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[scoff] This is a joke. Any idiot can solve questions like these.

[groaning]

So what question are you going to solve, anyway?

Yeah right, like I would tell you that?

Everyone's stuck in a dilemma because they don't know which one of the questions they should solve.

They don't know which ones their teammates are going to choose.

Neji's planning something, I can tell.

Yeah, maybe. But why would he tell a rival what he plans to do? What's the point in that?

The method he plans to use probably requires it.

You know which one you're doing?

No, and I don't know about my teammates either.

What's that supposed to mean?

But if there's a way to let them know just how many points I'll get, then I'll be able to solve the question.

[chuckle] That's a pretty big if!

I'll communicate the number with vibartions.

I'll send the four vibrations through the wall.

And relay the information without leaving or destroying the room.

But are you sure that just hitting the wall will actually get your message across to your teammates?

How would you interpret four knocks on the wall?

Well, let me think. If I were to hear four signals like that, then...

[thudding]

I'd think our other teammate and I should score forty points.

If we both get forty, that's eighty points.

Then the one who signaled could get...

Fifty, forty, thirty, or zero points...

But none of those combinations add up to one hundred.

So instead, I'd interpret the signals to mean that the one who sent them will complete the forty-point question.

And the other two can do the thirty-pointers.

Oh, I get it. That makes sense...

I wonder if Gennai and Inaho will think the same way..

Hope Minoki and Tanzo will too...

Each village picked three genin for the teams that compete here in the Chunin Exams.

Everyone just has to trust in their teammates.

But why would you show all of us how to do this?

If I suddenly pounded on the wall four times, what would you think?

Oh. Well...

I'd be suspicious.

Of course you would. And I simply didn't want any of you to do something to interfere with me.

I figured that the best course of action would just be for me to come clean and let everyone in on this.

That way, we can all pass this ridiculous paper test.

All of us?!

[gasps]

So that's his plan.

Everybody passes, huh? I guess he really got you there, Mr. Proctor.

Well,...even so, I got a good look at his leadership skills.

All of us...?

I get it. And you're probably right.

But how about letting me be the one to pass on the info to the other classrooms?

Okay. But why?

I can't let the Hidden Lead do all the work. I'll even take the blame if the classroom is damaged.

So I just need to send vibrations, right?

Yes.

[plonk, yell]

One! [thud]

[gasps]

Two! [thud] Three! [thud]

Huh? [gasps]

Four! [thud]

[pound]

Hey! That was five!

What're you doing?

Everyone passes? Yeah, right. You've gotta be kidding me!

What's the point of a test unless someone's eliminated?!

[growl] How dare you...?!

[grumbling]

Hey, what does that guy think he's doing?!

And it's too late to fix it!

Send four more vibrations, and you'll just cause confusion!

It doesn't matter if you sent five signals.

What...?!

Three times would've been fine too. As long as the message gets out, any one works.

Any one...?! Are you trying to tell me that three, four, or five would all be the same?

Yes, that's correct. Well, it'll be slightly different.

It simply means the question I pick will change.

What's that...?!

[gasps]

I get it...

That was some kind of signal...

And it's definitely more efficient than just yelling something out along with everybody else.

But why knock five times?

I bet five signals is referring to the fifty-point question.

So what are we supposed to do?

I see...!

Huh?

To get one hundred points using a fifty-point question, two members need to solve the fifty-pointer and the third

member needs a zero.

Whoever signaled can't solve the fifty-pointer.

That's what the message is telling us.

What do you mean?

The remaining two have to select the fifty-point or the zero-point question but have no way of knowing which to choose.

He's signaling both teammates to solve the fifty-point question.

Whoever signaled us is supposed to get zero points, then?

Yes, exsctly. We'll have to hope that our other teammate will think about the alternatives and figure it out, too.

Who do you think was the one that sent the message, anyway?

Honestly, I have no idea. But whoever sent it to us got everyone in that classroom to agree.

Otherwise, it would've been impossible to do.

That means everyone in the classroom that signaled us will earn zero points.

The reason is because the message is telling the remaining two members to choose the fifty-point question.

Ah, ha! That is what it means!

Still, opting to get zero points is pretty gutsy.

Even with three signals, my intent would've been communicated.

In that case, I simply would've answered the forty-point question.

[growl]

How do you figure?

Because if the grouping is thirty, thirty, and forty, to get one hundred points total...

...whoever sent the signal wouldn't take thirty points.

That would leave the remaining two to choose between thirty and forty points, and that won't work.

Whoever sends the signals takes the forty-point question, leaving the thirty-point questions to his two teammates.

[sigh] Damn you. Why didn't you just explain that to us earlier?!

I was quite clear. I didn't want anyone to interfere.

I thought jutsu users who can communicate silently with their teammates...

...would be able to foil my plan to have everyone pass this round.

[sigh]

You can communicate like that, right?

[yap, thudding]

[snort]

[thudding]

[growl]

I won't let you!

[gasp]

Well, you're not gonna stop me either!

[gasps]

NO UNAUTHORIZED FIGHTING

Proctor! Will you allow us to fight?

If you don't reply, I'll assume that means you will...

Ha, ha! You want to fight me?

Mr. Proctor, give us permission!

[gasp]

I made it clear Round One's a written exam. Fighting's prohibited!

Just keep quiet and answer the question before the time runs out!

There you go.

[scoff]

That Neji...He just ofrced me into revealing a hint.

You mean that warning you just gave?

Yeah. Until now, there was still a possibility...

...that the participants in the other classrooms might think that I was actually the one who'd caused all the pounding

on the walls to occur.

But just now, I warned them to keep quiet...thereby increasing the chance that it was really someone in a classroom who made

those sounds.

So every team will score a hundred points?

No, that's not necessarily true.

If they just think about it calmly, then they'll all come to agree with Neji...

But how calm can they remain?

How much faith they have in their teammates is another problem altogether.

What's the answer that you prepared?

Huh? What's that?

If you were taking this test, what would you do?

I'd just use my Shadow Possession Jutsu, of course. But then,...

...this entire question wouldn't even exist if I weren't the proctor.

That's why there's no point whatsoever in me answering the question.

What's that excuse all about?!

Look...it all boils down to thinking carefully about your teammates and the situation.

Still, there's bound to be a lot who pass. And that'll make the Second Round a pain.

I don't wanna make trouble for the Hidden Sand. You see, there's another part to this exam.

Time's up. Everyone, flip over your papers.

For the test's second part.

[gasps] What now? Another part!

Question...Your team is on a mission, and the enemy spots you.

To shake off their pursuit, one teammate must stay behind as a decoy. Who do you choose...

...knowing that the decoy faces certain death?

[gasps]

Write down your answer on the back of your paper.

To pass, all three members on the team must have the same answer.

And the member who's named as the decoy will be considered killed and eliminated from the Exams.

What?! [gasps]

You have three minutes.

[grumbling]

You may begin!

[deep breath]

How does he expect us to choose?!

Sand Letters!

We'll go with Mijin, huh...?

[gasp] Me?!

[whine]

Damn it...

In our old Team 7, it would've been Naruto...

'cause he probably would've written his own name down!

Look, Sakura, Sasuke! I'll be the decoy, so you two can make a run for it.

So my answer is...

NARUTO,...NARUTO,...

ME

[yowl]

You idiot! What're you doing?!

[growl] Just shut up! And thanks a lot, you guys, for naming me as the decoy!

What about you writing down the word me?! We figured you'd choose yourself, so Sakura and I wrote down Naruto.

Like we're supposed to know you'd just write me!

You're so mean, the both of you!

Shinobi who don't value their friends are scum!

[gasp]

But the answer can't be Naruto. My teammates are Ino and Choji now...So,...

Sakura!

[gasp]

What'll we do?! I can't choose either of you! What is Shikamaru thinking with this question?!

Ino, please relay this to Choji...The answer is...

[gasp]

But that's...!

[buzz]

I'll collect all your papers. Wait in your classrooms 'til they're graded.

Those who passed will be called out to the schoolyard.

You rarely visit. To what do I owe this pleasure?

We wanted to inform you of something we discovered.

[gasp]

You don't need any proctors from the Hidden Lead for the Second Round?

No, ma'am. The Hidden Sand would like to handle everything ourselves.

Why's that?

The site of the Second Round is the Demon Desert.

It's extremely dangerous even fo r those familiar with it.

For the sake of security, we ask for your understanding.

For whose security, exactly, may I ask?

[gasp]

Naturally, for the participants.

The jonin in charge of the entrants will accompany them to the Hidden Sand Village.

That's not up for discussion.

Yes,...That'll be fine.

Your thoughts?

It's suspicious.

Yes. The Sand's hiding something.

However, they are not the only ones.

What was the response from the Hidden Rain?

Danzo requested a meeting with both of us earlier.

[gasp]

Even though he's confined under house arrest right now, he still has connections.

I trust that the both of you are aware that I helped Hanzo of the Salamander, the leader of the Hidden Rain Village?

[grunt]

That was back when you were still in charge of the Foundation.

But I continued to communicate with him secretly even after I'd been ousted, as well.

Danzo, do you mean to say that you...?

But Hanzo abruptly stopped contacting me.

If he had stopped trusting me, then I'm sure he would've lured me out and killed me since I know so many secrets.

But he did not.

Something has happened to Hanzo.

What do you suspect?

[slurp]

I think there's been some kind of clandestine incident in the Hidden Rain Village.

The worst case is that he's no longer of this world...

Can't be!

To the outside world, Hanzo's still the leader of the Hidden Rain.

Please warn Princess Tsunade that she must be extremely wary.

And to keep a close watch on the entrants sent by the Hidden Rain Village.

That's what we are relaying.

For Danzo to ask this of you...

He may called a hardliner and the darkness personified within shinobi, but there's no doubt that everything he does is for

the for the sake of the Leaf.

The Hidden Rain, huh...? We'll have to increase our surveillance.

And think of the Sand...

I'll inform the jonin in charge of the entrants about all of this.

Just the jonin of the teams who pass the first round.

Yes.

Damn it...

[mumbling]

All right...

Those of you here have passed the First Round. Congratulations.

Neji, you were the one who sent us that signal, right?

It's thanks to you that we passed!

Truth be told, that guy from the Sand actully did it.

How come all three of you got through to the next round?!

That's right. Wasn't the decoy supposed to get disqualified?

The rule just said that all three had to have the same answer. So our team didn't choose anyone.

What?!

We turned in blank sheets.

Blank? All three of you?!

Yeah! There's no way that we'd ever sacrifice a comrade.

[groans]

Just look. See how many teams passed with all three members.

[gasp]

[chattering]

Sorry, guys. I just couldn't figure out that question!

It's okay!

We coordinated things with that in mind.

Cool! I trusted you two and didn't write anything.

More like couldn't, right?

[sigh]

[laughing] Nice one, you guys!

[crying] We passed Round One!

[groaning]

You can communicate mentally, but that backfired on you, didn't it?

You see...Even considering allowing one of your own teammates to die was the wrong answer right from the start.

Damn you...

I'm Temari of the Sand. I'm in charge of Round Two.

Too many teams passed the first round, so we're going to have to narrow things down even more.

Just what do you mean by that?!

First, Round Two is also a team battle. Any team without its third member is disqualified!

What?! No way!

Furthermore, the upcoming round of these Chunin Exams...

...is to be held in the Hidden Sand Village.

Although there's a clear route between the Hidden Leaf and Hidden Sand Villages, it will take a shinobi three days,

no matter how fast they are.

We've just dispatched a messenger hawk to the Hidden Sand.

It's message reads, "After the first thirty, all who follow are disqualified."

[grumbling]

Finally, as in Round One, fighting is prohibited en route.

You can fight to your heart's content in Round Two.

That's all!

Lee! Tenten!...

[gasp]

As always, he's quick to assess the situation.

What's wrong?! I just said that's all.

[gasps]

Ino, Choji!

Um, uh, what is-?!

I get it!

This means that the elimination's already begun!

[shouting]

Couldn't you at least have said, ready, set, go?

This is the Chunin Exams. Not the Academy.

Uh, what?

Hey, Yukata!

Hurry up!

Next time, we'll just use an ordinary scholastic test...

We should try to get there first!

But there's no advantage in being the first to arrive, Lee!

[gasp]

Byakugan!

There's another team up there ahead of us.

What?! [gasp]

Lord Kazekage...Round One of the Chunin Exams is over.

The participants are now heading towards the Hidden Sand Village.

Yes, I see.

Prepare for Round Two.

The people targeting you are stepping up their efforts.

You'll just be playing into their hands if you continue this!

I already know. But if I quit because of that, it would be like declaring that I will cave under pressure.

The Chunin Exams is where everything began for me.

Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "The Night Before the Second Exam."

So I'm going to make sure these Chunin Exams are a success.