The Small Town Test-Taker

"Silence!"

"So you were hiding here."

Corazon, who had found him, snapped his fingers lightly, immediately creating a soundproof barrier around them.

In the corner of a familiar alley, Luo sat leaning against the wall, hugging his knees, a sense of unspeakable loneliness on his face.

"Corazon, am I really useless?"

"Even though Abel and I are in similar situations, Abel learns everything so quickly, and his talent is great. But I'm like the tail-end, only able to spar with wooden posts every day. Even Baby-5 and Buffalo are better than me."

"Based on the current training situation, I'll probably die without accomplishing anything!"

Corazon was a bit surprised to hear Luo suddenly opening up to him.

But he was very happy that Luo could confide in him like this.

It meant their relationship had taken another step forward.

So Corazon comforted him, "You know, Luo, the seas have never been short of geniuses. Temporary gains and losses mean nothing. Many strong individuals have relied on hard work to climb their way up, step by step!"

"Perhaps you're not as good as Abel and the others right now, but I believe your future achievements will surpass everyone's."

"Because you are one of the legendary 'Clan of 'D'', a 'God Enemy' destined to stir up storms on the sea!"

After hearing Corazon's words, Luo's expression clearly improved a lot, but he still pretended to be dismissive, scoffing, "It's that same nonsensical rhetoric again. If the so-called 'Clan of 'D'' were really that powerful, my father wouldn't have died in the hospital in Freyvans."

"Don't worry, Luo. I will definitely find a way to cure your illness, and then you must listen to me and stay away from that person, Doflamingo, immediately."

"You're bragging again. Wait until you can actually do it before making demands."

"I'm planning to take you out to sea to find a doctor tomorrow. The world is so big, there's definitely someone who can cure your illness. What do you think?"

"I don't think it's a good idea! I'm not going! I want to stay and continue training. Doflamingo has already promised Abel and me that he'll help us look out for Devil Fruits. Instead of trusting those incompetent quacks and wasting time everywhere, it's better to cherish the current time."

Luo's attitude was firm, and no matter how much Corazon tried to persuade him, it was useless. In the end, he could only drop the matter for now.

However, he had already started inquiring about where to find skilled doctors.

When Luo returned to his room, there was food on the table that was still warm to the touch, along with a note left by Abel.

It read: "Eat quickly, sleep after you're full. If you don't want to fall too far behind me, remember to put in a desperate effort for training tomorrow and in the future. Let's see who becomes a cadre first."

"That damn guy."

Luo sat down with a displeased expression and began to devour the food. But for some reason, as he ate, he started to smile.

It seemed he found his earlier sentimentality and sensitivity amusing.

The next day, Luo finally returned to normal, began to train diligently, and his expression was no longer dejected.

"It won't be long before I catch up to you, watch out, Abel!"

Seeing this, Abel couldn't help but smile, then said with a hint of disdain, "Go to bed early, Luo. You can have anything in your dreams! If you want to defeat me, you're still a hundred years too early!"

"We'll see!"

Luo's competitive spirit was ignited. He didn't believe he was truly that useless.

As it turned out, human potential is limitless; it all depends on whether you can tap into it.

At least Luo's performance today made everyone look at him with new eyes.

After a day of training, Abel returned to his room alone.

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[Order Description: Naruto is participating in the first written exam of the Chunin Exam, but facing this extremely difficult test paper, he looks bewildered, wanting to write but having no idea where to start, seemingly only able to hand in a blank paper.]

[Order Content: The entire content of the exam paper has been copied. Please help Naruto complete the exam.]

[Base Order Reward: Talk no Jutsu (one-time consumable item), 200 Trading Points]

[Time Remaining: 29 minutes 59 seconds]

Another rather peculiar order.

Abel was speechless.

But there was no other way; he had to brace himself and start solving the problems.

Then the first question made him completely freeze!

Question 1: Decipher the following encrypted code.

Looking at the dense and strange code, Abel was bewildered. He didn't recognize this thing, and it didn't recognize him.

How the hell was he supposed to do this?

First question, abandon!

Abel decisively shook his head and looked at the second question.

Hmm, I recognize this one.

The second question was a physics problem, showing a parabola graph and asking for the maximum range of a shuriken.

It was a typical horizontal projectile motion model.

Abel inwardly sighed in relief. Fortunately, he was a science student in his previous life and his physics was decent, otherwise wouldn't he have failed again?

"It's time to show off my skills as a small-town test-taker!"

So he went through a flurry of actions, and finally managed to calculate the answer.

He didn't know if it was right or wrong, but this was his current ability.

The next, third question was an English Q&A, the fourth was math. The eighth was chemistry, and the ninth was history.

By the time Abel put down his pen, he had almost pulled all his hair out!

Good heavens, was it really necessary to make the written portion of the Chunin Exam this difficult?

And they only gave thirty minutes to answer.

Even the top scorer of the college entrance exam wouldn't get a perfect score on this paper!

After all, the first question was immediately given away.

He had to guess and cram, barely managing to submit his answer sheet to Naruto in the last few seconds.

He figured that cheating in this way would be unprecedented and unrepeatable!

Even if the proctor was exhausted, they definitely wouldn't discover it.

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[Beginner Wish Order complete. Customer gave a three-star rating (normal good review)!]

[Comment: Although I got many questions wrong, I passed, woohoo!]

[Three-star rating grants all basic Trading Points rewards. Remaining rewards have been automatically distributed, please check.]

"Alright, not getting a two-star rating is already a godsend, exceeding my expectations!"

Abel wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, thinking that he absolutely shouldn't encounter such a Wish Order again in the future; it was truly too taxing.

This was just making things difficult for me, like Fat Tiger!

Fortunately, the 200 Trading Points were successfully obtained, making his already not-so-rich 'wallet' a little fuller.

And then there was that strange bonus reward.