Chapter 416: The Pressure of the Sharingan

Perhaps Hiruzen Sarutobi had been busy recently, or perhaps he wanted to further train Mu Yue, so Hiruzen Sarutobi directly handed over the Chunin Exam to Mu Yue to be in charge.

In name, Hiruzen Sarutobi was still the overall person in charge, with Mu Yue as his deputy, but Hiruzen Sarutobi was basically just a figurehead; the exam segments, examiner selections, and so on were all decided by Mu Yue, and he could make final decisions directly without reporting to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

In a sense, this could be considered holding great power temporarily, because this authority could not only mobilize Konoha Jonin but even a portion of the Anbu.

Even though it wasn't being held jointly with other ninja villages, Konoha still placed great importance on the security of the Chunin Exam.

Of course, Mu Yue had no thoughts about this, because it was meaningless to him.

If this power belonged to him permanently it would be somewhat useful, but essentially this right was temporarily lent to him by Hiruzen Sarutobi and could be taken back with a single word.

Compared to being in charge of the exam, Mu Yue would rather hold the second phase of Anbu training; the S-rank rewards from the intermediate course were quite good.

But it wasn't realistic right now; Konoha's Anbu were very busy and had no time to undergo training.

Although he was indifferent to being in charge of the Chunin Exam, this exam did have some significance to Mu Yue himself.

Because Shisui was going to participate in this Chunin Exam.

According to Obito and the others' experience, if one performed excellently in the Chunin Exam, the rewards could be said to be quite good.

Mu Yue's Ice Release and Golden Horizon were both results of Obito and the others participating in the Chunin Exam; besides skills, the chakra rewards were also not insignificant.

If there was a chance in the future, Mu Yue would even want to have Nagato participate in Konoha's Chunin Exam as a ninja from the Rain Village.

Although it was a bit unfair, the rewards that could be obtained definitely had to be taken.

"Teacher Mu Yue, I want to become an examiner!" Obito volunteered after hearing Mu Yue say he would be in charge of the Chunin Exam work.

"You can't be the chief examiner, only a regular examiner," Mu Yue replied after thinking it over.

The chief examiner generally had to be at least a Tokubetsu Jonin; for the other examiners, Chunin would suffice.

Even for regular examiners, they usually wouldn't choose Chunin who had been promoted not long ago; they would choose more experienced Chunin.

But Obito's mission record was excellent, and in Konoha, where strength spoke, becoming a regular examiner wouldn't draw any criticism.

Because if one really compared, most regular examiners' mission records might not even match Obito's.

Obito and the others had followed Minato Namikaze and executed many A-rank war missions on the battlefield; ordinary Chunin generally only did C-rank or B-rank missions.

"I don't mind being a regular examiner; I want to be the examiner for the first exam!" Obito said with a very excited expression.

Kakashi looked at Obito with a strange expression, momentarily not understanding why Obito wanted to become an examiner.

It couldn't be that after losing a fight last time and doing practice questions for half a month, he had become psychologically twisted and wanted to watch others take the test and enjoy their pained expressions, right?

"The village's first exam is still too lax; you can pass just by passing notes directly," Obito expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Since it's supposed to test teamwork and information gathering ability, at least it should be done more covertly."

Obito himself had passed the exam only after hard practice with questions; he felt that passing just by receiving paper slips was too easy and couldn't fulfill the exam's purpose.

"Just let me use my Sharingan to supervise them!" Obito shouted with great vigor.

Kakashi looked at Obito with a face full of lines, wondering what grudge he held that he would use the Sharingan to catch cheaters.

"It's possible, but it might be better not to keep the Sharingan active the whole time; it would put pressure on the examinees," Mu Yue said with a somewhat subtle expression.

Obito's motivation for wanting to become an examiner was indeed quite different from ordinary people.

Shisui's expression remained calm without any change; he was absolutely confident in completing the written test, and even if it were the Sharingan or even the Byakugan invigilating, it wouldn't matter.

On the day of the Chunin Exam.

Uchiha Tekka walked into the Chunin Exam written test classroom as an examinee.

Seeing Obito inside the classroom, Uchiha Tekka was slightly stunned.

"Wasn't he already promoted to Chunin last year? Why is he in the Chunin Exam venue?" Uchiha Tekka wondered with some confusion.

Obito was one of the most talented ninja among the younger generation of the Uchiha; even if Uchiha Tekka hadn't specifically inquired about Obito's news, he could still hear some information about Obito.

Moreover, he had also watched that Chunin Exam; Uchiha Obito's strength at the time of the exam was already beyond that of ordinary Chunin.

After the chief examiner finished speaking, Obito's statement left Uchiha Tekka dumbfounded.

"My eyes will be watching you; overly clumsy cheating won't pass the exam," Obito said as he activated his Sharingan, swept his gaze across the classroom, then quickly deactivated it.

Some ninjas with poor theoretical knowledge couldn't help but break out in a sweat when they saw the hint of blood red in Obito's eyes.

"Hey hey, is this for real? Having a Sharingan user proctor the exam?"

"The person who arranged him as an examiner must be a devil. How can we cheat like this?"

Obito only flashed his Sharingan for a few seconds, but it already made the examinees below start sweating profusely. They had a premonition that this might be the toughest Chunin Exam they had ever taken.

"I really didn't expect Obito to become an examiner. Good thing our theory isn't bad," Shiranui Genma said thankfully.

Having the Sharingan proctor an exam—this was also the first time in Konoha's Chunin Exam history.

Compared to the practical combat round, the first round's written test was relatively undervalued. Konoha even worried that the ninjas wouldn't be able to answer and would specially arrange for examiners disguised as students to provide answers.

Ebisu wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and nodded in agreement.

Uchiha Tekka's mood was now very complicated. The former dead last from the same class and clan had become an examiner, while he was the examinee being monitored.

Thanks to Muyue's reminder, Obito wasn't too arrogant; he only occasionally activated his Sharingan to sweep a glance.

However, this still successfully made the first exam of this Chunin Exam unusually calm. There were very few people making small moves, all afraid of being caught by Obito's Sharingan.

When the exam ended, many people breathed a sigh of relief. The pressure Obito gave them by activating his Sharingan was too overwhelming.

"As expected of the legendary Sharingan. I never thought Obito could be this oppressive," a ninja from Obito's class couldn't help but complain.

Due to Obito's personality, even though he later became the top of the grade, no one thought that a non-combat Obito could pressure others. This time, the examiner Obito made them unlock a new image of Obito.

"Genma, Ebisu, was I really cool up there just now?" Obito said with a grin, putting his hands on both their shoulders.

"Whether you're handsome or not is hard to say, but being caught by your Sharingan gives a suffocating feeling like being coiled by a python," Shiranui Genma said honestly.

Ebisu adjusted his sunglasses and ultimately shut his mouth.

He thought that none of the examinees present would think Obito was cool; they would only curse him inwardly.

"Haha, isn't that pretty cool? I really should have Rin come and see," Obito thought Shiranui Genma's description was cool.

Looking at Obito's silly grin, the other classmates decided to retract their earlier evaluation. A non-combat Obito truly couldn't pressure others—it was just the special status that added to it.

Obito didn't ask Shisui how he did on the exam. In this regard, Obito was still self-aware.

In terms of theoretical scores, among Muyue's disciples, the only person Obito could surpass was Might Guy.

Regarding the exam events, Muyue didn't make major changes. The second exam was still a team battle, testing the students' ability to cooperate in combat.

Of course, if one person was strong enough, the second exam could also become a solo show.

This time, Muyue didn't make it so troublesome. There was no need to collect Heaven and Earth scrolls; opponents were decided directly by a draw. The winning team advanced to the third exam, the losers were eliminated, directly cutting half the teams in this round.

Shisui was not only strong himself, but his teammates Inuzuka Midori and Aburame Naoya were also quite capable.

If not for the somewhat special circumstances of the previous Chunin Exam, given their comprehensive strength, Inuzuka Midori and Aburame Naoya could have been promoted to Chunin.

Relying on their powerful comprehensive strength, Shisui's team easily defeated their opponents and advanced to the third exam.

The third exam was still the same old individual combat, still fighting based on the draw results.

Although there were no daimyos or large numbers of officials watching, quite a few ninjas and villagers came to see the matches.

It happened that the Ninja Academy was on break, so some academy students also chose to come watch the matches and learn from their seniors' experience.

Anko, Kotetsu Hagane, and Izumo Kamizuki had made plans together and went to the venue of the third exam of the Chunin Exam that day.

"I wonder if Shisui will come watch the match. He must really want to know the good news that I got first place in practicals of the year," Anko said, looking around as she entered the venue.

Ever since Shisui graduated, Anko finally escaped from the eternal second-place position and successfully took the top spot in two consecutive exams in the first semester of the third year.

"I think no one else wants to know except you," Kotetsu said with a speechless expression.

Perhaps because she had been second for too long, Anko now emphasized that she was first in practicals every single day. Kotetsu's ears were getting calloused from hearing it. Back then, he scored full marks in theory and only bragged for half a semester.

"Some people get first place in the grade because they have absolute strength, while others get first place because the original first graduated early," Izumo couldn't help but say.

Anko fixed her gaze on Izumo Kamizuki and started cracking her knuckles.

Izumo wasn't even pretending at this point; the only thing missing was him reading out her student ID number.

"Can't beat Shisui, but can't I still take care of a little Izumo like you?"

"You know, I'm talking about Kakashi-senpai. Since Kakashi-senpai graduated, there have been many more people in the academy who can match his talent." Shigure Mizuki said without changing his expression.

Although he hadn't even enrolled when Kakashi was a chunin, that didn't stop him from hearing the legends about Kakashi.

After hearing Shigure Mizuki's explanation, Anko felt there was nothing wrong with it.

"Better sit down quickly; the exam is about to start." Gōzu Tetsu urged.

Shigure Mizuki silently gave Gōzu Tetsu a thumbs up. A good brother is reliable after all.

The venue was buzzing with noise, as acquaintances discussed all sorts of miscellaneous topics.

"The ninja world is even more chaotic than it was a decade ago. This time, all five great ninja villages have entered." Someone discussed the current ninja world situation.

"I wonder if this chunin exam will produce dark horses like Obito Uchiha and Might Guy." Someone was curious about the upcoming battles.

Because Shisui participated in this chunin exam, many Uchiha ninjas came as well.

Fugaku Uchiha even brought his son Itachi Uchiha along to watch the chunin exam together.

"Why don't I take Itachi back? This place is too noisy." Mikoto Uchiha suggested when she saw Itachi frowning.

The noise of such a large venue was still a bit hard for a child to endure.

"He is going to become a ninja in the future. What's the point if he can't even endure this much noise?" Fugaku Uchiha shook his head and refused.

He had high expectations for Itachi Uchiha, hoping Itachi could become a genius like Obito and Shisui.

Mikoto Uchiha wanted to say something but held back, ultimately just gently patting Itachi Uchiha's head.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was always an absentee leader, also showed up that day, sitting at the highest level of the venue to watch the exam, while Mugetsu stood behind Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"You've worked hard these past days, Mugetsu." Hiruzen Sarutobi took the pipe out of his mouth and said with a chuckle.

Although Mugetsu didn't introduce anything new like the internship system in the chunin exam and just ran it normally like previous sessions, in Hiruzen Sarutobi's view, that was actually a plus, showing that Mugetsu was steady enough.

The chunin exam, which allows ninjas to be promoted to chunin, is a relatively important event for Konoha, as chunin already serve as squad leaders.

For an event of this magnitude, avoiding mistakes is already a considerable success.

"I just gave orders; it wasn't that hard." Mugetsu replied with a smile.

For most things, Mugetsu only needed to make the final decisions, not do everything himself.

Even shadow clones couldn't be used that way; they would still be exhausted after being dispelled, affecting his learning efficiency.

"Match 1: Shisui Uchiha vs. Tetsuka Uchiha."

In the gap of their conversation, the referee called out the names of the participants for the first match.

"This Shisui Uchiha is your disciple, right, Mugetsu? How does he compare to Obito Uchiha?" Hiruzen Sarutobi looked towards the center of the venue with an interested expression.

Because the Anbu monitored the Uchiha clan grounds, Hiruzen Sarutobi knew Shisui was a genius, but Mugetsu didn't know about the Anbu monitoring the Uchiha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi also wanted to hear how Mugetsu would evaluate his own disciple.

"They each have their strengths in combat. Obito is better at creating miracles, while Shisui is better at thinking and remaining calm in battle." Mugetsu replied after thinking.

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded thoughtfully.

"Shisui's match is about to start. Itachi, you need to watch carefully. He is the goal you must catch up to." Fugaku Uchiha pointed towards Shisui's position and said.

Itachi Uchiha obediently tried hard to open his eyes wide and look in the direction Fugaku Uchiha pointed.

Actually, at that moment, Itachi Uchiha didn't understand why he had to catch up to Shisui. It wasn't like Shisui would steal his dango like the old woman in Obito's story, but since his father told him to watch seriously, he watched seriously.