"You mean they're the new Konoha 12? No wonder they're so strong!" The Chunin nodded, looking as though everything made sense now.
"I'm telling you! During their Ninja Academy graduation exam, all of Konoha kept shaking every so often! How's that for strong? All right, enough talk! Someone's coming!"
More candidates for the Chunin Ninja Exams approached, so they stopped chatting and returned to their duties!
Meanwhile, the twelve entered the exam room and found dozens of people already seated in the classroom, with quite a few others gathered in groups chatting!
When the people in the exam room saw them enter, the entire room fell silent, and everyone turned to look at the twelve!
"Find yourselves seats!" Shikamaru ignored their stares and spoke to his teammates behind him.
The twelve split up and found places to sit!
Meanwhile, some of the others began discussing the twelve who had just arrived!
"Kabuto! Who are those twelve? Why do they have such powerful auras?" one of the other candidates asked Kabuto.
Like an information broker, Kabuto showily flipped through the ninja cards in his hands, pulled out the cards for the twelve, and told everyone, "These twelve are Konoha's new Konoha 12. Apparently, they already had Jonin-level strength when they graduated from the Ninja Academy! The Chunin Ninja Exams should just be a formality for them!"
Everyone gasped, both the candidate who had asked and the people nearby who overheard him!
Isn't that cheating? You're already as strong as Jonin, and you're here competing with us for Chunin promotions? Are you kidding me?
Kabuto pushed up his glasses and continued speaking to the candidate beside him. "There are quite a few other strong contenders in this year's Chunin Ninja Exams besides them!"
"Who else?" the candidate obligingly asked.
"Those three