"Trying to scare me with tricks like that? I'm not afraid at all!"
Naruto said.
Does that guy really not care about the consequences?
Sasuke felt irritated.
Well, getting someone like Naruto to give up is impossible.
Lin Guang thought.
Satō Maji was stunned too. How had Naruto said exactly what he had wanted to say?
Satō Maji had already made up his mind. Even if he lost any chance of promotion and life forced him to remain in the ANBU forever, he could not drag Lin Guang and Hyūga Jō down with him.
"Naruto, you really do think the same way I do!"
Satō Maji was sweating a little. Making this choice had put him under tremendous psychological pressure too.
But now that he had made his choice, Satō Maji would not regret it.
"Is there really no one else who wants to withdraw?"
Ibiki Morino asked again.
"We'll never give up!"
Naruto's words put the candidates at ease. Faced with Ibiki Morino's forceful questioning, they no longer looked as timid as before.
Still seventy-eight left? Looks like asking again won't get any results.
Ibiki Morino thought.
He looked toward the elite Chunin proctors beside him, and they too indicated that it was enough.
"Very well. I declare that every candidate still here has passed!"
Ibiki Morino announced loudly with a wicked grin.
"What? We passed just like that?"
Cold sweat poured down Satō Maji's face. Thank goodness he had held on, or he would have missed such a great opportunity!
"What about the tenth question?"
Sakura stood up and asked.
"There was never any tenth question to begin with. If you really want to call something that, the choice between those two options just now was the tenth question."
Ibiki Morino laughed heartily, looking very pleased with himself.