The next day, the Chunin Exams arrived.
The atmosphere throughout Konoha was quite lively, but among the genin, it was exceptionally tense.
Unfortunately, since they had met early on, that amusing incident with the application forms never happened, which Neji found rather regrettable.
After all, Rock Lee had utterly thrashed Uchiha Sasuke. That had counted as the peak of his life back then.
Room 301, where the applications were originally submitted, was already packed to the brim. Team 3 had long since taken their seats quietly in a corner.
As the doors were suddenly pushed open, the three members of Team 7 strode in boldly.
They expressed surprise at how many people were there, then proceeded to act as though no one else existed and put on a grand display.
That rather arrogant behavior drew them no small amount of attention.
In particular, Ino made quite a scene with Sakura, soon joined by Hinata and the others.
They thoroughly showed off the meaning of having home-field advantage, not taking the other ninja seriously at all.
Neji, seated in a corner, curled his lips slightly. These people were really interesting.
Tenten asked curiously, "Neji, you seem pretty happy."
"Not bad. Seeing these ninja made me realize I may have thought too highly of them."
That casual mockery immediately brought killing intent to the eyes of quite a few ninja. But upon seeing the Konoha forehead protectors, their gazes darkened slightly, and they said nothing.
Dogs that bite never bark, especially ninja. Killing intent could never be exposed carelessly.
Unfortunately, these genin lacked sufficient training. They let their prickly killing intent spill out at will, making them rather unpleasant.
They looked like they were putting on a show to bolster their own courage.
Rock Lee's thick brows furrowed slightly. He was quite