The first exam.
It was held at the Ninja Academy.
The examiner was Morino Ibiki.
Why had someone from the Torture Department been chosen as the examiner? Was it an attempt to win him over, or was there something else at play?
Hyuga Sho no longer cared in the slightest.
At that moment.
Hyuga Sho was in the classroom on the other side of the examination hall, quietly gazing into the room next door.
With the Byakugan's vision, he could easily observe everything happening in the neighboring examination room.
The other examiners were also seated in this spacious classroom, quietly waiting for the first test to end.
Yomi of the Land of Demons.
A Jonin from Otogakure, seemingly using Orochimaru's Vanishing Facial Copy Technique.
Kusagakure, Amegakure, Hidden Ridge, Sunagakure...
Many allied ninja villages had also sent Jonin representatives.
Several Jonin had gathered here.
ANBU stood guard outside.
As one of them, Hyuga Sho ignored everyone else and went straight to observing the performances of Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Izumi, and the others.
"Ho ho... The Byakugan really is a convenient ability."
The Jonin from Otogakure gave an evil laugh.
The smile and aura, together with the corners of his eyes that curled upward.
They instinctively reminded people of Orochimaru.
Basically... after seeing that smile.
Hyuga Sho could be one hundred percent certain.
Orochimaru had taken someone else's face and disguised himself with the Vanishing Facial Copy Technique.
Perhaps someone might say that expressions could deceive people too.
That was indeed true.
With his appearance changed, almost no one could determine that Orochimaru was here.
But...
A person's gaze and aura could not be faked.
"Convenient, yes, but other Ninjutsu can also accomplish something similar."
Hyuga Sho retorted to Orochimaru.
For example, the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi's A-rank Telescope Technique.
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