Lord God Investigator

"Hokage-sama, why is this?"

Kakashi quickly asked: "You also know very well that Team 7 can complete so many tasks thanks to Naruto's rich knowledge and use of his superb shadow clones. It can be said that he has completed more than four thousand tasks independently. How can such an outstanding talent not be given the opportunity to be promoted to Chunin?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen said distressedly: "It is precisely because he is so good that I am reluctant to let him take the Chunin Exam! Do you know how important Naruto is? Not only did he create tens of millions for the village in two months The commission income of two has also raised the reputation of Konoha Village to a new height, and the number of tasks we have undertaken has increased by 300% compared to the same period last year, which has tripled!"

Kakashi was stunned, and then he understood the concerns of Lord Hokage. The Chuunin exams have casualty indicators, especially in the second stage of the forest of death to capture the scrolls of heaven and earth. Genin are allowed to kill each other, even if they kill other villages. Ninjas will not be held accountable.

The subsequent ninja battles were okay. There were jonins supervising from the side. If there was danger, they could immediately step forward to stop them. However, the phase of seizing the scrolls in the forest of death was difficult to control. If you insist on sending jonins to sneak into the forest of death for secret protection, it would seem Konohagakure held the Chunin Exam with impure motives and was doing things behind the scenes, violating fairness.

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If possible, I would like to send twenty ANBU ninjas to protect Naruto personally, and don't want him to make any mistakes. However, the Chunin Exam is a fair platform, but it cannot be judged against anyone. Each candidate is treated differently, so for safety reasons, Naruto should not be allowed to participate."

"But this is unfair to Naruto!"

Kakashi argued: "He is also a ninja with extraordinary strength. It is better to worry about his safety than to worry about the candidates! I have asked Naruto's opinion before. He is very concerned about the Chunin Exam. Interested, I think this is a practical opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge to actual combat. Just because he is extremely good at general affairs, we cannot tie him to general affairs and let him be Konoha's cash cow."

Everyone in the audience couldn't help being frightened when they heard the argument between Kakashi and Sarutobi Hiruzen. There were also many ninjas who were not familiar with Naruto and quickly asked people around them.

"Who is Naruto? I only heard that he was related to the accidental firing of the Dragon Kingdom battleship's main gun before. Why does his identity become so important now?"

"Yes, I've been on a mission abroad recently and I just came back not long ago. What's going on? Didn't the eldest daughter of the Hyuga family also take the chunin exam? Lord Hokage didn't say anything. Is he better than the eldest daughter of the Hyuga family? noble?"

"It's not the same thing. The eldest daughter of the Hyuga family is nothing more than a noble birth. Naruto's ability is too outstanding. He completed more than 4,000 D-level missions in two months, earned tens of millions of taels in commissions, and made many friends through missions. He is a powerful and wealthy man, and is highly respected by the people. His status is indeed sensitive, and if something happens to him, Konoha will suffer too much loss."

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Naruto is the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, a secret that only a few jounin and Konoha advisory groups know. Most ninjas don't know, so they don't mention it.

“The idea of ​​a cash cow is too much!”

Sarutobi Hiruzen said angrily: "The Dragon Chamber of Commerce has invested ten trillion taels in Konoha. Do I care about the tens of millions of taels? For a special talent like Naruto, let alone a mere chuunin, it is enough to give him a special jounin position." Now! I can directly promote him in the name of Hokage, so what's the harm if he doesn't take the Chunin Exam?"

"This is different!" Kakashi refused to give in: "There is a big difference between being directly promoted and passing the exam to obtain chuunin qualifications. Doing so will make the genin of the same class look at Naruto differently and create suspicion about him, making it impossible for him to integrate. Collectively, he has suffered like this before, will he continue to endure it in the future?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen kept his head down and smoked, silent.

There is some truth in what Kakashi said. People in the ninja world do have such weird personalities. They have a strong herd mentality and like to exclude people who are different.

Naruto was discriminated against by people who didn't know the truth because of his identity as the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki. He lived a very repressed childhood. It was rare that he was naturally open-minded and his character was not twisted. If he didn't take the Chunin Exam and was directly promoted to a Special Jounin, he would be Once again, he became an outlier among the ninjas in his class, and was likely to face similar rejection in his childhood.

However, Sarutobi Hiruzen was really reluctant to put Naruto in danger. If Naruto died in the Chuunin Exam, or was kidnapped by ninjas from other countries to serve them, the loss to the Leaf Village would not be as great as usual.

Not to mention the interruption of the "consulting company" business that was in full swing just from the beginning, in the past two months, with Naruto's efforts and the help of elite hotties in various fields, the growth rate of Konoha's private industrial and commercial economy has increased by more than 20 percentage points. He has single-handedly influenced Konoha's economic development.

On the one hand, Naruto will be wronged, and on the other hand, it is the overall interests of Konoha Village. Putting the two on the balance, it is really difficult to judge which aspect is more important.

"I have a way to get the best of both worlds."

Just when Sarutobi Hiruzen and Kakashi were in a stalemate, one of the Jonin stepped out and said loudly: "We can let Naruto take the exam without worrying about his personal safety."

Kakashi and Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly followed the sound and found that the person speaking was none other than Konoha's Jingwu hero Metro.

"After a year of hard training, my three lovely apprentices have greatly improved their strength. They will also take part in the chunin exam this year. Wouldn't it be okay if they secretly protect Naruto during the exam?"

Metro showed his shining white teeth and said with a smile.

Sarutobi Hiruzen thought for a while and said: "What I'm worried about is not the genin taking the exam, but the other village jounin sneaking into the exam room. Now that Naruto's reputation has spread, there is intelligence that many ninja villages want to kidnap or assassinate him. You Our students may have reached the chuunin level long ago, and it is easy to deal with those genin taking the exam, but they cannot deal with other Murjonin."

Metro put his hands on his hips and proudly raised his chest and said: "I'm not bragging. Under the encouragement of my love, my lovely disciples have all made rapid progress! If you pull out any one of them, they will all have the strength of a Jonin, and the best among them will be They already have Kage-level strength! If the three of them join forces, even you, Hokage-sama, may not be your opponent!"

However, many ninjas have heard rumors about Metro's cruel training of his subordinates. Even Shikamaru, an auditor, achieved the first place in Taijutsu in the ninja school graduation exam after a year of training.

Shikamaru's father, Nara Shikaku, once lamented when he was drinking with his colleagues, saying that as a father, his taijutsu was no longer as good as his son's. You must know that Nara Shikaku is a Jonin. Although he is not praised for his taijutsu, his taijutsu No matter how bad it is, it can't be any worse.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was not offended by Metro's offensive words. Instead, his eyes lit up. Even if Metro's disciples only had Shikamaru's physical strength on average, they should not be underestimated. As long as the three of them could fight together, Ordinary jounin can just wait for rescue.

At that time, more ANBU ninja reinforcements will be arranged around the Death Forest. Once something happens, they will rush to the scene of the incident immediately after seeing the fireworks signal. They can completely rescue Naruto!

"Very well, let's arrange it this way! Naruto can take the Chunin Exam."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded and said: "Metro went back and issued secret orders to his subordinates. Their taking the exam is the second priority. Protecting Naruto's safety during the exam is the top priority."

Kakashi cast a grateful look at his friend Metro, who noticed and stood up straight, gave him a thumbs up, and showed his white teeth in return with a bright smile.