Predicting Questions and Old Acquaintances

Since Moriyue and the others arrived at the Hidden Sand Village early, ninjas from other villages hadn't all arrived yet. Gaara arranged for them to stay at a temporary inn. During their wait, they were free to move around, but they couldn't get into any physical altercations with others, or they would be disqualified from the exam.

"These are the specific arrangements. I didn't expect the Raikage to agree to our invitation, so there were some mistakes. I hope you don't mind." Gaara knew the temperaments of the Kage from each village. This time, his invitation was mainly for Konoha. As for the other villages? He didn't really attach much importance to them.

Moriyue and Gaara shook hands. Neither of their expressions changed as they parted. Gaara had a lot of work to do, so he left quickly.

After all, he was the newly appointed Kazekage. Not only in the Hidden Sand Village, but even in other villages, he was considered an extremely young Kage. Upon his arrival, he would surely be targeted by the old fossils within the village.

Moreover, Gaara's father could manipulate gold dust. During his tenure, he had alleviated the economic crisis of the Hidden Sand Village. Even Rasa viewed his own son as a monster. Now, to have a monster lead his village, the villagers' reactions were predictable.

Moriyue, who knew all of this, naturally understood what Gaara valued most at the moment – uniting with Konoha as allies, proving their strength, and gaining recognition from the other villagers.

"But the Hidden Sand Village's Forbidden Jutsu..." Moriyue was a bit troubled. Although every village studied Forbidden Jutsu openly or secretly, each village had a different style. For example, the Hidden Cloud Village focused on Nintaijutsu that strengthened the body, while the Hidden Sand Village focused on Puppet Techniques.

"A technique to turn living people into puppets?" Moriyue thought about it. Using this method against others was a bit inefficient. It would be simpler to just crush them with a single punch himself.

Rather than being used for combat, this technique seemed more suited for torturing opponents. He couldn't possibly turn himself into a puppet like Sasori, could he? That would be more trouble than it was worth.

"What are you thinking about?" After bidding farewell to Gaara, the group walked on their way back. Kazeki had her hands behind her back. She noticed Moriyue's expression was very complicated just now, as if he was thinking about something again. She had seen Moriyue wear this expression many times along the way, and couldn't help but ask.

"Huh? Me? Nothing, I was just thinking that since there are only three of us from the Hidden Cloud Village this time, we can't disgrace the Hidden Cloud Village."

Ando nodded upon hearing this. That was indeed the case. Generally, a village would send more than one team to participate in the Chunin Exams. Sending more teams could increase the number of Chunin from their village.

There were only two possibilities for sending just one team: either they were too confident, believing this one team was enough to become Chunin, or they had no hope of winning and were purely there to scout other villages.

Ando clearly believed they were the latter. Even Gaara thought so. He had even taken the opportunity to shake hands to sense the other party's Chakra. Moriyue's Chakra was extremely chaotic; he couldn't even grasp the flow of Moriyue's Chakra. Rather than a ninja, this guy seemed more like a cripple whose meridians had been destroyed.

Moriyue, through this handshake, sensed the restless Tailed Beast within Gaara.

"One-Tails Shukaku, the Tailed Beast captured by Deidara... In this battle, there should be that monk who mastered the Forbidden Jutsu of absorbing Tailed Beast Chakra, and the Seven-Tails will also come..." Moriyue's thoughts stirred. The power of the Tailed Beasts was immense. If he could absorb their power...

Suppressing the thoughts in his mind, Moriyue stopped thinking about irrelevant things. Before reaching that point, he still had a major hurdle to overcome.

"If I remember correctly, the first exam is a written test, right? Should we try to predict the questions?" Moriyue was very familiar with the original exam process and remembered some of the current exam process. If he guessed correctly, Shikamaru should be the chief examiner.

"Predicting questions? Captain, you're joking. How can anyone guess these things? If they could guess, wouldn't everyone pass the written test?"

"Hard work pays off. Only through continuous practice and memorization, and building a solid foundation, can one increase the chances of passing the written exam..." Ando's eyes lit up when his area of expertise was mentioned.

Who was he? Although he was still a Genin, he had read many books. Books like "The Ninja's Code," "The Fallacy of the Will of Fire," "Killer Bee's Rap Lessons," and "The Brute's Training Manual" were among his favorites.

Although he wasn't sure what the written Chunin exam would cover, he knew that the Chunin exam questions would absolutely not be leaked.

Moriyue chuckled and patted Ando's shoulder.

"There's no harm in trying. What if we guess correctly?"

Kazeki also nodded gently. Moriyue was the captain, and his word was final. No matter how small the feasibility of the plan, the captain's mission had to be carried out to the best of their ability.

"Alright, but I don't think it's useful. Zero, you should read more books. Captain, it's up to you now." Ando shook his head helplessly. It seemed these two wouldn't give up until they saw the Yellow River. Let him predict, and see what he could predict.

Although he was very familiar with the plot, Moriyue didn't directly tell the others the correct answers. He deliberately included a few incorrect questions to confuse them. It wasn't good to be a prophet directly. The scientists from the Cloud Village were always watching him. If he showed any abnormality, wouldn't they play dirty tricks?

Ando couldn't help but smile as he listened to the questions Moriyue predicted. What was this? The predicted questions were so simple? Although he had never actually taken the Chunin exam, he couldn't imagine it being this simple, could he?

The sum of the scores of the three people equals one hundred? Jointly eliminating one ninja? This seemed too simple. If it could really be this simple, Ando would eat a pound of sand today!

Unlike Ando, Kazeki carefully noted down the questions Moriyue predicted. What if they were correct?

"Okay, that's about it." After predicting the questions, Moriyue noticed the crowd around them gradually increasing. Ninjas from other villages were arriving one after another, including some familiar faces.

"Oh oh! Is this the Hidden Sand Village! The flying sand is like my burning youth! It seems we were the first to arrive! Great victory!"

"Hey, hey, Rock Lee, why are you so surprised? Huh? Is that... a limited edition tool from the Hidden Sand Village? Ah! Bought it, bought it!"

"I told you two to be serious. We're here for the exam, so be solemn. I hope we can pass this time."

Familiar voices came from behind Moriyue. Without looking, he knew it was the members of Team 3.

"Acquaintances have arrived..."