<p>At the time of the <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Ch%C5%ABnin_Exams" rel="noreferrer">chunin exams</a>, Konoha was unaware the Sound Village was built by Orochimaru. While Kabuto was infiltrating the exams as a Konoha genin, he mentioned the village was quite young and little was known about it. </p>

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  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Tunwd.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Tunwd.jpg" alt="Kabuto talking to Team 7"></a>
  <br><sub>Naruto Chapter 39</sub></p>
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<p>As for why the sound genin were in Konoha, the chunin exams became open to all villages as a result of the Third Shinobi War. Given how the Sound Village was unknown to be Orochimaru‘s cover and appeared to be an average - albeit young - village, nobody though twice about genins taking the exam. </p>

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<p>I am currently watching <em>Naruto Shippuden</em> and just watched the episode where in the past, </p>

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  <p> Orochimaru said to Kabuto that he is going to create the Village Hidden by Sound.</p>
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<p>My question is, if the people from Konoha (Hidden Leaf Village) know that</p>

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  <p> the Sound Village is Orochimaru's village,</p>
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<p>then why did they invite ninjas from the Sound to compete in the Chunin exams? Was it not common knowledge that </p>

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  <p> Sound Village was Orochimaru's village?</p>
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<p>If this will be answered further in the <em>Shippuden</em> then I will watch it, but I don't see why it would be. </p>

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is this a second Chunin exam in that occurred in Shippuden? because i know Sound Village Ninja (well, 1 team) was invited to the Chunin Exams during *Naruto* (the one that the Kazekage was invited to) but i haven't seen enough of Shippuden to know if they had a second one during it
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Why did the Leaf Village invite the Village Hidden by Sound for the Chunin exams?
# Why did the Leaf Village invite the Village Hidden by Sound for the Chunin exams?
Posted by: username_0 on 2019-07-16
I am currently watching *Naruto Shippuden* and just watched the episode where in the past,

> Orochimaru said to Kabuto that he is going to create the Village Hidden by Sound.

My question is, if the people from Konoha (Hidden Leaf Village) know that

> the Sound Village is Orochimaru's village,

then why did they invite ninjas from the Sound to compete in the Chunin exams? Was it not common knowledge that

> Sound Village was Orochimaru's village?

If this will be answered further in the *Shippuden* then I will watch it, but I don't see why it would be.
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> **username_1**: is this a second Chunin exam in that occurred in Shippuden? because i know Sound Village Ninja (well, 1 team) was invited to the Chunin Exams during *Naruto* (the one that the Kazekage was invited to) but i haven't seen enough of Shippuden to know if they had a second one during it  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-07-16. Score: 5
At the time of the [chunin exams](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Ch%C5%ABnin_Exams), Konoha was unaware the Sound Village was built by Orochimaru. While Kabuto was infiltrating the exams as a Konoha genin, he mentioned the village was quite young and little was known about it.

> [![Kabuto talking to Team 7](https://i.sstatic.net/Tunwd.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Tunwd.jpg)
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> Naruto Chapter 39

As for why the sound genin were in Konoha, the chunin exams became open to all villages as a result of the Third Shinobi War. Given how the Sound Village was unknown to be Orochimaru‘s cover and appeared to be an average - albeit young - village, nobody though twice about genins taking the exam.
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