But the few ninja still on their feet immediately began searching the others' bodies. As far as they were concerned, another set of Heaven and Earth Scrolls had yet to appear, but no matter how hard they searched, they could not find those two scrolls.
By then, night had fallen, which also meant the second exam was over.
Yugito Nii, Kakashi Hatake, and Uchiha Shinichi all frowned when the second exam ended, because they had not seen any sign of Uchiha Yefeng. They could not help thinking:
"Ye Feng is so strong. Why hasn't he shown up at all? Did something happen to him?"
All three recalled the earlier explosion and the Konoha ninja constantly rushing past, and began to worry about Ye Feng.
The Chief Examiner, however, knew that the village had mobilized countless ninja over the past few days to search for Ye Feng, without any results. Perhaps the last set of scrolls had gone up in smoke along with that explosion. The loss of such a genius left the Chief Examiner sighing.
The Chief Examiner gathered his thoughts and said, "Congratulations to the fifteen of you on advancing to the next exam. Tomorrow, at..."
Just then, a voice interrupted him.
"Wait!"
The Chief Examiner and the fifteen Genin were all startled by the shout, then turned toward its source.
They saw Ye Feng slowly making his way down the Tower's stairs.
Yugito Nii, Kakashi Hatake, and Uchiha Shinichi all looked relieved, thinking, "I knew it. How could you possibly be eliminated?"
When the Chief Examiner saw that it was Uchiha Yefeng, he immediately looked as though he had seen a ghost.
"It seems you've forgotten about me, Chief Examiner!"
The Chief Examiner stammered, "Y-you... when did you get here?"
"I arrived on the first day. I've just