Naruto felt great respect for Tsunade who spared no effort to support her actions.

He knew that many adults in the village had ill intentions towards him, but more people would remain kind to him.

——Yes, if you tell me earlier, you can put Tsunade-sama at ease.

Minato also respected Tsunade as a person.

At this time, taking over a mess like Konoha and being able to do it to this extent and buy enough time and space for Naruto's growth, one can imagine the energy put into it.

If the other party had not chosen to leave Konoha, the Fourth Hokage would not have fallen on him.

Perhaps, Konoha will move towards a different future.

——By the way, now that the new technique is completed, then we can start training to control the Nine Tails.

Finally, Minato added this sentence.

Only in this way can we gain the power to protect ourselves in this increasingly dangerous ninja world.

Otherwise, just by completing new techniques, there is still a big gap between him and those real top ninjas.

And this gap can only be smoothed out with Nine Tails, or even... surpassed!

…

Hokage's office.

When Naruto came here, he found that not only Tsunade was alone in the office, but also another person.

"Shikamaru?"

The person who appeared in the office was Shikamaru.

He was holding a document in his hand and was making an oral report on it.

Hearing the movement behind him, Shikamaru smiled and said, "It's you, Naruto. You're really lucky. The Hokage and I happened to be talking about you."

"my business?"

Naruto looked back and forth between Shikamaru and Tsunade, and suddenly became surprised.

"Yes, you must not have forgotten that the Chunin Examination will be held in a few days."

Shikamaru said directly.

"Uh..." Naruto suddenly remembered that this seemed to really happen. There were layers of sweat on his face. He wiped it with his sleeve and said with a forced smile: "Of course I haven't forgotten it. Haha, such an important thing, how could I

Maybe I forgot."

In fact, I have almost forgotten about it.

Seeing Naruto's insincere gesture, Shikamaru and Tsunade were both speechless. It was obvious that the other party had completely forgotten about this matter.

"Well, you are also a participant this year. Sai and Hanoko will also accompany you to participate."

Shikamaru sighed.

"Sai, Hanoko? But aren't they all chuunin?"

Naruto's face was filled with questions.

Hanoko is an ANBU candidate, and Sai is a root. They both have their own secret promotion channels.

Among the seventh team, he is the only one who is not a chuunin, but the lowest genin.

"Whose fault do you think it is? Don't worry, they are just accompanying each other. If you want to use them to improve your score, you are totally wrong. Their final score will be calculated based on the average. If you

If you want to become a chuunin, then your final score in the three exams must exceed the average of the two of them."

Shikamaru said these words.

In fact, the biggest difficulty for Naruto was not the second team battle, but also the third individual battle.

It is the first round of written examination.

As long as he passes the first round of the written test and gets a score above the average, then it is basically safe for Naruto to become a chuunin.

"That's it, I understand. I will fight with all my strength."

Naruto nodded solemnly.

"No, you just need to go all out for the first exam, but you don't need to go all out for the second and third exams."

Shikamaru was afraid that Naruto would accidentally beat all the candidates to death in the next two exams.

This time, Naruto's assessment will only focus on the first exam.

The second and third scenes are just a formality.

"Then, I'll take my leave first, Hokage-sama, I have other things to deal with over there."

Shikamaru bid farewell to Tsunade.

"Well, go ahead."

Tsunade nodded, indicating that the other party could leave.

After getting permission, Shikamaru turned and left.
Chapter completed!