"Huh? They were eliminated just like that?"
Naruto watched the Genin being dragged out of the examination room behind him, panicking inside.
He had just peeked at a little of Hinata Hyuga's paper, and an examiner might already have noticed and recorded it.
If he was marked down again, he would definitely be forced to leave.
Lin Guang was startled too and looked up. Fortunately, Naruto was not the one being eliminated.
Although they were not on the same team, Naruto was his good buddy. He would still feel bad if Naruto was eliminated.
As time passed, thirteen teams were soon eliminated, while the written exam continued.
Naruto looked up at the clock. Forty minutes had already passed. It seemed he could only pin his hopes on the tenth question, which would be announced at the forty-five-minute mark.
As long as he earned points on the tenth question, Team 7 should still be able to pass the written exam, given Sakura's and Sasuke's abilities.
"It's so boring without my subordinates around."
In an office, Kakashi leaned back against a sofa and spoke lazily.
"I'm sure they'll be finished soon. I heard the examiner this time is that Ibiki Morino."
Asuma Sarutobi spoke to Kakashi from another sofa.
He was now Team 10's teacher, and his students were Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Choji Akimichi, the so-called Ino-Shika-Cho combination.
"Now that's trouble. To think it's that sadist."
Kakashi frowned at the news.
"Sadist?"
A beautiful woman beside them with curly black hair and red eyes asked.
This beautiful woman was Kurenai Yuhi, Team 8's teacher. Her students were Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and Kiba Inuzuka.
Anyone who underestimated her because she was a woman would surely pay dearly for it.
Despite her youth, Kurenai Yuhi was already Konoha's foremost genjutsu user.