How Is This Allowed?

Kagura stared at the questions on the test paper, his vision blurring for a moment.

The first question on the paper read:

"The following conditions are known.

You have been seriously injured and cannot move. You have only one shuriken with an Explosion Tag attached.

The enemy is roughly one hundred meters away and is searching for you. You also know the enemy's exact location.

Directly between you and the enemy stands a large tree with a canopy ten meters wide and fifty meters high.

The Explosion Tag's effective damage radius is one meter.

What launch angle relative to the ground should you use, and how long should you set the Explosion Tag's detonation timer for,

in order to use the shuriken to deal effective damage to the enemy?"

The instant he saw the question, Kagura felt as though he had returned to Blue Star and was taking those familiar physics exams again.

He hurriedly looked over the other questions and found that they were mostly basic physics problems.

Of course, there were also some Common Sense questions involving human anatomy.

For example, questions like which exact body part to strike to make someone lose the ability to walk.

Or which part of the human body to strike to instantly knock an Enemy unconscious, with three specific methods required.

It had to be said that this was indeed an exam filled with the practical combat style of the Hokage World.

It essentially listed various combat scenarios and common fighting knowledge.

But the problem was, for Kagura, who had experienced Huaxia's traditional education in his previous life, these kinds of questions were utterly effortless!

Aside from the anatomy section, the rest of these questions would only count as middle-school-level knowledge on Blue Star at most!

Looking at the questions that were practically free points to him, Kagura grew more excited the longer he looked.

Not noticing Kagura's excited expression, the Bald Examiner on the podium continued explaining the exam rules.

He picked up the first test paper and displayed it before everyone. The paper was densely filled with answers.

Before the crowd below could get a good look, he placed the answer sheet back onto the desk and said,

"The paper in my hand contains the correct answers. Every submitted paper will be graded on the spot.

Next, I'll explain the elimination rules. Listen carefully!"

After a brief pause, he continued.

"Anyone who scores below eighty points is eliminated!

Anyone caught looking at the test paper in my hand by either of us Examiners is eliminated!

Anyone caught looking at another Examinee's answers is eliminated!

Anyone caught privately exchanging answers with others is eliminated!"

Upon hearing these rules, the Examinees immediately understood why two Examiners had been arranged for this assessment, and why they had stood at the front and back of the classroom after everyone entered.

But they also understood the implication behind those rules.

You could answer the questions yourself. Score eighty points, and you passed.

If you did not know the answers, there was also a reference answer sheet up there.

As long as you could use ninjutsu to peek without being discovered, it did not count as breaking the rules.

Seeing the knowing expressions on the faces of the many Examinees below, the Bald Examiner remained stern.

He looked up at the clock hanging behind him before finally announcing,

"The exam lasts one hour. Begin!"

The moment his words fell, the soft rustling of pen tips moving across paper rang out throughout the room.

Kagura, who knew the plot well, understood the true purpose of this exam without needing to interpret the Examiner's words.

This assessment was practically free points for him.

In fact, with his current strength, it would not be difficult for him to directly use genjutsu to control everyone present, then swagger up and leisurely read the correct answers.

But these questions were simply too easy for him. There was no need to waste his Chakra.

Likewise, this kind of test posed no difficulty whatsoever for Tsunade and Orochimaru.

It could not be helped. Over the Years, because Team 7 had no Team Leader Teacher, Kagura had naturally become the one teaching the three of them.

And because Kagura retained memories of life on Blue Star, he always liked using physics to teach certain taijutsu and throwing techniques.

Although teaching such knowledge in this seemingly physics-defying world was rather idiotic, the naturally intelligent Tsunade and Orochimaru had actually made considerable progress through this method.

Thanks to Kagura's knowledge being drilled into them, the questions on this test were also free points for those two.

Not to mention Tsunade, who was already studying Healing Technique and was delighted to see those questions on human anatomy.

Of course, there was a "but."

But there would always be exceptions.

That exception was Jiraiya.

Perhaps he truly lacked talent, or perhaps he simply was not interested in those methods.

Compared with the physics Kagura taught, he preferred trusting his own instincts.

Over the Years, Jiraiya had read many, many Books because of his interests.

But those Books were mostly novels or history books.

(Of course, it was hard for this world to have academic Books outside of ninjutsu anyway.)

In Kagura's previous-life terms, this kind of exam was like a pure liberal arts student accidentally sitting in on a science exam.

Thinking of this, Kagura raised his head and Looked Over at the people beside him.

Sure enough, just as he expected, Tsunade and Orochimaru had already picked up their pens and were writing furiously.

Only Jiraiya remained in the posture of holding the paper in both hands, staring blankly ahead as though he had no idea what to think.

At that moment, Jiraiya stared at the questions Before his eyes and Only Felt his scalp go numb.

Well, he vaguely remembered that some of the knowledge Kagura usually talked about seemed to match many of the questions on the paper.

But he had never seriously listened!

As a Ninja, did he not just need hands to know how to throw a Dart?

He put down the test paper and blankly looked at Tsunade and Orochimaru beside him, who were writing away furiously.

At that moment, he was just like all the handsome men and beautiful women reading this Book were That Year—regretting that he had not properly remembered that damned knowledge.

But his confusion only lasted Several minutes.

Jiraiya, who had been spacing out, seemed to think of something. His expression suddenly became confident.

He abruptly stood up, completely disregarding the Examinees around him, and rapidly formed Hand Seals.

He decisively slapped the table, and a cloud of smoke rose up.

As the smoke dispersed, a Spectacled Toad appeared on his desk.

The Toad was only about the size of a small dog. It used its Right Palm to push its glasses from the side, then asked in a composed tone,

"Oh?

How rare!

Little Jiraiya, you actually summoned me?

Go on, what is it?"

Looking at the Toad Before him, Jiraiya awkwardly raised a hand to scratch the back of his head. He pushed the test paper over and said embarrassedly,

"Um...

Can you help me do this test?"

The Spectacled Toad Before him was the most knowledgeable Toad Jiraiya knew in Mount Myōboku.

Left with no other choice, he could only resort to this.

For some reason, despite being just a Toad, everyone could clearly see a disdainful expression appear on its face.

It rolled its eyes at Jiraiya but still took the paper and began reading it.

But only a few seconds later, it snatched the pen from Jiraiya's hand.

It gripped the pen in an awkward position with its webbed paw and began writing the answers while complaining,

"Can't you solve such simple questions yourself next time?

I told you to read more useful Books!

And if you dare secretly leave those little yellow Books with me again, I'll report you to the Toad Sage!"

Hearing the Spectacled Toad expose all his little secrets, yet having no choice but to rely on it for the exam, Jiraiya froze where he stood.

He awkwardly placed both hands on the desk and could only silently lower his head in the end.

Meanwhile, Tsunade raised her head and shot him a contemptuous look before lowering it again and continuing to write.

Jiraiya's godlike maneuver directly left the Examinees stunned.

One Kumogakure Examinee stared speechlessly at the Toad, then looked toward the Bald Examiner on the podium.

He hesitantly asked,

"Um, is this allowed?"

The Bald Examiner, who had kept his arms crossed the whole time, did not even look at him, but he still answered the question.

"Did any of the rules I just stated say that you can't use the Summoning Technique?"

(⊙ o ⊙) Ah!

"Th-That does seem to be true..."

"Then there you have it.

If you have the ability, you can also summon a Summoned Beast to help you take the exam.

I won't stop you."

Hearing the Bald Examiner's answer, the Examinee helplessly lowered his head and silently began writing.

Damn it!

Who would go out of their way to make a contract with a Scholar Type Summoned Beast?