Naruto: If I ask you to practice gentle fist, will you drive a Gundam?

"Yakushi Kabuto? Who is that?"

Everyone looked puzzled, as if no one had ever heard of this name.

Seeing this, Pharmacist Kabuto was not unhappy, but smiled and said:

"I can't blame you. After all, you are all newcomers this year. Ah, it reminds me of my past self."

As he spoke, Yakushi Kabuto revealed a look of nostalgia, and a complex expression appeared in the corner of his eyes, but it disappeared in a flash.

"Yakushi Kabuto...senpai, huh? Is this your second time taking the exam?"

Sakura asked tentatively. Through observation and conversation, she knew that the other party should be a senior who is older than her, so she could try to get some useful information out of him.

"No, this is my seventh time."

Yakushi Kabuto said calmly.

This sentence undoubtedly shocked everyone.

Shikamaru said with an unpleasant look:

"Is this exam so difficult? It's so troublesome."

The other ninjas who usually don't study well had constipated expressions on their faces.

Even a top student like Sakura was a little shocked.

"So, Senior Kabuto must be very powerful!"

At this moment, a steady voice suddenly came from behind everyone. Everyone looked up and saw that Neji, Rock Lee and Tenten had already arrived at the examination room.

"Brother Neji!"

"Ningji-senpai!"

"Ningji-nii..."

Everyone greeted or saluted. Now Neji's strength has been initially recognized by many Konoha Genin.

Neji nodded in return and continued:

"Kabuto-senpai, as a veteran of the Chunin Exams, can you share some information with us juniors?"

Looking at this boy with white eyes who looked only about ten years old, Dou was suddenly stunned.

He did have information about this Hyuga Neji, but according to the source of the information, he was born in a branch of the Hyuga family, rarely went out to socialize, and had very few friends. In theory, he should have a gloomy and introverted personality, but looking at him now, it seemed that this boy was very cheerful and talkative, and even had a good relationship with people?

Could it be that the information was wrong? Kabuto muttered to himself.

“Of course!” Although he had some doubts in his heart, Dou still showed a sunny smile. As he spoke, he took out a stack of cards from his pocket and spread them out in his palm, just like a card player.

"I will use these Ninja Knowledge Cards to explain it to you all!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Dou squatted down and put the stack of cards on the ground, took out one and said:

"The Shinobi Card is an intelligence card that uses chakra to record information on the card. Only my chakra can unlock the content of the information."

As Kabuto spoke, he pointed his left index finger at the card, and as weak chakra was infused into the card through Kabuto's arm, the card slowly turned in a circle.

"like this!"

With a bang, the card that was originally a white board instantly displayed its content. It seemed to be a map of the ninja world. Each country was marked with a bar chart. There was a line of text below the map, which recorded the name of each ninja village and a number.

"This is the number of people and countries participating in this Chunin Exam. The number of candidates from each ninja village is also marked."

Everyone looked carefully and saw the following information written in small print at the bottom:

30 people from Sand Village, 21 people from Amegakure, 15 people from Kusagakure, 12 people from Takigakure, 72 people from Konoha, 3 people from Otogakure, a total of 153 people

At this time, Pharmacist Kabuto raised his head and asked:

"By the way, do you know why the Chunin Exams are held?"

Upon hearing this, all the Genin were confused and looked at Kabuto Yakushi silently, waiting for him to continue explaining.

"First, it is to deepen the friendship between the countries. Second, it is said to be to improve the quality of ninjas."

"It is said?" Sasuke discovered the hidden message in Yakushi Kabuto's words and asked.

"Yes, the real purpose is..."

Before Kabuto could finish, Neji took over and continued:

"It is to confirm the level of ninjas between the countries and try to ensure that the power of each country can be balanced."

Hearing the voice, everyone's attention was drawn to Neji again.

"As expected of you, Brother Neji! You know so much!" Naruto spoke first.

"Brother Neji, you are so awesome..." Hinata also said with a rosy face and a smile.

"Ningji-senpai, you seem very reliable!"

Looking at Neji who stole his lines, Kabuto Yakushi was surprised again and wondered, what was going on with this young boy?

"But brother Neji, what does power... balance mean?" Naruto asked in confusion.

Seeing this, Neji walked forward a few steps, stood in front of Kabuto Yakushi and said:

"Balance of power means that the ninja villages of various countries will check and balance each other, so that they can have a general understanding of each other's strength, and then formulate national diplomatic strategies based on this."

After saying this, Neji looked at the expressions of the others, all of whom looked puzzled. After thinking about it, it made sense that this statement might not be simple enough to understand, so he continued:

"To put it simply, if the Konoha ninjas do not perform well in this exam and their combat capabilities are also at a disadvantage, they will likely be hindered by diplomacy in the future, or even harassed and attacked by enemy countries."

"On the other hand, if the ninjas of Konoha Village perform well in this exam and are very united, then they can greatly deter neighboring countries and make them dare not take action against Konoha. They may even choose to be attached to Konoha and become a vassal state."

Hearing this, Neji's tone gradually became louder, like an orator:

"So this exam is definitely not just about Genin's promotion to Chunin. It has risen to the level of a contest between countries."

After Neji finished speaking, everyone was silent for a while, and then burst into applause.

"Wow! It turns out the Chunin Exam is so important!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Senior Neji really thinks long-term!" Sakura also showed an expression of admiration.

"Brother Neji...you're so awesome!" Hinata has slowly adapted to the examination room and walked a little closer, but her voice is still very low.

"Although it's troublesome, I have to admit that this guy has a good brain!" Shikamaru also praised.

The other Genin were basically the same, expressing their approval and appreciation for Neji's overall view.

Even the pharmacist Kabuto showed a look of shock and sighed in his heart:

Hyuga Neji? That's interesting... If he could become Orochimaru's power...

At this time, Naruto, who was looking at the map card, asked:

"Um, Senior Kabuto, I have seen the symbols of other ninja villages, but where is the ninja village with only three people for reference?"

Hearing the sound, everyone looked towards the logo of the ninja village, which was an eighth note symbol. They all showed expressions as if they were surprised that this thing was actually a ninja village.

"Oh, Sound Village. This is a small ninja village that was established in recent years. There are relatively few people, so there is not much information."

The three Otogakure ninjas in the corner of the examination room took to heart the casual words of Kabuto Yakushi.

The leader of the three men had his face wrapped in bandages with only one eye exposed. He was hunched over with his hands hidden in his wide sleeves. His eyes showed a fierce look as he said to Pharmacist Dou:

"He actually made us sound like a second-rate ninja. Let's help him improve the intelligence! The ninjas of Otogakure are very cruel..."