"Hey, Kakashi, you're already a chunin, yet you still have to take the Chunin Exams again. Isn't that a bit unfair?" Seisuke smiled.
"Yeah, exactly. You've already taken it once, and now you have to do it again." Asuma nodded beside him.
"This is youth! As expected of my eternal rival, Kakashi! I'm fired up!!" Gai suddenly got excited on his own.
Kakashi said indifferently, "It's just a mission assigned by Teacher Minato."
"Ahem, but have you gathered any intelligence on these people?" Seisuke asked with a smile.
"I only know that Sunagakure has sent a ninja with a Kekkei Genkai this time." Kakashi said softly. "It's said to be Scorch Release."
"Scorch Release..."
In Seisuke's memory, the user of Scorch Release from Sunagakure was a beautiful woman with a great figure. She was originally a hero of Sunagakure, but was betrayed by the Fourth Kazekage and died at the hands of Mist.
Seisuke looked over to the Sunagakure side and saw a green - haired loli. Her green hair was tied into a ball - like bun, with a Sunagakure forehead protector. Two strands of orange - yellow bangs hung down on each side.
She had a flat figure. Well, she seemed to be about the same age as him. One couldn't expect much, but she had potential in the future!
Seemingly sensing the hostility, the little loli looked over, met Seisuke's gaze, gave a slightly hostile look, and then continued talking to her teammates.
"So it's her. I see. Teacher Orochimaru said that Scorch Release is a very dangerous Kekkei Genkai." Seisuke said.
Scorch Release is a new nature transformation formed by the combination of Wind - Release chakra and Fire - Release chakra. When used, it can evaporate all the water in a person's body, turning them into a dried - up corpse.
She's even more terrifying than a juice - extracting girl!
"Indeed. If we encounter her, we have to be careful."
"That's right."
The exam hall was noisy. Just then, a group of people pushed the door open. They were holding kraft paper bags and a carton. The leader had a serious expression, and his jonin aura immediately silenced everyone. "Quiet! Now, we'll randomly assign seats by drawing lots. Line up!"
The genin obediently lined up to draw lots.
"I'm number 25!" Seisuke said, holding the number plate in his hand.
"I'm number 18!" Asuma said.
Kurenai said, "I'm number 4. It seems quite far."
"It's okay. We've made two - pronged preparations." Asuma patted his chest, relieved.
"Okay, it's time for the exam."
They took their seats according to the number plates. The examiner glanced around and said, "I'm the chief examiner for the first exam, Mochizuki Kensei. Next, I'll explain the exam rules. I'll only say it once."
Seeing that everyone was quiet, he nodded and said, "Rule 1, the exam time is 60 minutes. There are a total of 10 questions. Each person starts with 10 points. If you don't answer a question or answer it wrong, you'll lose 1 point. If you answer 3 questions wrong, you'll lose 3 points, and so on. If you answer all questions correctly, you'll get all 10 points, and so on. If you answer all questions wrong, you'll get 0 points. Those who get no points and their teammates will have to leave!"
"Rule 2, if you're caught cheating once, you'll lose 2 points. After 5 times, your score will be reset to zero, and the whole team will have to leave. Don't try to deceive us with your clumsy cheating methods. Everyone here is an elite chunin from Konoha, specially assigned to handle this Chunin Exams. Work hard and start this exam like a real ninja."
"Okay, that's all. Now, we'll distribute the test papers. Also, no questions are allowed during the exam."
With that, the test papers were distributed to the examinees one by one.
Seisuke stared at the questions on the test paper and fell silent. The first question was about decrypting a code. It was like reading a book from outer space. He could barely understand it and couldn't infer information from the scattered clues.
The second question: Ninja A is standing on a 10 - meter - high tree and throws a shuriken. The picture shows the maximum range of Ninja A's shuriken. According to the picture, answer the characteristics of the enemy ninja who will appear within the elliptical range depicted by the shuriken, as well as the maximum range distance in a flat - surface battle, and provide the basis.
Seisuke:???
How would I know the characteristics of the enemy ninja? Isn't the maximum range just determined by how hard you throw?
Basis?
"I'm really annoyed"
He felt like he was back to the days of doing high - school physics problems. No, it was even worse now!
At least he knew something back then. Now, he was completely in the dark, not knowing anything. There was no need to look at the remaining eight questions. Obviously, he couldn't answer them.
He patted the snake coiled in his sleeve. The snake climbed up his shoulder along his sleeve, stuck its head out from his collar, and said in his ear, "Lord Seisuke, what are your orders?"
Seisuke said in a voice that only they could hear, "See these questions? Find someone to copy from. Look for whoever finishes writing and quickly take a look."
"Yes."
The snake crawled up to the top of his head along his neck and looked around brazenly.
The examiners around noticed this but thought for a moment and didn't deduct points. The test questions of this exam were not about testing basic knowledge but about the ninja's ability to gather intelligence. This method of gathering information wasn't clumsy and was acceptable.
A snake also popped out on top of Asuma's head. Obviously, this guy had also given up.
Kurenai's snake didn't come out. Presumably, the questions were still within her knowledge range. And these questions had clearly touched on Seisuke and Asuma's knowledge blind spots.
About half an hour later, Kakashi handed in his paper ahead of time.
At this time, the snake came to Seisuke's ear and said, "Lord Seisuke, I've finished looking."
"Go ahead."
The snake got back into his sleeve and bit his arm. The venom seeped into his body. Then, everything the snake had seen appeared in front of his eyes.
When he went to find the snake, he suddenly remembered that the snakes in Ryūchi Cave couldn't read. So he asked Utakata - hime to find out if there were any snakes that could talk and read. Utakata - hime told him that it was impossible for a snake to be able to read, but she recommended this kind of snake to him.
This kind of snake could transfer its memory to the bitten person through venom.
This setting seemed a bit familiar, but Seisuke didn't care. He was more than happy to have such a snake.
The memory that the snake had just seen reappeared in front of his eyes. He immediately wrote down the answers to the questions smoothly according to the memory.
As time was almost up, the examinees who couldn't answer the questions resorted to various means. The Sharingan and Byakugan of Konoha copied the answers quietly.
The puppet techniques of Sunagakure, the ninja tools of Kengo - gakure, etc. - all kinds of cheating methods emerged one after another.
Of course, there were also examinees with clumsy cheating methods. They seemed to regard the examiners as blind and copied blatantly. After five questions, they and their teammates were kicked out of the exam.
There was a fool who was caught cheating but didn't admit it. The examiner taught him a lesson on the spot and kicked him and his teammates out of the examination hall.
"The exam is over! Hand in your papers!"
At the order of the invigilator, everyone stopped what they were doing.
Looking at the remaining people, the chief examiner nodded and said, "Very good. Hand in your papers."