Red sand dust

Is this a hint?

In fact, it took Daimaru a long time to understand what it meant!

Now, it's better to say less. The fire of gossip has been ignited in the hearts of Konoha ninjas, and they can't add fuel to the fire.

As for the Suna ninja compatriots, fortunately, they had already known that Daimaru knew Kurama Yakumo, and it was natural for the two to communicate with each other, so they did not find it too abrupt.

Fortunately, it's getting late.

Sunagakure Village is not as lively as Konoha Village, there is no decent night market, and most shops close early.

This dinner party was over before Kurama Yakumo said anything to embarrass Daimaru.

Except for Mr. Yakumo, who still had unfinished thoughts, everyone else had their own thoughts and thought it would be better to leave as soon as possible.

After sending the Konoha ninja back to the hotel, the Suna ninjas also dispersed.

To be honest, the main purpose of today's gathering was actually to let Gaara show off more. As a result, this little brother-in-law didn't have much room to show off, but Daimaru and Kurama Yakumo were the protagonists, which was really unexpected.

It seems that it is inappropriate for Gaara to take the path of being an approachable leader. Gaara is not the kind of person who is very approachable.

"It's time to adjust the direction a little!" 』

I originally planned to use this "exchange" opportunity to demonstrate Gaara's transformation, but the details of the plan needed to be revised.

Today's Gaara is only thirteen years old. He wants to show a friendly attitude to the people, but he doesn't have the calmness of an adult who has been in a high position for a long time.

"Instead of arranging everything, it would be better to provide him with a stage and let him perform on his own..."

After all, Gaara himself has the qualifications to become a Kazekage. Compared with Daimaru's blind speculation, letting him make his own decision may be more contagious.

"Thinking about pushing Gaara to the position of Kazekage by manipulating people's hearts, I still take it for granted!" 』

As the saying goes, caring leads to chaos!

Securing Gaara's position as the fifth generation Kazekage plays a vital role in Daimaru's next plans. Some publicity campaigns that were originally thought to be very good are still too naive now that they think about it.

It's not too late to realize this now, Daimaru secretly made up his mind to let Gaara, as the protagonist, control it by himself, and put himself in a supporting position. That would be enough.

…

Due to the storm, the graduation exam of the Sunagakure Ninja School has been postponed for several days.

After a long delay until the weather improved, the time of year arrived when the fate of many children was decided.

After seeing the scale of the Konohagakure Ninja School, the shabby conditions of the Sunagakure Ninja School are really not enough.

Some clues can be found from the comparison of the number of people. The number of students graduating from the Konoha Ninja School every year is nearly double that of Sunagakure Village, and the selection ratio is even higher. After several years of accumulation, the number of Konoha Ninjas will exceed that of Sunagakure. Shinobi was thrown further and further away.

Before reaching the bottleneck, the strength gap between Konoha Village and Sunagakure Village was indeed widening. Even so, Sunagakure Village had to implement an elite training strategy.

Over the years, Sunagakure Village, which has almost offended the entire ninja world, has been able to stand still. The harsh environment of the Country of Wind has really helped a lot.

Because it had been a long time since envoys from other villages came to observe, the graduation examination was considered to be extremely formal.

In previous years, they tested basic physical fitness, proficiency in ninja tools, actual combat, and characteristic displays.

Generally speaking, the physical fitness of graduates aged 12 or 13 is about the same. What separates them is proficiency in ninja tools and actual combat. As for the final bonus point display, except for the rich children with inheritance, there are only a handful of them. Talented civilian ninjas can qualify.

At this age, being able to perform C-level ninjutsu is a big deal. For example, Yame's eyes with super long-distance perception, and Daimaru's abnormality due to his natural mental strength, etc., as long as the other things are not too bad, he can be a genin. .

Strictly speaking, this year's graduates from Sunagakure Village are considered to be of relatively poor quality. The batch selected by Gaara to become the Kazekage Fifth Generation's students will not graduate until next year.

Although it was a bit boring to watch the children's graduation exam, Daimaru still called Gaara and took the Konoha group to visit the teaching situation of the ninja school, and paid attention to the selection results by the way.

Perhaps taking into account the increase in the share of assignments in Sunagakure Village, the village was very generous this year in allowing nearly one-third of the graduates to pass, while several of Daimaru's favorites fell into the category of losers.

This should be because Yura secretly helped Daimaru to avoid any trouble later.

"Are there so many children not even qualified to qualify for the primary election?"

Umino Iruka couldn't help but look at the children whose dreams were shattered, staying helplessly in the middle of the school ground. Some of them had their shoulders shaking and couldn't help crying.

"Primary election?"

Daimaru smiled and said,

"This is the only screening..."

"Hey! Are the leading jounin no longer tested?"

Haruno Sakura asked strangely.

Class 7 had to suffer a lot in order to pass Hatake Kakashi's assessment.

"No, Suna Ninja doesn't have that much trouble. The relationship between the captain and his subordinates is a little different from that in your Leaf Village..."

"That's it, no wonder!"

Nara Shikamaru nodded in understanding,

"Since those people have been eliminated, why don't they leave?"

"They still have a glimmer of hope, waiting for fate to favor them..."

Daimaru replied,

"There are not many Suna Ninja inheritances, and there are very few qualified children. For many formal ninjas, it is difficult to find suitable successors. They occasionally come over during the annual graduation season to see if there are any seedlings worth cultivating, and they will Accept him as an apprentice, and maybe he can become an official ninja in the future..."

Some of the members of the factions in the village came from this way. Sunagakure Village has limited resources and cannot support too many ninjas, so it acquiesces to a few "private forces" with innocent wealth to help train some reserve ninjas.

Once a war breaks out in the ninja world, or the village suffers serious losses, these reserve forces will be an extremely important supplement.

Every time the strength of the Kazekage family in Sunagakure Village is weakened, the influence of the major factions increases greatly. Whoever can get more support will become a strong contender for the Kazekage.

"You still have such a system? It's a good job of humanization!"

In contrast, although the exam difficulty in Konoha Village is very low and the pass rate is high, the system does not give any chance to make amends to the students who unfortunately failed. Only the Hokage's amnesty can pass.

"Reality forces us to adopt alternative methods!"

If the conditions of Konoha Village were available, there would be no need to go to such trouble.

"When will those who select apprentices come? I have been waiting for a long time..."