This Joint Chunin Exam is jointly organized by Konoha, Sunagakure, Kirigakure, Takigakure and Kusagakure. It involves the vital interests of each Shinobi Village, making its importance self-evident. Normally, under normal circumstances, Minato would never allow Naruto and his friends to act recklessly.
But everything has two sides!
"Hokage-sama, after this Chunin Exam, I believe that many information about the village, such as Naruto's identity, will likely leak!"
In Hokage's Office, Kanpū said eloquently, "Recalling the Third Shinobi World War, Hokage-sama's reputation shakes the Shinobi World under the title of Yellow Flash, so I believe that countless people in the Shinobi World are paying attention to the son of Yellow Flash: Naruto! At this time, should Naruto present himself with a cautious and genius yet low-profile appearance, or should he show up as an arrogant troublemaker?"
All parents hope for their children to succeed, but in the Shinobi World, gaining fame too early sometimes means significant risks.
Just like when Kanpū was young, Minato was worried that his fame was too huge that it could lead to the assassination from the hostile Shinobi Village, so he sat and watched as his reputation as Gekko Nigeru, spread. Then, what about Naruto? (T/N: Gekko Nigeru is the one at Chapter 409.)
As the son of Yondaime Hokage and Yellow Flash, Naruto naturally attracted the attention of countless Shinobi. If the reputation of him being a super genius is to spread, it is very likely that Iwagakure and Kumogakure might lose their sleep, and even Sunagakure and Kirigakure will also take action.
After a brief contemplation, Minato nodded in agreement to Kanpū's request.
With the task assigned, Kanpū immediately left the Hokage Tower, taking Naruto, Sasuke, Karin, Hinata, and Sakura, heading straight for the Academy.
Naruto was high-spirited and vigorous all the way, and felt the wind was fragrant, the air sweet. He wagged his tail, sticking close to Sakura, chatting incessantly.
"But, are we really going to the exam's venue?"
Sakura showed a ladylike anxiety, but internally, she is roaring with excitement: 'How thrilling! To participate in the Chunin Exam with Sasuke, I have to tell Ino, that big idiot, about this later, hahaha...'
"Will it cause trouble to everyone?" Hinata asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, with me around, there will be absolutely no problems or troubles!" Naruto patted his small biceps with face full of pride, and the fox whiskers on both sides of his cheeks trembled with excitement.
"Hmph, in the end, you're still relying on others." Sasuke saw through the truth at a glance: He knew that it must be because of Kanpū's help that they had the opportunity to enter the Chunin Exam's venue.
Naruto pretended not to hear him.
As the group arrived at the Academy, dozens of exam candidates, such as Suigetsu, Temari, etc. had completed the registration and entered the exam's room to prepare for the First Stage of the exam.
The head examiner, Morino Ibiki stood on the podium, explaining the rules of the exam with a gloomy expression.
When the lecture was about to be finished, there was a slight quarrel outside the classroom.
Ibiki turned his head with displeasure and saw Kanpū leading a group of little brats standing outside the door.
"Why are you here?" Ibiki frowned and walked out.
Meanwhile, inside the classroom, Suigetsu, sitting lazily in the back row, yawned from time to time. Such thing like the exam was very simple for him, especially when there were so many people. Just copy a bit from here and there, and he could easily pass.
As for cheating… how could you call it cheating in a Shinobi's exam? This is called intelligence gathering!
'Why hasn't it started yet?'
Suigetsu looked up impatiently. There was no one on the podium, but there were quite a few people outside the classroom.
'Huh?'
'That little brat with yellow hair…' Suigetsu looked at Naruto, and his eyebrows slowly furrowed: 'Hey hey, this has to be fake, right?!'
'How could he be here?!'
At the same time, Naruto's gaze also roamed around the classroom, and at a certain moment, it happened to collide with Suigetsu's unbelieving gaze.
'Hehehe…' Naruto grinned mischievously at Suigetsu.
At that moment, Suigetsu felt a deep sense of malice!
However, he remained calm!
'So what if these people come looking for trouble?'
'This is the Chunin Exam jointly organized by multiple countries. Would those little brats dare to rush in and disrupt the scene?''
Then, he saw Naruto and his friends swaggering in.
Suigetsu went crazy at the time.
"Head examiner, what's the matter with these little brats?!" Suigetsu pointed at Naruto and his group angrily.
"Cough!"
Ibiki lightly coughed and said calmly, "They are like the other examiners, responsible for supervising you."
"Supervise? You're letting a group of little brats supervise us? What a joke, I won't accept it!" Suigetsu slammed the table and shouted.
"If you can't even accept the supervision of a bunch of kids, should I expel all the examiners responsible for supervision in the classroom?" Ibiki asked rhetorically.
Suigetsu was silenced by the counterargument, and sat down with frustrated expression.
At this moment, Naruto had already rushed to the back and stood behind Suigetsu like a gatekeeper, staring at him with his cyan eyes unblinking.
Suigetsu felt goosebumps all over. He gritted his teeth and snarled: "Hey, don't go too far!"
"Don't talk to me, I am the supervising examiner now." Naruto said righteously.
Suigetsu felt extremely aggrieved at this moment.
"Then, the on-site exam officially begins!" Ibiki started distributing the exam papers.
After Sasuke, Sakura and the others came in, they initially stood on both sides of the classroom like the other examiners, but after a while, Naruto gestured to them with his eyes, and the group of five people mercilessly surrounded Suigetsu, staring at him expressionlessly.
"Naruto, is it appropriate to do this?" Sakura glanced at Sasuke, deliberately showing the typical kindness of a girl. However, in her heart, she was laughing wildly: 'This arrogant guy with a mouth full of fangs obviously looks like a bad student. Let's see how you perform in the exam!'
"During the exam, no whispering!" Ibiki fiercely glared at Sakura.
Although the Hokage's strange order made it possible for Naruto and the others to come in, as the head examiner, Ibiki must maintain order in the exam's room and no one is allowed to destroy it!
Sakura stuck out her tongue, then vented her depression on Suigetsu, staring at him with bright and piercing gaze.
At this moment, Suigetsu sat in his chair, feeling the aura behind him and the scorching gaze at close quarters. Cold sweat gradually overflowed from his pale forehead.
'Bastard, how dare you target me like this?!'
Suigetsu bit his pencil in frustration, then he lifted his head slightly, and he heard Naruto's righteous voice from behind: "During the exam, no lifting your head to cheat!"
Suigetsu moved his hands with a large arc, and Naruto immediately spoke again: "Stretching your hand so far during the exam, are you trying to pass a note to others?"
Suigetsu was annoyed by this: 'What's wrong with this little brat?'
Sakura, Karin, and even Sasuke, glanced at Naruto with strange looks: 'As expected of the lowest ranking, his rich cheating experience can make Naruto keenly aware of other people's cheating intentions.'
As for Hinata, she showed a face of admiration: 'Although Naruto's academic performance is not good, as an examiner, he is exceptionally strict.'
'Hehehe…'
Naruto grinned with his teeth exposed, feeling triumphant in his heart.
Half an hour later, when other Genin displayed their various 'intelligence gathering method', Suigetsu, like a statue, was firmly pressed on the chair, unable to move even for a bit.
'You bastard, hurry up and get out of my sight!!'
However, no matter how Suigetsu roared in his heart, Naruto and the others stood there unmoved. Time passed, and the exam was finally over.
"The time is up, everyone, put down your pencils." The head examiner, Ibiki, is as majestic as prison warden.
When his voice fell, most of the exam's candidates had put down their pencils, but there are still a few people writing.
Then, with a look from Ibiki, the examiners standing on both sides immediately stepped forward to pick them out and throw them out of the classroom. These people are all eliminated.
Suigetsu stared blankly at the blank test paper in his hand, feeling that his life was gloomy.
'It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over…'