- Kai," the kunoichi immediately folded her hands into a seal, interrupting the flow of chakra in her body.
At the same moment, the signs with class numbers floated and changed to other ones, and several genin appeared on the floor, moving confidently towards the fake classroom, from which a barely audible hum of voices began to come out, paying no attention to anyone.
The dead silence that had been present earlier dissipated, proving to be a consequence of the illusion as well. The friends immediately realized what was going on and shook off the illusion themselves.
- Genjutsu, and quite skillful at that," Asani whispered quietly, as she was the most gifted in the field, "on the stairs as well.
It took a lot of effort to get up a few flights of stairs to the third floor without being noticed, and they'd done it, caught in the illusion, though they should have sensed it almost immediately, since they'd traveled up and down the stairs hundreds of times.
Hoshi wrinkled her nose - despite her caution, they'd fallen into the first trap, which was easy to spot, despite the quality of the workmanship. Sensei had warned that the exam would test the participants in all areas of shinobi development and they should be very careful even before the first stage.
They were too confident in their own abilities, and almost paid for it. Hoshi clenched her fists, promising herself to triple her vigilance and not to rush forward, even if she thought the possible obstacles were insignificant.
- Shall we go back? - The blonde asked quietly, looking around warily.
- No, it's better not to attract the attention of other participants by giving away the trap," Asani waved her hand and suggested, 'Let's get out of the floor through the window,' she pointed to the far end of the corridor, "from the other side of the building we won't be visible to those gathered at the entrance and we can use the wall to get to the second floor or to the right classroom.
- Good idea," Hoshi nodded.
After making sure that the genin who were caught in the genjutsu were not paying attention to them, the three kunoichi climbed out through a window that had been left open on purpose and walked along the wall of the building around the corner to the opposite side of the entrance.
Hoshi quickly counted the windows, locating the location of the target class and signaled to Surizawa. The iryonin of the team formed an almost invisible thread of chakra through the frame and in one motion opened the latch, allowing the window to swing open and enter.
The seven teams already in the room focused their attention on the newcomers, but Hoshi's CI was decent, even for a chunin, and the curious decided not to bother, turning away. Gesturing for her friends to take a seat against the wall, Hoshi looked out of the classroom and finding a slightly surprised chunin outside, gave him the team forms, registering herself for the first stage of the exam.
Returning to her own, she allowed herself to relax a little, eyeing the teams that had made it, and feeling pleased with the outfit that concealed that fact. It was obvious that the Genin in them had also discovered genjutsu, or were simply more competent at it than the rest of the competition. However, the four Konoha teams had one member of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, whose dojutsu made it incredibly easy.
But two teams from Kumogakure and one from Sunagakure had a mental note of illusion resistance in their dossiers, in addition to Ryo-sensei's already compiled characteristics. Thanks to the demonstrated hyunga, it was completely impossible to mistake who was who.
It was still about an hour or so before the exam began, so the trio of kunoichi leaned against the wall and waited, watching for any new commands that found their way to the correct class.
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