Naruto raised his head slightly, watching the examiner's gaze.
Then he rolled his eyes as far to the side as they could go, almost flipping them over, before finally feeling safe.
"Heh heh, even if he's an examiner, he can't say I'm peeking now."
He faced forward, yet his eyes could see Hinata's test paper!
W-What?!
Naruto nearly flipped his eyes over in shock, hurriedly rubbing his sore eyes.
He had actually seen that Hinata's paper was completely blank—not a single question answered.
I must have seen wrong!
Naruto snuck another glance. One look, two looks, three looks...
A blank paper?!
"Could it be that Hinata doesn't know how to answer them either?"
Naruto immediately fell into despair and slammed his head onto the desk.
The sound startled those who were cheating, and they shot Naruto vicious glares.
When Hinata received her paper, she had looked it over. Although the questions were difficult, she had encountered this type of question at home and had some ideas on how to solve them.
But she only had a ninety-nine percent chance of getting them right. It was not one hundred percent, so it was too risky.
Then she remembered what Feng An had told everyone the day before.
"If you're not certain, don't answer. If you don't get it wrong, you won't lose points."
She nodded and chose not to answer. What if she got them wrong?
A blank paper was the safest choice.
When the exam reached its latter half, Ibiki Morino stood up.
"Now, there is a tenth question. You must choose whether to answer it. If you choose not to answer, you will receive zero points, and the other two members of your team will also be eliminated."
"If you choose to answer but fail to get it right, you will lose the right to participate in the Chunin exam forever!"
Everyone's expressions turned grim at those words.
Under the immense pressure, people gradually began giving up on the exam and leaving regretfully.
Hinata's heartbeat accelerated as well.
If Feng An had not explained the rules to her beforehand, there was a high chance she would have chosen to give up at this moment.
Before knowing the question, no one could be sure whether they could answer it correctly. The psychological pressure brought by the unknown was the greatest of all.
As Naruto watched more and more people leave, his legs began shaking nonstop too.
Seeing Naruto barely holding himself back, Feng An slowly covered his ears.
He knew Naruto was about to use his ultimate Sage Art: Talk no Jutsu.
After Naruto's impassioned speech, everyone who had yet to leave was deeply encouraged. Their butts even lifted off their seats before sitting back down.
Ibiki Morino gave the blond Naruto a long look.
Then he checked the time and nodded at the proctors around him.
"Congratulations to everyone present. You have successfully passed the first written exam!"
Ibiki Morino broke into a kindly grin.
Just as everyone felt like they were dreaming, Feng An's eyes widened as he stared fixedly at the window beside him.
It was coming! He did not want to miss even a second of the details of that beautiful sight he had not been shown before!
With a bang, the window shattered. The kunai flying in drew everyone's attention—except Feng An's.
He knew the big moment was still to come.
He held his breath, his eyes wide open without relaxing for even an instant.
A woman leaped in through the window. Before she arrived, her breasts did.
Anko Mitarashi wore only a brown cloak, with black fishnet underwear beneath it.
The two soft, snowy-white mounds before her surpassed even Kurenai's.
Feng An could not help but sigh.
Anko had the clearest view of the Northern Hemisphere he had seen so far.
Everyone else was drawn to her as well.
But only Feng An had seen that instant of ultra-clear, 4K, lifelike fleshy image. Everyone else could only imagine the Northern Hemisphere beneath her cloak.
As the curtain behind the kunai fell, it revealed large words: Anko Mitarashi Has Arrived.
Anko introduced herself loudly. "Hello, everyone! I'm Anko Mitarashi, the examiner for the second exam! Follow me!"
With her loud roar, many of those who had been staring in a daze resentfully glanced at Anko.
Why did it suddenly feel different as soon as she spoke?
Seeing that she seemed to have ruined the atmosphere, Anko cleared her throat.
"Go back and get some proper rest! Gather at the designated location for the second exam tomorrow!"
As the examinees dispersed, Feng An and Hinata met up with Yudzuki and the others.
Everyone asked about the exam, only to discover that they had all turned in blank papers.
Feng An said somewhat weakly, "You all really turned in blank papers?"
"Huh?"
"Wasn't it you who told us to turn in blank papers?"
"Forget it. It should be fine... probably."
Thinking about six or seven people turning in blank papers when the tests were collected made Feng An feel uneasy. It would be disastrous if their results did not count.
Fuka puffed out her cheeks and pressed him, "Tell us already. Is it fine or not?"
"The chief examiner already announced that we passed. It's fine."
Even with Feng An saying that, no one would sleep well that night.
Elsewhere, Ibiki Morino collected the test papers and found a blank one with only a name written on it.
"Naruto Uzumaki?"
"That blond brat from before, right? He turned in a blank paper and still passed... Had he already seen through the fact that this test was meant to test a ninja's resolve?"
Then he saw another blank paper beside it.
"It seems there are many excellent ninjas this time who are good at observation."
However, as he continued collecting papers, his face grew darker and darker.
He saw a third blank paper, a fourth, a fifth...
He could no longer remain calm, and his hands moved faster and faster as he collected the papers.
Then he slumped into his seat, staring at the seven blank papers in his hands as he questioned himself.
He muttered to himself, "A-Are there really that many genius ninjas this time? Or were my questions just too poorly written..."
The next day, far fewer ninjas gathered at the Forest of Death than on the first day.
Anko stood before everyone and began speaking.
"This is the Forest of Death. You'll soon understand why it's called the Forest of Death."
"Bleh bleh bleh bleh..."
Naruto mockingly imitated Anko's tone.
A kunai Anko threw flew past Naruto's cheek and sliced off a Grass ninja's long hair at the same time.
Only a second later did blood begin to flow from Naruto's face.
He stood frozen in place, sweating coldly.
Anko instantly appeared behind him and wiped the blood from his face.
At that moment, the Grass ninja also came behind Anko, wrapping his long tongue around the kunai and spitting it back to her.
Feng An recognized at a glance that he was Orochimaru.
Yet Anko failed to recognize him, which left him deeply puzzled.
That tongue was so long, and it still wasn't memorable enough?
Anko then began explaining the contents and rules of the second exam.
Each team would receive either a Heaven Scroll or an Earth Scroll. They had to seize the scroll they did not have and gather both the Heaven and Earth Scrolls to meet the passing condition.
Afterward, they only needed to reach the tower and hand in their mission to pass. Losing a teammate or becoming unable to continue as a team meant elimination.
Compared to the first written exam, the second exam was far more dangerous. Everyone had even signed waivers of liability.
Soon, every team received its own scroll.
Before entering the Forest of Death, Feng An warned everyone, "If you see that Grass ninja from earlier or Gaara of the Sand Village, the one with the character for 'love' carved on his forehead, stay away from them."
Because they had passed the first exam so effortlessly, everyone deeply trusted Feng An's warning this time.
They nodded, committing it to memory.
"If Feng An said so, he must have his reasons."
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