"Why were you staring at me instead of answering the questions? Did my face have the answers written on it?"
Kaede asked softly. Uzumaki Nannan came back to her senses, her little face flushing with embarrassment.
"S-sorry..." She lowered her head and continued answering, but inwardly, Nannan felt puzzled. Wait, why am I apologizing? He was the one staring at me first.
And what does he mean, 'Does my face have the answers written on it'? Is he mocking me for not knowing how to answer?
Let's see how much better you are than me!
She glanced over from the corner of her eye. Kaede's test paper was completely blank.
Nannan pursed her lips and snickered.
Tsk, tsk! He had the nerve to criticize me when he couldn't answer anything himself!
But why wasn't he worried at all? If he turned in a blank paper, not only would he fail, but his teammates would be dragged down and eliminated too, right?
"Yoxi."
Just as Nannan was baffled, Kaede raised a small hand and formed a hand seal!
—Genjutsu: Nirvana Temple!
"Whoosh!" Countless white feathers drifted down through the classroom.
Every examinee present, the proctors, and chief examiner Morino Ibiki all looked up at the strange sight!
"Huh? I suddenly feel so sleepy..."
"Thud!" "Thud!" "Thud!" Examinees began collapsing one after another throughout the examination room!
"This is the group genjutsu Nirvana Temple! It puts anyone who sees the feathers to sleep! Someone is trying to sabotage this exam!" A Chunin proctor had barely risen to his feet when his eyes suddenly went unfocused and he crashed headfirst to the floor!
The examinees immediately erupted in alarm.
"Even a Chunin couldn't withstand it!?"
"Who cast it? Could this be another part of the exam?"
"Close your eyes! Don't look at those