"Go on to the next exam!"
After saying this, Morino Ibiki waited for the examinees to leave.
After everyone had left...
Morino Ibiki finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He had finally finished putting on that imposing act.
"As expected of Captain Ibiki."
"We should all learn from you in the future..."
The other examiners around him immediately caught on and began flattering Morino Ibiki.
They wanted to learn from his experience.
How could one ramble so convincingly... No, how could one have such eloquence?
"Not at all, not at all."
Morino Ibiki brushed off their praise.
Then he saw it.
Hyuga Sho passed by the classroom entrance and even glanced at him.
That one look made Ibiki panic.
"Could I have made the wrong decision...?"
The big man muttered to himself and began reflecting.
Ibiki's decision was, of course, correct.
In fact, his ability to read the situation and switch sides had pleased Hyuga Sho quite a bit.
If Uchiha Itachi had been eliminated in the first written exam,
it would have been boring instead.
"Heh heh heh..."
The Sound Ninja Jonin disguised by Orochimaru followed behind.
He was very interested in the genius Uchiha Itachi.
In fact...
Before defecting from Konoha back then, Orochimaru had already met Uchiha Itachi once.
Fate... was truly a strange thing.
"Next..."
Hyuga Sho watched Uchiha Izumi's retreating figure.
"Let's go to the location of the second exam."
The second examination site.
It was still the familiar Forest of Death.
Hyuga Sho headed there and arrived at the Forest of Death half an hour later.
Yomi, Orochimaru, and the others arrived as well.
They were then assigned lodging in the tower.
If they had nothing else to do, they could go to the monitoring room and watch the examinees' performances.
At the