It was a few hours later that Yiji and others returned to the central control tower of the Demonic Desert.

At this time, the sky was just getting dark.

When returning to the central control tower area, Maki also returned with a group of Sunagakure's jounin.

Seeing Ichiji and others coming back, Ma Ji couldn't wait to come up and asked: "Miss Ichiji, Mr. Kakashi, how is the situation over there?"

What Maki was asking about was Orochimaru.

A dangerous S-class renegade ninja with the ability to conquer small countries suddenly sneaked into the joint chuunin examination examination room. This is not a major event that can be easily fooled.

If there is a problem in any of the links, Sunagakure's international reputation will be completely ruined.

Even if Orochimaru is found and eliminated afterwards, it will not help. What's more, Orochimaru is an S-class rebel ninja who has been able to get away with being a wanted man in Konoha for nearly ten years. There is nothing Konoha can do against Orochimaru.

The military strength is inferior to that of Konoha's Sunagakure, and it is even more impossible to deal with Orochimaru.

This is not because Maji is afraid of Orochimaru, but because Orochimaru's traces are elusive. If you want to destroy a ninja of Orochimaru's level, you need to dispatch a large number of elite jounin to have enough confidence to kill Orochimaru. And Orochimaru

Obviously, he would not be stupid enough to fight Sunagakure alone and hide in the ninja world. Sunagakure could only stare.

Ichiki shook his head and said: "There was no trace of Orochimaru. When we passed by, he had already left. However, he attacked a genin team in Konoha."

Saying that, Ichiki glanced at Kakashi...

Maki frowned: "The genin team attacking Konoha? Could it be that Miss Ichiki is talking about..."

As far as he knew, there were two jinchūriki among the genin taking part in the joint chuunin exam this time.

One is Gaara of their Sunagakure Village, the son of the Fourth Kazekage, and a very important tailed beast weapon of Sunagakure Village - the one-tailed Jinchūriki.

The other one is Konoha's Uzumaki Naruto, who has the Nine-Tailed Beast, the strongest tailed beast, sealed in his body, and is the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki.

According to Maki's guess, the Konoha genin team that Orochimaru attacked was probably the same team that the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki belonged to.

Kakashi said: "You are right, the team that attacked was indeed Naruto's team, but Orochimaru's goal was not the Jinchuuriki."

"Not a Jinchuuriki?"

Marky was stunned for a moment.

"Yes. Orochimaru left a curse mark on my student Uchiha Sasuke and then left."

Kakashi replied.

"The target is not the Jinchuuriki...but the orphan of the Konoha Uchiha clan?"

Markie crossed his arms and showed a thoughtful expression.

"How's the situation over there?"

Kakashi asked.

Maki put down his arm and replied: "There is no problem with Gaara. Looking at it now, Orochimaru's goal is indeed not the Jinchuuriki. But, what is his purpose of looking for Uchiha Sasuke?"

This is where Markey is puzzled.

According to the information, Orochimaru is inextricably linked to the mysterious organization that secretly hunts tailed beasts, and there are two jinchuriki in the examination room. Logically speaking, Orochimaru will not let go of such a good opportunity.

right.

Could it be that the purpose of that organization is not only to create tailed beasts, but also to collect the blood of the Uchiha clan?

However, no matter how you look at the bloodline of the Uchiha clan, it is impossible to compare with the value of the tailed beasts.

In Ma Ji's view, Orochimaru's move was undoubtedly a stupid thing that involved picking up sesame seeds and losing the watermelon, and it was not in line with the organization's long-standing purpose.

"I don't know the specific situation. Now is the critical Chunin Exam period. Even if you want to investigate, you can only wait until later to investigate."

Kakashi said.

"Indeed, if we can't figure out Orochimaru's purpose, our actions will become very passive. But please don't worry, I have asked Lord Kazekage to dispatch five hundred elite ninjas from the village. Today

It will arrive at noon, and several tight defense circles will be formed outside the Demonic Desert. Even if Orochimaru leaves and comes back, he will not be able to break into the examination room again."

Marki said with confidence.

"I hope so, but you only thought of dispatching reinforcements in the middle. Your Sunagakure's awareness of prevention is too slow. If you do this from the beginning, Orochimaru will have no chance to sneak in. Even if he sneaks in, he can be stopped in time.

If he acts to endanger the candidates, he will be arrested."

Yiji scolded Ma Ji with a straight face.

"What Miss Yiji said is true."

Marky said with a wry smile.

Ultimately, Sunagakure must bear the main responsibility for such a serious accident during the second exam.

Even though he knew that it was Ichihime who was mocking Sunagakure's weak strength, Maki was unable to refute this.

Nowadays, the strength of the ninja villages in all major countries has basically recovered from the aftermath of the Third Ninja War. Backed by the powerful Fire Country and Thunder Country, Konoha and Kumogakure have not only restored their original strength,

Even with the expansion of armaments year by year, the number of ninjas is also increasing year by year, and the military strength far exceeds that of the Third Ninja War. Even Iwagakure and Kirigakure, who have lost strength due to internal fighting, are the same. From being seriously injured to resuming production, they have begun to

Strengthen your military power.

Only Sunagakure is still recovering.

The reason is that in the Wind Country War four years ago, thousands of Suna ninjas died on the battlefield, and the strength that they finally recovered after the Third Ninja World War was wiped out in one fell swoop. Compared with other countries, the Wind

The country's economy and production capacity are slightly weak. Compared with other shinobi villages, Sunagakure's development period is too short.

In this chaotic era where one step is fast and one step is fast, a one-year lead in development can already widen a certain gap. Sunagakure, which has been in a state of slowness and stagnation for several consecutive years, is different from the military strength of several other ninja villages.

, there is a certain gap.

Nowadays, Sunagakure Village is short of manpower and needs soldier supplies everywhere.

In addition, the Chuunin Examination is held jointly by various countries. At first, I didn't think that anyone would be bold enough to come and cause trouble, so this was the reason for this negligence.

"It's good that you know that if there is an accident in the second exam and the third exam cannot go smoothly, then our Demon Country military will hold Sunagakure accountable for his negligence."

Yiji's tone still sounded stern.

Ma Ji nodded with a heavy expression.

In a situation where he was at a loss, he could not refute Yiji's words.

What's more, if Orochimaru leaves and comes back later, he will still need to rely on Kazuki's strength. At this time, patience is the best way.

Anyway, this is not the first time that he has been embarrassed in front of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

As the saying goes, once makes you familiar again, Markey can only try his best to make up for his previous mistakes.

"Miss Yiji, please rest assured that similar accidents will not happen again."

Yiji scoffed at Ma Ji's promise, but fell silent, acquiescing to Ma Ji's meaningless promise.

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For the next two days, Markey lived in fear.

In order to prevent a dangerous rebellious ninja like Orochimaru from returning, or other accidents, he basically only slept for an hour in the last two days of the second exam, and spent the rest of the time arranging personnel to work under the devil.

Patrol outside the desert to prevent something like this from happening again.

At the same time, he also wrote a letter to Konoha Village to apologize to the Sandaime Hokage.

Because of Sunagakure's personnel negligence, a genin team in Konoha was attacked by Orochimaru. For this, he apologized to the Hokage on behalf of Sunagakure.

Although this apology is meaningless, what Markey wants to show is just a good attitude among the alliance.

Similarly, a letter was also sent to the military of the Kingdom of Demons, as well as the shadows of other countries, also expressing their apologies.

Fortunately, in the next two days, there were no more accidents in the examination room. In addition, the 500 Sunagakure ninjas who came for support also formed a certain deterrent force, giving Ma Ji the confidence to deal with any accidents.

The remaining two days passed uneventfully.

It also means that the second exam ended successfully.

At the moment the exam ended, Ma Ji, who was sitting in the office, breathed a sigh of relief and lay down with his back on the seat. He felt that he was suddenly relieved and no longer had to work hard for the twists and turns that might occur in the exam room.

He only had one hour's rest time in the past two days. Apart from that, he was in a state of high-intensity vigilance. Even as a jounin, he couldn't stand it.

However, it is not time to rest yet. As the examiner of the second exam, he still needs to summarize and praise the genin team that has passed the level.

Although it was only a formal matter, Markey had to deal with it.

As long as this matter is dealt with, he can really sit back and relax.

Even if something unexpected happens again in the examination room, it will be a matter for the Kingdom of Demons to consider and has nothing to do with Sunagakure.

After all, if something unexpected happens again in the second exam, he, as a Jonin, will be done. Even if he is trusted by the Kazekage, he will be marginalized and sent to work in a remote area far away from the core of the village.

"Lord Markey."

A female Sunagakure chuunin walked in, holding a stack of documents in her arms.

"Has the team for customs clearance been determined?"

Markey tried his best to cheer up and not look tired.

It is now nine o'clock in the morning. According to the seventy-two-hour examination time, the end time of the second examination is seven o'clock in the morning. It has already ended two hours ago.
To be continued...