"To passing the Chunin Exams in one go—cheers!"
In Konoha's guesthouse, in the Kusagakure District lounge, He Yin looked at the table full of dishes. She stood up, took a light breath, and raised her cup with a radiant smile. "To passing the Chunin Exams in one go—cheers!"
At the long table, all the Genin selected to participate in the Chunin Exams, including Hada Ryuhiko and Hada Anna, raised their cups. Amid cheers, they clinked them together.
Then they drained them in one gulp.
Of course, the drinks in their cups contained no alcohol.
After all, they still had the second exam tomorrow. Though they were celebrating now, everyone remained very restrained.
While they were quite restrained with alcohol, they showed no such restraint toward the table full of Konoha delicacies.
For one thing, they had passed the first exam, and every single one of them had made it through. That was undoubtedly a good omen. Everyone was in high spirits and relaxed, without any nervousness or excessive speculation about tomorrow's exam. Naturally, they ate with great appetite.
For another, in a sense, they had all come prepared to remain Genin for the rest of their lives if necessary, to drag down their teammates if necessary, knowing their teammates would never blame them. Everything was for the village. Thus, the psychological interrogation of the first exam had not affected them too deeply. They had maintained relatively normal mindsets, so their reactions now were entirely natural.
Under normal circumstances, with all of them passing and the plan to bring aid to the village taking another step forward, they naturally had no trouble eating heartily.
Besides, Konoha's food really was delicious.
Especially these meat dishes. How long had it been since they had eaten meat prepared this well? It seemed Kazuha had