On March 1st, in the early morning of the first day of spring, Konoha's Chunin Exam officially began.
A large number of ninjas poured into the ninja school, including Konoha ninjas wearing Konoha forehead protectors, Sand ninjas wearing white turbans, and dark-skinned Kumo ninjas...
The costumes of each ninja village embody the characteristics of the country where the village is located. The headscarf of the Sand Ninja is to block the hot sun in the desert, and the rain ninja's raincoat-like uniform is because it rains all year round in the Rain Country.
If it were normal times, so many foreign ninjas entering the Ninja School would definitely disrupt the normal classes at the Ninja School. Fortunately, the Ninja School is on a long vacation right now and will not reopen until April.
The number of people participating in the Chunin exam this time is unprecedented. The Sand Village brought 25 groups of Genin, the Iwagakure brought 18 groups of Genin, the Kumogakure brought 17 groups of candidates, the Amegakure brought 7 groups of Genin, the Kusagakure brought 5 groups of Genin, and the Takigakure brought 5 groups of Genin.
There are a total of seventy-seven groups of foreign Genin, with three people in each group, which means two hundred and thirty-one Genin.
This was the Chunin Exam held in Konoha, so naturally there were more Genin participating. There were nine groups of Genin participating in Nagase's newly formed special operations squad alone.
There are a total of forty groups of Genin taking part in the Chunin Exam in Konoha, or one hundred and twenty people.
This means that the total number of people taking part in this Chunin Exam is three hundred and fifty-one.
Although it seems quite small, in Yongze's previous life, there were at least 400 students in any grade in an ordinary middle school.
However, these are not ordinary people, but ninjas, and they are exams for promotion to Chunin. Three hundred and fifty-one is already a "big number".
At least, according to Nagase's experience, if it weren't jointly organized, there would usually be only about seventy or eighty people taking part in the ordinary Chunin Exam.
He has a lot of say in this regard. After all, in order to develop himself, he had to take part in the Chunin Exam many times before he "barely" succeeded.
Therefore, even if only in terms of the number of people, this Chunin Exam, with more than four times the number of normal people, is a rare event.
With so many people, they naturally couldn't all be in one examination room, so Nagaze divided it into five examination rooms.
There were two ninja invigilators in each examination room, and the chief examiner, Shisui, was stationed in the five classrooms.
Of course, he could also choose to stay in a classroom, or quietly slack off outside the classroom. After all, he was the chief examiner and the boss in the examination room.
By the way, the ninjas in charge of the exam are arranged by the chief examiner.
Although Shisui has a gentle personality, he does not have many friends due to special reasons, so he simply brought the members of the fourth group of his training team to act as invigilators.
"I am Uchiha Shisui, the chief examiner of this exam. This exam is a theoretical exam. The exam time is two hours, starting at 8 o'clock and ending at 10 o'clock. If you have any questions, you can ask the invigilator ninja."
At 7:50, Shisui read out the rules in the first examination room and asked the teachers to hand out the papers.
"Excuse me, what does it mean to pass, and what will happen if you don't pass?" A young man wearing a Takinin forehead protector stood up and asked.
“There are ten questions in total. If you answer six or more correctly, you will be qualified and can take the subsequent exams.
If you fail, even if only one person in the group fails, the whole team will be eliminated." Shisui replied calmly.
The Taki ninja's eyes widened slightly. It was too cruel to eliminate all the members of the group if one person failed.
The ninjas from the small countries began to discuss the matter, and some Genin who were taking part in the Chunin Exam for the first time also felt that the rules were too harsh.
But some of the Konoha Genin who took part in multiple Chunin Exams smiled disdainfully at those who complained about the strict rules
Is this strict? Sometimes the whole team has to get full marks to avoid elimination, and this is just passing.
"Also, if you're caught cheating, you'll be eliminated immediately, just like if you fail. If one person is caught cheating, the entire group will be eliminated," Shisui added.
Before the candidates could complain, they felt an extremely powerful aura rising. Shisui opened his Sharingan and directly opened the Mangekyō.
"If you have the confidence to challenge this pair of Sharingan, go ahead and cheat." Shisui opened his blood-red Mangekyo and scanned the examination room indifferently. No one dared to look at him for more than a second.
"Such a strong pressure, Senior Shisui is so strong, much stronger than the teacher of the special combat class." Although he knew that Shisui didn't look at him specifically, but after staring at the blood-red kaleidoscope for a moment, Kabuto felt that everything about himself was exposed to Shisui. Shisui only needed a glance to defeat him.
Dou's group was gathered in the first examination room. Before they even got the test papers, they were already shocked.
"Shisui, you are worthy of me. I don't know when I can catch up with you." Facing Shisui's unique Sharingan, Itachi was briefly distracted and sighed at Shisui's power.
"This is our powerful Uchiha. Let's restore the glory of Uchiha in this battle." Uchiha Yong was shocked by Shisui's strength, and then burst into great enthusiasm, ready to show his prowess in this Chunin Exam.
Itachi and Kabuto, who were familiar with Shisui, were shocked by the Mangekyō, not to mention the other Genin. Many of them were so shocked that they couldn't even hold their pens and dropped them on the ground. They only reacted when the papers were handed to them, picked up their pens, and started answering the questions.
"What is Konoha doing? It's just a theoretical exam. Wouldn't it be better if any Chunin or Jonin were to be the invigilator? Is it necessary to send such a powerful Uchiha to be the invigilator?" A ninja complained in a low voice.
The ninjas in the small village were almost scared silly and were questioning their lives. They had never seen such aura in their leader. How come in Konoha, any random examiner had such terrifying strength? Was there such a big gap between the small ninja villages and the five major ninja villages
Although the ninjas from the big ninja villages are more knowledgeable than those from the small ninja villages, there is a limit. The Kage-level strong men are not cabbages. They can't be seen casually and will be scared to death.
Some ninjas who knew a little about Uchiha were curious about Shisui's eyes.
Logically speaking, isn't Uchiha's Sharingan divided into one magatama, two magatama, and three magatama? And Shisui's eyes are not magatama patterns, but darts.
"Shisui, I didn't expect him to become so strong after the war. I must tell the Raikage after the exam is over." Sam Yin felt Shisui's gaze and decided to go back and tell the Raikage this information.
The ninja who was originally planning to cheat secretly groaned. The invigilator was so scary, there was no way he could cheat.
I feel like my whole body and even my soul have been seen through.
Most people choose to have the teacher do the questions, but there are always some people who really don’t know anything at all.
"If you fail, you will be eliminated. If you are found out, you will be eliminated too. You might as well give it a try. Maybe you will succeed." A Kusanagi tried hard, but found that he could not do any of the questions. He decided to give it a try.
"Fifth place from the third faction, you and your group are eliminated. Please leave the examination room immediately." Not long after the Kusanagi started cheating, Shisui saw through it.
The teammates of the Kusagakure glared at the cheating Kusagakure shinobi with anger on their faces. If they hadn't been concerned about the village's reputation, they would have rushed forward.
The cheating Grass Ninja was also embarrassed and ran out of the grassland quickly with a red face.
Although it was very embarrassing, the Kusanagi didn't dare to cause trouble because Shisui gave him such a terrifying feeling.
The appearance of an eliminated group made the other candidates even more nervous. Some ninjas who also had the idea of cheating already had cold sweat on their foreheads and backs.
However, things soon took a turn for the better because Shisui walked out of the classroom!
"Yes, this scary guy is the chief examiner. How could he stay in one examination room? He must have gone to other examination rooms to check." The ninjas who wanted to cheat were delighted when they saw this scene. There is always a way out.
But what they didn't expect was that after Shisui left, another Konoha ninja walked up to the podium, and then a pair of scarlet three-magatama Sharingan appeared in the sight of all the candidates.
"Why are you looking at me? Why aren't you answering the questions seriously?" Uchiha Tiehuo said with a frown.
The candidates below felt as if there were ten thousand ninja bulls running through their heads, raising a huge cloud of dust.
"What the hell, Uchiha Shisui left, and here comes another Uchiha with three magatama? The Uchiha group is here to supervise the exam, right?" The candidate who wanted to cheat screamed in his heart.
What made the candidates even more desperate was that the invigilator ninja sitting next to them also silently opened his Sharingan, which also had three magatama.
Amazing, it’s really the Uchiha group!
The candidates were speechless. An Uchiha with three magatama should at least have the strength of a jonin. Why are there two of them in one examination room
The candidates felt that, not to mention they were here, even if their teachers were here they would have to do the questions honestly, and cheating was impossible.
The Sharingan is a well-known bloodline limit in the ninja world, and its insight is famously strong.
Not to mention the ninjas from other villages, even some ninjas from Konoha were doubting their lives at this moment. You call this the Chunin Exam? How come there is not a single Chunin to be seen? In the past, didn't they just randomly send two Chunins to watch over it
If Shisui, who has already left, knew what the examinees were thinking, he would definitely feel wronged. He really did not intentionally increase the difficulty of the Chunin Exam.
The examiner chose his own invigilator, but he didn't know any suitable ninja, so he had to bring his subordinates along.
And it just so happens that there are quite a few Uchiha under his command, which is why the current situation has arisen.
At the beginning, there were only four Uchiha in the fourth group besides him, and one of them was sacrificed in a later mission.
However, with the restructuring of the police department, a large number of Uchiha went to other departments, and Shisui accepted a lot of Uchiha, resulting in many more Uchiha ninjas in the fourth group.
Afterwards, Shisui stayed in each examination room for a while, but he remembered Nagase's words and knew when to stop (he thought).
Two hours passed quickly, and after the exam, many candidates were so tired that they lay down on the table.
It’s not that the test was too difficult so it was tiring, but it was because I was being stared at by the Sharingan.
Being stared at by the three-magatama Sharingan all the time, and a Mangekyō suddenly pops out from time to time, who can stand this? Even if you don't cheat, you will feel guilty.
"This is definitely the most daunting theoretical exam I have ever taken." A candidate wiped the sweat from his forehead with regret and said.
He felt that he would dream about those horrible blood-red eyes tonight. It was too scary.
"The first and easiest exam was so terrifying. I wonder what the rest of the exams will be like." Some people expressed concern about the next exam.
Konoha announced the examination process. Although it did not mention the specific examination items, it is clear that there are three stages in total and only those who pass the third stage will have the chance to become a Chunin.
"Candidates, please rest in the classroom for half an hour. After half an hour, the results of the theoretical exam will be announced, and then the second part of the Chunin exam will begin." Seeing Uchiha Tetsuka collected the test papers, Shisui nodded and said to the candidates below.
The test papers of hundreds of people were nothing to the ninjas, and the ninja school teacher who was in charge of marking the test papers was already ready to continue.
"Yong, did you have any problems with the exam?" After the exam, the three of them sat together, and Kabuto asked Uchiha Yong.
He knew Itachi inside and out, so this kind of question was not a problem at all, but as for Uchiha Yong, he only knew that his strength was pretty good, but he had no idea about his theoretical knowledge.
Kabuto would also feel a little bad if they failed the first round of the theoretical exam because Uchiha Yong failed.
"Kabuto, don't underestimate me as your strong rival. When I was in the ninja school, I always ranked in the top three." Uchiha Yong said somewhat dissatisfiedly, feeling that he was being underestimated.
"Sorry, this is my first time taking the Chunin Exam and I'm a little nervous." Kabuto said with a smile, feeling relieved.
Uchiha Yong was not the kind of person who liked to nitpick over details, so he didn't say anything else.
Instead, he chatted with the two of them about Shisui.
"Senior Shisui is indeed worthy of being our Uchiha's number one genius. He has made a name for himself in the war at such a young age. He is really strong." Uchiha Yong praised, feeling like an idol fan.
Itachi nodded, and felt a little more favorable towards Uchiha Yong.
"We are all newcomers on the road of ninja," Kabuto sighed.
He had seen more powerful people than these two. Before entering the ninja school, Nagase took him to watch the battles of Kakashi and others.
Because of this, Kabuto rarely feels complacent about his own strength, as he has seen many ninjas who are stronger than him, and who were not much older than him, being teenagers.
"I wonder how senior Shisui's strength compares to Nagase Fuza." Uchiha Yong tried to imagine and found that he couldn't imagine it.
Because the strength of both of them was far beyond his, he couldn't even imagine the scene of the two fighting.
"Kabuto and Itachi, you were both taught by Nagase Fusa, what do you think?" Uchiha Yong asked.
"Brother Nagase/Teacher Nagase." They both replied at the same time.
"Is Nagase Fuzou so strong?" Seeing that both of them answered without hesitation, Uchiha Yong was slightly surprised.
Kabuto and Itachi didn't explain much because it was difficult for them to explain it clearly, but they were sure that Nagase was stronger than Shisui, much stronger.
Kabuto has a clearer understanding, and he feels that Shisui's strength should be similar to Kakashi's.
And Kakashi is often beaten up by Nagase's shadow clones...