Perception was the most troublesome.
Chiba Shun came up with a method: blindfold someone and bring them into a completely sealed dark room, then have them determine how many chakra sources were in the room, how strong the chakra was, and where they were located.
Yeah, that would work. A dark room would be easy enough to make with Earth Release, and chakra sources would be easy too. They could simply have students, Genin, Chunin, and Jonin take turns serving as test subjects.
The last attribute, and also the most troublesome one, was intelligence.
No one had any fixed standard for how this attribute should be tested.
After all, the people taking these tests generally had very low levels of education, especially the new students about to enter the academy.
They should have an advantage in actual combat ability, but their theoretical knowledge would definitely be poor.
What should the written test cover, and how difficult should it be? Those questions required careful consideration.
The difficulty of the Chunin Ninja Exams from the original work definitely would not do. If they really used that, everyone would probably score zero.
As the teacher setting the questions, he had to make sure the students' scores showed clear differences in ability.
After three days of preparation, the Ninja Academy began a comprehensive round of testing.
Every child aged four and above had to take the test.
Before the students began their tests, Chiba Shun had several Chunin demonstrate the process for everyone.
The standards Chiba Shun had established were quite demanding. After those Chunin finished the tests, sweat was beading on their foreheads.
Many of the categories had earned them zero points, and even in their strongest areas, none of them had gotten full marks.
After the demonstration, the students began testing in order.
The Ninja Academy had originally had more than five thousand students, but this time the Third Raikage had directly stuffed over a thousand talented children into it.
The Third Raikage's policy also showed everyone in the village how much the upper ranks valued the Ninja Academy.
As a result, everyone sent their children to the Ninja Academy. This new group was even larger, totaling more than two thousand children, though their average age was also lower.
Thus, the Ninja Academy's total enrollment had directly reached nine thousand.
The Third Raikage looked at the scores of the Chunin, found them all rather unsatisfactory, and frowned. "Shun, isn't this standard too high?"
Chiba Shun explained, "Lord Raikage, this standard can be used not only to test students, but also Genin, Chunin, and even Jonin!"
"I've actually tested myself. These are my results."
"I estimated that scores from 2.0 to 4.9 should represent Genin level, while scores from 5.0 to 7.9 represent Chunin level."
"If someone scores above 8.0 in a particular category, then they have reached Jonin standards in that category."
"A perfect score means they have reached the average Jonin level in that area. For Ninja Academy students, that would definitely make them geniuses."
As he spoke, Chiba Shun handed his test results to the Third Raikage.
Hand Seals: 9.1 points. Chiba Shun's hand seal speed was considered very fast among Jonin. The reason it was only 9.1 was because he remembered that someone in the original work could perform six seals per second, so he defined the Jonin standard as five seals per second. His fastest speed could reach five seals, but his average speed was still a little short.
Taijutsu: 5.2 points. The average Jonin standard was 10. Chiba Shun's taijutsu was considered poor among Chunin, so he only received 5.2 points.
Ninjutsu: 9.7 points. Ninjutsu was Chiba Shun's specialty, and he had actually reached the average Jonin standard. However, he performed poorly in some test categories, such as developing ninjutsu, so his overall score was only 9.7.
Illusion Technique: 6.8 points. Chiba Shun had not yet learned an A-rank Illusion Technique, so his score was still at the Chunin level.
Swordsmanship: 6.3 points. His swordsmanship was Four-Sword Style Swordsmanship, which he had fully mastered. It was quite good even among Chunin, so he received 6.3 points.
Thrown Weapons: 2.9 points. Chiba Shun had rarely practiced thrown weapons before, because training with them was especially expensive. His performance in this area was therefore very poor.
Actual Combat: 3.6 points. It should not have been this low, but Yozuki A had deliberately gone too hard during the actual combat test, so Chiba Shun's combat score did not even reach 5. He seemed not to have met even the Chunin standard.
Chakra Control: 8.0 points. Chiba Shun had an advantage in this area, though it was not especially obvious. He had also trained it after the fact, but his chakra reserves had limited how often he could practice in the past, so he scored 8.0.
That 8.0 was also because his chakra control had improved significantly recently through studying Illusion Techniques and learning sensory ninjutsu from Maki Uzumaki.
Medical Treatment: 0.7 points. Chiba Shun only knew the most basic bandaging, and the medical ninja invited by the Ninja Academy had criticized his bandaging process for ages.
Sealing: 0 points. Chiba Shun had never learned any knowledge related to Sealing Techniques.
Perception: 6.7 points. Although it looked like only 6.7 points, there were not many Jonin in all of Kumogakure who could score higher. The only reason was that Chiba Shun had chosen the wrong person when establishing the standard: he had brought in Maki Uzumaki.
Though Maki Uzumaki was not as abnormal as Karin, her sensory abilities after mastering Mind's Eye of the Kagura still far surpassed Chiba Shun's.
Intelligence: 10 points. Since Chiba Shun was both the teacher who set the questions and the one grading them, the intelligence attribute on his report card was 10 points.
After reading it, the Third Raikage compared Chiba Shun's scores with those of the Chunin, then nodded. He felt this scoring standard was quite good and could be promoted throughout the village.
Then Chiba Shun handed him another sheet of paper.
The Third Raikage glanced at it and saw that it listed his son Yozuki A's scores.
He did not pay attention to the other categories, but what was with that 4.9 points next to the final intelligence attribute?
In fact, it was precisely because of that 4.9 points that Chiba Shun's actual combat score had become 3.6.
Yozuki A believed Chiba Shun was targeting him, so when Chiba Shun's combat talent was tested, Yozuki A personally stepped in as his opponent. When the two fought, he directly activated the Lightning Release Stimulation Method!
Yozuki A was standing nearby at the time. When he saw Chiba Shun hand his score sheet to his father, he immediately felt that he had gone too easy on him before!
"Damn it! I clearly tore up the report card already. How did Chiba Shun write another one?!" Yozuki A fumed.
But when his father looked over, he immediately shrank his neck.
There were simply too many people in the Ninja Academy, and the testing process lasted a full four days.
Four days later, Chiba Shun and the others sorted everyone into classes based on their scores.
There were four elite classes in total, one each for five-year-olds, six-year-olds, seven-year-olds, and eight-year-olds.
Once the geniuses of the Ninja Academy reached nine years old, they would open another elite class for nine-year-olds.
After discussing it, Chiba Shun and the others decided not to establish elite classes for children aged four and under for the time being.
The scores of four-year-old children were completely meaningless.
The results of this test delighted the Third Raikage, because it had uncovered quite a few previously unnoticed geniuses.
For example, Hayata's chakra control had actually received a perfect score of 10!
Even Chiba Shun, a Jonin, had only scored 8.0, yet Hayata, a student who was not even a Genin, had scored 10.
When the Third Raikage saw that score, he expressed great regret.
Cultivating the Lightning Release Chakra Mode required powerful chakra control.
Unfortunately, Hayata's chakra reserves were too low—so low that everyone felt he was not worth cultivating.
Chiba Shun wanted to place him in an elite class, but three people, including Yozuki A, opposed it. Chiba Shun could only give up.
Then there was a student with exceptional talent for thrown weapons.
His kunai throwing even carried some of the essence of the Uchiha Clan's Kunai Throwing Technique.
Unfortunately, he did not have the Sharingan.
Moreover, what pleased the Third Raikage the most was the discovery of a large number of children with talent for ninjutsu attributes other than Lightning Release.
He told Aoki Yuyi and Chiba Shun to pay more attention to these people. The village needed them to fill the gaps in related fields.
The two naturally hurriedly agreed.
After the class assignments were finished, Chiba Shun called Ayana, Shosuke, and Hayata together.
All three were somewhat dejected.
None of them had entered an elite class.
Chiba Shun was helpless as well. He had actually argued for all three of them, since the treatment in elite classes was completely different from that in ordinary classes.
But the three of them had simply started with foundations that were too poor.
Hayata at least had one astonishing specialty. As for the other two, none of the arrangements Chiba Shun had made for them gave them any standout performance.
Ayana's ability to make Sealing Scrolls could not be tested during the exams.
Chiba Shun could not exactly give everyone materials and have them make Sealing Scrolls.
That ability was only reflected in the Sealing Technique test.
But Sealing Scrolls and Sealing Techniques were two different things. They were somewhat related, but not closely, so Ayana's score was very poor and made it seem as though she had no special talents at all.
Shosuke was relatively better off. After receiving the fifty thousand ryo Chiba Shun had given him twice, he improved his meals, and his chakra reserves increased.
Combined with his especially diligent training and fairly strong willpower, his overall strength had improved greatly.
However, that still could not change the fact that he had originally been mediocre.
Especially among the geniuses who had just entered the Ninja Academy, some were children of ninja clans. Every one of them thoroughly outclassed Shosuke.
Thus, he too had no chance of entering an elite class.
Chiba Shun was in no hurry to comfort them. Instead, he first examined the three of them.
All three lowered their heads without speaking. They had worked very hard in this test, yet they still could not enter the elite classes. They felt they had embarrassed Chiba Shun.
They were no longer children who understood nothing, like when they had first entered the Ninja Academy.
From the Chunin instructors, they had learned that under normal circumstances, students like them who were not even ninja yet had to do a great deal when following a Chunin captain on missions, but could receive only a tiny share of the reward.
Only those whose strength had reached true Genin level, and who were considered good even among Genin, might receive half the reward.
As for following a Jonin on missions, they could forget about receiving half the reward unless all three advanced to Chunin and became strong among Chunin.
Otherwise, they should not even think about it.
But when following Chiba Shun, not only did the three of them not need to do anything, Chiba Shun even had to split off clones to protect them.
Moreover, Chiba Shun took them out for delicious food, to hot springs, and taught them about the customs and culture of different countries.
Most importantly, Chiba Shun had shared half the reward from an A-Rank Mission with them!
Chiba Shun treated them extremely well, better than anyone could have. He had spent a great deal of time and money on them.
Especially money. The three could tell that Chiba Shun himself was probably short on funds.
After all, Chiba Shun could be considered an orphan too.
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