As a ninja, the physical test was the most important part.
There were countless events to be tested, with a comprehensive score calculated from endurance tests like long-distance running, short-distance sprinting, and even high jump and long jump, which measured strength, stamina, agility, and other physical qualities.
There were also ninja-specific events such as running across water, climbing sheer cliffs, and throwing Kunai.
The entire test challenged not only one's qualities, but also one's stamina and willpower in a brutal competition.
Among the events, the only relatively easy one was shooting.
This biological firearm was standard equipment for Ninja Soldiers, and one of the skills every ninja had to master.
Under such comprehensive competition, no one could maintain first-rate form year after year. Anyone might break through their limits. If they did not give it everything they had, they would never know the final result. Thus, taking first place carried tremendous weight.
Of course, ninja combat was also one of the test events.
However, conducting the tests one by one would be far too cumbersome. Half a day would not be enough to complete them.
After combining the portions that needed to be tested from these events, the Ninja Triathlon was born.
The most exciting and challenging devilish test in history, and the one that best tested a ninja's body and will.
Who had invented it was already unknown.
It was no longer important, either.
No matter how devilish it was, they still had to take it. Obsessing over who had invented it was meaningless.
Even graduates would feel faintly nauseated whenever they recalled this assessment.
As for the students taking it during graduation season, they turned pale at the mere mention of it.
But if they were foolish children with truly no talent for academics or Ninjutsu, they could