Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 592 The Rules of Truth and Falsehood

After a brief silence, all the candidates realized what was happening...

"Damn it! Get out of the way! Let me in first!"

"Let me go first!"

"Who are you trying to hook up with?! Get lost, you hear me?!"

"Line up! Line up!"

"What are you waiting in line for? Do you think this is your village?! Don't you know we're taking an exam?!"

"No way, the entire ninja world is broadcasting this exam live! Are you sure you want to do this?!"

"Yes! Your own village would be ashamed to see you doing this, wouldn't they?!"

Everyone swarmed to the iron gate that Gaara had opened, which completely blocked the area.

As for Gaara...

He calmly walked directly into the depths of the Death Forest.

Temari and Kankuro, who were still stuck at the iron gate, were dumbfounded.

No, it's my own younger brother...

He just left like that?!

...Oh well, I should have gotten used to it by now.

Although Gaara didn't cause much trouble in this life because Shukaku didn't die, his mother was in poor health and his father was always busy and didn't have much time to spend with him, which led to him becoming somewhat withdrawn.

Although he is somewhat withdrawn, he is a very kind child, judging from the fact that he goes to see his mother almost every day after school.

He was just afraid of his mother's death; what wrong had he done?

Gaara was walking forward, preparing to look for clues about the second exam, when he saw a note pasted on a large tree.

Because the tree is so large, standing there like a wall, the black and white writing on it is quite conspicuous.

Gaara stepped forward, tore off a piece of paper, and began to read...

Five minutes later:

The candidates blocking the iron gate were all unwilling to let others enter the Death Forest first.

Outside, looking at the completely blocked iron gate, Naruto, holding the back of his head and speechless, asked Nara Shikamaru, "Shikamaru, what do you think of the current situation?"

Shikamaru's face darkened. What could he possibly think?

He stood there and watched!

I was already a step behind because I didn't react in time, and if I'm stuck here, then there's no point in even trying for the second round; I might as well just let someone else win.

Thinking this, Shikamaru began to consider how to get the people blocking the doorway to move aside, or how to restore order...

After thinking for a while, Shikamaru still hadn't come up with a good solution when he heard a commotion breaking out among the crowd blocking the door.

Shikamaru looked puzzled.

Meanwhile, Gaara stood by the iron gate, holding a piece of paper. He approached the gate and said, "Stop pushing. It doesn't matter who goes first or last. The most important thing right now... is this..."

Everyone looked at the paper in Gaara's hand, which contained only one sentence.

—All members of the group must pass the second round of pilot testing; otherwise, their scores will be invalid.—

Everyone fell silent upon seeing that one sentence.

Then, gradually, these people began to enter the venue in an orderly manner.

Gaara also reunited with his companions, Temari and Kankuro.

When Naruto walked in, holding the back of his head, Gaara was whispering something to Kankuro and Temari.

Naruto casually raised his hand and smiled at Gaara, "Yo, hello, thanks for getting them all to leave~ Otherwise, it would have been quite troublesome if they had been blocking the door."

Gaara nodded calmly, then turned and left with Kankuro and Temari.

Naruto frowned upon seeing this: "What the hell? This arrogant guy... Come to think of it, why does this attitude seem so familiar?"

Shikamaru walked over, glanced at Naruto, then looked at Sasuke behind him, shook his head, and left.

Choji and Ino also walked in, glanced at Naruto, and then at Sasuke...

He shook his head and left.

Sasuke clenched his fist. What did that mean?

What does this mean?!

Explain yourselves!

Am I really that arrogant?

How is that possible!

While Sasuke was still thinking, Naruto looked at Hinata beside him and said, "Hinata, help me see which direction is more suspicious."

Hinata's Byakugan evolved into the Jōgan, which allows her to see farther and more clearly, and the images inside the eyes are in color, while also consuming very little energy.

To be fair, if the Tenseigan hadn't already become a fixed set of skills passed down within the Hyuga clan, the Hyuga clan would probably treasure Hinata's Byakugan.

However, until now, apart from seeing higher, farther, and more clearly, Hinata's eyes have not yet revealed many special abilities.

This made the Hyuga clan somewhat anxious.

After all, Hinata's eyes also have the potential to evolve into the Tenseigan.

Hiashi Hyuga even considered transplanting other Byakugan to Hinata, but after thinking about it, he realized that it seemed a bit too absurd to treat his own daughter, so he gave up on the idea. Otherwise, Hinata would probably be lying in the hospital right now.

Hinata opened her Byakugan and looked in several directions. Then, she looked at Naruto with some hesitation: "So many..."

Naruto was taken aback: "What do you mean, 'a lot'?"

Hinata spoke up, "So many scrolls..."

Naruto tilted his head in confusion: "So many scrolls?"

After thinking for a moment, Naruto asked, "What do you mean?...?"

……

At this moment, Gaara, who was the first to enter but only walked in the middle of the dozen or so candidates, looked around to make sure no one was following him. He then took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket and looked at the two of them: "This is another message on that tree. I found it. There are related papers posted on many trees. In other words, it is obvious that the proctors of this round of exams deliberately posted them on the trees."

Kankuro and Temari nodded repeatedly, both agreeing with Gaara's deduction.

Then, Gaara unfolded the paper.

The above content consists of only one sentence:

—The rules in the forest include true rules and false rules—

Kankuro and Temari frowned immediately and asked at the same time, "What does this mean?!"

Gaara remained remarkably calm: "Have you ever played those kinds of special puzzle games?"

Kankuro and Temari looked at each other, then shook their heads simultaneously.

"I only play Ninja League. By the way, I've already reached Master rank," Kankuro said proudly.

Temari thought for a moment, realizing that not revealing her gaming interests might hinder information gathering, so she said, "I play Nikki-Dress UP Queen..."

Kankuro and Gaara immediately looked at Temari with strange expressions.

Temari blushed slightly but didn't say anything.

"Um... Anyway, we just need to remember this rule."

With that, Gaara took out a lighter and burned the paper.

(End of this chapter)