Naruto: I wrote in my diary that I exposed the Otsutsuki's arrival.

Chapter 77 On showing off, I, Kitahara Kaede, would call you the strongest.

"Sunagakure, the arena, the Chunin Exams?" Kakashi Hatake immediately realized something.

Generally speaking, as a military complex, ninja villages have very strict management of outside ninjas. Simply put, unless you are a spy sent there, if you come openly, you usually cannot move around freely.

You can only go where you're told to go.

Furthermore, it's rare for ninjas from one's own village to be openly sent to other ninja villages, so after a moment's thought, he realized that it was most likely the Chunin Exams, and not just any Chunin Exams in a normal year, but a joint exam for the two of them.

In normal years, the Chunin Exams are for selecting outstanding Chunin from within one's own village. The scale is usually not large, and not many people even know about it. The difficulty of the exams is not particularly high.

However, there are always some years when the Chunin Exams are held in conjunction with other ninja villages. Sometimes they are held in Konoha, and sometimes they are held in other villages.

The reason for jointly organizing the exam is simply to intimidate each other and demonstrate their strength.

The jointly organized Chunin Exams are like military exercises in peacetime. The strength of the genin from each village can also reflect the development of each village.

Since Sunagakure is now an ally of Konoha, it's quite normal for them to hold the Chunin Exams together.

However, he couldn't help but worry because he suddenly remembered that in the last video of Orochimaru, he appeared in Konoha wearing a headband from the Sound Village.

His ability to appear openly as a member of the Sound Village suggests that the Sound Village likely also participated in this Joint Chunin Exams.

So here's the question: Could the Sand Village have been involved in Orochimaru's so-called Konoha Collapse Plan?

Although his instincts told him it shouldn't be that bad, the problem was that he couldn't be sure.

Although they are allies, they were fighting each other to the death a few years ago.

The reason why his father, Hatake Sakumo, was able to earn the title of Konoha's White Fang was actually due to the achievements he made using Sunagakure.

In particular, his most famous battle was when he killed the son and daughter-in-law of Chiyo, the advisor and elder of Sunagakure, which directly boosted his father's reputation and made him a strong contender for the Fourth Hokage.

If he hadn't committed suicide so young, the outcome of the struggle for the Fourth Hokage position would have been uncertain.

For a moment, Kakashi Hatake's thoughts were racing.

It seemed everyone was waiting for Uchiha Sasuke to arrive, but even at the very last moment, he still hadn't appeared.

With only thirty seconds left, Sasuke Uchiha still hadn't appeared.

The Third Hokage and the Fourth Kazekage then appeared in the shot.

Suddenly, just as everyone was about to declare Sasuke Uchiha a failure because he hadn't appeared by the final deadline, a leaf appeared, a whirlwind appeared, and two figures stood facing each other.

At the last moment, Kakashi Hatake arrived with Sasuke Uchiha.

[What a master of showing off! When it comes to being a show-off, I, Kitahara Kaede, would gladly acknowledge you as the strongest.]

Suddenly, Kitahara Kaede's teasing comment floated across the top of the screen, and Uchiha Sasuke couldn't help but scratch his head in embarrassment when he saw it. Although he made it in time at the last minute, it was indeed very cool to appear in front of everyone.

But after Kitahara Kaede's teasing, he felt something was off no matter how he looked at it. Although he was handsome, it was also very awkward.

"I'm so sorry I'm late," Kakashi Hatake said with a smile, his eyes narrowed.

The moment the master and apprentice appeared, they put on quite a show for everyone present.

"What's your name?" Genma Shiranui, who was chewing on a senbon needle, asked with a slight smile.

"Uchiha Sasuke," Uchiha Sasuke replied, frowning.

With the arrival of Uchiha Sasuke, everyone cheered.

Meanwhile, Gaara, Sasuke's opponent, appeared on the field with a sinister grin.

With a command from Genma Shiranui, the match between the two began.

Countless grains of sand spewed out from the enormous gourd that Gaara was carrying on his back.

"Is this the sand Kakashi was talking about?" Although Sasuke Uchiha had never witnessed Gaara in battle, he had heard some things about him from Kakashi Hatake.

But before he could react, Gaara seemed to sense something and fell into a severe headache, muttering to himself incessantly.

"Don't be so angry, Mom. I'm sorry for making you eat so much awful blood just now, but this time it will definitely be delicious."

"His mental state isn't quite right."

Kakashi Hatake, who was off-screen, immediately realized, "Is this guy a lunatic?"

In a group of ninjas who are forced to go to the battlefield and kill from a young age, there are plenty who can't handle it and become mentally unstable.

Only Itachi Uchiha looked solemn, because he had already recognized Gaara's identity.

Sunagakure, the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Beast!

The Jinchūriki of each village are undoubtedly top secrets, and it is very difficult for outsiders to know about them. Even within the village itself, very few people know about them, because even Jinchūriki are, in essence, just normal human beings who can be ambushed and assassinated.

Therefore, the best way is to let as few people as possible know his identity. Everyone knows that there are tailed beasts, but no one knows who the Jinchuriki of a tailed beast is.

However, this could not be kept from the members of Akatsuki, because their ultimate goal was to capture the Tailed Beasts, and they had already thoroughly investigated the Jinchuriki of each village.

Otherwise, my future self wouldn't have known to look for Naruto Uzumaki right away.

Jinchuriki are not easy to deal with!

Regardless of which village the Jinchūriki belong to, even the One-Tailed Beast, which is relatively weak among the Tailed Beasts, is not something that ordinary Kage-level beings can deal with.

Even everyone could feel the terrifying killing intent emanating from Gaara through the video. For Kakashi Hatake and Itachi Uchiha, this was nothing, but for Sasuke Uchiha, it was a lot of pressure.

This terrifying killing intent even surpassed the killing intent emanating from the demon Fuza.

His legs were trembling, and he couldn't help but open his Sharingan to fight back.

"What kind of ninjutsu is that? What's with that sand? It's like it has a will." Countless thoughts were churning and boiling in Uchiha Sasuke's mind.

At this moment, he had already made his move in the video, first throwing out two darts.

However, the dart was easily caught by Gaara's sand clone, which he created from the sand.

Sasuke Uchiha seemed to have anticipated this, and launched an attack immediately, unleashing a series of taijutsu attacks that shattered Gaara's sand clone.