In an instant.
Everyone present had varying degrees of schadenfreude on their faces.
The chief examiner was here!
This way.
No matter what Aoba said, there would be no way to deny it!
Most of them had no feelings for Aoba, but after hearing Aoba's denial, they were all very unhappy.
After all...
Doing it was doing it!
In their eyes, Aoba had already cheated. If Aoba had always been silent about this matter, they would not have said anything. They would even think that the youth was too insensible and seemed to be chasing after him.
But now.
Things were already different.
Not only did Aoba not admit it, but he also said that the Hokage was asking for his help.
Wasn't this a joke?
So the people present did not have a good impression of Aoba because of Aoba's exaggerated excuse. Originally, they admired Aoba, but now they do not have any good feelings for him.
At this time.
When they saw Shikaku come over, they all realized that there would be a result in this matter.
Step, step, step, step...
Shikaku walked over step by step. His footsteps were very light, and he soon arrived in front of everyone.
Shikaku's expression was still rather complicated.
Just now.
He had already called Inoichi over.
However.
He did not stay there.
Instead, he thought of what Aoba had just said in front of Hiruzen!
In fact, he did not really believe it in his heart, but he always felt that Aoba would not lie in front of the Hokage. Moreover, what Aoba said was not without any basis, but it was not so easy to realize it.
Now that he thought everything...
He had no evidence to prove that Aoba had cheated. So he wanted to ask Aoba about it.
After all...
It would have been fine if he was just an ordinary person, but the current him was actually the chief examiner of the Chunin Exams!
If he had really wronged Aoba...
Then his heart will not be happy!
"Chief examiner!"
Just as Shikaku walked over, everyone present bowed toward him. Their hearts were already filled with anticipation. It was as if a big show was about to unfold in front of them.
"Everyone, there's no need to stand on ceremony."
Shikaku waved his hand indifferently. He no longer had the mood to chat with these people about such matters. He walked directly toward Aoba with a complicated look in his eyes.
Actually, at this time.
He just didn't want to admit it.
But in his heart.
He had already begun to think about such things.
If he really misunderstood Aoba, he would appear very stubborn. Especially since he claims to be smart, but it was very likely that he would misunderstand someone because of his cleverness, causing bad effects.
His heart was silently reflecting.
To some extent...
He found that he had a strong prejudice against Aoba from the beginning. These prejudices made him have many subjective feelings when he judged, so he had many misunderstandings about Aoba.
"Aoba, I have something to ask you. I hope you can tell me the truth." Shikaku said to Aoba. His tone had become much gentler. He was not as arrogant as when he met Aoba a few times. After all, this kind of thing made him feel like he owed a lot in his heart. It was so much that he could not have too much confidence in his words.
"Big Brother Shikaku, I have never lied to you about what you asked me. If you still ask the questions you asked before, then my answer will still be the same as before, so there is no point in continuing to ask." Aoba said indifferently. It seemed that he was unwilling to pay attention to Shikaku, but this was deliberately put out for Shikaku and the people here to see.
In just a few days.
Aoba understood a lot of things.
There were many things here that had nothing to do with him.
For example, the matter of cheating.
Aoba had already thought it through. He could withdraw from Chunin Exams because he was unwilling to continue participating, but that did not mean he wanted to be accused of cheating. This was not a good thing. Instead, it would backfire and cause people to discuss it.
Aoba could keep a low profile.
But definitely not the kind that could be slandered casually.
Therefore.
Just now, after he heard the youth say a few words, he began to retort back. He understood that if he did not speak, the people here would think that he was easy to bully and think that he was a coward.
In fact.
He just didn't want to cause too much trouble.
"..."
After hearing Aoba's words, Shikaku immediately understood what Aoba meant. After all, even if he asked Aoba now, it was about cheating. He just wanted to repeatedly ask to confirm it. Then Aoba's words just now were actually answering what he wanted to ask.
"Aoba, did you really not cheat?"
After carefully thinking about it in his heart, Shikaku stared at Aoba with deep doubt in his eyes. This was the thing that he was most concerned about at the moment.
Even though he knew that Aoba was unwilling to answer such a question.
However, he had no choice but to ask again because such a matter was too important for him.
Shikaku's words.
Everyone at the scene heard it.
For a moment.
Almost everyone's attention was on Aoba.
These gazes were mixed with extremely complicated emotions. They originally thought that Shikaku's arrival would give them an answer, but they never expected that Shikaku was also looking for an answer.
Since that was the case...
Did Aoba cheat?
There was still no conclusion.
Doesn't that mean...
What they did just now was all baseless conjectures?
Thinking of this, the expressions on everyone's faces became complicated. If Aoba really cheated, that would be fine. If he didn't cheat, then what they did just now, wouldn't they lose a lot of face?
However...
There was another person among them who had a mocking smile appeared on her face.
This person was Nara Saki.
Saki looked at Shikaku and then turned to Aoba, her eyes flashing with disdain.
'Act!'
'Continue acting!'
'Look at this...'
'You probably felt that the previous performance was not so outstanding, so you guys continued to act once more to make everyone believe in this matter even more!'
'In the end, everyone would come to a conclusion.'
'That is: Aoba did not cheat.'
'Then he would continue the Chunin Exams!'
The corners of Saki's mouth curled up in a cold arc. She had repeatedly reviewed this matter over the past few days, and the more she felt that Shikaku and Aoba's acting was a little clumsy.
However.
Everything was still within her expectations.
When she first analyzed this kind of thing, she already understood that Shikaku would clean up Aoba.
In this way, the path to advancement in the Chunin Exams would be justified.
Moreover.
Saki did not know what Aoba had been standing at the tower entrance for the past few days, but she still learned something from some of these people's words.
Aoba stood at the tower entrance for the past few days.
It directly made every team that got the Scroll of Heaven not dare to take out the scroll for inspection.
Such a situation.
If not for the appearance of the three corpses...
It would definitely cause a huge uproar at the last moment of the second round.
At that time, some teams might not be able to get their hands on the scrolls, and it might also cause some powerful teams to lose their qualifications to pass because their members were injured.
In her opinion.
This was all part of Shikaku's plan.
Only Shikaku had such a brain to plan such a thing and change the entire structure of the Chunin Exams.
Aoba was just a part of Shikaku's plan!
All of a sudden.
Saki looked at everyone's puzzled expressions. She already understood that everyone here had been led astray by Shikaku's superb acting skills. She could not help but feel that everyone was drunk.
"No."
Aoba said calmly. He did not want to explain anything now. He just said a simple truth. He did not want to bear the blame for cheating. This was different from what he thought a few days ago. In the past, he was afraid of being too high-profile and attracting too many unnecessary thoughts, which would implicate him.
Now it was completely different.
If he did not give an explanation.
Then the matter of cheating in the Chunin Exams was enough to lure him out. He would also easier to become the target of public criticism and cause more unnecessary trouble.
"Hiss..."
When Aoba said this, everyone at the scene immediately sucked in cold air. They looked at Aoba suspiciously and wanted to understand the current situation.
Judging from this event...
Aoba's results were too good and had aroused the chief examiner's suspicion.
But there was no evidence at all.
"Aoba, you said that you used Shintenshin no Jutsu(Mind Body Switch Technique) and controlled the proctor in front of you, but why didn't he tell me?" Shikaku expressed the confusion in his heart. He suspected that Aoba had an answer in advance. One of the important reasons was that he finished the exam faster than those tools which had the answer in advance.
"You should ask the proctor for such a thing, not me. It is he who did not tell you, not me who did not tell you." Aoba said lightly. When he faced Shikaku, he did not have any emotional fluctuations. He looked like he did not care about anything at all. He did not seem to have a strong desire to defend himself and wash away the doubts behind his back.
"I will ask him later!" Shikaku nodded. Although Aoba did not answer his question directly, he thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with this answer. There was no point in asking Aoba such a question.
"There is another question. Did you really deduce the location of the Scroll of Heaven?" Shikaku asked again. If Aoba controlled the proctor in the first round, then everything would be reasonable. However, if the second round could be found directly by analyzing, wouldn't it be a bit too outrageous?
"You can ask Saki this question." Aoba's tone was still very indifferent. He was very clear that these two points were relatively important. It could be said that Shikaku's ability to analyze was very powerful. After all, in these two points, he used the Mind Reading System's convenience to obtain more information.
"Saki?" Shikaku looked at Saki, who was in the corner not far away. There were many doubts in his eyes, and he said again, "Could it be that this matter has something to do with Saki?"
"Of course, it has something to do with her."
Aoba suddenly smiled. He also felt that this kind of thing was quite interesting. The first person to suspect him was precisely his teammate, Nara Saki, who formed a team with him. Moreover, from the moment they entered the tower until now, Saki had not spoken a single word to defend him. Perhaps in Saki's heart, he was already a person who relied on cheating to get here.
"Entrance No. 19 that we entered was chosen by Saki!"
"While we were on our way, Saki suggested that the Scroll of Heaven might be near the entrance."
"When we arrived, I was convinced that it was possible after thinking about Saki's idea. Then I said my views and ideas."
"After a deep discussion with Saki, we decided to search around the trees around the entrance."
"And..."
"The person who found the Scroll of Heaven is Rin."
"Big Brother Shikaku."
"I want to ask you."
"In this second round..."
"Did I cheat?"
Aoba spoke one sentence after another. His tone was very slow, and his words were exceptionally clear, allowing everyone present to hear Aoba's words clearly.
Of course.
This included Saki and Rin, who were standing at the corner.
"This..."
When Shikaku heard these words, he was stunned. He did not know what exactly happened in Aoba's team and thought everything was Aoba's idea.
Now it seems...
If there must be someone in this team who is cheating...
Then the possibility of Saki is even higher than Aoba!
This was very outrageous!
"What I just said, you can call the proctor who took us to Entrance No. 19. You can even read his memory. Rin also followed the whole process. You can also ask her instead of asking me repeatedly here."
After Aoba finished speaking, he silently gave himself a thumbs up in his mind. He felt that he had already explained things very clearly.
After the tone was set.
The situation after that was completely different.