Ino's mind immediately became active upon hearing this... was there really such a good thing? Imagining those Genin locked in the examination hall scratching their heads in confusion, tormented to death by various questions, and realizing that she would be the one causing that torment, her azure-blue eyes shone as brightly as daylight... Ino asked again to confirm, "Dad, are you serious?"
"Of course—as the examiner for the first written test of the Chunin Exams, selecting, editing, and reviewing the exam questions are naturally all part of my job... Ino, look at how busy I've been recently, I haven't even managed to lose weight yet... So, I'm entrusting the task of compiling the exam questions to you. Don't let me down!"
Inoichi Yamanaka ruffled Ino's hair with a sincere attitude... After all, whether he did the question editing himself or had his daughter do it, there wasn't much difference.
He wasn't worried about any issues either—wouldn't he still have to review whatever she came up with? And in the end, wouldn't it all have to be submitted to the Hokage-sama for approval before being finalized?
Moreover, editing exam papers was truly a mind-numbingly boring task. Selecting, rearranging, and calculating from a pile of dull test papers was an absolute pain. In comparison, he'd rather press a spy's head and extract their memories a hundred times... watching those memories was far more interesting, just like binge-watching a TV series.
And... his daughter just happened to be interested... Ino was completely overwhelmed by this "surprise." In her "previous life," she had been "taking exams" right up until the end, always the one in the examination hall doing other people's papers, being tormented by others. Who would have thought that in this life, she would be so lucky as to be the one setting the questions for others... Ino thought to herself, "Oh my, just wait till I roast them..."
She had already thought of a question to "torment people":
1. The answer to this question is: A.A, B.B, C.C, D.D
2. The answer to the fifth question is... derived from a logic puzzle widely circulated online in her "previous life." The question wasn't particularly difficult, but it was very challenging.
"Hmm, if this question is placed at the beginning to screen people, then..." Ino considered using this question as a "Stepping Stone," directly replacing the small test she saw in the manga where the third-floor exam room's doorplate was transplanted to the second floor using genjutsu, making people think it was the third-floor exam room—in fact, those who failed to successfully find and enter the exam room naturally failed... But as soon as this idea surfaced, she immediately dismissed it—
"No, no, those Genin in the manga were so foolish they couldn't even distinguish between the second and third floors, their logical thinking skills were pitiful. If we used this question as a gatekeeper, Dad would probably be waiting in the exam hall all alone..."
For this kind of question, aside from a few high-IQ Ninja like Shikamaru, everyone else would probably be left clueless!
The difficulty was too high.
"Hmm, let's think... if we put it at the end, it seems to lose its purpose..."
...Meanwhile, Inoichi Yamanaka had no idea how much his daughter had been thinking in just a few moments. He continued making promises, "Whatever materials you need, including school exam papers, past written test papers from the Chunin Exams, workbooks—I can get them all for you..."
Ino said with a serious expression, "I'll definitely need all of those. And Dad, you have to tell me the content of the first exam!"
"Mhm... I will, I will, of course I'll tell you. Otherwise, how would you compile the exam paper? Ino, work hard on this. If you do well, I might be in charge of future Chunin Exams too..."
"Don't worry, leave it to me!"
Ino patted her chest in assurance.
"Mhm, mhm."
Inoichi Yamanaka nodded with a doting expression, knowing his little darling was reliable—he had no doubts about Ino's abilities in this area:
The questions she came up with last time for the secretary interview were very impressive, far surpassing his own skills as a father.
Afterward, Inoichi truly brought Ino the written test papers from all the past exams, as well as the Ninja Academy's test papers.
Then he became a hands-off manager, simply asking Ino every evening after dinner which questions she had come up with and giving them a quick look.
Ino presented Inoichi with that Criminal Investigation Question from her "previous life," and Inoichi was immediately stumped... At first glance, this question gave the feeling of a dog trying to bite a hedgehog—nowhere to start. He and his wife pondered it all the way into bed before finally finding a bit of a clue—
"The key to this question lies in the 10th sub-question; the information there is the clearest. Then, by working backward from the tenth question, you have to..."
"How on earth did our daughter's little brain come up with something like this? This question is so weird..."
Mrs. Yamanaka had already given up struggling.
Inoichi teased, "Our daughter takes after her mother, that cleverness. Dear, this is what they call the pupil surpassing the master... It's not like our daughter's intelligence is a new thing. Do you think it might be related to that mental training method she's been practicing?"
"Mhm, probably..."
"I tried it too. The first step requires 'forgetting numbers to obtain numbers.' It's incredibly difficult. That foundational method, starting from addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to build a meticulous, rigorous mathematical system—I couldn't even do the first step. I could never shake off the interference of numbers..."
"...Inoichi..."
"Mhm."
"You know, our daughter Ino will be old enough to attend the Ninja Academy next year, but her abilities already far surpass those of an ordinary Ninja—whether it's the Three Basic Jutsu or the knowledge from books taught at the Ninja Academy... either it lags behind her understanding of the Chakra system, or she already knows it very well..."
Having a genius daughter also brings its own troubles: for example, the question of whether she should even attend the Ninja Academy.
Undoubtedly, the Ninja Academy could hardly teach Ino anything. Wasting time there would be no different from wasting her life.
Inoichi thought for a moment and said, "Let's find some time to ask Ino herself about this..."
"Mhm!"
...Once the topic of schooling was brought up, Mrs. Yamanaka couldn't stop thinking about it. So, the very next morning, she asked Ino.
"Huh? The Ninja Academy..." Ino didn't hesitate much at all, "I'll go, of course I'll go. It's not like being at school will affect me in any way. It won't be a waste of time either; I think it's fine..."
She could peacefully develop for six years within the "safe house" of the Ninja Academy—or even repeat a grade if necessary... Why struggle desperately to become a Genin and go out on dangerous missions? The Yamanaka Clan wasn't short on food for her, nor did they need her to take on missions at such a young age—escort, assassination, eavesdropping, tracking, reconnaissance, finding people, finding items...
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