Eye-Catching Cheating

"Candidates, I am Ibiki Morino. Your first written exam consists of answering questions and filling in blanks. The content covers everything related to this examination, as well as your knowledge of all aspects of the Ninja World. You have two hours to complete a full paper and hand it in to me. Remember! Do not cheat stupidly! Eight proctors will be watching you!"

After sweeping his gaze around the room, Chief Examiner Ibiki said calmly.

"Got it."

"Understood!"

Everyone responded in low voices.

"Alright, the exam begins now!"

With that, Chief Examiner Ibiki turned and left, shutting the examination room door tightly behind him.

Seeing this, everyone opened the question cards on their desks.

"Don't cheat stupidly... so as long as the method is clever enough, cheating is allowed?"

Zhi Ge quickly grasped Ibiki Morino's meaning and could not help laughing inwardly.

Quite a few candidates had already been thrown out for crude tricks like peeking at others' papers and passing notes.

Yet Zhi Ge still had not put pen to paper. He had been searching for some genius who could complete the test entirely on his own.

"Found you! You're the one!"

Zhi Ge finally spotted an expert in the front row, completely focused on answering the questions. But seeing that person's test paper was still extremely difficult.

"Hehe! If it's due to a physical condition, then it can't count as breaking the rules, right? Alright! In that case—Rubber Balloon!!!"

Zhi Ge suddenly took a fierce breath into his stomach, and his whole body rapidly swelled to more than ten times its original size.

In less than a minute, he had turned into an enormously obese giant.

"Haha! Now I can easily see his paper!"

Taking advantage of this precious opportunity, Zhi Ge's hands flew across his own paper. Before long, a blank test paper had been filled halfway.

"Hey! Zhi Ge! What the hell are you doing? Why did your body suddenly become so strange?!"

Zhi Ge's actions naturally caught the attention of Chief Examiner Ibiki Morino. After all, with a massive object like a tank suddenly appearing before him, no one could possibly ignore it.

"I've been wronged, Chief Examiner! There really is something wrong with my body. Every two hours, it gets bigger once. I can't control it either!"

Though he was blatantly lying, Zhi Ge did not blush in the slightest.

"You brat! Fine, fine! That's enough, return to normal already!"

Ibiki Morino waved his hand helplessly. Of course, he could tell this was merely a cheating trick.

But being able to cheat through one's physical talent was also a sign of a clever ninja. Such talent was indeed worth keeping.

Although the chief examiner had no objections, Zhi Ge's move stirred up quite a few of the candidates.

"What's going on?! How does this kid know the Akimichi Clan's unique Expansion Jutsu?"

"Yeah! This is way too strange! Only members of the Akimichi Clan can master that technique. How could this Uchiha brat..."

"Damn it! Just how strong is he?! Earlier, he defeated three Sound Ninja by himself at the entrance, and now he has mastered the Expansion Jutsu too! I just hope I don't run into this terrifying guy in the later matches!"

The gazes of countless candidates fell on Zhi Ge as they each considered how they could avoid encountering such a situation.

Meanwhile, several other candidates muttered to themselves. Could this Zhi Ge actually be Konoha Village's most outstanding rookie?!

"Tch! What a boring trick! He's disgracing the Uchiha Clan! Members of the Uchiha Clan would never learn such a stupid ninjutsu!"

Sasuke Uchiha watched Zhi Ge become the center of attention again in the distance, silently cursing him in his heart.

"Hmph, just a brat. Does he really think having a few pounds of flesh means he can do whatever he wants?! What a joke. When we face each other, I'll crush you with my full strength! I'll show you who the true Uchiha genius is!"

Sasuke's expression darkened. Proud geniuses like him found it difficult to acknowledge others, especially those around his own age.

Time continued to pass, and all the candidates displayed their own ingenious cheating methods.

Meanwhile, the foolish cheaters were steadily eliminated under Ibiki Morino's psychological pressure.

At last, the exam ended.

Of the originally dense crowd of candidates, only two-thirds remained as those who had passed.

"I didn't expect so many people to remain this year!"

As Ibiki Morino was organizing the test papers, a nimble figure suddenly flew into the examination room.

Before anyone understood what was happening, a curvy female Jonin appeared before them.

"What are you all standing around for?! Hurry up and follow me to the second examination site!"

"What?!"

"Who are you?!"

"This woman looks kind of foolish. She seems a little suspicious!"

Those were the first reactions of the many candidates.

"Damn it! My name is Anko Mitarashi! I'm the chief examiner for your second exam! Are this year's rookies all so rude?!"

Seeing everyone's reactions, the female Jonin's expression turned slightly cold as she spoke icily.

Her tone was filled with arrogance, as though everyone in her eyes ought to kneel and bow before her!

"Mitarashi... doesn't that mean toilet?"

Zhi Ge quietly muttered to himself, but he did not dare say it aloud.

After all, he did not want to provoke this examiner.

But when Zhi Ge raised his head, he discovered that Anko was staring at him with a half-smile.

Damn! Women are terrifying!

Cold sweat streamed down Zhi Ge's face as he quickly turned his head away and stopped looking at her.

The group then followed Examiner Anko to the site of the second exam, the Forest of Death.

"Listen carefully! I have fifteen Heaven Scrolls and fifteen Earth Scrolls here, which will be randomly distributed among thirty teams. Every team must obtain a pair of Heaven and Earth Scrolls within the forest and pass through the Forest of Death to reach the destination within five days in order to pass!"

"Of course, these scrolls can only be kept inside paper. The paper also contains a sealing curse. Once that sealing curse is triggered, the Heaven and Earth Scrolls inside will immediately explode. I hope those of you harboring any luck won't try opening them!"

"Finally! I also have a specially made scroll here! It is neither Heaven nor Earth, but Void! In other words, the unlucky team that gets this Void Scroll must eliminate at least two teams and obtain both Heaven and Earth in order to advance! As for the other teams, whether they hold Heaven or Earth, obtaining that scroll means they have successfully formed a pair!"

As Anko spoke, she waved the Void Scroll in her hand, looking at the candidates with a wicked grin.

"Huh?! Doesn't that mean whoever gets the Void Scroll will immediately become the common target of all thirty teams?"