It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

Naruto didn't know how long he had slept, but he felt something kicking his feet while he was in a light sleep.

His comfortable sleep was disturbed, and Naruto could only sit up from the table again.

He looked up sleepily at the clock hanging on the wall above the blackboard on the podium.

The exam time reached the fortieth minute.

There are still five minutes before Ibiki Morino will start to announce the last question.

After confirming the time, Naruto turned to look at Temari.

The person who just kicked him was Temari.

"what?"

Naruto gave Temari a questioning look.

How can I provoke her while sleeping?

Temari did not answer Naruto's question.

He just glanced sideways at the pencil Naruto had pressed against the test paper.

Unable to get an answer from Temari, Naruto could only follow Temari's gaze.

Naruto noticed that next to his pencil, there was a roll of paper shorter than the nail of his little finger.

This thing looks so familiar...

Naruto was stunned for a moment, then realized that the ball of paper that was crumpled up in the examination room had only one use.

Naruto's gaze fell on Temari again. While he was sleeping, Temari's test paper, which was originally blank like his, was now densely filled with answers.

"Don't be in a daze. There's no time."

Seeing that Naruto still looked indifferent, Temari gave a quick reminder in a low voice.

Naruto then picked up the ball of paper.

He himself didn't expect that his previous words to Temari, "Be friends with Gaara", would have such a great impact on Temari.

He actually asked Temari to prepare the answers to the exam for him.

When the paper ball is spread out, even though the paper does not have a large area, it covers all nine questions on the test paper.

But compared to the answer on the paper, Naruto was more interested in the material of the paper itself.

The touch of the paper is not the usual frosted feeling.

More like...silk thread.

The paper is made of silk threads, carrying a faint sense of chakra.

Naruto immediately understood where the paper came from.

Kankuro.

It is paper woven from the chakra threads he uses to control the puppet.

But the answer on the paper was another kind of chakra. When rubbing the words hard, one could feel the obvious sand.

I see……

The answer was provided by Gaara, and Kankuro then passed it on to Temari.

This is a good thing. Naruto was originally worried that handing in a blank paper would attract too much attention.

With Temari's answers, he would be able to finish the first exam "normally" like the other candidates.

Write your answers on your test paper, with the last word of the answer completed.

Ibiki on the podium suddenly said, "Now let's announce the tenth question of the exam."

Naruto glanced at the clock and saw that it took him exactly five minutes to copy the answers.

Ibiki glanced around the examination room. After 45 minutes of examination, most of the seats that were originally full were now empty.

The reason for these vacancies is that there were candidates who were caught cheating five times by the Chunin examiners within forty-five minutes, and the entire ninja class was eliminated.

The remaining candidates who had persisted for forty-five minutes were also nervously waiting for Ibiki's tenth question.

Is the last question easy or more difficult than the first nine?

Most of the remaining candidates had this message in their eyes.

As the captain of the torture unit, Ibiki can easily see through their thoughts.

"Humph."

However, as the candidates waited anxiously, Ibiki simply uttered a creepy snort.

"That examiner, what is he laughing at all of a sudden?"

Temari was confused by Ibiki's pretense.

"do not know."

Although Temari didn't look at him, Naruto could tell from Temari's tone that she was chatting with him.

Temari stopped talking, but just frowned and stared at Ibiki, in case the ferocious-looking examiner was going to play any new tricks.

Naruto focused more on the clock, there were only fifteen minutes left on the exam.

But it was more difficult than the previous forty-five minutes.

This is probably the mentality of a poor student who has given up hope... But now Naruto feels that time is passing slowly because he knows what Ibiki did in the tenth question.

After all, unknown torture is what scares people.

Ibihi seemed to feel that the atmosphere in the examination room had almost heated up, and he finally spoke again: "Before I announce the last question, I want to add some exam rules."

"Additional exam rules? Why are we adding additional rules now?"

As soon as Ibiki finished speaking, Sakura, who was sitting in the middle of the examination room, questioned.

"It's my exam room, I can add rules whenever I want."

Ibiki looked at Sakura with a cold gaze: "If you are not satisfied, you can choose not to answer the last question - but in return, you and your partner will be eliminated immediately!"

Faced with Ibiki's arrogance and domineering attitude, Sakura had no choice but to shut up again.

"What I just said is the additional rule one: before I announce the tenth question, you must choose 'answer the tenth question' or 'do not answer the tenth question'."

"For those who choose 'Don't answer the tenth question', their scores will be reset to zero, and they will be eliminated immediately along with the other two people in their ninja class."

This is additional rule one.

At first glance, this additional rule seems to be a mandatory multiple-choice question.

"Now that you've said that, then we can only choose 'answer question 10'!"

"That's right! He's right!"

"If one person doesn't answer, the other two will also be eliminated. Who would choose not to answer and be blamed by their companions?!"

So some candidates immediately began to express their dissatisfaction and ridicule towards Ibiki's additional rules.

However, Ibiki didn't care about the noise of these candidates at all.

He then proceeded to state the second additional rule.

"For those who choose 'Answer the tenth question', if one person in a group of three ninjas answers the tenth question incorrectly, the scores of the entire ninja class will be reset to zero. In addition, the three people will lose the qualification to participate in the Chunin Exam forever, and will be Genin for the rest of their lives."

After hearing Ibiki's second additional rule, the noisy examination room suddenly became extremely quiet.

"How is it possible... I've taken so many exams and have never heard of such a thing!"

A Genin candidate in his thirties questioned Ibiki's rules with a trembling voice.

"What a coincidence! This year's examiner is me... Since you have participated in many exams, you should also understand that the rules set by the examiner for each Chunin Exam are approved by the Hokage - and they are permanent, even if the next examiner is replaced by someone else."

Ibiki's cruel words immediately broke the thirty-something Genin candidate down: "Then...what if I choose 'not to answer question 10'?"

"Then it will be considered as a normal elimination. You can take the exam again next year or the year after."

Ibiki looked at the genin candidate who was a round older than the other genin present.

Ignore his worries at the moment.

"I...will not answer question ten."

Following the selfish answer of the thirty-something Genin who ignored the opinions of his other two companions.

The Chunin examiners immediately called out the examination numbers of his fellow ninjas, and the three of them were expelled from the examination room together.

With the coward taking the lead, the other wavering people made their own choices.

More candidates were eliminated in just ten minutes than in the previous exam which took forty-five minutes.

There are five minutes left before the first exam ends.

Ibiki still hasn't announced the answer to the tenth question, but is just waiting for the candidates who still intend to withdraw.

It’s another simple and subtle time trap. You can’t finish the questions in five minutes.

The fact that Ibiki did not announce the question speaks volumes.

But the fear of their own future failure prevents most people from seeing the true side of things.

These guys who have nothing to do with Naruto can just quit.

Naruto's eyes were fixed on Sakura.

As if sensing Naruto's gaze, Sakura suddenly turned around and looked at Naruto.

There was also fear in her eyes, but it was not fear that she could not answer the question.

It was the fear of not knowing whether to answer the question or not.

Naruto looked Sakura in the eyes with a determined look.

Naruto's gaze soothed Sakura, and the fear in her eyes gradually disappeared, and she was no longer dazed.

It seems that Sakura will not give up at this last moment.

Naruto looked at Sasuke again, and Sasuke naturally would not choose not to answer.

Finally, Naruto stared at Karin and his companions.

The only uncertain factor now is Karin and the others.

If Karin is timid, Naruto has no good way to stop her. He can probably only delay the last five minutes by making a big fuss like in the original story.

But Karin was unexpectedly calm, while his two Kusagakure companions still looked hesitant.

The two of them looked at Karin from time to time, as if they were very annoyed why Karin didn't raise her hand and chose not to answer the tenth question.

"What a pair of useless idiots who are just trying to save face."

Naruto had a rare look of disgust in his eyes.