Ch-33 The Laughter that Echoed

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The days passed like this, and finally, the day of the Chunin exam arrived. Today, with the opening speech of the Hokage, the first round of the Chunin exam will be held.

Kushina, along with others, reached the Chunin exam venue where the Hokage was going to give his speech. There were quite a lot of people, mostly students from the Ninja academy, as well as participants from other villages who were going to take part in the Chunin Exam.

After half an hour, the Hokage, along with advisors and other clan heads, arrived at the venue. Once the Hokage and others settled in their seats, a Jonin went to the podium and started speaking, "Good morning, everyone. I thank you all for joining us in this Chunin exam event, and a special thanks to all the ninjas from other villages for attending this event. As we all know, there are many who have participated in this Chunin exam, and to announce the rules of this exam, I would like to invite our beloved Hokage-Sama, who is also the strongest Hokage present to date and has mastered all five Chakra nature Ninjutsu. He is known by the world as 'The Professor'."

The students of the Ninja Academy had looks of respect and reverence on their faces. Hiruzen also smiled after hearing the words of the Jonin, and just as he was about to stand up, he suddenly heard something.

Kushina tried to stifle her laughter, but it escaped in muffled bursts that caught the attention of those around her. When Kushina saw others looking at her, she stopped suppressing her laughter and burst out laughing, saying, "HAHAHA."

At that moment, a young boy with yellow hair who was standing beside Jiraiya, and also had a smile and look of respect towards the Hokage after listening to the words of the Jonin, frowned and asked, "Miss, I don't think there was anything funny. If you are laughing at a joke, then please share it with all of us so that we can laugh too. Laughing at a time like this is disrespectful and hurts the sentiments of others."

"Isn't this funny? He is being crowned as the strongest Hokage just because he has mastered all five chakra natures. But this was also accomplished by both the First Hokage and the Second Hokage. They even mastered unique ninjutsu of their own. The First Hokage had the Wood Release, and the Second Hokage had the Flying Thunder God Technique. Additionally, almost more than half of the ninjutsu in the 'Seal Book' of Konoha was created by the Second and First Hokage," said Kushina.

Although this statement was made by Kushina, it was a sentiment shared by everyone present who had experienced the era of Hashirama and Tobirama, especially the elders and clan heads of the large clans.

Hearing Kushina's words, Minato also became speechless. He didn't know how to counter her remarks. At that moment, Jiraiya patted his shoulder, calming him down.

Hiruzen then approached the podium and spoke, "What Kushina said is absolutely true. As the student of the Second Hokage, Tobirama, and having been taught by the First Hokage, Hashirama, I am well aware of their strength. There is no doubt that they are more powerful than me, my mentor-teachers, are much more powerful than I am."

Although it seemed as if Hiruzen felt nothing, deep inside his heart, he had already cursed Kushina numerous times. His plan was simple: by presenting himself as the strongest Hokage and gradually overshadowing the reputation of the previous Hokage, he could establish himself as the most powerful Hokage in the eyes of the current generation. Even though the older generation knew the truth, they would not openly oppose him as the Hokage. With the approaching war, it was evident that the older generation would inevitably participate, and somehow, he would ensure their disappearance, securing his position as the strongest Hokage. However, due to Kushina's intervention, he was forced to publicly admit that he was weaker than the First Hokage, thereby ruining his plan.

"Now, let's discuss the rules of the Chunin Exam. The first round will be a written exam, which you have already completed. The rules for the second round will be announced," said the Hokage with a smile.

Finally after talking about the will of Fire Hiruzen also left the podium and after that the jonin Ninja announced the end of today's opening ceremony and told them that the first round will be held in the afternoon and left in the direction where Hiruzen and others left.

At this time there were only Genins left who came to participate in this Chunin Exam. One of girl came near Kushina and spoke "You really are brave and don't fear speaking against Hokage standing in Konoha."

After hearing the words of the girl everyone perked their ears and listened even Minato was listening to it.

"Why should I fear him? Rather he would always protect me because if something happened to me then he knows that my grandpa will bury the whole Konoha." said Kushina in a disdainful tone.

The girl covered her mouth suppressing her smile and said with a smile, "Who is your grandpa?"

"His name is Uzumaki Kagutsuchi also known by the world as Fire God and in your Konoha he is known as the Hell Demon." Said Kushina with pride.

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