met free Chapter 95 I was thinking that Sister Ye said we couldn't use combination ninjutsu...
Chapter 95 I was thinking that Sister Ye said we couldn't use combination ninjutsu...
Chapter 97 I was thinking that Sister Ye said we couldn't use combination ninjutsu...
[Hmm? This question—I didn't know it could be done this way!]
After painfully sacrificing her companions twice, Lanwu finally discovered the solution to the problem through "self-sacrifice".
At this moment, on Lan Wu's scroll, there were five questions with perfect answers—five questions with standard answers, all of which Lan Wu answered correctly.
This level of theoretical knowledge should rank among the top five in the entire classroom.
However, the remaining five questions left Lan Wu scratching her head. If she were at the ninja academy, she would have suspected that the teacher had made a mistake!
Just then, Lanwu finally realized the importance of "self-sacrifice".
After getting to this point, Lan Wu solved the remaining five questions as well.
The most difficult part of these five questions is actually "thinking about self-sacrifice".
Because the entire text never mentions that "oneself" can be sacrificed, unless one is truly aware of the need for sacrifice, one will never think of this point.
However, once this point is considered, the difficulty of solving the problem is about the same as the other five problems.
Lan Wu quickly completed all ten questions, five without injury and five by self-sacrifice.
Minato finished all ten questions faster than Ranmai, but—
Needless to say, five perfect answers were given, followed by one self-sacrifice and four sacrifices of teammates.
Minato easily discovered the point about "self-sacrifice," but he only chose the one self-sacrifice with the highest "cost-effectiveness" and then gave the other four questions as "half-point" answers.
After that, Minato and Ranmai began to worry about Akaishi.
This perfect answer is a bit too difficult!
There's only one relatively simple one that Akashi might be able to make; the rest—that's up to Akashi to come up with a brilliant idea.
Sure enough, Akaishi is now in a dilemma.
Akaishi's skill level is not high enough to consider whether he should sacrifice himself; a "perfect solution" is too difficult for him to achieve.
Countless strands of hair were pulled out —
Akaishi finally solved one problem, but he had to solve another—with only fifteen minutes left!
Nine "half-points" and one "full-point" —
Should we allow a 5.5 rating to be upgraded to 6?
Akaishi didn't know either, he just stared anxiously at the remaining nine questions.
Still without a clue, Akashi stared at the top of the screen at the word "[Use ninjutsu, secret techniques, or ninja beasts not specified in the question conditions are prohibited]". If it weren't for this requirement, Akashi would have already written "Activate the Sharingan and kill them all" or "After my teammates are seriously injured, I will surely win (Activate the Sharingan)".
If this weren't the Joint Chunin Exams, Akaishi would still dare to write something like this—"If the examiner doesn't give me a score, I'll go back and tell my clansmen he looks down on us Uchiha!"
Before the results are announced, some clan members will definitely play rock-paper-scissors with the examiner. We Uchiha will only play rock until he says paper!
However, this is the joint Chunin Exams, which is not only more serious and allows no fooling around, but also—even in a one-on-one fight, no one in the Uchiha clan might be able to defeat Hatake Sakumo.
Ok?
Just then, Akaishi suddenly discovered a loophole—
Can I only use the given ninjutsu?
this----
It doesn't seem to say that you can't use combination ninjutsu!
In theory, combination ninjutsu is not a new ninjutsu, but rather a combination of two or even more ninjutsu!
So Akaishi gritted his teeth and began to write furiously.
Because it was almost time to hand in the papers, and everyone else was either racking their brains or already had a clear idea of what to do, the sound of Akaishi writing furiously became even more noticeable.
Da da da—
The genin around them, who were already struggling to write, couldn't help but look over as they heard the sound of Akaishi's pen flying across the paper.
Most of them didn't recognize Akaishi, only the "fan" on his chest. Seeing the "fan," everyone felt relieved—this Uchiha had finally gone mad and started cursing the examiner on the roll of paper.
With half a minute left, Akaishi stopped writing.
In those last ten minutes or so, Akaishi changed four questions—all of which required that the conditions be combined to form a combination ninjutsu that Akaishi knew, and that the combination ninjutsu could change the course of the battle!
This meant that our strength and resources were greatly enhanced, making it easier to win battles and naturally leading to better results.
One person gave a normal, perfect answer, while four others gave "perfect" answers using a combination of ninjutsu.
then----
Akashi suddenly remembered something and, taking advantage of the last half minute, crossed out the three questions that required the most deaths out of the other five questions.
I've divided it enough, you don't need to die!
Anyway, if combination ninjutsu doesn't count, my modification like this would definitely be a failing grade. But if it does count—this is already a six out of ten.
Ring ring—
The bell rang, signaling the end of the session, and everyone put down their pens.
Some of the weaker ninjas were already sobbing.
Most of the other ninjas also looked worried—clearly, more than half of the reference genin were not very confident.
"What are you crying for? You're spineless." After lecturing the other genin with his arrogant words, Akaishi swaggered out.
Seeing this, Lanwu and Shuimen quickly lowered their heads and caught up with Chishi.
"Hey, how did you do? Did you find out you can die on your own?" Lan Wu asked hurriedly after catching up.
"Huh? Am I going to die too?" Akaishi was taken aback when he heard this.
Lanwu: ————
Lan Wu rubbed her temples, feeling that Chi Shi was gone.
"How many dishes did you make?" Lan Wu pressed.
"Five paths," Akaishi said, head held high.
"Only five?" Lan Wu felt utterly defeated—her performance was even worse than usual!
"I answered five questions perfectly, one of which involved the sacrifice of a hostage, and another involved the sacrifice of the target being protected," Akaishi said matter-of-factly.
"You can solve five problems perfectly? Besides the third one, which other problems did you solve?" Lan Wu suspected that he had made a mistake.
The third question is very similar to one of the questions I predicted before, and it is relatively easier. I think I should be able to solve this one.
"Four, six, eight, nine," Akaishi said matter-of-factly.
"As expected—as expected, you made a mistake!" Lan Wu knew as soon as she heard the question numbers that three of them were not solvable.
"That's because you don't understand combination ninjutsu!" Akaishi said even more matter-of-factly.
Lanwu: ? ? ?
After listening to Chishi's line of thought, Lanwu fell silent for a while.
"Is this really okay?" Lan Wu asked, still a little worried.
"I think there should at least be a chance. After all, this is a selection for Chunin, not just about who has the sharpest brain." Minato thought that even if the examiner had doubts, he would test Akaishi to see if he could really combine ninjutsu.
After all, the question didn't mention anything about not being able to use combination ninjutsu!
Otherwise, it would be too rigid; the task doesn't take place in the exam room.
"Never mind, the results will be out this afternoon anyway." Lan Wu decided not to think about it anymore.
After having ramen together at noon, the three returned to the ninja academy and just then saw the list of winners.
There were originally nearly 400 people participating in the Chunin Exams, but only about two-thirds actually sat down to take the exam. Now, the number has decreased by more than half – there are only 93 people on the list, which is 31 genin teams!
"Those whose names are on the list can go in; everyone else, please leave."
At this time, the security personnel maintaining order at the school gate were members of the security department, who were also Akaishi's relatives.
As everyone can see, not having a name means failing the exam, or at least "someone in the team failed the exam." Now it's just a matter of waiting for the official verdict, but some people are still emotional.
"Wait—I should have answered correctly! Why?"
"I want to check my scores! I want to check my scores!"
"Why aren't we included? You two—did you miscalculate the scores?"
"Those of us who passed should be able to form a new team! Ninja teams aren't fixed to begin with!"
Some of the more emotionally charged genin wanted to demand justice and even storm the school gate, but—that's why the security department is here to maintain order.
"Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong—"
"We're not checking the scores anymore!"
"Ugh! I'm not taking the exam anymore—I'm not taking it anymore—"
"Stop hitting it, you've got the wrong number—it has my name on it, it has my name on it!"
Fortunately, the people of Konoha were of good character, and under the influence of the "fan," their rationality quickly returned.
Ninety qualified genin arrived at the training ground, where the three examiners from Konoha, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure were already standing on the podium.
"I am Sakumo Hatake, the chief examiner of the Chunin Exams. Congratulations on passing the written exam, which I co-authored with Jonin Rōshi and Jonin Tsukusano. — Although I wanted to say it like that, there is still one last step." Sakumo Hatake rarely showed a bit of humor.
However, this humor is also somewhat unsettling—why hasn't it passed yet?
Immediately, several proctoring Chunin formed hand seals and used "Earth Flow Wall," raising earthen walls in front of everyone.
This isn't just any ordinary mud wall!
Regardless of its defensive capabilities, there were words on every single earthen wall —
Old Purple, who was most familiar with Earth Release, couldn't help but glance at these Chunin from Konoha—such control meant they had mastered a certain level of Earth Release chakra manipulation, which was rare even among Chunin from Iwagakure.
Is this considered a relatively high-level demonstration?
The contents on these earthen walls were quite simple; they were the answers written on the scrolls of the genin present, some of which were specially marked with different colored clay.
"Everyone can take a look at their answers. Firstly, this is to announce the results, and secondly—more than a dozen of the answers differ from the standard answers, and our examiners also disagree. If anyone raises any questions, the answerers should come out and explain to convince everyone," Hatake said frankly.
Immediately, eight or nine tenths of the eyes present focused on the scroll bearing the name "Uchiha Akashi" —
Unfortunately, Akaishi's answers were not only the first to be released, but also the most marked, and he even left three questions blank, making his paper look very different from everyone else's at first glance!
"Uchiha Akashi—Uchiha? Did he use the Sharingan?"
"That won't do! We already said we don't need bloodline limits, so aren't we all useless now?!"
What bloodline limit do you have?
"Look closely, he didn't write 'bloodline limit'—"
"Combination ninjutsu? It's not impossible—well—though it wasn't explicitly stated, we can't just make it up!"
"That's right, who knows if such a combination ninjutsu exists? Besides, it's not something that can be mastered under normal circumstances—"
"I have my doubts! I'll question this Uchiha first!"
"What is that Kirigakure pufferfish demon Suigetsu writing? — Question 7: Calculate the distribution and use of poisonous supplies. Why did he write that he should eat them all himself? How can he get points for that?"
"What are the ninjas of Takigakure writing now? What does it mean for a genin to become a hero?" Can they really wipe out the enemy?