With ten days left until the Chunin Ninja Exams, Xue Ge actually eased off his training a little.
Now, apart from going out to train at night, he spent most of his days buried in books.
Seriously, the Chunin Ninja Exams included a written test, and after more than a year, Xue Ge had long since forgotten everything taught at the Ninja Academy. He had no choice but to cram as fast as he could.
At this point, Xue Ge's impression of exams was still rooted in his previous life, and cheating during the exam never even crossed his mind.
He studied until dark. As soon as the sun set, Xue Ge put down his books and went out to train.
As Root got on track, Iris Moon occasionally received missions too. Iris Moon happened to have been sent outside the village during this period, so Xue Ge skipped the lakeside and went to the cliff above Hokage Rock to train his Taijutsu instead.
He could overlook all of Konoha there. The view was expansive, making it easier to relax whenever he wanted a break from training.
However, when Xue Ge arrived above Hokage Rock that night, he found someone already training there.
A girl with sandy-brown hair sat cross-legged on a rock, her eyes tightly shut and her palms pressed together, seemingly attempting something.
Xue Ge did not interrupt her. He merely crouched silently in a tree and watched.
One look at her outfit tells me she isn't from Konoha. That forehead protector she's wearing-is she a Sunagakure ninja?
She looks only a few years older than me. Sunagakure's delegation just arrived in Konoha yesterday. Is this girl one of the ninja here for the Chunin Ninja Exams?
As Xue Ge pondered, a sudden flash burst between the girl's