Mizuki, who used the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape for the first time, can be said to have experienced the convenience of space-time ninjutsu. No wonder Uchiha Obito dared to stir up trouble everywhere. He was invincible, so what was he afraid of? If it didn't work this time, he would try again in another place. There would always be a time when he would succeed. Once the situation was not right, he would run faster than anyone else. This ninjutsu that ignored the barriers in space was indeed quite difficult to deal with.

Although he was a little frightened, he didn't even sweat a drop, so he was unscathed. When Mizuki returned to the village, he didn't cause any waves. Even when facing Tsunade, Mizuki only explained the news that Shimura Danzo had suspicious actions in the Forest of Death, but as for his own response, he only said that Danzo seemed to be doing something bad to him, so he took the initiative to retreat. This was not only to hide the space-time ninjutsu, but also because Mizuki understood that Tsunade had no good way to restrain Danzo's actions. It was not Mizuki's style to complain like a petty family after being wronged. It would be better for him to think of a way to fight back.

Tsunade, who had some understanding of Shimura Danzo's style, saw that there was no substantial conflict and nothing that required special attention, so she put aside the details of this routine inspection and talked about another matter.

"The time for the Chunin Exam is approaching. Many villages have already sent in their applications, and the names of candidates and their entourage are being verified. It won't be long before we begin preparing the list of candidates for our village's Genin."

"Sign up? What does this have to do with me?"

"Let's not talk about the candidates from other villages for now. There still has to be a preliminary selection for the candidates from Konoha. This Chunin Exam is still too dangerous. If you are too weak, your life will be in danger. We can't let those who can't recognize the situation die in vain..."

"Preliminary selection?" Shuimu was also a little confused. "This has nothing to do with me. Just let a few free guys go and test it out."

"I don't want you to do this. If it were you, I'm afraid you would make them so upset that they wouldn't dare to come and sign up. Someone has already taken over this matter." Tsunade denied Mizuki's guess, and then said loudly, "You two come in."

As soon as he finished speaking, the office door was pushed open and two ordinary ninjas walked in.

"They look familiar!" Mizuki looked at the two people who looked like Chunins.

"Senior Mizuki, it seems you don't remember us."

Tsunade interrupted the pleasantries and said, "Chunnin Togakushi Hinode, Kosugi Bosui, will be in charge of the preliminary test. They will also be your assistants in the second examination room!"

Mizuki was not paying attention to Tsunade's arrangements, but was very interested in these two names.

"Rizhi, Bushui, it turns out to be you. I was wondering why you looked so familiar."

When these two guys were in the ninja school, they were quite familiar with Mizuki. Mizuki was one grade higher than them, while Togakushi Hinode and Kosugi Bosui were classmates of Might Guy, Hatake Kakashi and Sarutobi Asuma. However, these two had poor backgrounds and were not outstanding in qualifications. They were sent back to retake the graduation exam, and we didn't hear any news about them afterwards. Unexpectedly, these two people finally became ninjas. At least their perseverance was quite good.

"Long time no see, I didn't expect that Senior Shuimu still remembered us."

"I'm sorry to call you senior. Just call me Shuimu."

It's really awkward to call a ninja who is only one or two years older than you "senior". This isn't a ninja school.

"Alright, we'll talk about it later when we catch up. Now we're just getting to know each other because you'll be working together in the future. Hijiri, Bokumizu, you guys should finish the tasks at hand as quickly as possible, and then follow Mizuki's arrangements until the end of the Chunin Exam."

"Understood." The two men accepted the order, nodded and greeted Shuimu before leaving.

"Are you going to assign me two bodyguards?" Mizuki asked Tsunade with a smile.

"How is that possible? The Chunin Exams are about to begin, and you will be too busy to handle everything. Leave some unimportant matters to your subordinates. Otherwise, you will be too busy to handle them."

"Is this a reminder for me to not cheat?" Even I need help, it seems that busy days are coming, "But I am not 'too busy to handle', the clones can still handle it."

"Oh? Then how about letting your physical clone come and make a contribution to Konoha?"

"No problem, as long as you pay two salaries."

"That's impossible. The village is not rich enough to pay for a Jonin clone." Tsunade refused without a second thought, and handed over a mission scroll, "A-level mission, VIP protection, bring Team 8 along."

Mizuki took the task and opened it to read, "The Daimyo of Taki Country, coming to Konoha to watch the Chunin Exams?"

Tsunade said helplessly: "The candidates taking the exam from Takigakure will also be accompanying us..."

"So that's how it is, to hide it from others!"

The daimyo are actually secondary. If there is a problem, there are heirs. The key is to keep an eye on the jinchūriki.

"Lady Tsunade must have put a lot of thought into making this happen."

Quietly arrange the Jinchūriki to travel with the daimyo, and then transfer Mizuki over to protect the daimyo. What a good excuse!

"You just need to know about this matter. The public announcement is all to protect the daimyo."

"clear."

This matter seems dangerous, but it is actually quite easy. The only difference is that the daimyo's ceremonial procession may not move fast enough, which is a bit of a waste of time.

…

In the Land of Rivers, deep in a magnificent mansion, the ferocious-looking Hoshigaki Kisame used Samehada to smash a man in fancy clothes who kept begging for mercy in front of him into two pieces with a swing of his sword. Blood splattered everywhere, staining the snow-white screen with peach blossoms.

"Itachi, do you think it's really useful for us to do this kind of meaningless tasks every day?"

For the sake of money, I have to take on endless tasks every day.

"My big knife, I cut some boring things again today."

Whether it's rich kids fighting over family property, border disputes between small countries, or even a coup d'état within a country, the Akatsuki organization is always active.

Uchiha Itachi pushed open the tightly closed window, and the cold wind blew in with a hint of the fragrance of earth.

"Who knows?"

Seeing that Uchiha Itachi was not interested in this topic, Hoshigaki Kisame smiled and said, "I heard that Konoha is going to hold the Chunin Exam again. You are worthy of being the strongest in the ninja world. You recovered so quickly from such a small blow."

After the New Year, news spread that Konoha would hold the Chunin Exam again. This was the first major event in the ninja world this year.

"Anyway, there's nothing important happening in the organization lately, why not go join in the fun? Jiraiya is not in Konoha, so it shouldn't be as dangerous as last time."

Uchiha Itachi did not respond to Hoshigaki Kisame's suggestion. It was unknown whether he was careless or did not hear it!