- How's the mood? - Asked the team, grinning.
- We're ready, Ryo-sensei! - Hoshi stepped forward resolutely, clenching her fists.
- Our chance of making the finals is much greater than the overwhelming number of teams participating," Asani nodded, supporting her friend.
Surizawa remained silent, but it was obvious that she had no doubts about the trio's ability to make it to the top of the exam. As their teacher, I didn't doubt it either, but I was in no hurry to express my opinion - overconfident genin are the first to die.
- Don't shame me, but you shouldn't take any unnecessary risks either - you know who you should back off against, and who you can handle without too much trouble," I nodded.
- Yes, Sensei! - I heard a triple cheer in response.
- But your image is incomplete," I said, playing with my eyebrows and taking a scroll out of my pocket and printing its contents.
Handing the students black glasses and cloaks, I stepped back, and in a few seconds I had three similar figures in front of me, only scaled down. Only a very observant person could realize that the three cloaked fighters were actually kunoichi, and that was only when they were moving.
In fact, the cloaks had been ready for a long time, but the intense training battles in full uniform had worn them out, so I had to make new ones, and I had only finished the goggles the other day. But, now I'm sure that the vast majority of potential chunin will be very surprised when their combat techniques hit the target but do no damage.
Excluding Doton, of course, but Iwa is not represented on the exam, and hardly any of the participants are proficient at more than basic jutsu that even a genin can dodge.
- Well, you're definitely ready now," he nodded to the team, "you have your forms with you, so let's go!
- Yes, Sensei!
The students nodded to me and started towards the academy, and I moved a little behind, noting that despite the ability to develop a much more significant speed, they show only the level of an average genin, but no more, and the equipment makes detection by sensors almost impossible.
Well, I guess my presence is no longer required here and you can join the rest of the team mentors, for whom a separate room at the Academy has been prepared.
Actually, the mentor should be in it a little before the genin appear in the academy. This is done so that no one can help their team until the first stage officially begins, because the test for the applicants for the chunin title starts from the moment they step through the front doors. I'm confident in my girls, but about one-fifth of the genin drop out at the very beginning, having fallen for various tricks and tricks with simple genjutsu.
Shunshin!
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