Chapter 539: Nine-Tails: I'm going to suffer a lot later!

"Cousin?"

Uchiha Izuna had just walked out the door when he saw a familiar curly hair.

"Yo~ finished greeting Mirror?"

Uchiha Gin, who was chatting with Uchiha Hi-no-ki, who had come with his little cousin, greeted him with a smile after hearing the surprised voice.

"Eh? How come it's just you?"

Looking around in confusion, Uchiha Izuna didn't find the other few familiar figures. By reason, for this kind of thing of watching the fun, the few women around his cousin shouldn't miss it.

"Them? They were just here, but I don't know where they ran off to now. Maybe they went to buy snacks?"

Scratching his head in confusion, Uchiha Gin, who had been abandoned by Uchiha Hikari and the others, didn't worry about the safety of the women at all.

"Is that so? Do you want to go with us?"

Looking at the lonely Uchiha Gin, Izuna invited him politely.

"That would be great!"

Uchiha Gin heard this and immediately showed a bright smile. He finally managed to get a ticket.

That's right, little Tuan Tuan, who had suffered heavy losses in this recruitment, in order to recover blood as soon as possible, actually shamelessly started charging for tickets.

The ticket price was 100,000 ryo, and disabled ninjas could enjoy a 99% discount with a preferential certificate.

100,000 ryo to let you catch a glimpse of the Tailed Beast Knight's style, the price could be said to be very conscientious, and the audience queuing to buy tickets was endless.

Villagers with families in tow blocked the entire forest, and the Shimura clan responsible for this exam had to mobilize a large number of volunteers to do guidance work, each one busy and sweating profusely.

"Lord Izuna, the tickets have been bought."

As he was speaking, a clan member who had been sent out to buy tickets rushed back, holding a stack of tickets in his hand. Uchiha Gin snatched one away with sharp eyes.

"Thanks~"

"Ah?"

The clan member who bought the tickets was dumbfounded. These tickets were bought after he had queued for a long time.

"You go buy another one, we'll go in first."

Glancing helplessly at Uchiha Gin, Izuna shook his head lightly.

"Yes."

The clan member, feeling extremely aggrieved, secretly glared at Uchiha Gin, but only dared to be angry and not speak. After all, he had been spanked by this hateful curly hair quite a few times when he was a child, and he had to cover his buttocks and stick to the wall whenever he met him on the road.

"I didn't expect it to attract so many spectators."

Playing with the ticket worth 100,000 ryo, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but sigh. The bustling crowd around him gave him the illusion of rushing to a big market during the New Year.

But in fact, the atmosphere was no different from rushing to a big market. Smart vendors had already set up stalls on both sides of the road, selling snacks, drinks, and some peripheral products of Tailed Beast Knights.

"Take a look, take a look, Nine-Tails dolls on sale at a special price, only 998 each!"

Among the crowd of vendors, Uchiha Gin also discovered an acquaintance, Uzumaki Masahiko, who had matured much more than a few years ago, was holding a Tailed Beast doll of the same style as the one in his home, shouting hard. The small stall was surrounded by children with little stars in their eyes.

998?

Devalued so quickly?

Blinking his eyes in confusion, for the sake of Brother Zhouxuan, Uchiha Gin temporarily suppressed the thought of going to ask for a refund of the price difference, followed his little cousin's group to the entrance of the venue.

The huge exam venue surrounded by black cloth had two entrances, one large and one small. The large one was prepared for the audience, and several dedicated Shimura clan members were checking tickets at the door.

And outside the other small door, it was crowded with applicants waiting for the exam, but for some reason, the small door remained closed, and many of them had already started complaining.

Many ordinary villagers who considered themselves the chosen ones had been standing in the scorching sun for a long time, and their legs had begun to soften. Fatigue and hunger were intertwined.

"I paid 2 million ryo, and there isn't even a stool? Damn it, refund!"

Thinking of the exam he had spent most of his life's savings to participate in, he didn't even have any basic benefits, so he was so angry that he cursed out loud.

"That's right, that's right, they don't even give a cup of water. What kind of organizer is this? Suggest a thorough investigation of the funding!"

"Thorough investigation!"

"Otherwise we will issue an invoice!"

"Issue an invoice!"

"..."

"Young Clan Leader, it's not good!"

The resentment of the applicants gradually fermented. The Shimura clan members responsible for maintenance saw this and hurriedly reported it to Danzo.

"Don't call me Young Clan Leader, call me Advisor!"

Listening to the clan member's address, Danzo's face turned cold.

"Yes! Advisor, the registered contestants are making a scene!"

"Huh?"

Danzo, who was having a headache over Uchiha Izuna's pension problem, was stunned upon hearing this.

"They are demanding a thorough investigation into the funding of the registration fees collected by the Shimura clan, and they also want to issue invoices..."

"Damn it!"

Why did nothing go his way? He had been busy running around, not getting any benefits, but instead carrying quite a few bad names and black accounts.

"Danzo, I think they can't wait anymore. Start quickly to block the mouths of the public."

Sarutobi Hiruzen saw through the essence of the trouble and reminded Danzo to start the exam as soon as possible to block the mouths of the public.

"Sigh... move it to the entrance of the passage!"

Danzo frowned and nodded, waving his hand to order the clan members to move the Nine-Tails statue he had carved himself out.

"Look, it's Shimura Danzo!"

Among the applicants making trouble, someone saw Danzo walking slowly in the distance and shouted immediately. Everyone shouted in unison upon hearing this.

"Refund! Refund! Refund!"

"..."

Danzo, with a dark face, didn't speak, and quickly walked to the entrance of the passage with the Nine-Tails statue.

"Boom—"

Accompanied by the huge statue landing, the voices of the people making trouble paused. They looked at the abstract Nine-Tails statue behind Danzo with confusion and started pointing and pointing.

"What kind of thing is that?"

"A bit like the stray dog at the entrance of the village."

"So ugly, so abstract."

Danzo took a deep breath. Only after imagining the people making trouble in front of him as green banknotes did his angry mood improve a bit, and a professional fake smile couldn't help but hang on his face.

"Lord Danzo, when exactly will the exam start?"

There were quite a few members of the Ninja Alliance in the crowd. Although they had quite a few complaints about Danzo, because of the other party's status, they could only endure their anger and ask.

"Such an important exam, how can it be a child's play? This advisor naturally has to make full preparations before announcing the start of the exam. This is also responsible for the village and everyone."

Looking at the face of the banknotes, Danzo explained patiently.

"Then are you ready now?"

The contestants who had been waiting for a long time were already impatient. In order to compete for the name of Tailed Beast Knight, they had bet most of their savings for half their lives.

"Since I'm here, I naturally declare that the exam is about to start."

Danzo nodded. Everyone's eyes lit up upon hearing this. Finally, it was time to prove themselves. One by one, they rubbed their hands and couldn't wait to start squeezing forward.

Seeing the scene gradually becoming chaotic, Danzo frowned and continued to explain.

"However, because the number of people who signed up exceeded expectations, in order to save everyone's time, this advisor has specially prepared a test. Only those who pass this test are qualified to participate in the subsequent exam."

"Huh? You didn't say there was a threshold when you collected the money!"

"Those who can't even pass the first test are not worthy of becoming knights."

Danzo's voice tended to be cold. Everyone in the front row felt a chill enter their bodies.

Under the reminder of the momentum Danzo emitted, some applicants who were blinded by anger realized belatedly that the man with the big buttocks in front of them was a top expert in the village.

"Isn't it just a test? Come on! I'm the man who wants to become a Tailed Beast Knight!"

"Charge, charge, charge!"

"..."

"Very good, very spirited!"

Danzo nodded with satisfaction, then stepped aside, revealing the abstract Nine-Tails standing at the entrance of the passage behind him.

"A trace of the Nine-Tails' malice is sealed in this statue. Those who can successfully cross it and enter the passage will be considered to have passed the test."

"Just this?"

Quite a few people looked at the abstract Nine-Tails statue curiously. This statue, which could be called ugly, couldn't evoke a trace of fear in them. Not laughing out loud was already giving Danzo enough face.

"Hmph! Now, the exam begins!"

Hearing the disdainful boos one after another in the crowd, Danzo sneered and announced the start of the exam directly.

"Hi hi hi! Tailed Beast Knight, I'm determined to be one!"

The applicants in the first row had been queuing since yesterday, just to be the first. Seeing Danzo wave his hand, they immediately squeezed toward the passage, afraid that they would fall behind and miss the Tailed Beast Knight.

"Isn't it just a funny statue, this master doesn't fear at all... ah ah ah!"

An applicant from a commoner background who wanted to try his luck rushed to the Nine-Tails statue quickly, just about to mock a few words, but was horrified to find that his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably. Under the terrifying pressure, screams were endless.

The next second, unable to withstand the Nine-Tails' malice, his screams stopped abruptly, and he collapsed to the ground, rolling his eyes and foaming at the mouth.

"Quick! It's our turn to go on stage!"

The medical team, which had been waiting for a long time, finally came in handy. The first applicant who fainted was quickly carried down, followed by the second, the third...

"That thing is weird."

Finding that the applicants rushing to the front fell like leeks, the people behind immediately stopped in their tracks vigilantly, their faces full of solemnity.

"This thing is really easy to use!"

Danzo looked at the applicants falling one after another, nodding repeatedly.

Just as the applicants were hesitating, a burly figure stepped out and walked slowly to the Nine-Tails statue, looking up directly.

"Huff huff... huff..."

Although panting, the burly man didn't fall like the previous people. After pausing for as long as ten seconds, he stepped in with difficulty, becoming the first applicant to cross the statue.

"Actually passed! That guy is a Jonin of the Senju clan!"

Everyone was surprised to recognize the identity of the burly man. Even a Jonin was so strenuous, this test was indeed not simple.

"Damn it, fight!"

The money had already been paid. If they retreated now, they would probably regret it for the rest of their lives. Many applicants who weren't even ninjas decided to let go and fight after a period of ideological struggle.

What if they were really the chosen ones?

However, the truth is always so cruel.

Ordinary people without chakra protection couldn't last three seconds in front of the Nine-Tails' malicious chakra.

Ordinary people holding unrealistic fantasies were carried down one after another by the medical team, and the 2 million experience card was declared invalid.

"My life is up to me, not heaven!"

"Mom, give me strength!"

"..."

Of course, it wasn't that no one succeeded.

Quite a few powerful Jonin with solid foundations, relying on the inextinguishable belief in their hearts, crossed the Nine-Tails statue and obtained the qualification to face the Tailed Beast Card directly.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a cruel test~"

Uchiha Gin, who had already successfully sat in the auditorium, looked at the failures twitching on the ground with a sigh, sighing with a tsk tsk sound.

"If you can't even withstand this bit of malice, what right do you have to become the successor of my brother."

Uchiha Izuna shook his head in disdain, his eyes full of disappointment. Among those who passed the test before, there wasn't one he could look up to. If these losers were really allowed to pick up the leaks, he was afraid his intestines would turn green with regret.

"Cousin, it should still be too late to sign up now, right?"

"It's too late, registration closed yesterday."

Seeing the anxiety hidden deep in his little cousin's eyes, Uchiha Gin shrugged his shoulders with regret.

"Damn it! Eh? Isn't that the illegitimate daughter of the white hair?"

Izuna, who was annoyed and wanted to scold a few words, saw the white-haired girl walking out of the crowd, a look of dumbfoundedness rising in his eyes.

"Uh... did she sign up too?"

Uchiha Gin scratched his head. He didn't expect the white hair to also have covetous eyes on the Nine-Tails. It seems the experience of transformation before was quite good.

"Although she has the white hair's housekeeping skills, she is still too young and inexperienced. I'm afraid..."

Uchiha Izuna shook his head with some regret. If she had been tempered for a few more years, this Senju Hime might have had a few points of her father's fire.

"The handwriting of the Uzumaki clan, where did Danzo get this thing?"

Standing in front of the extremely abstract Nine-Tails statue, Senju Hime frowned slightly. The Nine-Tails' malice didn't have any impact on her.

The reason she stopped was because she was curious about when Danzo had hooked up with the Uzumaki clan.

"Forget it, the Tailed Beast Knight system is more important."

"Actually hasn't fallen yet, worthy of being Senju Tobirama's daughter."

"To be able to do this at such a young age is truly not easy."

"Ah? She moved! She went in~!"

Just as the audience was praising Senju Hime for her firm will, she easily stepped over the Nine-Tails statue, the whole movement smooth and flowing, without a trace of obstruction.

"Cough... if the white hair knew from the afterlife, he could close his eyes in peace."

Looking at Senju Hime who passed the test easily, Izuna, who was slapped in the face, felt a burning sensation on his face. Facing Uchiha Gin's teasing gaze, he coughed lightly and said with a straight face.

"Hehe."

"Uh... Cousin! Look! Why did that woman come too?"

Before Uchiha Gin could mock, Uchiha Izuna, who caught a glimpse of a flash of bright red, changed his face.

Only to see a slender figure wearing a white robe walk out of the crowd. Under the attention of everyone, she stepped over the Nine-Tails statue like a stroll and disappeared into the passage.

"That woman just now... is from the Uzumaki clan, right?"

"Didn't they say only Konoha people could participate? If I had known, I would have let my distant cousin from the Land of Lightning come to participate too~"

"Black curtain! Black curtain!"

"Danzo! I need an explanation!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen turned his head with a dark face and questioned Danzo behind him.

The recruitment announcement clearly marked the household registration restriction. Now you've brought a foreigner in. Do you not want to be an elder anymore?

"Monkey, rest assured, she's just here to experience it..."

Just as Danzo was explaining the reason for Uzumaki Mito's participation in the recruitment to his good friends, Uchiha Gin was also educating his little cousin who was startled.

"Izuna, be calm. You're about to be a grandfather, can't you be as calm as me, Mount Tai collapsing in front of you without... huh???"

As a result, before he finished speaking, his peripheral vision caught the three familiar figures who should have gone to buy snacks, and his half-closed fish eyes instantly widened.

"Senior Hikari, Itama, this isn't the queue for buying popcorn, right?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 540 =====