A small group of us occupied the far corner of the room and prepared to listen. His assistants quickly ran through the rows of chairs and handed out leaflets to everyone. After running my eyes over the sparse lines of text, I was convinced that it was really a program of exam stages and the first point was intimidation of candidates with a little psychological pressure.
To put it simply, they check for "weakness" and set up for a much tougher second round. A small note just below the first point also indicated that the document of refusal of claims to the organizers in case of death was signed. Not a bad additional move for the first stage.
- Dear guests, the first stage of the chunin exam will begin in a couple of minutes," Suna's jonin said in an indifferent tone, squeezing the words out of himself, "it will last only an hour, after which the eliminated teams will leave with their mentors to the hotel, and the rest will be given the opportunity to see each other for final instructions before the second stage. Results will be transmitted here, your team number can be seen on the paper issued. That's all for now.
After the final word, the jonin simply silently left the room with almost all of his subordinates, completely ignoring the shinobi and kunoichi who were revitalized.
- Biju's ass, waiting again! - The bijou's asshole was waiting again," the kusa-nin reclined in his chair a few seats down from me in our row. - As if sitting in an inn for almost five days in a row wasn't enough! At least they'd give me some entertainment....
- Uh-huh, you can tell me to provide food and drink! - I snorted, taking a more comfortable position and adjusting myself to the waiting.
- Yeah, I'd like a smoke now," my neighbor rolled his eyes dreamily, justifying his clan's fame as avid smokers.
- As if you hadn't smoked all the herbs in your room," the Uchiha snorted, not to mention the fact that your team would be able to find you by smell alone.
- Hey, that mixture smells like herbs, not tobacco," the jonin said.
- Yeah, in the desert, herbs," Shibatori said sarcastically from behind us.
- All right, infidels, hands off the sacred smoke! - Nui waved at us playfully.
- Given where we are, they'll be seen before they can smell it," I shook my head, "and given our inability to camouflage properly in this terrain, the faint smell of herbs won't make much difference.
Sarutobi's face brightened when he heard that someone wasn't criticizing his favorite habit, but it wasn't clear what he wanted to say, because at that very moment the door opened and a chunin appeared on the doorstep.
- Team number eight is out," he said loudly and then disappeared.
- I hope it's not ours," Shinji muttered quietly, "what are your numbers?
- Six.
- Twenty-two.
- Eighteen.
- Thirty-four.
- Two.
Fortunately, it wasn't ours, so we relaxed for a moment. In general, it was strange that someone merged so quickly from the beginning - only fifteen minutes passed and already defeated.
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