How can anyone live like this? I just walked in and passed the exam without even taking it!
This must be a trick; they just want us to be cannon fodder.
Zhou Yan (henceforth, the protagonist's name will be Inoue Chiba) ranted internally, her small face taut, looking at the female teacher in front of her with disbelief.
The female teacher awkwardly glanced left and right at the two male teachers, perhaps thinking, "Did I congratulate her incorrectly, causing Inoue Chiba to break down?"
After a few seconds of stunned, and confirming she hadn't misheard, Chiba weakly asked, "Teacher, haven't I not taken the exam yet?"
The Little girl snapped back to reality, and the female teacher smiled and explained, "As long as you arrive here, you've passed the exam.
Congratulations!"
The teacher's voice was very pleasant, somewhat like coaxing a child, and Chiba's eye twitched as she said, "Arriving here counts as passing?
This simple? What kind of exam is this?"
A large drop of sweat appeared on the beautiful teacher's forehead, and she thought, "This exam is too simple; I truly apologize to you!"
Regardless of her thoughts, she still managed a slight smile on the surface, patiently explaining to Chiba.
The explanation was simple, but after hearing it, Chiba had the urge to vomit three catties of fresh blood.
It truly was 'Heaven's wrath may be forgiven; self-inflicted evil leaves no escape.'
The final result of the exam was to walk to the 402 Classroom, and that was correct!
Along the way, the examiners also set up corresponding obstacles, which was to use Genjutsu to make the third floor appear as the fourth floor.
When Chiba went upstairs, the students she saw on the third floor who were out of class were not actually students, but rather graduating examinees, merely deceived by the Genjutsu, thinking the third floor was the fourth.
If they hadn't reached the true 402 Classroom by noon, they would all fail.
Hehe!
It's truly simple to the extreme!
Chiba asked with extreme resentment in her heart, "Which unqualified examiner released this Genjutsu?
Can I meet the teacher who cast the Genjutsu?"
Eh!
What a strange request, why would she want to meet the teacher who cast the Genjutsu?
The female teacher looked puzzled.
"Of course, I want to learn this Genjutsu from the teacher!" Chiba realized her blunder and immediately explained, putting on an embarrassed expression.
What could she do by meeting this unqualified teacher?
Could she even beat him?
Chiba did want to do that, but could she win?
At most, she would remember his appearance, then curse him in her heart to vent her anger.
...
The name of the Genjutsu was: Demonic Illusion: Here Not There.
The caster was Konoha's Elite Jonin, Shinku Yuhi, who was Yuhi Kurenai's father.
At this moment, his main body was rushing to the front lines where they were battling the Sand Ninja, and after noon, his eyes suddenly lit up.
The Shadow Clone that cast the Jutsu had been dispelled and returned, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he softly muttered, "It seems there's a very promising talent in this graduation exam!"
This talent was, of course, Chiba.
However, she was currently exiting the teaching building in a daze.
She hadn't met the caster, but she had received a Genjutsu scroll for training, which was said to be her reward.
A C-rank Genjutsu training scroll, it was a blessing in disguise!
Chiba sighed to the heavens, it seemed she could only resign herself to fate.
She had one month before going to the battlefield, and during this time, a Jonin would lead her on various simple missions to familiarize her with teamwork.
Chiba passed the exam, returning disappointed.
However, the monitoring room of the teaching building had erupted into chaos.
At this moment, the Third Hokage had been alarmed, and he was now also standing in the monitoring room, watching the surveillance footage.
"Rewind, rewind one more frame, stop!
Start from here." The head of the monitoring room directed the operator to rewind the tape.
"Hokage-sama, please look!"
The Third Hokage at this time was younger than when he appeared in the anime, but he was still somewhat old.
However, his white Hokage robe gave off an inexplicable pressure.
He removed the pipe from his left hand and seriously watched the footage being replayed on the monitor.
The footage replayed was the process of Inoue Chiba's exam.
The third floor was the casting site for 'Demonic Illusion: Here Not There.'
Chiba walked up to the third floor, glanced at the floor sign there, then looked at the other examinees, and then directly went up to the fourth floor without a moment of hesitation.
A C-rank Genjutsu was nothing major; a Genin being able to see through it in a short time could be considered having very high Genjutsu talent.
But if a C-rank Genjutsu cast by an Elite Jonin, Shinku Yuhi, known as a Genjutsu expert, was seen through so easily, then it was no small matter.
One must know that Shinku Yuhi, as a Genjutsu expert, was one of Konoha's two greatest Genjutsu Ninja, and his Genjutsu could not even be reflected by the Mangekyo Sharingan. [ Bullshit, ignore the last line please ]
However, what was unexpected was that this little girl in the surveillance footage saw through this Genjutsu with just one glance, which was truly unimaginable, and thus also alarmed the Third Hokage to come and personally investigate the process.
The Third Hokage's wrinkled face revealed a smile as he took two puffs from his pipe and slowly asked, "Does Shinku Yuhi know?"
The person in charge did not dare to neglect and immediately replied respectfully, "Senior Shinku Yuhi has already rushed to the front lines, and his Shadow Clone has been dispelled, so he must already know what happened!"
The Third Hokage nodded after hearing this: "I will personally appoint this girl's guiding Jonin!
Also, give me a copy of her data."
...
Chiba was unaware of the commotion in the monitoring room.
She only knew that her luck was bad, encountering a terrible Genjutsu user whose Genjutsu was full of loopholes, causing her plan to die in its infancy before it even began.
But how could she know that precisely because of this flawed Genjutsu, her fate had completely transformed from cannon fodder to guided cannon fodder?
If her luck was even better, she might even survive the Third Shinobi World War.
Ninja wars are full of variables; even a Jonin doesn't dare to say he can survive, let alone a Genin.
Completely unaware of how outstanding she was, Chiba had a full meal on the street, then came to the forest east of Konoha.
This place was not far from the Village, quite safe, and there was also a small stream here, making it an excellent place for Chakra control training like walking on water and climbing trees.
Life is like that!
If you can't resist, you can only try to go with it!
Since she had passed the exam, she could only seize every moment to train, which would also increase her chances of survival.
As the saying goes, 'More sweat in peacetime, less blood in wartime,' and this famous saying will not deceive anyone.
Chiba came to the calm stream, formed hand signs, then lifted her foot into the water.
Aside from the first time her body swayed a bit, everything else went smoothly; now, even running on the water surface was not a problem.
Chakra control is a matter of proficiency, but Chiba had a good foundation, so water walking training was quite easy.
Her Chakra control was comparable to Sakura's even before she was born. [ Stretch lol ]
Tree climbing training was also the same; she succeeded on the first try, and then she moved swiftly, as if walking on flat ground.
Chiba's Chakra volume was not as small as Sakura's; on the contrary, because of her strenuous training, her Chakra volume had already exceeded that of an ordinary Genin.
Water walking and tree climbing, Chiba completed both trainings within an hour, and later on, she could do them effortlessly, without needing to concentrate specifically.
Chiba didn't know many Ninjutsu at present; apart from the Clone Technique, Transformation Technique, and Substitution Technique learned at school, she truly didn't know any other Ninjutsu.
Of course, what she learned at school also included the use of shuriken and kunai, as well as basic skills like tracking and escaping techniques.
These were the basics of basics, but at this moment, Chiba had the opportunity to learn a C-rank Genjutsu, and this was her first C-rank Genjutsu.
Learning it would undoubtedly instantly raise her strength by a level, increasing her chances of survival.
Opening the rewarded Genjutsu scroll, the name of the Genjutsu was written on it: Demonic Illusion: Here Not There.
Chiba knew this Jutsu; it was a Jutsu that made the affected person see a different scene.
Below the Genjutsu name was the explanation of the Genjutsu's effect, which was no different from what Chiba had thought, just more detailed.
Further down were the Chakra flow diagram and the detailed explanation of the required hand signs, and finally, the message from the owner of this Genjutsu scroll: "Genjutsu has no strength or weakness; it only depends on the caster's application — Konoha: Shinku Yuhi."