Facing everyone's puzzled looks, Morino Ihiki explained: "The tenth question, or there is no tenth question at all."
"If anything, it's a test of courage!"
Morino Ihiki said as he took off his forehead protector.
After the forehead protector was removed, the ninjas present saw more injuries on his face.
There were scars from cuts, marks burned by fire, and even marks from being whipped.
Morino Ihiki's whole body looks like a piece of porcelain that has been broken and then glued back together.
But this resolute man treated these injuries as if they were nothing, and still had a smile on his face.
This is a warrior who dares to truly face life.
"As ninjas, sometimes you will encounter various hardships, even unexpected pains."
The examiner's words are not so much addressed to the candidates as they are, but rather a summary of his own life.
"Only when you dare to face all this can you be called a real ninja!"
Morino Ibixi laughed at herself. How much could these candidates understand what she said?
He said to the candidates: "The competition is over. You should work hard next. After all, the examiner for the next one is..."
Before he finished speaking, his head turned towards the window.
Two kunai carried a large ball of black cloth that exploded the glass on the window, and two kunai nailed the ball of black cloth to the ceiling.
After unfolding the black cloth, one could see a line of large characters [Examiner of the Second Examination, Mitarashi Anko]
Following the black cloth came a female ninja.
The large windbreaker on her body was opened wantonly, her delicate and beautiful body was wrapped in a black mesh, and her short purple hair was flying freely.
"Now is not the time to be happy!" The kunoichi who suddenly broke in waved his fist: "I am the examiner of the second exam, Anko Mitarai. Hurry up and take the second exam now!"
There was silence in the classroom, and no one responded to her. Most people stared at the examiner of the second session with an idiotic look.
"No one cares about you." Morino Ihiki stood aside and said with a somewhat teasing tone.
Mitarashi Anko responded: "You have to take care of it!"
"Eighteen teams, fifty-four people. You finally made some achievements!"
Because there was no impassioned speech in the original work, many people were eliminated in this first exam. Therefore, the number of people left was far less than in the original work.
"But," Anko Mitarai said in a different voice: "There are still a lot of people for such a number, let's at least reduce it by half."
"The examiner of the next exam will definitely thank me."
"Minus half!?" Ino, who was sitting in the front, frowned when he heard the examiner's words.
Many ninjas showed troubled expressions, obviously feeling a bit stressed.
Naruto's eyes swept over the face of the female ninja from the Grass Ninja Village, and found that although she had her head lowered, there was a smile on her lips.
He said to Sasuke and Sakura: "Let's go and take the second exam."
Konoha Village, Training Ground No. 44.
When Mitarashi Anko came here with everyone, she stopped.
Towering trees stand here. When you get closer, you can see a tall and strong metal fence around the perimeter. The gate is surrounded by iron chains, and there are even a series of sealing techniques.
"This place has an ominous aura when you get close to it." Shino stretched out his hands, and several small black insects flew up and down around his hands.
Naruto nodded in agreement: "Yes, it seems that the next exam will be a large-scale survival exercise."
"The survival drill alone won't trouble us." Ya seemed quite relaxed and comfortable.
"This is the examination room for the second exam - Training Ground No. 44!" Anko Mitarai looked around everyone with a strange smile on her face: "Alias - [Forest of Death]."
"As for why it is called [Forest of Death], you will know after the exam starts."
Mitarashi Anko's words made most ninjas feel nervous.
"Please start introducing the exam rules directly." Naruto didn't want to delay anymore. He wanted to start the second exam as soon as possible. "I think everyone can't wait."
Naruto's words made Mitarashi Anko stunned.
"It's not a good habit to interrupt casually when the examiner is talking, little brother!" Following Mitarai Anko's words, a kunai was shot directly at Naruto.
And she herself used a teleportation technique to come behind Naruto, hugged him into her arms, and pressed another kunai against Naruto's neck.
Sasuke's reaction was extremely fast, and the kunai that flew earlier was immediately knocked away by his shuriken.
"A reckless brat like you is always the first to die!" Anko Mitarashi stuck out her tongue and frivolously traced it across Naruto's face, like a poisonous snake stretching out a snake.
Feeling the two plump touches on his back, Naruto was not afraid.
"My true form is not that easy to catch!"
With a 'bang' sound, Naruto, who was hugged by Mitarashi Anko, suddenly turned into a ball of smoke and dispersed, and Naruto's true body walked out against Anko's back.
"When did you come around behind me?" Although Hongdou showed no expression on the surface, there was quite a stir in her heart.
She was a special jounin of Konoha, and she was actually touched behind the back by a genin without even noticing.
"Ignorant brats are so boring!" After saying this, Anko put away the kunai in her hand.
She took out a thick stack of papers from her arms and said to all the candidates: "Before the exam starts, I need you to sign this consent form!"
Seeing the confused expressions on the faces of the candidates, she explained with a smile: "Because some people may die in this exam, so I need to get your consent first."
"Otherwise, I would be responsible."
As soon as these words came out, most of the ninjas' faces changed drastically. For example, Sakura's face suddenly turned pale.
Mitarai Anko continued: "After you sign your names, we will hand it over as a group to the examiners sitting in the wooden room behind!
"If you are afraid of death and want to abstain, don't write your name!"
Looking at Sakura's pale face, Naruto comforted her: "It doesn't matter. Between me and Sasuke, nothing will happen."
Mitarai Anko, at this time, began to explain the rules: "This is a battle of survival, using personal weapons, ninjutsu, and various means to fight."
"Use this to snatch the scrolls and start a battle for the scrolls!"
As she spoke, she took out two exquisite scrolls and pointed them at everyone.
"There are two types of scrolls, namely the Scroll of Heaven and the Scroll of Earth."
The two scrolls are shown to the candidates respectively. One is white with the word "天" written in the middle, and the other is black with the word "地" written in the middle.
"Eighteen teams, nine of them received the Scroll of Heaven, and the other teams received the Scroll of Earth."
"The qualification for passing this exam is that the three members of the team carry a pair of heaven and earth scrolls together and report to the central tower of this training ground!"
Sasuke said: "In other words, only nine teams can win this exam!"
Mitarai Anko then went on to explain a lot of rules, such as the five-day time limit; no abstention is allowed after the exam begins; if someone in the team dies or is unable to continue fighting, the team will be eliminated.
The most important point is that before reaching the central tower, the contents of the scroll are absolutely not allowed to be peeked at.
After saying so much, Mitarashi Anko announced: "Then, let's begin!"