Red sand dust

"Is this the Leaf Village?"

Qian looked at the entrance of Konoha Village with people coming and going in some trance.

Unlike the somewhat chilled Sunagakure Village, Konoha Village exudes vitality from the inside out, which makes the genin of Sunagakure Village a little sad when they see it for the first time.

"Our allies are like this."

Daimaru calmed down and took the lead to walk over, followed by Yeme and Qian half a step behind Daimaru.

The gatekeepers were indeed Shenyue Izumo and Gang Zitie.

Seeing Daimaru and his group approaching from a distance, the guard seemed to have received the order long ago and was not too wary of the stranger wearing a Suna ninja forehead protector.

However, routine inspections are still required.

For Daimaru, Chiwa Yome, who showed their passes, Kamizuki Izumo and Gangzi Tetsu just checked their belongings briefly and felt relieved.

"A candidate for the Chuunin Exam, right? Suna Ninja came really late this year!"

"After all, we are the farthest!"

Daimaru collected the pass and asked calmly,

"There should be some supporting members of the Sand Ninja who have arrived first. I wonder where we should go to find them? Or, can the two seniors provide a map? It's not very convenient if we are new here and don't know the way!"

Perhaps the always cautious allies gave Konoha the impression of being quite submissive. Kamizuki Izumo and Gang Zitie did not pay too much attention to Daimaru's impolite words.

"Konoha Village is very big. You can wander around as you like. If you go to a place that you are not allowed to go, there will naturally be ANBU to remind you!"

Kamizuki Izumo has a relatively soft face, but is taciturn; Gangzi Tie is more talkative.

"That's it, then we'll meet again by fate!"

Daimaru nodded and left with his two teammates.

"That guy is the puppet master?"

Kamizuki Izumo looked at Daimaru's retreating back.

"Probably! The puppet master who puts the puppet in the open is really a different kind!"

Since the puppet master's methods were exposed, Daimaru no longer wanted to hide it. He let the puppet girl sit on his broad shoulders openly. It was difficult for such an unusual puppet not to attract attention.

Nighteye, who still retains a lot of girlish character, was dazzled by the dazzling scenery on both sides of the bustling street. If Qian hadn't held Nighteye's hand and walked slowly forward, this petite girl would have stopped walking.

"We should be the first Suna ninja team to arrive, right?"

Compared with other casual teams, Daimaru led Yeme and Qian to the front, and even Gaara, Kankuro and Temari, who were focused on nothing, were a little behind.

Qian looked cautiously at the Konoha ninjas that he passed by from time to time.

"Should we go collect some information and prepare for the Chuunin exams?"

Daimaru shook his head:

"No need. Most of the Genin who take the Chuunin Exam are just idiots. There is no need to waste time on them. Just pay attention to the more famous ninjas!"

There were more than 150 candidates in total, and only half of them were left in the first written test. After the second death forest test, only seven teams passed.

As the team's talker, Daimaru made a decision, and Chiya stopped being troublesome.

"So what should we do, there are still several days until the scheduled start time of the exam?"

"Isn't this simple?"

A bright smile appeared on Daimaru's face,

"Just treat yourself as a country bumpkin going into the city and have enough fun in Konoha Village first!"

"fair enough!"

Qian didn't have any objections to this arrangement, but Yemu was very happy.

As for Daimaru’s true thoughts…

The Chuunin Exam is a stage to showcase yourself. No matter what you want to do in the future, you will need sufficient resources and support. If you don't show a certain potential, it will be difficult for Daimaru to realize it no matter how many ideas he has.

What's more important is that once the Konoha collapse plan is launched, Daimaru must escape from the dangerous zone as quickly as possible. What if he doesn't familiarize himself with the terrain in advance?

"Disband first, move freely, and gather here in an hour...wait!"

Daimaru was giving instructions when he suddenly saw a short winter melon wearing orange clothes and blond hair walking side by side with a woman with long pink hair and a dark red slim-fitting dress.

"Meeting the Child of Destiny easily? It’s really...there are no places in life where we don’t meet! 』

Yeme and Qian followed Daimaru's line of sight strangely and looked at the two people not far away.

"Konoha ninjas are just two brats, probably newbies!"

Yemu said disapprovingly, unaware that he was just a rookie last year.

"He might be a competitor for this year's Chunin Exam. Do you want to test it out?"

Qian took out the fan pinned to his waist with his backhand and eagerly waited for Daimaru's consent.

The little blond man with the keen intuition of a beast seemed to sense that someone was observing him. He turned around and saw Daimaru staring at him.

"Sakura, are those people looking at us?"

"Stop being so sentimental, who would look at a short winter melon like you... Huh? It's true!"

"Konoha genin is really interesting!"

Qian used a fan to cover half of his smiling face, and looked at the two Konoha genin who were playing tricks from the corner of his narrowed eyes.

"There is no sense of vigilance at all, even worse than the students of Sunagakure Village Ninja School!"

At this moment, Daimaru stretched out his hand to stop Qian who was about to take action.

"Don't underestimate the enemy. Although they are useless now, you can't say for sure in the future."

Nighteye stared around and looked around.

"There are people watching around!"

"Um!"

Daimaru nodded,

"Don't expose your own information at will. It's not just one or two who are staring at these two weak chickens! Let's go... Huh?"

Daimaru, Yeme and Qian, who didn't want to cause trouble, were about to leave, but they didn't expect that the blond-haired kid actually took the initiative to come up to them.

"The doll is very beautiful. Are you a doll master who comes to Konoha Village to perform?"

"Although I'm a little stupid, at least my aesthetics haven't gone astray!"

The so-called doll maker is the collective name for all doll makers.

In the ninja branch, those who make combat puppets are called stylists, and the Red Sand Scorpion is the top stylist.

"stupid?"

The blond short winter melon was stunned.

"Are you scolding me?"

"What do you think? Boy, get your dirty hands off my puppet!"

Uzumaki Naruto, who didn't know how to be polite at all, actually wanted to touch Daimaru's carefully crafted treasure.

"Hey, you're stingy! If you come to Konoha Village to make a living, and you don't let others see your dolls, how can you have any business?"

"Oh? If you want to see it, it's not that I can't meet your request, but you may not be able to afford the price!"

Although he never wanted to cause trouble, since it was the other party who provoked him first, it's no wonder that Mr. "Red Dust" got angry.

He gently patted the doll on his shoulder with his left hand, and spread out the five fingers of his right hand, pointing at the confused Uzumaki Naruto.