Even though Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha knew the outcome of Itachi's Chunin Exams, there was no way they could miss them. They had never missed a single moment of Itachi growing up.
Fugaku remained as composed as ever. "How did it go? Even with Kakashi Hatake presiding over it, you should have passed, right?"
Even the captain of the Konoha Police Force thought Kakashi Hatake was unreliable as a chief examiner? He really was unreliable. After Kakashi forcibly ended the written test... the examination room had nearly erupted into chaos!
"...It was fine."
Uchiha Itachi's expression was exceptionally strange. He did not know how to answer. After all, being declared qualified by Kakashi Hatake after writing only the first character... the chief examiner had really put him in an awkward position.
Mikoto set Sasuke down from her arms and gently stroked her son's head. "Itachi, taking the Chunin Exams alone must have been difficult, right?"
Mikoto had also struggled during her own Chunin Exams. During the Second Shinobi World War, after her teammates had died in battle, the team she took the exams with had been hastily assembled. She had nearly failed that time.
Konoha's Chunin Exams were not easy. Their passing rate was very low, and the Uchiha clan had not been without failures.
An old grandmother in the clan had once nagged about how her little grandson had failed the Chunin Exams several times, saying he might as well go home, get married early, and have a baby.
Uchiha Mikoto unexpectedly found herself somewhat agreeing with the old woman. It was just that her son was still too young.
"...It was fine."
Uchiha Itachi shook his head. The process by which he had passed the written exam was so simple that he was too embarrassed to mention