On the streets, folding mirrors are standing and patrolling the streets with all their might.

Despite this, the streets of Konoha Village during the day are still as lively and prosperous as ever, after all, how can something happen in broad daylight and bright weather?

However, when I saw the clock hanging in the roadside shop, the time came to 2:30, and I knew that the second survival test of the Zhongnin exam had officially begun.

In the test of the first written test, the folding mirror did not have a chance to get the trembling value, so the written test of the first test of the Zhongnin exam was exactly the same as in the impression, and even the number of people who passed was exactly the same.

But the second survival test was a lot more open, as it was a test that was relatively open and lasted for five days.

The Forest of Death is a forbidden area in Konoha Village, except for the opening of the Ninja Examination and Ninja Drills, no one is allowed to enter at other times, and Konoha Village has never specially arranged for people to monitor such a huge area where only wild animals are infested.

So all the ninjas, including Konoha Village, don't know everything about this forest so well.

And according to the long-standing rules of the Death Forest test, no matter what happens, those who take the test are not allowed to give up halfway.

This undoubtedly gives the folding mirror a huge stage to play.

The Forest of Death...

With such a large forest, even if there are some "aborigines" or something, it is not an impossible thing, right?

...

The first day of the battle for survival was over quickly.

Strictly speaking, the official start time of the first day of the survival test is 2:30 p.m., and the forest of death is full of towering trees that shade the sky, so basically the end of the day can be announced at five o'clock in the afternoon.

In the past three hours, four of the 26 teams of 78 people have been eliminated, three of which have been attacked by wild animals, such as giant blood-sucking leeches.

Only one group was defeated and eliminated due to an encounter and battle with the other group.

And among the 22 groups that are still in action, two different styles of action have also been formed.

One is the powerful faction led by the Sand Hidden Village's Iairo group, whose style is not to disdain to search for the class with the scroll like a mouse in the woods, but goes directly to the vicinity of the tower to squat and guard the team that has obtained the scroll and is advancing towards the vicinity of the tower.

Of course, not all the powerful factions will choose this method, for example, Inuzuka Ya, led by the confident Inuzuka Ya, also went directly to the vicinity of the tower, preparing to use the trap to ambush the team that had obtained the scroll before.

The other is the cautious style, led by the Nara Shikamaru class, which uses a gradual and slow progress to the tower over the course of five days, then looking for flaws in the other teams along the way, and then waiting for the opportunity to snatch the scroll.

And Nara Shikamaru thinks that the most ideal target is the Naruto class, because Nara Shikamaru analyzes that from the perspective of overall strength, the weakest comprehensive combat power in this middle ninja exam is the Naruto class.

Of course, Sasuke also knew that the class with Naruto would definitely become the target of public criticism, so he also chose a cautious style of acting and trying to move forward slowly without being discovered by others.

Although this method avoids a head-on fight, it is also harassed by some ninjas wearing oxygen masks and having four vertical poles on their foreheads.

These ninjas took advantage of Naruto's departure and pretended to be Naruto to approach Sasuke and Sakura, but Sasuke saw through them.

And these people are not war-loving, and they retreat immediately after being identified.

However, after these skirmishes and frictions, the remaining groups have adapted to the environment of the Death Forest, and no one is likely to be eliminated by the wildlife here.

As it got late, a lot of physical and mental energy consumed during the first day needed to be replenished, so they sat down on the ground and began to chew their rations.

Although this is a survival assessment, there is no limit to the amount of food you can bring at the beginning, as long as it does not affect your actions in the Death Forest, you can bring as much ration as you want.

Of course, in order not to affect the movement and the carrying of various other ninja equipment, almost no one can carry a five-day ration in one go, only two or three days at most, and the remaining half of the time can only be obtained by hunting in the forest.

Today is the first day, and in order not to expose their position in the forest by making a fire to cook, basically all the people subconsciously choose to eat the initial rations they brought, and only a few smart people have a different opinion.

In a corner of the woods, Akido Dingji was just about to take out a carefully selected portable ration from his pocket, but was stopped by Nara Shikamaru on the side.

"Shikamaru, what are you doing?"

On the issue of eating, Qiu Dao Dingji was very sensitive, and a pair of eyes that were squeezed by the big fat face and only two flesh slits were left, revealing an unfriendly fierce light.

"Don't eat the initial rations you brought today, let's make a fire and cook."

"Why? Isn't cooking on a fire to be discovered? Ino on the side asked.

Shikamaru's eyes flashed with wisdom, and the corners of his mouth raised a confident smile and explained, "I calculated, the rations brought by our group can only last for two days at most, and the survival test is a total of five days, not to mention that the ninjutsu of Autumn Road Dingji will increase the consumption of food. ”

"So for at least three days we have to make a fire to cook, and to live and cook is to risk being discovered."

"And the venue for this exam is a circle with a radius of 10 kilometers, and all the participating teams are randomly scattered on the 44 entrances of this circle."

"All of us aim for a tower in the center of the circle, which means that the further back in the race, the closer we are to the other groups with the same goal."

"The closer you are, the higher the probability that the location of the fire will be discovered, so we can do the opposite and choose to cook on the fire for the first three days."

"This way, later in the game, we can use the food rations we have saved to deal with the food problem, and we can also sneak up on the other teams while they are cooking on fires."

"And when I came to our entrance in the afternoon, I observed that there was only one team entering the Forest of Death near our entrance, and this team walked ahead of us in the afternoon, and should not have turned back again."

"So it's safe for us to make a fire to cook now."

Explained by Shikamaru, Ino showed an approving gaze and slapped Shikamaru's shoulder sharply.

"I didn't expect you, a man who likes to say 'trouble is dead', to be quite smart at a critical moment!"

Shikamaru rolled his eyes, and said secretly in his heart: I'm usually very smart, okay?

...

Late at night, the shikamaru class remained in place and rested after being full.

Since the Shikamaru class hadn't advanced much on the first day, and had been left behind by other groups for a considerable distance, the Shikamaru class unscrupulously lit a small fire.

The three of them sat around the fire and roasted the fire leisurely, as if they were three children who had come out for an outing.

"Shikamaru, our progress is so slow now, if by the time we reach the tower, everyone has already obtained the Heaven and Earth Scroll, won't we still be qualified?" Ino asked.

Shikamaru smiled slightly, and shook his head confidently, "Impossible, the Heaven and Earth Scrolls are 13 pairs that match each other, if the scrolls in our hands have not been handed over, then there is destined to be a group that has not been handed over, and we must have the scrolls to take." ”

At this moment, Akido Dingji, who was lying on the ground and looking up at the sky, said casually: "But during the day, I heard from the seniors of other groups that in the past, there were cases where ninjas were eliminated by the animals here. ”

"If it's an animal that knocks out a person, how does the scroll count?"

Akido Dingji's reminder made Shikamaru, who had always been a last resort, immediately dumbfounded.

That's right! If a group is eliminated by animals, won't this scroll also disappear from this survival assessment?

Just as Shikamaru realized the loophole in his mind, a wail came from the forest.