"Th... there's something wrong with this, isn't there? Are you sure... you didn't make a mistake?"
Staring at the card in his hand, Akado Yoroi's face had already changed drastically, and even his neck had gone somewhat stiff. With great difficulty, he slowly tore his gaze away from the card and looked toward Kabuto Yakushi, who stood in the corner with his arms crossed against the wall.
"You must... you must have gotten it wrong. Th... how could this be possible?"
At the same time, Kusuke Kiri's gaze fell on Kabuto Yakushi almost identically, and he muttered the words under his breath.
There was already a tremor in his voice.
Th... this had to be a joke!
44 points? A base score of 44 without even counting ninjutsu, genjutsu, or hand seals? What kind of joke was this?!
Was he even human?!
No! Was he really someone taking the Chunin Exams? A base score of 44 already placed him among Chunin, and even among Chunin, it qualified him as an Elite Chunin.
According to the Shinobi World's standard conventions, ordinary Genin—recognized Genin, at least—generally had base scores above 28, with the standard line being around 30.
Anything above 35 but below 40 was roughly at the level of an elite Genin.
Above 40, as long as one passed the Chunin Exams, one was more or less a Chunin. Even without passing the Chunin Exams, that score could still be called Chunin-level strength.
Above 45 meant an absolute Elite Chunin.
At 50, one had already entered the realm of Jonin. Above 60 was the standard of an Elite Jonin. Beyond 65, if one possessed highly destructive ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, or something like a Kekkei Genkai that could determine the outcome of battles between three to five squads, then one was a