This attire,
Was exactly the same as that of the filial son, Uchiha Itachi, during the night of the massacre.
Therefore, even though Kyo had never personally seen the Konoha's Anbu uniform before, he could identify their identity at a glance.
At this moment,
After they arrived nearby,
They did not choose to act further but instead all hid in the shadows.
'Sure enough, as expected, they came to monitor me...'
Kyo pondered inwardly,
But his expression remained calm.
Even though he had perceived them, he showed no sign of it.
Instead, he continued walking expressionlessly towards the exam venue, his pace still unhurried.
In fact,
From the moment he decided to reveal Naruto's identity,
He had already anticipated that he might be schemed against and monitored by that old schemer Hiruzen.
However,
To complete that side mission, Kyo couldn't be bothered.
After all,
It was just surveillance.
They wouldn't dare to act rashly.
Furthermore,
Now that Kyo had decided to advance the Konoha Crush Plan, he had no need to worry about these people.
...
A moment later.
Kyo arrived outside the exam venue again.
The moment he arrived, he happened to see a large number of examinees walking out.
It seemed to be the end of the first exam.
At this moment, the vast majority of the examinees were all dejected, looking very defeated.
At a glance, it was almost all grey, depressed atmosphere.
Kyo was momentarily stunned.
And just at this moment,
Kyo's three Amegakure students naturally noticed him as well.
Unlike the others, the three of them now had very obvious relaxed expressions on their faces.
And upon seeing Kyo,
They immediately ran over.
"Sensei!!"
"Kyo-sensei!!"
Kyo looked at the three, then glanced at the large group of dejected examinees in the distance, and asked confusedly:
"What's going on...?"
"The first stage should have been normal, what happened to these people?"
As his words faded,
The three exchanged glances,
Then, the black-haired boy on the left looked up and replied with a wry smile:
"Sensei, although over a hundred people participated in this exam,"
"Due to the tenth question posed by the examiner, in the end, only eight teams including us successfully advanced, adding up to just twenty-four people..."
"...Huh?"
As his words faded, Kyo was momentarily stunned.
'Wait, what's going on...'
'In the original work, it didn't seem like so few people passed this first exam...?'
'There were at least over twenty teams, right?'
'The tenth question.'
Kyo vaguely remembered it that the examiner would tell them that if they failed the tenth question, they would be Genin for life.
Therefore, they could choose to answer or not.
But in fact,
What this question truly tested was whether they could withstand this pressure.
So,
Examinees only needed to choose "answer" to pass successfully.
And those who chose not to answer out of fear would be naturally eliminated directly.
That was why, before the exam,
Kyo had told them not to listen to the examiner's words and just choose to answer.
Judging by the current situation,
Clearly, they had done as told.
However,
Kyo remembered that in the original work, clearly over twenty teams had advanced...
'Could it be that because I disrupted Naruto and Sasuke's participation, it caused this butterfly effect...?'
Thinking this,
Kyo's mind stirred, and he suddenly felt a bit amused.
He just remembered,
In the original work, when facing the tenth question,
It seemed that many examinees chose to answer because of Naruto's Talk-no-Jutsu.
And this time,
It seemed because Naruto was injured and didn't participate in the exam at all, the exam hall lacked someone to give them power through Talk-no-Jutsu...
'No wonder so many people didn't pass...'
'Truly worthy of the Talk-no-Jutsu,'
'As the strongest Genjutsu of the protagonist, it was indeed not just for show.'
Thinking this,
Kyo chuckled and shook his head.
...
Time passed,
The sun set.
Soon, night arrived.
Due to the low proportion of people who passed the morning's first exam,
Konoha temporarily canceled the original "Forest of Death" exam plan and directly changed the next exam to a PVP style selection match.
The time was set for the next day.
This move did not cause any major waves,
The entire Konoha Village seemed no different from usual.
For example, Shinobi from small villages like Kusagakure, whose entire team was eliminated, directly left in disappointment.
At this moment,
Inside the Sunagakure's residence.
Temari, Kankuro, Gaara, and a group of Sunagakure shinobi were secretly gathering in a room.
Sitting opposite them was Sunagakure's second-in-command-
The Kazekage's assistant, Baki.
Temari and the others had only been suddenly notified of the meeting not long ago, so they naturally didn't know the situation.
At this moment, Kankuro scanned the surroundings, looked at Baki, and asked confusedly:
"Sensei,"
"You called us all here. Is there something important...?"
"..."
Baki slightly raised his eyes, his gaze sweeping over everyone's faces, and then, with utmost gravity, he spoke:
"A special situation has arisen."
"Kazekage-sama has announced-"
"The original Konoha Crushing Plan has been advanced to tonight at midnight... to be carried out directly!"
"...?!"
As soon as these words were spoken,
In an instant, whether it was Temari, Kankuro, and the others, or the group of Sunagakure's Shinobi below, everyone froze!
'This...'
'Advanced?!'
'And precisely tonight?!'
Even Gaara, who was usually indifferent to external matters,
Now couldn't help but narrow his gaze slightly, looked expressionlessly at Baki, and said blandly:
"Tonight, huh..."
"But we still don't know what that golden-eyed guy from Amegakure will do..."
His voice was cold and murderous.
It sounded completely unlike what a boy of this age should be capable of.
However,
The surrounding Sunagakure's Shinobi were already accustomed to this.
And at this moment, Baki looked over,
A strange expression appeared on his face as he looked at Gaara. After hesitating for a moment, he smiled wryly and said:
"You might not believe what I'm about to say..."
"However,"
"Kazekage-sama told me,"
"That for tonight's Konoha Crush Plan, that golden-eyed Amegakure's Shinobi... will also be joining."
"!!!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire place fell silent!
Even Gaara and Temari couldn't help but have their pupils contract sharply, directly stunned!
'Wh-What...?!'
'That man... is actually going to fight alongside Sunagakure???!'
'This is too absurd...'
Everyone was dumbfounded.
None of them expected Baki to suddenly drop this.
However, at this moment,
What they didn't know,
Was that when Baki heard the Kazekage say this back then, his blood pressure had directly spiked on the spot.
A man who had once intimidated Sunagakure with force had suddenly come to cooperate with Sunagakure against another village...
Unbelievable!
However, Baki had no choice,
After all, this time, Sunagakure itself was cooperating with Orochimaru's Otogakure.
Adding Amegakure... would indeed make it even more stable.
The key was,
With that man's strength, if he was really willing to fight seriously, destroying Konoha didn't seem like too difficult a task...
After a moment of silence,
Baki looked at all the Sunagakure's Shinobi again, cleared his throat, and said intently:
"Ahem, in short-"
"Kazekage-sama has confirmed that tonight at midnight, a major change will occur in Konoha..."
"At that time,"
"We only need to proceed according to the original plan and strike deep into Konoha."
"Do everyone understand?"
"Understood-!"
The Sunagakure's Shinobi responded.
Many of them had long disliked this arrogant Konoha,
This time, the Fourth Kazekage deciding to join forces with Orochimaru to take down Konoha was exactly what they had dreamed of.
And at this moment,
Kankuro and Temari exchanged glances, their expressions solemn.
As for Gaara,
A strange expression began to appear on his face.
No one knew what he was thinking.
...
The moon had risen,
Gradually crossing the meridian.
Midnight approached.
At this moment,
On the other side of Konoha,
At the temporary residence of the Amegakure's group.
Kyo stood up from the cushion in his room, walked to the window, and looked at the moonlight in the sky.
In the darkness,
His golden eyes flickered slightly, his expression calm.
His Spiritual Pressure Perception instantly began to spread outwards in all directions, centered on himself, almost covering the entire Konoha Village.
A moment later,
He withdrew his thoughts, a faint smile appearing on his face.
'It seemed,'
'Everything was ready.'
'So then,'
'Next...'
'It was time to give Konoha a surprise.'