Chief Examiner

Han and his three disciples originally went to the front lines with Yichen. Later, Yichen returned to the village to develop the Storm Release bloodline limit, and Han did not come back with him. The role of Jinchuriki on the front lines is still very important.

A month ago, Han heard that the Chunin Selection Exams were about to begin, so he applied to the village. Later, with Yichen's coordination, Ōnoki replaced Han with Roshi to go to the front line to oversee the situation.

After returning to the village, Han also gave his three disciples special training, during which Yichen also visited them. To be honest, the average strength of the three was stronger than that of Yichen's current six disciples.

Accompanying Han back to the village was Tomoko, Tomoko also planned to have her disciple participate in the Chunin Selection.

However, the three disciples of Tomoko were rather weak. Like Tomoko, the three disciples she chose all had some hidden talents. After two years of Tomoko's guidance, they had all made considerable progress. However, their basic skills were too poor. Although it had been almost two years since graduation, they had not narrowed the gap with their outstanding peers.

It's hard to say how many of the twelve students who were envied Yichen their peers during the Chunin Ninja Exams will actually become true Chunin.

Inside the temporary examination hall, which had been converted from the Training Ground, Yichen raised a series of crisscrossing Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall, dividing the examination hall into sixteen sections. Then, Yichen, along with a group of examiners, stood outside the examination hall and quietly waited for the candidates to take the exam.

There were over Genin in this exam. Among the ninjas, those who deliberately arrived late like Kakashi were a minority. Yichen and his group didn't have to wait long outside the exam hall before all the examinees arrived.

Aside from the more than 500 examinees, there weren't many spectators. Apart from some companions who came to take the exam with their teammates, the majority of the audience were actually students from the Ninja Academy. Yichen checked the time and knew that these people had skipped class to come.

However, Yichen also knew that the Ninja Academy was relatively open in its management of students. As long as they completed the tasks assigned by the school teachers, ninjas were quite free to arrange their spare time. Therefore, Yichen did not pay much attention to these students. He simply used Earth Release to create a temporary viewing area for them and then left them alone.

Seeing that most of the people had arrived, Yichen turned to look at Tomoko, Tomoko nodded, stepped forward, and loudly explained the rules of the competition to the examinees.

Instead of wearing the Jonin Iwa ninja, Tomoko wore a self-made ninja outfit that was loose and well-fitting, making her look incredibly dashing.

Tomoko has changed a lot in the past few years, mainly in her self-confidence. Before, Tomoko was insecure and confused, but now Tomoko has a firm gaze and an imposing presence. When she takes a step forward, her bright eyes sweep over the group of Genin, making many of them unable to look her in the eye and lowering their heads.

She slowly said, "This Chunin Ninja Exams has only one component: combat. During the combat, you need to do your best to demonstrate your strength. Whether you can advance Chunin depends not on winning or losing the battle, but solely on the examiner's judgment."

Tomoko didn't emphasize to the group of Genin what they should pay attention to during the competition or what they should demonstrate to the examiners. A Genin who comes to participate in the Chunin Ninja Exams and doesn't even know this much is not qualified to be Genin.

After the Genin listening to the competition proceedings, Tomoko stepped down and handed the topic back to Yichen.

Yichen stepped forward and slowly scanned the more than five hundred people in front of him.

Yichen's fame, strength, and status were far superior to those of the Genin in front of him, so everyone held their breath and prepared to hear what Yichen had to say.

To everyone's surprise, Yichen said nothing, looked around, and then formed a hand seal, instantly conjuring a large amount of mud around him. Before the eyes of all the examinees could catch their breath, the mud transformed into rocks. However, these rocks were roughly the same size, each about the size of a chess piece, and those who were close could vaguely see runes flashing rapidly on these small rocks.

A moment later, the runes stopped flashing and formed a series of numbers. Before anyone could see the numbers clearly, the rocks arrived in front of the examinees at an incredible speed.

Although Yichen didn't say anything, some people quickly realized that Yichen was going to use this magical method to complete the lottery.

Immediately, a few quick-witted individuals reached out, grabbed a rock, and held it in their hands.

With these people setting an example, the others also realized what was happening and, without hesitation, immediately stepped forward and each took a rock.

The process was certainly not smooth; more than five hundred people were vying for more than five hundred rocks. But the rocks were clustered together, and in the process of retrieving them, everyone was naturally unwilling to fall behind, and their reaction speed and reaction ability were noticed by the examiners.

Before long, everyone had scraped away all the numbered rocks. Seeing this, Yifa said, "The main competition begins. The 32 people who drew 1-1, 2-1, 3-1...16-1 will enter their respective areas to begin the competition. The rest of you will go to the stands to watch."

Each number has two rocks, and these two people are the two who will fight on the first day.

After speaking, Yichen used the Light-Weight Rock Technique to fly to the pre-prepared Chief Examiner's platform. The other examiners went to their respective assigned areas.

The Genin who drew the corresponding numbers immediately perked up and headed towards the competition area, while the others breathed a sigh of relief, carefully concealing their numbers before heading towards the examinee's stand. As they walked towards the stand, the examinees couldn't help but start talking about Yichen's Porcelain Release from earlier.

"Is this the Yichen Kekkei Genkai Porcelain Release developed by Lord Yichen? It's amazing!"

"Yes, I've heard that Yichen's Porcelain Release allows him to switch between mud and rock in countless ways, and now it seems that's indeed the case."

"But why is there a number on the Porcelain Release? Did Lord Yichen carve it on beforehand?" One of the female examinees, being more observant, raised her question.

At this moment, her companion said, "It shouldn't have been carved on beforehand. We all saw it just now. These rocks were created by Lord Yichen using Porcelain Release Chakra to generate mud out of Yichen, and then the mud was transformed into rocks. Moreover, before the numbers were formed, there were many flashing runes. I guess these numbers are actually something like Sealing Jutsu."

"Sealing Jutsu? Remotely inscribing Sealing Runes on rocks? How is that possible?" An experienced ninja immediately questioned.

At that moment, a quick-witted Genin said, "Isn't Yichen's disciple also going to participate in the Chunin Assessment? Why don't we just ask?"

"Yes, we'll just ask around. Does anyone know Yichen's disciple?"

As soon as this person mentioned it, everyone realized what was going on. Everyone knew that Yichen had taken in six disciples at once last time, and many people were incredibly envious of him. Before this exam, everyone had done their homework and knew that Yichen's six disciples were formidable rivals. So, everyone immediately started asking each other about it.

There were over five hundred people, which wasn't a small number, but it wasn't a large number either. Moreover, quite a few of the examinees recognized the six ninjas. So, it didn't take long for everyone's attention to focus on the six people Uchiyama Takuhiro.

The six students from Team Three and Team Four were now gathered together. Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on them, including many of their former classmates, they knew they couldn't avoid it. So, the most lively Suda Himezuki, stepped forward and confirmed the previous person's prediction.

"That was indeed Sealing Jutsu. As for how Master did it, I don't know either." Suguchi Himezuki didn't reveal too much. Of course, she knew that Yichen's inspiration for this move came from Kawazoe Yura, but since this matter concerned the Ninjutsu information of both Yichen and Kawazoe Yura, she naturally wouldn't say more.

However, since they weren't there to gather intelligence, they quickly started discussing things amongst themselves.

Among the examinees, a resolute-looking boy glanced at Suda Himezuki, then lingered on Uchiyama Takuhiro for a few seconds before finally looking away. This person was Uchiyama Takuhiro's classmate from his time at the Ninja Academy, and also the top student of that year: Wada Akio.

Back then Wada Akio was resentful that Yichen had chosen Uchiyama Takuhiro instead of him. To this day, he still doesn't understand why Yichen made that choice, and he doesn't understand Yichen's reasons for doing so.

With his talent and strength, he could have easily advanced Chunin last year, but he kept waiting. He wanted to wait for the day when Yichen's batch of disciples would take the exam. He wanted to defeat Yichen's disciples and ask Yichen in person why he hadn't been chosen back then.

"Akio ..." Wada Akio's companion looked at him, wanting to say something, but both of them knew his personality and in the end, they didn't say anything. The three of them turned their gaze to the competition area below.

Before long, the 32 contestants participating in the first round of the competition had registered their names with their respective examiners and the competition had begun.

The candidates' attention was immediately drawn to these ninjas, as they might be their opponents in the second and third rounds.

The area for the examinees fell silent as the competition below began. But the opposite was true for the stands where the general audience members were.

They hadn't paid attention to the scene where Yichen used Porcelain Release to distribute the numbers; their real goal was the official competition between the sixteen groups of examinees below. Some of these Ninja Academy students wanted to see the level of skill of the Chunin or outstanding Genin, while others were simply there to watch the spectacle.

The competition began, and the sixteen groups of candidates began to display their skills. Those with similar abilities cautiously tested each other time and again. Those with vastly different abilities quickly concluded their competitions in a dazzling display of skill.

The areas where the competition had ended were quickly filled by the second group of candidates.

Although everyone paid attention to the first round, there weren't many contestants who truly captivated the audience. But the second round was different, because Suda Himezuki had just spoken on behalf of Yichen's disciples, was number 9-2.

As the 9-1 match concluded and Suda Himezuki entered the arena, gasps of surprise immediately erupted from the examinee area. Soon, news of Yichen's disciple's participation in the match reached the spectator area. Although the audience hadn't come primarily for Yichen's disciple, they certainly couldn't miss the opportunity to witness it.

As a result, everyone's attention, whether in the examination area or the audience area, was focused on area number 9 where Suda Himezuki was located.

Like Suda Himezuki, a veteran Genin drew 9-2 in the lottery. He was initially taken aback, but his gaze immediately hardened, and if you looked closely, you could see a hint of joy in his eyes.

As a veteran Genin, he understood that having a strong opponent in the Chunin Selection Exams was a good thing, as it allowed him to showcase his abilities. Of course, this was on the premise that his opponent wasn't significantly stronger than him and that he had enough time to persevere until the examiners' approval.