Red sand dust

At this moment, the worried eldest lady of the Kurama family did not pay much attention to the upcoming first test of the Joint Chuunin Examination.

As a disciple of the Fifth Hokage, Haruno Sakura is not in a hurry to be promoted to Chunin. The goal is to gain valuable enough experience.

The intellectual Shiho has been an intern in the Signal Department for a long time, and his future development direction is not a front-line combat ninja.

They were obviously a team of three female ninjas with considerable potential, but they were not obsessed with being competitive. Instead, they were more interested in what they saw and heard in a foreign country.

For example, the puppet show "The Tale of Bamboo", which is popular in Sunagakure Village, has not been performed in Awaji Village, but there are still images leaked here from unknown sources.

"Do you think there really is a magical woman like Kaguya in the ninja world?"

After watching the "gun version" video tape, Haruno Sakura, who was somewhat immersed in the atmosphere of the story, asked thoughtfully.

Shiho glanced at Kurama Yakumo who didn't know what he was thinking, and after thinking for a moment, he replied:

"There must be a 'prototype' for the character, but it shouldn't be as exaggerated as shown in the play."

"It's hard to say! Although art is a processing of reality, the reality may be more incredible than the story..."

Kurama Yakumo didn't see anything wrong with refuting the opinions of his discordant teammates, and said to himself,

"On the contrary, the tragic fate caused by background and bloodline makes people feel bored. Those 'moon residents' really make people hate them..."

The eldest lady of the Kurama family, who broke through the shackles of her natural weak body and became a ninja, didn't like the ending of "The Tale of Bamboo" very much.

Haruno Sakura didn’t have many bad experiences and said with a smile:

"I think it's pretty good, quite touching! What do you think, Shiho?"

"From the audience's point of view, it's a bit regretful. Maybe if we work harder, everyone in the play can have a happy ending..."

"It's really rare for a slovenly bastard like you to be able to say a few decent words..."

It was not easy for the two of them to agree on the same opinion, but Kurama Yakumo's teasing made people tremble with anger.

"The elixir Kaguya took great pains to leave behind was destroyed carelessly..."

Haruno Sakura asked strangely:

"If we can't meet each other, won't it only increase the pain of missing each other after taking the elixir of immortality?"

"As long as you live, there will always be a day when we meet again. If you die, it will be over..."

Shihoyun explained calmly,

"Kaguya left hope, but was given up by the king who was confined to the human world. The gap between gods and humans in looking at problems is so big. She put on the 'Heaven's Feather Clothes' that forgot all worries and returned to the moon. , but it does not mean that there will be no twists and turns. 'It is sad to go to heaven with the feathers on, but it is sad to remember the king's affairs', which refers to the vicissitudes of life, things and people, and the king has failed to live up to Kaguya's expectations..."

"Listen to what you said..."

Haruno Sakura tilted her head, thought for a while and then said,

"It feels really uncomfortable..."

"Time is really a cruel butcher's knife that can cut off all illusions..."

Kurama Yakumo sighed,

"Those who are not determined are not worthy of time..."

Being frail and sick, and having to stay in bed most of the time to recuperate, Kurama Yakumo suffered a lot, but he also developed an indomitable character.

Just like Haruno Sakura chasing Uchiha Sasuke, everyone has their own persistence.

but……

"Being happy requires both parties to work hard and persevere. Wishful thinking may not be lovable..."

As Haruno Sakura said this, she couldn't help but think of the blond boy Uzumaki Naruto she hadn't seen for a long time.

The unintentional words made Kurama Yakumo and Shiho change their expressions slightly. They looked at each other and nodded silently.

“Always try your best, maybe you’ll like it too!”

Two pairs of big, shining eyes made Haruno Sakura feel uncomfortable.

…

The first test of the Chunin Examination began quietly without being very clear to outsiders.

There was no preliminary test that required people to go home in advance. When the time came, lots were drawn directly, and teams of three were seated on the three underground floors.

The test papers for everyone are exactly the same, and there will not be the same group of candidates in each level.

Everyone's position is covered by thick alloy steel. A barrier is set up on the wall to prevent the outside perception, and is wrapped with a thick layer of sound insulation.

If you knock hard, the sound will hardly reach the next door.

"Is this an exam or an interrogation of prisoners?" 』

Seeing that Sunagakure Village was really going to take action this time, the candidates who had prepared many plans had no choice but to put aside their hopes for luck.

In the compartment, which is less than two square meters and nearly two meters high, only the top is equipped with a surveillance camera to facilitate the examiner to observe his performance.

That's all. The key is a palm-thick stack of documents on the table, which seems to be the exam papers. The thinner ones are the exam rules.

"The exam has not started yet. Do not read the test papers in advance. Anyone who violates this will be immediately disqualified from the exam! You will have five minutes to read the exam regulations, and then have five minutes to ask questions! Now, start..."

Temari's emotionless order sounded from the loudspeaker somewhere, and the candidates scattered on the three underground floors picked up the pamphlet on the table and read it carefully.

A few minutes passed in a flash, and the pleasant reminder bell rang.

"It's question time! Please note that your questions can be heard by all candidates and examiners, but the answers can only be heard by the questioner himself! Don't worry about asking too many questions and needing to queue up. For the first test, there is a special answering examiner for each of you. , press the button in front of you and you can ask questions directly..."

In order for the first test to be held smoothly, Sunagakure Village spent a lot of effort, and it took two or three days to train the examiners.

Outside the examination room, most of the village representatives who finally got the complete test questions for the first test had wry smiles on their faces.

"It's really hard to have to endure such suffering at such a young age!"

The bearded Sarutobi Asuma dropped the cigarette butt in his mouth on the ground and stamped it with his foot.

Strict anti-cheating facilities are only superficial. The real difficulty lies in positioning the strength of oneself and teammates.

Indeed, as was said at the meeting not long ago, if you know yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. The first test is "self-knowledge."

The formal answering time is quite long, a full one hundred minutes.

Each candidate has an initial score of 100. One point will be awarded for each correct answer and one point will be deducted for each incorrect answer. If a question is not answered, there will be neither points nor deductions.

There are also very complicated scoring and promotion rules below.

If so far, it's still normal. The key is that the amount of questions in this exam is astonishingly large. Theoretically, it is impossible for any ninja to answer all the questions correctly within one hundred minutes.

This kind of setting is quite beneficial to a very small number of "students", but it is quite unfriendly to poor students.