This ninja in Naruto is unscientific

Chapter 296 Announcement of Results

The next day, as soon as the morning sun shone on the glass curtain wall of the Hokage Building branch in Konoha New District, the notice board in the lobby on the first floor was already crowded with people.

After three days of physically and mentally exhausting experience and that almost magical written exam, the genin from the five great ninja villages are now anxiously awaiting the announcement of their first exam results.

"It's out! The examiners have posted the list!"

A commotion arose in the crowd, and everyone surged forward, craning their necks to search for their names on the list.

"Great! I passed!"

"I'm up there too! Phew... I thought I answered that question about who to contact for air conditioner repairs wrong."

"Wait, why are there only names? Where are the scores? Where are the rankings?"

Sasaki Kumo from Kumogakure squeezed to the front, staring wide-eyed as he searched the list for a long time. Although he saw his own name, he also noticed a strange phenomenon.

"Yes, why aren't there specific scores?"

"What kind of announcement is this, with no rankings at all?"

Whispers began to circulate among the crowd, with voices of doubt rising and falling.

And on the circular corridor on the second floor of the hall.

Nishikawa Tetsu leaned on the railing, looking down at the noisy crowd below, holding a cup of iced coffee in his hand, a meaningful smile on his lips.

Beside him, Nara Shikaku was yawning, sporting two large dark circles under his eyes, clearly suffering greatly from staying up all night grading papers.

"Vice Minister, these kids really think they did well on the test."

Lu Jiu rubbed his sore neck, his tone tinged with a mixture of sarcasm and exhaustion.

"If it weren't for the fact that the leaders of those villages protested to the Hokage last night, I would be showing mercy if half of the names on this list were still on it."

"yes."

Nishikawa Tetsu chuckled softly, took a sip of coffee, and gazed into the distance.

"Who would have thought that less than 10% of the village's genin would pass this written exam?"

Looking back on last night's protest, Nishikawa Tetsu still finds it somewhat amusing.

Just as he, Koharu, and Mitokado were preparing to finalize the elimination list.

Pakura from Sunagakure, Tsuchida from Kumogakure, Kotsuchi from Iwagakure, and even Genji from Kirigakure all rushed into the Hokage's office without prior arrangement.

"This isn't testing the qualities of a ninja! This is testing the life guidelines of Konoha!" Ye Cang was so angry that he trembled slightly.

"If our Cloud Village's elite are eliminated because they don't know how to sort garbage, then this Chunin Exams is a complete joke!" Tsuchitai argued vehemently, his face ashen.

Huang Tu's words were also blunt: "Hokage-sama, if this is the passing grade, the second exam might as well be renamed the Konoha Village Civil War! We came all this way not to be spectators!"

Master Yuan's cane nearly pierced the Hokage's office floor: "In short, we disagree with this list!"

Faced with the combined pressure from the four great ninja villages, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, simply smoked his pipe leisurely until they were tired of arguing, then slowly exhaled a smoke ring.

"Everyone, the purpose of this first exam was to test the genin's ability to adapt to the new environment, and this written exam was also something you requested to be changed..."

The final compromise was that Konoha drastically lowered the passing grade by a full half!

Moreover, in order to save face for the major ninja villages and prevent the publication of scores and rankings from causing a more serious "diplomatic incident" (after all, it would be too embarrassing to see one's own geniuses get thoroughly humiliated by Konoha's common sense questions), the list only published the names of those who passed, and all scores and rankings were removed.

"This can be considered as leaving them with the last fig leaf."

Nishikawa Tetsu looked down at the genin from Bessura who breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing his name, and his smile deepened.

"However, the objective has been achieved."

Shikaku nodded and gave a thumbs up.

"Wow, Vice Minister!"

He sighed, turned and walked towards the stairs, his back view appearing incredibly desolate.

"Next up is the second practical exam, right? Finally, I don't have to grade the papers anymore. I need to hurry back and catch up on some sleep. I've lost more brain cells these past few days than I have on the battlefield."

"Thank you for your hard work, Shikaku."

Nishikawa Tetsu waved his hand, then turned his gaze back to the hall below.

In front of the bulletin board.

Obito squeezed through the crowd, pointed to his name on the list, and shouted excitedly:

"Hahahaha! I knew it! I'm a genius! How could such a childish written test possibly stump me!"

He turned to Kakashi beside him, a smug look on his face: "Hehe, I told you I could get through this, easy peasy!"

Kakashi rolled his deadpan eyes, too lazy to pay him any attention, and turned to leave. He had been dragged to see the rankings by Obito so early in the morning, and now he had to go back to continue his unfinished training.

"Hey! Kakashi! Don't go! I haven't finished talking yet!"

Just as Obito was about to give chase, he suddenly felt his clothes being tugged.

"Obito, great, we made it through."

Nohara Rin stood beside him, a gentle smile on her face.

"Hmm!" Obito's face instantly turned red, and he scratched his head. "Rin, with you here, I'm sure I can get through!"

And in a corner not far away.

Mei Terumi of the Hidden Mist quietly looked at the list, her right eye slightly narrowed.

"No scores, no rankings..."

She murmured softly, a knowing glint in her eyes.

"It seems that Konoha has given the other villages a great embarrassment in this written test."