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**Chapter 1294: Otsutsuki Hamura's Decision!**
Sasori and Chiyo's reunion was moving.
At least he wouldn't have to experience the tragedy in the 'Canon', where he transformed himself to have only one heart.
However, the recruitment by the Biochemical Research Institute was unexpected, and it also made Rasa feel the pain of losing a genius young man.
Neither he nor Chiyo understood why the World Government determined that Sasori had extremely high talent in scientific research.
But since it had come to this, they could only accept reality.
And Sasori himself was full of curiosity and anticipation for the Biochemical Research Institute.
Meanwhile.
The atmosphere outside was also becoming increasingly lively.
Just as Doflamingo said before, the World Government had begun to heavily publicize the 'Second Myriad Worlds Top 100 Combat Power Tournament' through various channels such as the 'World Economic Journal' and Den Den Mushi channels.
This stirred up an unstoppable public opinion wave in all worlds, including Sea Star.
Sea Star people were surprised that at a time when the kingdom rebellion in the major seas was caused by the 'unified regime'.
The World Government was actually going to grandly hold the 'Top 100 Competition'.
Were they really not taking those royalty and nobility seriously?
Many people had previously speculated that the quadrennial 'Top 100 Competition' would likely be postponed.
As for the citizens of other worlds, they were surprised that this 'Top 100 Competition' would set up a 'competition zone' in their own world, and anyone could go and participate in the selection trial.
But when they saw the four passing conditions, most people were completely dumbfounded.
Firstly.
Only those who reached a Doriki value of ten by striking a 'Doriki Tester' unarmed could proceed to the subsequent physical fitness assessment.
And the strength requirement for a Doriki value of one was one hundred kilograms.
This meant the striking force of fists and feet had to reach the level of one ton!
Afterwards.
Within three hours!
Complete one thousand push-ups! Run fifty thousand meters in long-distance running! Unarmed climb a hundred-meter rope one hundred times!
These conditions, in the eyes of Sea Star people, could only be said to have some difficulty, but there were people everywhere who could do them.
But for people from Kabaneri World, Demon Slayer World, Nuclear World, and Familiar of Zero World, these numbers were completely outrageous.
Punching power or kicking power reaching one ton, how could a normal human possibly do that?
But the introduction said that ten Doriki was the average level of a World Government military basic soldier.
And the 'Top 100 Competition' competed on combat ability, not so-called sports competition, so there was a certain requirement for Doriki.
In short, the meaning was that a Doriki value of ten was already very low.
It even mentioned that the intensity of the daily training for soldiers of the Three Military Branches Headquarters was twice these items.
This meant they had to do two thousand push-ups, run one hundred thousand meters in long-distance running, and unarmed climb a two-hundred-meter rope one hundred times every day.
After finishing, they also had to undergo one-on-one high-intensity combat until one side was completely defeated.
And if they were officers above colonel rank, they would add one hour of gravity training.
In addition, if they were fortunate enough to enter the 'Zephyr Training Camp', there would also be training content such as unarmed climbing a five-thousand-meter snow peak, or swimming around the island in winter for one lap.
The Propaganda Department even filmed these training scenes in advance and made them into exquisite videos.
While showing that what they said was true, it also further allowed the citizens of these worlds to witness the strength of the World Government.
Indeed, the effect was significant.
Countless otherworlders could no longer voice doubts and long remained in a state of shock.
But the problem was, according to these selection trial requirements, it was impossible for anyone in their world to complete them!
However, there were also people from worlds who felt it wasn't necessarily impossible.
Imperial Arms World.
Inside the Qin Empire Imperial Palace Main Hall.
The Emperor summoned the Civil and Military Officials, pointed at the virtual image projected into mid-air by the Den Den Mushi, and asked: "Can anyone from our side complete these?"
His gaze swept over the civil officials like Saul, Ezra, and Giovanni.
He looked towards the newly promoted Army General Mura and Air Force Admiral Buckley.
As for Marine Admiral Kuzma, he was not in the Imperial Capital.
Hearing the question, Mura and Buckley exchanged glances, then Mura stepped forward and respectfully replied:
"Reporting to His Majesty, military officers above lieutenant rank should be able to complete easily!"
He wasn't boasting.
People in this world live in an environment with countless Danger Beasts.
Their physique is only slightly weaker than Sea Star people.
Imperial Fist Temple has even developed martial arts comparable to Life Return and Six Powers.
So this Admiral Mura was actually being conservative.
It's estimated that a non-commissioned officer from their Imperial Army is equivalent to a headquarters soldier of the World Government.
One thing to know is, Breathing Style is not only popularized in Sea Star.
"It's just that the 'Myriad Worlds Top 100 Combat Power Tournament' explicitly stipulates that military personnel are not allowed to participate."
Air Force Admiral Buckley reminded him at this moment.
The Emperor smiled: "I believe experts will also appear among the civilians, and the disciples of Imperial Fist Temple are not considered military personnel."
The Civil and Military Officials in the Main Hall nodded repeatedly, their faces all showing expressions of delight.
"His Majesty, it seems that in this 'Top 100 Competition', there will definitely be experts from our Imperial Arms World appearing on stage, and even have a chance to get a Top 10 ranking!"
Diplomat Giovanni shouted loudly.
"Indeed, according to what we understand, among the worlds ruled by the World Government, such as Kabaneri World, Demon Slayer World, Titan World, and the newly conquered Nuclear World, where individual strength is generally weak. So our opponents, besides the experts from Sea Star mainland, should only be the mages from Familiar of Zero World and the ninja from Ninja World..."
Army General Mura analyzed with a serious expression,
"Also Falmart World, this world is said to also have mages, and strange races like beastmen and spirits. The World Economic Journal says they are migrating to live in Titan World."
Giovanni, being the Diplomat, quickly spoke out the information he knew.
Mura nodded: "Then the Titan World competition zone is also worth importance, but I heard that mages' physical ability is very weak. If this is true, then whether they can pass the 'selection trial' is uncertain."
"Search!"
At this moment, the Emperor sitting on the dragon throne stood up and said spiritedly: "Search for experts among the civilians!"
"There are still four months until June 1st. Help them improve their strength as much as possible. The target is to at least get a 'Top 10' ranking!"
"Yes, His Majesty!!!"
The Civil and Military Officials below said in unison, the momentum was astonishing, almost echoing throughout the entire Imperial Palace inside and out.
The Emperor did not dare to have military personnel secretly leave their posts and participate as civilian experts.
He clearly understands that Cipher Pol is a more terrifying special agent organization than 'Oarberg'.
But they don't need to do this kind of thing.
The foundation of this Imperial Arms World, as well as the foundation of the Empire, is enough to cultivate experts capable of standing on the 'Top 100 stage'!
Meanwhile, Ninja World.
In the Former Hokage's Office, now the Shinobi Sect Leader's Office, Senju Tobirama sat across the desk from Otsutsuki Hamura, also talking about the 'Top 100 Competition' thing.
"Are the ninja of our Shinobi Sect considered military personnel?" Otsutsuki Hamura asked hesitantly.
Senju Tobirama thought for a moment and gave his answer: "The Shinobi Sect belongs to the official armed forces of the Ninja World. Of course, they are considered military."
"So only 'wild ninja' can participate from our side?"
"No, our Shinobi Sect's responsibilities are to manage all ninja in the Ninja World. From this perspective, there is no longer such a thing as 'wild ninja'."
Senju Tobirama shook his head:
"But in fact, there are indeed many ninja among the civilians who are unwilling to accept Shinobi Sect management. It's hard to say these people are 'Shinobi Sect ninja'."
"I estimate that many such ninja will sign up for the 'Top 100 Competition'."
"In addition, there are also those samurai, as well as the knights of Regal Continent..."
Otsutsuki Hamura asked thoughtfully: "Then do we need to do anything?"
"What do you hope to do?" Senju Tobirama asked with doubt.
In his opinion, this 'Top 100 Competition' has nothing to do with the Shinobi Sect.
Otsutsuki Hamura smiled: "I hope that in this 'Top 100 Competition', there can be an expert from our Ninja World civilian who gets excellent results in the 'Top 10'!"
Senju Tobirama replied: "Then we need to first distinguish clearly which are the direct ninja of our Shinobi Sect, which are the so-called military personnel, and which are civilian ninja."
"Of course, this is very simple. Those willing to register with the Shinobi Sect, willing to accept the headband issued, and willing to take office in a position and obey orders, can be considered Shinobi Sect ninja. The others are naturally civilian ninja."
Otsutsuki Hamura's eyes lit up: "In this way, many of the clansmen of the great ninja clans can be considered civilian ninja."
"Yes, it's just that we can no longer order these civilian ninja in the name of the Shinobi Sect. At most, we can require them to follow the rules set by the Shinobi Sect, equivalent to acknowledging 'wild ninja' as a legal identity."
Senju Tobirama said in a deep voice.
Now, when they encounter 'wild ninja' who haven't registered, they will capture them and force registration.
If they resist, they will be forcibly arrested and judged based on the severity of the offense.
So this approach actually weakens the power and influence of the Shinobi Sect.
Before, all ninja in the Ninja World were considered Shinobi Sect ninja.
But now we have to acknowledge 'wild ninja' are legal, belonging to civilian ninja, and allow them freedom to develop.
"Let's do it this way then. We cannot hold all ninja in our hands!"
Otsutsuki Hamura considered for a long time and finally made a decision.
He turned around, looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, and muttered to himself:
"I hope they can achieve excellent results in this one—no, and also in future 'Top 100 Competitions'."
"In this way, people willing to learn ninjutsu will definitely become more and more..."
(End of this chapter)
Sasori and Chiyo's reunion was moving.
At least he wouldn't have to experience the tragedy in the 'Canon', where he transformed himself to have only one heart.
However, the recruitment by the Biochemical Research Institute was unexpected, and it also made Rasa feel the pain of losing a genius young man.
Neither he nor Chiyo understood why the World Government determined that Sasori had extremely high talent in scientific research.
But since it had come to this, they could only accept reality.
And Sasori himself was full of curiosity and anticipation for the Biochemical Research Institute.
Meanwhile.
The atmosphere outside was also becoming increasingly lively.
Just as Doflamingo said before, the World Government had begun to heavily publicize the 'Second Myriad Worlds Top 100 Combat Power Tournament' through various channels such as the 'World Economic Journal' and Den Den Mushi channels.
This stirred up an unstoppable public opinion wave in all worlds, including Sea Star.
Sea Star people were surprised that at a time when the kingdom rebellion in the major seas was caused by the 'unified regime'.
The World Government was actually going to grandly hold the 'Top 100 Competition'.
Were they really not taking those royalty and nobility seriously?
Many people had previously speculated that the quadrennial 'Top 100 Competition' would likely be postponed.
As for the citizens of other worlds, they were surprised that this 'Top 100 Competition' would set up a 'competition zone' in their own world, and anyone could go and participate in the selection trial.
But when they saw the four passing conditions, most people were completely dumbfounded.
Firstly.
Only those who reached a Doriki value of ten by striking a 'Doriki Tester' unarmed could proceed to the subsequent physical fitness assessment.
And the strength requirement for a Doriki value of one was one hundred kilograms.
This meant the striking force of fists and feet had to reach the level of one ton!
Afterwards.
Within three hours!
Complete one thousand push-ups! Run fifty thousand meters in long-distance running! Unarmed climb a hundred-meter rope one hundred times!
These conditions, in the eyes of Sea Star people, could only be said to have some difficulty, but there were people everywhere who could do them.
But for people from Kabaneri World, Demon Slayer World, Nuclear World, and Familiar of Zero World, these numbers were completely outrageous.
Punching power or kicking power reaching one ton, how could a normal human possibly do that?
But the introduction said that ten Doriki was the average level of a World Government military basic soldier.
And the 'Top 100 Competition' competed on combat ability, not so-called sports competition, so there was a certain requirement for Doriki.
In short, the meaning was that a Doriki value of ten was already very low.
It even mentioned that the intensity of the daily training for soldiers of the Three Military Branches Headquarters was twice these items.
This meant they had to do two thousand push-ups, run one hundred thousand meters in long-distance running, and unarmed climb a two-hundred-meter rope one hundred times every day.
After finishing, they also had to undergo one-on-one high-intensity combat until one side was completely defeated.
And if they were officers above colonel rank, they would add one hour of gravity training.
In addition, if they were fortunate enough to enter the 'Zephyr Training Camp', there would also be training content such as unarmed climbing a five-thousand-meter snow peak, or swimming around the island in winter for one lap.
The Propaganda Department even filmed these training scenes in advance and made them into exquisite videos.
While showing that what they said was true, it also further allowed the citizens of these worlds to witness the strength of the World Government.
Indeed, the effect was significant.
Countless otherworlders could no longer voice doubts and long remained in a state of shock.
But the problem was, according to these selection trial requirements, it was impossible for anyone in their world to complete them!
However, there were also people from worlds who felt it wasn't necessarily impossible.
Imperial Arms World.
Inside the Qin Empire Imperial Palace Main Hall.
The Emperor summoned the Civil and Military Officials, pointed at the virtual image projected into mid-air by the Den Den Mushi, and asked: "Can anyone from our side complete these?"
His gaze swept over the civil officials like Saul, Ezra, and Giovanni.
He looked towards the newly promoted Army General Mura and Air Force Admiral Buckley.
As for Marine Admiral Kuzma, he was not in the Imperial Capital.
Hearing the question, Mura and Buckley exchanged glances, then Mura stepped forward and respectfully replied:
"Reporting to His Majesty, military officers above lieutenant rank should be able to complete easily!"
He wasn't boasting.
People in this world live in an environment with countless Danger Beasts.
Their physique is only slightly weaker than Sea Star people.
Imperial Fist Temple has even developed martial arts comparable to Life Return and Six Powers.
So this Admiral Mura was actually being conservative.
It's estimated that a non-commissioned officer from their Imperial Army is equivalent to a headquarters soldier of the World Government.
One thing to know is, Breathing Style is not only popularized in Sea Star.
"It's just that the 'Myriad Worlds Top 100 Combat Power Tournament' explicitly stipulates that military personnel are not allowed to participate."
Air Force Admiral Buckley reminded him at this moment.
The Emperor smiled: "I believe experts will also appear among the civilians, and the disciples of Imperial Fist Temple are not considered military personnel."
The Civil and Military Officials in the Main Hall nodded repeatedly, their faces all showing expressions of delight.
"His Majesty, it seems that in this 'Top 100 Competition', there will definitely be experts from our Imperial Arms World appearing on stage, and even have a chance to get a Top 10 ranking!"
Diplomat Giovanni shouted loudly.
"Indeed, according to what we understand, among the worlds ruled by the World Government, such as Kabaneri World, Demon Slayer World, Titan World, and the newly conquered Nuclear World, where individual strength is generally weak. So our opponents, besides the experts from Sea Star mainland, should only be the mages from Familiar of Zero World and the ninja from Ninja World..."
Army General Mura analyzed with a serious expression,
"Also Falmart World, this world is said to also have mages, and strange races like beastmen and spirits. The World Economic Journal says they are migrating to live in Titan World."
Giovanni, being the Diplomat, quickly spoke out the information he knew.
Mura nodded: "Then the Titan World competition zone is also worth importance, but I heard that mages' physical ability is very weak. If this is true, then whether they can pass the 'selection trial' is uncertain."
"Search!"
At this moment, the Emperor sitting on the dragon throne stood up and said spiritedly: "Search for experts among the civilians!"
"There are still four months until June 1st. Help them improve their strength as much as possible. The target is to at least get a 'Top 10' ranking!"
"Yes, His Majesty!!!"
The Civil and Military Officials below said in unison, the momentum was astonishing, almost echoing throughout the entire Imperial Palace inside and out.
The Emperor did not dare to have military personnel secretly leave their posts and participate as civilian experts.
He clearly understands that Cipher Pol is a more terrifying special agent organization than 'Oarberg'.
But they don't need to do this kind of thing.
The foundation of this Imperial Arms World, as well as the foundation of the Empire, is enough to cultivate experts capable of standing on the 'Top 100 stage'!
Meanwhile, Ninja World.
In the Former Hokage's Office, now the Shinobi Sect Leader's Office, Senju Tobirama sat across the desk from Otsutsuki Hamura, also talking about the 'Top 100 Competition' thing.
"Are the ninja of our Shinobi Sect considered military personnel?" Otsutsuki Hamura asked hesitantly.
Senju Tobirama thought for a moment and gave his answer: "The Shinobi Sect belongs to the official armed forces of the Ninja World. Of course, they are considered military."
"So only 'wild ninja' can participate from our side?"
"No, our Shinobi Sect's responsibilities are to manage all ninja in the Ninja World. From this perspective, there is no longer such a thing as 'wild ninja'."
Senju Tobirama shook his head:
"But in fact, there are indeed many ninja among the civilians who are unwilling to accept Shinobi Sect management. It's hard to say these people are 'Shinobi Sect ninja'."
"I estimate that many such ninja will sign up for the 'Top 100 Competition'."
"In addition, there are also those samurai, as well as the knights of Regal Continent..."
Otsutsuki Hamura asked thoughtfully: "Then do we need to do anything?"
"What do you hope to do?" Senju Tobirama asked with doubt.
In his opinion, this 'Top 100 Competition' has nothing to do with the Shinobi Sect.
Otsutsuki Hamura smiled: "I hope that in this 'Top 100 Competition', there can be an expert from our Ninja World civilian who gets excellent results in the 'Top 10'!"
Senju Tobirama replied: "Then we need to first distinguish clearly which are the direct ninja of our Shinobi Sect, which are the so-called military personnel, and which are civilian ninja."
"Of course, this is very simple. Those willing to register with the Shinobi Sect, willing to accept the headband issued, and willing to take office in a position and obey orders, can be considered Shinobi Sect ninja. The others are naturally civilian ninja."
Otsutsuki Hamura's eyes lit up: "In this way, many of the clansmen of the great ninja clans can be considered civilian ninja."
"Yes, it's just that we can no longer order these civilian ninja in the name of the Shinobi Sect. At most, we can require them to follow the rules set by the Shinobi Sect, equivalent to acknowledging 'wild ninja' as a legal identity."
Senju Tobirama said in a deep voice.
Now, when they encounter 'wild ninja' who haven't registered, they will capture them and force registration.
If they resist, they will be forcibly arrested and judged based on the severity of the offense.
So this approach actually weakens the power and influence of the Shinobi Sect.
Before, all ninja in the Ninja World were considered Shinobi Sect ninja.
But now we have to acknowledge 'wild ninja' are legal, belonging to civilian ninja, and allow them freedom to develop.
"Let's do it this way then. We cannot hold all ninja in our hands!"
Otsutsuki Hamura considered for a long time and finally made a decision.
He turned around, looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, and muttered to himself:
"I hope they can achieve excellent results in this one—no, and also in future 'Top 100 Competitions'."
"In this way, people willing to learn ninjutsu will definitely become more and more..."
(End of this chapter)
