Shisui and Hashira Return to the Village!

"Senior Chōjūrō, what should we do?"

The two people who had come with him were equally stunned. They had never expected it to be a written exam, leaving them at a loss for what to do.

Land of Water,

had always been steeped in chaos. How could they have had the time to learn such pointless knowledge just to deal with these superficial exams?

Those who survived in that kind of environment had all endured slaughter and seas of blood.

"What else can we do? Play it by ear!" Chōjūrō's eyes darkened slightly, though he was incomparably frustrated inside.

Now,

the Land of Water had only just regained stability when two people came directly to them and demanded that they send people to participate in Konoha's Chunin Exams. Otherwise... he would not have come here to take this ridiculous Chunin Exam.

Of course,

this exam was practically child's play to him, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen who had emerged from a sea of blood!

The main reason he had been sent here was to investigate Konoha's true strength.

"Play it by ear?"

The two people who had come with Chōjūrō narrowed their eyes as well, then nodded seriously. "Understood!"

Chōjūrō's words were an order to them: they could adapt as needed and use certain methods during the exam.

Though people like them had no literary talent whatsoever, they could still investigate an exam paper in a room.

Land of Earth's resting area.

"Damn it... What exactly did Deidara tell Grandpa that made him send us here for the Chunin Exams?" Kurotsuchi was still frustrated, unable to figure out what Deidara had said to her grandfather back then.

Back then,

after Deidara left, she had sensed that her grandfather's spirits had begun to decline. By the time she came to