Chapter 10: Entrance Test Begins

A chunin then got up and gave a report to the one leading the meeting. Kishio looked at that report and sighed. After the 3rd Great Ninja War, the 3rd Hokage had assigned him to supervise the entrance exams, and he was told to pass as many students as possible, as Konoha had recently lost thousands of ninja.

Looking at the report, he found out that 1652 students were participating this time, which was quite a large number. He said, "We will proceed as planned. First, we will take the physical test, which will eliminate the physically unfit students."

Kenji Masashi, who was assigned to take the physical exam, shouted when he got the confirmation to start the test, "Everyone, the first phase of our exam will begin now. You have to run 10 laps around the training ground on the path that has been marked. 10 laps are the minimum, but you can continue further as each extra lap will give you more points."

When the group of students first heard that they had to run 10 laps around the field, more than half of them sucked in a cold breath, as it would be around 5 km. Even with stronger physiques than normal people from Earth, they still could not run that much without putting in a serious amount of practice.

Kenji blew the whistle, indicating the start of the test. At that time, everyone started running. Kaida turned to Yomi and said, "Let's run at a normal pace, as this is more like a test of endurance than speed. Let's see how much we can run after resting for 1 week."

To this, Yomi just nodded. 

Around 500 students stopped running after 4 to 5 laps, and 400 stopped after 8 laps, but the remaining students, numbering around 700, were still running, even though some looked like they were in the last moments of their lives. 

The children who completed all 10 laps were just 452. All other children were eliminated and asked to return, with advice to train more and take the test next year.

All the students from the orphanage were eliminated except for Kaida, Yomi, and Suri. Even though Suri was unable to run anymore, he had completed 10 laps.

Still, some children decided to continue running, which amounted to 64 students. Most of them belonged to some reputable clans and had been given special training from early on.

But after another 10 laps, the number reduced to half, and after another 10 laps, it reduced further to 10.

Two of them being Kaida and Yomi, but the difference could be seen easily as even those students who were from reputable clans were now out of breath. Yomi, after seeing this, turned toward Kaida and asked, "It seems like even they are considering stopping now. Should we also stop for now?"

"No need. The old man said that we have to perform our best. Don't tell me you are tired and using them as an excuse," Kaida replied.

Hearing the taunt, Yomi responded, "I am not tired, BAKA. Let's make a bet about who can run more."

"What's at stake?" Kaida asked.

"Hmm, the winner will get a massage from the loser," Yomi said.

Hearing that, Kaida instantly agreed while other children who were still running looked at both of them and thought, *How are they better than us? I am sure they are not from any clan I know.*

They had a pride of their own, being from reputable clans, and it was stopping them from losing against someone with no background. But now they too were at their limit. They stopped after 30 rounds, assuming that Kaida and Yomi were also at their limit and would stop soon.

What awaited didn't only surprise them but also some teachers who were watching the test. Yomi had run for 58 rounds in total, but Kaida had gone beyond his capacity and ran 62 rounds to win the bet.

Kenji came to them to tell them about their scores, but he was shocked to see the dejected expression on Yomi. It became clear when he heard Kaida's words, "You lost, but it's not your fault. I am simply too awesome to lose."

Seeing the tears in Yomi's eyes, Kaida did a 180-degree turn and started saying, "Hey, I am just joking. You were super good. Don't be sad. Oh, I will buy you something when we become ninjas."

"Do you even remember how many times you have said this to me?" Yomi asked.

"Yes, a total of 12 times, and I am a man of my word. Just wait till I become a ninja," Kaida replied.

Kenji decided to step in and said, "Well, now that you guys have completed your physical test, only the chakra evaluation is left. And seeing your excellent results, Hokage himself has decided that he will check your chakra levels. Congratulations."

Both of them nodded and simply followed Kenji. 

"Congratulations on passing the entrance exam, both of you," Hokage said with a fatherly smile on his face.

But Kaida became confused and said, "Lord Hokage, we have just taken our physical test. Our chakra examination is still remaining."

"Well, both of your scores in the physical exam are so high that you don't even need to take a chakra examination, as the feat of running 30 km is not something any child can achieve without constant training. But don't worry, I will do your chakra examination, so you can come forward one by one."

Listening to that, Yomi went forward, but Hokage didn't even need to make any physical contact. He easily examined Yomi's chakra, which surprised him a little, as it was 5 times the amount a normal awakened child had, and some early genin had a similar amount of chakra to her.

After Yomi, Kaida went forward, but this time the Hokage was doubly shocked, as the amount of chakra Kaida possessed was nearly 2 times that of Yomi and 10 times the initial amount everyone unlocks.

Hiruzen thought, *Well, now it's clear that he is the same as his father in terms of chakra.*

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**Next Chapter: Test Results**

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