So Annoyingly Long-Winded

Sasuke secretly gathered chakra in his palm, forming a tiny ball of lightning at his fingertips!

Whoosh!

He flicked it forcefully at the Sand Eye!

Pfft!

"Ah!"

The Sand Eye instantly turned into sand and fell to the ground. Gaara clutched his left eye and let out a scream!

"No talking in the examination room!"

"Three points deducted!"

Gaara glared resentfully around the room, trying to find the person causing trouble!

The corners of Sasuke's lips curled up slightly as he continued searching for his next target!

"Examiner!"

Kankuro suddenly raised his hand and spoke, instantly drawing Sasuke's attention!

"May I use the restroom?"

Ibiki stared at Kankuro. After a long while, he nodded toward one of the examiners!

"You go with him and keep a close watch!"

That examiner nodded lightly without saying anything, making Sasuke's eyes narrow at once as he activated his Sharingan!

"A puppet!"

"So that's how it is!"

Using a puppet disguised as an examiner to walk around and copy answers—was he planning to go out and check them now?

"Not a chance!"

Sasuke gathered chakra again and struck at the chakra strings Kankuro used to control the puppet!

Thud!

Having lost Kankuro's control, the puppet immediately collapsed to the floor!

"Hm? What happened?"

Other examiners immediately stepped forward to inspect it, while Kankuro's entire body went rigid!

"A puppet!"

The examiner stared at Kankuro, his voice incomparably cold!

"Your entire team loses three points!"

"Get back to your seats!"

Gaara's face darkened once more. Damn it, which bastard was this?

If he didn't kill him, he wouldn't call himself Gaara!

Hearing the examiner's words, Sasuke began searching for his next target again!

After making two more moves, he was finally discovered by Gaara!

"It's him!"

"That damned bastard!"

"Uchiha Sasuke, right?"

"Just you wait!"

Gaara stared at Sasuke for a while, then suddenly felt terribly unbalanced!

Damn it, he couldn't be the only one getting screwed over. Gaara swept his gaze across the room and joined Sasuke's ranks of troublemakers!

With the two of them making their moves, the rate of elimination instantly sped up!

Meanwhile, Ino kept walking through the sewers!

At last, she reached the end, where a towering iron gate stood before her!

"What is this?"

Curious, Ino moved a few steps closer to the iron gate, staring unblinkingly at what lay beyond it!

Suddenly!

Two scarlet eyes rose into view!

Roar!

"Get out!"

Ino instantly saw the figure inside the iron gate clearly!

"A... a monster!"

Roar!

The Nine-Tails roared again, its consciousness crashing toward Ino!

"Ah..."

Ino's consciousness was instantly forced out, and the moment it returned to her body!

Pfft!

She spat out a mouthful of blood, collapsed over her desk, and fainted!

"Ino..."

Shikamaru noticed something was wrong with Ino. Not knowing what had happened to her, he was deeply worried!

Time passed, and under Gaara and Sasuke's repeated attacks.

More and more examinees were eliminated!

"Time's up! Put down your pens!"

With Ibiki's roar, the remaining examinees instantly sat upright. Sasuke and Gaara still looked somewhat unsatisfied!

Ino slowly woke up as well, her face extremely pale. After looking around at her surroundings, she gazed worriedly at Naruto!

She hadn't fulfilled Sakura's request. Would Team 7 be eliminated later?

That guy Naruto...

Ino was far from the only one watching Naruto!

There was also a pair of Byakugan!

"That kid... Hinata, she..."

His Byakugan had seen Hinata's actions just now with perfect clarity!

He had copied Hinata's test paper himself, so Neji had always trusted his cousin's theoretical ability.

But what had he seen? Hinata had been staring shyly at that blond brat!

She had kept signaling for him to copy her paper, but... damn it, that idiot hadn't even appreciated it!

The sight made Neji furious. Brat, just you wait...

Neji originally hadn't wanted any conflict with Team 7, but now he swore that he would definitely beat that guy up!

Neji was extremely displeased. He couldn't understand what was so good about Naruto!

The guy was nothing but a complete idiot...

How could Hinata have fallen for such an idiot?

"Before I announce the tenth question, you need to make a choice..."

As Ibiki began announcing the rules for the tenth question, inside a tavern not far from the Ninja Academy!

Tian Ge sat alone at a table, quietly drinking. Not far from him, Kakashi, Asuma, and Kurenai Yuhi shared another table!

They took occasional small sips of their drinks!

"That one... doesn't seem worried at all!"

Asuma quietly glanced in Tian Ge's direction and muttered softly!

"What does he have to worry about?"

"He told his students directly that if they couldn't pass the Chunin Ninja Exams, they shouldn't follow him anymore!"

"Aren't you afraid he'll hear you saying that?"

Kakashi rolled his eyes at Asuma, somewhat speechless!

"You think he can't hear what you just said?"

"It's fine to say things like that, as long as you don't interfere with what he's doing or keep courting death when he's angry!"

"Usually, nothing will happen. If he were really as terrifying as you say, Naruto and the others would have been dead long ago!"

"Whew... that's good, then!"

Kakashi's words made Asuma breathe a sigh of relief. Kakashi had been with that man for two months.

He should be relatively familiar with his temperament. Since he said it was fine, it probably wasn't a lie!

"But this time, the chief examiner is Ibiki!"

"That guy's a pervert. He can exploit the weakest parts of people's hearts and inflict the greatest mental pressure!"

"Heh..."

"Then he's met his match!"

"That's what Team 7 fears least!"

"Which one of the missions they've carried out wasn't torture?"

"Besides, staying by his side, even you two must constantly endure quite a bit of pressure, right?"

Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi silently nodded. That was indeed true. Wherever Tian Ge was, the air pressure seemed to naturally drop by several degrees!

Sure enough, just after Ibiki finished announcing the rules for the tenth question!

He had originally wanted to torment these brats a little, but Ibiki's inner smugness had barely lasted any time at all!

Bang!

"Are we taking the test or not? Since you've explained the rules, hurry up and give us the question already!"

"You've been rambling on and on. It's so damn annoying!"

"Are all Konoha's Chunin and Jonin as long-winded as you?"

"No wonder your combat strength is so poor. Our teacher never wastes words—when it's time to kill, he kills!"

Naruto planted both hands on the desk, rose to his feet, and stared at Ibiki!

"Can you just get to the point?"

Holy shit, this kid... damn it, if I hadn't seen your test paper!

I would've thought you were amazing!

You hadn't answered a single question. How were you so confident?

Not just Ibiki—even Naruto and Sakura were rather surprised!

That guy Naruto...

Had Ino helped him finish the entire paper, giving him a huge boost in confidence?

Sakura thought this to herself. With his grades, how was he even more confident than her?

She had originally worried that this pervert's tenth question would put too much pressure on him!

Now it seemed she had overthought it. Naruto was still as thick-skinned and carefree as ever!

Naruto's words directly disrupted Ibiki's plans!