"Damn!"

"Bastard!"

"In other words, is this the only choice?"

"Then what's the point of our previous efforts to do the question?"

The atmosphere of despair and sorrow immediately enveloped the audience, and many candidates were frustrated.

"As long as you give up the tenth question, the result of your previous efforts is really meaningless."

Ibiki said very cruel words.

His words made many candidates angry and want to beat him.

They try to cheat and get results, and once they give up the tenth question, it is meaningless, and the result is nothing.

Isn't that just a pastime and a joke for them?

This guy is an absolute sadist! Psychopathic! So thought the candidates.

Ibiki continued to speak: "Now tell me your decision, whether to continue the exam, or give up this middle ninja exam?" I'll give you two minutes to think. Remember, any hesitation will bring death on the battlefield, and ninjas must make the right choice of ninja status at the right time. This is my advice to you. ”

Continue to push the candidates and put pressure on them.

As for Ibiki's words, Asuka didn't believe a word.

After all, the other party claimed to be the head of the Konoha Torture Department from the beginning, what kind of department it is, people who are familiar with the basics of ninja should know very well.

To put it simply, it's not just about the ninja's abilities, but also about their mentality.

The first one is very much in line with the standards of the middle ninja exam, and the second test is a psychological pressure method used by the ninjas of the torture department when interrogating prisoners.

Now the other party is just combining some of the rules of the torture department with this Zhongnin exam.

The so-called tenth question may not exist at all, and this choice is the tenth question.

Because the first nine questions are not at all questions that Shinobi can answer.

If the 10th question is set too simply, then there is no point in taking the test.

If the tenth question is more difficult than the previous nine, then there is no point in taking the test either.

Therefore, Asuka speculates that the tenth question does not exist at all, and the two choices of 'to take the test or not to take the test' given by Ibiki are the tenth question itself.

It's very much in line with the evil taste of torture ninjas.

In that case, let's add fuel to the fire. Asuka thought.

So, the Moon Country Girl Shinobu next to her immediately stood up.

"I gave up on this exam. I'm sorry, but I'd better wait until next year to take the Shinobi exam......"

It seemed that the other party could still hear the other party's low cry, and left the examination room instead.

Two of her teammates had no choice but to step up and leave with them. The moment they left the exam room, they felt much more relaxed.

However, this leading role made many candidates silent about it, and the expression on their faces was very painful, as if they were doing a difficult psychological struggle.

Then, one by one, the candidates raised their hands, stood up from their positions, and voluntarily left the examination room.

The pressure is forcing everyone.

Seeing this effect, Ibiki was both satisfied and a little disappointed.

In it, he saw a lot of Konoha Shinobi.

Sure enough, is the point still on these little guys? Ibiki's gaze swept over Sasuke, Shikamaru and the others, intentionally or unintentionally.

At that moment, he saw a man trembling and raising his hand.

Naruto Uzumaki? Is he going to give up the exam?

When he saw Ibiki who raised his hand, his heart suddenly tightened.

I think that the tenth question I set is a bit too much.

But according to the information Kakashi gave him, didn't he say that the other party was a guy who was not afraid of heaven and earth?

It doesn't look like it at all......

Just as Ibiki was surprised, Naruto suddenly put his raised hand on the table and slapped it hard.

The sound of the thump startled everyone.

"Idiot, do you think I'm going to give up on the exam? This little trick doesn't scare me at all! Even if I endure it for the rest of my life, I want to become a Hokage in the future and gain everyone's approval! ”

The sonorous and powerful words made the atmosphere in the classroom quiet.

Even the proctors looked at Naruto in a bit of surprise, not expecting him to say such a thing in such a situation.

Looking at Naruto, who had suddenly become extremely confident, Ibiki opened his mouth and closed it for a long time.

"Really? Is that your answer? ”

"That's right!"

Naruto looked at Ibiki without fear.

"You know, it's very foolish to gamble your future life on such an uncertain exam. Moreover, Shimoshinobi cannot be recommended to become the Hokage, and only by becoming the Kamishinobi can you be eligible to become a Hokage candidate! ”

Ibiki's words were not just said to Naruto, but to all the candidates present.

"Then I'll say it again, I'll be a shinobi and eventually become the Hokage! Swear by this forehead guard! ”

Naruto helped the Konoha ninja forehead guard on his forehead, and there was not the slightest confusion in his eyes.

"What an idiot. So, what about your decision? Is it the same as this idiot? ”

Ibiki glanced at the rest of the candidates and continued to ask.

But this time, Ibhi's psychological pressure failed to have any real effect.

Perhaps Naruto's words were too shocking, and even the shinobi candidates, who were originally hesitant, calmed down, and had the idea of fighting for their uncertain fate.

This guy ...... Aya is right, it's a very interesting ninja. Staring at Naruto's back, Asuka was not only unhappy, but also had to admire Naruto's infectious energy.

Not only that, but it also disrupted his previous steps of putting pressure on the rest of the candidates.

Fortunately, the expected effect has been achieved, and the candidates who passed the first exam, Asuka estimates, are definitely not more than half of the original.

Knocking out about one hundred and fifty people is enough.

Sure enough, after more than ten seconds of silence in the classroom, Ibiki sighed and smiled.

"In that case, then all the candidates who stayed here ...... I announce that you have cleared the tenth question! ”

"What!?"

The sudden sharp turn made many serious candidates stunned their jaws, and they didn't close their mouths for a long time, falling into shock and unable to extricate themselves.

"Qualified? What does that mean? ”

Naruto asked blankly, not reacting.

"Haha, that'......"

The smile on Ibiki's face also brightened, and it was not as grim as before.

"Actually, I just want to test your mentality as ninjas, and the so-called tenth question doesn't exist at all, or rather, the choice just now is the question of the tenth question. Choosing who to stay is equivalent to giving a perfect answer to question 10. ”

Such a contrast caught many people off guard.

"What was the previous exam?"

"Although the score is also important, the previous questions are also to test your intelligence gathering and information transfer skills, as well as to see how well you and your teammates are 'tacit'. Because those questions are not something that can be done by the lower ninja, so I arranged six middle ninjas disguised as the lower ninja inside, and scattered them to various positions to provide space for you to 'cheat'. ”

Ibiki said with a grin.

But his hippie smiling face still made many candidates want to go up and beat him.

"And intelligence is sometimes more important to ninjas than life. The half-hearted cheating method is tantamount to self-destruction, which is not a joke. Sometimes, though, the information you get is not always correct, or even the enemy deliberately gives the wrong answers, misleading your actions and making you pay great sacrifices for it......"

Ibiki glanced at Asuka and then withdrew her gaze.

"What do you mean?"

One of the candidates asked blankly.

Ibiki didn't answer, and continued: "There are three test points this time, the first is your own brain power, the second is the ability to transmit and collect information, and as for the third point, which is the tenth question...... It is the most important assessment. ”

"Question ten? What is the important assessment? ”

Some candidates are puzzled.

"That's right, the simple question that seems to be a test or not is actually not just an exam, but an attitude towards the ninja when performing a mission. Guys who are not strong-willed, this kind of person is not qualified to be a ninja at all, and it is even more unbearable than those candidates who are caught cheating on them. ”

Ibiki's gaze gradually cooled, and when he mentioned these candidates, he gave a 'very poor' evaluation.

The Shinobi candidates are thinking about the meaning.

"Guy who doesn't even dare to gamble in 'life', once this kind of person sets foot on the battlefield, he will definitely be the first choice for deserters, referred to as garbage in the ninja world. Now that you have become a shinobi, it means that no matter how difficult the task is, you must grit your teeth and complete it, instead of feeling sorry for yourself there. A person who can't bring courage and trust to his companions is not worthy of the position of the leader of the Nakaya Shinobi Squad! ”

Listening to the life motto of Ibiki, the upper ninja, although there are some places that are too strict to agree, there is one sentence that is true.

A person who is unable to bring courage and trust to his peers is indeed not qualified to become a shinobi.

Many candidates who passed the tenth question assessment in a daze never thought that a simple written test would involve so many test points.

Especially the third test point, the tenth question, choose not to take the test, this exam will definitely become a stain in their lives that cannot be washed away.

They deeply understood the cruelty of the Zhongnin exam.

"That means we've passed the exam now, right?"

One candidate couldn't help but ask.

Ibiki shook his head and smiled: "No, the test just now can only prove that you answered the tenth question correctly, and each of you got a positive score." As for whether you can clear the level, there are also elimination rules for the total score and average score, if you can stand out from those two fields, you can really pass the first exam. ”

Hearing Ibiki's words, the candidates, who were originally very excited, immediately calmed down, and then remembered that they had just answered only the answer to question 10. And the elimination rules, there are still two that have not been implemented.

As Ibiki said, ability and mindset are the main purpose of this exam.

Mentally, they may have passed the test, but if their ability is not qualified, they will still be eliminated.

"But don't be discouraged, even if you fail this exam, you have learned a lot of useful things from this exam. This will be a valuable lesson in your life. As long as you keep holding this strong mentality of fearlessness, on the path of Zhongnin, it is equivalent to half the success. ”

Seeing the somewhat discouraged candidates, Ibiki encouraged them, so much so that the examinees looked at him less disgusting than they had been at first.

"So, you can leave the exam room, now we have to collect the exam papers and mark them. At two o'clock in the afternoon, we will announce the list of people who have passed the first exam on the bulletin board of the ninja school. ”

In the end, Ibiki said this sentence, which also meant that the first exam was really over.

Under the arrangement of the invigilators, all candidates left classroom 301 in an orderly manner.

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Hinata's home.

"Father."

After the first exam, Ning Ci separated from Li Luo and Tian Tian of the same team, returned to the family, and said hello to his father Hinata Hinata .

"Look at the way you look, the first exam should go well."

Seeing that Ning Ci had passed the baptism of the first exam, but there was not the slightest worry in his eyes, Hiza held a teacup in his hand, sat on a soft cushion in the room, and spoke.

"Yes."

Ning Ci also knelt down and nodded at his father Hiza, for him, the content of the first exam was indeed too simple.

Even the tenth question, which brought pressure to many candidates, was only to such an extent in his eyes.

He wasn't intimidated by that level of difficulty.

"Then you will come back directly after the exam, is there something to find me?"

Hinata asked.

Ning Ci hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "I saw a guy with white eyes in the lower ninja of the Ghost Country. Father, I wonder what's going on? Why does the Oni Nation have such a blood limit as White Eyes? Supercilious...... Isn't it Konoha's unique Blood Inheritance Limit? ”

Ning Ci's inquiry was exchanged for a brief silence in the day.

He knew that once he came into contact with the ninjas of the Oni Country, Ning Ji would inevitably ask such a question.

Coupled with the deliberate concealment of the family and the village, there are indeed some things that the new generation of ninjas like Ning Ci can know.

"When Konoha was established, until the Third Ninja World War, the White Eye was indeed Konoha's unique Blood Inheritance Limit. We, the Hyuga clan, like the vanished Konoha Uchiha clan, have made countless contributions to the village, rushing to the most dangerous fronts of the battlefield to resist the invasion of the enemy. ”

Hinata nodded and replied.

"What happened to the Third Ninja War?"

Ning Ci knelt on the floor, his eyes firmly fixed on his father's somewhat complicated face, which seemed to hide countless thoughts and secrets.

He was no stranger to the Third Ninja World War, and he remembered that when he was four or five years old, Konoha also broke out into war with Yunyin Village in the Land of Thunder.

After that, the two countries ceased fighting, and an armistice agreement was signed in Konoha. Because of that incident, the Hyuga clan was framed by Yun Yin, the Hyuga clan was pushed to the forefront, and his father almost lost his life in that diplomacy.

Later, due to the tough attitude of the village leaders, the dignity of the Hyuga clan was restored and the conspiracy of Yunyin Village to frame the Hyuga clan was destroyed.

The Third Ninja War lasted intermittently for about ten years.

Konoha In this war, countless ninjas have been sacrificed. In order to supply war materials, the Fire Nation has also brought its domestic development to a stagnation for several years.

Even after the war, the development of the Fire Nation was slow. It is because the scale of the war in the Third Ninja World War is larger than that of the Second and First Ninja World Wars.

And this is only the tip of the war that Ning Ci knows, and more things have been hidden.

For example, the country of ghosts, a neutral country with a low appearance rate in the Third Ninja War.

In the years after the war, it became the sixth largest country in the ninja world, breaking the pattern of the ninja world dominated by the five major powers for hundreds of years.

"On the eve of the outbreak of the war, some of the clan's split ninjas defected."

Hinata looked into Ning Ci's eyes and told the secret.

"Defection? Separation? ”

Ning Ci's mouth opened wide, feeling incredible.

How can a family bound by a caged bird defect?

In Ning Ci's opinion, this is undoubtedly a ridiculous thing.

"I knew the news at the time, and I was just as puzzled as you." Seeing Ning Ci's puzzled look, Hiza said what was in his heart, and then continued: "But it was a premeditated defection, and the defected ninja unlocked the caged bird curse mark on his body. ”

Hearing Rizai's words, Ning Ci suddenly stood up from his seat, revealing an expression of disbelief.

"The separation of the curse seal has been unlocked, and naturally it is no longer restricted by the sect family. Taking advantage of the early days of the war, when the village was at its weakest, and with the rest of the helpers that night, the defectors escaped the pursuit of the village and the family, and their whereabouts were unknown. ”

Hinata sighed.

"The land of demons ......"

"That was something that I learned later. Defecting with the ninjas of the split family, there were also ninjas of the Uchiha clan, which was full of turmoil at the time, and the high-level people spent a lot of energy in order to block the news, resulting in the early stage of the war, they were unable to successfully resist the invading forces from the enemy country, and they lost one after another. ”

Because it's not just a matter of losing a little ninja, but a crisis of trust between the two wealthy ninja clans and the village.

In the first year leading to the war, most of the Uchiha and Hinata's ninjas were basically confined to the village, under surveillance, and unable to go to the battlefield to support.

Having lost the power of the White Eye and the Sharingan, Konoha had a hard time resisting the power of foreign enemies.

Especially the joint attack of Shayin and Iwain, even if Sannin rushed to the front line, he was defeated and retreated, and he could only delay the enemy's attack.

"Is that so?"

Ning Ci muttered in distraction.

He didn't expect that in the past, such a thing would happen within the Hyuga clan. And it's not just the Hyuga clan, but even the Uchiha clan has problems.

For Konoha who was preparing to participate in the war at the time, the large-scale defection of the ninjas of the two clans was undoubtedly an even worse thing.

After that, a war broke out between the country of ghosts and the country of wind, and at that time, the village learned that the defectors and the ninjas of the Uchiha clan had settled in the country of ghosts. But it's already too late, and the morale of the other party is already there. During the Third Shinobi War, the Oni no Kuni took advantage of lending money to various countries to sell a large amount of medical supplies and arms, and achieved economic take-off. Then he took this money and expanded rapidly in the military field, and after defeating the Wind Country, he quickly became a new great power. ”

Although it was only a few words, Ning Ci was also thrilled to hear.

Behind the seemingly short words, there must have been countless bloody storms.

He didn't believe that the village would be indifferent to the strong rise of the Oni Country.

But the country of ghosts still broke the blockade of the big powers, and this question is worth intriguing.

The village definitely acted, but in the end it failed, and suffered heavy losses, and had to admit the status of the Oni no Kuni.

In Ning Ci's view, this is the truth.

"So, the leader of the Hyuga clan in the country of demons is ......"

Ning Ci's mind moved, and he thought of something.

"Hinata Ayane. It is said that her son, who also represents the country of ghosts, participated in this joint Zhongnin exam, and his plans are not small. The ghost country Shirobi Shinobu you saw is the son of her and Chiba Shiraishi. ”

Hizashi said.

Hinata Ayane, Ninji had heard the name from the patriarch Hizo.

But...... Chiba Shiraishi? Ning Ci frowned, sensing that something was wrong.

If he remembers correctly, the Shinobu of the Oni Country, called Uchiha Asuka, is also the son of the Minister of Military Affairs of the Oni Country, Chiba Shiraishi.

But the other party's maternal line, obviously from Uchiha.

Are these two half-brothers?

Only this guess is the most in line with the facts.

"Father, what is the attitude of the clan towards the Hyuga clan in the country of ghosts? It is impossible for them to be indifferent in the face of defecting separations, right? ”

Ning Ci asked again.

"Although there is a desire to pull it out, at the moment, it is a bit unrealistic. After all, the current country of ghosts, the comprehensive strength is likely to have surpassed the country of fire. If you want to eliminate the Hyuga clan over there, you must first defeat the Oni no Kuni military. ”

This is the balance of power between countries.

If there is a direct comparison between the country of ghosts and Konoha, the gap will be even greater.

The military of the Oni Country, which has the full support of the entire country, is by no means comparable to Konoha.

Let's not talk about the competition of the frontal combat capabilities of the two sides, in terms of logistics, it is definitely Konoha who suffers in the war of attrition.

Rizai, who was born in a wealthy family, naturally knows that the country of fire is the country of fire, and Konoha is the truth of Konoha, and the two cannot be confused many times.

The separation of the military and the government is not enough to tolerate the relationship between the village and the state, and more precisely, it is a military-political rift.

After listening to the words of the day difference, Ning Ci's mood was very complicated.

Since he was a child, he has accepted the traditional ideas of the Hyuga family, loyal to the family, loyal to the clan, and the affairs of the clan are the unshirkable obligations and responsibilities of the family.

As a result, the majesty of the Zong family is increasing day by day in the family, and for those elders of the clan who dominate the family, Ning Ci has always had a fearful and respectful attitude in his heart, so he stayed away.

But now that he learned the news from Hinatasa, it turned out that even the majestic clans in his impression actually had a powerless side.

From this point of view, the so-called supreme majesty of the Zong family can only be shown in the face of the division controlled by the caged bird.

Once they are beyond the limits of their rule, even if they are high, they are just ordinary mortals.

Thinking of the foreign people who had been untied, for some reason, Ning Ci felt envy and yearning in his heart.

It turns out that the birds in the cage also have the ability to break free from the cage and soar in the sky?

It was something he had never envisioned.

However, Ning Ci didn't indulge in this complex emotion for too long, so he came back to his senses and said to Hiza: "Since fate has set compatriots with the same blood to oppose each other, and it is irretrievable, this is also something that cannot be helped. I'll go to the Hyuga clan in the country of ghosts, and if I can, I hope my father will also go to the country of ghosts this time to watch my third game. ”

This was the main purpose of his return so soon.

In the afternoon, after the list of qualified candidates was announced, they immediately set off for the Land of the Wind to prepare for the second exam.

He hopes that Rizashi can see first-hand how he has grown over the years.

The action of drinking tea slightly on the day is a meal.

"Are you so confident that you can successfully pass the second exam, Ningji?"

"Yes."

Ning Ci's attitude was firm, and there was no wavering in his eyes.

Seeing Ning Ci's attitude, Hinata sighed in his heart, unlike him, although Ning Ci accepted the idea of loyalty to the clan since he was a child, but because of his youth and vigor, there was still something rebellious in his character, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad to let Ning Ci venture into contact with the Hyuga ninja of the Ghost Country.

However, since this is an order of the sect family, as a ninja who separates the family, he really can't refute it.

Sometimes, he didn't quite understand his brother's thoughts.

Too gentle when it's gentle, too cruel when it's cruel.

What the elder brother looks like in his childhood memories, what is it like, the day difference is almost forgotten.

"Although I also want to watch your third game, the family will arrange important tasks for me next, so I'm sorry, Ningci, I can't go and cheer you on."

Hisashi said regretfully.

"Important task? Well, excuse me for being rude, father. ”

A look of loss immediately flashed in Ning Ci's eyes.

Since there is a task arranged by the sect family next, this is indeed a higher priority than the middle ninja exam.