Danzo, who always concealed all his emotions with a stern face, rarely showed an angry expression.

"Do you think I can only gain support by showing off my old face?"

Hiding his right arm, which was no longer seriously injured, with a bandage again, Danzo gave a stern instruction:

"Bring me those potions you collected."

"Potion? Do you mean the things Shuimu named the all-purpose potion?"

"Of course, why don't you go now?"

"Yes." Terai quickly went down to prepare.

Danzo stood up and walked towards the deeper "Root" base with the help of his crutches.

"Originally I shouldn't have taken this risk, but now it seems I should make more preparations!"

Danzo did not have the talent to conduct advanced research on the human body, but the use of existing medicines and research results was not a problem.

The Almighty Potion is not only a desperate killer in wartime, but also a magical potion that develops potential, even if it has huge flaws that are difficult to make up for.

Danzo couldn't help but feel a little hopeful. What's the big deal about wasting a little life? Danzo, who had the cells of the first Hokage transplanted into him, could still afford this little side effect. Although Danzo looked old, his actual physical condition was actually better than many ninjas in their prime.

As for what Tsunade was going to do, Danzo had already noticed it. Even though Tsunade was the legitimate supreme leader of the village, some things had to be put on hold due to various constraints. This time, Danzo's prestige had declined greatly, and he might no longer be able to prevent some things from happening.

…

After Rock Lee was defeated, a battle ensued inside the Takigakure Village, with Fu facing her nominal teammate and leader Tochi. After several rounds of confrontation, the battle ended with Tochi admitting defeat.

Then there are Hyuga Neji and Taki Ninja Kun.

"Kick the cheating Taki-nin out of the Chunin Exam?"

Mizuki couldn't help but curl his lips. If you say that there is no shady manipulation in this lottery, Mizuki is the first one who doesn't believe it. First, the civil war was used to consume the combat power of Takinin, and then Hyuga Neji eliminated Kun. It's not that Kun has no chance of winning, but if he wants to defeat Hyuga Neji, Takinin's image as a Genin can't be maintained. By then, everyone can see that Takinin cheated!

The result was similar to what Mizuki had expected. Even if Kun tried his best, he might not be able to defeat Hyuga Neji, let alone when he was worried. After a lively fight, Kun readily admitted defeat.

There was basically no suspense in the next few games, as the difference in strength was too clear. In the battle between the two female ninjas, Ran and Ameno, Ameno relied on her skilled medical ninjutsu to hold on to the end in this war of attrition, eliminating Ran and saving the last bit of face for the Sand Ninjas.

In the other three matches, the three Konoha ninjas, Aburame Shino, Hyuga Hinata and Uchiha Sasuke, eliminated the remaining three Sand ninjas - Koji, Fubuki and Sana, fully demonstrating the strength of Konoha's reserve forces.

The twelve winning Genin have all been announced, seven from Konoha, one each from the Mist Ninja, Sand Ninja, and Taki Ninja, and two from the Hidden Cloud Village.

"Konoha Village is really powerful. It occupies more places than all other villages combined."

"I just didn't encounter any strong enemies."

Mizuki looked at the electronic display screen that claimed to be a random draw with disdain. The term "random" is just a selection based on certain rules, which can be completely controlled by humans. In this selection, except for the duel between Haruno Sakura and Rock Lee, which other candidates encountered strong enemies? It's not that the Konoha ninjas don't deserve to advance to the third exam, it's just that they were too successful.

Let's not talk about others, just talking about Chojuro's strength, except for Hyuga Neji and Uchiha Sasuke who still have a good chance of winning, it is difficult for others to take advantage of Aoi. In addition, Inuzuka Kiba happened to encounter a ninja type that he could restrain. So, there are too many coincidences, which makes Mizuki suspicious.

"Tsunade has really taken great pains to show how powerful the village is!"

Next, Tsunade appeared again, presided over the drawing ceremony for the third competition, and then officially announced that the exam would be held in a month.

The competition among the twelve candidates who entered the third round was relatively uneventful.

All candidates were divided into two zones.

In the upper half, Haruno Sakura faced off against the Sand Village ninja Ameno. The winner will compete with Inuzuka Kiba for the top four spots. The winner between Uchiha Sasuke and Chojuro will compete with Karui for the top four spots. Inuzuka Kiba and Karui were very lucky to have one less game to play.

In the lower half, Hinata Hyuga will play against Tenten, and the winner will compete with Shino Aburame for the top four. The winner of the match between Neji Hyuga and Fu will compete with Omoi for the top four. The lucky ones in the lower half who have less to play are Shino Aburame and Omoi.

"The Genin of the Hidden Cloud Village are really lucky. Only two of them advanced, and all of them had to fight one less round. It's just like their country and ninja village, they always like to take advantage."

Fushigi, the leader of the Sand Village's jonin, mocked the Kumo Village's genin for relying on luck to advance.

Not to be outdone, the Cloud Ninja Dodai retorted, "Luck? You need strength to grasp that. It looks like the female ninja from your village won't make it to the next round. To have made it this far, she must have used up all her luck in her lifetime!"

Wen Ya, Akagi and Kurotsuchi were sulking on the side, watching the ninjas from other villages showing off their might. The feeling of the entire Iwagakure Village being annihilated was really bad.

Mizuki was not far away, watching these guys who were not on good terms argue over a little bit of face and found it funny. They were just Genin, what was there to discuss? Only those who could grow up smoothly counted. There were countless geniuses who died halfway every year.

…

With the most troublesome second round of the Chunin Exam coming to an end, the competition behind the scenes has come to an end, and now it is time for the competition between the strongest Genin in the ninja world.

Generally speaking, although Konoha has a large number of people, they are generally young, only 13 or 14 years old, two to three years younger than the Genin who take the exam in other ninja villages. Don't underestimate this difference. If the difference of two or three years for adult ninjas is insignificant, then for the teenagers who are growing up and improving their strength the fastest, the difference in strength may be quite large in a month, not to mention a year.

The reason for this situation is indeed that this generation of Genin is excellent, but it also highlights the lack of successors in Konoha. Older Genin have failed one after another, leaving the younger generation to take on the responsibility. It is not known whether this is good or bad. The mission of protecting the growth of young saplings weighs heavily on the hearts of every Konoha ninja.