"But ours is empty!" the blond boy protested anxiously. "We don't even have a starting scroll. There has to be a limit to bad luck!"
Pakura glanced at him. "Luck is an extremely important part of strength in its own right, especially in the world of ninja."
"Then..." The blond boy was at a loss for words. Knowing there was no hope of appealing, he could only grit his teeth and ask, "Then how exactly are we supposed to pass in our situation?"
"It's simple. Since you don't have a single scroll, do the same as the other teams. Defeat two teams and take a Heaven Scroll from one and an Earth Scroll from the other."
Just as Yūto had said earlier in the Command Center, the total number of scrolls was fixed. He didn't care at all how many people passed the first written exam.
After all, in the second exam, only those who obtained both types of scrolls could pass, which naturally limited the number of successful candidates.
Once the scroll drawing ended, the entire entrance to the Forest of Death fell deathly silent.
The blond boy was still in a daze, but even more people looked grim.
A full third of the teams present had failed to draw a scroll and stood holding empty boxes, at a loss.
Now they had no choice but to risk their lives defeating two teams and forcibly seize a Heaven Scroll and an Earth Scroll.
Meanwhile, the teams that had drawn scrolls had to stay on edge too.
They had to protect their own scrolls from being stolen while robbing others to obtain the other one.
The surprise package Yūto had designed certainly lived up to its name. The exam's difficulty had instantly doubled.
Pakura paid no attention to the Genin's