Chapter 25: Uchiha Itachi, You Sure Didn't Disappoint
Even if that villain just did a good deed in passing, it would change people's attitudes towards him, and Yakushido Kabuto thought that Akihara Kagura wasn't a completely cold-blooded kid.
This was a teenager with a good heart.
Kagura, who had been holding a grudge against himself and Yakushino Nono, was willing to tell himself important information about the Dean, so perhaps the teenager's killing intent wasn't that heavy, he had just been blinded by jealousy and hatred all this time.
Kabuto pondered for a while, also intending to release his goodwill, "I once gathered some information about the Chunin exams, the first written exam is most likely to be under the watchful eye of the invigilator, testing the candidate's forensic intelligence gathering ability..."
"What a coincidence."
Kagura raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but smile at the corners of his mouth, "I seem to happen to be not very good at gathering intelligence, so it seems that this written test will be somewhat difficult for me..."
"Then..."
Kabuto held up his own glasses and said softly, "Then, may I be allowed to do a little favor for you?"
"..."
Kagura's smile suddenly thickened.
If one truly wanted to help a deserving person, then one must respect that person who was asking for help, rather than offering help from a position of superiority.
This person, Kabuto, really did understand the ways of the world.
But...
There is another law of humane intercourse.
If a person owed you a big favor, it was best not to ask them for a small favor, which would create an exchange of quantity for quality, and neither person would be satisfied in the end.
"I don't need it."
Kagura's face suddenly went cold.
The teenager opened his mouth to reject Kabuto and said in a cold voice, "I can do this kind of small thing on my own, so go to the Iwagakure Village and carry out the mission given to you by Lord Danzo!"
"Good."
Yakushidou slowly nodded.
Kagura stroked his own chin and looked back at the distant Ichiraku Ramen store, "I wonder how long it will take for Kakashi-senpai to eat at Ichiraku Ramen..."
"..."
Kabuto looked back in confusion.
The entrance area for the Chunin Exam.
The entrance room for the first written exam was huge.
A group of lower ninjas stayed here in groups chatting away.
As everyone present chatted, their gazes would more or less look at a figure in the corner, a very clean-looking young man.
Uchiha Itachi.
Most of the gazes in the entire room converged on him.
The lower ninja candidates in the room were all more or less older than Uchiha Itachi, and all of them were a bit offended by watching this ten year old in the exam room, plus the fact that this child came from the Uchiha clan, which the villagers hated and feared the most.
"A genius of the Uchiha clan..."
"I heard that brat is going to take the exam alone?"
"Hmph, the Uchiha clan has always had their eyes high, it's normal to think that they can pass the Chunin exam even if they are alone... the brat is really arrogant..."
"..."
Uchiha Itachi stood quietly in place.
Obviously just a ten year old, Uchiha Itachi showed more patience than other older shinobi, and he seemed to be able to stand so quietly forever.
Even if there were people beside him all the time who were murmuring at him, he was not the least bit concerned, as if he couldn't hear anything and didn't care about what other people thought.
Clang!
The door of the room instantly cracked open!
Along with the door being shattered by a kick, the entire room instantly became silent as a white-haired silhouette stepped into the room, impatience evident in his tone!
"It's noisy!"
"You guys are the noisiest in this room in the entire building!"
"..."
The group of lower ninjas were instantly silenced not daring to make a sound.
Because the person who came was wearing a green Konoha Upper Ninja uniform, not someone that their group of lower ninjas could casually discuss and abuse.
Even...
Many of the lower ninjas recognized his identity.
Hatake Kakashi, a genius Jonin shinobi of great fame in the village, it was rumored that he graduated from the school at the age of five, became a chunin shinobi at the age of six, and became an Jonin shinobi at the age of twelve.
Most of the shinobi world called him 1000 technique Kakashi or Sharingan Kakashi, no matter whether it was fame or strength, Flagwood Kakashi was far more than any other upper shinobi in the village.
"The first exam of the Chunin Exam has changed examination rooms."
This upper ninja waved his hand towards them and said with a face full of impatience, "You can leave, all of you go over to the Hokage building to see the latest notice."
"What!"
"How could they suddenly change the examination center?"
"We weren't notified in advance!"
"All of you shut up!"
This Konoha Jonin ninja coldly stopped a group of noisy lower ninja, some contempt was evident in his eyes, "This is Hokage's order, this place is to be used as a meeting room, a meeting of the allies will be held soon, do we want to delay the village's big event for you group of lower ninja exams?"
"..."
The lower ninja present exploded with anger in their hearts, their mouths didn't dare to say anything.
"Kakashi-senpai..."
Among them, two other adults stood out.
These two adults were in charge of assisting in the written examination of the Chunin Examination, they were not Ninjas, but rather Chunins who took the opportunity to lurk inside the Ninjas.
After all, the first written exam was mainly a test of the shinobi's scouting and intelligence gathering abilities, and these two middle ninja would be posing as shinobi during the exam to write the correct answers to all the exam questions and provide the intelligence that was being gathered by the shinobi.
"The ninjas responsible for assisting with the written exams have all reported to the new exam center as well!"
Impatience was written all over Kakashi's face, he seemed to recognize their identities at a glance, but just didn't poke at them, and continued in a high voice, "Alright, hurry up and go, don't be late when you go to the new examination hall, this place needs to be cleared immediately and used to hold a meeting of the Konoha's allies."
"..."
The group of lower ninjas could only silently form up and leave.
By the time they left, they didn't even see the surrounding ninjas who were maintaining order, so it seemed that this really didn't seem to be the written examination center for the Chunin exams.
This group of lower ninjas could only obediently head to the Hokage building to watch the new examination center notice.
No one noticed that in a small pavilion room of the staircase, two of the Chunin responsible for maintaining order collapsed eastward and fainted inside.
The entire entrance area of the written examination room quickly became empty.
Kakashi swept through, his eyes landing on the only one who had not moved, Uchiha Itachi, ''Eh? Kid, why don't you go to the new examination center?"
"What new exam room?"
Uchiha Itachi slowly raised his head, but the gentleness of a teenager was no longer in his eyes as he asked in a deep voice, "Who are you? Why did you trick them into going to the new examination center?"
"It's too rude to senpai, isn't it?"
Bannerwood Kakashi stretched his back and seemed a bit upset, "Kid, even if you are a genius of the Uchiha clan, you still have to show a little bit of respect to seniors, right?"
"The village's upper shinobi seniors wouldn't be as rude as you..."
Uchiha Itachi's palm touched his ninjutsu bag and shook his head, "The Chunin Exam is a major event for the village, it's unlikely that they'd change the test center when they're about to start the exam."
"The most important thing is..."
Uchiha Itachi's eyes were vaguely red, and his voice gradually became serious, "Although your transformation technique is very skillful, under the gaze of the Sharingan eyes..."
"Tsk..."
The figure of Kakashi Bannerwood instantly turned into smoke and dissipated.
A teenager revealed his true form, a smirk hanging at the corner of his mouth, "Hello there, Uchiha Itachi... Lord Danzo was right... you really didn't let me down..."