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Boom, boom!

Amid earth-shaking tremors.

A gigantic black bear as tall as a two-story building appeared in Team 3's field of vision.

The key was the crimson scroll on its forehead.

It could not have placed that thing there itself. Someone must have put it there.

As for who, there was no need to ask.

Only the examiners could have done it.

A token!

No one needed to point it out for them to guess that the scroll was the token required to pass.

As long as they took it to the Central Tower, they could clear this perilous exam, as dangerous as a meat grinder.

Note that the second stage of the exam was conducted by "teams."

In other words, each token could allow three people to pass the exam.

And there was no requirement for them to be from the same team.

That made things interesting.

Because of this, examinees participating alone or those who had lost teammates would likely join forces or recruit others.

Brilliant!

The rules were truly brilliant.

Such a complicated situation tested intelligence even more. If there were any strategist-type examinees—the Nara Clan, please report your number directly—they could find ways to exploit this.

All that could be said was that the Three Great Ninja Villages had truly gone to great lengths for these Joint Chunin Exams.

There had to be spectacle, but they also had to test every aspect of the examinees' abilities.

A black bear this huge was naturally extremely conspicuous, so people in the surrounding area would definitely gather here.

At that moment, two paths lay before Team 3.

The first was to go all out, seize the mission scroll, and rush into the tower to submit it before the others surrounded them.

The other was to wait for an opportunity, then snatch it after someone else got their hands on it.

Not a single word in the exam rules prohibited examinees from killing or robbing one another.

Or rather, that was precisely the spectacle of the exam.

If it had been an ordinary wild beast, any genin could have dealt with it easily.

But a large ninja beast was not so simple to take down.

Not only was its vitality extraordinarily powerful, but it also possessed innate abilities similar to ninjutsu.

"We're taking the token!"

Tang Ping made his decision.

The reasoning was very simple.

Team 3 was not some random team. They were Konoha's "star team."

With Kakashi, a super genius, among them, there was no way anyone would give them the chance to lurk in the shadows and pick them off. If they did not get a token now, it would only become harder later.

As for taking another team's token?

It was certainly a good plan, but the prerequisite was having intelligence-gathering capabilities.

Their team did not have teammates from ninja clans skilled at gathering information, such as the Hyuga Clan, Inuzuka Clan, or Aburame Clan.

Nod ×2

Neither Kakashi nor Yamaa Koji was particularly talkative, so they answered with actions instead.

"I'm very pleased by how decisively you agreed, but I'm not happy that neither of you even called me 'Captain,'" Tang Ping muttered, preparing to reveal one of his cards.

Taiyi!

This Summoning Beast was not a secret, and it was also the trump card he could use without concern.

"The first token belongs to Sunagakure!"

A figure leaped onto the gigantic black bear's back.

Baki!

He had not expected him to be here.

It could only be said that Baki had yet to be beaten down by reality in his youth. His personality was completely different from the steady caution he would show in the future.

If he had not seen it with his own eyes, Tang Ping would never have believed that this wildly arrogant and flashy fellow would become a future pillar of Sunagakure.

With him here, Tang Ping had planned to advise his two teammates to give up on this token, just to be safe.

There was more than one token, after all.

Clack!

But Kakashi drew his short blade, making his stance clear.

"??"

Tang Ping's face was full of question marks.

He truly had not expected Kakashi to be this bold.

Fortunately, after spending this time together, Kakashi had also come to understand Tang Ping's personality. One sentence made him change his mind.

"There's surveillance."

Yes, that was the key.

There was surveillance!

That meant the important figures in the village were watching.

If they backed down now—

On the surface, they would not be breaking any rules, but there would certainly be no shortage of gossip.

At the very least, Sunagakure would seize the chance to trumpet things like, "This is Konoha's genius?" "Sunagakure is the strongest in the ninja world!" and "Konoha ninja only know how to abandon missions!"

The spectators were not only the upper echelons of the major ninja villages. More importantly, there were nobles and wealthy merchants.

Those groups were the main source of mission commissions.

How much money could they make from commissions given by villagers and ordinary people?

If they performed poorly before these "financial backers," affecting the village's future commissions... everyone understood the consequences.

The Konoha White Fang's failed mission had not caused much material loss in itself.

But once word spread, it made the financial backers start thinking, If even White Fang can abandon a mission, then everyone else will surely do the same!

That mindset caused Konoha's mission commissions to plummet by several tenths almost overnight.

The impact was enormous. Combined with the betrayal of the people he had saved and other factors, White Fang had decisively taken his own life to give everyone an explanation and avoid affecting Kakashi's future.

Only after transmigrating here did Tang Ping truly understand these things.

Unlike other transmigrators, who only knew that Pot Kage had stirred up trouble and could not understand how it had succeeded so dramatically.

When the interests of the entire village were affected, who else could they blame but you, White Fang?

Now, the same script lay before Team 3.

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To avoid receiving that treatment, Tang Ping knew they had no way to retreat.

Avoiding the enemy's edge might indeed have been tactically correct, but the ninja world did not care about right or wrong. It only cared about interests.

If they harmed the village's interests, they could forget about surviving in Konoha afterward.

Even the Uchiha might not be able to protect him.

Without protection, with his level of strength... dying would be easier than living.

"Get ready to move!"

A fierce glint flashed through Tang Ping's eyes.

He only wanted to take it easy and enjoy life, but not only could he not lie low now, he was being forced into the spotlight. They were not giving him any choice at all.

He now had a new understanding of the phrase "riding a tiger and unable to dismount."

Still, going in was one thing; he was not going to charge in recklessly.

"First, find a way to get the token..."

He quickly explained their tactical arrangements.

"Operation begins!"

Once he finished, the three of them charged toward the black bear.

As for a sneak attack?

They had just fought with ninjutsu, causing such a huge commotion. Unless the others were blind, there was no chance of sneaking over. They might as well charge straight in.

Baki's team naturally noticed Team 3 as well.

But they were facing the enraged black bear head-on and had no energy to take the initiative against them.

"The token is sealed onto the ninja beast. Can't we take it off?"

As Baki dodged another attack, he inwardly cursed his bad luck.

He had thought the token would be easy to obtain.

With a ninja's speed, this clumsy ninja beast should have had no way to stop him from taking the token.

But if he could think of that, there was no reason the examiners could not. That was why they had arranged it this way.

Sealing Technique!

The token had been directly sealed onto the ninja beast's head and could only be removed after it was killed.

Still, that made sense.

Since they had reduced the difficulty of searching for the tokens, they naturally had to increase the difficulty of obtaining them.

At that moment, Team 3, having arrived at the scene, also launched their attack.