Desire to Withdraw

"No, I have to find a way to avoid this exam!" Qi Shuang made up his mind.

He didn't know what state he was in right now.

Was his soul transmigrated here, or was he trapped in a dream?

If it were a dream, it wouldn't matter if he died in the exam; it would just be a unique dream experience. But if his soul had transmigrated here and he was killed in the exam, then he would truly be dead!

Moreover, given the current situation, the possibility of him being killed in the exam was almost ninety-nine percent.

Therefore, he was determined to withdraw from this ninja graduation exam.

Immediately, with a pained expression, he tentatively said to the two Chunin Instructors, "Teacher, my head still hurts a lot. Can I withdraw from this exam?"

"Absolutely not!"

One of them immediately crushed his hopes and said sternly, "If you can't even endure a little headache, then what kind of ninja are you!"

"How will you go to the battlefield, how will you defeat Konoha, how will you defend the Land of Water!"

"So it's still no, huh!" Qi Shuang sighed inwardly.

Even though he knew that trying to withdraw at the last minute was almost impossible, he couldn't help but try.

Seeing the child's "low" spirits, another Ninja Teacher smiled and patted his shoulder, saying softly, "Xiao Lin, don't be afraid!"

"The path of a Mist Ninja lies ahead. As long as you give your all and break through the heavy fog, it will eventually appear before your eyes!"

Hearing these encouraging words, Qi Shuang felt a pang of toothache.

That Xiao Lin was the name of this body.

This wasn't the main point. The main point was that he really didn't want to participate in this life-or-death graduation exam.

"Thank you, Teacher. I understand!"

He showed the teacher a "relieved" smile, but inwardly he was complaining, thinking, "You say it so easily, but the graduation exam is deadly!"

"I don't believe you weren't scared at all when you took the graduation exam back then!"

Just then, a commotion arose from the crowd of children nearby.

"Zabuza, what's with that look! Believe it or not, I'll dig your eyes out during the exam later!" A rather burly child, with two companions, cornered a thin boy against the wall.

"Do you really have the strength for that?" the cornered boy retorted dismissively.

The leading child continued, "I know you're strong, but you're alone! We have three!"

As he spoke, he showed a confident expression, and even his two companions wore playful smiles.

"Tch!"

Momochi Zabuza shook his head, let out a hiss, and then sneered at the two companions behind him, "Even if you two want to join forces to kill me, it won't be easy."

"By then, to successfully pass the graduation exam, what do you think he will choose? To continue hunting me? Or to ambush you two unprepared pigs?"

As he spoke, he let his teasing gaze wander back and forth among the three, a look of mockery on his face.

"Don't... don't listen to his nonsense... I won't do that!" Seeing the suspicious looks on his two companions' faces, the leader of the children immediately spoke up in defense.

However, the more he explained, the more wary his two companions looked at him.

In the graduation exam, attacking someone you've known and worked with closely was the easiest way to succeed, and also the most challenging for the heart.

Every student who entered the Ninja Academy would hear their teachers mention that a previous examinee had attacked and killed a friend to graduate.

Therefore, they had understood this point long ago.

It was just that three years of getting along had dulled their mutual vigilance. Now, at this critical juncture, with Zabuza bringing it up again, they suddenly realized that the person they should be most wary of was their best companion!

On the other side, Qi Shuang hadn't noticed what they were arguing about, but he had clearly heard a name: "Zabuza"!

Combining this with the memories he had obtained from Xiao Lin, he immediately recognized the child cornered against the wall, still calm and composed, as "Momochi Zabuza"!

"I remember this guy killed all the examinees in his exam hall during the graduation exam, right?" Qi Shuang thought to himself, his eyebrows furrowed.

He had read quite a bit of the Naruto plot, so he remembered Zabuza killing all the examinees to graduate.

Zabuza had earned the title "Demon of the Hidden Mist" because of this.

A man who seemed like a reincarnated hell demon, hence the name "Demon"!

"What's wrong? Is your head still hurting?" A teacher, seeing him frown, immediately asked with concern.

"Yes! It is! It still hurts a bit now!" Hearing the teacher's concern, Qi Shuang seized the opportunity, feigning a pained expression.

He hoped to gain the teacher's sympathy and get permission to withdraw from this ninja graduation exam.

"Then you must be extra careful! Because of your headache, you've become the easiest target for them!" The teacher glanced at the children around them and comforted him with great "kindness."

"Damn it!" Qi Shuang cursed inwardly.

Feeling the countless covetous gazes around him, he finally understood that pretending to be pitiful was not only useless but had also attracted more potential predators.

"Now, does your head still hurt?" A teacher asked with a forced smile.

"No, it doesn't hurt anymore!" Qi Shuang replied with a look of "resilience."

"Since it doesn't hurt anymore, then hurry up and get ready! There's less than ten minutes left before the official start!" The teacher "kindly" reminded him again.

"Oh!"

Qi Shuang could only helplessly retreat to the side under the watchful eyes of everyone, treading carefully.

After he moved away, one of the Ninja Teachers said to his companion, "He's just a child, why did you have to scare him like that?"

"On the battlefield, who cares if you have a headache! If you can't even endure this, you might as well die by your own people's hands today! It's better than embarrassing our Kirigakure later!" the other replied expressionlessly.

"You..."

His companion shook his head, a bitter smile on his face.

On the other side, Qi Shuang retreated to the wall, feeling extremely vexed.

If, before Zabuza appeared, with his half-baked abilities and his own brain, he had a sliver of a chance to survive by playing mind games and engaging in life-or-death combat with a group of children under ten years old.

Then now, Zabuza's appearance had completely severed that sliver of hope.

From the memories of this body, Qi Shuang learned that among the Examinees in this batch, Zabuza was one of the strongest, renowned as a genius.

Originally, it would have been fine to try and avoid him during the exam.

But fate was cruel, Zabuza would kill all the Examinees this time, leaving him with no escape!

Even if he wanted to hide, there was nowhere to hide.

He didn't believe that with his half-baked abilities, he could deceive ninjas whose sensory abilities far surpassed ordinary people, let alone an elite Examinee like Zabuza!

"No! I must withdraw from this exam, or I'm dead!" Qi Shuang bit his thumb, racking his brain for a solution.