Tattoo

Losing to Naruto Uzumaki was no big deal. Sasuke had already gotten used to it.

Sasuke calmly asked, "What do we do next?"

"We've collected the scrolls. We can head to the tower whenever we want, but before that—"

Naruto Uzumaki pointed at Sasuke's Curse Mark and asked, "What do you think of the Curse Mark's power? Do you need me to get rid of it for you?"

After pondering for a long time, Sasuke chose to keep it. Although he still could not beat Naruto Uzumaki, he could clearly feel how much the Curse Mark had strengthened him.

"Come out with me."

Naruto Uzumaki brought Sasuke to a spot outside the surveillance range, activated the Rinnegan, and used the Human Path to extract Orochimaru's soul fragment from the Curse Mark.

Orochimaru's phantom emerged, exclaiming in shock, "The Rinnegan?! Uzumaki Naruto, so it was you—"

Naruto Uzumaki did not listen to Orochimaru's nonsense. He used Ukanomitama to crush the soul fragment into pure Soul Energy, then used Kamimusubi to grant the Curse Mark life.

From then on, the Curse Mark possessed life and obeyed Naruto Uzumaki's commands.

"Congratulations, Sasuke. You've become the first ninja in the Ninja World to enter the age of tattoos."

As he spoke, Naruto Uzumaki manually dug out the Curse Mark, altered its shape slightly, and pressed it back onto Sasuke's arm.

However, nothing went wrong over the next four days, and the exam concluded smoothly.

A total of twenty-four people passed the exam.

Konoha's twelve rookies, three Mist Ninja, three Sound Ninja, three from Inazuma, and three from Sunagakure.

Led by Anko, the group left the Forest of Death's tower and arrived at a spacious arena.

"Lord Hokage, is this how Konoha treats its guests? You forcibly took our sand ninja's ninja tools and ninjutsu—"