The next morning, the Ninja Academy gates opened right on time. At the teachers' direction, the examinees and their parents gathered at the entrance and filed into the grounds.
Today's event was the final part of the Ninja Academy entrance exam: a comprehensive physical examination of the students.
That's right. The final part of the Ninja Academy entrance exam was nothing more than a simple physical.
Konoha was currently at peace, and the entrance exams were not as difficult as they had been during the Second Shinobi World War and the Third Shinobi World War. In those days, the exams had been extremely rigorous. Examinees needed not only excellent Taijutsu skills and a grounding in Shurikenjutsu, but also the ability to navigate in the wilderness.
Some of the village's geniuses, such as Uzumaki Kuming, Kakashi Hatake, and Uchiha Itachi, had been sent to the battlefield at an early age. Itachi had been only four when he was taken to the battlefield before even entering the Ninja Academy, and he had already killed an enemy with his own hands.
But now, the Ninja Academy had greatly relaxed its admission requirements. Rather than focusing on the examinees' current abilities, it placed greater importance on their potential.
This entrance physical was intended to thoroughly assess the children's potential.
The Ninja Academy had made extensive preparations for the examinations, specially inviting the medical team of Deputy Director Kushina Uzumaki from Konoha Hospital to help examine all the children.
The classrooms had been temporarily converted into examination rooms. The tests included eyesight, bone development, Chakra levels, meridians, and even psychological questionnaires.
The children lined up and went from one classroom to the next, undergoing every examination the hospital doctors had prepared.
"Hm? Why does such a young child have so many hidden injuries?"
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