This person?
As Ikeda Ichiro of Hidden Rain slowly walked down from the second floor, everyone's attention, which had originally been focused on Hada Anna, abruptly shifted to this slightly plump, rather ordinary-looking ninja.
At the same time, almost everyone had the same thought flash through their minds.
And as that thought arose, they all felt vaguely disappointed.
If possible...
They had hoped the name up there would be Gaara of the Sand, or a genius like Neji.
At that moment, Kakashi, who also felt a slight disappointment, had the same thought cross his mind.
To be honest, at first, he had not even known who this Ikeda Ichiro was, much less that he was from Hidden Rain. After all, he was merely a Jonin instructor for these Chunin Exams and had no access to the contestants' information.
Just now, he had still hoped that Ikeda Ichiro would be a stronger ninja. It would have been best if he possessed top-tier strength among this year's Chunin Exams contestants.
After all, the stronger the opponent, the more clearly Hada Anna's true strength could be seen in battle.
If they wanted to observe Hada Anna's strength through this fight, they needed a good benchmark. If her opponent was too weak, they would not be able to see anything at all.
Now, it seemed that Ikeda Ichiro probably could not be the kind of ninja with the strength Kakashi had hoped for.
Kakashi was battle-hardened. He had lived through war and weathered the undercurrents surging through the dark side of the Shinobi World. When it came to judging people, he was not much inferior to the older generation.
At this moment, he could not see anything exceptional about Ikeda Ichiro.
Of course, that was from the perspective of an expert. Setting that aside,