Sasuke's brow kept twitching.
These women...
They were so noisy.
But the Chunin Ninja Exams... he wouldn't go.
There was no point at all.
Only training. Only training would let him surpass that man and defeat him.
Tap, tap, tap!
Just as the female students were arguing, footsteps approached.
Hearing the sound, all the students quickly returned to their seats.
Then they looked toward the door.
Iruka slowly appeared.
Seeing how quiet the students were, Iruka nodded in satisfaction.
"All right, everyone, I have some good news.
With the Chunin Ninja Exams approaching, and with only nine months left until you graduate and become Konoha Genin,
I specifically submitted an application to the Third Hokage.
Our entire class will be attending the final stage of the Chunin Ninja Exams,
the battles between ninjas."
Iruka said with a smile.
Originally, he had not wanted children who had yet to graduate to watch, but his teacher was the chief examiner, and he wanted the children to see his teacher's bearing.
Besides, he had not seen his teacher in quite some time.
He had been too busy at school lately.
Unlike his teacher's two children, who saw him almost every day.
"Huh? The whole class gets to go?"
"Awesome! I can watch the show with Sasuke."
"You lovestruck idiot, get lost."
"So what if I am?"
As soon as Iruka finished speaking, cheers erupted in the classroom.
No classes, and they got to watch an exam. It was wonderful.
"Mm, it just happens to be on Sunday, so the timing is perfect." Iruka smiled at them.
"Ah?"
"Hm?"
"Huh?"
That one sentence immediately deflated them again.
Konoha Chunin Exam Arena.
Since this was a standalone exam without much fanfare, there were naturally no outside spectators.
It counted as a low-level form of