"Candidates No. 37, Akasaki Isamu, and No. 38, Shisui Uchiha, please enter the examination area."
Akasaki Isamu froze on the spot for a moment when he heard that his opponent was Shisui.
Without a doubt, Shisui was the opponent every Class 1-1 student least wanted to face.
There was no other reason—Shisui was simply too strong.
In the previous exam, Shisui had crushed his way to first place in both the class and the grade. Even Anko, who had ranked second in the grade, could only be utterly overwhelmed before him.
Practical Exam scores were determined by performance during battle. If someone was instantly defeated, the proctor would not even be able to see their performance, and their score would naturally be lower.
But since he had drawn Shisui as his opponent, Akasaki Isamu could only resign himself to his bad luck and enter the examination area.
Once Mu Yue announced the start of the exam, Akasaki Isamu ignored everything else and used the Three Basic Jutsu to their fullest, displaying his proficiency with them.
"This student has quite a good understanding of the exam's scoring rules." Ueda Aya nodded, seeing nothing wrong with Akasaki Isamu's actions.
Shisui quietly watched Akasaki Isamu perform. When he felt it had gone on long enough, he flicked out two Shuriken to destroy the clones, then rushed forward and knocked Akasaki Isamu down with two punches.
"The gap in strength between the two is far too great." For the moment, Ueda Aya could not tell whether Shisui's strength had changed compared to last time.
Akasaki Isamu was simply too much weaker than Shisui. Nothing could really be discerned from their fight.
After the battle between students No. 39 and No. 40 ended, Ueda Aya had finished scoring the first round.
She casually glanced over