Before saying goodbye, Naruto and Satō Maji also agreed to look out for each other during the Chunin Ninja Exams.
"All right! With Kenza here, I've got the written test in the bag! I really don't know how Lin Guang is friends with someone so smart."
Naruto was delighted.
Satō Maji had just bragged to him that, without him, Lin Guang would often have been unable to foil the enemy's schemes.
Of these two, one had made a major contribution thanks to the Nine-Tails erupting, while the other had become the team's mainstay simply by guarding a sand dune.
If Lin Guang had heard what they had just said, he would certainly have asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to put them in a special two-man squad dedicated to performing comedy duets.
Two days passed quickly, and the Chunin Ninja Exams began as scheduled.
"Naruto, get up! Today's the Chunin Ninja Exams. Stop sleeping in."
Lin Guang got up early in the morning and went to knock on Naruto's door. When he had nothing to do, he might get up a little later, but whenever he had something to do, he always went to bed early and got up early.
"I know, I know!"
Naruto also knew he could not laze in bed as he usually did, so he sprang up.
The floor was covered with the books Naruto had been cramming from over the past two days. Although Iruka was unhappy with Naruto disrupting class, he still lent Naruto books.
After washing up and eating breakfast, the two headed to the Chunin Ninja Exams venue. Along the way, they saw quite a few ninja from other classes, some of whom even Naruto, who roamed all over the place, did not know.
Because of Lin Guang, Naruto did not go with Sasuke and