Chapter 21: The Exam Begins

When Satoru returned home, he found that Kakashi was also there, which was somewhat unexpected for Satoru. After all, since knowing the number of tasks Satoru had undertaken, Kakashi had become a task fanatic and didn't want to be left too far behind by Satoru. But when he thought of the Chunin exam the next day, Satoru understood.

"How about it, Kakashi, do you need me to help you be during the Chunin exam, so that my little brother can become the youngest Chunin in history?"

Satoru said, messing with Kakashi's hair.

"I don't need it."

With a wave, Kakashi shook off Satoru's hand and said flatly.

"I will definitely become a Chunin through my own efforts."

"Is that so? Then I hope we won't have a moment of confrontation, Kakashi, you should be very clear about my strength."

"Tsk."

Kakashi let out a disdainful sound, but his heart was still a bit heavy. If his opponent was really Satoru, then he really had no chance of winning. He felt as if he could no longer see Satoru's back.

Early the next morning, the two brothers set off early and arrived at the exam site. This was no different from the Chunin exam in Satoru's memory, the first round was a written test.

However, to Satoru's surprise, all the ninjas here were from Konohagakure village, and not a single ninja from other villages appeared. This means that this is a war to compete for quotas with their own people.

But after thinking about it carefully, Satoru could understand the reason.

The Second Ninja World War ended only a few years ago, and the current situation in the ninja world is still very tense, as if the Third Ninja World War is about to begin. Therefore, Konohagakure village naturally cannot let ninjas from other major ninja villages come in.

As for the small ninja villages, they dare not come. After all, participating in Konohagakure's Chunin exam means having a good relationship with Konohagakure, which also means that they may offend the other four major ninja villages. So just in case, they did not participate.

This resulted in the Chunin exam held by Konohagakure this time being a struggle between ninjas within their own village.

The written test questions were a breeze for Satoru, and there was no need to cheat at all, because the test was basically common sense. However, unexpectedly, their class had all passed in this round of competition.

After all, both Masahiro and Miwa have been Genin for two years, and they have accumulated a lot of task experience, enough to cope with any questions on the test paper, and all three of them are full of confidence in each other.

So in the last question, no one gave up.

Just as everyone was preparing to celebrate the passing of the first round of exams, the door of the exam room was suddenly pulled open, and then a man with long hair, a pale face, and a very gloomy look walked in.

The moment they saw this person, the entire exam room was instantly silent, and anyone who was stared at by this person's gaze felt as if they were being stared at by a giant python.

"Orochimaru-sama, please take care of the second round of the exam."

The Jonin in charge of the first round of the exam said respectfully to the other party. This person is Orochimaru, who is known as the 'Three Nin' and 'Cold Monarch', and is also the disciple of the Third Hokage.

"Who would have thought that the examiner for the second round of the survival test would be him?"

Satoru's eyes behind his sunglasses narrowed slightly, Orochimaru's appearance was somewhat unexpected.

And Orochimaru seemed to feel Satoru's gaze, and also glanced in Satoru's direction.

"Are there still half of the people left? But it doesn't matter, after my assessment is over, there may be less than ten people left."

As soon as these words came out, the students who had not yet had time to be excited about passing the first round of the exam suddenly felt a heavy pressure. They didn't think Orochimaru was just talking.

After all, they have all heard of Orochimaru's name, his methods are very cruel and cold-blooded, otherwise, he would not be called the Cold Monarch.

"All of you head directly to the second assessment site, those who do not arrive within five minutes will be considered as forfeiting."

After the announcement, Orochimaru's body 'popped' and turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared. This is Orochimaru's shadow clone, this kind of thing does not need to bother his real body.

And then Satoru's figure also turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared. Yes, the Satoru who came to take the exam this time is also a shadow clone.

"This guy."

Masahiro, who had originally planned to go with Satoru, clenched his fists in anger. He didn't expect that Satoru would send a shadow clone to such an important Chunin exam.

"Alright, Masahiro, let's go quickly, otherwise we might really be eliminated later."

At this time, there were not many people left in the examination room.

And at this moment, Satoru, who was eating dessert in a dessert shop, suddenly froze, and the memory of the shadow clone was directly received by the real body.

"The examiner for the second round is actually Orochimaru? That's really interesting."

From Satoru's face, there was no worry at all. For him, it doesn't matter who the examiner is, as long as he doesn't provoke him and the people around him.

"But this time I might have to go with my real body."

After saying that, Satoru directly used the Body Flicker Technique and arrived at the second assessment site, which is the Forest of Death.

Just after arriving not long ago, Satoru heard a voice of anger.

"Satoru, you actually used a shadow clone to take the exam."

Masahiro's angry questioning sounded behind Satoru, and also Masahiro's raised fist, but when the fist was about to fall on Satoru's head, it suddenly stopped.

"You're not a shadow clone this time, are you?"

Before beating him, Masahiro would definitely ask first. If it was a shadow clone, it would be beaten to nothing in one fell swoop, and that would be over.

"No."

"That's good."

A cruel expression appeared on Masahiro's face, and his fist swung down quickly, but he hit the air directly. Satoru's figure had already appeared in the distance, where Kakashi was.

"This guy."

Masahiro raised his fist and gritted his teeth.

"Alright, alright, Masahiro, you understand Satoru's character."

Miwa hurriedly comforted him on the side, he was afraid that Masahiro would get angry.

"This bastard, sooner or later, I will beat him up on the ground, let him know how to respect his seniors."

But Satoru also found that there were fewer people around.

"Are there a third of the people who haven't come? It seems that for some people, this assessment has already begun."

Satoru compared the number of people in the memory returned by the shadow clone with the number of people who are now present. Five minutes is enough for everyone to reach the Forest of Death.

But now there are a third of the people who have not arrived, which means that among these people who have arrived now, some people have already started to make a move. After all, they are going to be eliminated anyway, eliminating them earlier can increase some chances of passing.

(End of this chapter)

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