Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

"This is youth, Lee!" Might Guy also became teary-eyed in an instant.

"Teacher Kai!"

"plum!"

Karin and Sakura stared at the master and apprentice with exasperation, beginning to doubt whether teaming up with them was the right thing to do.

……

In the Nara clan's territory, at the clan chief's house, late at night, Nara Shikaku and Nara Shikamaru set up a Go board. After a few exchanges, Shikaku looked at the Go board situation, which was gradually falling into a disadvantageous position, and shook his head. His son was even more intelligent than him. He was only 12 years old, and he was already almost outmatched by him on the Go board.

"What are your goals for this Chunin Exams?" Shikaku asked after taking a step forward.

"No, Ino, Choji, and I have discussed it. We don't plan to aim for a ranking in this Chunin Exams. After we enter the third round, we will all forfeit. Kakashi-sensei has also agreed to this," Shikamaru said calmly.

"What's the reason? Don't tell me it's because you're too lazy to compete. If that's the reason, even if I don't do anything to you, your mother won't let you off the hook, and she'll teach me a lesson too," Nara Shikaku said.

"It's not time for the Ino-Shika-Cho trio to officially return to the ninja world's view yet," Shikamaru said. "According to intelligence from other forces in the ninja world, our Ino-Shika-Cho trio has been out of favor in Konoha for quite some time now. After all, you, Dad, were working as an advisor to the Hokage in secret."

Shikaku looked at his son and gestured for him to continue: "In the past, during the Third Hokage's time, other villages were extremely cautious when dealing with Konoha because of the existence of our Nara clan. Now, our apparent loss of power is seen by other forces as Konoha cutting off its own arm. This is a rare opportunity, a chance to sabotage our opponents in the future. Therefore, it is just a Chunin Exam and is not worth our three clans fully exposing our strength."

"Hehe, as long as you know what's going on, the future belongs to you young people. We old folks won't worry about these things."

……

Soon, the day of the first exam of the Joint Chunin Exams arrived.

Since all the participants in this exam were skilled fighters, Uchiha Touko didn't bother with any tricks like having a second or third floor, which would make Konoha seem petty. The first exam started right away.

Today's update will probably be very late.

While I'm still receiving an IV drip, typing on my phone is very inconvenient.

Chapter 203 Showing Off Muscles

Nearly 300 candidates were taken to the Konoha Ninja Academy by the examiners and divided into 10 classrooms. Not long after, the written test papers were distributed.

Most people looked down at the test paper as soon as they received it, and then looked up after a while with a blank expression.

The first question was fairly normal.

The first question is about the trajectory analysis of a shuriken. Given that a shuriken is thrown at an angle of 45° with an initial velocity of V0 = 20m/s, and assuming that the air resistance is F = KvF = kv2 (k = 0.1), find the precise position of the shuriken when it lands.

This is a simple physics problem that is taught in almost every village's ninja academy. Basically, anyone who can get the headband and become a ninja, except for someone like Naruto who doesn't study at all in class and relies entirely on his combat performance to get by, can solve it easily.

Starting with the second question, some test takers began to sweat profusely.

Question 2: You discover that a ninja is exhibiting symptoms of pupil constriction and muscle spasms, suspected of being poisoned. Please deduce the type of poison based on the following clues:

Time of onset of poisoning: 5 minutes after exposure

Environment: Swamp battlefield

It is known that the enemy ninjas are skilled in using biological toxins.

If the antidote requires the following three medicinal materials to be prepared:

Corydalis (inhibits neurotoxins)

Centipede (neutralizes blood toxicity)

Moon Dew (Stabilizes Chakra Disorders)

Please design a chakra utilization plan for rapidly extracting the effective components of medicinal herbs in the wild.

Although this question falls under the category of medical ninja, it is extremely easy. Almost any candidate who has been exposed to medical ninjutsu can answer it. However, apart from Konoha, other ninja villages have not included medical ninjutsu in their systematic curriculum.

Therefore, most test takers looked troubled when they saw this question after solving the first one.

However, the first two questions were not difficult for some people. After quickly solving them, Sakura Haruno turned her attention to the third question:

Then, even she looked bewildered.

Question 3: A natural number greater than 1 that cannot be divided by any other natural number except 1 and itself is called a prime number. Please prove that any even number greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers.

Starting with this question, the style of the entire exam paper changed drastically. For the following questions, let alone solving them, even a top student like Sakura struggled to understand them. Although each character was written in ninja script, why did they seem so unfamiliar when put together?

Not only Sakura, but everyone else in the examination room also looked hesitant. Some ninjas with family traditions in ninjutsu also began to think.

"Could this test be assessing a ninja's intelligence-gathering abilities?" After solving the first two questions, Shikamaru looked at the third question and remained silent for a while, trying to understand the examiner's thoughts from a ninja's perspective.

"But if that's the case, there should be examiners who know the answers beforehand." Shikamaru glanced at the other people in his exam room without changing his expression, and found that not only did they not know all the answers in advance, but no one else in the entire exam room, besides him, had even solved the second question.

Just then, Shikamaru suddenly sensed a fluctuation of Yin-attribute chakra. He was extremely familiar with this chakra; it was the secret technique of the Yamanaka clan, which connected their spirits, and came from his teammate Ino.

Shikamaru stopped resisting and entered the mental space constructed by Ino. At this moment, the members of the Isshinkai, a ninja academy group, were basically all present inside the mental space.

After Shikamaru entered, he didn't say much and immediately began sharing information with everyone.

"Where's Naruto?" Kiba Inuzuka asked, seeing that almost all the members of the Isshinkai had arrived except for Naruto.

"Don't you know what my idiot clan leader is like in theory class? He's probably already asleep by now." Karin said helplessly, then turned her gaze to Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru, Shino, and Sakura Haruno, who were still silent. These people were the brains of their respective teams.

"What we can confirm right now is that the last eight questions are the kind that have no answers. Even if they did, if Sakura can't solve them, then they're definitely not something we genin can answer," Shikamaru calmly analyzed the information. "Neji, can your Byakugan confirm that there aren't any people in the exam hall who have prior knowledge of the information and are planted by the examiners?"

"Yes, no." Neji said definitively. He had initially thought the same as Shikamaru, so he had repeatedly checked the information in the examination room he was in with his Byakugan.

“So, what this test examines is how ninjas handle challenges beyond their comprehension during missions,” Sasuke said at this point.

For Sasuke, the most important thing he learned from Uchiha Touko was probably a way of thinking that sees through appearances to the essence of things.

"So, what should we do?" Shino asked at that moment.

"Stay calm and sit until the exam is over," Sasuke said.

"That's it?" Ino looked incredulous after hearing Sasuke's words.

“That’s it.” Sasuke nodded and said, “When ninjas are on a mission, if they encounter unexpected situations beyond their knowledge and ability, acting rashly will only make the situation worse. If I’m not mistaken, someone else will come to the exam hall later to put pressure on us.”

Not long after Sasuke finished speaking, the doors to each examination room were pushed open. After the examiners entered the examination room, they began to emphasize the importance of this written test, and their words implied that if even one person failed, the entire team would be disqualified from the Chunin Exams.

Upon hearing this, several Cloud Village ninjas suddenly slammed their fists on the table and stood up.

"Is Konoha playing a trick on us? I don't believe any of your Konoha ninjas can answer the last few questions!"

The same situation occurred in various examination rooms, and when questioned, the examiners said nothing, but simply took those who made any moves and removed them from the examination room.

Among those who were taken away from the examination hall, apart from the ninjas from the smaller ninja villages, the ninjas from Kumogakure were the ones who were taken away the most.

"Hehe, Raikage, are the ninjas of your village so impatient?" Uchiha Touko said with a chuckle in the VIP room where the exam was being watched.

"Hmph, so what? I don't think this kind of test is of any use to genin." After seeing that almost half of his ninjas had been taken away and lost their eligibility for the test, A's face twitched slightly, but for the sake of his pride, he still gritted his teeth and said stubbornly.

"So that's what the Raikage was thinking? No wonder your Kumogakure's mission completion rate is always at the bottom among the five great ninja villages. Even Sunagakure and Kirigakure have a higher completion rate for missions below C-rank." At this moment, Onoki said sarcastically, "Your village's ninja strength is undoubtedly excellent, but your ninja etiquette is truly disappointing."

"What the Tsuchikage said makes sense. When faced with complex situations beyond our comprehension, we ninjas of Kirigakure at least calmly analyze the current situation before making a decision. This is a responsible attitude for both the ninjas themselves and the employers who issue the missions, unlike some other ninja villages." At this moment, Takagi Seiwan said from the side. A had made him lose face at the banquet before, so now that he had the chance, he naturally wouldn't let go of the opportunity to return to Yin Yang.

"What did you say?" Ai snorted. In Ai's eyes, Takagi Seiwan was not qualified to sit with him. Now that the other party dared to jump out and cause trouble, Ai wanted to teach him a lesson.

"Hey, Raikage, please calm down. Give me some face, have a slice of watermelon, and continue watching the assessment. Your village's top contender is still inside the examination hall." Uchiha Touko picked out a slice of watermelon from the fruit plate in front of him and handed it to A. Then he pointed to the fifth monitoring screen and said, "On this screen, a red-haired, dark-skinned girl sat calmly in her seat, watching the people around her who made a commotion being taken away."

This person is Choji's future wife, Killer Bee's swordsmanship disciple, and a rising star of the Kumogakure generation. Compared to other Kumogakure genin, he was particularly calm when faced with this kind of problem.

Of course, it wasn't just her. In the seventh exam room, a black teenager with a lollipop in his mouth was also sitting next to his exam desk, but this time he was holding his head and muttering something.

Most of the people present were leaders of various ninja villages, so they had basic lip-reading skills. They quickly deciphered what the other person was saying:

"I'm doomed, I can't write anything at all. It looks like my chance to become a Chunin is ruined. I hope the Raikage won't be angry."

Ai's face twitched slightly. In this first round of assessment, Yunyin had really lost face.

Not long after the first round of pressure subsided, the second round of pressure quickly began. The bell rang in the examination room, and at the same time, the broadcast reminded candidates that there were only twenty minutes left in the exam and asked them to speed up.

The students still in the exam hall started to panic and racked their brains. However, although people can unleash unimaginable potential when faced with difficulties, thus being able to do things that are difficult to do in normal times, mathematics is definitely not one of them. If you don't know it, you just don't know it.

Subsequently, the announcements, broadcast every five minutes, began to shatter the candidates' composure, and when only five minutes remained in the exam, the announcements were broadcast every minute.

Under this ever-increasing pressure, some of those who were initially able to remain calm were unable to hold back, and more and more people began to stand up and question the exam. The examiners from Konoha, however, took them away without batting an eye.

Inside the second examination room, the surrounding noise finally woke Naruto up before the exam ended. Naruto looked around blankly before noticing the empty exam paper in front of him.

"What's going on here?" Naruto scratched his head in a daze, but he quickly realized that he was in the Chunin Exams.

"I'm doomed!" Naruto clutched his head in his hands. Why did his habit of getting sleepy whenever he saw an exam paper suddenly kick in at this moment?

However, this kid was no ordinary person. After a brief moment of panic, he calmed down.

After all, he knew that even if he tried his best, he probably wouldn't be able to answer a single question on this test. He, Naruto Uzumaki, was righteously illiterate!

Soon, the exam ended. All those who remained in the exam room and maintained a full team of three passed the test. Of the nearly 300 people who took the exam, only 84 people and 28 teams remained to advance to the second round.

However, Konoha didn't give them much of a chance to interact with each other. After collecting the papers, they immediately gave each candidate who was still in the examination room a bracelet with the name of the Konoha Scientific Ninja Tool Research Institute.

Faced with the puzzled looks of the candidates, Mitarashi Anko, the second examiner, calmly explained the rules of the exam to everyone.

"Your twenty-eight squads will be randomly assigned to a 10-square-kilometer forest in the southwest corner of Konoha. You will survive there for three days. Every three hours, your activity area will be reduced. The last nine squads to survive will qualify for the exam. All the living and combat supplies you need for these three days have been prepared in advance in the forest. Therefore, you will need to hand over all your ninja tools and food in a moment. They will be sealed and managed by Konoha and returned to you after the exam."

"As for the function of this bracelet," Hongdou took out a bracelet and began to explain, "besides providing you with real-time information about the shrinking survival range, its biggest function is to monitor your vital signs. Once the bracelet detects that your vital signs are no longer sufficient to continue participating in this exam, the summoning jutsu inside the bracelet will be activated to teleport you out of the exam room and receive treatment from medical ninjas."

"Of course, this bracelet also has the function of monitoring your location. If you stay outside the shrinking safe zone for too long, the internal psychic spell of this bracelet will be activated, eliminating you directly."

After Hongdou finished speaking, the candidates present reacted indifferently, but Onoki and Ai in the VIP room both showed solemn expressions.

"This bracelet alone can do such a thing?" Onoki looked at the bracelet sample in Anko's hand in the picture and said with a somewhat solemn expression.

“Of course.” Uchiha Touko said with a light laugh, “This is the result of our Konoha Scientific Ninja Tool Research Institute’s research some time ago. Out of concern for the safety of the candidates taking the exam, Konoha brought it out, and at the same time, it is to test the function of this bracelet. I’m sure you won’t mind.”

"Of course, it's truly touching that the Hokage is so considerate of the genin taking the exams," Takagi Seiwan said.

However, while Takagi was flattering him, Ai and Onoki were simultaneously thinking, "What if this thing were used on the battlefield?"

Chapter 204 Chunin Exams: Battle Royale in Progress

If this thing were used on a large scale, wouldn't it mean that if they didn't have a way to interrupt summoning jutsu, then in the future, any Konoha ninja on the battlefield who was seriously injured could be brought back to camp for treatment by summoning jutsu? The boost this would give to the morale and combat power of ninjas on the battlefield would be unimaginable.

Onoki and Ai looked at the temporary medical point on the map at the same time. The furthest distance from the edge of the examination room was about five kilometers, which meant that the applicable range of this psychic bracelet was at least 5 kilometers.

At the moment, it's impossible for the two of them to directly ask Uchiha Touko for a research tool. Therefore, they can only hope that the genin from their village who are still on the field will realize the strategic significance of this bracelet, study it, and bring back important intelligence for the village.

Fortunately, among the people from their two villages who came to Konoha to participate in the joint Chunin Exams, there were quite a few genin with such insight. The future Fifth Raikage and Fourth Tsuchikage began to study the bracelets as soon as they received them.

However, after they put on the bracelet, they felt a sharp pain in their wrists.