The Stone Ninja and Sunagakure contingents that had come from afar finally welcomed the Chunin Exam after several days of rest.
The enormous Konoha examination hall was nearly filled to capacity.
The majority of Konoha's genin clustered together, scrutinizing the ninja from other villages with guarded and hostile looks in their eyes.
Iwagakure and Sunagakure did not have a particularly good relationship, and neither group could be bothered with the other. They each huddled in their own corner.
"Tsk, are Konoha's genin really only at this level?"
The Sunagakure group swept their eyes over Konoha and immediately began mocking them. "They're even sending old men and middle-aged uncles in their several decades to take the Chunin Exam?"
Their companions burst into laughter, their words dripping with ridicule. "Handa, don't underestimate them. Maybe those old men and uncles are Konoha's hidden trump cards, hahaha."
"Exactly, exactly. Look at that—pfft, hahaha!" Another person joined in laughing. "That uncle is even wearing a green bodysuit. And that hairstyle is ridiculously funny!"
The Sand Ninja had long been holding in their anger. They had no intention of concealing it now, and their loud mockery drew furious glares from Konoha.
"Seriously, why did Lord Hokage let those two guys take the Chunin Exam too?" The Konoha genin also felt humiliated and muttered under their breaths, "What are Might Duy and Maruboshi Kosuke, those two eternal genin, doing here? They're just letting those guys laugh at us."
Speaking of "eternal genin," one had to mention Konoha's two great "legendary" figures.
Might Duy, who wore a green bodysuit all year round, was a hot-blooded idiot who knew absolutely no Ninjutsu or Genjutsu despite being a genin, devoting himself solely to Taijutsu.
As for the other, Maruboshi Kosuke, he was even stranger. He was already in his fifties,