Chapter 74 The 1st Exam

Everyone moved quickly, the atmosphere was tense and orderly. Ibiki looked at each candidate with sharp eyes to ensure that there were no violations.

When everyone was seated, the test papers were handed to them one by one. Ibiki said seriously, "I will now announce the rules of the test. Please listen carefully. First of all, you all have 10 points at the beginning of the test. There are nine questions in this written test, one point for each question. The test adopts the form of deduction. If you answer a question wrongly, you will lose one point. If you answer 3 questions wrongly, you will only have 6 points.

Secondly, whether the exam is passed or not will be determined based on the total score of the three members of the team. In addition, during the exam, if there is any cheating or cheating-like behavior, once it is discovered by the invigilator, even if it is only once, two points will be deducted. This means that some people may have their points deducted before the end of the exam, and thus have to withdraw from the exam. Anyone who cheats shamefully is courting their own destruction, remember this! After all, you want to become a Chunin, and since you are a ninja, you should take the exam like an excellent ninja. Also, if one person in the team gets zero points, all members of the entire team will be judged as unqualified. Furthermore, the tenth question will be asked 45 minutes after the start of the exam. The entire exam lasts for one hour, so the exam begins now. "

The only sound in the classroom was the scratching of the pen on the paper. Naruto looked at the test paper in front of him, frowning, and complained in his heart: "What is this? I don't understand it at all!" He glanced at the people around him and found that everyone's expression was also very solemn.

Sasuke remained calm as he quickly scanned the questions, his thoughts becoming clearer. Sakura was equally focused, her fingers dancing quickly as she wrote down the answers.

After thinking about it, Naruto decided to give up completely. Then he lay down on the table and fell asleep.

Hinata was very anxious, and she couldn't understand Naruto's behavior at all. Her clear eyes were full of worry, and the pen in her hand paused unconsciously.

In the distance, Sasuke and Sakura were also very upset about Naruto's behavior. Sasuke frowned slightly and thought to himself, "This idiot is always so unreliable." Sakura bit her lip and muttered softly, "Naruto is such a worry."

Time passed by minute by minute. Finally, a group of people could not hold back any longer and began to cheat using various means. Some candidates secretly opened the cheat sheet hidden in their clothes and quickly scanned it; some used secret codes to pass information to their companions; and some tried to use ninjutsu to spy on other people's test papers.

Ibiki's eyes became more and more fierce. He walked back and forth in the examination room, not missing any suspicious behavior. Suddenly, he stopped in front of a candidate who was about to peek at the answers of the next table, and said coldly: "You are disqualified from the exam!" The candidate immediately looked pale and regretful.

The atmosphere in the examination room became increasingly tense, and the battle between cheating and anti-cheating continued.

Just as the exam time was about to end, Ibiki suddenly shouted, "Now, I will announce the content of the tenth question. Before that, I have to add a small condition. First, I want to ask you, do you want to answer this question?"

At this time, some students could not help but ask: "Examiner, what will happen if we choose not to answer?"

Ibiki couldn't help but sneer: "If you choose not to answer, then the candidate will be declared a failure on the spot, which means you will get a score of zero and fail. In addition, your two companions will also be eliminated."

At this moment, the candidates below could no longer hold back and began to whisper to each other. The already tense atmosphere was pushed to its peak in an instant. Some candidates looked embarrassed and frowned; some were terrified and at a loss; and some had flickering eyes, as if they were weighing the pros and cons. The entire examination room was like a pot of boiling water, with endless noise. Ibiki stood on the podium, his hands folded across his chest, looking at the candidates in a mess with a stern expression.

Then, Ibiki ignored the expressions of all the examinees and continued, "Then there is another rule. If you choose to answer a question and don't answer it correctly, then the examinee will be disqualified from participating in the Chunin Exam forever in the future."

After this, the candidates who were already in a state of chaos became even more chaotic, and some even collapsed in their seats, their faces pale and their eyes filled with despair. Some angrily slammed their desks and protested loudly: "What kind of broken rule is this? It's so unfair!" Others were so anxious that tears were about to come out, and they kept muttering: "What should I do, what should I do?" The entire examination room seemed to be caught in a vortex of chaos, and everyone's heart was filled with entanglement and anxiety.

Looking at the candidates below, Ibiki couldn't help but sneer: "Hahahaha, your luck is too bad. This year I am the rule, and didn't I give you a way out? Those who don't have confidence, you'd better honestly choose not to answer. You can withdraw and come back to take the exam next year or the year after."

Ibiki's words were like a heavy hammer, ruthlessly hitting the hearts of the examinees. Naruto raised his head from the table, just glanced at Ibiki indifferently, and then continued to lie down and sleep like an old dog. Sasuke clenched his fists, staring at Ibiki firmly, and secretly and quickly calculated a countermeasure in his heart. Sakura's face was full of worry, frowning, and she had no idea how to choose. But when they looked at Naruto, they were speechless for a while, but then they seemed to think of something. Naruto never does meaningless things. Looking at the calm and composed Naruto, they seemed to have taken a reassurance pill in their hearts, and sat there calmly.

Hinata sat next to Naruto, watching him still sleeping, and she was so nervous that she kept pulling at the corners of her clothes, with beads of sweat on her forehead. The examinees who were originally protesting loudly gradually became quiet and fell into deep thought. The examination room was filled with an extremely heavy atmosphere, as if even the air had become sticky, making people feel extremely depressed.

At this moment, a candidate stood up suddenly and said loudly: "I'm sorry, I choose to withdraw. I can't hurt my teammates!" This voice was like a thunder, breaking the brief silence, and everyone's eyes were cast towards him like arrows.

Once there was a first, there was a second. Then, one by one, the candidates, who were worried that their teammates would lose their qualification to take the exam, chose to give up. Some of them were dejected, some were unwilling, and some were relieved. The atmosphere in the entire examination room became more complicated. Some sighed, some were silent, and some were silently worried about their future.