In order to allow Team 7 to have enough energy to prepare for the Chunin Exam, Kakashi temporarily suspended Team 7's ninja mission one week before the official exam.

June, which was already short, passed by quickly, and the Genin welcomed July 1st, when the Chunin Exams began.

Three o'clock in the afternoon, Konoha Ninja School.

The ninja school, which was supposed to be empty of students on weekends, was crowded with countless people today.

The people gathered in the ninja school include children as old as eleven or twelve like Naruto, teenagers as old as seventeen or eighteen, and young adults in their twenties or even early thirties.

Although there is a huge age gap between them, they all have common characteristics.

Naruto glanced at the forehead protectors he could see somewhere on everyone's bodies - all of them were ninjas who came to take the Chunin Exams.

Gathered here are not only the ninjas from Konoha, but also the ninjas from four small ninja villages, Kusa, Rain, Taki, and Oto, as well as the ninjas from the Sand Village in the Wind Country, which is one of the five major countries along with the Konoha Ninja Village in the Fire Country.

"A lot of people..."

Sakura sighed as she looked at the huge crowds of people in front of her.

"There are about 100 people... maybe more. These are the ninjas on the playground. There must be more in the teaching building."

Sasuke took a quick look around and estimated the number of people taking the exam.

"I heard that the Chunin Exam is very strict, and the chances of successfully becoming a Chunin are very low - we have to compete with so many people..."

Sakura's voice was filled with worry. "And there are adults taking the exam. They must be very experienced... We haven't even been ninjas for half a year..."

Hearing Sakura's negative words, Naruto frowned slightly. He knew that in the original plot, Sakura felt unconfident about taking part in the Chunin Exam.

But I didn't expect that Sakura now not only feels inferior about her own strength like in the original plot, but this inferiority complex is even worse than in the original plot.

This is the negative feedback that Naruto and Sasuke's growth rate, which is unmatched by ordinary people, brings to Sakura.

Naruto didn't want Sakura to give up the exam even though he had already entered the examination room.

In the Chunin Exam, the first is a written test held at the Konoha Ninja School, and the second is a practical test of survival drills held in the Forest of Death. Both of these exams must be taken in the form of a three-person ninja class.

If one person fails to take the exam, the remaining two people in the ninja class will be treated as failing even if they pass these two exams.

Naruto glanced at Sasuke. Originally, it should have been Sasuke who noticed Sakura's strange mood and tried to comfort her.

But at this moment, Sasuke was not paying attention to Sakura and Naruto at all. He was paying attention to the other people who were taking reference, looking eager to meet a strong person to prove his strength.

Helpless, Naruto had to take action himself.

"…Sakura, there's no need to be so self-deprecating."

Naruto spoke up, getting Sakura to focus her attention on him, "I've told you before, taking the Chunin exams doesn't mean those ninjas have the strength of a Chunin."

"Those 'powerful' older Genin you're worried about are the best proof of this. They are still Genin in their twenties or thirties and can't even be Chunin. This shows that they are not qualified to be ninjas at all."

"They are just... parasites who are unwilling to give up the benefits that come with being a ninja."

Naruto made no secret of his contempt for the older Genin. That was how the ninja world was, and it was thanks to the fact that the ninja world was in a peaceful truce at the moment.

If it were a war time, these people wouldn't even have the chance to live to their twenties or thirties.

"I'm pretty sure you're better than them, and... you've gotten first place in more exams than Sasuke, but you're actually afraid of exams. This isn't like the Haruno Sakura I know."

These words were Naruto's way of comforting Sakura, but they were also what Naruto truly believed.

Sakura is not from a ninja family, and her current strength is the lowest among the Twelve Ninjas of Konoha.

Her limit is not as high as those descendants of big families, but compared with a group of ordinary people, although it is still not the top, it is enough to easily step on the heads of most people and achieve success for herself.

In the original work, she was able to be promoted to Chunin at the age of fourteen or fifteen, which proved that she indeed had the talent of a ninja.

Hearing Naruto's words, Sakura stared at him with a slightly stagnant expression.

Naruto smiled back.

"Thank you for trusting me like this, Naruto."

Sakura's eyes gradually became firm.

"We are partners, so I naturally believe you. Now that you have stopped having these random thoughts, let's go to the examination room as soon as possible. The exam is almost time."

Sakura's self-deprecation was just a small episode.

After resolving this little incident, the three members of Class 7 came to the teaching building.

Kakashi said that the exam location is in classroom 301 of the Ninja School.

Naruto remembered that it was a classroom that was much more spacious than the other classrooms.

"Classroom 301 is indeed spacious, but it should not be enough to accommodate one or two hundred examinees, right?"

Walking in the corridor of the teaching building, Sakura explained her views.

But there is an obvious mistake in what Sakura said -

——The three students from Class 301 suddenly couldn’t move forward any further——In front of them, the door of classroom was filled with countless examinees.

The mistake in Sakura's words was the miscalculation of the number of candidates taking part in this Chunin Exam.

There were nearly a hundred candidates standing at the door of classroom 301.

"What's going on? Why are you all in the corridor instead of in the classroom?"

Sakura stood on tiptoe and looked up, noticing two young ninjas wearing Konoha forehead protectors blocking the door of classroom 301.

"Why! Why don't you let us pass!"

The candidates who were stopped outside the classroom were trying to force their way into the examination room, but were knocked down by the two ninjas who were blocking the door.

"We two are doing this for your own good. You little brats can't pass the exam anyway... and you will definitely give up at the beginning. Since your fate is already determined, isn't it right for us to get rid of you guys in advance?"

"This is really outrageous. We are all candidates. What qualifications do you two have to stop us from taking the exam?"

"That's right! Everyone come together! There are only two of them!"

The arrogant words of the ninja who was blocking the door aroused the anger of the crowd, and the scene instantly became chaotic.

Naruto watched this with interest, knowing full well that the first exam had already begun.

The two young ninjas blocking classroom 301 were actually Chunin examiners who used transformation techniques to transform into young boys - Izumo Kamatsuki and Tetsu Koji.

This is not classroom 301 either.

Naruto withdrew his gaze from the nameplate of the classroom.

"This feeling... is an illusion—"

Sakura finally discovered the problem.

Naruto reached out to stop Sakura from speaking, and he looked at Sasuke beside him.

Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other and nodded silently.

It seemed like Sasuke had understood.

"Let's go."

Naruto said.

Naruto immediately grabbed Sakura's hand and pulled her away from the noisy "Classroom 301" corridor as she was a little slow to react.

Leaving the noisy crowd, Naruto loosened his grip on Sakura's hand and said to Sasuke and Sakura: "You have also discovered the problem."

"It's an illusion."

Sasuke spoke.

Sakura nodded as well.

"This is not the third floor. The two guys blocking the door are the ones casting the illusion. They also look like they are disguised by the transformation technique. They are most likely the examiners. The exam has already begun."

Naruto looked at the two and made a decision:

"Let's take a detour to the real classroom 301. As for those guys who can't even see through illusions, we don't need to bother with them. Having fewer opponents will only benefit us."

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