It's normal to get a kaleidoscope as a first deposit of six yuan, right?

The ninja on the left wore a khaki shirt with three red "death" characters embroidered on it, while the girl on the right wore a genin's vest, had long hair, and wore leopard-skin-like ornaments around her neck and waist. The ninja between them was the most unique.

His gray shirt and fluffy cape, along with his head wrapped in bandages with only one eye showing and his arm guards resembling iron armor, exuded an invisible aura of dominance.

"The Sound Ninja are here too? It seems Orochimaru will be here soon as well. I wonder if Rasa is still alive? Oh well, let Sunagakure handle this themselves." Watching the three Sound Ninja walk out of Konoha's gate, Shiyuki turned and left.

"Looks like we're late. Some teams have already sent people to observe us..." Sak Cheng whispered to Tos as he watched Zhi Xue leave.

"Don't worry, we are a team handpicked by Lord Orochimaru. The others are no match for us. Just follow orders. However, we still need to keep an eye on that girl who left. She might be someone monitoring us. We should give her a good talking-to when the time is right..." Toshin glanced at Zhixue as she left and said with an unfriendly look in his eyes.

……

As time passed, the Chunin Exams drew closer, and Konoha, due to the third Chunin Exam, made a fortune among the common people.

Want to see passionate battles between ninjas from different villages? Want to witness thrilling battles between ninjas? Plus, the Hokage and Kazekage will be there to watch! Even if you're just an ordinary citizen, as long as you buy a ticket, all of this is possible!

Sitting in the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the report showing nearly 200 million ryo in ticket revenue and nodded in satisfaction.

The results are good; it looks like they can not only recoup their costs but also make a profit. However, compared to finances, the team sent by Sunagakure is of more importance to Hiruzen Sarutobi, since the Chunin Exams are essentially a means for major powers to assess each other's next generation's national strength.

If we don't send some of our best talents, the other side might get the wrong idea.

……

On the first day of the Chunin Exams, hundreds of people came to take the exams, and many strange ninjas were walking around the written exam area.

The minor illusion cast by the Konoha examiner did not affect Ziyanghua and Zhixue. However, just as Zhixue was about to enter the real examination room, a hand was placed on her shoulder.

"You're the guy who started spying on us at the beginning, right?" Sak Cheng asked Zhi Xue with a fierce expression.

"Can you... let go of my hand now?"

Upon hearing Zhi Xue's remarks, Toszhan and Qinchui also gathered around, and the tense atmosphere attracted the attention of all the examinees present.

Is this going to lead to a fight?

"It would be good if they fought, preferably a hard fight, expelling them all from the exam room, so that we would have several fewer competitors."

Hearing the discussions around him, Sak Cheng did not let go. Instead, he activated chakra in the mechanism on his left hand and a sound wave was about to hit Zhi Xue's body along his arm. However, a strong sense of crisis soon made Sak Cheng's legs go weak, and the strong sound wave he fired also deviated from its direction, creating a crack in the ceiling.

"Wait... what's wrong with me?" Sa Kecheng said in a somewhat frightened tone, her face pale as she felt her whole body, even her cells, trembling slightly.

Just now, when he was about to launch his attack, he really felt that if he was hit, he would die. It was as if his entire body was being watched by a pair of scarlet eyes, and if he moved even slightly, he would turn into ashes and completely disappear from this world.

Sasuke, who was about to step forward from the sidelines, stopped and pondered for a while when he saw Zaku, who was so frightened that his whole body went limp.

It seems that the girl they met at the barbecue restaurant earlier wasn't so simple after all...

Chapter 217, Written Examination

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

On the exam floor, Tos was dumbfounded to see Sak Orange lying on the ground, pale-faced.

Didn't I tell you to give yourself a good talking-to? How did you end up knocking yourself down?

After glancing at the three Sound Ninja, Zhi Xue and Zi Yang Hua slowly disappeared into the crowd.

How could an adult possibly get angry because of a child?

"Hey, don't go!" Kotochui watched the two about to leave and wanted to chase after them, but Sasuke blocked his way.

"Hey, this is Konoha territory. If you're looking for trouble, you'd better think about the consequences..."

Seeing Sasuke blocking his way and the proctor walking towards him from a distance, Tos frowned, then helped the still uncontrollable Sasuke up and fled the scene with the piano hammer.

Watching the three people leave, Naruto scratched his head in confusion.

"How did he get like this? And nobody seemed to have done anything about it."

Hearing Naruto's question, Sasuke put his hands in his pockets and looked at the spot where Zhixue had left, saying, "It's probably a genjutsu. Although I hate such despicable methods, they can be quite useful sometimes."

"Sasuke, Naruto, what happened here?" Sakura, who was looking for the exam room list, asked in confusion, noticing that something seemed to have happened here.

While the three were discussing the Sound Ninja and the exam hall chairs, a figure in the crowd of onlookers looked toward the spot where Zhixue had left and adjusted the reflective transparent lens with his hand.

"Purple Eyes, the older sister of Hydrangea, a genin from Amegakure. It seems there are many gaps in our intelligence." Kabuto Yakushi chuckled, looking at the ninja card about Shisue in his hand.

An hour later, the first written exam of the Chunin Exams began. Since it was a written exam, the exam room was divided into three classrooms. Ziyanghua was assigned to the second exam room, while Shiyuki herself stayed with the other teachers from Konoha.

Sitting in the last row by the window, Zhixue looked at this familiar place, and memories of her past life began to wander through her mind again.

Sigh, I kind of miss my school life from my past life.

Just as Zhixue was reminiscing about her wonderful yet painful 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. life, the examiner of the first examination room had already come to the podium and put up the five big characters "Mori no Ibiki".

"I am the examiner for the first examination room. This is my name. As you can see, my personality and appearance are exactly as described. So you'd better not try to cheat or cause trouble, or you will be eliminated immediately."

Looking at Morino Ibiki's tall figure and scarred face, coupled with his large black leather coat, he exuded an invisible aura that enveloped the entire examination hall, planting seeds of fear in the hearts of several timid ninjas.

Seeing the complete silence below, Morino Ibiki nodded in satisfaction, then took out a large stack of exam papers from the files and handed them out from the front row to the back.

Naruto was stunned when he saw the entire test paper.

"Ugh! Why is there a written exam in the Chunin Exams?!"

"Idiot, I told you to review before the exam, and you didn't do anything, did you?"

Naruto: (Cracked open)

After the test papers were handed out, Naruto stared wide-eyed at the various questions and dense text on the table.

The parabola B in the diagram represents the maximum range of ninja A's shuriken from a tree seven meters high. Predict and answer the question about the maximum range of enemy ninjas appearing in the ellipse described by the shuriken, as well as the maximum range of their combat against civilians, and explain your reasoning.

Naruto:……

Okay, let's move on to the next question.

Question 2: Please decipher the following encrypted text and arrange it neatly.

Naruto looked at the rows of dense, cryptic characters that resembled scribbles, put down his pen, and completely gave up resisting.

Forget it, with his brain, he probably couldn't figure out the answer even if he thought through the entire ninja world.

Just as Naruto was about to start, a faint, mosquito-like call made him glance to his left.

"Hinata-chan?"

After watching Naruto, that simpleton, accept Hinata's answer, Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems the written test should go smoothly.

Sitting in the last row, Zhi Xue looked at the questions on the test paper and, using the power of the system, perfunctorily copied the correct answers before falling asleep on the table.

She has finished answering the questions and now she just needs to wait for the exam to end.

Seeing Zhixue sleeping on the table, Sak Cheng, sitting in the corner, gritted his teeth.

This guy is skilled in illusion magic, but he doesn't seem to be very smart. He gave up on answering the questions so quickly, and he can't even copy. He's really lame. It's just a pity that if he left the exam room so early, he wouldn't be able to take revenge in person...

The hour-long test ended, and Naruto passed the last question by sheer luck.

Just as the remaining people breathed a sigh of relief, a figure dressed in brown crashed through the window and used a kunai to hang the curtain behind him on the blackboard behind the podium.

"The second examiner is Mitarashi Anko! Little rascals, let's charge together!" Mitarashi Anko, dressed in a fishnet-patterned outfit and a brown cloak, said excitedly, raising her fist.

Morino Ihiki:......

The many ninjas present stared wide-eyed at Mitarashi Anko's peculiar entrance, while Shiyuki was awakened by the sound of the window being smashed. She sat up, yawned, and then wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a tissue.

"Are you done with the exam? Shouldn't we go eat now?"

Amidst an awkward atmosphere, Ibiki Morino coughed from behind the curtain and quietly reminded Anko Mitarashi.

"Examiner Hongdou, the second exam is tomorrow, not today. And couldn't you have come up with a more normal way to appear?"

Mitarashi Anko: ...

"Ahem, isn't this just to let the candidates familiarize themselves with the place beforehand? But this really isn't like you. There are so many people left here." Mitarashi Anko coughed, her cheeks slightly flushed, and then glanced at the number of people present, saying with some surprise.

I originally intended to give this year's test takers a tough time, but it seems the effect wasn't very good...

Chapter 218, The Second Exam

After the exam, Zhixue walked out of the exam room and flicked her hand, two bottles of marble soda appeared in her hand.

"Life is all about being happy." Zhi Xue looked at Zi Yang Hua, who was walking out of the next exam room, and tossed her a bottle of soda.

"How was it? Was the exam easy?"

Seeing Zhixue's leisurely and carefree appearance, Ziyanghua nodded.

"The exam is difficult, but I should be able to pass by copying other people's questions. But what are our plans next, Zi... Sister Zitong?" Ziyanghua asked Zhixue somewhat awkwardly.

"Let's talk about these things in detail when we get back to our accommodation."

"it is good."

Not long after Zhixue and Ziyanghua left the examination hall, a figure appeared not far behind them and followed them closely. However, after following them for a short while, he found that Zhixue and Ziyanghua had disappeared from sight at a corner.

"Lord Zitong, this person's intentions are impure. Should we stay here..." Ziyanghua took out an open sheet of paper and asked Zhixue.

"No need for now, he's not important. Our goal is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki." Seeing that Kabuto Yakushi was still wondering why a Jonin couldn't keep up with two Genin, Shiyuki accurately threw the beverage bottle into a trash can 20 meters away, and then disappeared with Hydrangea.

……

The next day, Zhixue and Ziyanghua arrived outside the examination hall. After another ten minutes or so, the people on site gradually gathered. Even after the first round of elimination, there were still nearly a hundred people in the team. Among them, Zhixue saw Gaara's team and the Konoha Twelve.

It was almost 9 a.m. when the examiner for the second round, Mitarashi Anko, slowly walked over.

After looking around at the wandering ninjas, Mitarashi Anko led them to the rear of Konoha, near the side of the Forest of Death.

In a place separated by iron fences, one side was a flat area where the examinees mostly stayed, while the other side was a dense forest.

The constant howling and the occasional flashes of the spotted snake's body on the branches sent chills down many people's spines.

"Alright, this is the location for the second exam. The exam is very simple. After the exam begins, we will distribute scrolls. You will randomly receive either a Heaven Scroll or an Earth Scroll. After the exam begins, you will enter from different entrances to the Death Forest. As long as you can collect a pair of Heaven and Earth Scrolls in this forest and enter the building in the central area, you will succeed."

"The time limit is seven days. Otherwise, if you only have one scroll or no scroll at all, then you will be out of the running for the third round."

After listening to the rules explained by Mitarashi Anko, many candidates felt quite confident.

"It's just stealing scrolls, right? Do you think I'm afraid I can't get them?"

"That's right, the half-screening mechanism doesn't work on us strong individuals!"