Hinata's heartbeat was beating very fast, like a rail engine. She thought, Does Naruto know my feelings for him? Even if he knows, I should not expose them, and I should not be shown as weak.
Hinata said, "How could I possibly have feelings for you? Humph." Saying this, she turned her head away.
"Ohhh...fine," Naruto replied.
Naruto didn't waste much time on her, thinking she was quite stubborn to admit it. He backed off to his original position.
Hinata talked to herself, Control...control...calm down, Hinata.
Soon after, a man with a scar on his face entered the room. Many genins were intimidated by his appearance, but not Naruto. Naruto had seen far worse than him and far more powerful people than him.
The scarred man spoke with a loud voice, "I am going to give you a question and answer sheet. The time limit is three hours. There are chunins watching you. If we find any of you cheating, you will be disqualified. If one member fails, their whole team will also fail."
With that, some chunins arrived, handed out the question and answer sheets, and positioned themselves randomly as the copy squad.
Everyone looked at their question papers and immediately gasped. The questions were advanced arithmetic...far beyond their knowledge. They didn't know the answers; that was a given.
They glanced left and right, identifying those who were answering the questions, and then used their abilities to copy them. Gaara used his sand to form an eye and copied the answers, Ino used her Mind Transfer Jutsu, Hinata used her Byakugan, and Sasuke used his Sharingan to analyze hand movements and interpret the answers. Everyone displayed exceptional skills to cheat, but only one person took a different approach.
Naruto looked at the question paper. He knew he didn't know even a single answer.
Naruto thought to himself, What I want is strength...who gives a fuck about this?
After thinking this, he placed his answer sheet and question paper aside, weighing them down with some weights from his pocket, so they wouldn't fly away. Then, he crossed his arms, rested his head on them like a pillow, and peacefully slept on the bench.
Sakura, seated a few benches behind Naruto, gawked at him, her eyes nearly bulging out. She thought, Sensei, what are you doing? You're going to make our entire team fail along with you!
Sasuke also noticed and clenched his fists in anger, thinking, Naruto, if you make our team disqualified, I will make sure to disable you and have your whole body covered in bandages.
Ino gasped, seeing Naruto's behavior. What is he doing, sleeping in the exam like this?!
Kiba smirked as he watched Naruto and thought to himself, Look at this arrogant fool. Team 7 is going to be disqualified because of Naruto's actions.
Temari, showing a little interest, thought, What is this guy doing?
Many others watched Naruto and laughed among themselves at his carefree nature.
Shikamaru, who had easily solved all the questions, glanced at Naruto, who was a few benches below him. He thought, What is he doing? Did he fall asleep out of fear because he doesn't know the answers? No...no. That would be the way of past Naruto. Based on my calculations and his recent actions...he wouldn't do thinks with carefree nature.
Shikamaru thought again, Did he find the loophole in the rules? What could it be?
Then, like a lightbulb glowed on in his mind, realization struck him.
Marks...That should be it! But did Naruto really figure that out?
The copy squad continued their work, pointing at different people.
"You're disqualified!" "You failed!"
One by one, those caught cheating were escorted out, their entire teams failing along with them, frowns of disappointment on their faces.
...THREE HOURS LATER.
The invigilator announced loudly, "TIME'S UP!"
The chunins standing as the copy squad collected all the sheets. They also took Naruto's blank sheets, which were neatly placed beside his sleeping form. Some of them felt anger at Naruto's arrogance, while others simply shook their heads at his indifference.
The invigilator glanced at Naruto and thought, Interesting fellow.
Hinata, seated beside Naruto, gently nudged him awake.
Naruto gasped at the sudden wake-up call and asked, "Is the exam completed?"
Hinata, ignoring his question, spoke with a little frustration, "Naruto, sleeping during the exam? What do you think you were doing? You're going to fail!"
Naruto was about to respond, but before he could, the invigilator's voice echoed through the room.
The chunins had completed their checking. However, rather than grading the papers for marks, they had sorted them into two sections—Pass and Fail—based on the way the answers were written. Some answer sheets were filled with desperation, the handwriting jagged and shaky, while others were neatly and confidently written.
The invigilator spoke loudly, "Now, I am going to announce the failed candidates. Their entire team will be disqualified along with them."
He started listing names.
"Akio, Baruto, Sarada, Tatsuki…....few others.... Naruto."
Kiba, upon hearing Naruto's name, nearly burst out laughing, barely managing to stop it by covering his mouth with both hands.
Sasuke, hearing Naruto's name, thought angrily, Naruto, no one is going to save you now. Your whole body will be covered in bandages soon.
Many people laughed inside, believing Naruto had finally received what he deserved for his arrogance.
Amidst the suppressed laughter, Naruto calmly raised his hand and said, "Sensei...I think you mistakenly placed my name in the failed section."
Everyone, except for Shikamaru, thought to themselves, What is this arrogant fool thinking?
(....to be continued.)
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