Kaoru and the others looked up and saw that it was indeed Deidara arguing with a ninja from another village.
Kurotsuchi was standing to the side with her arms crossed, watching the show, as if she had no intention of stopping her senior brother.
"As expected, it's him. This guy, he's always causing trouble wherever he goes," Hina said, dissatisfied.
"Actually, it's not bad. You can take this opportunity to observe his strength. Maybe it can lay the foundation for future battles," Kabuto said, smiling.
He didn't know that Kaoru and the others had already fought Deidara.
At this moment, Deidara was arguing fiercely with a Hidden Stone Village ninja.
With Deidara's hot temper, he couldn't bear it, and it looked like he was about to start fighting.
"This kid is quite the troublemaker..." Hōzuki Mangetsu said coldly from not far away.
"All of you, be quiet!" Suddenly, a majestic voice rang out, accompanied by a huge puff of smoke.
"Boom!" The smoke appeared in the center of the training ground, attracting the attention of all the genin present.
"The proctor is here," Kaoru thought. After the huge puff of smoke cleared, eight people were revealed.
The leader was about thirty years old.
He had black hair tied behind his head, and two clearly visible scars on his face, indicating that he was a man who had been through countless battles.
Behind him stood a group of ninjas. It was worth noting that one of these ninjas was wearing a mask, so he should be a member of the Anbu.
"Sorry to keep you waiting," the leader said, cracking a smile.
"I'm Nara Shikaku, the proctor for the first stage of the Chūnin Selection Exams."
"As expected, it's him," Kaoru thought. He had recognized him earlier based on his clothes.
He was the father of Nara Shikamaru, who was skilled in Shadow Techniques and had even greater strategies!
"Ninjas from other villages, you better behave yourselves before the exam. Do you want to be disqualified?" Nara Shikaku said, pointing at Deidara and the Hidden Stone Village ninja.
"Sorry," the Hidden Stone Village ninja immediately admitted his mistake. "It's because it's my first time participating, so I'm so excited."
"What, I didn't want to participate in this damn exam in the first place!" Deidara said, looking dissatisfied. "If it wasn't for that old man Tsuchikage..."
"Alright, Deidara-nii-san, watch what you say," Kurotsuchi said, seeing that the proctor had arrived, and no longer let Deidara run wild, immediately pulling him aside.
"Hmph!" Nara Shikaku snorted coldly.
"I'll take this opportunity to say that you can't hurt others without the proctor's permission! Even with the proctor's permission, you can't kill your opponent!"
Saying this, Nara Shikaku looked at the genin in the venue.
"Anyone who dares to disobey my words will be immediately disqualified! Did you hear me clearly!" He said sternly.
The venue was silent.
"Oh my, this exam... It really can't be underestimated," a blonde-haired young man said, smiling.
Judging from the forehead protector he was wearing, he was a ninja from the Hidden Cloud Village.
"Very well, it seems you all understand," Nara Shikaku said, nodding.
"Now, let's begin the first stage of the Chūnin Selection Exams. Hand in your application forms, and then collect your number plates. Stand at the designated location according to your number."
"Designated location?" The genin were confused. The venue was very spacious, but they didn't see any number markings. Where was the designated location?
"After collecting the number plates, you will receive the written test papers," Nara Shikaku continued.
"W-written test?" The genin were even more confused. Even Kaoru was a little puzzled. This was an open-air venue, and they were going to have a written test here?
"Wait a minute!" A ninja among the genin complained, "What do you mean by designated location? We haven't seen any markings! And shouldn't the written test be conducted in a classroom? Why are we doing it in a training ground?"
"Hmph, good question," Nara Shikaku said, smiling. "Of course the written test won't be conducted in the training ground, but in..."
Nara Shikaku raised his right hand and pointed to the sky, "In mid-air!"
"Mid-air!" The genin in the venue immediately erupted in an uproar!
"Mid-air? Come on, we can't fly."
"Yeah, that's too much!" The genin candidates complained.
"Naturally, I'm not asking you to fly..." Nara Shikaku said, smiling. He then turned to the masked ninja beside him.
"It's up to you," Nara Shikaku said.
"No problem," the masked ninja nodded, and then stepped forward.
"Now, please retreat to the edge of the training ground!" Nara Shikaku shouted loudly.
Although the genin were confused and didn't know what was going on, they still followed Nara Shikaku's instructions and came to the edge of the training ground.
"You can start," Nara Shikaku said, seeing that the genin had left.
"Hmm," the masked ninja replied, and then made hand seals.
An amazing thing happened. The soil on the ground of the training ground trembled, and then a large number of tree stumps emerged directly from the ground!
These tree stumps soared into the sky. There were more than a hundred of them, and they were about the thickness of an adult's body. They rose to a height of seven or eight meters in a short time!
"A-amazing!"
"What kind of ninjutsu is this!" The genin were stunned by the huge formation, even geniuses like Deidara were surprised.
"This is... Wood Release!" Kaoru thought. It seemed that the masked person in front of him was the Wood Release ninja, Yamato.
Finally, the tree stumps rose to a height of ten meters and stopped growing.
And so, the training ground, which had just been flat, suddenly turned into a small forest, but the forest was bare, without a single leaf.
And on the surface of each tree stump, a different number was engraved.
"I see, this is the real exam venue?" Kaoru said, smiling. This was much more interesting than the Chūnin Exams in Naruto's generation.
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