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[URW] Chapter 322: All in the Uchiha
Oct 4
Exam schedule—
The morning was the written test, the afternoon was the Forest of Death field exercise.
At noon, people clustered in twos and threes to eat.
Rengoku had a few papers in his hand.
Kimimaro and Haku got 8 points, Gaara, Shion, Hinata got 10 points, Hotaru, Karin, Naruto all got 2 points.
But the joke was, Sasuke got 0 points.
Because when Sasuke copied with his Sharingan, he copied the wrong person.
In the classroom there weren't only people Rengoku had arranged to provide answers, there were also people Rengoku had arranged to write nonsense.
That is, they looked like they wrote fluently, but all the answers were wrong.
Their purpose, of course, was to confuse the true answers.
After all, distinguishing real from false information is also a required skill for a ninja.
But among these questions there were two that were relatively simple.
If Sasuke had been a bit more careful and checked his calculations, he would have noticed something was off.
But Sasuke obviously didn't check and just copied.
Rengoku was nearly laughing with anger, even careless Naruto scored 2 points; how careless could Sasuke be?
At this time, someone outside the classroom poked their head in to peep.
Although the person was cautious, the head full of red hair and tall figure couldn't hide a bit.
"Karin, what are you skulking around for?", Rengoku's voice came; he was already standing next to Karin.
Karin waved and motioned Rengoku to lean his ear over.
Where once Rengoku had to bend down, now he only needed to tilt his ear and Karin could whisper to him.
Karin tiptoed and said in a low voice, "Master, tell me how many points I got, please?"
Rengoku looked at Karin curiously, "Why do you want to know now? The results will be announced later."
Karin giggled, "I made a bet with Sasuke. The one with the higher written and field combat scores will be senior sister/senior brother."
Rengoku patted Karin's head, "You really can think up anything."
Karin grabbed Rengoku's arm and shook it, "Master, just tell me."
Rengoku laughed hoarsely, "I can't tell you the score, but you scored higher than Sasuke."
"Yay! Awesome!", Karin jumped up at once.
"All right, don't jump around. Don't tell others casually," Rengoku pressed Karin down.
Then he casually took off Karin's new glasses.
Karin's new glasses were rimless, much prettier than the old thick black frames.
If she didn't talk, she even gave off an intellectual beauty.
Too bad Karin was too lively; not talking was impossible.
"Master, do they look good? I bought the thin-frame ones too."
Karin put her glasses back on despite the blurred vision; standing close actually didn't affect things.
Rengoku put the glasses back on Karin, "They look good. Go eat, there's an exam this afternoon."
"Got it, Master!"
Karin, pleased to know she'd scored higher than Sasuke, ran off happily.
———
Entrance to the Forest of Death—
"…This is the site for the second stage of the exam, Field 44, aka the Forest of Death."
"What I have here is the Forest-of-Death consent form…"
"First, let's talk about the terrain of the field."
This time Rengoku handed the main examiner role to Konan. Konan stood at the entrance handing out death consent forms and introducing the Forest of Death.
This time it was still the Heaven-and-Earth scrolls, and the number of people was exactly 73, a full 24 teams (Kimimaro's group had one extra person).
"Thanks to you! Hinata!", Naruto said after learning this intel, looking at Hinata with great expectation.
He was very glad there was a Byakugan user on his team.
Having done missions with Hinata several times, Naruto naturally understood the effectiveness of the Byakugan.
This Forest of Death was that big.
So it would be easy for Hinata to find people.
After more than two years of Rengoku's forced desensitization training, even if Naruto and Hinata had physical contact, Hinata wouldn't get nervous or faint, at most her face would flush.
Hearing Naruto, Hinata was extremely happy; her kekkei genkai could help the one she cared about, and she felt very blessed.
Now that she was gradually growing up and the Hokage was paying more attention to her, just recently the Hokage had specially trained her for a time. Everything seemed headed in a good direction.
"Don't worry, Naruto, we'll definitely get all the scrolls!", Hinata, now much more outgoing, clenched her fist and cheered.
Sasuke beside them was also full of fighting spirit. After all he had a bet with Karin.
The bet for the title of senior brother.
"Let's go get the scrolls!", Sasuke said.
"Hinata, pay attention to which entrance Karin's team takes," Sasuke wasn't stupid. Karin's team had Kimimaro and Haku, two of the strongest in the elite class, and now Gaara had been stuffed in with them.
Sasuke knew how powerful Gaara's sand sensing could be, so they couldn't clash head-on with them.
Hinata nodded silently; they had been on many missions together and had that tacit understanding.
Over at the scroll collection point, curtains had been set up so each team's scroll wouldn't be exposed.
When Kimimaro's team walked in, Rengoku stood beside them:
"Kimimaro, Haku, Karin, Gaara, you four are stronger and have one extra person, so you need to collect an additional scroll, no limits on Heaven or Earth."
Kimimaro and the others had no objections, since they were clear about their strength.
Karin pumped a tiny fist, "Master, just watch. We'll definitely pass the trial!"
Rengoku nodded slightly, "Be careful."
After Kimimaro's group took their scrolls, Sasuke, Naruto, and Hinata also came over.
Rengoku looked at Sasuke with apparent meaning, "Sasuke, you did well on the first stage."
Pride showed on Sasuke's face, "I am your disciple."
Rengoku smiled and patted Sasuke's shoulder, "Good, good. Focus on the second stage now. We'll talk after the exam."
Sasuke thought Rengoku was going to reward him, took his scroll proudly, and left with a face full of pride.
After all the teams had received their scrolls, a bell rang and proctors from each entrance rushed into the Forest of Death.
———
The Chunin exam was in progress here.
But in the woods outside the Uchiha clan perimeter a few uninvited guests had shown up.
"So this is the Uchiha clan?", Hiruko looked at the distant Uchiha compound wall.
"Orochimaru is in there?", Obito answered, "Yes, Orochimaru is in there."
Hiruko looked excited. Back then he and the Sannin were friends, but differences in talent had driven them further apart.
Everyone knew Orochimaru was an arrogant man.
But in Hiruko's eyes, filled with inferiority, that looked like contempt.
Now that the Akatsuki had formed and were making trouble for Konoha, of course they wanted to show off to Orochimaru a bit.
Black Zetsu's team had come to probe whether Nagato was with the Uchiha; there was no conflict between those two purposes.
At this moment, the nearby specter suddenly said, "The priestess is here too."
Obito's gaze grew deep, 'How many people does the Uchiha really have?'
Black Zetsu also stared at the Uchiha homeland, 'Nagato, are you and Konan here too?'
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