I Should Make My Move

Looking at the two furious faces, Mirai shrugged indifferently.

Seeing Mirai's reaction, the anger and killing intent in Kankuro and Gaara's hearts grew even stronger.

Suddenly, Mirai noticed that a small group of ninja were actually taking the exam properly.

That was clearly a little strange.

Sure enough, after watching for a while, Mirai understood what was going on.

There was a reflective lamp on the ceiling of the classroom, and these people were using it to look at the answers of the other students.

With a light clang, someone had actually even used a hidden weapon.

All just to make the reflective lamp turn in his direction so he could copy the answers.

Once someone took the lead, everything began to change.

A rapid string of ding ding clang clang rang out as ninja made their moves from every direction.

Hidden weapons flew everywhere, and the reflective lamp swayed wildly from side to side as if it had taken drugs.

Mirai watched with great interest. This exam was way too intense!

As for Morino Ibiki, the proctor seated on the platform, he had his eyes closed as though he were asleep.

He turned a blind eye to everyone's little tricks—and even their not-so-little tricks.

As Mirai kept watching, the swinging lamp nearly made him dizzy.

He flicked out a Lightning Needle with his right hand, and with a bang, directly destroyed the reflective lamp.

The sudden explosion left everyone stunned.

Everyone looked at the person who had acted last, believing that he was the one who had destroyed the lamp.

Faced with the angry glares of the crowd, that person lowered his head in fear.

Yet Morino Ibiki, sitting on the platform, had seen Mirai's little move perfectly clearly.

To be precise, he had seen every little move made by every examinee present.

Morino Ibiki remained expressionless, but Mirai's stunt still left him dumbfounded.

He could understand targeting the Sand ninja, but why did he just blow up the reflective lamp?

Now, not only could the ninja from other villages no longer cheat, even Konoha's own people could not cheat either.

Fortunately, most of Konoha's people had already copied almost everything.

Seeing that the time was about right, Morino Ibiki rose and began cracking down.

By then, most of the examinees had already resigned themselves to their fate.

A small number tried to cheat, only to be caught on the spot and disqualified from the exam.

As for Mirai, after writing his name on the paper, he drew a monkey.

When Morino Ibiki walked past Mirai and saw his paper, he froze.

Damn it, you made so many moves, so why did you still hand in a blank paper?

And you even had the Sharingan, yet you still handed in a blank paper. You were obviously doing it on purpose.

Though speechless at Mirai's actions, Morino Ibiki could not really show it.

After all, not all the examinees present were from Konoha; there were also some from other villages.

If he made a mistake and gave others something to hold against him, it would ultimately damage the village's reputation and image.

Just like that, the first written exam came to a perfect close.

Some examinees were eliminated during this first exam.

Only twenty-six teams, totaling seventy-nine people, successfully advanced to the second exam.

The second exam was an outdoor scroll-grabbing battle.

Thirteen Heaven Scrolls and thirteen Earth Scrolls were randomly distributed among the twenty-six participating teams.

Each team had to gather a pair consisting of one Heaven Scroll and one Earth Scroll, then pass through the Forest of Death and reach the destination within five days to pass.

As for how they were supposed to pass the test and what would happen along the way, everyone knew, but no one said it aloud.

Because everyone knew that casualties were unavoidable when ninja fought each other.

Of course, Konoha's new generation knew very little about that.

Looking at Naruto and Sakura beside him, both eager to give it a try, Mirai helplessly shook his head.

With strength like yours, you're still so eager? Don't you have any idea of your own limits?

He really did not know where the two of them got their confidence from.

Looking at Sasuke beside them, still wearing that sour expression, it was obvious that he had not received enough beatings from society.

But the opportunity had come. You were about to embark on your own path of getting beaten by society.

At first, Mirai was with Naruto's group of three.

But once they entered the dense forest, he slipped away while the three of them were not paying attention.

Opening his White Eye, he began surveying the entire forest.

After figuring out Hinata, Ino, and Tenten's locations, he immediately used Flying Thunder God to head for Hinata, who was closest.

When Mirai arrived, he discovered that a battle had already broken out there.

Mirai did not step in. Instead, he hid to one side and watched first.

After all, this was also an opportunity for them to temper themselves. He could not possibly deny them the chance to gain experience.

The two sides were Yuhi Kurenai's Team 8 from Konoha and Baki's Sand ninja team.

With her White Eye activated, Hinata used Gentle Fist to contend against Kankuro's puppet techniques.

Kiba and Akamaru, one human and one dog, joined forces to attack Temari.

As for Shino, he was using his insects to assault Gaara.

The three had clear targets and launched their attacks separately.

However, aside from Hinata, who could use her White Eye to discern the movements of Kankuro's puppet and react accordingly, Shino and Kiba could practically be said to be steadily losing ground.

"Shield of Sand!"

In front of Gaara, yellow sand formed a shield that blocked Shino's poisonous insects.

"Sand Shower!"

Then, a mass of yellow sand burst from the gourd. It flew into the sky and transformed into countless needles made of sand, aimed at Hinata and the other two.

The moment Kankuro and Temari saw Gaara use Sand Shower, they immediately broke away from their opponents and retreated behind Gaara.

The sand needles rained down rapidly, forcing Hinata and the others to dodge and retreat again and again.

The sand needles were immensely powerful; when they struck the ground, they even blasted pits into it.

"Wind Release—Sickle Weasel!"

Temari unfurled the Seven Star Fan in her hand and swept it toward Hinata and the others.

A massive gale surged toward the three of them.

Buffeted by the fierce wind, Hinata and the others immediately lost their footing.

Combined with the sand needles raining down from above, the three of them gradually began to suffer injuries.

Just then, Kankuro, who had been standing to the side, made his move.

A Crow puppet wrapped head to toe in bandages charged at the flustered Hinata under Kankuro's control.

Crow's two arms were weapons. It swung them and suddenly slashed at Hinata.

Under Hinata's White Eye, Crow's movements were perfectly clear.

When Crow's arms came at her, she smoothly unleashed the Hyuga Clan's defensive technique: Rotation.

Hinata spun with her palms extended, her entire body transforming into a rapidly rotating protective barrier.

Clang, clang, clang...

Temari's gale lost its effect, while Gaara's sand needles and Kankuro's Crow were also blocked by Rotation.

Seizing the opportunity, Shino and Kiba broke free and charged at Gaara and the other two.