"Completed," Yamato nodded, and then returned to the proctor's location.
"Hmm," Nara Shikaku nodded. He raised his hand, pointing to the top of the tree stumps, and announced loudly, "This is your exam venue. After collecting your number plates, take this exam on top of the tree stump with the corresponding number!"
"This... This is too bizarre!"
"Who came up with this idea!" The genin began to complain again.
"Who told you to be so unlucky and run into me," Nara Shikaku sneered, and the scene of the Third Hokage specifically looking for him a week ago to have him serve as the proctor for the first stage of the Chūnin Selection Exams couldn't help but flash in his mind.
"Now, come over and collect your number plates and go to the exam venue!" Nara Shikaku said.
And so, the genin came to Nara Shikaku, handed in their application forms, and collected their number plates.
"Alright, after collecting your number plates, find your own location," Nara Shikaku said.
"Aren't you going to hand out the test papers yet?" A genin asked, puzzled.
"I'll hand out the test papers after you go up," Nara Shikaku said, smiling.
And so, the genin came to the base of their respective tree stumps, preparing to climb up.
The number plate that Kaoru received was number 37, in the middle of the tree stumps. He came to his tree stump and first touched the surface of the tree stump with his hand.
"So smooth!" This was the first feeling that the tree stump gave Kaoru.
These tree stumps should have been treated, and the surface seemed to have been waxed, and there wasn't a single wrinkle to be felt.
"Ouch!" Just as Kaoru did this, he heard a scream.
A genin who had climbed halfway up, because the tree stump was too slippery, and also because his own strength was lacking, actually fell from the tree stump.
"Haha!" The surrounding genin immediately laughed mercilessly.
The face of the genin who fell turned red, but then there were several more screams, and other genin fell from halfway up.
This time, the genin were a little surprised.
"Don't underestimate basic training, you guys," Nara Shikaku said coldly. "If you can't even do basic skills like climbing trees, don't even think about being a chūnin, you're not even qualified to be a genin!"
"So that's how it is, he deliberately made the tree stumps very smooth to test basic abilities, Nara Shikaku, he's really thinking carefully," Kaoru thought.
"Hmph, boring, this simple problem is like making things difficult for me?" Hōzuki Mangetsu muttered softly.
"Now, within one minute, those who are still on the ground will lose their qualification to take the exam!" Nara Shikaku suddenly announced.
As soon as he said this, the genin no longer stood there in a daze, and all started to move.
One by one, the genin began to gather chakra at the soles of their feet and walk towards the top of the tree stump.
And Kaoru had a calm expression. No matter how smooth the surface of the tree stump was, this kind of basic thing naturally couldn't make things difficult for him.
He exerted force on his feet, and kicked hard on the tree stump again, and arrived at the top of the tree stump in two steps.
"This kid, he's so young, and so fast..." A hint of shock flashed in Nara Shikaku's eyes.
And Kaoru looked at the tree stump under his feet, and found that the area of the tree stump wasn't large, but it was just enough for him to sit down, but for other adult genin, they probably could only stand to take the exam.
On the other side, Hina had already climbed up the tree stump. While climbing, she looked for Kaoru and Shin's figures in the crowd.
She wasn't worried about Kaoru, but she was very worried about Shin, because Shin had been performing very poorly before, but just as he saw Shin, he found that Shin had already climbed to the top of the tree stump.
"This guy... When did his tree climbing speed become so fast," Hina muttered softly.
"Testing the precision of controlling chakra, how boring!" Deidara spat lightly, and also climbed up in three steps.
"Too easy." After arriving at the top of the tree stump, he said with a smile, and then turned his head to look around, and found that Hina was right across from him diagonally.
"Girl, we meet again." Deidara looked at Hina with a wicked smile.
"I'm done for..." An ominous premonition rose in Hina's heart.
"Swish!" Two Hidden Cloud ninjas were too lazy to climb, but with a kick of their feet, their bodies leaped high into the air, directly jumping to the top of the tree stump.
"Hidden Cloud ninjas, as expected, they're more skilled in taijutsu!" Nara Shikaku thought inwardly.
One minute passed quickly, and most of the genin had already climbed to the top of the tree stump, and only a few people couldn't climb up.
"Now I announce that those who remain on the ground are eliminated!" Nara Shikaku said coldly, "Including the members of his team!"
As soon as he said this, the faces of the genin on the ground turned pale, and the team members of these genin immediately complained.
"Why should we be eliminated too, we've obviously already climbed up, are we going to be implicated too!"
"Of course!" Nara Shikaku didn't show any mercy. "As your teammate, he doesn't even know such basic abilities, you didn't help him improve, it's your dereliction of duty!"
Nara Shikaku's words directly left these genin speechless, "Damn it..."
After a long time, they gritted their teeth, and also climbed down from the tree stump, and were expelled from the exam venue together with the genin on the ground.
"It's getting more and more interesting..." A smile appeared on the corner of Kaoru's mouth.
"Very well, now I'll officially announce the rules of this exam, all of you listen carefully!" Nara Shikaku shouted loudly, "First: From now on, anyone whose body touches the ground will be immediately eliminated, Second: You are not allowed to hurt others, if you do so, you will also be immediately eliminated, Third: If one member of the team is eliminated, then all members of the team will be eliminated!"
"The exam time is one hour, the score is out of 100, and you must get 60 points to pass. You can hand in the papers early, and I only allow 30 teams to pass," Nara Shikaku continued.
"Only allow 30 teams?" The genin discussed.
"That's right, I'll send people to grade the papers on the spot, and if the number of people who pass has reached 30 teams, the rest will be immediately eliminated!" Nara Shikaku said, cracking a smile.
"T-this is..."
"What a bizarre rule."
"Doesn't this mean that someone is destined to be eliminated!" The genin complained.
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