The Kunai skimmed past Naruto's face, and his heart nearly stopped. He... he hadn't even copied anything yet! Had he already been caught?!
Naruto stiffly turned his neck and looked in the direction the Kunai had come from. It was an examiner. The man was indeed looking his way, but his gaze wasn't on Naruto. It was on someone behind him!
Naruto stiffly turned around again and saw the Kunai. It was now lodged quietly in front of the candidate behind him, pinning the exam paper firmly to the desk.
The shaken candidate regained his senses. He stood up with a clatter and addressed the examiner who had thrown the Kunai as though he had suffered some tremendous injustice. "What the hell are you doing?!"
The examiner wasn't annoyed. He said unhurriedly, "You cheated five times. Ten points deducted. In other words, your score is now zero. You and your two teammates are disqualified!"
The candidate was startled, but he wasn't willing to be eliminated just like that. He argued, "What gives you the right to say I cheated? Where's your evidence?!"
Unfortunately, his unreasonable pestering did him no good.
Was that examiner going to put up with this? He had studied grappling techniques for years! With a Body Flicker Technique, he vanished from his spot and appeared in front of the unlucky candidate, pinning him down on the spot!
Caught by the throat of fate, the candidate struggled helplessly as the examiner spoke in the same unhurried tone as before. "Our strength is the evidence. You're out. And your teammates, too. Please leave the examination room immediately!"
In an instant, there were three fewer people in the examination room. They were the first batch to be eliminated early, and their elimination seemed to set off a chain reaction. People