Chapter 452 Preparation

"Excuse me?"

Sasuke heard the other party call out his name accurately. After being a little surprised, he couldn't help asking the other party's name.

Suddenly seeing his 'clan', Sasuke must be excited, but besides excitement, there is also a complex emotion in his heart.

He has already known through some channels that outside Konoha Village, there is still a line of Uchiha clansmen remaining.

The people in this part of the tribe, it seems that because of some things in the past, they left Konoha more than ten years ago to seek development outside, and at the same time avoided the fate of being washed by Itachi blood later.

The last time I went to the country of Nami to perform a mission, I saw that among the ninjas in the country of ghosts, some of them had the family crest of the Uchiha clan marked on their clothes.

Sasuke realized that the Uchiha tribe of that line had already taken root in the kingdom of ghosts and continued the Uchiha bloodline.

According to Sasuke's understanding, the relationship between Konoha and the country of ghosts is extremely bad.

Sasuke couldn't help guessing that the main reason for the bad relationship between the two parties may be related to the incident that the Uchiha tribe of that line left Konoha more than ten years ago.

As for the specific situation, Sasuke didn't know much.

Because when those tribesmen left Konoha, he was not born yet, even Uchiha Itachi was just born at that time.

Especially Konoha seems to deliberately shield this disgraceful history belonging to Uchiha. It can be said that there are many difficulties for Sasuke, who is still a ninja, if he wants to start an investigation.

Intuition told him that once this kind of matter is investigated in depth, it is likely to cause some unnecessary troubles.

Asuka didn't know Sasuke's extremely complex emotions, and Asuka didn't need to cover up Sasuke's question, so he introduced himself generously:

"Hello, my name is Uchiha Asuka, from the country of ghosts."

He doesn't know much about Sasuke, he only knows that the other party is the orphan of the Konoha Uchiha clan.

As for other information, I just heard this name by chance from my parents' conversations. Asuka didn't go to understand the deeper things.

"... Uchiha Sasuke, Konoha Ninja."

I don't know if it was because he didn't plan how to interface, Sasuke reported his name and identity again, and then fell silent.

Because the encounter with another Clan member was originally an unplanned event, there was no preparation at all in advance, and the encounter was still so abrupt.

If it's just two people alone, Sasuke certainly wants to pull each other to understand some things.

But looking at the people present, I know that it is a bit out of date now, as long as I suppress this impulse in my heart.

"Eh, Uchiha!?"

Compared to Naruto who was still talking about what kind of ramen he would eat later, Sakura covered her mouth in surprise when she heard Asuka's introduction, and stared at the boy who was two or three years older than herself in front of her with wide eyes.

Finally, his gaze stayed on the Uchiwa fan logo on his clothes like Sasuke.

Sakura, who has almost perfect scores in the theoretical exams, is naturally familiar with this conspicuous symbol.

That is the family symbol that only the wealthy Uchiha clan ninjas are eligible to use.

In other words, the boy in front of him who is older than them is from the Uchiha clan! ?

And claiming to be from the country of ghosts, not Konoha, made Sakura's brain a little confused, and she didn't react for a while.

"But, I remember that Uchiha is only us Konoha..."

Before Sakura finished speaking, a voice rang out:

"As a Konoha ninja, I don't even know this kind of thing. You can easily understand this kind of thing by inquiring outside. Your Konoha shinobi's ability to obtain information is too poor, right? Could it be that you used to dawdle in school?"

Hearing the commotion here, Xianglin walked over quickly, with his hands on his hips, and his tone was very rude.

"Uh...sorry, we don't have these in the textbooks we study..."

Facing Xiang Rin's imposing tone, Sakura unnaturally got a head short, and defended in a low voice.

In the textbook of Konoha Ninja School, although the country of Oni Land is also mentioned, it has never been mentioned above that there are ninjas from the Uchiha clan.

Right at this moment, Sakura remembered something.

I remember the last time I left Namiya, I met a group of ninjas who were also boarding a ship at the port of Namokuni. One of them seemed to have the Uchiha family crest embroidered on their clothes.

It's just that Sakura didn't pay much attention to it at the time, thinking it was just a careless look. But now it seems that it is not the same thing.

Sakura is also a little puzzled now. The textbook clearly states that the Uchiha clan is one of the founders of Konoha. Since the Warring States Period, this wealthy ninja has been living in Konoha and is an inseparable part of Konoha.

But why are there Uchiha ninjas who are not under the management of Konoha in the land of ghosts?

Doesn't this statement seem contradictory?

"Who are you, speaking so arrogantly?"

Seeing that Sakura was suppressed by Xiang Rin's aura, Naruto immediately became dissatisfied, and pointed to Xiang Rin's nostrils to question.

Xiang Rin lightly fiddled with her long red hair, kept her hands on her hips, snorted and said, "Isn't it common sense to state your own name before asking someone else's name?"

"Then listen carefully, my uncle's name is"

Before Naruto finished speaking, Xianglin interrupted him:

"Forget it, you don't need to introduce yourself, I'm not interested in your foxy face. Handsome guy, can we get to know each other?"

As she spoke, her eyes were fixed on Sasuke's cold and handsome face, which was quite moved.

Seeing Xiang Rin ignoring him directly and accosting Sasuke, Naruto suddenly burst into anger.

Damn it, why is Sasuke stealing the limelight again? He's obviously just a badass! Naruto was filled with jealousy.

"No, I'm not interested in you."

Sasuke's eyes didn't stay on Xiang Rin's body for a moment, but looked at Asuka.

"If I have time, I want to chat with you alone and learn something from you, is that okay?"

Xiang Rin, who was ignored, stood there awkwardly, then gave Asuka a resentful look, as if saying something like 'Captain Asuka, you are in the way'.

Don't fire at me. Asuka, who has been hit by an indiscriminate disaster, is a little hard to understand Xianglin's brain circuit.

Asuka didn't care about Xiang Rin's dissatisfaction, and said to Sasuke: "Yes, but there are some questions that I may not be able to answer for you. And the day after tomorrow is the day when the Chunin Exam starts. You are also a candidate for this joint Chunin Exam. I am looking forward to your performance then."

"It will not let you down."

Sasuke stared closely at Asuka's face, his eyes burning with fighting spirit.

Although they are of the same race, Sasuke also has a strong desire to compete with Asuka.

He really wanted to know how strong his fellow clan was.

Sasuke is looking forward to the Chunin exam that will start the day after tomorrow.

"Brother Asuka, Xianglin, we are almost here, are you ready to talk?"

Cai's shouts came from over there.

"Let's leave it at that, let's talk again when we have a chance."

Asuka nodded to Sasuke and walked towards Sai.

Xiang Rin looked at Sasuke, then at Asuka, and knew that now was not a good time to strike up a conversation, so she sighed, and left behind Asuka.

"Hey, you two wait, I haven't reported my name yet!"

Naruto wanted to stop Asuka and Xianglin, but both Asuka and Xianglin were not interested in him, and after ignoring his shouting, they joined Cai.

"Damn it!"

Naruto felt even more unwilling when he saw Asuka and Xianglin ignoring him and leaving directly.

Rather than being unwilling to be ignored by others, it is better to say that he felt the frustration of being completely outmatched by Sasuke, which made him feel resentful.

"Give up, Naruto, he is obviously not interested in you. After all, Sasuke is too good."

Sakura patted Naruto on the shoulder, and said with a suppressed smile, not sure if it was comforting words.

"What, you even say that, Sakura! How am I inferior to Sasuke?"

Naruto's inner jealousy is about to overflow his body.

"idiot."

Sasuke replied Naruto's words.

A certain nerve in Naruto's brain was broken, and he clenched his fists, wanting to rush to Sasuke to teach him a lesson.

"Naruto, don't mess around here, many people are watching you!"

Seeing Naruto running away, Sakura had no choice but to stop Naruto.

There are not only people from Konoha Village, but also many people from other countries. Sakura dare not let him do anything wrong here. If something goes wrong, there will be trouble.

September 15th, the day when the Joint Chunin Exam started.

The Genin candidates from all over the world who came to participate in the Joint Zhongnin Examination arrived at Muye Village one after another before the 13th. There were more than 200 Genin candidates in total. The number of Genin candidates who participated in the exam also exceeded any previous Chunin exam, which proves how huge the scale of this Chunin exam feast is.

Morning, seven thirty.

All the candidates who took the first test of the Chunin Exam set off from the hotel or from their own homes one after another, and started to gather at the ninja school in Konoha.

Among the candidates who took the exam, Konoha's ninjas had the largest number of participants, a total of 81 people, and 27 teams of ninjas were Konoha's ninjas who participated in the Chunin exam this time.

Allowing so many lower ninjas to participate in the joint chunin exam shows how much Konoha attaches importance to this joint chunin exam, as if announcing a fact to the rest of the world-Konoha is bound to win this joint chunin exam.

Regarding Konoha's behavior of dispatching a large number of ninjas to take part in the exam, each village shinned it tacitly. Although some ninja villages said nothing on their faces, they sneered secretly in their hearts, feeling disdainful of Konoha's approach.

I think that Konoha has stuffed so many genin candidates, there must be a lot of genin who are filling up the numbers.

There are only a very small number of ninja teams that can truly be called elites.

Since the first exam was held at the ninja school, Konoha had already given the ninja school students a holiday a week ago. As a result, in the current ninja school, except for the ninja candidates who took the exam, only the examiner is present.

And for the sake of confidentiality, the entire ninja school was strictly banned during the morning exam.

The ninja school is surrounded by a large number of Konoha ninjas, completely surrounding the school without any mistakes. The purpose is to prevent irrelevant people from rushing into the examination room and disturbing the order of the examination.

After all, it is a joint Chunin exam of various countries. In terms of security work, Konoha, as the organizer of the first exam, naturally has to carefully arrange the order of the exam room, and dare not take any chances.

"Is this number too many?"

Mixed in the crowd, Xiangling looked at the lower ninjas from various ninja villages, and secretly became speechless.

Although she had been mentally prepared for this, she was still a little surprised by the spectacle of so many ninja taking the exam together.

"After all, the six major powers are jointly leading, and of course the number of participants will not be small."

Asuka was quite calm about this scene.

"Not only that, but some of these ninja chakras are a little different."

Xiang Rin frowned. Although the staff was mixed, she still found many ninjas with powerful chakra.

Although chakra is not an absolute criterion for judging the strength of a ninja, a ninja with a huge chakra will definitely not be weak.

"The strength of a ninja who can take this kind of test is basically the same. It seems that we have some fun in the first two tests."

Asuka let out a breath.

Although he doesn't have Cai's white eyes, nor does he have Xiang Rin's excellent perception ability, but just from the extremely confident expressions on the faces of the surrounding Shinobi, it can be known that these Jinnin taking the exam have two brushes.

Some ninjas are older than him. Although this age is still at the ninja level, which belongs to the category of talent deviation, but at this stage of ninja, these older ninjas have obviously accumulated a lot of actual combat experience. And it is definitely not the first time to participate in the Zhongnin exam. Compared with the first time to participate in the Zhongnin exam, the experienced ninja in this part obviously has a greater advantage.

"Do you still remember the tactics we drew up when we came?"

Before entering the teaching building, Asuka looked at the people on both sides and asked softly.

"Of course I will keep this in mind, Captain Asuka."

Xiang Rin answered briskly, as if she didn't take this kind of exam to heart.

Cai nodded, indicating that he remembered the tactical arrangement.

The three of them have taken this kind of mock exam many times during the journey, basically taking all the circumstances into account, and have made corresponding plans.

"That's good. Let's see what kind of test questions the examiner will ask, and then adopt different countermeasures according to the test questions given by the examiner."

For Asuka, passing the test for his team must be the top priority.

But if the examiner's exam questions have room for manipulation, then using the rules of the first exam to eliminate more opponents is also a tactic.

After all, the ultimate purpose of this exam is not to serve oneself, but to the prestige of the kingdom of ghosts.

If possible, Asuka wants to eliminate all the ninja teams except the Oni Ninja in the first test.

But this kind of thing, Asuka can only think about it, it is actually impossible to do it.

Although he is extremely confident in his own strength, the jinn who came to participate in this zhongnin exam also have powerful enemies that make him fearful. It is completely unknown what kind of means these people have, and it is too difficult to eliminate all jinnin, and it is unrealistic.

Asuka took the lead along the stairs and went up.

Xiang Rin and Cai followed closely behind.

Arrived on the second floor, Asuka frowned, sensing something was wrong, and glanced not far away.

A group of ninja candidates stood at the door of a classroom on the second floor, as if waiting for the examiner to open the door.

If Asuka remembers correctly, this should be the second floor of the teaching building. The location of the first exam is Room 301 of the teaching building, obviously on the third floor.

Illusion?

Asuka's eyes fluctuated, the bright red in his eyes flashed away, and then returned to normal.

"It's really boring enough pranks, let's go."

Asuka shook his head, instead of reminding the group of examinees, he continued towards the third floor with Xianglin and Cai.

The group of candidates didn't notice the movement of the three of Asuka going upstairs, but just waited there quietly.

This kind of illusion may not be very powerful, but it is easy for a ninja who is not good at dealing with illusion.

But this trick is completely useless against Asuka who has Sharingan.

Cai and Xiang Rin can also use white eyes and sensory ninjutsu to detect the abnormal chakra flow in the surrounding air, and crack this extremely simple basic illusion.

It should be those examiners who are playing tricks on people. Asuka guessed in his heart.

After all, to be able to create such a large-scale illusion covering a single floor of the teaching building is definitely not something that one ninja can maintain. It requires multiple ninjas who are proficient in illusion to maintain it together.

Arriving at the door of classroom 301 on the third floor, the door of the classroom has already been opened, and many candidates who have cracked the illusion on the second floor walked in, which is completely different from the fake classroom on the second floor with the illusion trap.

Classroom 301 has a large interior space, which is more than enough to accommodate hundreds of candidates taking the exam at the same time.

There are a large number of desks in the classroom. There are twelve desks in each row, a total of twenty-five rows, and a total of 300 seats, which is almost equal to the number of ninja taking the exam.

Asuka carefully observed the layout of the classroom, ignoring the lower ninjas of the surrounding ninja villages, glanced at the 300 seats, and then shifted to another direction.

During this time, Asuka discovered a very interesting phenomenon.

Three hundred desks are placed in the center of classroom 301 in the order of twelve in each row, a total of twenty-five rows, with spacious aisles on both sides for people to pass through.

The aisle is not decorated with anything, but two rows of chairs with their backs against the wall.

Sitting on this kind of chair, you can clearly see the situation of each row of desks from the side.

Candidates are undoubtedly sitting on the desk in the center for the competition, and the chairs on both sides, Asuka can only think of one situation, that is, these chairs are seats for the invigilators.

There are a total of thirty seats, and each aisle has fifteen seats.

Each seat is separated by a certain distance, and the length of the final pulling distance is just balanced with the candidates' seats in the middle of the twenty-five rows.

25 rows of students, 30 invigilators... Asuka felt a little headache.

Anyway, Asuka felt that the number of invigilators was a bit too much.

But fortunately, instead of arranging fifty invigilators, there are two invigilators in each row watching together.

If that happens, even if you want to cheat, you will be noticed by the invigilator immediately.

In other words, the reason why only 30 invigilators are arranged, to a certain extent, is to leave room for candidates to cheat?

Asuka was speechless at Konoha's wicked taste.

"This situation is a bit unexpected..."

Xiang Rin also felt embarrassed.

The layout of the 301 examination room is not arranged randomly, but to use this layout to convey some information to the candidates in advance.

Use cryptic information to tell the candidates how to take action under the watchful eyes of so many invigilators.

Because the written test means the theoretical assessment, the theoretical assessment must be linked to the score.

If the score is low, you may be eliminated. If you want to improve your score, you must answer the questions correctly.

There are two ways to answer the questions correctly, one is to pass by yourself, and the other is to cheat and copy others to get high scores and avoid the fate of being eliminated.

Smart people have already started to discuss with their companions how to arrange their actions when the exam starts.

Or, discuss how to cheat.

Then, the thirty proctors who will appear soon will also be the biggest opponents of the candidates, not just the questions that will be placed on the test paper.

"The information is hidden in the dark and will not be disclosed on the bright side. When the examiner announces the exam questions later, he will definitely hide some unspoken rules that can be manipulated. If the score is obtained by cheating, then someone must be able to make the questions of the test paper, so that the test 'cheating' is meaningful. Otherwise, I estimate that very few people will pass the exam by then."

It seems that there is no way out for the candidates, but before the real exam questions and rules are announced, Asuka does not dare to be too arbitrary.

But as far as he understands, if so many invigilators are arranged to prevent candidates from cheating and make all candidates behave in the written test, then this kind of test will be too boring and rigid, and there is nothing to praise.

Cheating is different. Cheating can get the correct answer from the opponent, or you can get the answer to the question through the "hint" between you and your partner.

Isn't this just a disguised test of the candidates' intelligence collection and information transmission capabilities?

These abilities are exactly what Chunin should have.

Thinking of this, Asuka looked at the seats in the aisles on both sides, and somewhat understood the intention of the chief examiner in the first round.

But I still have to say that the character of this examiner is quite bad!

Is there some sadistic quirk?

"Go to meet up there, and I will explain some of the information I know."

Asuka looked towards the corner of classroom 301, where twelve Oni no Kuni ninja gathered.

Xiang Rin and Cai didn't ask what Asuka knew, and followed behind Asuka without saying a word, walking towards the position occupied by the demon kingdom.

After meeting with the rest of the ninjas from the Oni Land, these ninjas nodded slightly to the three of Asuka, and automatically surrounded a small circle, watching vigilantly for the movements of the ninjas in other ninja villages.

Seeing that all the ninjas from the kingdom of ghosts gathered here, Asuka lowered his voice and said, "Time is limited. Let me briefly explain that there are two things you have to do in the exam later. The first thing is to encounter questions that you don't know how to do. Don't copy anyone's answers except the ones made by our team. As for how the answers will be passed on to you, it will be up to Xiang Rin and Cai to be responsible. You all sit down in your seats and don't act rashly without orders."

"Yes. What's the second thing?"

A ninja from the kingdom of ghosts asked.

Asuka took out mirrors from his pocket and distributed them to everyone, a sharp look flashed in his eyes.

"The second thing you have to do is to find a way to place the mirror on a high place, and at the same time find the guy who can solve the problem among the candidates..."

(end of this chapter)