Chapter 238 Written Examination

(The unit received a large order, and the servant is about to start a shift trip, this chapter is more than 5,000 words, how much is it planned to make up one or two...... ）

As the start of the middle ninja exam approached, Shikamaru couldn't help but have some other tasks in addition to his cultivation and busy work, such as discussing the preparation for the middle ninja exam with the ninjas of Sand Hidden Village and Takishi Village.

It's a discussion, but let them witness whether there is cheating in Konoha Village, but judging from the reputation of Konoha Village for holding the middle ninja exam for many years, the possibility of cheating is extremely low, even if it is Tsunade who is in a hurry to show himself and Konoha now, it will not be so unwise to think about it.

Takishibu and Sunakurin each sent two ninjas, not to mention the former, but the people from Sunagakure Village were still Shikamaru's acquaintances - Kankuro and Temari.

The death of the fourth generation of Kazekage is definitely a bigger blow to the Sand Hidden Village than the death of the third generation of Hokage to Konoha , after all, Konoha Village still has Jiraiya and Tsunade, but the Sand Hidden Village is already green and yellow.

Chiyo and Ebizo eventually made a high-profile comeback at the request of the higher-ups of the village of Sunagakure, and the affairs of the village were temporarily managed by the elders, and a new Kazekage I Airo began to be cultivated.

Tailed beasts are not unprecedented, many times as a human pillar of the ninja often progress faster than ordinary people, when the ninja village is facing a dilemma, become an excellent candidate for the head of a village, do not need to worry too much about their sanity, in terms of governance, naturally there is the assistance of the elder group.

Perhaps because he had never been defeated for a long time, the self-confidence of Airo was defeated for the first time under Shikamaru in Konoha Village, and when he returned to Sand Hidden Village, he lost his previous nobody and arrogance, realized that Shouzuru's power was not invincible, and finally began to face up to his own strength and positioning.

Naturally, the elders of Shayin Village didn't understand, and they didn't want to understand my Airo's thoughts, they just wanted to set him up as a benchmark, a qualified banner, and now they were no longer as crazy as before, which had already made them very satisfied.

However, even if he hasn't inherited the Kazekage yet, and I'm just starting to try to look at things from a different perspective, there are still some jerky things about my Airo's methods, but he also knows the importance of his cronies, and he should be grateful for the connections left to him by the four generations of Kazekage, not to mention Temari and Kankuro, Maki has helped him a lot.

This time, Konoha Village intends to hold the middle ninja exam again, and the first invitation to them is sent to the Sand Hidden Village, and I Airo naturally has no objection under Maki's construction, and he also sent Kankuro and Temari, who are now his right and left hands, two young ninjas to communicate, which somewhat reflects the importance of Konoha Village.

Kankuro and Temari were also very decent when they saw Shikamaru, and there was no embarrassing scene as Shikamaru guessed, perhaps because of the experience of nearly a year, Kankuro, who is now the captain of the puppet army in Shayin Village, also took the initiative to talk about the conflict with Shikamaru at that time, and looked like he had no mustard.

It's just that I don't know what I think in my heart.

Shikamaru didn't care about this, and continued to focus on learning and cultivating, and the "Ten Directions" made rapid progress after successful use, and after continuous trial and practice, the use and operation skills of chakra improved, and the number of uses also increased.

And as the middle ninja exam is gradually approaching, several small strong ninjas in Konoha have also begun to prepare for the qualification of the middle ninja in this exam, and a lot of topics about the middle ninja exam have begun to increase among the villagers of Konoha , as a rare grand event, it naturally has this status.

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Although the invited allies all more or less understood the plans of some of the Tsunade and guessed the purpose of Konoha Village's intention to sweep the examination room, except for the Sand Hidden Village that took the initiative to avoid its edge, the other ninja villages still sent their own village's excellent shinobi as in previous years.

Whether it's a fluke or a fluke, or whether it's a choice, this time the influx of foreign ninjas into Konoha Village may not be worse than the whole year, and the direct consequence is that the pressure on the various ninja departments in Konoha Village has increased greatly, but fortunately, there has been no abnormal situation.

In addition to Shikamaru, who has been promoted to the special shinobi, Sasuke Uchiha, who defected from the village, and Naruto Uzumaki, who traveled to various places with Jiraiya, several Xiaoqiang from Konoha Village have signed up for this exam, and these young shinobi have shown some talent in last year's competition and have also been noticed by everyone.

Hinata Ningji, Oil Girl Shino and Li Luo, are the three most popular shinobi in Konoha Village this year, Hyuga Ningji needless to say, although he lost last year after a hard battle with Shikamaru in the qualifiers for the third exam, but the object of defeating him has now become a special shinobi, and in the eyes of outsiders, it can be regarded as a defeat and honor.

The failure did not make Hinata Ningji collapse, on the contrary, the accumulation of an extra year made him more experienced. Hinata Ningji, who has just learned to gossip and make up for his big shortcomings, from Shikamaru's point of view, in terms of strength in this exam, there are few people who have the strength to fight with him.

Oil girl Shino went all the way to the third match last year, although the defeat to Naruto Uzumaki was a big upset, but given that he had experienced a battle with Akido Dingji before, his strength was still not to be underestimated.

Li Luo opened four doors in his body in a row last year, and used the ultimate power he exerted when the fifth door was opened to almost defeat Iara, including many of the Shangnin present at the time, and was also surprised by this, if in terms of strength, he was the most concerned among the three - but becoming a middle ninja is not just about strength, Shikamaru is very clear about this, and his exam questions are also related to the duties of the middle ninja.

The test venue for the written test is the best part of the layout, and the large conference room of the ninja school can take on this task.

Not much different from previous years, many candidates had already gathered in the examination room, forming large or small groups from village to village, chatting and observing their competitors, which made the classroom seem a little noisy.

Swish!

The sound of the sharp kunai piercing the air and piercing the wooden lectern may not be loud in the slightly noisy examination room, but most of the candidates present are excellent ninjas from all over the world, and although they are chatting, part of their attention is always around, and the kunai that suddenly flies out of the window naturally attracts their attention.

Some of the sharp-eyed candidates, as well as those near the podium, were the first to notice the anomaly and stopped talking, an attitude that spread throughout the examination room in the blink of an eye as if it would be contagious, and they focused their eyes on the kunuisupreme wrapped in the talisman paper wrapped around the handle.

Syllable!

Some of the candidates who took last year's exam were still speculating, I don't know if the examiner of this exam will make a noisy appearance like last time, but the doors on both sides of the podium were suddenly pushed open, and several ninjas wearing pure gray neat uniforms and holding paper and pens slowly walked to the podium, stood in a row, and looked at the many candidates with expressionless faces.

The invigilators standing neatly had a vacant seat in the center of the podium, as if waiting for someone.

"Why didn't Shikamaru come?" Sakura Haruno carefully searched Shikamaru's figure, and finally withdrew her gaze in vain, asking Ino and Dingji beside her.

Shikamaru didn't deliberately hide the fact that the shinobi who knew each other served as the examiner of the middle ninja, and these teenagers who had achieved something in the original book were also interested in not asking Shikamaru more questions, of course, Shikamaru wouldn't pay attention to him if he asked.

Yamanaka Ino and Akido Dingji were a little confused like Sakura Haruno, and some of the candidates couldn't help frowning when they noticed that the invigilator didn't move after entering the classroom, and the impatient ones were already impatient.

At this moment, the air in the empty space in the podium that could be left by several invigilators, as if it had been distorted by the flames, became more and more obvious, so that the vast majority of candidates found that the invigilators located behind and around the vacant seats began to twist in their sight, and it seemed unreal.

Magic!?

This was the first thought of most candidates, but in the next moment, a black ball the size of a football suddenly appeared in the distorted vacant space, and the pitch-black surface seemed to swallow up all the light, and some purple runes gradually appeared on it, and these runes gradually spread, and finally wrapped the ball.

Bang!

Irregular energy erupted suddenly, and a series of explosions occurred in the concussive air, and Chakra stirred up the air, bringing gusts of wind to the surroundings.

Several invigilators around them were prepared, and they still stood straight on the podium, but some candidates in front of the podium were caught off guard by the sudden abnormality, and they covered their faces to dodge, and some even exclaimed.

Corresponding to them, accompanied by chakra and strong winds, Nara Shikamaru, who suddenly appeared in the middle of the podium like a ghost, was wearing a pitch-black high-necked trench coat that represented the cadres of the torture and interrogation department, and inside was a gray uniform that was the same as the invigilators around him, squinting at the ugliness of some candidates under the podium.

"I'm the chief examiner of the first written exam of the Natsunin exam, Nara Shikamaru." Shikamaru reached out and pulled out the kunai that was inserted on the lectern, holding the kunai wrapped in the talisman paper, and slowly wiped off some of the sawdust stained on the blade with the deerskin that had been prepared a long time ago, and slowly put it into the ninja bag: "It seems that you have been waiting for a while." ”

"I'll give you a minute." After Shikamaru finished introducing himself, he glanced at the candidates who were sitting in a disorderly group of places in the examination room, this scene made him frown slightly, and slowly ordered: "Within a minute, everyone will be seated according to the number they have received, and those who have not completed my request beyond the time will lose their qualification for the exam!" ”

No one has any objections, even if many candidates who don't know Shikamaru's situation in advance are surprised by the age of the examiner this time, but no one will be stupid enough to like to be used as a negative teaching material, even if some people don't think so, but they also know the consequences of confronting the examiner in person, not to mention that Shikamaru's appearance method before is really weird enough, the doors in the examination room are tightly closed, and the windows definitely can't accommodate a single person, even if it's a ninja, in the face of the unpredictable space ninjutsu, they will feel awe.

Shikamaru didn't care about this, if it wasn't for the needs of work, he really didn't care to play prestige in front of a shinobi, and used "black magic" before. The momentum caused by the "Ten Directions" is also deliberately done by him, although the consumption of chakra is much more than normal use, but the deer pill can also withstand it, and now it seems that the effect is not bad.

Most of the candidates in the examination room were above the ninjas of the same level, and after a minute, Shikamaru's order was completed without discount, and he asked the six invigilators to send the exam papers.

After the exam paper was issued, Shikamaru ordered some candidates who were about to open the back of the exam paper to look at the exam questions, and slowly and clearly spit out the words: "Before the exam officially starts, I have a few points to explain. ”

"First, during the exam, what I said to the invigilator was an order, and anyone who dared to disobey would be immediately disqualified from the exam, along with his team," Shikamaru asked with an expressionless face, "Got it!" ”

Only a group of Konoha Village candidates under the podium, including a few Xiaoqiang, responded to Shikamaru without any guilt, after all, the ninjas in the outer village did not know as much about Shikamaru's deeds and strength as they did, but Konoha Murakisha Shinobu was a minority among the candidates after all, and it was reflected in the whole, and it seemed that only a few people responded to Shikamaru's question.

There were a few extremely low sneers from under the podium, and some of the Shinobi of Konoha Village also snickered in their hearts, but the target was a candidate who didn't know Shikamaru from other villages.

Shikamaru didn't change much when he saw the cold response and the faint sneer, but the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, revealing a slightly mean sneer.

"Next, I will explain the important rules that need your attention and must comply in this written test, all of you can only listen, not ask!" Shikamaru still said unhurriedly.

"First, there are a total of ten questions in the exam paper, each question is worth one point, and the full score is ten points, and the cheater will be immediately disqualified from the exam if he is caught!"

"Second, one member of each team must get a perfect score, otherwise the whole team will be disqualified from the exam!"

"Third ......," Shikamaru said here, paused slightly, looked at the candidates with bad intentions, and said word by word: "For each three-person team, I will only select the one with the highest score to enter the next exam, and the other two will lose their qualifications for the exam!" ”

Boom!

Qiu Dao Dingji clearly heard the sound of swallowing saliva, even him, after hearing Shikamaru's third rule, he still felt unacceptable, let alone other candidates from other villages?

"If all three people in the same group get a perfect score, will they be able to pass the exam?" A slightly conceited voice interrupted the dead silence in the examination room because of Shikamaru's words, the source of the voice was a Shinobu Taki, who looked a few years older than Shikamaru, with long blond hair, looking at his expression and what he had just said, he seemed to be very confident in the strength of himself and his teammates.

"I told you that you are only allowed to listen and not to ask." Shikamaru ignored the question of the shinobu of Taki, and pointed at the other party with an expressionless face and said, "You, and your two teammates, are all disqualified from the exam, so leave the exam room for me immediately!" ”

"You ......." The blonde Takishi was slightly stunned, and for a moment a look of horror flashed on his face, but then he was replaced by anger, and asked Shikamaru loudly: "What qualifications do you have to make such a rash decision to let me go or stay!?" It's not ...... that we excellent shinobi have come here. ”

Shikamaru didn't bother to listen to his noise, his right hand pointed like a sword, and pointed at the blonde Shinobu from afar, with his movements, without the need to seal, a stream of spiritual energy had emerged from the middle finger of his index finger, turning into an energy blade like a gun and a sword, stabbing a few meters away, where the Taki Shinobu was.

Nowadays, there is no need to rely on the "shadow show", Shikamaru can also perform "black magic. A Thousand Illusions"!

The travel speed of the "Yin" attribute chakra was not difficult to deal with, and the reaction of the Taki Shinobu was also considered fast, and when Shikamaru's chakra spear was about to die, he had already stepped on the table and jumped up to avoid its travel path.

Shikamaru sneered in his heart when he saw this, and he didn't see his movements, the "Yin" attribute chakra, which was still like a dead thing, traveled straight like a spear, suddenly turned, and wrapped around the ankle of the Taki Shinobi, Shikamaru exerted a slight force, and he lost his balance in mid-air.

At the same time, the spiritual energy that wrapped around Taki's ankle also spread rapidly, like a strange python, tying Takishi in the blink of an eye, and the sharp end was raised like a snake's head, aiming at him condescendingly, as if he was eager to release some kind of cruel desire.

The negative emotions followed the spiritual energy and impacted and affected the mind of the shinobi without stopping, coupled with the instantaneous gap, which made him almost collapse mentally.

"I was wrong! I was wrong! Taki Shinobi, whose face was a little distorted by fear, stared intently at the sharp end of Shikamaru's spiritual energy that protruded like a snake's head, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Don't kill me!" ”

Of course, Shikamaru wouldn't kill him, so he waved his hand directly and threw Shinobu Taki, who was about to pee his pants, out of the door that the invigilator Flying Bamboo Dragonfly had just opened.

"Two of his teammates, leave the classroom on their own!" After throwing the shinobu out of the examination room, Shikamaru's expression still didn't change, as if he had done something as trivial as catching flies, and ordered in a cold voice.

The two of Taki's teammates stood up silently and left the silent examination room.

"In view of the appearance of the self-conscious, it seems necessary for me to make a few points." After seeing the two candidates leave, Shikamaru sneered and said to the candidates in the examination room who had become much nervous because of his previous strength: "In my eyes, you are a bunch of out-and-out rookies, so don't use words like 'excellent' and 'excellent' in front of me. ”

No one spoke, even if it was someone who was unwilling, Shikamaru's behavior of instantly subduing the Taki Shinobu and throwing him out of the examination room had dispelled some of their caution.

The thirteen-year-old chief examiner of the middle ninja exam, now it seems that it is not something that they can fight against.

"The middle ninja exam is a stage for each ninja village to show its strength for potential customers, and it is an arena for the ninja village to compete for interests, in order to ensure that the last one, the daimyos, lords, merchants and other famous people of various countries can watch the most exciting game, I must choose from you rookies who are not so weak to stay." Shikamaru didn't care about the feelings of the candidates, and continued: "As for those who are not strong enough, in order to protect your safety, I will simply eliminate you at this step, leaving the best person in the group for the next exam." ”

"The next exam is far more cruel than the written exam, and the price of failure is not just as simple as losing the qualification for the exam!" Shikamaru had a stern expression on his face, adding a touch of persuasion to his words: "You have to choose for yourself which one to continue to fight, and which two people are safe!" ”