I Know This Question!

As more examinees entered, the available seats in the hall became fewer and fewer. Not only Neji, but Hinata and others also poured into the examination hall.

Looking from afar at people who had only lived in pictures appearing alive before him, Moriyue always felt a sense of unreality, as if it were all just a dream.

"Hey, why am I thinking about these things? Since I'm here, I'll make the best of it. Now that I'm in the examination hall, everyone else is my enemy."

Moriyue shook his head, casting aside irrelevant thoughts, and focused on the exam as the most important thing.

"Zzzt zzzt~" A crackling noise came from the small television, and Shikamaru's figure distorted and warped in the broadcast, looking like the machine had some issues.

Neither the Hidden Sand Village nor Shikamaru seemed to have expected such a problem. The room had been completely sealed just as the last examinee entered, and they hadn't anticipated signal issues.

The situation became quite awkward. Moriyue felt he needed to do something, otherwise, if Shikamaru suddenly changed the topic, it wouldn't be good.

While everyone else remained frozen in place, Moriyue stood up and pushed his chair back, the legs scraping lightly against the floor.

Everyone's attention was drawn to Moriyue as he stood up. They looked at the small television in front of them and then considered Moriyue's identity as a ninja from the Hidden Cloud Village, and they could roughly guess what he was about to do.

"After all, it's technology from the Hidden Cloud Village. This guy's Lightning Release should be good. Is he trying to use electric current to stimulate the signal?"

"All devilish arts. My evaluation is that it's not as convenient as Ninjutsu."

"A kid from the Hidden Cloud Village? Are they going to show off their rough Lightning Release again? What a show-off."

Ignoring the murmurs of the crowd, Moriyue calmly walked to the front. Shikamaru's face was contorted into grotesque, striped patterns. The examinees in the hall suppressed their laughter but didn't dare to speak.

Taking a deep breath, Moriyue raised one hand high, as if gathering some mysterious power. He then brought his hand down sharply, his palm touching the top of the small television.

"Thump thump~" After a period of distortion, the image on the small television returned to normal. Moriyue then calmly walked back to his seat.

It was Universal Ninjutsu! He used Universal Ninjutsu, the "Pat-Pat Technique"! It had a chance to directly fix electronic devices!

Seeing that all the examinees in the hall were seated, Shikamaru, whose image was no longer distorted, didn't waste any more time. As long as the equipment was working, they could continue the exam. He just wanted to finish it quickly.

"Ahem, examinees, let's get straight to the point. The first written test of the Chunin Exams begins now. The exam papers are below the podium; you can come and get them yourselves."

With Shikamaru's signal, the examinees in the hall all stepped forward to collect their papers. As Neji passed Moriyue, he glanced at him a couple of times, feeling that this guy wasn't up to any good.

"Although I feel it's unnecessary, I still have to say it. As you can see, I am the chief examiner for this session. Your exam papers have only three questions, with scores of 30, 40, and 50 points respectively."

"Each examinee can only answer one question. An incorrect answer earns 0 points. Your teammates are in different examination rooms. As long as your final total score is higher than the average score, you will pass the exam..."

Before Shikamaru could finish speaking, some examinees in the hall began to chuckle.

"Great! Our team might not be good at anything else, but when it comes to knowledge, we've got it locked down. We know astronomy and geography. Everyone, I'll let you have this one. See you in the next exam..."

Shikamaru could clearly hear the voices in the examination hall. Hearing someone celebrating prematurely, he smirked and continued his unfinished sentence:

"However, the total score of the three examinees cannot exceed 100. If it exceeds 100, you will be disqualified immediately."

Upon hearing Shikamaru's later addition, the smug examinee's face instantly fell. This question not only tested the examinees' knowledge but also their teamwork and understanding of each other.

Each team member needed to choose a question they could answer with 100% certainty and ensure their combined total score was exactly 100 to guarantee advancement.

"30, 30, 40; 50, 50, 0. Are these the only combinations? And everyone's choices must be different. If the strategy is chosen correctly, even if each person answers the wrong question, it won't work..." The examinees in the hall began to look dejected, but most of these dejected faces belonged to the honest ones.

The real veterans knew from the start that the written portion of the Chunin Exams wasn't about writing at all; it was about cheating. Especially for veterans like Sakura who had experienced the first Chunin Exams, their cheating methods were quite sophisticated.

"The bugs can't get out, and the entire room is sealed..." Shino retracted his Parasitic Insects. They were currently in a secret room.

An examinee from the Hidden Sand Village walked to the wall. They knew their partner was next door. They knocked on the wall and shouted loudly. Putting their ear to the wall, they heard no sound.

"The soundproofing is also very good, and the glass outside is reinforced..."

They had tried every method they could think of but couldn't find a good way to transmit information.

But this was true for most people; not everyone in the hall was an ordinary ninja.

Kaede, with her short blue-green hair and tanned skin, closed her eyes, and a fluctuation that only she could sense spread outwards, breaking through numerous restraints and directly reaching her teammates' minds.

Ajisai raised four fingers high. Her two teammates were also strong sensory-type ninjas. Using Ninjutsu from the Hidden Rain Village, they all sensed the signal Ajisai emitted.

The Hidden Sand Village ninja who had been knocking on the wall also transmitted information using the dust outside the window. It could be said that just for a seemingly ordinary written test, everyone present displayed their unique abilities, finding various ways to pass, but no one simply answered the questions honestly.

This situation was not only occurring in Moriyue's examination hall but also in the halls of Kazeki and Ando.

As is well known, the Hidden Cloud Village generally gives the impression of being simple-minded and practical fighters. Many fell in the first stage of previous Chunin Exams. To outsiders, the Hidden Cloud Village, with its scarcity of sensory Ninjutsu, would surely be unable to pass this exam.

But the reality was different. Both Ando and Kazeki were diligently writing on their exam papers. Kazeki's eyes held an indescribable excitement and joy. She guessed right! Captain Moriyue guessed right! The format was indeed similar to what he had predicted!

She knew this question! Captain Moriyue had said that he would choose the 0-point question himself, and she and Ando would do the 50-point questions. He had even joked that whatever he did would result in zero points.

As for Ando, he scratched his head with a look of disbelief while concentrating on his work. What was going on? Was the captain that lucky? Did he really predict the questions correctly?

"I knew why Captain was so fair-skinned; turns out he's a lucky emperor..."