With Oboro's help, Tonpa passed the second exam with ease.
According to Nanji's original plan, the mission was supposed to last one day...
Now it had been changed to two days, yet only thirty people had completed it. If it had remained one day, the number would probably have dropped even more drastically.
With so few people left, there might not even have been a need for the later exams...
The third exam divided the thirty candidates randomly into three camps. They had to travel the same route from the starting point to the finish line. Along the way, they had to clear several trap-filled checkpoints... and could also launch attacks against the other camps.
It was a very typical team battle.
There were only fifteen final slots.
Naturally, everyone wanted to be assigned to Oboro's team. Anyone with eyes could see that he was the strongest person in this year's exam... Unfortunately, team assignments were decided by drawing lots. Still, that posed no challenge for Oboro... With a few small tricks, he easily ended up on the same team as Tonpa.
He successfully helped him make it into the fourth round.
But Oboro could not help him with the fourth exam.
The Association released several detained criminals and placed them in a designated area. The candidates had to capture them within a certain time limit. So long as a criminal held out for twelve hours, they would be acquitted and immediately pardoned.
During that time, the criminals could use any means to disguise themselves, hide, or evade capture. They could even attack the candidates. If they killed a candidate... that counted as a victory as well.
After hearing the rules, Tonpa straightforwardly surrendered...
After being eliminated, he specifically thanked Oboro.
He tentatively asked for Oboro's contact information... but was