Time quickly reached the Chunin Ninja Exams.
When Ningxue went out to train today, she also saw quite a few ninja from other villages.
But she did not care about that, only feeling as though she had forgotten something.
The scene shifted to Neji.
"I heard there are actually people in this Chunin Ninja Exams who are in the same class as Lord Ningxue."
Rock Lee sat beside a tree and spoke with a touch of awe.
"Yeah. I wonder what they were thinking. But I never expected Lord Ningxue to be so amazing—she's actually a year younger than us."
"Hey, Neji? Why didn't you tell us before?"
While marveling at Ningxue's exceptional talent, Tenten was also puzzled as to why Neji had never mentioned it before.
"Honestly, there was no need to."
Neji sounded somewhat helpless. After all, who would bring up their age for no reason?
After hearing Tenten's exclamation, Rock Lee suddenly understood. He sprang to his feet and shouted in a loud, passionate voice.
"Yosh! If they dare let newcomers compete, there must be geniuses as powerful as Lord Ningxue!"
"I heard the three from Team Kakashi are participating too? That Uchiha genius seems to be one of them?"
Tenten chimed in.
"Oh? Is that so?"
Neji leaned against the tree, his expression cool and aloof.
"That really is interesting. Perhaps there really will be opponents in this exam as strong as Ningxue."
"Geez, honestly." Tenten looked helplessly at the two battle fanatics.
She flicked the Kunai in her hand at the target, then said to the two of them.
"Get yourselves together. The exam is about to start, so let's head to the testing site now."
"Oh!!!"
After answering, Rock Lee quickly gathered the scattered Kunai around him.
After handing them to Tenten, he headed