Chapter 25: Chapter 25 : [25] : Death Rock Cave
Shin's early submission caused many Chunin Exam participants to show surprised expressions, and they all looked up.
"...Passed?"
"What? He solved such difficult questions?!"
Some students who hadn't yet grasped that the key to this exam was 'cheating' showed incredulous expressions in their eyes. They couldn't answer a single one of the ten questions on the paper, yet Shin had finished them all so quickly. Even a top student wouldn't be this exaggerated!
Someone narrowed their eyes, looking at Shin's retreating back.
"That guy, something's not right."
He had already realized that the key to this exam was cheating, but the problem was that the few Chunin specifically tasked with solving the questions, hidden among the crowd, hadn't even finished yet, but Shin had already completed it. That was a bit outrageous.
"Could it be that he knew the test paper and answers beforehand? Damn it." Thinking this, he couldn't help but curse inwardly, looking at Shin with ill intent.
Under the ill-intentioned gazes of many examinees in the classroom, Shin walked out of the examination room.
As soon as he walked out, Shin stopped.
He saw Kakashi, who had appeared outside the examination room at some point, leaning lazily against the wall, giving his usual 'six-kin-unrecognized' look, scanning his surroundings.
Shin looked at Kakashi, raised his chin, and said:
"Why are you here?"
"Proctoring, of course."
Kakashi crossed his arms over his chest and said, "Responsible for escorting examinees caught cheating five times. But it seems the quality of the examinees this time is quite good..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the voice of the proctor Chunin from inside the examination room.
"Number fifty-one, disqualified!"
"..."
Shin shrugged.
Kakashi also spread his hands helplessly, walked into the examination room, and expelled the three disqualified examinees, leading them out of the examination room.
Watching Kakashi leave, Shin yawned and walked directly to the second Chunin Exam venue, quickly arriving at the location he already knew.
The second Chunin Exam was not held in Training Ground 44, the Forest of Death, but in Training Ground 31, known as the Death Rock Cave.
Looking around.
One could see that the interior of the examination ground, surrounded by barbed wire, had almost no vegetation, but the terrain was extremely rugged, like the complex landforms eroded by flowing water in the Land of Rain. Various small hills were scattered everywhere, and one could faintly see many interconnected caves.
"This is the Chunin Exam venue, no should be approaching here."
A ninja stationed nearby saw Shin and immediately walked over to stop him in a deep voice.
Shin withdrew his gaze, took out his exam pass, and said, "I'm a Chunin Exam participant. I've already finished the first exam, so I came early."
"Hmm..."
The ninja looked at the exam pass in Shin's hand with a slight surprise, then said, "Then wait here for the chief examiner to arrive. Early entry is prohibited inside."
"Okay."
Shin walked to the side to wait.
It didn't take long for the first exam to end. Out of over sixty genin, nearly half were eliminated, leaving only thirty-something.
The three genin from Hidden Mist Village and the three genin from Hidden Cloud Village all passed the exam. After all, they were elites dispatched by their respective villages, and such a low-level exam obviously couldn't stump them.
"So this is the venue for the second exam."
The Hidden Mist Village genin surveyed the Death Rock Cave surrounded by barbed wire, a chilling smile appearing on his face as he licked his lips, "Tsk, it's practically made for us."
This kind of rock cave terrain was incredibly comfortable for them, who were skilled in Water Release. One Water Release jutsu would make it hard for anyone to dodge!
Kisame also smiled, "It's very suitable."
"It's indeed very suitable... to be your burial ground."
A discordant voice came from the side, making Kisame stop smiling. The two Hidden Mist Village ninjas next to him also instantly looked over with sharp eyes.
The speaker was a muscular man with dark skin, wearing coarse cloth clothing and a Hidden Leaf forehead protector with the symbol of 'Hidden Cloud Village'.
"It's not certain whose burial ground it will be."
"Watch your mouth, Cloud Ninja..."
The two Hidden Mist Village genin looked coldly at the Cloud Ninja opposite them.
This terrain was suitable for them, but also equally suitable for Cloud Ninjas who practiced Lightning Release. Moreover, Cloud Ninjas' Lightning Release countered Water Release, so Hidden Mist Village ninjas often suffered losses against Cloud Ninjas.
The three Hidden Cloud Village genin were clearly aware of this, so they completely disregarded the threats of the three Hidden Mist Village ninjas, looking like they were ready for a fight.
Just then.
A voice came over.
"Everyone, quiet down!"
Shinku Yuhi, who was in charge of presiding over the second Chunin Exam, walked over and said in a deep voice, "Before the second exam begins, you must first sign this consent form, because there is a possibility of casualties in this exam... Those unwilling to sign can leave now."
Many ninjas looked at each other. Of course, no one who had made it this far would retreat halfway. They quickly signed the consent forms one by one.
"Alright, next are the exam rules..."
Shinku Yuhi looked at the genin who had signed the consent forms and spoke in a deep voice, "There are now thirty-four people participating in the second Chunin Exam. Including those acting alone, there are a total of twelve teams. Next, you will be given two types of scrolls."
"The goal of this exam is to obtain both the Heaven and Earth scrolls and successfully reach the central lookout tower of the Death Rock Cave within a time limit of three days..."
"Now, come and receive your scrolls separately."
After Shinku Yuhi spoke in a deep voice, he motioned for the examinees to come and receive their scrolls.
Since there weren't many teams left, only twelve, the distribution of scrolls was not concealed. Six teams that received the Heaven scroll and six teams that received the Earth scroll stood on opposite sides, looking at each other with hostile eyes.
The Cloud and Mist ninjas both received the Earth Scroll.
"We got a useless scroll... There's no benefit in eliminating you."
"Heh heh."
The ninjas from Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Mist Village exchanged cold glances, then ignored each other and looked towards the teams that had received the Heaven scroll.
Among them, the most eye-catching, causing almost all six teams with Earth scrolls to look over, was Shin, who was alone with a Heaven scroll.
"That guy is really alone."
"Heh... He dares to participate alone, so he must have some confidence. He's probably not easy to deal with, but the combat power of a three-person team and one person is not the same concept."
Many ninjas looked at Shin with ill intentions.
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