E394 - The New Chunin Exams

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    Sakura… I leave Naruto
    in your hands!
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    He has always been
    our village's symbol of hope.
[00:40] ---
    Ever since that time,
    everyone has always…
[00:50] ---
    What did Lord Jiraiya say?
[00:53] ---
    It seems the training
    is going well.
[01:09] ---
    Shadow Clone Jutsu!
[01:14] ---
    Giant Rasengan!
[01:21] ---
    The force of your Rasengan
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    has grown in
    just two years of training.
[01:29] ---
    Perhaps it's about time
    we move on to the next level.
[01:33] ---
    Next level?
[01:34] ---
    Yes…
[01:37] ---
    What're you gonna do?
[01:39] ---
    Perhaps the time has come
    to utilize your inner power.
[01:43] ---
    Is that...?
[01:45] ---
    Yes… You may have to put your life
    on the line for this training.
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    All right, I'm ready for it!
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    It's been two years already…
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    The day that brat returns
    may soon be upon us.
[02:08] ---
    LEAF HOSPITAL
    
[02:18] ---
    Naruto is a mysterious being…
[02:22] ---
    He's been away from the village
    for two whole years and yet…
[02:41] ---
    Inuzuka Style!
    Man Beast Transformation Combo!
[02:43] ---
    Two-Headed Wolf!
[02:47] ---
    Wolf Fang Over Fang!
[02:52] ---
    …his presence keeps on growing.
[03:03] ---
    Are you all right?
[03:07] ---
    I'm at my limit!
[03:08] ---
    Just ten more laps!
[03:10] ---
    If you stop now,
    Naruto will laugh at you!
[03:15] ---
    Everyone seems to keep Naruto
    in their thoughts as they train!
[03:36] ---
    A messenger hawk!
[03:42] ---
    Where?!
[03:45] ---
    Lord Kazekage!
[03:46] ---
    A Shinobi Hawk has
    brought a message
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    from the Hidden Leaf's
    Fifth Hokage.
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    The New Chunin Exams
    
    
    
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    I was getting tired of waiting.
[05:39] ---
    You're our welcoming party?
[05:41] ---
    Thank you for coming to meet us.
[05:43] ---
    Well, it's a drag,
    but seeing as it's Lord Kazekage…
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    Welcome.
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    Here is the data from
    the Chunin Exams two years ago.
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    A total of 153 entrants.
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    Information about
    the entrant's village,
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    the three rounds of exams,
    and the qualifying statistics
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    have been compiled
    for easy reading.
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    But you would know more
    about the reason behind
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    the interruption of the final round
    and its chronology.
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    Due to the suspension
    of the last Chunin Exams,
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    the Hidden Leaf would like to
    sponsor a combined Chunin Exam.
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    Thanks in part to
    the Hidden Leaf's cooperation,
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    the situation in
    our village has stabilized
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    during the last two years…
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    In particular,
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    our training curriculum
    has been very successful
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    and we have developed more genin
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    who are qualified to
    take the Chunin Exams.
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    Then you have no objection
    to our sponsoring an event?
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    Before that, Lady Hokage…
    What's your true motive?
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    "True motive?"
[06:56] ---
    I mean the timing of this thing.
    Why hold the Chunin Exams now?
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    If the reason is lack of personnel…
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    you could have done this sooner.
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    All right.
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    I'll be honest.
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    The first reason is to gauge
    the reactions of
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    each of the villages
    within the Five Great Nations.
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    Each, who on the surface,
    purport to be at peace.
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    Their response to having
    the combined Chunin Exams
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    will reveal their true feelings.
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    The second reason is to
    investigate Akatsuki's movements.
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    It's said that they seek
    the Tailed Beasts from each village,
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    but they've been awfully quiet
    these past two years.
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    You want to use the Chunin Exams
    to open the village
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    to create an opportunity
    to lure the Akatsuki out?
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    Yes. The Akatsuki have
    probably grown impatient
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    and are ready to make a move.
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    This is a risky—
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    Hold on.
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    These Chunin Exams…
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    The Hidden Sand
    would like to host it,
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    in conjunction with
    my introduction as Kazekage.
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    That will not do.
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    The Hidden Leaf must
    sponsor these Chunin Exams.
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    It's so that we may finish
    what we started previously.
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    Yes, absolutely.
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    Lord Kazekage cannot
    decide this all by himself.
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    He must consult the village elders.
[08:35] ---
    Yeah. We need time to contact them.
[08:39] ---
    Let's come back to this again
    at the next meeting.
[08:45] ---
    Fine.
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    We'll settle this during
    the next meeting.
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    This is becoming a drag.
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    Yeah. I didn't expect Gaara
    to make such an announcement.
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    He really didn't tell you anything?
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    That came out of nowhere.
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    Well, he probably
    has his own ideas.
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    I leave it to you.
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    If the Hokage is right
    and the Akatsuki make their move,
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    you're going to be
    their target, right?
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    If the enemy wants
    the Tailed Beasts,
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    they'll come for me
    sooner or later.
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    Then I'll just be the bait
    and take them down.
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    What are you saying?!
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    The village has welcomed you
    as their new Kazekage
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    but things are still unstable!
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    I'm aware of that.
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    I know that some are not happy
    that I have become the Kazekage…
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    and would welcome
    an opportunity to kill me.
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    Then why would you even consider
    hosting the event in our village?!
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    It is precisely why I want
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    the Chunin Exams
    in Hidden Sand Village.
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    You can't be serious!
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    It's not the Akatsuki
    you want to lure out…
[10:12] ---
    But the rebels in the village?
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    That's just too dangerous.
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    Regarding the combined
    Chunin Exams under discussion…
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    It is Lord Kazekage's desire
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    to host the event
    in Hidden Sand Village.
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    He intends to introduce himself
    to the other nations.
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    Is that wise?
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    While things have been quiet
    for a while now,
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    it does not change
    the fact that Gaara is
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    "a military weapon to be feared."
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    As long as Gaara lives,
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    this village can never
    be truly at peace.
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    For the second round of the exam,
    Lord Gaara intends to
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    suggest the Demon Desert
    as a suitable arena.
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    And we, the Hidden Sand,
    will do our utmost to support him!
[11:23] ---
    Yura is on to us.
[11:26] ---
    No…everyone is
    uneasy about Gaara.
[11:30] ---
    But that's not enough
    to plan a coup d'état.
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    Well, well…my elders…
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    Of all places to find you.
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    What do you want?
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    We said we are in favor
    of Lord Gaara's plan.
[11:45] ---
    Nothing, I just forgot to tell you…
[11:48] ---
    Lord Gaara plans to
    personally supervise the exam site.
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    We'll have to be very careful
    with preparations.
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    After all, the second round
    is a survival test
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    and there are always fatalities.
[12:04] ---
    Why who's to say
    nothing will happen
[12:07] ---
    to the supervisor himself,
    Lord Gaara…
[12:13] ---
    Excuse me…
[12:19] ---
    So this is the perfect opportunity
    to get rid of the Kazekage
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    and make it look purely accidental…
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    But he is a Jinchuriki.
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    There's a way.
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    The first Jinchuriki, Bunpuku,
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    was able to temporarily seal
    Shukaku into a teapot.
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    We can use that…
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    What is your decision,
    Lady Tsunade?
[12:45] ---
    Two years ago, Jiraiya had intel
    that said the Akatsuki would
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    target Naruto
    in three or four years.
[12:54] ---
    And two years have passed…
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    I'm sure they're itching
    to make a move.
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    You're not going to use Naruto
    as bait are you?
[13:02] ---
    No…
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    As the Hokage of
    Hidden Leaf Village,
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    I cannot do such a thing.
[13:10] ---
    Don't tell me…Lord Kazekage
    will assume that role?
[13:14] ---
    As luck would have it,
    he was the one who proposed it.
[13:17] ---
    But will the advisors agree?
[13:20] ---
    I'll placate them
    by suggesting a joint-sponsorship.
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    We can't negotiate any further.
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    I looked over the plans
    you submitted…
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    What do you think about
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    a joint-sponsorship
    with the Hidden Leaf?
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    We'll hold round one,
    the written exam,
[13:43] ---
    at the Hidden Leaf…
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    And the Hidden Sand
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    will host the site of
    the second round survival test.
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    The Forest of Death has
    become too familiar as a test site.
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    I was just thinking a new site
    would be necessary.
[14:02] ---
    Hmm… I agree.
[14:10] ---
    We have no objections.
[14:17] ---
    All right then…
[14:20] ---
    We'll meet again
    at the Chunin Exams.
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    Yeah…
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    Come to us if any trouble arises.
[14:27] ---
    We'll take care of it, Mr. Crybaby.
[14:34] ---
    Damn it. She doesn't change.
[14:40] ---
    The Hidden Sound probably
    won't take part this time around…
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    So should we just send invitations
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    to everyone else
    from the last time?
[14:48] ---
    Yes. In addition,
    send invitations for
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    the introduction of
    the new Kazekage
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    to every village within
    the Five Great Nations.
[14:56] ---
    I see…
[14:58] ---
    Then we can monitor
    each village's response.
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    Aside from Akatsuki,
    this is the other reason
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    for reopening
    the combined Chunin Exams.
[15:07] ---
    Yes, I understand.
[15:22] ---
    Deliver this to every village.
[15:25] ---
    It's the invitation to
    the Chunin Exams.
[15:27] ---
    – Right!
    – Right!
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    We've put out the bait…
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    Now, let's see how they react.
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    Lady Tsunade.
[16:08] ---
    The Hidden Sand replied right away…
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    Oh…
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    They'll be sending nine teams…
    27 genin.
[16:18] ---
    Last time,
    they sent 30 in ten teams…
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    Although that's one team short,
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    considering the Hidden Sand's
    current situation,
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    one has to commend them
    for nurturing this many genin.
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    Yes…
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    Any word from the other villages?
[16:35] ---
    No, not yet.
[16:37] ---
    How will the other Kage respond?
[16:43] ---
    Chunin Exams, you say?!
[16:47] ---
    Damn that Princess Tsunade!
[16:48] ---
    She's getting carried away!
[16:50] ---
    She probably coaxed
    the Kazekage into cooperating…
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    …and plans to get the jump on us
    within the Five Great Nations.
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    What will you do?
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    Ignore her!
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    Just ignore her!
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    Do not mention of word of this,
    or the past, to anyone!
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    Especially Bee!
    Do not let him find out!
[17:09] ---
    Whenever there
    are events like this,
[17:11] ---
    he gets excited about live concerts
    and what not.
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    Actually, I already told him.
[17:18] ---
    What?!
[17:19] ---
    He kept asking questions…
    I'm sorry.
[17:24] ---
    Bee!
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    Where is Bee?!
[17:28] ---
    Don't tell me…
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    Find Bee immediately
    and bring him here!
[17:33] ---
    Understood.
[17:35] ---
    This is so dull…
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    A concert at Hidden Leaf Village…
[17:41] ---
    Tuning up at the Chunin Exams…
[17:44] ---
    Take a lesson from Kin-chan Sensei!
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    Yay!
[17:51] ---
    Bee! Lord Raikage wants to see you!
[17:53] ---
    Please return!
[17:55] ---
    Fool, ya fool!
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    What did Lord Raikage say?
[18:04] ---
    Unfortunately, they are swamped
    with village business
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    and don't have enough
    time to prepare.
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    Now why would the Hokage
    and Kazekage send a letter?
[18:20] ---
    Seems they're resuming
    the Chunin Exams…
[18:27] ---
    What shall we do?
[18:29] ---
    We must consider the matter
    with Lord Yagura the Fourth…
[18:31] ---
    I believe we should concentrate
    on rebuilding the village…
[18:36] ---
    You may have a point.
[18:38] ---
    Yes!
[18:39] ---
    We can't be wasting
    our time participating
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    in a ceremony announcing
    the new Kazekage…
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    CEREMONY
    
    Ceremony…
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    CAN'T WASTE TIME FOR
    A CEREMONY FOR ME
    
    Can't waste time for
    a ceremony for me?
[18:52] ---
    Shut up or I'll kill you.
[18:54] ---
    What?!
[18:57] ---
    Perhaps we should forego
    the Chunin Exams this time.
[19:03] ---
    Let's do that.
[19:07] ---
    It seems the Hidden Mist
    are tied up as well.
[19:18] ---
    The Hidden Leaf has
    delivered an invitation
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    to the combined Chunin Exams!
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    Their ulterior motive
    is crystal clear!
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    They want to test
    the strength of the villages
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    and prepare for the next battle!
[19:35] ---
    Just throw it back in their face!
[19:39] ---
    I intend to do so!
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    This is what I'll do
    to their invitation!
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    WIND NATION FIRE NATION
    
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    I want you to go here.
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    To Hidden Rain Village.
[20:15] ---
    Yes, the most troublesome spot.
[20:19] ---
    As expected, every person
    who enters is investigated,
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    and they're kept under strict
    surveillance during their stay.
[20:27] ---
    Hanzo of the Salamander rules it…
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    Yes, so I've heard.
[20:33] ---
    Even if I'm carrying an invitation
    to the combined Chunin Exams,
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    I doubt if they'll
    let me in easily.
[20:39] ---
    There's domestic instability
    and even rumors of a coup d'état.
[20:43] ---
    It's so closed off, no one knows
    the true state of things.
[20:47] ---
    While I'm at it, shall I look into
    their internal affairs then?
[20:51] ---
    Yes, but don't take any chances.
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    Are you actually
    going to supervise?
    
    
[22:39] ---
    Yes. I'm going to participate
    among frontlines
    
    
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    of the Second Round by supervising.
    
    
[22:44] ---
    What will you achieve
    by smoking out the rebels?
    
    
[22:47] ---
    No…
    
    
[22:48] ---
    Then why? Why would you go
    so far as to face danger head on?
    
    
[22:53] ---
    Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
    The Chunin Exams Begin!
    
    
    
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    Naruto is working hard
    to forge bonds with others…
    
    
    
[23:02] ---
    THE CHUNIN EXAMS BEGIN!
    
    
    
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    Tune in again!