Part Time Employee in Konoha

Chapter 26: Don't call him A

Lord Danzo!

Uchiha Itachi's gaze sharpened! He had heard this name before.

Once, while accompanying Uchiha Shisui in an exam, he encountered a severely injured ninja. From this ninja, he learned that Danzo had done things harmful to Konoha and was even attacked by Danzo's subordinates. Eventually, the injured ninja was killed. To avoid conflict in Konoha, everything was left unresolved.

Uchiha Itachi later learned about Shimura Danzo's identity. He knew that Shimura Danzo served as an advisor to the Hokage, a position of high authority and power.

This boy...

Is he under Shimura Danzo's command?

Why are all of Shimura Danzo's subordinates bad people? This boy looks about my age, yet he deceives even the Genin participating in the exam!

"Why do you look so upset?"

Akihara Kagura looked at Uchiha Itachi's face and suddenly laughed: "It seems you also know about Lord Danzo. Do you have some dissatisfaction with him?"

"No..."

Uchiha Itachi quickly shook his head, his expression easing: "I just don't understand. Why do you deceive them?"

"Hmm? Why?"

Akihara Kagura tilted his head, pondering this strange question: "I just want to reduce the number of competitors in the exam. Using a little trick isn't strange, right? Don't all ninjas use any means necessary to achieve their goals?"

"..."

Uchiha Itachi was at a loss for words.

This genius of the Uchiha clan thought for a second and then said: "But the village won't let this happen. This Chunin exam won't just have the two of us as participants. The exam time will probably be postponed..."

"Tsk..."

Akihara Kagura looked around the empty room, his mood seeming a bit more relaxed: "Maybe, but with fewer people here, I can relax a bit."

Hokage Tower.

The Hokage's office had several screens.

These screens were showing everything happening in the Chunin exam written test waiting area. A group of Konoha's higher-ups watched Akihara Kagura's ingenious maneuvers in astonishment.

"He's a very smart kid!"

The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, was the first to laugh, even taking an interest in commenting: "Such a thing happening in the Chunin Exam..."

"Sigh..."

"This won't do..."

"What's wrong with this kid!"

"If this is the case, there will only be two participants in the entire Chunin Exam!"

"This will disgrace our village in front of other ninja villages!"

"It's absurd that there are fewer examinees than proctors in the exam. How can the exam go on! We must send someone to stop this immediately!"

The two Hokage advisors sitting next to him discussed fervently. They didn't find Akihara Kagura's actions amusing, but rather a potential cause for chaos.

"Danzo, what do you think?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen turned his gaze to his old friend, asking: "This is a kid from your class, what's his name?"

"Let's stop this first..."

Danzo coldly ignored Hiruzen's teasing, continuing on his own: "Even if the talented wish to showcase their strength, they need someone to contrast them."

"Ibiki Morino."

Hiruzen looked at a group of special Jonin waiting for orders, and called out a name: "You are the chief examiner for the first stage of the Chunin Selection Exam, deal with this incident."

"Yes."

Ibiki Morino stood up, nodding respectfully.

Ibiki's face bore scars from wartime, appearing somewhat terrifying, yet he was a man who spoke and acted with a certain gentleness.

"Although I think having only two examinees left in the entire exam hall still aligns with the meaning of the Chunin Selection, this is after all an exam that requires scale"

Ibiki Morino looked at the Konoha higher-ups present who seemed to approve of his proposal, and continued to say, "I propose to let Uchiha Itachi and A pass directly into the second round."

"Among them, A deceived all the examinees, only Uchiha Itachi was not fooled. Both of them participated in the exam alone as Genin, so there should be no need to test their will in the final question. As for the other Genin who were deceived, rearrange the exam for them."

"Okay."

The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, nodded in satisfaction.

"Approve."

The two Hokage advisors also nodded in satisfaction.

"Approve."

After the Hokage's aide, Shimura Danzo, nodded, he reminded, "And also, Ibiki Morino, don't call that kid A in front of him, just call him Akihara Kagura.

"Ah?"

Ibiki Morino looked at Shimura Danzo with some confusion and cautiously asked, "But on the list of Chunin Exam, his name is written as A"

"That's what he wrote himself."

Shimura Danzo, a bit worried about Ibiki Morino calling out the name A and might cause trouble, reminded, "Only I can call him A, you just call him Akihara Kagura."

After all...

That kid always tends to cause trouble just because of a name.

However, on the Chunin Exam registration form, that kid honestly wrote A, so Danzo no longer doubted whether the kid didn't want to use the name A.

"Yes"

Ibiki Morino could only agree.

Below the Hokage Building.

A group of Genin were eagerly searching for the notification of the new exam venue.

However, this group of Genin soon received the news that they had been deceived, and while they initially wanted to curse and complain, they ended up being scolded by the chief examiner.

"You were fooled by such a simple Transformation Technique!"

Ibiki Morino looked at the group of Genin who still wanted to scold, and the scar on his left face trembled with anger: "Your group of examinees are truly the worst batch in the history of Konoha!"

"..."

A group of Genin dared not make a sound.

Hatake Kakashi, after finishing ramen with Tenzo, saw a group of running Genin glaring at him, and some even wanted to start a fight.

These Genin...

Why are they hostile towards him?

"Hey, calm down!"

Someone loudly stopped the group of Genin, sternly reprimanding: "This is the real Jonin Kakashi, you deceived guys hurry back to the exam site!"

"What happened?"

Tenzo asked curiously.

Ibiki Morino glanced at Hatake Kakashi, feeling a bit embarrassed: "A candidate named Akihara Kagura transformed into the appearance of Kakashi, knocked out the Chunin maintaining order, and drove all the Genin candidates out of the examination room!"

"..."

Hatake Kakashi's forehead twitches.

What is going on with that kid? He was slandering Anbu at Ichiraku Ramen in the morning, and how has it been so long that he started to frame him again?

On the other hand,

A group of Genin candidates were still rushing to the venue.

Akihara Kagura and Uchiha Itachi also learned that they had passed the first round of the written exam without having to take it, and they could head to the venue of the second exam early.

"It's a bit of a pity..."

Akihara Kagura seemed to have more to say: "This is the only round that might have stopped me from passing the exam, and I still had many cheating methods I haven't used yet!"

"Cheating?"

Uchiha Itachi didn't quite understand, as he had always been a top student. He asked curiously: "The written exam is very simple... Why cheat?"

"In this world, what you think is simple, for others, can be very difficult."

Akihara Kagura looked deeply at Uchiha Itachi, as if he wanted to remember his expression at this moment.