#48 - 48: The Tenten who peeped at Naruto killed the official of the current dynasty with a sword?

On the stage,

Morino Ibiki suddenly felt the light in the entire classroom flicker irregularly a few times, then return to normal!

He rubbed his eyes, wondering, "An illusion?"

Scanning the candidates below, he noticed that some clever individuals were already using their own methods to cheat.

Uchiha Sasuke activated his Sharingan to imitate others' movements and write answers.

Hyuga Neji used his Byakugan to see through and peek at others' answers.

Inuzuka Kiba used Akamaru to peek at the answers of people nearby.

Aburame Shino used flies to record others' answers and then tell himself...

Naruto could understand a dog being so smart, but flies being this smart?

At this moment, Tenten, who was skilled at using ninja tools, was using thin wires to control the reflecting mirrors on the ceiling to reflect others' answers onto her forehead protector.

"Huh? What's this?"

Tenten noticed Naruto's image on her forehead protector, and in Naruto's hand was a small golden test paper.

Test paper?

But why is it so small?

Tenten wanted to see the contents of the golden test paper clearly, but the test paper was too small, and she couldn't see it no matter what!

"What kind of ability is this?"

Tenten muttered softly, then started copying the answers that Naruto was writing.

By the time Naruto finished writing, she had also finished writing, and then she used the mirrors on the ceiling to reflect the answers onto Rock Lee's forehead protector.

Now they would all get full marks!

Forty-five minutes passed quickly,

During this time, many people were expelled from the exam for their clumsy cheating methods, but even so, there were still more than a hundred people left in the exam hall!

Obviously, those who dared to participate in this exam had some means of their own, or had pretty good principles...

"Time is almost up, now prepare to begin the tenth question!"

Morino Ibiki's voice suddenly rang out, and everyone who hadn't finished writing and those who had finished writing all looked at him.

"You're all curious about the tenth question, aren't you? Hmph."

Morino Ibiki let out a chuckle, "You'll know soon enough, but before that, you need to choose whether or not to do this tenth question!"

"What happens if we choose not to answer?" Temari asked, puzzled.

Morino Ibiki looked at Temari and said blandly, "If you don't choose, the candidate will be directly judged as 0 points!"

"Which means failing, and the two companions with him will also be eliminated together!"

Hearing this rule, almost all the candidates felt that they had no choice but to answer the tenth question.

Since choosing not to do it would result in being eliminated, in order not to be eliminated, they could only choose to do the question!

However, Morino Ibiki's next words made them hesitate again.

"Do you think I'm saying something meaningless? That you can only do this question?"

"Hmph, listen up! In addition to that, there's another rule!"

"If you choose to answer this question, but don't answer it correctly, then the test taker will be permanently deprived of the qualification to participate in the Chunin Exam!!"

"What?"

"How can there be such a stupid rule? There are people here who have participated in the Chunin Exam several times!"

Looking at Inuzuka Kiba, who was refuting him, Morino Ibiki let out bursts of cold laughter, "Hmph hmph hmph, 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 can just choose not to answer, right? It's the same to come and take the exam next year and the year after."

The entire classroom fell silent, and many people began to struggle, hesitate, and think.

After hearing this, Naruto's heart was completely calm.

This was not only because he knew the answer to the tenth question, but also because there was a problem with Morino Ibiki's rhetoric!

This year you are the rule, so everyone will not be able to participate in the Chunin Exam in the future.

Then won't you not be the rule next year?

Using the sword of the previous dynasty to behead the officials of this dynasty?

Sir, what great power you have!

People who are slightly smarter can see through this kind of rhetoric.

But unfortunately... most of the people left in this classroom are not smart!

Before long, someone raised their hand to withdraw.

And with that person's withdrawal, his two companions were also judged to have failed!

Looking at the candidates who were timid in their hearts and the candidates who were full of unwillingness as they left the examination hall, a morbid smile appeared on Morino Ibiki's face.

"There's not much time left."

"......"

This sentence was a death knell for some people with unstable minds, and someone immediately raised their hand to withdraw!

After another ten minutes passed, there were only 57 people left in the classroom!

Without the disruption of the hot-blooded Naruto, this exam eliminated twenty-one more people!

Morino Ibiki glanced at the time and then looked at the remaining candidates in the classroom.

"Are there any more who want to withdraw? I'll ask one last time, if you don't withdraw now, those who can't answer the tenth question will never be able to become Chunin!"

No one answered Morino Ibiki, and no one withdrew.

Obviously, the remaining people were all smart people, or people with firm minds!

"Very good! It seems you are determined!"

Morino Ibiki looked at everyone and said, "Then all of you remaining, in this exam... I judge you to have passed!!"

"P... Passed?"

"What exactly is going on? What about the tenth question? Why did we suddenly pass?" Sakura asked, puzzled.

"Hahahaha, there was no such question from the beginning! If there really had to be one, the either/or choice just now was the tenth question!" Morino Ibiki laughed loudly.

"Wait a minute! If that's the case, then what was the point of the previous nine questions?" Temari questioned.

"It wasn't useless."

"The previous nine questions were to test each of your information gathering abilities!"

"Information gathering ability?"

"That's right! At the beginning of this exam, I reminded you that you are not allowed to cheat by shameful means, but you must take the exam with the qualities of an excellent ninja!"

"So those who cheated using stupid methods were eliminated!!"

As he said that, Morino Ibiki took off his headband and forehead protector, revealing his bald head covered in scars!

"Information is sometimes more important than life, because once there is an error in the information, it will bring devastating blows to the village and companions!"

"In order to ensure the accuracy of the information, it is necessary to eliminate third-party information and have the excellent ability to collect information yourself!"

"The previous nine questions eliminated some low-level guys and completed their mission!"

"Even so, the tenth question and answer are still a bit unacceptable." Temari said speechlessly.

"Hmph hmph!"

Morino Ibiki put his headband and forehead protector back on and said, "Although the previous nine questions tested your information gathering ability, the real test of this exam is still the tenth question!"