" Everyone now settle down, Dosu and Kabuto are you able to take the exam in that condition," Ibiki Morino asked both the genins. They nodded in yes and Ibiki Morino started to explain the rules.
" Listen up, we will arrange your sits by drawing lots, come and collect your lot and sit by the number given in it, " Ibiki said to the participant.
Everyone drew the lot and sat according to the number. Naruto sat with Hinata, whose number was next to him. Everyone is separated from their group and team members.
" This exam is a written test. You should not get caught while cheating, act like a first-rate ninja," Ibiki said with double meaning, but still, many participants showed displeasure for writing a test in the chunin exam.
"We are ninja why we should write a test," one of the participants said to Ibiki. showing his displeasure directly to him.
" You can quit anytime if you like to drop out from the chunin exam, " Ibiki said to him. He started to build the pressure on the genins. This caused everyone to become silent.
" Now it is a deduction-based exam. If you answer all the answer correctly you will get 10 points in total. If you answer 3 questions incorrectly you will get 7 marks," Ibiki explained how the marks are given.
"It's an easy exam for me. I thought something very challenging would come in my path during the chunin exam," One participant said as he is a brainy guy among his team. Ibiki and other chunin who came with him as examiners started to smile after hearing him. Their smile brought the chill among genins.
" Make no mistake it is only the first round of the chunin exam and I am the proctor of this round, Ibiki Morino a special jonin. I forgot to tell you it's a team-based marking system. If two people from the same team get full marks and another person gets zero points you all fail as a team. If you get caught 5 times doing the cheating you will fail with your whole team," Ibiki dropped the bomb and everyone became nervous. Now entire genin knows why it is called a chunin exam. With Ibiki's presence, the pressure became much more dense.
"There is 9 question on paper and the 10th will be given by me after everyone finishes the 9th answer on paper, " Ibiki dropped another surprise. He is a sadistic guy. He kept his best surprise for them in the last.
The exam papers got distributed and everyone was thinking of a way to get done with the exam easily. After reading the paper everyone paled. The questions are on the advanced level. By normal means, it is impossible to answer them by a normal genin. Some get frustrated and some start to cheat.
Naruto looked at the paper and smiled. As a reincarnate person he only studied mostly about chakra and the history of this world. When he looked at other academic subjects he was surprised to see that it is not on the level he studied before the rebirth.
His previous world has damn competition in studies and getting a good grade. Exam pressure is common in his previous world. Earth has advanced knowledge of science, mathematics, psychology, etc. He doesn't feel pressure from the written test in the chunin exam.
'Thanks to my old world, this paper is damn easy,' Naruto thought about his old life and started answering his question in no time. He finished the paper in 7 minutes checked it again and put his answer paper upside down.
It surprised Ibiki that Naruto finished it earlier than expected without any pressure. Now other participants wanted to copy him but when they saw him putting his paper upside down. They understood that he didn't like his answer being copied by others.
Naruto is getting bored in a few minutes. So he did what he always did while being alone. He sat in a meditation posture and started to concentrate on his chakra and special chakra. His energy started rising inside. A kunai flew past Naruto to the other guy's paper.
"You were caught cheating 5 times. You and your teammates have failed, " One of the examiners said to the caught genin. He and his teammates are sent out of the exam hall. While Naruto is still in his meditation posture.
An energy started to collect around him as it had its mind to protect Naruto. Ibiki didn't disturb him even after seeing this strange incident. It's not strange to do meditation in a ninja world but no one collects energy like Naruto. Ibiki continued with the exam. Many of the participants are thrown out forcefully.
Neji used byakugan and Sasuke used sharingan for cheating. Ino mind transferred herself into Sakura and remembered her answer. While Ino was writing her answer. Tenten saw her answer from the mirror hanging on the ceiling with the help of invisible chakra strings. Rock Lee got the help from Tenten. Sound ninja used the sound of tapping and the rhythm of other participants to copy the answer. Gaara used his sand eye to look at other's papers.
" Proctor can I go to the toilet, " Kankuro said to Ibiki.
"Yes you can go but you get handcuffed by us for a brief time," Ibiki said to him. Kankuro got handcuffed by an examiner who in disguise was a puppet of Kankuro itself.
Kankuro went to the toilet and started to read the answers from books. Old fashioned but it still works. When he returned Ibiki interrupted him.
" If your puppet show is over. Can you sit down quietly? It's time for the 10th question, " Ibiki exploded his surprise bomb. Naruto woke up from his meditation at the exact time.
" Finally I am getting the tenth question, I will become a chunin this year, so I don't have to take this boring written test ever again," Naruto woke up and commented on the test.
" Mr. Naruto you woke up at the right time. I hope you are not bored enough with the 9 questions. I hope this last question will entertain you and your fellow genins who are present here," Ibiki wanted to see the reaction of Naruto. He wanted to test him before giving his tenth question.
"How I will become a chunin if I am scared of one question? I am sure my fellow genins enjoyed copying under the nose of examiners. I can feel the mirror's reflection, sand eye, puppet, body switching, sound listening, and dojutsu all over the place while doing meditation. I just hope they didn't copy the wrong answers," Naruto commented to Ibiki bewildered everyone while he reversed his answer paper. Naruto's comment even puzzled Ibiki. He knew about most of the things he said but the mention of sand eye shocked him. Body switching is a jutsu he has seen many times cast by his friend Inoichi.
"Let's get to the tenth question, if you are unable to answer it you will never become chunin and you will automatically fail the exam," Ibiki dropped another bomb. This is why he is an interrogation specialist. He puts pressure after pressure and people with fragile minds cannot handle it.
" What kind of rule is that, it never happened before in another chunin exam," A genin who has taken many chunin exams cannot tolerate the pressure and said to Ibiki. He is on his limit.
" As the proctor of this exam, it has my own rules. If you want to quit then quit. Take the exam next year. You take the question and you will not take this exam ever again," Ibiki smiled at the genin. The genin decided to quit and left with his teammates. Many followed after them.
After looking no one is budging from their place. Ibiki cleared his throat and said, " The tenth question is whether you all passed this round of chunin exam ".
" What? But I thought you would ask a question," Kankuro couldn't understand how he passed everyone without a question.
" The tenth question was a tricky one to test your guts. Either you take it with guts and pass the exam. You should not worry about this genin exam ever again. But if you choose to quit the question you can try it another year," Ibiki told them about the 10th question.
" What about the other 9 questions or are they for the only show, " Temari asked after thinking about how much effort she put into answering other questions.
"It's to test your information gathering, we deliberately put a question which is very difficult for genins and put two chunins between you to cheat from their papers. Those who tried to cheat recklessly got eliminated. If you are gathering information for your country, you cannot be reckless. Otherwise, it will cost your country a huge loss and a chunin leads a team and makes the right decision without being reckless," Ibiki explained to them the importance of the other 9 questions.
" I am not satisfied with the 10th question," Kankuro couldn't understand why they put the last question in the exam. Ibiki in answer showed his scars on the head which scared the shit out of most genin.
" Let me tell you if you are taking a dangerous mission for your country and want to complete it and it has a risk of death or worse, of you or your comrades. Will you take it or leave it? Just like the 10th question. You will take and complete it at any cost," Ibiki then covered the scars on his head after proving his point. The window got smashed and from it, a lady entered in exam hall in full jonin attire.
" I am the super sexy kunoichi of Konoha Anko Mitarashi. I am a jonin of Konoha and your next proctor of the next round in the chunin exam. Ibiki you are out of your touch to leave 26 teams in my care for the next round," Anko said to Ibiki. She is very excited after seeing his master. Anko is happy because she can torture many genins in this round especially a disguised student whom she will meet in the forest of death.
" There are very good genins this year," Ibiki is genuinely impressed with this batch.
" Don't worry Ibiki I will cut their numbers in half by the next round. Your next round will be held tomorrow morning, ask the destination and time from your jonin sensei," Anko said with a sadistic smile. Many were terrified by her personality. What will happen to them in the next round?