Promote the theory of threat to Konoha, why Kirigakure brings Hide! - Chapter 243

c242 Jounin Promotion Ceremony

Chapter 242: Jonin Promotion Ceremony!

The 46th year of Kirigakure, the 47th year of Konoha.

Kirigakure Village, Ninja School Auditorium.

This auditorium, built to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Ninja School, is now crowded with countless villagers who are watching the excitement.

The auditorium, which was originally designed to accommodate 10,000 people, was now completely packed. There were even a steady stream of villagers pouring in from the outside world, and the entire Ninja School was filled with people everywhere, causing the ninjas of the Kirigakure Guard Force to urgently dispatch here to block the outside crowd and maintain order.

After the persuasion of the ninjas of the Kirigakure Guard Force, the crazy crowd finally had some order at this time, and they also breathed a sigh of relief.

“Huh… Really, I don’t know where so many people came from. Don’t these guys have to go to work?”

A ninja who had just been promoted to Chunin and joined the Kirigakure Guard Force not long ago wiped the sweat from his forehead and complained involuntarily.

Today is a big day, and they are in the ninja school, and the targets are all villagers from the Hidden Mist Village, so they can’t use force anyway.

All they can do is to create shadow clones, and then hold hands and rely on the strong physical fitness of ninjas to “squeeze” order in the dense crowd.

This is not an easy job for a ninja who is used to killing, so he complained like this.

Compared with him, the other middle-aged man standing next to him was much calmer.

“Hehe… After all, this is the first public jonin promotion ceremony in the history of the Kirigakure and even the ninja world. It is understandable that they are so crazy… Even if it were not for my duty, I would also like to follow them in to see the excitement!”

“Jonin… Alas, I really don’t know when my strength can reach this level…”

“Not to mention this jonin promotion ceremony, I heard that it was Master Hozuki who personally put on the jonin chest badge for them. If I can have this day, it would be worth dying for!”

Speaking of this, the young ninja’s eyes were filled with infinite hope, and he couldn’t help but imagine himself becoming a jonin and being awarded the medal by Master Hozuki in person in public.

After all, that was Master Hozuki!

Since rising in Kirigakure twelve years ago, in just a few years, he has made a name for himself in the ninja world, saved the Kirigakure, carried out reforms in the ninja school, and colonized the East Continent… Since then, the entire Kirigakure can be said without hesitation to have entered the “Heroic Era”.

Now twelve years have passed, and Kizuki’s image in Kirigakure has long been deified.

In particular, he repeatedly declined the position of Mizukage and was willing to take charge of Kirigakure as an elder, which moved all the villagers of Kirigakure for his noble character.

What an honor it would be to have such a big man put on the Jounin badge for himself at the critical moment of his promotion to Jounin.

However…

The young man sighed in his heart, and he knew how unrealistic his wish was.

Although he is now a Chunin, he belongs to the fourth level in the nine-level ninja system of Kirigakure, and is only two levels away from the sixth level Jounin, but these two levels are enough to clearly screen the difference between geniuses and mortals.

In his current situation, if he works hard to make great contributions and gets a lot of contribution points, he may become an elite Chunin within ten years.

But to become a Jounin… it really depends on luck and fate.

The one next to him is one of the few civilian ninjas who have not experienced the new education of Kizuna Shingetsu. Now he is over 30 years old, but he is only at the position of Chunin like himself, which is enough to show how difficult this road is.

The middle-aged ninja looked at his partner and instantly understood his thoughts at this time. He couldn’t help but chuckled and shook his head, saying nothing.

After all, when he was this age, he had also imagined whether he was the civilian genius picked out of thousands of people and could become the first civilian Jonin since the establishment of the Hidden Mist Village.

But dreams are dreams after all. As time passed, he gradually realized his innate deficiencies.

But he didn’t think there was anything wrong with this. After all, compared with his peers and those classmates who died at his hands just after graduating from the Ninja School, he was lucky enough.

“Oh, by the way, I heard that there are a few twelve or thirteen-year-old children among those who were promoted to Jonin this time… If you calculate the time, you should not have graduated when they were in the ninja school, right?”

The middle-aged man seemed to have thought of something, and looked at his companions with a joking face, and asked: “Do you know those people?”

Hearing his colleague’s words, the face of the young ninja stiffened instantly.

More than knowing them…

He will never forget how he, as a sixth-year student, fell in front of those freshmen monsters in the ninja school ladder battle.

A cute little face, a scary shark-like face, and an unsolvable ability to turn into water anytime and anywhere…

To be frank, it was not until then that he realized that age was just a joke in front of a genius.

Thinking of this, he quickly shook his head, dispelling his delusion about Jonin in his heart, and covered up:

“How could I know them? I would like to know them…I had graduated when they entered school, and there was no intersection at all…”

“Why don’t we talk about the first civilian jonin? I know him…”

At the same time, the two were discussing the protagonists of this jonin promotion ceremony outside the door.

In the auditorium, the atmosphere was particularly solemn. All the people who entered in advance looked serious and stared at the high platform in front of them.

Because this ceremony, which has never happened in the ninja world, is about to begin!

“Welcome all the guests…”

On the stage, Sarah, who has completely become a member of the jonin village and has lost the style of the queen of Loulan, is wearing a bright red dress. She calmly assumes the responsibility of the host and begins to introduce the origin of this conference.

“… Now, let us invite the protagonists of this jonin promotion ceremony!”

Sara raised her right hand high. With her action, the lights in the entire auditorium went out instantly, and a bright beam of light shone directly on the other side of the high platform.

“They are… ‘Flower of the Mist’, eleven-year-old Terumi Mei!”

Pop!

The searchlight was turned on, shining directly on Terumi Mei, revealing her delicate face covered by long chestnut hair.

The graceful figure that had begun to grow up, coupled with the slit blue long skirt, made people see a hint of charm from this girl.

“…’Tailless Tailed Beast’, twelve-year-old Hoshigaki Kisame!”

Hidden in the darkness, Hoshigaki Kisame finally revealed his face, but with strong light in front and darkness behind, his shark face looked even more hideous.

At only twelve years old, he was already more than 1.8 meters tall. This height, combined with his terrifying face, made people afraid before the battle.

What was even more surprising was that the Samehada that was originally in the hands of the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Demon, somehow ended up in his hands, and he held it with one hand and put it upside down on his shoulder.

“…’The second Hozuki,’ the eleven-year-old Hozuki Manyue!”

The Hozuki clan genius, known as the “second Hozuki New Moon”, lazily leaned on his double swords, Flounder, and greeted the people in the audience.

“…’The genius lightning ninja’, thirteen-year-old Ringo Ayuri!”

“…’The demon’, thirteen-year-old Momochi Zabuza!”

Accompanied by two shouts, two equally young boys stepped onto the platform, holding the beheading sword and the thunder sword, Fang in their hands, obviously the new generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

The audience in the audience, especially the villagers who came to watch the excitement and the few spies from other villages, saw that the promoted ninjas were such a young group of children who seemed to have hair on their faces, and their faces showed surprise.

The reporters from the Kirigakure Morning News, the Water Country Daily, and the Ninja World Weekly in the audience also seized this opportunity and started taking pictures.

For a while, flashes of light came and went, blinding the people around.

Very good, the purpose of getting the first impression was achieved.

Sarah looked at the audience gasping for air and was very satisfied.

Just as Zhang Ailing said, “The closest way to a woman’s heart is…”, after six years of running-in, she has completely become the shape of the ghost lantern crescent moon, and now her thoughts are naturally standing on his side.

However, since the Hidden Mist Village wants to do this “first in history”, it is naturally impossible for this Jonin promotion ceremony to have only these few people. After a pause, Sarah hurriedly introduced the others.

“…’Uzumaki Seal’ sixteen-year-old Uzumaki Masaaki!”

“…’Bone Demon’, seventeen-year-old Kaguya Chegu!”

“…”

“…’Swordsman’, twenty-two-year-old Takeo Saegi!”

Just when the oldest promoted Takeo Saegi was introduced, there was a sudden burst of warm applause from the audience.

This immediately made those who didn’t know what was going on feel strange. After all, when those younger and better-born people appeared just now, there was no cheering. They really didn’t understand why this person could get such treatment when he appeared.

However, Sarah was not surprised by this, because this Sanzhi Wufu was the first real civilian-born jonin in the history of the Hidden Mist Village.

As the greatest achievement of the ten-year reform of the Kizuna Shingetsu Ninja School, his promotion naturally had to be put on this occasion.

Born an orphan, he climbed from a ninja school student to a jonin in just sixteen years. Naturally, he had already become the sustenance of the civilians’ ninja wishes, so it was not surprising to have such applause.

After the applause of the crowd gradually faded, Sarah finally introduced the last candidate for promotion to jonin.

“Next, it’s the last one… He is the adopted son and disciple of Master Xinyue, ‘Hua Long’, the ten-year-old Yakushi Kabuto!”

Pa pa pa!

As the voice fell, all the searchlights in the venue shone towards a dark corner. The ten-year-old Kabuto Yakushi straightened his glasses and stepped onto the stage with a shy smile in the eyes of everyone who looked at him in disbelief.

As Kabuto Yakushi stepped onto the stage, the venue suddenly became dead silent.

“What did she just say? Kabuto Yakushi is also the candidate for promotion to Jonin this time?”

There was no one in the audience who didn’t know Kabuto Yakushi. After all, as the founding disciple and adopted son of Kizuna Shingetsu, Kabuto Yakushi was naturally quite recognizable among the villagers of Kirigakure.

In addition, this child was very polite to others despite his young age. He didn’t have the mischief of other children of the same age, or the arrogance of his family background. Naturally, he won considerable popularity in the village.

Although everyone knew that this child must have extraordinary talent to be treated like this by Kizuna Shingetsu, everyone still felt incredible about this ten-year-old jonin.

After all, even Kizuna Shingetsu became a jonin at the age of twelve. Doesn’t this comparison mean that this child’s talent is more terrifying than Kizuna Shingetsu?

“Very good, it seems that the topic of this ten-year-old jonin is really amazing. Now that the “star ninja” strategy is about to be implemented, it is estimated that the success rate is very high.”

Sara looked at the reactions of the people off the field and nodded.

After all, as the queen of a country, Sara naturally knew that it would not last long to seduce people with beauty, so she tried her best to get the work of public opinion propaganda from Kizuna Shingetsu.

This “star ninja” strategy is the capital she thought of to settle down and make a living under the advice of Kizuna Shingetsu.

Kabuto Yakushi, the ten-year-old jonin, Mei Terumi, the beautiful woman with good image and temperament, and Takeo Saeji, the first civilian jonin in history, the above three people are the first batch of “Mist Hidden Stars” that Sara wants to promote to the ninja world.

Or “Mist Hidden Idol”.

With strong strength, a cool image, an empathetic background… plus the fact that they were the first to eat the meat of the universal entertainment, how could this group not become a hit!

After all, the famous five-star critic MacArthur once said that the idol effect is never outdated.

With the high popularity of this star group, those civilians or ninjas from small ninja villages who want to become the next Takeo Sanzhi, won’t they run desperately to the Land of Water?

All the above thoughts flashed through Sarah’s mind, and the most important thing now is the promotion ceremony of the jonin.

“Finally, let us solemnly invite the first elder of the Mist Hidden Village, Mr. Kizuki Shingetsu, to the stage to wear the jonin badge for them!”

Pa pa pa!

Amid the respectful looks and warm applause of the crowd, Kizuki Shingetsu walked briskly onto the high platform, and completed the handshake/hug, cordial greetings, wearing the badge, and the final group photo with all the people on the scene.

There was no excessive time wasted on these links. After all, to become a senior ninja, Hozuki Shingetsu must have talked to them privately in advance. Everything now is just for publicity.

After all the above links were completed, Hozuki Shingetsu did not leave, but stood on the high platform and started the final speech.

“I am very happy to see so many young talents in the village. In the past few years, the number of senior ninjas has more than doubled, and the village’s economy has improved year by year… This fully demonstrates the importance of ninja village reform. We must always adhere to it…”

After the above words, Hozuki Shingetsu immediately looked serious, changed the subject and began to talk about his real purpose.

“…However, when we have achieved such proud results, the international situation has become increasingly worse.”

“Under the leadership of Shimura Danzo, the evil Konoha has made great strides. In recent years, the number of Konoha ninjas has quadrupled, military spending has continued to grow, and more than a dozen small countries are secretly controlled by it. Its wolfish ambitions are obvious!”

Kizuki introduced the development of Konoha with a serious face, and then said to the people in the audience with a solemn expression:

“…So, facing this situation, I only have eight words to give to everyone present.”

“That is…”

“Give up your fantasy and prepare for war!”