Who is the dumbest?

Several days passed, and Shukaku finally managed to get a new body after pleading with Sora.

And today is the beginning of the Chunin exams.

The genin started the first stage of the Chunin exam, where they had to answer ten questions within 2 hours.

They were allowed to cheat in any way they wanted, but if caught by the proctor, they would be immediately disqualified and have to take the exam next year.

However, with the increase in the number of participants, the number of participants failing also increased. Additionally, the questions provided were very difficult. Even for elite Jonin and Anbu, only a few of them could answer at least one or two questions.

Even Hibiki Morino, who was the proctor this time, was not sure if he could answer all the questions correctly.

"Sora-sama is truly terrifying; his intelligence is far above average. No wonder Lady Tsunade wants to marry him."

Hibiki observed the participants and glanced at some promising ones who were using various interesting cheating methods.

And after two hours, the exam ended, where Hibiki explained the purpose of the first exam, emphasizing the importance of information gathering for shinobi.

But before Hibiki could finish speaking, an Anbu with long purple hair wearing a cat-themed mask to cover her face appeared. However, for Naruko and Satsuki, they recognized the figure very well.

Fortunately, they were smart enough not to shout out the Anbu's name.

"The second exam is a survival test. Meet me in three hours at training ground number 44. Those who are late will be declared failed. That is all."

The Anbu then looked towards Hibiki and spoke.

"Thank you for your hard work, Hibiki-san!"

She then disappeared and turned into smoke using a body replacement jutsu.

Hibiki then instructed the exam participants to continue to the second exam. As a reward, he also informed the location of the second exam for those who didn't know.

Two hours later, all the participants who passed the first stage of the exam had gathered at the entrance of the exam location.

Many of them were nervous, anxious, and scared when they saw the exam location, while some looked curious.

But there was one team that seemed a bit odd, where one of its members had a gloomy expression, lacking enthusiasm.

That team was Team 7, and the member who lacked enthusiasm was Naruko.

Seeing her friend looking gloomy, Gaara and his team approached Naruko's team.

"Naruko-chan, why do you look so down?"

Temari asked with a hint of concern.

It wasn't Naruko who answered the question, but Satsuki, who rarely spoke.

"It's because she's been thrown into that forest by papa many times."

"Ehhh?" 3x

Sakura added.

"Yes, Naruko said she's been thrown into the Forest of Death by Sora-san since she was a child because she was too naughty."

"I see, so she has a bit of trauma." Temari understood the reason for Naruko's strange behavior

"Ohhh" 2x

Gaara's team finally understood why Naruko became so gloomy when they found out their exam location.

"All right, it's been three hours, and the second stage of the exam will begin shortly. Participants are requested to gather."

Hearing the announcement from the proctor, they began to move.

Yugao, who acted as the exam proctor this time, explained that the second stage of the exam focused on survival.

Participants were asked to find an object hidden by the exam proctor team, and they were given ten days to find and bring the object to the center of the forest, a large tower that could seen from the gate.

Participants were given a protective scroll that would activate and throw them out of the exam arena directly into the medical room if they received a fatal attack that could endanger their lives.

Then Yugao showed the object they had to find, after which, they were asked to sign an agreement not to sue in case of accidents.

After everything was ready, with Yugao's signal, all participants immediately entered the Forest of Death and rushed to find the object.

But on one side of the entrance, Team 7 didn't rush into the forest. Satsuki and Sakura saw Naruko looking for something among the tree roots.

"Naruko, what are you looking for?"

Sakura, curious, couldn't help but ask.

"The beasts in this forest may not be strong, but their numbers are infuriating, especially insect-type creatures like mosquitoes.... So if we enter just like that, be prepared to not be able to sleep for ten days... yatta!!! found it!!!"

Naruko then showed something to her friends, an odd mushroom that emitted a large amount of spores with just a small touch and had a very foul smell.

"Kyaaaa!!!"

Sakura, who caught a whiff of the unpleasant smell, immediately ran away and hid behind Satsuki.

"This mushroom indeed smells bad, but it's very effective in repelling wild animals because no animal in this forest can withstand the smell of this mushroom... quickly spread the spores all over your body"

Naruko quickly spread the mushroom spores all over her body, making herself very smelly.

Followed by Satsuki, who wrinkled her forehead a bit when she smelled the foul odor.

And finally Sakura, who had to struggle to endure the foul smell until tears welled up in her eyes and she started vomiting.

"Hehehe, soon you'll get used to it, Sakura-chan, and we have to hurry to the second area because that's where we can take a bath. During the first area, we must always use this dung mushroom spore if we want to be free from wild animal disturbances."

"Urghhh,, even its name alone is unpleasant."

After finishing their preparations, Team 7 immediately rushed to the second area because even though they acted tough, even Naruko, who was used to the Forest of Death, couldn't stand the smell for too long, let alone Satsuki and Sakura, who were experiencing it for the first time.

Their performance was under the watchful eye of the Konoha Anbu team, who always watched the participants to prevent anything unexpected from happening.

"Captain Yugao, I didn't expect Naruko-chan to find a way to avoid wild animals. Did you already know they would do that?"

One of the Anbu asked Yugao.

Yugao casually replied.

"Yes, I knew.... But.... Only fools like Naruko would use that mushroom as a wild animal repellent."

"Ehhhh… fools??"

The Anbu was very surprised when Yugao made such a sharp comment about Team 7, because even Anbu like them had just learned about that trick for the first time.

"Yes.. if they were smart enough, they should have bought wild animal repellent from the store when I announced and Hibiki told the exam location, and they wouldn't need to bathe in a smell like human excrement."

Upon hearing Yugao's explanation, they finally understood why she said Naruko's action was foolish, and the room was filled with laughter from the Anbu team on duty.