Promotion and Trouble
The next day, Hokage Office.
"Regarding this Chunin Exams..."
The Jonin gathered together, the Third Hokage and two advisors sat behind the desk, discussing all the upcoming matters of the village.
This was the Konoha high-level's secret talk time.
As a Chunin, Lin Ke sat in the back, looking a little awkward. Everyone present was either a Special Jonin or a Jonin. He was young, lacked qualifications, and was just a Chunin, so he received strange glances from many Jonin.
"Regarding the handover of the Fourth Kazekage..."
"The defense deployment on the border..."
"Compensation for the dead and injured ninjas..."
"Reconstruction of collapsed buildings..."
"The Daimyo and dignitaries..."
The meeting proceeded in an orderly manner, with many big and small matters. After all, they had just experienced a small-scale war, and the aftermath was full of troubles.
The Sand Ninja Village might be condemned for the deaths of the dignitaries, but could Konoha Village escape?
As the host, such a serious incident would definitely affect their reputation. The Sand Ninja Village was acting recklessly, as they didn't have many missions anyway. Konoha was originally recuperating and thriving.
Moreover, the deaths, injuries, and building reconstruction were all expenditures, and the finances would bear considerable pressure. The Konoha Crush Plan didn't cause many casualties, but the other losses were significant.
Normally, they could recover by exploiting the defeated side, but the Sand Ninja Village...
Was so poor that they couldn't be poorer, relying on the Fourth Kazekage to dig for gold to survive. That gold couldn't be directly converted into money and still depended on market demand.
Originally, Konoha didn't expect the Sand Ninja Village to be this poor. After receiving the prisoners and learning a little about them, everyone from the Hokage to the advisors to the Jonin had a headache.
No money, no resources, no missions, extremely poor geographical environment, and a lack of talent.
This was the third meeting of the day. First, the Hokage and advisors, then the Hokage and a few Jonin, and now a general meeting to brainstorm and find the most appropriate solution.
The key was that they couldn't just kill the prisoners.
They could only discuss using gold to offset war reparations, as well as the use of manpower. Konoha Village had plenty of missions, so they could borrow some ninjas from the Sand Ninja Village...
On the surface, it was to enhance friendship, but in reality, it was to subtly influence the other party and find a way to freeload labor.
Also, in terms of Ninjutsu, some Ninjutsu that Konoha Village didn't possess could be appropriately 'exchanged'.
The Sand Ninja Village had no choice. After their desperate gamble failed, they were at the mercy of others. They weren't annexed purely because of the reactions of the other three great nations.
Finally, the two-hour meeting ended before lunch, but everyone remained seated.
"There's one last thing."
The Third Hokage smiled, took off his hat, and transformed from the Hokage back into an old man who loved the village. He looked at Lin Ke in the last row and said:
"Congratulations, Lin Ke, Special Jonin."
Nara Shikaku, sitting in the front row, gave his disciple an encouraging look with a smile. Hatake Kakashi, Yuhi Kurenai, Asuma, Might Guy...
Oh right, and Mitarashi Anko, who suddenly rushed over to hug him and shout congratulations.
Lin Ke slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, looking at everyone's welcoming eyes, actions, and words, and slowly smiled.
After ten and a half years of transmigrating, after day and night of hard work, growing bit by bit... he had finally stepped into the high levels of Konoha Village.
Even if it was just a Special Jonin, he had obtained a ticket.
No longer a Genin or Chunin who could be arbitrarily commanded, but a Jonin with command and decision-making power.
Lin Ke pushed away the increasingly annoying Mitarashi Anko, stood up, and thanked the Third Hokage.
[Feeling... not bad]
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—Afternoon, Seventh Training Ground.
"Yay!"
Yuan Wei cheered loudly, his boss's promotion to Special Jonin made him look super excited.
Xia also said happily, "Let's go eat barbecue later, my treat!"
Lin Ke smiled and looked at Uchiha Sasuke beside him, saying, "I'm the one who got promoted, of course, it's my treat..."
Uchiha Sasuke, looked away, saying, "I'll go."
Still so awkward.
Lin Ke's smile deepened, he didn't expect Sasuke to congratulate him with a happy face immediately, that wouldn't be like the awkward Uchiha.
"By the way, boss, we're going to carry out a mission outside the village tomorrow..." Yuan Wei said.
The more war they experienced, the more Konoha needed to complete missions better and faster, to show its muscles to the outside world.
The reconstruction of many buildings and walls in the village also required a lot of labor, which was converted into missions and issued to the Genin.
Listening, Uchiha Sasuke also opened his mouth and said, "I, Team 7, will also be carrying out missions soon."
"Then, today is the day when everyone's joint training temporarily ends." Lin Ke looked at the faces of the three.
Once they got busy, they wouldn't have time to come over for training every day, and even if they occasionally came, they would most likely miss each other.
The next Chunin Exams were a year away, and there was definitely no way to get together in a short time.
He was the same, after becoming a Special Jonin, there were too many missions to make up for, don't think that becoming a Jonin has no threshold, just being promoted is enough.
Neji in the manga and him now were both directly promoted after their abilities were sufficient, but in fact, a normal Jonin would basically perform no less than a hundred high-level missions.
Special Jonin had fewer, but not too much less.
Like him, a Special Jonin whose number of completed high-level missions was still in the single digits, he was estimated to be welcoming a large wave of missions.
Yuan Wei and Xia were silent, but Uchiha Sasuke opened his mouth and said, "I will be promoted to Chunin as soon as possible."
He didn't really care about the levels of Genin, Chunin, etc., as long as he could become stronger, but, only by being promoted to Chunin would he have enough free time.
Otherwise, as a Genin, he would definitely have to follow his superiors to perform various missions.
A ninja, after all, can't help himself.
"Me too!" Yuan Wei and Xia said in unison, "We will definitely be promoted in next year's Chunin Exams, boss."
"Don't think so much." Lin Ke smiled and patted Yuan Wei's back, and pressed Uchiha Sasuke's shoulder, saying, "Let's go, today's training ends here, let's go eat barbecue."
After he finished the meeting, he was pulled by a group of Jonin to have a meal together, and then spent an afternoon with Nara Shikaku, it was almost evening when he arrived at the Training Grounds.
Uchiha Sasuke, this striving force, did not refute, and left the Training Grounds together, walking on the empty street.
"Isn't it a bit too quiet?" Xia keenly noticed something was wrong.
Lin Ke stopped, looked at the two figures in black robes with red clouds in the distance, and sighed silently.
This is troublesome.
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