The place and time Shenesu was informed the next day, when the application literally flew through all the officials and ended up on the desk of the Hokage, who signed it and gave the order to prepare a new stadium, instead of the usual training ground that had been used earlier.
Naturally, for my own reassurance, I ran around to people of the appropriate rank and gathered information in addition to what I'd had access to earlier. No, everything was expected - you need to last five minutes, which is a lot at this level, or win, but some nuances surfaced.
A jonin opponent is usually assigned depending on the candidate's strengths or weaknesses, and the latter happens when they are trying to fail the candidate. The exam also prohibits the use of equipment not included in the basic shinobi kit, with the exception of individual weapons.
The reason for this is very simple - jonins are killing machines and the elite of the village, so they must be able to stand up for themselves even when they don't have a single piece of clothing on their bodies, let alone anything else.
And I completely agree with that reasoning, even if it immediately excludes prepared scrolls and seals from my arsenal. After all, test personal power, not the thickness of one's wallet, let the masters of fuin make their own seals.
I'm pretty sure they'll try to slip me the most uncomfortable opponent possible. Since the vast majority of jonin don't focus on one thing at a time, I should prepare for a versatile opponent. The one area of shinobi that is my obvious weakness is genjutsu, like most high chakra wielders like Uzumaki.
No one knows about the seal-tattoo on my scalp and my sensor talent, so Hiruzen's choice in picking me is obvious. The fact that I specialize in nin and I'm not weak in tai is known to many people, and even if you think about it logically, what kind of fool would use his fists or cold weapons on a trained Nara with a large reserve and excellent control, who is also an iryonin of the first degree.
So the jonin will also be proficient in ninjutsu, most likely raiton, as the fastest and deadliest element that will easily overpower a suiton, so he won't get crushed from the start of the fight. At least that's what I would do. What Sarutobi will do - I'll find out very soon.
Since three days of training wouldn't make any difference, I continued to do my own thing, only giving up the night vigil and going to bed like a normal person, and trying to limit my chakra expenditure.
Yes, the shinobi's reserve is constantly being restored, but the resources for this come from the man himself and constantly draining him, not only is there an increase in volume, but there is a solid load on the body with all the consequences.
Thanks to the endurance of Uzumaki, I notice it much less than others, but falling asleep with almost full reserve, rests much better and in the morning you wake up awake awake, full of energy and less tired during the day.
For the sake of proper rest, I even turned off the constantly working training seal, taking a couple of days to get used to it, and as a result, by the appointed date, I was at the peak of my form.
In the morning, dressed in a pre-cleaned uniform, previously dusted in the closet, and taking with me only a set of kunai, shuriken and senbon, because I was not going to use the issued commodities, I left the house and walked along the rooftops towards the center of the village. That is, me, family and relatives in full, as well as all the Nara that happened to be unoccupied with anything important.
Shenesu had taken the opportunity to publicize the upcoming event, and my friends were certainly not silent about my interest, so I was surprised to find a large number of people pulling into the stadium.
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