"Yo, Kiba, Sakura, and Shino."
Looking at Shino, Naruto suddenly forgot his name and only remembered it after Karin reminded him.
"Woof, woof!"
Akamaru jumped onto Naruto from the ground and climbed all the way onto his head.
"Yo, Naruto. Akamaru still likes you as much as ever."
Unsurprised, Kiba looked at Naruto, turned his head, and waved a hand.
"But with you guys here, this exam is probably going to get really hard."
Shino walked over without any change in his expression and spoke.
"What's there to be scared of? It's just little old Naruto. Worst comes to worst, I'll surrender."
Kiba grinned and patted Naruto on the shoulder.
"Well, we should still give it our all when the time comes."
Naruto scratched Akamaru under the chin as he spoke to Kiba.
"Huh? Nooo~"
Kiba rubbed his eyes, pretending to cry as he whined at Naruto.
"Kiba, you're so fake."
Sakura walked over and knocked Kiba on the head.
"Naruto, long time no see."
Sakura greeted Naruto, her gaze inadvertently drifting toward Sasuke, who stood beside Karin. Then she sighed softly and started chatting with Naruto.
"Sakura, do you know what they're going to test us on in this written exam?"
Naruto smiled at Sakura, then asked his question.
"Hmm... I feel like it won't be as simple as just a written exam, but we'll have to wait and see."
Sakura thought it over. If the written portion of the Chunin Ninja Exams was just a simple written exam, wouldn't that be too dull?
Besides, when Konoha designed it, they would probably have taken people like Naruto, whose theoretical knowledge was a complete mess, into account.
"Oh, then let's head inside first."
Team 7 and Team 8 entered the examination room together.
So many people.
Sasuke's pupils contracted as