Mori Ibiki

Just as Kiba Inuzuka was provoking Naruto with his usual flamboyant attitude, a silver-haired figure quietly stepped into everyone's line of sight. He walked slowly, his voice gentle as he said, "It'd be better to keep it down a little. You're nine rookies, fresh out of the Ninja Academy, right? Nine brand-new rookies. You look so cute, yet you're making all this noise—really, this isn't a field trip."

Ino, already in a bad mood from Sakura pulling her away, demanded loudly, "Who are you? What makes you act all high and mighty?"

The silver-haired figure smiled faintly and replied, "I'm Yakushi Kabuto. This is my seventh time taking the Chunin Selection Exam, so you could say I'm your senior."

At these words, everyone's faces showed surprise, as if they'd heard an unbelievable story. Seventh time? Just how hard was this Chunin Exam? Or was Yakushi Kabuto's strength really that pathetic?

Shikamaru felt this was getting even more troublesome.

Naruto, however, narrowed his eyes slightly. Beneath his sunglasses, the Six Eyes quietly activated, piercing through Yakushi Kabuto's calm exterior to gaze directly at the chakra surging within his body.

He found that Kabuto's chakra reserves were exceptionally abundant—far beyond what a genin should have. Failing to become a chunin was definitely not due to a lack of strength. Naruto was curious about his purpose and developed a strong interest in this seemingly gentle guy.

A sudden plume of smoke spread silently, quickly enveloping the entire classroom.

As the smoke gradually dissipated, Mori Ibiki's figure emerged from the haze, accompanied by a group of examiners all dressed in black uniforms. Their appearance instantly silenced the room.

Mori Ibiki stood at the front of the line, his sharp gaze piercing into everyone's soul. He spoke without ceremony: "All of you shut up, you bunch of trash."

Then, shifting his tone, he continued in an unquestioning manner: "You've waited long enough. I'm the proctor for the first exam of the Chunin Selection—Mori Ibiki." As he introduced himself, everyone's eyes were drawn to the two prominent scars on his face, like marks of time recording this proctor's past battles and experiences, adding to his authority and fierceness.

"Now then, the first Chunin Selection Exam begins!"

With Mori Ibiki's announcement of the exam's start, everyone also learned the content of the first Chunin Selection Exam.

The content of the first exam was a written test, and it was extremely harsh: in a three-person team, if even one person scored zero, the entire team would fail.

The genins used all sorts of tricks, their cheating methods endless.

Sakura and Sasuke were well-versed in theoretical knowledge and had no pressure at all.

Naruto, meanwhile, was assigned a seat next to Hinata. As for the ninja theoretical knowledge of this world, the previous Naruto had been completely clueless, let alone Gojo Satoru before his rebirth. There was no way Gojo Satoru would know the knowledge of this ninja world either.

But none of that mattered. Beneath his sunglasses, Naruto's Six Eyes clearly saw all of Hinata's answers, and Hinata even deliberately shifted her paper to make it easier for Naruto to copy.

Sakura and Sasuke were extremely anxious, afraid Naruto wouldn't pass, but seeing him writing furiously, they relaxed a little.

Sasuke felt his worry was unnecessary, while Sakura broke into a smile—truly, that was Naruto for you.

During the exam, Mori Ibiki constantly applied mental pressure on the examinees, claiming that if they answered the final tenth question wrong, they would be permanently disqualified from taking the Chunin Exam.

But in reality, as long as they persisted and didn't give up, they would pass. The examinees, however, didn't know that. Hearing that they would be permanently barred from the Chunin Exam, the inner torment was unimaginable.

Faced with this pressure, Naruto remained completely unfazed. He quickly copied all the questions, then turned his attention to drawing out the Power of the Nine-Tails.

The exam ended smoothly. Sure enough, as long as they held on and didn't give up, all the genins who stayed in the exam room passed.

Afterward, the passing genins headed to the venue for the second exam.

Training Ground No. 44—the Forest of Death.

At the edge of the second exam venue, before the deep and mysterious entrance to the Forest of Death, sunlight dappled the forest path.

In this interplay of light and shadow, three small figures crept closer, draped in strange cardboard boxes, wobbling forward as they tried to use this as camouflage to avoid everyone's attention.

Naruto stood not far away, his Six Eyes beneath the sunglasses scanning the surroundings. Just then, the three "cardboard boxes" suddenly stopped, trembling slightly as if from nervousness. A playful smile curled at the corner of Naruto's mouth—he had already seen through this shoddy disguise.

"Hey, what are you kids doing here?" Naruto's voice carried a hint of teasing, but also revealed his fondness for these little ones.

As soon as he spoke, Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon exchanged glances, then quickly threw off their cardboard boxes, striking three cute poses. Laughing, they ran toward Naruto.