"You want to send Team 7 into the Chunin Exams in Iwa? Sure why not." Yamato replied, he did not see an issue with that. Ken and Yato were incredibly strong for Genins, and they were strong even when compared to chunins, not to mention Ryu, who was Jounin material.
Yugao sighed,"Really… You too? But they are just 8 years old for G.o.d"s sake! Their next birthday is not even close!" She said, trying to convince Yamato it was a bad idea, but he did not budge.
"I know that you think they are too brash, but the three won"t gain experience unless they see the real world, and the Chunin Exams should be the best way to test them, Yugao-san." Yamato said with a slight smile
Hayate smiled,"Yes, and if anything goes wrong, Ryu can just use his Rinnegan, with it no chunin is his match, and even jounins have to think twice before meeting his attacks. He"ll make his team pa.s.s."
Yugao groaned," I suppose you all are right… But still… They are just 8 for G.o.d"s sake! In this time they are still supposed to be in the Academy, not go and fight other shin.o.bis to become a Chunin!"
Hayate looked at the sky and chuckled,"Then it"s official, Team 7 will partic.i.p.ate in the Chunin Exam in Iwagakure this year!" Yamato and Yugao gained a smile in their faces, the genins had left a good impression in all three of them.
Minato"s eyes widened,"You want to send Team 7 to the Chunin Exams?! Are you crazy?! They are just eight years old…" Hayate interrupted him,"Hokage-Sama, will all respect, they are more powerful than any genin, or even chunin. I don"t think a chunin exam will be hard for them."
It was not that Minato did not believe in their strength, they had misunderstood him… No what he feared was Kushina"s wrath about when she learns that her baby was going to the Chunin Exams!
He did not want to risk making her angry so quickly… It was dangerous… He did not want to risk his life again, not after what had recently happened to him, it was terrible… Even as a Hokage, he was scared out of his life.
Did that have to do something with her time as Kurama"s Jinchuuriki? That really made him wonder, she did have a very scary aura every time he angered her, or if anyone angered her to speak of it.
Minato didn"t know how to refuse Team 7, after all they indeed were powerful, and they were probably stronger than Team 8,"Ah I can just send them together with Team 8… I don"t know how to face Kushina"s wrath… But I guess I have to endure it for my son"s future!"
He had a tearful face as he said that…"I"m sacrificing a week if not a month"s worth of my life for my youngest son… But it"s all worth it… As long as he is happy, it doesn"t matter!" He thought with a tear.
Yamato sweated as he looked at his superior"s tearful face, the others left the room,"Uhm Hokage-sama… I wanted to speak about your son"s extremely high affinity with the Wood Element."
Minato wiped the tears from his face and coughed,"You want to talk about the Mokuton my son has?! *cough* What do you want to talk about though?!" He said and gained a serious look on his face.
Yamato sighed,"Yes, his Wood Affinity is far above mine or the First"s. If you look closely, he could literally build the huge a.s.s forest in Training Ground 7 with Jounin Chakra reserves, now that he has Kage Chakra Reserves… I fear what he can do."
Minato looked very serious, he was taking this seriously," I know what you mean, but what do you want me to do, Yamato? I for sure know he won"t enter a rampage due to it." He said with a low tone.
Yamato neared the desk he had his paperwork on and said with a serious face,"I think… Ryu should meet Orochimaru, to see how deep his Wood Affinity is." Minato"s eyes widened and he slowly frowned.
Orochimaru was a Missing Nin, a spy but still a missing nin, who knew what he was doing in his laboratory, far away from Konoha? He was a Kage Level Shin.o.bi, one of the few Konoha possessed.
Minato did not trust the snake. Who knew what he was planning behind their backs? However he could not deny the help he was sending to Konoha. Their weaponry was advancing, and so was their technology.
However, Yamato was right, they needed to properly examine Ryu"s Wood Affinity, Yamato himself was not good enough in the wood style to determine it, while Orochimaru had studied it for decades.
Minato nodded with a frown in his face,"Yamato, I can contact Orochimaru about this issue, but I want you and Kakashi to accompany him there, I don"t want him to go there alone. With you two going there together with him, I"ll feel more comfortable." He said.
Yamato nodded," I wouldn"t feel good with letting him go there alone either, Thank you Hokage-sama. Can I leave now?" He asked,Minato nodded,"You have permission to leave." The hokage sighed.
Ryu looked at Ken and asked him,"Are you sure you want to awaken it? It"ll hurt you a f.u.c.king ton." The Uchiha did not hesitate for even a moment as he nodded,"I"ll get stronger, it does not matter."
"Do not tell anyone of what I am doing right here. " Ryu said as he raised his palms, and covered Ken"s eyes with them,"Infinite Paths - Reality Manipulation!" light shone and covered the surrounding area.
He removed his palms, to reveal Ken"s eyes, which had changed. Instead of three tomoes, he now had red eyes with a thick shuriken in the middle, and six shurikens around it, circling the thick shuriken.
"Mangekyou Sharingan, the next stage of the Sharingan, the ultimate Sharingan. Only possessed by the strongest of the clan, and now…" Ryu said as he waved his hands, his eyes changed to two thick shurikens put together, and nine shurikens instead of six.
"The Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, a form where you won"t suffer from blindness, despite overuse of your Sharingan. I hope you won"t use it too much, as it"ll attract bad attention." Ryu said.