Chapter 427 The Importance of Intelligence
Ringo Ameyuri casually deflected an origami shuriken that flew past her and sent it in front of a Kusagakure ninja candidate.
Then she gave a sweet smile to the Kusagakure Ninja who was still a little confused.
But what followed was another candidate with the upper half of his face wrapped in bandages, showing an angry expression because he did not receive the answer from his teammate.
"Number 52, eliminated!"
The invigilator's cold and merciless voice of judgment rang out again.
"What! How is it possible!"
The candidate whose name was called was the bandaged-faced Genin, who immediately stood up indignantly.
"Why are you eliminating us? We are clearly..."
However, before he could finish his next words, an invigilator Chunin flew over the heads of the candidates with a "whoosh".
Then he grabbed the examinee's head, threw him out of his seat, and slammed him hard against the white wall at the edge of the examination room.
The violent impact immediately caused the candidate to retch.
But even so, he was still struggling hard, obviously not thinking he should be eliminated.
Until…
"How can you become a Chunin if you can't even protect important information?"
The invigilator told him the reason for his elimination in a voice as soft as hearing a fly, but it sounded like a loud bell to him. He gave up struggling on the spot and just stood there in a daze.
At this time, his other two teammates also left their positions and walked to his side.
He advised with a lonely look.
"Come on, Tonbo, we'll come back next time." ( Tobitake Tonbo)
Seeing the three Konoha ninjas leaving dejectedly, all the other candidates regained their spirits and became more careful in their cheating methods.
However, Ringo Ameyuri, the instigator, didn't care about the departure of the three.
'Tsk, this kind of despicable method deserves to be eliminated.'
Thinking of this, Ringo Ameyuri showed her little fangs and smiled at the invigilator who sat back in his seat.
And such elimination continues to happen in the examination halls.
This also makes those candidates who have understood the purpose of this exam still extremely nervous.
"Time's up! Everyone stop writing!"
Although Toshio Utsumi's voice was still stern, it made most of the candidates breathe a sigh of relief.
However, his next words made everyone's expressions tense again.
"The test results will be announced below!"
"What!"
With a loud bang, the entire examination room was in uproar again.
However, the Chunins supervising the exam ignored their actions and stood up one by one.
"No. 24, No. 31, No. 60, eliminated!"
"Number 10, number 58."
The eliminated numbers were called out one by one.
Now, even Kabuto, who had been confident of victory, became a little panicked.
"How could that be? Don't we need to grade the papers after the exam?"
"Even if these invigilators are all elite Chunins, they can't just glance over and check if everyone's answers are correct, right?"
'Did all of these people answer less than 21 questions in total? No! Even if that's the case, why don't you wait until all the papers are graded before announcing the results together?'
Apparently, he wasn't the only one who had the same idea as Kabuto.
Immediately, the candidates whose names were called and eliminated slammed the table!
"Bang!"
"Why are you eliminating us? Isn't this exam a test of intelligence transmission and collection? Our team got exactly 21 points!"
The question raised by this person was obviously the question that all the Genin present wanted to know.
All the eliminated candidates no longer cared about the dignity of the jonin at this time, and all stared at Toshio Utsumi who was standing at the front of the classroom.
This inexplicable elimination will certainly not be accepted by everyone.
However, this kind of small scene naturally could not scare Toshio Utsumi.
At this moment, he looked at the candidate who spoke with a teasing look.
"Yes, I was indeed investigating your intelligence transmission and collection."
"Why?" the candidate immediately asked.
"But!"
Toshio Utsumi's expression suddenly became serious, and he looked at the candidate who was speaking with cold eyes.
"You answered ten questions on your test paper, while your two teammates answered seven each."
"But, but those three extra questions are all wrong!"
The candidate was obviously very dissatisfied with the verdict.
Indeed, he filled in all ten questions on his test paper.
But that was because he received the information from his teammates only after he had answered the first three questions, and after confirming that the answers to those three questions were wrong, he filled in the correct answers to the remaining seven questions.
However, Toshio Utsumi ignored his questioning and looked around at all the candidates present and spoke in a cold tone.
"The first hour of this exam is indeed a test of your intelligence capabilities. If you are caught cheating five times, you will be eliminated. This is to eliminate those candidates with inferior means."
"But! The ability to obtain and transmit intelligence is certainly important, but what is more important is the rigor with which the intelligence is treated."
"If there is only one wrong piece of information among ten important pieces of intelligence, even if the other nine pieces of information are correct, it will still lead to the complete failure of a war!!"
"The harm caused by one piece of wrong intelligence is greater than the rewards brought by ten or twenty pieces of correct intelligence!"
"When you can't confirm the accuracy of the information, be cautious! Trust your teammates! This is the responsibility of a ninja!"
"So, all teams that answered more than 21 questions will be eliminated!"
When he said the last sentence, veins bulge in the corners of Toshio Utsumi's eyes, and his sharp gaze was fixed on all the candidates in the room.
The whole person is as captivating as an eagle on hunting.
In his mind, he was recalling the original Flying Unit mission.
It was precisely because of the intelligence error that their Second Team suffered the greatest damage in history, and even Captain Mirukawa almost died in that mission.
As Toshio Utsumi was lost in his memories, the entire examination room fell silent.
Even the candidate who had asked the question angrily just now lowered his head with a dejected look.
It was not until the numbers of eliminated candidates were announced again that people began to walk out of the examination room one after another in disappointment.
"Be cautious when dealing with information? So this test paper is not only about the transmission of information between candidates, but also about the transmission of confirmed information when each question is written down?"
At this moment, Kabuto was staring at the test paper on the table in a daze, silently understanding the significance of this exam.
But what he didn't notice was that his other teammate was secretly wiping his cold sweat at this moment.
'Luckily I didn't start writing earlier!! '
Ringo Ameyuri, who had been in high spirits after answering the questions, was now stiff and motionless, and did not dare to look back at his other two teammates.
'If we got eliminated in the first round because of me, Sensei would beat me to death when we got back, wouldn't he?'
(End of this chapter)