A Test You Have to Write Yourself? Absolutely Not

"An Uchiha with no Kekkei Genkai?"

"How could that be? What nonsense!"

"Everyone knows the Uchiha Clan of Konoha all possess powerful Kekkei Genkai. You're saying he doesn't have one? Were you asleep?"

The Genin in the classroom started chattering among themselves.

Clearly, none of them believed what he'd said.

"An Uchiha with no Kekkei Genkai?" A Genin from Kumogakure furrowed his brow, as if he'd remembered something.

After a few seconds of silence, he turned pale with shock and stared at Ye Fan in disbelief.

"Y-you... you're that Plague God who appeared in the Uchiha Clan of Konoha back then?!"

"The rumors say Konoha suffered the Nine-Tails' Rampage not long after you were born, and then the entire Uchiha Clan was wiped out!"

That reminder brought the rumor back to the minds of many of the other ninjas.

Back then, the story of a Plague God appearing in Konoha had spread throughout the entire shinobi world.

Almost every village had heard it.

Just like many people in Konoha, they believed it was true.

What were the odds? The Nine-Tails' Rampage had happened not long after his birth, and the Uchiha Clan had been wiped out soon after.

If that wasn't a Plague God, what was?

Hearing their words, Sasuke clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. He could barely keep his emotions under control.

Every word they said was like a blade, endlessly slicing into his heart.

Memories surged through his mind like a tide.

At that moment, Sasuke's mind was filled with images of the night the Uchiha Clan was wiped out.

"My foolish little brother, you're too weak."

"Do you want revenge? Then hate me!"

Uchiha Itachi's face had taken root in Sasuke's mind like a nightmare, as if it would never fade away.

Itachi's voice echoed endlessly in his mind, tormenting his soul.

"Ye Fan!"

"If you'd never appeared, the Uchiha Clan wouldn't have been wiped out."

"If you'd never appeared, Itachi would still be the same good older brother he used to be!"

Sasuke looked at Ye Fan, his emotions wildly unstable.

Ye Fan glanced at Sasuke and sighed helplessly. He knew that no matter how he explained, nobody would believe him.

And he didn't want to explain!

Sasuke looked so worked up that his face seemed to say: If you don't let me beat you up today, you're not leaving!

The thought had come out of nowhere, and Ye Fan amused himself with it.

Everyone knew Orochimaru was the toughest person in the entire shinobi world.

But when it came to taking a beating, if Orochimaru ranked second, perhaps only Sasuke would dare claim first...

"Ye Fan!"

Sasuke saw him suddenly laugh and could no longer hold back.

With a furious shout, he threw a punch at him.

Seeing this, Ye Fan tilted his head and ducked behind Sakura.

Sasuke had put all his strength into the punch and couldn't stop in time. His fist landed squarely on Sakura's eye.

Thump!

A sharp sound rang out. Sakura toppled to the floor, her left eye instantly swelling into a black eye as tears streamed down her cheek.

"Sakura!"

Sasuke immediately stepped forward to help her up, but stopped after just one step.

"Sasuke! How dare you hit Sakura—and so hard!"

Seeing Sakura lying on the floor, Naruto flew into a rage, rolled up his sleeves, and performed the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.

More than twenty shadow clones swarmed toward Sasuke, as if they were going to tear him to pieces.

"Silence!"

Just then, a voice cold as ice rang out. The proctor, Ibiki, looked displeased.

"Naruto Uzumaki, Uchiha Sasuke, if you still want to take the exam, sit down and behave. If you don't, get out!"

As he spoke, a powerful burst of Chakra erupted from Ibiki and filled the entire classroom.

Some of the Genin trembled in fear at the sight.

To them, Ibiki's presence was terrifying!

"Sasuke!"

Naruto pointed at him, gave him a thumbs-up, then turned his thumb down a few times before returning to his seat.

With the farce over, the classroom fell quiet again.

Ibiki signaled to the ninja beside him, and they quickly handed out the exam papers.

A proctor sat in every corner of the classroom, watching their every move.

None of the people taking the Chunin Exams had expected there to be a written test.

Many of them stared at the questions with furrowed brows, unable to answer a single one.

If they couldn't complete the test, their Chunin Exams would be over. Some chose to take a risk and use all sorts of abilities to cheat.

Sasuke activated his Sharingan and copied the movements of other people as they wrote.

Gaara formed an eye out of sand to peek at other people's answers.

Dosu of Otogakure used the sounds of people writing to work out their answers.

In the classroom, which was neither large nor small, the exam participants each showed off their skills, like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea.

Everyone present was cheating except Ye Fan and Naruto.

Naruto stared at the exam paper with a troubled expression, racking his brain for answers.

But no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't write down a single word.

He recognized all the words on the paper. But once they were put together into a question, he had no idea what they meant.

Compared with Naruto's frantic struggle, Ye Fan looked perfectly calm.

Ye Fan wasn't worried at all. Every so often, he simply glanced over to see how much Sakura had written.

Although Sakura had a black eye and wasn't in the best shape, she was still a top student.

The questions that seemed so difficult to ordinary people were easy for her. She solved them in no time.

The exam had been underway for less than twenty minutes when she finished every question on the paper.

Ye Fan looked at the dense writing on Sakura's exam paper and nodded in satisfaction.

He glanced over at Sasuke, too. Sasuke was still using the copying ability of his Sharingan to mimic someone else's movements.

Seeing that, Ye Fan couldn't help shaking his head and thinking:

Is Uchiha Sasuke's brain short-circuiting? There's a top student sitting right beside him, but he insists on copying the movements of the person in front!

"Ye Fan, aren't you going to answer the questions?"

Sakura noticed that his exam paper was still completely blank and asked in confusion.

Ye Fan smiled. "Answer what? I've already finished, haven't I?"

Then Ye Fan snatched Sakura's exam paper, crossed out her name, and wrote his own.

Sakura stared at what he'd done, completely dumbfounded. Her head was spinning.

Two or three seconds later, she finally came to her senses and snapped, "Why did you take my exam paper?!"

Just as Sakura was about to raise her hand and report him to the proctor, Ino hit her with the Mind Transfer Jutsu.

Having taken over Sakura's consciousness, Ino stared at the blank paper in front of her, utterly bewildered.

Wasn't Sakura a top student?

Why hadn't she written a single word?

What had she been writing all this time?

Ino began to doubt herself, completely at a loss.

She still had two teammates waiting for her to pass them the answers. How could she pass on anything when there was nothing?

As the exam went on, one person after another was caught cheating and disqualified.

Ye Fan had made no attempt to hide what he was doing, and his snatching of the exam paper hadn't escaped the proctor, Ibiki.

Hmph. An Uchiha with no Kekkei Genkai can only cheat with such a clumsy trick?

Ibiki sneered inwardly. He picked up his pen and crossed out Ye Fan's name, then announced:

"Uchiha Ye Fan, you're disqualified from the Chunin Exams!"

Hearing this, Ye Fan didn't even look up. He simply remained seated.

Ibiki frowned at the sight, deeply displeased.

With a casual wave of his hand, the three Chunin proctoring the exam marched toward Ye Fan, ready to drag him out by force.