Hinata showed the entire content of her test paper without hesitation, allowing Naruto to take a full look and absorb all the information.
Hinata blushed and thought, "Naruto-kun is looking at my... test paper... I can be of help too..."
"Hey, Hinata," Naruto whispered. "Your handwriting is so beautiful."
Hinata was struck as if by lightning and seemed a bit flustered, shrinking her petite body and not knowing how to respond to Naruto, but the joy on her face was undeniable.
"Wow," Naruto continued in a hushed voice. "Hinata, you can solve such difficult problems. You're really amazing."
Hinata's heart was pounding harder and harder. She felt her brain heating up, and it seemed like steam was about to come out of the top of her head.
"I have the Byakugan," Hinata said in an extremely soft voice. "So, for me, this is all easy."
"If you can stay by my side in the future, your Byakugan will be a great asset to me."
"Courting death!" A kunai came flying through the air, passing directly by Naruto's cheek and finally sticking into the desk of the person sitting behind Naruto.
"You've cheated five times. You've lost all ten points, and your whole team is out," the Chunin in charge of invigilation said with a contemptuous look.
The guy sitting behind Naruto indignantly stood up and shouted, "What evidence do you have to say I've cheated five times!"
One of the invigilating Chunin jumped over, stepped on the desk, and pressed a kunai against his neck. "I say how many times you've cheated, that's how many. No questions. Get out!"
Naruto's face was extremely gloomy at this moment. He had just been on a date with Hinata, and being inexplicably interrupted by an invigilating Chunin, how could he not be angry?
"Can you keep it down?" Naruto glared at the invigilating Chunin. "You're disturbing me from doing my exam. Do you understand?"
Naruto was really angry. He wasn't angry because his exam was interrupted, but because this invigilating Chunin had scared Hinata, which was unforgivable.
The invigilating Chunin threw the guy who had cheated five times out of the room. Then he turned to look at Naruto, with a presence no weaker than Naruto's. Then he smiled and said, "It's the first time I've ever encountered a candidate who dares to talk back to an invigilating Chunin. I think you're looking to end the Chunin Exams early."
Sakura noticed this sudden incident and cursed Naruto in her heart, "Damn Naruto! What the hell is he doing? Why is he so stupid to provoke the invigilating Chunin?"
Sasuke also frowned and thought, "Naruto is being so unwise. What he's doing now is completely different from when he fought Zabuza before. Why does Naruto go to provoke the invigilating Chunin? Isn't he just looking for trouble for himself?"
"Humph!" Naruto didn't care about the Chunin rank at all. He said bluntly, "If you have the ability to catch me cheating five times... No, just once is enough. If you can catch me cheating just once, then you can say such arrogant things."
"Interesting," the invigilating Chunin said. "It seems that there are quite a few interesting newbies in this year's Chunin Exams."
This invigilating Chunin glared at Naruto. He first walked around the room. Besides him, there were more than thirty invigilating Chunin present. He whispered something to the other invigilating Chunin respectively.
The chief examiner, Ibiki Morino, noticed Naruto. He let out a soft laugh and then ignored the matter.
In this exam, apart from the chief examiner, Ibiki Morino, and over a hundred Genin candidates, there were also more than thirty Chunin assisting in invigilation.
These thirty-odd invigilating Chunin were sitting around the classroom. Their duty was to catch those who cheated.
Naruto had offended an invigilating Chunin. At this moment, most of the thirty-odd invigilating Chunin in the room focused their attention on Naruto. It seemed that Naruto was being targeted by all the invigilating Chunin.
"This dumbass really did us a big favor," Kanpo said. "By himself, he attracted the attention of most of the invigilating Chunin. It will be easier for us to cheat."
"That moron," said the young man with thick eyebrows, Rock Lee, who was wearing green clothes. "Is he really stronger than Sasuke? He looks like a total idiot."
Neji Hyuga took a look at Naruto and didn't think Naruto would be the strongest competitor. Then he fixed his eyes on Sasuke.
The red-haired young man carrying a gourd, Gaara, was also staring at Naruto. His eyes were filled with deep confusion. Before, he had sent a challenge to Naruto, but now he felt a bit ashamed. He thought to himself: What the hell was I thinking to challenge such a guy? Offending the invigilating Chunin is of no benefit to himself. He's clearly a fool.
Naruto noticed that most people in the room were staring at him. However, he wasn't panicked at all. He casually sat back in his seat and continued to answer the questions on the test paper.
Hinata was very worried. When she wanted to move her test paper over for Naruto to see, Naruto stopped her and said, "I'm being watched by all the invigilating Chunin now. I'm afraid I'll implicate you. Leave it to me to handle. Don't worry." After saying that, Naruto showed a confident smile.
Naruto picked up his pen and was working on the questions on the test paper. He looked so serious, as if he was confidently about the questions.
Seeing Naruto's confident face, Hinata also felt relieved. Sure enough, in Hinata's heart, Naruto was the strongest man.
The Exam Hall returned to calm. Thanks to Naruto, who attracted the attention of all the invigilating Chunin and took on most of the invigilation pressure, the other Genin candidates had an easier time. Several Genin used clumsy cheating methods but weren't discovered.
Sasuke used the Sharingan. Through his powerful observation ability, he copied the writing postures of others and directly wrote down the answers.
Neji Hyuga activated the Byakugan, saw through people's bodies, directly saw others' test papers, and copied the answers.
Shino Aburame secretly used his ninja insects. He let the ninja insects that looked like flies go to peek at the answers and then come back to tell him.
...
Everyone showed their own skills and wrote down the answers to the nine major questions on the test paper.
Naruto sometimes pondered and sometimes grinned strangely, and then wrote something on the test paper. No one knew what Naruto was writing, but Naruto definitely didn't cheat.
"Really?" an invigilating Chunin said in disbelief. "Is this guy cheating or not? Why can't we catch him in the act?"
At this time, another invigilating Chunin said, "Forget it. It's more interesting to have such a candidate. There's no need to target him."
"No way! I gotta keep a real close eye on him. These questions are so hard that there's no way to answer them without cheating."
"Time's up! The exam is over!" Chief examiner Ibiki Morino said with a cold face. "The number of students who've remained until now is more than I expected."
Chief examiner Ibiki Morino looked at Naruto. Because this candidate had attracted the attention of all the invigilating Chunin, relieving the pressure on other Genin, not many Genin had been eliminated.
"The first stage of the Chunin Exams is entering the final phase," Ibiki Morino said. "There're only nine major questions and one hidden question on the test paper."