Secretive Ninjas
After Santoku announced the teams that had advanced, the eliminated teams left—
A total of fifteen teams had passed, but there were only twenty-four people. Most teams had suffered losses. Teams that had been highly anticipated, such as Fugaku Uchiha's and Shikaku Nara's, had passed the assessment, but had been reduced to bare-bones teams with only their captains remaining.
Akashi glanced around and found that twelve of the twenty-four were Konoha ninja—maintaining the previous ratio at exactly half.
At this moment, Chief Examiner Hatake Sakumo stepped forward and announced, "You twenty-four are the genin who have passed the preliminary round and entered the final round—among genin, you are all outstanding. However, to become chunin, you still need to pass one final test!"
Those words—
Could not be trusted!
If this were not the joint Chunin Exams, everyone present would absolutely have had the strength to be promoted to chunin, or even surpass ordinary chunin!
But that was the ninja world—full of suppressive education.
Next, Chief Examiner Hatake began announcing the contents of the final round.
None of the twenty-four who had passed felt particularly nervous about it. In every previous Chunin Exam, the final round tested direct combat ability. It was basically certain to be "1 vs. 1"; all that remained to be announced was the format.
"The final round will be held on August 1st. By then, not only the Kage of the three great hidden villages, but also dignitaries and wealthy merchants from various countries will come to watch. Twelve of you will be selected to pass the final round and be granted chunin positions," Hatake continued.
Everyone was somewhat surprised to hear that the final round would not be held until August 1st, but once they heard that the Tsuchikage and Mizukage would also be