the camp in Kusanagi Village, the surrounding flames showed that a big battle had occurred here not long ago.
Not only that, there were limbs on the ground that had been crushed and crushed by Earth Release, and there were a few Kusanagi that could barely be seen protecting their foreheads.
"...There are a lot of traces of Earth Release Ninjutsu." Aburame Shiwei released insects to investigate for a while, and then said so.
"It should be the Iwa nin. I heard Chen say that during the war, Kumogakure Village fell to Kumogakure Village... This must be the reason why they were targeted." Minato thought for a while and said.
After all, this was just a chunin exam. If he didn't have deep hatred, he wouldn't have done such a cruel thing.
"Zhiwei, can you track the location of Iwa Ninja?"
The ninjas of the Aburame clan have the best tracking ability in Konoha, even the Byakugan can't compare to it.
About two minutes later, Zhiwei nodded and said, "Chongzi told me that there are ninjas heading southeast."
"Southeast?" Minato squatted down and used his memory to lay out a map of the genin camps of each village on the ground.
"That's the Kumo ninja's camp over there."
"Are they going to attack the Kumo ninja?" Kushina asked, standing aside.
Minato shook his head and said: "I don't think so. The number of Kumogakure genin is second only to Konoha. Even if the Iwa ninja hate them, they will not choose to attack the Kumogakure camp now, and they are fighting continuously.
Therefore, there is only one possibility, the Kusanagi did not die, but fled towards the Kumogakure camp. "
Aburame Zhiwei felt that it made sense, so she asked: "Then what should we do?"
"Cut the beard!" Minato said concisely.
"But wouldn't this mean that we would start a fight with Iwa Ninja in advance?"
Minato shook his head: "There are only a few Iwagakure genin, and they do not have an advantage in terms of numbers. If you were an Iwagakure, facing a Konoha genin who suddenly appeared, would you choose to fight head-on?"
Aburame Zhiwei almost blurted out: "No! If it were me, I would definitely give up as soon as possible."
Minato chuckled: "Zhiwei, you are really cautious, but I hope they will attack us."
Amid everyone's doubts, Minato said confidently: "I don't think the six of us will lose to any team."
… …
At this time, on the other side of the battlefield, three grass ninjas were hiding in the grass, observing the surrounding situation in a panic.
"over there!"
"Get 'em!"
When these shouts of killing came, the three people jumped out of the grass in an instant. Since they had been exposed, there was no need to continue to hide and move forward slowly.
Behind the three people, five rock ninjas were chasing them like vicious dogs, and at the same time, they were shooting shuriken kunai as if they were free of charge.
Feeling the sound of dense kunai and shurikens being nailed to branches, trunks, and stones from behind, the three of them rushed forward quickly without looking back.
There was no time to look back at this time, because if the three of them stopped for a moment, they would be surrounded.
However, after shooting kunai and shuriken for a while, the dense crackling sound of kunai and shuriken shooting behind the three people surprisingly disappeared.
"Don't look back, the next wave of attacks will come soon." The young man in his twenties said. After releasing any blow, you need to pause for a moment, because only after a period of accumulation can you use a greater force. A more threatening attack.
As soon as his voice fell, the attack that fell immediately confirmed the correctness of his words. Not only did the attack sound of shuriken kunai sound behind them, but the Iwagakure genin had already used the detonating talisman.
Continuous explosions sounded behind the three of them, and the hot air waves pushed their backs, affecting their forward speed.
"Iwaki, we can't do this. One person must stay to break up the rear, otherwise we will be overtaken sooner or later." Another genin shouted.
The young man in his twenties, Iwaki, had a cold light in his eyes. As he was running, he turned to look at the panting girl behind him.
"Kana, how about you come and cut off the queen?"
When the girl heard this, she couldn't help but tremble, and a feeling of panic slowly came over her body.
"What's wrong, you don't want to? If it weren't for us, you would have died just like those losers under the attack of Iwa Ninja!" Iwaki shouted angrily.
"Yes, don't forget, you and your parents were taken in by our Grass Ninja Village, otherwise you red-haired ghosts would have died in the war long ago." Another genin helped.
The girl's voice was like a fly: "I...I...get it."
"Haha, that's right. I'll give you these detonating charms. When those rock ninjas get close, you can shoot them."
As he spoke, Iwaki threw the detonating talisman on the ground. At the same time, he rolled up the girl's sleeve and took a hard bite.
The grass ninja next to him also followed the same pattern.
After the two companions walked away, the girl collapsed on the ground as if she had lost her soul.
No... I don’t want to live anymore...
She hugged her body with both hands and shivered. The air around her was unusually cold. Even though she had been in an extremely cold environment, she had never felt as cold as now.
She still vaguely remembered some things from her childhood. At that time, she was only five years old. She spent the whole day hiding here and there to avoid being chased.
Later, her father took her and her mother away from their hometown and traveled a long distance to a small country without war... What they thought was the beginning of happiness, unexpectedly it was the arrival of bad luck.
Her father passed away when she was seven years old. He did not die in battle, but due to various injuries and illnesses due to years of missions.
You must know that they are the Uzumaki clan, known as a longevity clan, and their father was only thirty years old when he died.
Later, it was discovered that the mother's chakra and injuries would be restored by biting her skin. From then on, an even bigger nightmare came.
After that, not long after, my mother died. She saw her mother's body in the hospital... The dense tooth marks on her body made her despair.
So, she began to try to commit suicide, but at the last moment, she would give up out of fear...
But now, none of that matters.
Uzumaki Kana tremblingly picked up the detonating talisman, tears falling from his eyes. She wiped her tears with both hands, but the tears still couldn't stop falling.
"...I'm going to die, so I should be happy."
Just when she was about to detonate the detonating talisman, six ninjas appeared in the distance... not Iwa ninjas, but wearing Konoha's forehead protectors.
The six people also saw the girl sitting on the ground in an instant, and the Iwa Ninja who was approaching from further away.
The moment Kushina saw the girl, her heart seemed to skip a beat, and then her voice trembled: "The hair is the same as mine... she is a member of my tribe!"
After saying that, she ran forward quickly.
"Don't go!" Minato shouted and found that Kushina didn't stop, so he immediately ordered all five people to press on her.
"Don't come here!" Kana cried out as the ninjas who looked at Konoha rushed over.
Kushina seemed to realize something and stopped quickly: "Don't do anything stupid, come here quickly, Iwa Ninja is approaching."
However, after hearing the word "Iwa Ninja", Kana cried out again and suddenly formed a seal, preparing to detonate the detonating talisman.
At this moment, a sound of breaking through the air suddenly came, and a kunai like a cannonball accurately shot the detonating talisman in Kana's hand, and then flew away into the distance with it.
In the next moment, a roar sounded in the air.
Seeing this, Minato, who reacted the fastest, rushed up behind the girl whom Kushina recognized as a clansman, then hugged her from behind, and then teleported back to the Konoha genin.
Seeing that the girl was safe, Kushina breathed a sigh of relief, but when she saw the Iwa ninja charging towards her from a distance, she felt a surge of anger. In just an instant, a layer of red chakra spread all over her body.
Although they were surprised by Kushina's state, the remaining five were still ready to fight.
…
At this time, on a big tree further away, Uchiha Tatsu couldn't help but whistled and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Minato to be a hero and save the beauty."
Sakumo, who was standing aside, said with a black line: "Don't think I didn't see it. This is the second time you have interfered in the game."
Uchiha Tatsu spread his hands: "How could I intervene? The kunai has been blown up by the detonating talisman. Brother Sakumo, do you have any evidence?"
"You, the Third Hokage will definitely deduct my salary this time."
"It's okay. If you don't tell me, no one will know if I don't tell you. Besides, it was Minato who saved him." Uchiha Tatsumi chuckled, "By the way, Brother Sakumo, don't you think that Minato's cross-body hug just now was very handsome?" ?”
"It's okay, but you can't save people like that." Sakumo thought for a while and continued: "Hugging people can only restrain the ninja's hands."
"Then how should we save it?"
"Kick him over."
“…”
After a while, Uchiha Tatsumi gave a thumbs up and said: "Brother Sakumo, you are indeed a straight man, but according to your teaching method, be careful that your son will never find a girlfriend in his life."
"It's okay, I'll just give birth to a daughter." Sakumo was confident.
Uchiha Chen couldn't help but complain: "Is it really good to be so confident? Do you think you are a volute?"
Sakumo asked in confusion: "I always hear you mention the volute, who is the volute?"
"A great musician."
“…”
"Okay, we've almost finished watching the show. I'm going to go find the Third Hokage now. I'll leave the matters here to you."
Sakumo nodded, and then asked: "What about the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki? She is not in the right state right now, and the Nine-Tails Chakra is coming out."
"It's okay. She can still control her current state. Let her get used to it more."
After saying that, Uchiha Tatsuya left the training ground in an instant.
… …(To be continued)