As for the questions in the second half... Uchiha Makoto did not even need to read them carefully. They reeked of a setup.
They involved identifying potential weaknesses in certain defensive barriers around Konoha, analyzing gaps in standard Anbu patrol routes, and even assessing the structural risks to the Hokage building under a coordinated attack by ninjutsu of specific elemental types.
What kind of exam was this? It was entrapment! Anyone who actually answered that section, even by guessing a few answers, would probably be hauled in for questioning the moment they left the exam room, with their background scrutinized down to the last detail.
Uchiha Makoto knew the real purpose of the test was to see whether they could recognize traps under intense pressure and obtain the necessary information "without being detected"-in other words, cheat.
The same trick Ibiki Morino had used in the original story.
But Uchiha Makoto could not be bothered.
Cheating was exhausting.
He might as well put his head down and get some sleep.
The rules never said leaving the questions unanswered meant failing, anyway. All he had to do was avoid blundering into those glaringly obvious traps.
So he really did set down his pen, fold his arms, rest his head on them, and close his eyes.
The proctor's gaze swept over him like a searchlight, lingered for a few seconds, then finally moved on.
Kakashi had already stopped writing. He did not even bother checking his answers and went straight into "zoning out" mode.
Harada Yuichi struggled for a while and seemed to realize something as well. His face went pale, then ashen. Finally, he gritted his teeth, put down his pen, and chose to hand in his paper. At least the second half was blank.
And just like that, they "coasted" through