[Video starts playing]
The scene slowly appeared.
Inside a classroom, ninjas from various countries sat at desks with exam papers laid out.
...
Outside the venue,
Asuma's heart tightened, his gaze fixed on Naruto Uzumaki, or more accurately, on the reward for the Golden Strike.
Until now,
Kirigakure and the Dawn Organization, who obtained the family token through auction, had not made any moves to establish a family. After all, Silver Hearts were too rare and difficult to collect, and the Merchant was waiting for the right price.
However, according to Asuma's deductions, both factions would likely establish their families very soon.
His own inferior token had originally made him lose hope of being among the first to establish a family, but he never expected Naruto to bring such a surprise.
If he answered correctly, the conditions for activating the family token would be met, and Konoha might become the first faction to establish a family!
"He must answer correctly!"
Asuma watched the video with full concentration.
"It's the silver material for activating the family token, five hearts, which can sell for a six-figure amount of reward points!"
The surrounding players were in a frenzy,
Their eyes filled with such jealousy that they looked like they wanted to devour Naruto Uzumaki alive.
Everyone paid 500 reward points as a registration fee, so why was he special?
"Don't worry, didn't the Game Merchant say that if the blond kid answers incorrectly, we can also answer?"
One player comforted himself.
He prayed in his heart that the seemingly dazed and foolish blond kid would not answer correctly.
The video continued to play.
The scene outside the window flashed by, but sharp-eyed players still caught a glimpse of the Hokage Rock, carved with four human face sculptures.
Then, Ibiki Morino's scarred face appeared,
And he began to explain the rules for the first stage of the Chunin Exams, the written test.
"Chunin Exams?"
"Aren't we currently participating in the Konoha Chunin Exams? What time period is shown in the video?"
Even the Five Kage in the stands showed curiosity.
Especially when,
The video played to Naruto Uzumaki's tormented face, like someone with a bad stomach waiting for the restroom, sitting in the examination room in agony, making them even more curious.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, however, remembered what happened that night in the Forest of Death and showed a look of understanding.
Mei Terumi showed curiosity and asked, "Hokage, do you understand the situation?"
Raikage Ei said nothing, but he slightly shifted his body, his ear angled towards Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"Is there something you can't say, Hokage?"
Ōnoki looked up, estimating the Game Merchant's enormous body.
Even he, who had witnessed Susanoo, felt that the latter seemed like a weak chick in front of the Game Merchant.
"If the Game Merchant hadn't appeared in the Ninja World, this would probably be the original trajectory of the Ninja World..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought for a moment and did not hide this information.
Once the video finished playing, or if two more videos appeared later, these clear-headed Kage would quickly realize it.
There was no need to hide it.
After hearing his words, the Kage fell silent.
"This... predicting the future?"
Mei Terumi looked at the Game Merchant with a solemn expression.
In other words, the Golden Strike could not only yield rewards but also reveal the future of the Ninja World through videos.
Although the Ninja World's landscape had changed since the Game Merchant's arrival, important intelligence could still be obtained.
Thinking of this,
Mei Terumi watched the video with even greater focus.
The video continued to show the appearances of the examinees, until it finally paused, revealing the question that needed to be answered.
[Question: Examinee Naruto Uzumaki, how did he complete the exam?]
At this moment,
A countdown appeared in Naruto Uzumaki's square, giving him two minutes to state the answer to this question.
"Huh?"
Naruto blinked blankly, did the video just end?
He hadn't expected the video to show something related to himself, and that the Chunin Exams even required a written test?
Seeing Naruto standing there in a daze, Sasuke said anxiously, "Hurry up and answer, time's running out!"
But his voice was blocked and could not reach Naruto's ears at all.
[Outside Assistance: 50 reward points]
[Hint: 50 reward points]
"I choose outside assistance, Sasuke Uchiha!"
Naruto unhesitatingly chose to spend 50 reward points to request outside assistance.
He was very aware of his own limitations; he knew nothing about questions involving observation skills.
Buzz.
The square where Sasuke stood instantly enlarged, becoming the focus of everyone's attention.
It also had a two-minute countdown.
"Idiot, the video showed Ibiki Morino as the proctor, perhaps he knows the key to the question. Did your brain get waterlogged when you chose me for outside assistance?"
Sasuke twitched his lips, unable to comment on Naruto's simplistic thought process.
He frowned, contemplating possible answers.
"I'll pass the answer to Naruto."
Finally, Sasuke came up with this answer.
The exam rules shown in the video stated that if one person gave up, the entire ninja squad would fail. With Naruto's brain, he definitely wouldn't be able to answer it. If he wanted to pass the exam, there was a high probability he would pass the answer to Naruto.
[Incorrect answer. Golden Strike will now become a public question. Everyone can answer, with one chance per person.]
"Shikaku, can you think of the answer?"
In the stands, Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Nara Shikaku, who was serving as the chief guard on the floor below him.
Although Nara Shikaku had a slight rift with the Hokage due to Danzo's matter, they were still considered close, being an allied family that had continued since the Warring States period.
Shikaku, known as Konoha's strategist, closed his eyes, thought for a moment, and then said, "When the video was playing, it lingered on the exam paper for two seconds. I feel there should be some hidden meaning..."
"Hidden meaning?"
The Kage could all hear Shikaku's analysis and showed thoughtful expressions.
Finally, Shikaku said seriously, "It's the difficulty. The questions on the exam paper are too difficult for genin to answer at all. Connecting this with Ibiki Morino's usual interrogation mindset, if he's the proctor, this exam probably isn't a simple knowledge test, but rather a test of cheating methods, meaning the ability to gather information."
The players were anxious, afraid of being preempted by others, but also afraid of answering incorrectly.
Fifty reward points for one answer.
If they answered correctly, they could get a ten thousand-fold grand prize, which even the Kage couldn't sit still for.
"Kekkei Genkai, the blond kid has a Kekkei Genkai for peeking!"
[Incorrect Answer]
"Blond hair? I see... It's Mind Transfer Jutsu!"
[Incorrect Answer]
Hundreds of incorrect answer prompts made the players anxiously scratch their heads.
In a blink of an eye, thousands more reward points were added to the account.
Ōnoki pondered for a moment, then whispered a few words to his accompanying bodyguard.
Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique.
A faint puff of smoke dispersed, revealing a crawling spider the size of a fingernail, made entirely of condensed sand, which crawled along the wall of the arena towards the center.
At an extremely fast speed, it climbed up Kurotsuchi's fair thigh.
After Kurotsuchi received the information, she showed a look of understanding and answered, "Naruto Uzumaki did not pass the exam."
All the players were answering ways to pass the exam; perhaps that was the trap of this question?
Looking at Naruto Uzumaki's somewhat dazed and foolish appearance in the video, perhaps he hadn't passed the exam at all.
As expected of Grandpa Ōnoki.
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