"Alright, let's count the remaining time...... Shikamaru and them should be the last team. ”

With his hands in his arms, he watched the only Pig Deer Butterfly team in his group who had not obtained the qualification to clear the customs, after coming out of the room where he handed in the scrolls, knowing that this second round of exams could be regarded as the end of Naruto, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief before this leisurely five-day experience without any thrills and dangers, and even like a vacation. Immediately, while holding his head in his hands, he looked at the clothes around his body that were slightly dirty and wrinkled, but his spirit was quite full, and he was obviously in the best condition to immediately deal with the next third round of exams. He waved his hand to attract everyone's attention and instructed gently.

"All that's left is to meet up with the other candidates and wait for the third round of exams to begin...... Go, come with me, and I'll take you there. ”

Between the words, in order to ensure that his crane tail character would not collapse too early, Naruto's identity when he said this was still "wave wind face numb". And through the five days of survival in the wild, the strong strength, exquisite cooking skills, and obvious effects of special training, after the grace and power won the unanimous trust of everyone, for Naruto's arrangement, naturally, no one would object to anything.

Of course, when it was Naruto's turn to take the exam, for the sake of safety, Naruto would still find an opportunity to swap the identities of "Wave Wind Face Ma" and "Uzumaki Naruto" between the main body and the shadow clone.

During this period, Naruto had already asked the help of the three generations of Hokage through the convenience of the shadow clone, and included the name "Wave Wind Face Ma" in the list of examiners halfway. Naruto, who made a fake play, even if he appeared in the examination room with the image of "Bo Feng Mian", he didn't have to worry about being suspected by other examiners. On the contrary, he can take advantage of the convenience of watching the battle at close range brought by the identity of this examiner, and suppress the possible casualties in the upcoming one-on-one battle to a minimum!

After all, the strength is no longer the hierarchy of upper ninja, middle ninja, and lower ninja, and Naruto, who can be evaluated and measured, naturally has an indifferent idea of whether he can be admitted to the title of middle ninja. So much so that compared to how to pass the exam, ensuring the safety of the candidates, or rather, ensuring the safety of the lives of the twelve Konoha Xiaoqiang, and not having any lifelong accidents, is the one thing Naruto is most concerned about at the moment!

"Although Orochimaru did promise the lustful immortal that he would not implement the Konoha Honkai plan again. But so far, everything has gone too well. Even the root organization secret sentinel that had been planted in the village in advance did not find anything unusual......"

Because of this, Naruto, who took the lead at the front of the line, quietly looked sideways, and through the corner of his eye, looked at the others who were excited because they had just passed the second round of exams. With a slight frown, he muttered to himself.

"Everything is going in a good direction, why do I always feel that something is wrong...... I hope my worries are just my worries. ”

……

After Naruto and his party, as the last batch of qualified candidates, entered the meeting place prepared in advance. The rest of the candidates who arrived one step earlier naturally gathered here without exception.

Of course, just as Naruto had guessed in advance, after the scroll was deliberately destroyed, he couldn't suppress his curiosity, and despite Azuki's prior warning, he tried to peek at the contents of the scroll, resulting in someone taking the scroll and being cleared out of this exam, obviously he had collected enough scrolls, but in order to reduce the number of his competitors, he deliberately snatched a few more scrolls in his hand, and within the specified time, he couldn't collect the scrolls that met the requirements, or he couldn't reach the tower in time...... Under the influence of various reasons, the number of people who were able to arrive here and pass the second round of exams, even if Naruto and his party were included, there were only seven teams left, a total of twenty-one people. It's not even the ideal figure of half the total number of candidates at the beginning of the exam! So much so that at first glance, the number of candidates has plummeted, resulting in a sparse number of candidates, which makes this empty and wide field more and more silent and empty.

It's a pity that despite all the hardships, the twenty-one people who have just arrived in the tower can be regarded as the elite of the original group of candidates. In addition, in these five days of survival battle, after experiencing the difficult environment of fighting and snatching each other by unscrupulous means, and even having to be on guard at all times when sleeping and resting, the remaining candidates have more or less faded from the childishness on their faces and become more and more in line with the identity of ninjas. However, for the subsequent fourth round - or, it should be said that the originally decided third round - exam, that is, the final exam presented in front of the leaders of various countries to show the strength of each ninja village in public, in order to ensure that the examination process is as short and exciting as possible, the number of the remaining twenty-one people is still too much compared to the predetermined number of qualified people in the Konoha Ninja Village!

It is precisely because of this that according to the previous middle ninja exam as a reference basis, I didn't expect that the number of candidates who can persist until the third round of the exam this year will be so large, and among the candidates who participated in this year's exam, there are many descendants of the core family of Konoha Village - such as Hinata Ninji and Hinata of the Hyuga clan, Uchiha Sasuke of the Uchiha clan - because of the participation, so that the three generations of Hokage, who were quite interested, came to the tower unexpectedly when the candidates gradually became impatient to wait. And personally presided over the third round of the provisional decision!

At the same time, on the small episode where the three generations of Hokage appeared and attracted everyone's attention, Naruto was also able to use this as a cover, and briefly got out of everyone's sight with the reason that he was in a hurry to go to the toilet. And when Naruto successfully switched back to "Naruto Uzumaki" and returned to the examination room, it happened that the three generations of Hokage explained the rules of the third round of the exam to the candidates, as well as the true meaning behind the holding of the middle ninja exam. So much so that the atmosphere that was originally shrouded in a group of candidates, or excitement and anticipation, or leisurely and relaxed, gradually became solemn and serious with the explanation of the three generations of Hokage.

Of course, because in the original plot, the reason why twenty-one people were able to pair up in pairs and successfully reduced to ten people was because Yao Shidou, who successfully collected information, took the initiative to abstain and erased this fraction. It is obviously impossible for this third round of exams to be drawn directly in pairs like the original book.

Fortunately, the three generations of Hokage, who were a little caught off guard by this, were helpless with a headache. But similar cases like the present, where it is difficult to arrange groups fairly due to the imbalance in the number of people, have not appeared once in the previous Zhongnin exams. So much so that after a little thought, the third Hokage came up with a solution.

That is, among these 21 people, a "lucky person" is randomly selected by drawing lots to directly compete with the examiner. If you meet the qualifications of the middle ninja, you will skip the fourth round of exams and be directly promoted to the middle ninja. If it is not suitable, it will naturally be directly defeated and eliminated.

After all, it's just like in the original plot, although he lost the game, he accidentally captured Temari's heart, won his life, and became the only Shikamaru who successfully advanced to the middle ninja among the candidates in the middle ninja exam. In the Zhongnin Examination, compared to the decisive victory, whether the candidates have various abilities and whether they can bear the burden of being alone after being promoted to Zhongninja is the real assessment content of the Zhongninja Examination. So much so that the solution proposed by the three generations of Hokage is just to remove the duel between the candidates and the candidates, this kind of element for the high-level of various countries to watch, and it is obviously a step to directly judge the result. And for the selected "lucky ones", the result depends on their hard power, which can also be regarded as fair and just.

In this way, the "lucky ones" selected by the lottery followed the candidates assigned by the three generations of Hokage to go to an independent space for a one-on-one assessment. The remaining twenty candidates were assessed one by one on the huge screen embedded in the high wall behind the three generations of Hokage. In this way, there are obviously only ten qualified places left.

By the way, in this assessment of the impromptu decision halfway, the referee is still the Moonlight Blast, who was often jokingly called by Naruto fans in Naruto's previous life, and is the real protagonist of Shippuden.

It's just that what is different from the original plot is that when Naruto intervened and allowed Tsunade to return to the Konoha Ninja Village ahead of schedule, Moonlight Blast was introduced and arranged by Naruto and received Tsunade's treatment, and after receiving Tsunade's treatment, he completely got rid of his original sick image like the Uchiha Itachi who had been completely eliminated. Even the body shape has become a little taller and stronger because of the recovery of health. Even with the strength of the moonlight blast at this moment, he has completely gotten rid of the special upper ninja above and below the upper ninja, this embarrassing position of the strength level, officially advanced to a qualified upper ninja!

In this case, Moonlight Blast, who is good at swordsmanship and good at hand-to-hand combat, is naturally able to judge whether the candidates can fight again in the first time. And before the death of the candidate, the candidate's life was saved in time. In addition, there is a teacher-student relationship between Moonlight Blaste and the candidates, unlike Kakashi and Class 7, Sunset Red and Class 8, etc., which is completely unrelated [Naruto introduced and arranged him, and when he was treated by Tsunade, he used the identity of "Wave Wind Face Numb"], so people don't have to worry, Moonlight Storm will have an unfair judgment of public and private use in the examination process, so he naturally becomes the most suitable candidate to be the referee.

As for why Naruto paid attention to this character, he should have left the stage early in the middle ninja exam...... In addition to doing it casually, more than that, Naruto wants to know how far Naruto can grow if the original author Kishimoto Shiqi can name the follow-up plot after the name of Shippuden, rather than directly defining the man of Naruto's biography, if he can survive successfully.

Of course, the duel process after this is similar to the original plot.

As a small group fan for the first time in the duel, because of its strength over the years, it can be said that it has improved by leaps and bounds, and unlike the two pillars of the original plot, it is in an embarrassing state of being forcibly imposed by Orochimaru with a curse mark, and he is afraid of triggering the power of the curse mark, resulting in restrictions everywhere. Coupled with the appearance of the red panda, the little fan felt jealous, so he secretly decided to perform well in front of Naruto and prove that he was stronger than the red panda. The fate of the "lucky" candidate who became the opponent of the small group fan is destined to be very aggrieved and pitiful......

It's just that what is different from the original plot is that when Naruto intervened and allowed Tsunade to return to the Konoha Ninja Village ahead of schedule, Moonlight Blast was introduced and arranged by Naruto and received Tsunade's treatment, and after receiving Tsunade's treatment, he completely got rid of his original sick image like the Uchiha Itachi who had been completely eliminated. Even the body shape has become a little taller and stronger because of the recovery of health. Even with the strength of the moonlight blast at this moment, he has completely gotten rid of the special upper ninja above and below the upper ninja, this embarrassing position of the strength level, officially advanced to a qualified upper ninja!

In this case, Moonlight Blast, who is good at swordsmanship and good at hand-to-hand combat, is naturally able to judge whether the candidates can fight again in the first time. And before the death of the candidate, the candidate's life was saved in time. In addition, there is a teacher-student relationship between Moonlight Blaste and the candidates, unlike Kakashi and Class 7, Sunset Red and Class 8, etc., which is completely unrelated [Naruto introduced and arranged him, and when he was treated by Tsunade, he used the identity of "Wave Wind Face Numb"], so people don't have to worry, Moonlight Storm will have an unfair judgment of public and private use in the examination process, so he naturally becomes the most suitable candidate to be the referee.

As for why Naruto paid attention to this character, he should have left the stage early in the middle ninja exam...... In addition to doing it casually, more than that, Naruto wants to know how far Naruto can grow if the original author Kishimoto Shiqi can name the follow-up plot after the name of Shippuden, rather than directly defining the man of Naruto's biography, if he can survive successfully.

Of course, the duel process after this is similar to the original plot.

As a small group fan for the first time in the duel, because of its strength over the years, it can be said that it has improved by leaps and bounds, and unlike the two pillars of the original plot, it is in an embarrassing state of being forcibly imposed by Orochimaru with a curse mark, and he is afraid of triggering the power of the curse mark, resulting in restrictions everywhere. Coupled with the appearance of the red panda, the little fan felt jealous, so he secretly decided to perform well in front of Naruto and prove that he was stronger than the red panda. The fate of the "lucky" candidate who became the opponent of the small group fan is destined to be very aggrieved and pitiful......

(End of chapter)