"Flowing Water Rock Cave, a labyrinth exam venue."
Minato Namikaze continued his introduction.
"All candidates need to enter from different entrances, break through the maze, and finally converge on the same main road to reach the stone tower at the end to pass."
"The deadline is before 24:00 tonight. Three-person teams must proceed together; if one person cannot move, the entire team is declared failed."
Minato looked at his watch.
"It is now 11:30 AM... The exam will officially begin in half an hour. Do any candidates have questions?"
After the screening of the first round, 100 people remained in the candidate teams.
Although handing in a blank paper could also pass the assessment, apart from Kaito, everyone else chose to take the exam normally, which meant... cheating.
After all, most people's goal was to get a high score and not be eliminated.
Therefore, clumsy cheating methods were caught by the proctors, leading to elimination, greatly reducing the number of people.
At least half of the candidates did not pass the first round.
So, the question is, was it worth it?
Kaito sighed; with so many experience points gone, he was a bit unhappy.
"Lord Proctor."
Terumi Mei raised her hand. After obtaining Minato's signal, she began to ask.
"Can we just jump directly to the top of the rock wall and observe the entire exam venue from above..."
"Hmph~, that is absolutely impossible for you to do~."
Kushina on the side couldn't wait any longer.
She seemed to be waiting for someone to ask this.
"The entire exam venue is set up with a special 'Ten-Seal Barrier' to seal the sky overhead. Everyone can gaze at the dome, but absolutely cannot break it! That is to say... an artificially created closed exam venue! By the way, the barrier was set up by me, this deputy proctor, personally, dattebane~!"
Hearing the term Ten-Seal Barrier, everyone was horrified.
Barrier Ninjutsu is a niche type of ninjutsu; precisely because of its high difficulty, its power is extremely strong.
The C-rank Five-Seal Barrier can block elite Jonin.
The legendary A-rank Ten-Seal Barrier... how insane is that~~~!
"Could it be..."
After her surprise, Terumi Mei's gaze constantly scanned Kushina's red hair.
She...
"A survivor of the Uzumaki clan," Kaguya Son revealed Kushina's true identity from the side.
Back then.
The homeland of the Uzumaki clan, the Land of Whirlpools, was invaded and destroyed by Kirigakure and Kumogakure.
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The Iwagakure ninja immediately judged the construction of the exam venue.
These rock walls were all raised from natural soil and stones squeezed by Earth Release ninjutsu.
Earth Release: Earth Flow Rampart is a ninjutsu that can manipulate more earth soil by increasing the amount of chakra, raising a huge earth wall under the user's feet. The shape of the earth wall can vary from flat to steep mountain ranges according to the user's will.
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Yuki clan member Yuki Hana glanced at the gurgling turbulence.
Water Release: Waterfall Basin Technique can draw out groundwater in places with water sources, shaping anything from small streams to huge waterfalls.
Earth Release + Water Release + Barrier Ninjutsu is the essence of the 45th Training Ground.
"Interesting."
Kaito commented.
In the original work, Captain Yamato once used the combination of these two techniques to help Naruto train in Wind Release.
Here, the two techniques correspond to each other, becoming a water cave maze.
Sunagakure's Baki was moved: "Lord Proctor, seeing it this way, apart from the headache-inducing complex maze, there seems to be no danger?"
"..."
Minato then looked at Kaito.
Indeed, as Baki said, as long as they break through the maze and reach the end, it's fine. At most, there will be friction during the process; fighting is not the only choice.
Everything changed with Uchiha Kaito handing in a blank paper in the first round.
0 points can also become a Chunin, provided that he shines in the second round.
If Uchiha Kaito wants to get a high score, he must display the Sharingan.
Once the Sharingan is displayed, he will become the target of public criticism!
Besides.
The goals of candidates from various countries are not simple.
Sunagakure is Konoha's ally, but they always want to backstab. They believe the alliance treaty is waste paper and are ready to turn against them at any time.
Kirigakure sent candidates this time mainly to collect intelligence. Being far away, they always want to land on the Land of Fire from their island nation for invasion.
Iwagakure is disadvantaged in intelligence gathering; their intelligence department's ability has always been poor. So Iwagakure's style is mostly simple and crude killing. Killing anyone they see, weakening the number of ninja in other countries, and killing the new generation of various countries should be their goal for this assessment.
As for Kumogakure...
Kumogakure appears to have many hot-blooded men on the surface, but in reality, they like and are best at abducting and stealing precious Kekkei Genkai, related populations, and bloodlines from various countries. This is something they have been doing since the founding of their village.
Therefore.
This assessment will definitely see bloody killing scenes.
All candidates start from different entrances and eventually converge on the same main road. There is a high probability of meeting, and battles will inevitably be fierce. In the end, it's hard to say how many people will survive.
"Phew..."
Among the candidate teams, Hyuga Natsu took a deep breath.
She firmly remembered the Clan Head's teachings to proclaim the name of the Hyuga clan in the Chunin Exams.
The Byakugan can see through the maze of this exam venue.
That is to say, as long as she uses her Kekkei Genkai well, she can break through the fastest, avoid others, and pass the level successfully.
So, mocking everyone here is no problem.
Just as Hyuga Natsu planned to step out and shout slogans, Kaito took a step ahead and walked out of the line.
Coming in front of Minato, Kaito turned around and looked at everyone.
While everyone was confused, Kaito suddenly shouted: "Our Uchiha clan is the number one clan in Konoha!"
Hyuga Natsu: "..."
Uchiha Yo: "..."