After the ninja wearing earrings entered the examination room, he addressed the ninjas still inside. "First, congratulations on passing the first test. I'm Shikaku Nara, the chief examiner for the second test. Please follow me to the second test's examination site!"
First Inoichi Yamanaka, now Shikaku Nara. Who would've thought the examiners for this three-part Chunin Ninja Exams would be Ino-Shika-Cho! Ruri thought as he followed Shikaku Nara.
A few minutes later, the eighty-eight candidates who had passed the first test followed Shikaku Nara to a vast, dense forest.
"This is the site for the second test, the survival exercise: the Forest of Death," Shikaku Nara said as he stood in the dense forest.
After they arrived at the examination site, Shikaku Nara explained the rules to everyone present. "Each team will receive one scroll, either 'Heaven' or 'Earth.' To pass, you must travel through the Forest of Death within three days and reach the destination with one Heaven Scroll and one Earth Scroll, two scrolls in total."
"Eighty-eight people, divided into twenty-nine teams. Ruri Hyuga, you'll be a team by yourself. Heaven and Earth Scrolls will be distributed randomly to each of your teams. Ruri Hyuga, I'll give you a Heaven Scroll separately." As he spoke, Shikaku Nara glanced at Ruri.
"If there are no questions, let's begin! Come get your teams' scrolls first!" Shikaku Nara told the remaining eighty-eight people.
"That brat is actually on a team by himself. This is great! Isn't that practically handing us a scroll?" After hearing that Ruri was on his own, several Genin from the same village began eyeing the scroll in his hands.
"They're actually letting him carry a Heaven Scroll all by himself. Are the people of Konoha idiots? Aren't they obviously setting that brat up?" Several ninjas from the