One Exam After Another

After Shikamaru appeared, Kiba Inuzuka and Hinata Hyuga's team arrived as well. Neji's team then entered the classroom, and Naruto's group was the last to arrive.

Having been delayed by Rock Lee, Naruto's group was essentially the last group of Genin to come for the exam.

What followed was another routine part of the story Yinsen always missed.

The Genin from the same graduating class greeted one another, completely treating the other Genin as though they did not exist. Then Kabuto Yakushi demonstrated what it meant to be a dedicated actor and put on quite a performance.

Of course, he greeted Yinsen as well, since these attention-grabbing people were all Yinsen's classmates from the same year.

Yinsen did not offer any opinion at all. His thoughts were simple: Enjoy the show!

The only thing that surprised him was that someone was secretly watching him while he watched the show.

Was it them?

Following that feeling, he turned his head and met the gazes of Neji Hyuga's group head-on.

"What sharp senses..."

Yinsen had not yet formed any thoughts when Rock Lee and Neji Hyuga began discussing him in low voices.

"Is that him? He looks so cute!"

Tenten smiled brightly as she kept looking Yinsen over, making no effort whatsoever to hide it.

"Tenten, you made him notice us."

"No, he noticed us watching him before that. No wonder he was the genius Might Guy specifically mentioned... Hmph. There really are a lot of people called geniuses among this year's rookies. Has that title become so cheap?"

Neji Hyuga was also widely recognized as a genius among the graduates of his year. When he learned that this year's rookies had signed up for the Chunin Ninja Exams in their very first year after graduation, the only person who interested him