The exam bell rang right on time. Naruto Uzumaki looked at the test paper handed to him and could not help frowning.
To be fair, the test was very simple. Most of the children who had come to take it had put in the effort; it was merely basic ninja knowledge and common sense.
But that was true for the other children. To Naruto Uzumaki, this simple test paper might as well have been a heavenly scripture.
He frowned deeply and bit down on his pencil, endlessly debating with himself. Should I cheat? It should be fine if I secretly look at someone else's answers, right? These questions are really hard.
Second by second, time passed while he remained trapped in indecision. The proctor at the front glanced at him in confusion, his expression growing somewhat strange.
It was not for any other reason. Naruto Uzumaki's expression was simply too bizarre—an exceptionally tortured look. If one had to describe it, it looked like the face someone made when they were constipated.
The proctor muttered to himself, then finally could not help asking, "Student, is your stomach bothering you? Do you need to go to the restroom?"
"Uh..." Naruto Uzumaki looked up blankly, and the expression on his face became even more spectacular.
An hour later, Naruto Uzumaki walked out of the examination room with a look of liberation on his face. That test had been like a nightmare to him. If he could help it, he never wanted to go through an exam like that again.
Of course, he had ultimately handed in a blank paper. The examination room was not monitored particularly strictly, and with his current chakra control, cheating would not have been difficult. But he had spent all his time agonizing over whether to cheat. By the