Ninja Pot Shadow

Iruka seemed to have noticed her weakness in taijutsu, so he transformed into a Hidden Rain Village ninja on the way to launch a sneak attack. However, Ino used Water Instantaneous Movement to create distance and then trapped her directly with Mist Concealment Technique and Water Prison Technique.

Choji belatedly realized and exclaimed, "So, the one who transformed into Ino and advised me to give up the exam was actually Iruka-sensei?"

A thoughtful expression appeared on his chubby face: "I was wondering the same thing. Ino is not that weak at all. No matter who gives up, Ino will not give up."

Ino chuckled twice.

According to the rules, the village organizes the Chunin Exams every six months. This is how Kabuto got his name by participating in the Chunin Exams seven times in four years. The difficulty of the exams varies; sometimes they are easy, and sometimes they are extremely difficult.

If the Chunin Exams were all as exaggerated as this one, someone of Mizuki's level wouldn't even qualify him as a Chunin.

Logically, there shouldn't be a rush, but the Third Hokage passed away right after the Chunin Exams, and Tsunade succeeded him as the Fifth Hokage. She was so busy that she didn't even have time to drink, and it took her three whole years to organize the second Chunin Exams.

A ninja's strength is important, but their class rank is not unimportant either, as it involves a matter of face.

For the sake of the Yamanaka family, for the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, for obtaining the right to leave the village at will, and for all sorts of messy relationships, Ino must participate in the Chunin Exams this time, and she must achieve good results.

As she walked, a question suddenly occurred to her: the Third Hokage died before the Chunin Exams were even over! How could she possibly obtain the warrant? Should she lie on his corpse and plead, "Third Hokage, don't die! Give me the warrant first, and then you can die!" Or perhaps she could resurrect the dead Third Hokage using the Impure World Reincarnation technique? It seemed this also involved the Uzumaki clan's mask; things were getting increasingly complicated.

She rubbed her temples, and then, thinking about it again, something seemed a little off.

If Tsunade were to return as Hokage, she wouldn't need this permit to leave the village at will, but she really doesn't want to be confined to the village every day.

Naruto has stopped graffitiing, and Ino's methods of smashing windows in the village are insufficient. She needs a lot of time to go out and cause trouble, she needs alibis, and she needs manpower and resources to assist her...

Caught between a rock and a hard place, she walked into the school building, still unsure of what to do.

The three of them arrived relatively early. On the way, they saw Izumo Kamui and Kotetsu, who had become genin. The two old buddies used genjutsu to forge a room number and tricked the genin into going to another classroom.

Both parties were acquaintances, so there was no need for any test; a simple greeting was all it took.

The three arrived at classroom 301, where quite a few genin had gathered.

The trio from Sunagakure who had fought before were also present. Gaara had been experiencing auditory hallucinations for the past three days, hearing those "crack! crack! crack!" sounds every now and then. He was afraid that he would fight Ino, so he didn't look at her at all.

Temari and Kankuro looked tense, carefully watching over Gaara, afraid that he would suddenly go berserk.

Ino looked at Shikamaru with a scrutinizing gaze, then at Temari.

"What's wrong? Your eyes look so strange." Shikamaru asked, puzzled.

"Did you see that woman from Sunagakure?"

"I saw it."

Does she meet your standard of being an average-looking wife?

Shikamaru rolled his eyes and remained silent.

Choji didn't participate in the boring conversation at all; he sat in his seat eating snacks.

Before long, the main force arrived one after another.

Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and even Kabuto Yakushi, the "eternal genin," all arrived.

Seemingly noticing the small circle of nine newcomers that Ino and her group had formed, Kabuto Yakushi whispered a few words to his companion before stepping over.

None of them knew Kabuto, so Ino, the "vice president," had to introduce him.

It would be too fake for the two to pretend they didn't know each other, so her introduction was a few sentences longer than Kabuto's self-introduction in the original timeline.

The group wasn't familiar with Kabuto, but they were familiar with Ino. With Ino acting as an intermediary, some strange problems arose.

Naruto covered his head with his hands, squinting his eyes: "Kabuto? What's that?"

If someone else had heard his words, they would have thought it was a provocation.

Sakura felt his words were too blunt and hurtful. While bowing to Kabuto to apologize, she punched Naruto's head twice with her iron fist.

"Idiot! You should show respect to your seniors!"

Naruto had two big bumps on his head. He felt wronged because he didn't know and that's why he asked.

Shikamaru, afraid that he might say something offensive again, explained in a low voice, "Kabuto usually refers to a helmet. You've seen helmets before, right?"

Naruto had never seen a helmet before... and with his limited knowledge, he couldn't even imagine what a helmet looked like.

I don't know how he figured it out, but suddenly he seemed to have an epiphany: "Isn't it the same as the pot we use to cook rice at home?"

Shikamaru covered his head, really not wanting to talk to this idiot.

Kabuto's expression was also a bit awkward, especially when Naruto was shouting "Yakushi-nii," "nii-senpai," and "nii-nii-nii," he could barely maintain his smile.

Chapter 124 Sharingan Mutation

Among all the test takers, Sakura seemed the most nervous. After introducing themselves, she asked Kabuto for advice on what to pay attention to during the Chunin Exams.

Kabuto acted like a salesman, introducing his self-made "Ninja ID Cards." Ino had seen these twice at Konoha Hospital. Adhering to the "Baroque Works" policy of secrecy, the "President" and "Vice President" acted in public as if they were just acquaintances. She automatically stepped aside, letting Kabuto fool the ninjas.

Ino began to observe the many genin who were taking the exam.

After all, it was an exam held by Konoha. There were 87 Konoha genin present, who were the absolute main force. There were 30 Sunagakure genin, 21 Amegakure genin, 15 Kusagakure genin, 12 Takigakure genin, Ino's old friend, and 3 Otogakure genin.

Kabuto's statement that Otogakure was just a small ninja village angered the three Otogakure ninja present. The Six Paths Dosu was not real. Although he was clearly 14 years old, this Dosu guy was covered in bandages, his hands were below his knees, his eyes were lewd, and he was hunched over. People would believe he was 54 years old.

Kabuto's spy identity was completely unknown to these outcasts from Otogakure. Ino watched as Tosu displayed his power, shattering Kabuto's glasses and then spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Dos unilaterally demonstrated the strength of the Hidden Sound Village, suppressed the momentum of the Hidden Leaf Village, and helped Kabuto establish a weak and incompetent persona, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Sakura and Naruto, those two good kids, helped Kabuto up. Kabuto, with a bitter smile on his face, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and then stepped aside. Suddenly, the attention on him decreased by 90%.

Not long after, a special Jonin, led by Ibiki Morino, entered classroom 301 to begin the first exam.

Ino glanced at the proctors and thought to herself, "They're all ninjas from the intelligence system. She knows every single one of them!"

She hadn't yet forgotten what she learned from Iruka, and even though she already knew the final result, she still reviewed the questions after receiving the test paper.

Since you're just sitting here anyway, why not do what Sasuke does: look at the questions once, throw down your pen, strike a cool pose, and say you can't answer a single question?

Ino has too many acquaintances around her; she can't afford to lose face like that!

Deciphering codes, calculating the maximum range of shuriken, solving chemistry problems, and physics problems—Ino didn't use any cheating methods; she wrote furiously and began answering the questions.

Ino can do all of these questions, and Sakura and Hinata are also doing the questions on their own.

The original seating arrangements were completely rearranged. Except for Hinata sitting next to Naruto, everyone else was next to strangers, and everyone used their own unique methods.

Kiba had his ninja dog peek at other people's exam papers and then tell him the answers.

Shino Aburame uses insects, Gaara uses sand eyes, and Neji Hyuga uses Byakugan.

Naruto stared blankly at the test paper, his mind completely blank.

Sasuke sneered, pointed his Sharingan at Ino in front of him, and prepared to use his Sharingan to imitate her movements to answer the question.

"Ouch!" Two tomoe appeared in his Sharingan. He had just imitated two words when he felt a sharp pain in his eyes.

The eye power that had been sealed suddenly went berserk.

Ino, who was answering the questions, also felt as if someone was hitting her head with a chisel.

She almost cried out in alarm; the intense pain caused her to break the pen in her hand.

What the hell?

Her consciousness was forcibly pulled into a pitch-black space.

It felt like liquid was slowly flowing under her feet. When she stepped on it, the water was about ankle-deep.

There was not a single ray of light in this world, but Ino could feel her own existence.

There were three light sources of varying intensity in the distance. Unable to figure out what was going on, she could only hesitantly walk over.

When Ino was still an arm's length away from the three light sources, her body was pulled by something and automatically merged with one of the light sources.

The whole world changed dramatically before her eyes. Countless things, some clear and some unclear, some with names and some without, flashed by. It seemed like a long time had passed, yet it also seemed like only a moment.

When she regained her ability to think, she saw a person with a blurred face and a rather old voice speaking to her.

"The most important thing between people is communication. The purpose of our Ninja Sect is to try to communicate with everyone's heart. The heart drives our body, and our body will cause good or bad changes to the world. Only by mastering the heart can we truly understand ourselves and the world. Yamanaka, did you understand today's lesson?"

A voice, neither male nor female, answered from the source of Ino's light: "Teacher, I am of dull mind, and I am afraid that I will never be able to experience the world you described in my entire life..."

The old man, addressed as "teacher," smiled slightly: "Change doesn't happen instantly. Doing a little is better than doing nothing. Do a little today, and a little more tomorrow. One day, you'll understand what I mean. Talent isn't actually that important... Indra, do you understand what I'm saying?"

The third source of light sneered: "When you and my uncle rebelled against Grandmother, how many years did you fight? Ten or twenty years? Why didn't you talk about spiritual communication and resolve conflicts through conversation back then? Now you regret it, doing a little today and a little tomorrow, trying to repair the world you've shattered? Father, I feel nothing, I only see your cowardice!"

The teacher fell silent for a long time before sighing, "It's alright. One day, you'll understand me. I'll be waiting for you."

The black world, like a tidal wave, was rapidly receding, and everything seen and heard within it was disappearing in an incomprehensible way. Ino opened her eyes again and found herself back in classroom 301, holding a pencil broken in two in her hand.

Although she lost 99% of her memories in the dark world, her mental energy is now much stronger than before, and in the final moments, she managed to grasp a little bit of her memories.

A name that is neither entirely familiar nor entirely unfamiliar: Indra!

Indra's chakra is still affecting me? This is practically a bug! There's no contact at the cellular level, so is it transmitted remotely through spiritual energy?

Memories of Indra in the illusion were like sand in your hand; the tighter you grasped, the faster it slipped away. As she tried to recall, the last bit of memory disappeared. All that remained in her mind was the name Indra; she couldn't remember what he had done or said.

Inoichi's subordinate, Tobitake Tobi, noticed that Ino's expression was off and asked her in a low voice if she was sick.

"Sorry, that question was a bit difficult, and I got so excited that I crushed my pen." Ino made up an excuse and continued answering the questions.

Chapter 125 Is Brother Guo Dead?

After dealing with the flying bamboo dragonfly, Ino's thoughts returned to herself.

Why would I think of Indra when I'm perfectly fine? Who in this classroom is connected to Indra right now? She turned her head slightly, glancing at Sasuke out of the corner of her eye.

This is an examination room, after all, and Ino can't openly talk to the people behind her.

Passing notes was even more inappropriate, so she could only suppress her doubts and focus on the exam paper in front of her.

There are priorities and urgency in matters; Indra's matter is not a big deal at the moment!

Ino finished her exam paper herself, and then used her Mind Turning Technique to help Choji in the front row finish his exam paper. Then she waited for the tenth question.

Shikamaru? She doesn't need to worry about Shikamaru at all. This guy usually doesn't want to get high scores, mainly because he finds it troublesome. When he's serious, Shikamaru can do all these questions. If he dares to hand in a blank paper, his mother will beat him to death.

Sasuke rubbed his eyes hard. He had just felt a sharp pain in his eyes. The special eye power that had been sealed by the Third Hokage had suddenly gone berserk and almost broke through the original seal.

The pain was fleeting; it still hurts now, but the pain is subsiding quickly.

It took him a little more time for his eyes to finally return to normal. This time, he dared not imitate Ino anymore. He pointed his Sharingan at Sakura and imitated her movements, answering the questions in a copycat manner.