(The unit has received a big order, and the servant is about to start his shift journey. This chapter has more than 5,000 words, which is more or less a supplement...)
As the time for the start of the Chuunin Exams approached, Shikamaru, while concentrating on his training and busy work, couldn't help but have some other tasks, such as discussing the preparations for the Chunin Exams with the ninjas of Sunagakure Village and Taki Ninja Village.
It is said to be a discussion, but they still let them witness whether there is cheating in Konoha Village. However, judging from the reputation of Konoha Village for holding Chunin Exams for many years, the possibility of cheating is extremely low. Even Tsuna who is now eager to show off himself and Konoha
Hands, I wouldn't be so unwise after thinking about it.
Taki Ninja and Sunagakure each sent two ninjas. Not to mention the former, the visitors to Sunagakure Village were Shikamaru's acquaintances - Kankuro and Temari.
The death of the Fourth Kazekage will definitely have a greater impact on Sunagakure Village than the death of the Third Hokage on Konoha. After all, Konoha Village still has Jiraiya and Tsunade, but Sunagakure Village is already in decline.
Chiyo and Ebizo finally made a high-profile comeback at the request of the senior management of Sunagakure Village. Things in the village were temporarily managed by the elders and began to train the new Kazekage Gaara.
It is not unprecedented for a tailed beast to serve as the leader of a village. In many cases, ninjas as jinchūriki often progress faster than ordinary people. When the ninja village faces difficulties, it becomes an excellent candidate for the leader of a village. It does not require too much
Worrying about their sanity, naturally there is a group of elders to assist them in governing.
Perhaps it was because Gaara, who had never had a defeat in a long time and was so confident, suffered defeat for the first time at the hands of Shikamaru in Konohagakure. When he returned to Sunagakure Village, he lost his previous arrogance and arrogance.
Realizing that Shukaku's power was not unrivaled, he finally began to face his own strength and positioning.
Naturally, the elders of Sunagakure Village don't understand, nor do they want to understand Gaara's thoughts. They just want to set him up as a benchmark, a qualified banner. Now that he is no longer as crazy as before, they are very satisfied.
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However, even if Gaara has not yet inherited the Kazekage and has just begun to try to look at the problem from another perspective, Gaara's methods are still a bit unfamiliar, but he also knows the importance of his trusted followers. He should be grateful to the Fourth Kazekage for leaving him
His connections, not to mention Temari and Kankuro, Maki helped him a lot.
This time, Konohagakure planned to hold the Chunin Exam again, and immediately extended an invitation to their Sunagakure Village. Gaara naturally accepted Maki's suggestion and sent Kankuro and Temari, who are now his right-hand men, to
Two young ninjas came to communicate, which somewhat reflects the importance they attach to Konoha Village.
Kankuro and Temari also behaved very appropriately after seeing Shikamaru. There was no embarrassing scene as Shikamaru suspected. Perhaps because of the experience gained in the past year, Kankuro is now the captain of the Sunagakure Village puppet army.
He also took the initiative to talk about the conflict with Shikamaru at that time, looking like he had no grudge.
It's just that you don't know what you want in your heart.
Shikamaru didn't care about this and continued to focus on learning and training. "Shifang" made rapid progress after using it successfully. After continuous trial and practice, the use of chakra and manipulation skills have improved.
As a result, the number of uses increases.
As the Chunin Exams are approaching, several young Konoha genin are gearing up to obtain Chunin qualifications in this exam. There are also a lot of topics about the Chunin Exams among the villagers in Konoha.
As a rare grand event, it naturally has this status.
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Although the invited allies were more or less aware of Tsunade's plans and guessed Konohagakure's intention to sweep the examination room, except for Sunagakure Village who took the initiative to avoid its edge, other Ninja Villages still sent out troops as in previous years.
The outstanding genin of his own village.
Whether it is a fluke or a lack of choice, the influx of foreign ninjas into Konoha Village this time may not be any worse than the previous year. The direct consequence is that the pressure on various ninja departments in Konoha Village has greatly increased. Fortunately, there are
As prepared, no abnormality has ever occurred.
In addition to Shikamaru who has been promoted to special jounin, Uchiha Sasuke who defected from the village, and Uzumaki Naruto who traveled to various places with Jiraiya to practice, several juniors in Konoha Village have signed up to take this exam.
These young genin all showed their talents in last year's competition and attracted everyone's attention.
Rixiang Neji, Aburame Shino and Rock Lee are the three most popular genin in Konoha Village this year. Needless to say Rixiang Neji, although he lost to Shikamaru after a tough battle with Shikamaru in the preliminaries of the third exam last year.
, but the person who defeated him has now become a special jounin, and in the eyes of outsiders, it is considered an honor to defeat him.
The failure did not make Rixiang Neji depressed. On the contrary, one more year of accumulation made him more experienced. Rixiang Neji, who had just learned the Bagua Kong Palm to make up for one of his shortcomings, from Shikamaru's point of view, in
In terms of strength in this exam, few people could compete with him.
Aburame Shino made it all the way to the third match last year. Although her defeat at the hands of Naruto Uzumaki was a big upset, given that she had already experienced a battle with Akimichi Choji before, her strength should not be underestimated.
Last year, Rock Lee opened four gates in his body and used the ultimate power exerted when the fifth gate was opened to almost defeat Gaara. Many Jonin present at the time were also surprised by this. In terms of strength, he was actually
The one who attracted the most attention among the three - becoming a chuunin was not just about strength. Shikamaru knew this very well, and his test questions were also related to the responsibilities of a chuunin.
The examination venue for the written examination is the best part of the arrangement, and the large conference room of the Ninja School can take on this task.
It was not much different from previous years. Many candidates had gathered in the examination room early, forming small or large groups from village to village, chatting and observing their competitors, which made the classroom seem a bit noisy.
Whoosh!
The sound of sharp kunai cutting through the air and piercing the wooden desk may not be loud in the slightly noisy examination room, but most of the candidates here are outstanding ninjas from all over the world. Although they are chatting, part of their attention is always focused.
All around, kunai suddenly flying from the window naturally attracted their attention.
Some keen candidates and candidates near the podium were the first to notice the anomaly and stopped talking. This attitude seemed to be contagious and spread throughout the entire examination room in the blink of an eye. They all focused on the pain with the talisman wrapped around the handle.
Supreme.
Snap!
Some candidates who took last year's exam were still speculating whether the examiner of this exam would make a noisy appearance like last time. Unexpectedly, the doors on both sides of the podium were suddenly pushed open, and several people wearing pure gray clothes suddenly appeared.
The neatly uniformed ninjas holding paper and pen slowly walked to the podium, stood in a row, and looked at the many candidates with expressionless faces.
The invigilators who were standing neatly left an empty seat in the center of the podium, as if they were waiting for someone. Nozakura carefully searched for Shikamaru's figure, and finally withdrew his gaze in vain, asking Ino and Ding beside him.
Second-rate.
Shikamaru did not deliberately hide the fact that he served as a chuunin examiner from his acquaintances. These young men who had achieved success in the original work also knew enough not to ask Shikamaru any more questions. Of course, if he did, Shikamaru would ignore him. No.
Sakura was also a little confused. Some candidates noticed that the invigilator did not move after entering the classroom and frowned. The impatient ones already seemed impatient.
At this time, in the empty seats left by several invigilators on the podium, the air seemed to be distorted by the flames. This situation became more and more obvious, so much so that most candidates found themselves behind the empty seats.
He and the surrounding invigilators began to twist in their sights, making it seem unreal.
Illusion!?
This was the first thought of most candidates, but in the next moment, a black ball as big as a football suddenly appeared in the twisted space. The pitch-black surface seemed to swallow up all the light, and some purple gradually appeared on it.
Runes, these runes gradually spread and eventually wrapped the ball.
Bang!
Irregular energy suddenly erupted, shaking the air with a series of explosions. Chakra disturbed the air, causing strong winds to surge around.
Several invigilators around were well prepared and still stood upright on the podium. On the contrary, some candidates in front of the podium were caught off guard by the sudden abnormality. They covered their faces to avoid it, and some even screamed in surprise.
Corresponding to them, accompanied by chakra and strong wind, Nara Shikamaru suddenly appeared in the middle of the podium like a ghost. He was wearing a dark high-collar trench coat that represented the torture of the interrogation department cadres. Under it, he and the invigilators around him
Wearing a uniform gray uniform, he squinted at the ugly behavior of some candidates with weak psychological quality under the podium.
"I am the examiner of the first written test of the Chuunin Examination, Nara Shikamaru." Shikamaru reached out and pulled out the kunai that was inserted on the desk, with the talisman wrapped around the handle, and spoke slowly with the deerskin that had been prepared.
Wipe off some sawdust stained on the blade and slowly put it into the ninja tool bag: "It seems you have been waiting for a while."
"I'll give you one minute." Shikamaru finished introducing himself and glanced at the examinees sitting in disorderly groups in the examination room. This sight made him frown slightly, and he slowly ordered: "One
Within minutes, everyone should sit down according to the number they received. Anyone who has not completed my requirements after the time limit, together with his team, will lose the qualification to take the exam!"
No one had any objections. Even if many candidates who did not know Shikamaru's situation beforehand were surprised by the age of the examiner, no one would be so stupid that they would like to be treated as a negative example. Even if some people disagreed,
But he also knew the consequences of contradicting the examiner in person, not to mention that the way Shikamaru appeared before was really weird. The doors in the examination room were tightly closed, and the windows would never allow one person to pass. Even a ninja would face an unpredictable situation.
You will also be in awe of the space ninjutsu.
Shikamaru didn't care about this. If it wasn't for work, he really didn't bother to show off in front of a group of genin. The momentum created by using "Black Magic. Shifang" before was also deliberately done by him, although the chakra consumption was higher than normal use.
It was a lot more, but Shikamaru could bear it, and now it seems that the effect is pretty good.
Most of the candidates in the examination room were of higher quality than ninjas of the same level. After a minute, Shikamaru's order was completed without any compromise, and he asked the six invigilators to hand out the examination papers.
After the examination paper was handed out, Shikamaru ordered some candidates who were about to open the back of the examination paper to read the questions, and spoke slowly and clearly: "Before the examination officially begins, I have a few points to explain."
"First, during the exam, what I said to the invigilator was an order. Anyone who dares to disobey it and his team will be immediately disqualified from the exam," Shikamaru asked expressionlessly: "Do you understand!"
Only the candidates from Konoha Village, including a few Xiaoqiang, under the podium responded to Shikamaru without any grudges. After all, the ninjas from other villages did not understand Shikamaru's deeds and strength as well as they did, but after all, the genin of Konoha Village were
The small number of candidates among them reflected the overall situation, and it seemed that only a few people responded to Shikamaru's questions.
Several low-pitched sneers came from under the podium, and some genin from Konohagakure also snickered in their hearts, but the targets were candidates from other villages who didn't know Shikamaru.
Seeing the cold response and the faint sneer, Shikamaru's expression didn't change much, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a slightly mean sneer.
"Next, I will explain the important rules that you need to pay attention to and must abide by in this written examination. All of you can only listen and are not allowed to ask!" Shikamaru said still leisurely.
"First, there are ten questions in the exam paper. Each question is worth one point, and the full score is ten points. Anyone caught cheating will be immediately disqualified from taking the exam!"
"Second, one member of each team must obtain full marks, otherwise the entire team will lose the qualification to take the exam!"
"Third...," Shikamaru said here, paused slightly, looked at the candidates with malicious intent, and said word by word: "For each three-person team, I only select the one with the highest score.
One person will enter the next exam, and the other two will lose their qualifications!"
Gudong!
Akimichi Choji clearly heard the sound of swallowing. Even he still found it difficult to accept after hearing Shikamaru's third rule, let alone other candidates from other villages?
"If all three people in the same group get full marks, will they all pass the exam?" A slightly conceited voice interrupted the dead silence caused by Shikamaru's words in the examination room. The source of the voice was a Taki ninja.
, looks a few years older than Shikamaru, has long blond hair, and judging from his expression and what he just said, he seems to be very confident in the strength of himself and his teammates.
"I said you are only allowed to listen and not ask." Shikamaru ignored the Taki-nin genin's question, pointed at him expressionlessly and said: "You, and your two teammates, all failed the exam.
Qualifications, leave the examination room immediately!"
"You..." The blond Taki-nin was stunned for a moment. There was a hint of panic on his face for a moment, but then it was replaced by anger. He asked Shikamaru loudly: "What qualifications do you have to decide my stay so rashly?"
!? For us excellent genin to come here, it’s not..."
Shikamaru was too lazy to listen to his chatter. He pointed his right hand like a sword and pointed at the blond Taki-nin from afar. With his movements, without the need to form seals, a stream of spiritual energy had already emerged from his index and middle fingers, turning into a spear.
The energy blade, like a sword, pierced the Taki ninja a few meters away.
Now, Shikamaru can easily perform "Dark Magic. Thousand Genres" without relying on "Kage Show"!
The traveling speed of the "yin" attribute chakra was not difficult to deal with, and the reaction of the Taki ninja was also fast. When Shikamaru's chakra spear was about to come, he had already put his foot on the table and jumped up.
Avoided its path of travel.
Seeing this, Shikamaru sneered in his heart and didn't see him move. Originally, it was like a dead thing, but the "yin" attribute chakra that was traveling straight like a spear suddenly turned around and wrapped around the ankle of the Taki ninja.
Wan exerted his strength slightly, but he, who was already in the air, lost his balance.
At the same time, the spiritual energy wrapped around Taki-nin's ankles also spread quickly, like a weird python, binding Taki-nin tightly in the blink of an eye, and the sharp end was raised like a snake's head, aiming condescendingly.
He seemed to be eager to release some kind of cruel desire of his.
Negative emotions followed the mental energy and impacted and affected the Taki-nin's mind without stopping. Coupled with the instantaneous gap, his spirit almost collapsed.
"I was wrong! I was wrong!" Taki-nin, whose face was distorted by fear, stared intently at the sharp end of Shikamaru's spiritual energy like a snake's head, shouting in a hoarse voice: "Don't kill.
I!"
Of course Shikamaru would not kill him, he just waved his hand and threw Taki-nin, who was about to wet his pants, out of the door that the invigilator Hitake Dragonfly had just opened.
"His two teammates, leave the classroom by yourself!" After throwing the Taki nin out of the examination room, Shikamaru's expression remained unchanged, as if he had done something as trivial as chasing away flies, he ordered in a cold voice.
The Taki-nin's two teammates stood up silently and sadly left the silent examination room.
"In view of the performance of those who overestimate their abilities, it seems that I need to explain a few points." After seeing the two candidates leaving, Shikamaru sneered and said to the candidates in the examination room who had become much nervous because of his previous performance: "In
In my eyes, you are just a bunch of out-and-out rookies, so don’t mention words like ‘excellent’ or ‘excellent’ in front of me.”
No one spoke, even those who were unwilling. Shikamaru's previous behavior of instantly subduing the Taki-nin and throwing him out of the examination room also dispelled some of their little thoughts.
The thirteen-year-old examiner of the Chuunin Examination, it seems now, is not something that Genin like them can fight against.
"The Chunin Examination is a stage for each Ninja Village to show their strength to potential customers. It is an arena to compete for the interests of the Ninja Village. In order to ensure that in the last game, famous people such as daimyo, lords, and businessmen from various countries can watch the best.
In this competition, I must select those who are not so weak among you rookies to stay." Shikamaru did not care about the feelings of the candidates and continued: "As for those who are not strong enough, in order to protect your safety, I will simply stay here.
This step will eliminate you, leaving the best person in the group for the next exam."
"The next exam will be a hundred times more cruel than the written exam, and the price of failure is not just as simple as losing the qualification to take the exam!" Shikamaru had a serious expression on his face, adding a touch of persuasiveness to his words: "You have to choose for yourself.
Which one is allowed to continue participating in the war, and which two are allowed to remain safe?"