"Little brat, Chong Ming is nearby," Nine Tails reminded.
Naruto stopped in his tracks and asked, "You're not thinking of fighting again, are you?"
Nine Tails grinned, saying, "It wouldn't be bad, you can fly now, right? Could give him a surprise."
"Uh... that flying ability of mine is a trump card, don't use it carelessly."
Naruto didn't really want to reveal that he could fly, just like the Flying Thunder God Technique. Once exposed, he might be targeted, so he only practiced his Peacock Mystical Method at Mount Myoboku.
Following Nine Tails' instructions, Naruto found his target in the crowd.
Fu, the Seven Tails Jinchuriki, a ninja from Takigakure Village, was clearly a girl who lived a decent life, because she had green hair.
"Naruto, Hinata will be sad if you stare at other girls like that~" Sakura nudged Naruto with her elbow, teasingly.
"Stop it, I just sensed that she's very strong." Naruto thought to himself, Besides, Fu is about the same level as Sakura Bro, what's so interesting about her.
"Who knows?" Sakura said, "I always feel like you're thinking about something rude."
Sasuke, on the other hand, felt like he was back in the game. Naruto said she was strong, so she must be worth fighting. He'd pay more attention to her during the exams.
"Yo, Naruto, you guys came too!" Kiba took the initiative to greet them, with Akamaru.
"Naruto-kun." Hinata and Shino followed closely behind.
"Ah, Hinata, Shino, Akamaru... and Kiba, hello." Seeing the resentful look in Kiba's eyes, Naruto included him in the greeting this time. He had taken the initiative to come over, it would be too much to deliberately ignore him.
Naruto didn't shower Hinata with too much affection. He squatted down, picked up Akamaru, and patted him a few times, "You've gotten heavier, Akamaru seems to have grown a lot."
"Really?" Kiba said excitedly, "Since we're together every day, I didn't notice!"
"Woof!" Akamaru wagged his tail happily, finally someone noticed he had grown.
"Really, he used to be about the same size as Tonton, now he's about two or three Tontons big." Sakura was more familiar with Tonton, but Tonton hadn't grown at all.
"Sasuke-kun~" Ino, who had just seen Sasuke, happily pounced on Sasuke's back, then covered her head, "Ah, that hurts."
Ino looked up and found Sakura standing in front of her with her hands on her hips. She had just bumped her head into Sakura's chest, and her forehead was throbbing.
According to Naruto's irresponsible estimate, the hardness of Sakura Bro's chest was about the same as the Prinz Eugen's armor plate.
Sakura shouted at Ino, "What do you want to do to Sasuke! You Ino-pig!"
Ino retorted just as fiercely, "What are you trying to do, billboard brow!"
The two plastic sisters stood forehead to forehead, refusing to give way, with what seemed like electricity flashing between their eyes. Strangely enough, these two easily forgot about Sasuke when they started arguing, no one knew what they were arguing about.
"Women are such a pain..." Shikamaru complained as he walked over.
Naruto joked, "Are you complaining about Ino or Temari?"
Hinata also knew about Shikamaru and Temari, and covered her mouth to laugh with Naruto.
Shikamaru sighed and didn't say anything. Choji tore open a snack package and handed it over, "Want some?"
"No thanks, speaking of snacks..." Naruto rummaged through his ninja pouch, took out a scroll, retrieved a small cloth bag, and asked, "Some fried bug snacks from Mount Myoboku, want to try some?"
Choji hesitated for a moment and reached out his hand. How could someone from the Akimichi Clan refuse to try new food, especially something that was golden in color and looked very appetizing.
"Oh~ Hahaha, unexpectedly delicious!" Choji seemed to have opened the door to a new world.
Naruto looked at his other little friends, but everyone, including Hinata, refused. Sakura might have accepted, but she was busy.
Naruto gave all his stock to Choji. He had made it for Gamakichi and Gamaryu earlier, but because he was covered in mucus by Gamaken and was in a hurry to go home and take a shower, he didn't have time to give it to them. He would make some for them later.
Naruto was happy to give, Choji was happy to eat, and only Shino was muttering beside him: "Insects are so cute, how can you eat insects..."
Careless, Naruto realized at this time that he hadn't considered Shino's feelings. Not every member of the Aburame Clan can accept eating insects as snacks.
As they spoke, Team Guy and Team Kurenai also arrived. Naruto looked at Konoha's lineup. The original twelve Xiaoqiang, plus Kurama Yakumo, Haku, and Karin. Participating in the Chunin Exams like this was too much of a bully, wasn't it? He mourned for the examinees from other villages.
...
Izumo and Kotetsu blocked the entrance of the teaching building and shouted, "All examinees line up and draw lots by team!"
The examinees walked in in order, and it took a while before it was Team 7's turn.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura walked in. The proctor pointed to the lottery tube on the table and said, "Each person draw one."
There were only three lots in total, and the three of them each chose one.
Naruto: "Number 1"
Sasuke: "Number 2"
Sakura: "Number 3"
The proctor wrote down their numbers and said, "Go to the corresponding classroom according to the number you drew."
Sakura said in surprise, "Huh? Separated?"
The proctor nodded and said, "Go quickly, next group!"
...
Naruto walked into the classroom and scanned around. There were no proctors inside. The blackboard read "No fighting". There were several monitors and speakers on the roof, and a stack of test papers on the podium.
Shikamaru, Rock Lee, and Haku were all there. Naruto greeted them, and after waiting for a while, Hinata walked in and happily sat next to Naruto.
Naruto was also very happy: "Hinata, did you also draw number one? What a coincidence."
"Yes!" Hinata nodded, although she knew that it wasn't a coincidence at all. With the Byakugan, it was too easy to draw the same lot as Naruto-kun.
After a few more people came in, the classroom door slammed shut, and Nara Shikaku's voice came from the speaker in front of the podium:
"Ahem, examinees, I am the proctor for this exam, Nara Shikaku. Please take a test paper and find a seat."
The examinees did as they were told. Naruto looked at it. There were only three questions, and unlike the last exam, this time the questions were almost common sense questions.
When everyone was seated, Shikaku said, "Please look at the exam questions. The scores for the three questions are 30, 40, and 50 points respectively. Each person chooses one question to answer. The final result is determined by the team's total score.
First of all, teams with a total score of more than 100 are disqualified. The remaining teams calculate the average score, and teams with scores below the average are disqualified.
So, the time limit is thirty minutes, the exam begins!"
Immediately, a know-it-all that Naruto didn't recognize began to analyze. Let's call him Wolong for now: "In other words, to ensure passing the exam, the total score of the three people must be exactly one hundred points."
Someone else agreed: "That's right, this time the questions are not difficult. As long as you are not extremely stupid, even a 50-point question shouldn't be answered incorrectly."
Naruto didn't recognize him either, so for now, he'd call him Fengchu.
As soon as Fengchu finished speaking, Rock Lee stood up, giving him a lot of face, and said loudly, "I see, I don't know any of these questions!"
In the front row, a cute girl with long black hair from Sunagakure Village raised her hand. Naruto recognized her as one of the two cute things who had been by Temari's side during the Fourth War. Her name was Yukata.
Yukata tilted her head and said weakly, "Um... actually, I don't know either..."
Wolong and Fengchu simultaneously covered their foreheads, sighing, "Seriously, there really are people like this..."
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