After a brief lull, the large assembly hall immediately erupted into noise.
Compared with Kakashi and the first group of Jonin who had entered Takamagahara to test it, the Konoha Ninja gathered in the hall were clearly of a lower caliber.
As a result, they couldn't calmly analyze and assess things the way the Jonin had.
After leaving Takamagahara, their first reaction was amazement. That amazement quickly turned to excitement, along with an overwhelming urge to share their experiences.
"Who did you choose?"
"Even the terrain changed. It was so realistic!"
"The timing doesn't add up. I clearly remember fighting in there for nearly an hour. How come only a little over ten minutes passed?"
"That's the power of a Mangekyō Sharingan technique!"
Exclamations, praise, joy, and skepticism all mingled together, turning the entire hall into a chaotic, noisy marketplace.
The improvement in a ninja's strength usually came in stages.
Take an ordinary ninja, for example. From the Ninja Academy through their Genin years—from about six or seven to eleven or twelve—their strength generally improved at a steady pace.
But once a ninja passed the age of fourteen or fifteen, their growth began to accelerate dramatically.
Many talented ninja became Chunin, or even Special Jōnin, before they turned twenty.
Most of the people the village had selected to experience Takamagahara were young Genin and Chunin, along with some especially promising Special Jōnin.
They were all very young and had plenty of room to grow. They were also at a stage when their strength was on the rise. If they could surpass themselves and cross a threshold, a Genin could become a Chunin, a Chunin could become a Special Jōnin, and a Special Jōnin could hope to challenge the ranks of the true Jonin.
That was why the village had let