thefictionvixens Chapter 235 The Three-Year Grand Examination
Chapter 235 The Three-Year Grand Examination
Temari, watching this scene from the side, asked curiously, "Who is Yoru? Why are Uchiha Sasuke and this seemingly strong old man mentioning him?"
"Is he very strong too?"
Although Temari has never fought Sasuke, Sasuke has become a renowned figure in the ninja world over the past three years.
Known as the hidden gem of the Uchiha clan, some even believe that Sasuke is currently the strongest ninja in Konoha.
Temari shared the same view, believing that Sasuke was currently the strongest ninja in Konoha.
She might even be more powerful than Tsunade.
Naturally, the person Sasuke emphasized must be extraordinary.
She had never heard of the name Ye Yu before.
Jiraiya chuckled upon hearing Sasuke's words. "Is this kid still so idle? Tsunade, aren't you going to give him something to do?"
Jiraiya asked Tsunade.
Tsunade said casually, "The village has plenty of ninjas on missions, and besides, he's the Hokage's bodyguard, so naturally he has to stay by my side at all times."
Jiraiya shook his head and smiled wryly, "You just spoil him. Is it because he doesn't want to go out?"
Jiraiya knew Yoru's personality very well. Yoru was the kind of person who would never volunteer unless you assigned him a task.
Tsunade remained silent.
Tsunade didn't assign Yoru many tasks. In the past three years, Yoru only carried out a few missions, the highest level of which was only a B-rank mission, which was to deliver messages to others.
Sasuke's workload now far exceeds that of Yoru.
In terms of sheer volume of tasks, Yoru was completely outmatched by Sasuke.
Whether it's the amount of missions or the high-level missions, Yoru doesn't seem like a Jonin at all.
Those who don't know the situation might think that Yoru became a Jonin through connections and back channels.
Naruto, who had been feeling down since the beginning, heard that Yoru hadn't shown any promise in the past three years.
He laughed loudly, "Has Ye Yu not carried out many missions either?"
"Looks like I'm not the only one who's stuck, hahaha!"
After Naruto finished speaking, Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, Tsunade, and Jiraiya all looked at him speechlessly.
Sakura sighed helplessly, "You know, Yoru hasn't completed many missions, but he's already a Jonin, while you're still a Genin."
"But in terms of ninja level, you are still two levels behind him."
Besides, everyone here except Temari knows that Yoru was being groomed by Tsunade to be the Sixth Hokage.
Given Yoru's strength, once he reaches a certain age, even if he doesn't want to, Tsunade will probably have to put him on the Hokage throne.
Not to mention that Yoru doesn't only have Tsunade's support.
Don't be fooled by the fact that Ye Yu has been quiet and unnoticed for the past three years, and hasn't done anything.
However, he enjoys a very high reputation among the higher-ups in Konoha.
Besides Tsunade, Jiraiya, the two Hokage advisors, Kakashi, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, and the Sarutobi clan are all very supportive of Yoru.
These people and families are enough to push Ye Yu to the position of Hokage.
Even if Danzo wanted to object, no one cared about his opinion.
Even when he and Orochimaru teamed up, they couldn't change the Third Hokage's mind, let alone now that he doesn't even have Orochimaru by his side.
His roots were severely damaged by Tsunade several times in the past three years.
Root's strength was originally inferior to that of the Anbu, and Tsunade's repeated suppression left only Danzo's absolute confidants among Root's members.
Danzo can no longer cause much of a stir in Konoha.
With these conditions in place, Ye Yu naturally didn't need to perform missions to accumulate battle merits.
Whether he becomes Hokage depends solely on his own willingness.
When Naruto said that he was similar to Yoru, everyone thought he wasn't very bright.
Even Jiraiya was somewhat speechless.
In fact, Jiraiya had been paying attention to Yoru's growth for the past three years. However, he had been away from home, and Yoru hadn't been on many missions during those three years. After leaving Konoha, not many people knew Yoru's name.
In Konoha, Yoru is quite famous.
However, it wasn't his combat prowess, but rather his medical ninjutsu.
He is known as the "Medical Master" or "Konoha's Number One Physician," a title personally certified by Tsunade.
In Konoha Village, apart from a few individuals, very few people actually knew about Yoru's strength.
The conversation between the group piqued Temari's curiosity, who had been watching from the sidelines.
I'm curious about who Ye Yu really is.
"This Ye Yu seems a bit special. From what they said, we can confirm that Ye Yu is a Jonin, but he doesn't seem to have carried out many missions. That's strange. Could he be the son of some high-ranking official?"
"But judging from their attitude towards him, it seems that he didn't get to his position through connections."
"Moreover, as a bodyguard of the Hokage, his strength should be considerable."
Temari is becoming more and more curious.
Naruto, who was being questioned by everyone at the same time, was somewhat embarrassed.
“I didn’t say he was the same as me. It’s just that he hasn’t really completed many tasks either. At least in terms of the amount of tasks, we’ll be on the same starting line from now on.”
Everyone naturally knew that Naruto didn't have any objections.
However, Ye Yu probably won't need to complete any missions in the future, since he is still very young.
Tsunade wanted to abdicate and let Yoru take over, so she could naturally enjoy a peaceful life.
In this regard, Tsunade and Yoru were completely in agreement; neither of them liked the troubles of being the Hokage.
Tsunade often wanted Yoru to help her with documents, but Yoru always refused, saying that he shouldn't be involved in government affairs because of his status.
In fact, Tsunade also knew that Ye Yu just found it troublesome.
Tsunade stopped paying attention to the matter and looked at Shikamaru and Temari, who had remained silent.
"Shikamaru, and Temari-sama, these are the ninjas from our village participating in this Chunin Exams."
After Shikamaru and Temari received the documents from Tsunade, Temari wanted to know who Yoru was and what kind of person he was, but she had no reason to stay.
They had no choice but to leave with Shikamaru.
Shikamaru naturally had no interest in staying here.
For the past three years, he has frequently invited Yoru to have meals with Ino and Choji.
As a result, Yoruha became very close to the Ino-Shika-Cho family.
Shikamaru's actions were naturally at the behest of Nara Shikaku.
Of course, Shikamaru would also be happy to have dinner with Yoru.
Shikamaru didn't actually know how strong Yoru was.
However, Shikamaru felt that besides Yoru's genuinely good character, the reason his father valued him so highly was also because Yoru must be very strong.
After Shikamaru and Temari left.
Tsunade looked at Naruto.
He chuckled and said, "Naruto, how have you been training these past three years? I'm going to test you."
Naruto paused for a moment, then clenched his fist and said confidently, "Grandma Tsunade, go ahead with the test. I've made great progress in these three years."
Tsunade smiled. "Looks like you're quite confident."
Tsunade then looked at Sasuke and Sakura "You too, it's time to test how much you've improved in these three years of training."
Sasuke didn't speak, but simply nodded seriously.
Sakura asked nervously, "Master, who is testing us?"