Chapter 65

After the second announcement, the reports of the teams that had failed and passed went on and I was surprised to learn that Meido's team had failed, despite having two clansmen on their team, but Sarutobi's had passed, much to the Uchiha's delight.

After the rest of the teams were announced, we waited until all thirty-six teams had passed the first stage, and then we were split into two, with some of us being led away to talk to our teams and the rest being led to the exit, where the losing teams were waiting for their mentors.

While we were being led back to the hotel, everyone was asking the Genins what had happened during the first stage, after which I could only shake my head at the Sunavians' inventions. Suffice it to say that they approached even the first stage with enthusiasm and a fair share of imagination. I don't know who was the generator of ideas and the executor, but I take my hat off to him - it turned out to be very interesting and quite difficult for the genins.

The first stage of the exam was divided into several parts, the first of which required brain work. Each team was given a room, a rebus problem and twenty minutes to solve it, after the expiration of which or sooner they had to provide the answer to the assigned chunin.

Some of them were puzzles, others were puzzles, in general, a task for observation (hints were available in the room) and the ability to think quickly. The second part of the stage was more complicated and tricky. Each team for ten minutes had to choose one person from its composition, who would be sent to continue the test, and already began intimidation and pressure that the chosen genin may not come back, although having bought his team the right to continue the exam. It was an attempt to make the three teams to make a discord in the selection, as well as to single out the most useless one.

And if someone was still chosen, before going to the third part they were forced to sign a waiver of claims in case of turning into a cripple or death... Not a bad psychological load for twelve or thirteen-year-olds. But further on it was even more interesting - all the chosen ones were taken to separate rooms and left to marinate there for some time in solitude, then one by one they were taken to the place of the next test, where a man who looked more like a maniac than a shinobi asked a very simple question - did the candidate want to enter the door that was behind his back?

It would seem that the answer was obvious to anyone, but the blood dripping from under the door, muffled screams with muffled blows on the flesh and the crunch of breaking bones did not inspire confidence. Someone refused at once, falling through, someone more cold-blooded inquired about the origin of the sounds and received a quite natural answer - they were breaking down the past candidate.

It was quite natural that already nervous, the genins preferred to get away rather than take the place of the next unfortunate.

And only those who recognized a very high quality illusion imposed on the room, passed on and won their teams passage to the second stage. In general, compared to the first stage of Konoha, which is known from the original story, it makes an impression even on shinobi who have seen the sights, especially considering the fact that the Sunavans did not even really push the KI candidates, preferring to create a tense and frankly frightening atmosphere in which the test subject did all the work for them. Respect.

It was necessary to calculate and carry out everything so accurately to be able to intimidate already sniffed powdered killers, albeit juveniles. No wonder only fourteen of the thirty-six teams made it through. Not everyone has balls of steel, especially if they sent the weakest. Morino's stupid test makes this organization look pathetic.

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