Although they had started grading the papers to steer the conversation away from mind-reading before it went any further,
these three seemed even more outstanding than he had imagined.
Looking at the scroll in his hand, Chiba could not help but think this, and without hesitation gave all three of them the highest evaluation.
At first, he had changed the subject because he wanted to keep the three of them from going too far down the path of mind-reading. But now, Chiba was genuinely drawn in by the answers on the scrolls.
Though the test on the scrolls had basically been copied from the latest classified examination, Chiba had still given it considerable thought and made revisions. There were not many questions, and when he wrote them, he had already anticipated the kinds of answers they might give. He had even created his own scoring standards. As a result, he graded them quite quickly.
By now, he had finished reading all three sets of answers.
The questions were lengthy, but the answers did not need to be. It did not take long to skim through them one by one.
Still, the answers given by the Ino-Shika-Cho trio had surprised Chiba somewhat.
Aside from Shikamaru Nara, whom he had already noticed possessed Chunin-level ability, Akimichi Choji and Ino Yamanaka had also performed remarkably well in tactical ability. At least in questions that tested tactical execution, both of their answers were excellent.
Ino Yamanaka often froze whenever she saw Sasuke, and she regularly got into childish arguments—or even fights—with Sakura. But as the heir to the Yamanaka Clan head, her current performance was entirely satisfactory. In fact, her tactical execution and comprehension had vaguely reached the level of a Chunin candidate.
It was practically completely at odds with the image she usually