"I don't consider myself particularly strong. People like us have to stick together."
"They may be strong, but if we have enough people, we can still hold off their attacks."
Some of the genin were quite clever. They knew their own capabilities and understood exactly what they were capable of. While everyone was still here, they immediately began gathering a team.
The strength of several people was always greater than that of one person, and it would be safer that way.
"I agree. I'm in."
"I think it'll work too. I'm joining."
"My strength barely reaches elite chunin level, but those people are monsters. I'm willing to join as well."
"I'm in too. Let's band together."
At the first person's call, six or seven people immediately gathered around him and agreed to form an alliance.
"Good. Then we're allies. Follow me. Half an hour is still plenty of time—enough for us to put some distance between ourselves and those people."
"Alright, let's go. Keep up."
And so the first team began working together. They knew their own strength well enough to understand that only by uniting could they remain here for seven days.
"Tch. Only the weak travel in packs."
"That's right. If you have no confidence in yourself, why even take the chunin exams? Wouldn't it be better to go home and play in the mud?"
"I have no interest in joining forces with anyone. But if you want to come after me, you'd better weigh yourselves first!"
"Hahaha, I'll be leaving first. Your strength really isn't worth my notice."
Many people were extremely confident in their own strength. Those who had confidence generally had some skill to back it up, and they vanished from the spot one after another.
Half an hour later.
"What's going on? Why isn't