Although Sen had already seen through the perfect misunderstanding between Shiro and Yome, she chose not to expose it.
She was used to it by now. Their team had been together for four years.
If not for this year's joint exam, Shiro would never have had a chance to take the Chunin Exams.
Although his taijutsu had already surpassed that of most jonin in Sunagakure, he also had a fatal flaw.
Like Rock Lee, he was a ninja completely incapable of using any ninjutsu.
Konoha now had special promotion exams for certain exceptional talents, but that only came after Tsunade became Hokage.
But in Hidden Sand, Shiro was like Might Duy had once been in Konoha. If he failed to use this joint exam to advance to jonin, then even if he spent his entire life striving, he might only ever remain a genin before dying in obscurity.
In the original story, if he had not shattered the boulder needed to block the Wind-Sand Sealing Technique, Gaara would never have discovered his aptitude for taijutsu.
But now, because of Senya, the butterfly affecting fate, Orochimaru had returned, Rasa had not died, and Gaara had no chance of becoming Kazekage anytime soon.
So Shiro knew very well that he had to become a chunin in these Chunin Exams!
Because of him, his two teammates had already been held back for four years. He did not know why Yome had stayed on the team, but Sen had remained only because she regarded Yome as a younger sister.
A few minutes later, Shiro quickly picked his targets: one Hidden Stone team and one Hidden Cloud team.
Hidden Stone generally used Earth Release. His Steel Fist Taijutsu, combined with his self-created Seven Day Call Method, could counter them effectively. He was also extremely confident