Orochimaru: "How interesting, applying the methods of interrogating prisoners to these children?"
Uchiha Izuna: It turns out the effect is outstanding. Looking at just the first round of this Chunin Joint Exam, it is indeed quite good.
Senju Tobirama: "A pity... the motive is not pure."
Mei Terumī: "The only thing to be thankful for is that we haven't seen any special treatment yet."
Ōnoki: "This is only the first exam; it's not worth it, nor is it conducive to rigging things behind the scenes. Just wait, the Third Hokage will definitely make a move later."
Fourth Raikage: "Although that old fossil is a bit annoying, his words do make sense."
Inside the Chat Room, everyone analyzed Hiruzen Sarutobi thoroughly, one sentence at a time.
Not to mention, the gold-framed big screen had also broadcasted it once.
Senju Tobirama: "Speaking of which, it's quite interesting."
Senju Tobirama: "Gold-Framed Naruto passed by turning in a blank paper."
Mei Terumī: "After all, this first exam tests the basics of a Ninja."
Mei Terumī: "You could say it tests the ability to cheat... ultimately, it assesses a Ninja's ability to scout and obtain intelligence."
Mei Terumī: "Only those who are too low-level will be caught. Generally speaking, as long as it's not too obvious and can be seen through at a glance, it's considered a pass."
Ōnoki: "The main thing is still the psychological pressure applied by the chief proctor."
The black-framed large screen footage continues.
[He took a look at the questions on the exam paper.]
[Most were basics.]
[For Naruto, these kinds of questions weren't even as difficult as the exam paper specially prepared for him during the graduation exam.]
[With just a cursory glance, the answers already appeared in his mind.]
[Only...]
[Naruto somewhat helplessly entered the Sealing Space.]
[He looked at the Great Fox, who was intentionally 'accidentally' reading out the core content and answers of this first exam.]
["Are these questions hard?"]
["Great Fox, you could probably do them yourself, right?"]
["Hmph! This Fox is a Tailed Beast; these human questions naturally cannot stump This Fox!" A flash of embarrassment crossed the Great Fox's face, but it vanished in an instant.]
[Multitasking, Naruto absentmindedly wrote down the answers while bickering with the Great Fox inside the Sealing Space.]
[It's also...]
[Naruto finally realized.]
[No wonder the Great Fox had been acting up lately.]
[Thinking carefully, he had indeed neglected the Great Fox during this time.]
[No wonder this Scum Fox was constantly trying to make its presence felt.]
[Once the root of the problem was known, it naturally had to be solved.]
[Outside.]
[Inside the exam hall.]
[After noticing that many proctors didn't seem to care about cheating...]
[Many Genin began to take action.]
[Not everyone could answer the questions on this exam paper.]
[Thus, this group of examinees utilized various abilities to cheat, truly like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their own prowess.]
[Naturally, many of The Rookie 9 also needed to cheat.]
[Kiba relied on Akamaru on top of his head, cheating silently.]
[Of course, it wasn't without cost; for example, Akamaru accidentally scratched Kiba's head until it bled.]
[However, for the sake of cheating, Kiba didn't make a sound, completely unbothered by his bleeding head.]
[In contrast, the other two from the reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance Team Eight had it much easier.]
[Shino naturally used Parasitic Insects to cheat directly.]
[Hinata... well, for these questions, she didn't even need to use her Byakugan to cheat.]
[Among this group of examinees, several proctors disguised as students had already been arranged, essentially providing the correct answers to the examinees.]
[The answers were right there; whether one could get them depended entirely on their skill.]
[There were many with clever methods, but those who insisted on cheating without any skill...]
[Were naturally caught immediately, and then one thing led to another.]
[If one person was caught, the other two on the team were held jointly liable.]
[If there was any dissatisfaction, the prepared proctors would immediately take action, using physical means to silence them and prevent them from disturbing other examinees.]
[Seeing this, the Genin were shaken, and their cheating methods became much more cautious.]
[Tenten, Ino, and Sakura had already planned it out, directly using the Yamanaka Clan's Secret Technique for the three of them to cheat.]
[Meanwhile, Lee honestly put on his forehead protector, using the mirror-like surface of the protector to cheat.]
[Neji naturally activated his Byakugan directly.]
[Shikamaru... Shikamaru just lay down to sleep.]
[After seeing through the true intention of this exam, Shikamaru almost didn't even want to write his name.]
[Seeing this, Choji unhurriedly wrote his name, and then... began to use various means to sneak snacks.]
['Hmph!']
['A boring exam... Naruto must know what the real point of the test is... Sakura... even if she doesn't know, this kind of written test won't stump her at all...']
['Whew—']
['No matter what... even if I guessed wrong, or if a problem arises... it cannot be a problem on my end.']
[Thinking this, Sasuke's gaze landed on a Ninja in front of him who had been answering questions non-stop since sitting down.]
[With just one look, Sasuke saw through his disguise.]
[A very low-level Transformation Jutsu.]
[He was likely a proctor assigned to 'deliver' answers to them.]
['In that case, I won't be polite.']
[The corner of Sasuke's mouth curled slightly.]
[Buzz—]
[The next instant, Sasuke activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.]
[He stared fixedly at the proctor in front who was 'carrying' the answers.]
[Then, after a slight adjustment, he synchronized directly.]
[He began to copy the writing movements.]
[Swish swish swish—]
[The sound of the pencil hitting the exam paper was completely in sync with the proctor disguised as an examinees.]
['Hmph, testing reconnaissance and information gathering abilities?']
['For me, who possesses the Sharingan, this doesn't even count as an assessment.']
[Sasuke finally regained a bit of confidence in his heart.]
[At the same time.]
[In the back row, Kankuro used a Puppet and Temari collaborated with each other to cheat.]
[Before long, Kankuro got up to go to the bathroom.]
[And Gaara, who had been resting with his eyes closed for a long time, finally began to act.]
[He covered one eye with one hand.]
[Immediately after, he formed a seal with his other hand.]
[Shhh—]
[Grit poured out of the sand gourd on Gaara's back.]
[After making an examinee temporarily blinded by the grit, the grit immediately converged into the shape of Gaara's eyeball.]
[This examinee had already finished writing the answers; after Gaara memorized all the answers, he glanced at the row in front of this examinee.]
[Uchiha Sasuke.]
[Gaara was stunned for a moment.]
[Then he slowly retracted the eyeball.]
[This Uchiha Sasuke... seems to have some problems.]
[Copying movements is indeed a fairly clever method.]
[But...]
[This Uchiha Sasuke seems to have started his method too late.]
[And... he doesn't know how to adapt.]
[The 'examinee' in front of Uchiha Sasuke has already reached the third question.]
[Uchiha Sasuke only just started copying the movements.]
[And then he wrote the answer to the third question in the space for the first...]