Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 230 Eighth Written Examination

(The unit has received a large order, and the servant is about to start his shift tour. This chapter is more than 5000 words, which is more or less to be supplemented...)

As the time for the Chunin Exam approached, Shikamaru couldn’t help but have some other tasks besides concentrating on training and busy work, such as discussing the preparations for the Chunin Exam with the ninjas in Sand Hidden Village and Taki Ninja Village.

It is a discussion, but let them witness whether Konoha Village cheated, but judging from the reputation of Konoha Village for holding Chunin exams for many years, the possibility of cheating is extremely low, even if they are eager to show themselves and Konoha Tsuna Hand, even if you think about it, you won't be so unwise.

Taki Shinobu and Sand Yin each dispatched two ninjas, not to mention the former, but the visitors from Sand Hidden Village are Shikamaru's acquaintances-Kankuro and Temari.

The death of the Fourth Kazekage will definitely hit Sand Hidden Village more than the death of the Third Hokage will hit Konoha more. After all, Konoha Village still has Jiraiya and Tsunade, but Sand Hidden Village is already out of reach.

Chiyo and Ebino finally made a high-profile comeback at the request of the high-level officials of Sand Hidden Village. The affairs of the village were temporarily managed by the elders, and they began to cultivate the new Kazekage Gaara.

It is not without precedent for a tail beast to be the leader of a village. In many cases, ninjas who are jinchuriki tend to improve faster than ordinary people. When Ninja Village is facing difficulties, it does not take too much Worried about their sanity, in terms of governance, there is naturally a group of elders to assist them.

Maybe it's because Gaara, who has never been defeated for a long time and has inflated self-confidence, suffered a defeat for the first time under Shikamaru of Konoha Village. When he returned to Sand Hidden Village, he lost his previous arrogance and arrogance. Realizing that Shukaku's power is not invincible, he finally began to face up to his own strength and position.

The elders of Sand Hidden Village naturally don't understand, and don't want to understand Gaara's thoughts, they just want to set him up as a benchmark, a qualified banner, and now they are not as crazy as before, which has made them very satisfied .

However, even though Gaara, who has not inherited Kazekage yet, has just begun to try to look at the problem from another perspective, Gaara's methods are still somewhat jerky, but he also knows the importance of a confidant. He should thank the Fourth Kazekage for leaving him Apart from Temari and Kankuro, Maki helped him a lot.

This time, Konoha Village intends to hold the Chunin Exam again, and immediately invited them to Sand Hidden Village. Gaara naturally agreed with Maki's suggestion, and sent Kankuro and Temari, who are now his right and left hands, to The two young ninjas came to communicate, which to some extent reflected the importance they attached to Muye Village.

Kankuro and Temari also behaved decently after seeing Shikamaru, and there was no embarrassing scene as Shikamaru guessed, perhaps because of the experience of nearly a year, Kankuro, who is now the captain of the puppet army in Hidden Sand Village He also took the initiative to talk about the conflict with Shikamaru at that time, with a look of no grudges.

It's just that I don't know what I think in my heart.

Shikamaru didn't care about this, and continued to focus on learning and cultivation. "Shifang" made rapid progress after using it successfully. As a result, the number of uses also increases.

And as the Chunin Exam is approaching, Konoha's small strong ninjas are also gearing up to get the Chunin qualification in this exam, and the Konoha villagers have also begun to increase a lot of topics about the Chunin Exam. As a rare grand event, it naturally has this status.

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Although the invited allies more or less understood some of Tsunade's plans and guessed the purpose of Konoha Village's intention to sweep the examination room, except for Sand Hidden Village who took the initiative to avoid its edge, other ninja villages still sent An excellent ninja in his own village.

Whether it is a fluke or no choice, the situation of foreign ninjas flooding into Muye Village this time may not be worse than that of the whole year. The direct result is that the pressure on the various ninja departments of Muye Village has increased. As prepared, there has been no abnormal situation.

In addition to Shikamaru who has been promoted to a special ninja, Uchiha Sasuke who defected from the village, and Uzumaki Naruto who traveled to various places with Jiraiya to practice, several Xiaoqiang from Konoha Village signed up for this exam. These young ninjas all showed certain talents in last year's competition, and they were also noticed by everyone.

Ri Xiang Ningji, Yume Shino, and Li Luoke are the three most popular ninjas in Konoha Village this year. Needless to say, Ri Xiang Ningci, although he lost after a hard fight with Shikamaru in the third test qualifier last year , but the target of defeating him has now become a special jounin, and in the eyes of outsiders, it can be regarded as a glorious defeat.

The failure didn't make Ri Xiangning Ci devastated, on the contrary, the accumulation of one more year made him more experienced.Rixiang Ningji, who only learned Bagua Kongzhang to make up for a major shortcoming of his own, from Shikamaru's point of view, in this exam, in terms of strength, few people can compete with him.

Yume Shino went all the way to the third match last year. Although losing to Uzumaki Naruto was a big upset, given that she had also experienced a battle with Akimichi Choji before, her strength should not be underestimated.

Rock Lee opened four doors in his body last year and almost defeated Gaara by using the ultimate power when the fifth door was opened. Many Jonin, including those who were present at the time, were also surprised by this. If in terms of strength, he is actually The most concerned among the three—but becoming a Chunin is not just based on strength, Shikamaru knows this very well, and his exam questions are also related to the duties of the Chunin.

The test venue for the written test is the best part to arrange, and the large conference room of the Ninja School can take on this task.

It was not much different from previous years. Many examinees had already gathered in the examination room, forming large or small groups between villages in twos and threes, chatting and observing their competitors, which made the classroom seem a bit noisy.

Swish!

The sound of the sharp kunai piercing the air and piercing the wooden desk may not be loud in the slightly noisy examination room, but most of the candidates here are excellent ninjas from all over the world. Although they are chatting, part of their attention is always focused In the surrounding area, Kunai who suddenly flew out of the window naturally caught their attention.

Some keen candidates and candidates near the podium were the first to notice the abnormality and stopped talking. This attitude seemed to be contagious and spread throughout the examination room in the blink of an eye. Supreme.

Snapped!

Some candidates who took the exam last year were still guessing whether the chief examiner of this exam would make a loud appearance like last time. Unexpectedly, the doors on both sides of the podium were suddenly pushed open, and several people dressed in pure gray In neat uniforms, the ninja holding a pen and paper slowly walked to the podium, stood in a row, and looked at the many candidates with expressionless faces.

The invigilators standing neatly left an empty seat in the center of the podium, as if they were waiting for someone. <No Sakura carefully searched for Shikamaru's figure, and finally looked away in vain, asking Ino and Choji beside her.

Shikamaru did not deliberately conceal the fact that the acquaintances of the ninjas themselves served as Chunin examiners. These teenagers who had achieved something in the original book also wisely did not ask Shikamaru questions. Of course, Shikamaru would not answer him if they asked him. <Yo Sakura was a little puzzled. Some candidates could not help frowning when they noticed that the invigilator did not move after entering the classroom. Those who were impatient had already become impatient.

At this moment, the air seemed to be distorted by flames in the vacant space left by several invigilators on the podium. They and the proctors around them began to twist in their sight, making them seem unreal.

Illusion! ?

This was the first thought of most candidates, but in the next moment, a black ball the size of a football suddenly appeared in the distorted space. The pitch-black surface seemed to swallow all the light, and some purple gradually appeared on it. Runes, these runes gradually spread, eventually enveloping the orb.

boom!

Irregular energy burst out suddenly, shaking the air and producing a series of blasting sounds. Chakra disturbed the air, bringing gusts of wind to the surroundings.

Several invigilators around were already prepared and still stood upright on the podium. On the contrary, some candidates in front of the podium were caught off guard by the sudden abnormality, and covered their faces to avoid it, and some even exclaimed.

Corresponding to them, accompanied by chakra and strong wind, Nara Shikamaru suddenly appeared in the middle of the podium like a ghost, wearing a black turtleneck trench coat representing the cadres of the torture and interrogation department, and inside it were the proctors and other proctors around him. In the same gray uniform, squinting at the ugly appearance of some candidates who are not mentally strong at the bottom of the podium.

"I am the chief examiner of the first written test of the Chunin Exam, Nara Shikamaru." Shikamaru reached out and pulled out the kunai that was stuck on the desk, holding the handle wrapped around the talisman paper, and using the deerskin that had been prepared, slowly Wipe off some sawdust stained on the edge, and slowly put it into the ninja bag: "It seems that you have been waiting for a while."

"I'll give you 1 minute." After Shikamaru introduced himself, he glanced at the candidates sitting in chaotic groups in the examination room. This scene made him frown slightly, and slowly ordered: "1 Within minutes, each sits according to the number they have received, and those who have not completed my request after the time limit, together with his team, will lose their qualifications for the exam!"

No one objected, even though many candidates who didn't know Shikamaru's situation in advance were surprised by the age of the chief examiner, but no one would be so stupid as to like to be treated as a negative textbook by others, even if some people didn't think so, But he also knew the consequences of contradicting the examiner face to face, not to mention the way Shikamaru appeared before was really weird. The doors in the examination room were tightly closed, and the windows would never allow anyone to pass through. Even a ninja faced unpredictable The space ninjutsu will also feel awe.

Shikamaru didn't care about this. If it wasn't for work, he really didn't bother to show his prestige in front of a genocide. The momentum caused by using "Black Magic. Shifang" before was also deliberately done by him, although it consumed Chakra than normal use It's a lot more, but Shikamaru can bear it, and now it seems that the effect is not bad.

Most of the examinees in the examination room were above ninjas of the same level. After 1 minute, Shikamaru's order was completed without any discount, and he asked six invigilators to hand out the examination papers.

After the exam papers were handed out, Shikamaru ordered some candidates who were about to turn over the back of the exam papers to read the exam questions, and said slowly and clearly: "Before the exam officially starts, I have a few points to explain."

"First, during the exam, what I said to the invigilator is an order, and anyone who dares to disobey, together with their team, will immediately lose the qualification for the exam," Shikamaru asked blankly, "Do you understand?"

Only a group of candidates from Konoha Village under the podium, including a few Xiaoqiang, responded to Shikamaru without any grievances. After all, the ninjas in the outer village did not know Shikamaru's deeds and strength as well as they did, but Konoha Village Shinobi was after all The small number of candidates, reflected in the whole, seems to have only a few people responding to Shikamaru's question.

There were a few low-pitched sneers from under the podium, and some of the Shinobi from Konoha Village also sniggered in their hearts, but the targets were candidates from other villages who didn't know Shikamaru.

Seeing the cold response and the faint sneer, Shikamaru's expression didn't change much, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a slightly mean sneer.

"Next, I will explain the important regulations that you need to pay attention to and must abide by in this written test. All of you can only listen, and you are not allowed to ask!" Shikamaru still said unhurriedly.

"First, there are ten questions in the exam paper, each question is worth one point, and the full score is ten. If you are caught cheating, you will immediately lose your qualification for the exam!"

"Second, one member of each team must get a full score, otherwise the whole team will lose the qualification for the exam!"

"Third..." Shikamaru said here, paused slightly, looked at the candidates with malicious intentions, and said word by word: "For each three-person team, I only choose the one with the highest score. One will enter the next exam, and the other two will lose their qualifications!"

Gudong!

Choji Akimichi could clearly hear the sound of swallowing saliva. Even he, after hearing Shikamaru's third rule, still found it difficult to accept, let alone other candidates from other villages?

"If all three people in the same group get full marks in the test, will they all pass the test?" A voice with a little conceit interrupted the dead silence in the test room caused by Shikamaru's words. The source of the voice was a Taki Shinobi , looks a few years older than Shikamaru, with long blond hair, looking at his expression and what he just said, he seems to be very confident in the strength of himself and his teammates.

"I told you that you are only allowed to listen and not to ask." Shikamaru ignored the question of Taki Shinobu, pointing at the other party with a blank face and said: "You, and your two teammates, all lost the exam. Qualifications, leave the examination room for me immediately!"

"You..." The blond Taki Shinobu was taken aback for a moment, and for a moment there was a look of panic on his face, but it was replaced by anger immediately, and he asked Shikamaru loudly: "What right do you have to decide so rashly whether I will stay or not?" !? Our outstanding Ninja came here, isn’t it…”

Shikamaru didn't bother to listen to his noise, pointed his right hand together like a sword, and pointed at the blond Taki Shinobu from a distance. Following his movements, a wave of spiritual energy had already emerged from his index finger and middle finger, turning into a gun like a spear. The sword-like energy blade pierced towards the location of that Taki Shinobi a few meters away.

Now without relying on "Yingxiu", Shikamaru can easily perform "Black Magic. Thousand Fantasy"!

The speed of "yin" attribute chakra is not difficult to deal with, and the reaction of that Taki Shinobi can be regarded as fast. When Shikamaru's Chakra spear is about to approach, he has already stepped on the table and jumped up escaped its path.

Seeing this, Shikamaru sneered in his heart, but he didn't see him move. The "yin" chakra, which was walking straight like a spear, suddenly turned around like a dead thing, wrapped around the ankle of Taki Shinobi, and Shikamaru Maru exerted a slight force, and he lost his balance while he was still in the air.

At the same time, the spiritual energy entwining Taki Shinobi's ankles also spread quickly, like a weird python, binding Taki Ninja tightly in the blink of an eye, and the sharp end lifted like a snake's head, condescendingly aiming at it. He seemed to be eager to release some kind of cruel desire in himself.

Negative emotions continuously impacted and affected the mind of that Taki Shinobi along with the mental energy, and coupled with the momentary gap, his spirit almost collapsed.

"I was wrong! I was wrong!" Taki Shinobu, whose face was distorted due to fear, stared intently at the sharp end of Shikamaru's spiritual energy protruding like a snake's head, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Don't kill I!"

Of course Shikamaru wouldn't kill him, he just waved his hand, and threw Taki Shinobi who was about to pee his pants out of the gate just opened by the invigilator Feizhu Dragonfly.

"His two teammates, leave the classroom by yourself!" After throwing that Taki Shinobi out of the examination room, Shikamaru's expression remained unchanged, as if he had done something trivial like chasing flies, he ordered in a cold voice.

The two teammates of that Taki Shinobu stood up silently and left the silent examination room sadly.

"In view of the performance of those who overestimate themselves, it seems that I need to explain a few points." Seeing the two candidates leave, Shikamaru sneered and said to the candidates who had become a lot nervous because of his previous performance in the examination room: "In In my eyes, you are a bunch of rookies, so don't mention words like 'excellent' and 'excellent' in front of me."

No one spoke, even those who were unwilling, Shikamaru's behavior of subduing that Taki Shinobu in an instant and throwing him outside the examination room also dispelled some of their small thoughts.

The 13-year-old chief examiner of the Zhongnin Examination, now it seems that they are not able to fight against these low-level ninjas.

"The Zhongnin Exam is a stage for each ninja village to show their strength to potential customers. It is an arena to compete for the interests of ninja villages. In order to ensure the last one, famous people such as daimyo, lords, and businessmen from all over the world can watch the best. I have to select the less weak ones from you rookies to stay." Regardless of the feelings of the candidates, Shikamaru continued: "As for those who are not strong enough, in order to protect your safety, I will simply be in the This step will eliminate you, leaving the best person in the group for the next exam."

"The next exam will be a hundred times more cruel than the written exam, and the price of failure is not just as simple as losing the qualification for the exam!" Shikamaru had a serious expression on his face, adding a little persuasiveness to his words: "You have to choose for yourself Which one will continue to participate in the war, and which two will be safe!"