You... Can't Hide from These Eyes of Mine

The leader had his hands in his pockets and a black headscarf tied around his head. At a glance, he was clearly the boss of some gang of thugs!

His imposing gaze swept across the room before finally settling on the three members of Team 7!

So these three were that man's disciples?

As expected, they truly lived up to those he had trained!

They had all seen what had happened in the classroom just now, yet no one had thought to step in and stop it!

Seeing Team 7 intimidate the entire room, the thug leader was actually quite pleased. These three... were very much to his liking!

"Trash!"

"What are you making all that noise for?"

"Now, all of you, return to your assigned seats according to your numbers!"

As the burly man said this, his gaze was directed at the Genin from the other ninja villages!

Everyone could understand what he meant. The people he had cursed were them!

Those Genin were furious, but what could they do?

They endured it!

Neji released Kabuto Yakushi. Before returning to his seat, he leaned close and whispered into Kabuto Yakushi's ear:

"I don't know what your purpose is!"

"And I don't care!"

"But... stay out of other people's business!"

"A senior as strong as you interests me!"

"Don't try anything sneaky. You... can't hide from these eyes of mine!"

Kabuto Yakushi's pupils contracted slightly behind his lenses, but he immediately put on his signature smile again!

Pushing up his glasses, he thought, as expected of that man's younger brother.

Once everyone had taken their seats, the thug leader swept his gaze over the room again.

"My name is Ibiki Morino!"

"I am the chief examiner for the first stage of these Chunin Ninja Exams!"

The scar running across Ibiki Morino's entire face wriggled as he spoke!

Like a centipede sprawled across his face, it made him seem even more terrifying!

"Now, I will announce the rules for the first examination!"

"First, the first examination is a written test."

"Second, this examination uses a point deduction system. Everyone starts with ten points.

One point will be deducted for every wrong answer. There are only nine questions on the paper. The remaining question will be announced during the final fifteen minutes."

"Third, anyone caught cheating will lose three points each time. Cheat three times, and you and your entire team will be expelled from the examination hall. If I catch you using particularly disgraceful methods to cheat, heh..."

"Fourth, the final score will be the total score of your team. If one person scores zero, the entire team will be eliminated!"

"Those are the rules for this examination. Any questions?"

After Ibiki asked that, his gaze swept across the examination hall once more. The threat in his eyes was obvious even to a blind man!

"Damn it, Konoha's people are too overbearing!"

"The examinees are bad enough, but the examiners are even worse!"

"He asks whether we have questions, then stares at us with that threatening look!"

"Even if we have questions, we don't anymore!"

No matter what the examinees thought or how unhappy they were, Ibiki continued when no one spoke up.

"Since there are no questions, the examination begins!"

With a wave of Ibiki's hand, the other proctors who had come with him began handing out the test papers!

After receiving her paper, Sakura gave the questions a quick look and immediately became worried!

"They're all beyond the syllabus!"

"Can Naruto really handle this?"

After all, the rules had just stated that if one person scored zero, the entire team would be eliminated!

Sasuke felt the same way. Holding his paper, his heart clenched with worry!

There were so many questions he couldn't answer. Naruto... definitely couldn't do this!

"What should I do?"

Hm? The rules!

Sasuke suddenly remembered the third rule. Particularly disgraceful methods of cheating?

That meant as long as the cheating method was clever enough, there would be no problem at all!

Sasuke instantly spotted the loophole in this examination, but he was still worried!

Could someone with Naruto's brain even think of that?

Please, you have to think of it!

Out of the corner of his eye, Sasuke saw Sakura had already started writing. He had no time to think further!

Never mind that for now. I'll finish mine first, and if it comes down to it, I'll figure something out later!

Sasuke quietly activated his Sharingan and carefully observed Sakura's movements!

Many others were doing the same. They had realized they couldn't answer the questions either!

So they kept watching the entire room, looking for someone capable before figuring out how to cheat!

While Sasuke and Sakura wrote and everyone else observed carefully, Naruto stared blankly at his test paper!

What was this stuff on the paper?

Why did I recognize every single character, but not understand them when they were put together?

This is bad!

I don't understand it, but it understands me. It knows I can't answer any of it!

Naruto recalled what Teacher Tenka had said: If you can't even pass the Chunin Ninja Exams, don't follow me anymore!

And if he got a zero, he would drag Sakura and Sasuke down with him!

Naruto was practically going crazy!

Why was it a test? Why did it have to be a test?

Even if it was a test, what kind of garbage questions were these?

Wouldn't it be better to just ask something like "1+1=3"?

No!

I can't give up!

There's still the tenth question. Right!

I'll definitely be able to score points on the tenth question!

Naruto instantly pinned all his hopes on the tenth question, and his whole body relaxed somewhat!

As the examination time passed, the others began making their moves as well, each displaying their own tricks!

Ino watched Sakura's back and unceremoniously used the Mind Body Switch Technique on her!

Then her entire body lost consciousness and slumped over the desk!

"Ino!"

"What are you doing inside my body?"

"Sakura, hurry, hurry, hurry! Let me copy your answers!"

"Okay!"

"Ino, can you do me a favor later?"

"Tell me!"

"Use that technique to fill out Naruto's test paper for him!"

"No problem!"

"Okay, then hurry up and memorize the answers!"

Sakura urged her on. She knew Ino still had to help Shikamaru and Choji, and she was afraid there wouldn't be enough time!

Shikamaru should be able to answer these questions. He was just too lazy!

Seeing that they were all beyond the syllabus, he would definitely find them too troublesome!

Being on Team 10 was exhausting for Ino too!

"Sakura!"

"I've got them memorized!"

"I'm leaving first!"

"Okay, remember to help Naruto write his!"

"Don't worry!"

Ino returned to her own body and first helped Shikamaru and Choji finish their papers!

"Whew..."

"Only Naruto left!"

"Let's finish this in one go!"

After using her secret technique several times in a row, Ino was rather drained as well!

She took a deep breath, but still decided to finish it all in one go before resting!

She slumped over her desk, looked at Naruto, and quietly formed hand seals beneath the table!

"Mind Body Switch Technique!"

Ino's head gently fell onto the desk again, motionless!

"Where... is this?"

"A sewer?"

Ino looked around. Water covered the ground beneath her feet, while droplets kept dripping all around her!

Looking at the pitch-black passage ahead that led who knew where, Ino could only keep walking!

After finishing his own paper, Sasuke looked at Naruto fidgeting anxiously in his seat!

For a moment, he hardened his heart. He had no way to help Naruto!

If that was the case, then no one was getting off easy!

His Sharingan quietly observed the examination hall, then the mirror above!

Hm? Konoha's people!

Never mind, then!

Insects?

This... seemed to belong to that someone from class?

Forget it. They were classmates, at least!

Sasuke began searching for another target again.

Eyes, sand?

This was... that little panda Gaara's, wasn't it?

You, then!