Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 96 Different Approaches

Chapter 98 Different Approaches

As soon as the exam papers were made public, Akaishi also discovered—

5.5 points is for a score that goes up to 6!

"Most of them seem to be 5.5 points — if you had said so earlier, I wouldn't have needed to use combination ninjutsu." Akaishi said with a sneer.

Even without resorting to tricks, Akaishi could reach the passing score for the written exam.

"That's normal. Of the five questions, only one is slightly easier. Trying to answer two correctly is actually a bit beyond the scope of the curriculum," Lan Wu said.

The Ino-Shika-Cho team was standing nearby, and Shikaku added, "The reason we didn't explain beforehand was probably to test everyone's mentality. If you can't stay calm and make random changes, you might not be able to pass."

Akaishi:————

Akaishi glanced at Shikaku—you talk too much, don't you?

"Akaishi, why is your toilet paper roll so messy?" Dingza asked, pointing at the mud wall of Akaishi's toilet paper rolls while eating potato chips.

"That's my skill level!" Akaishi said matter-of-factly.

"Speaking of which—why don't you just use your Sharingan to copy Minato's movements? Isn't he right in front of you?" Yamanaka Inoichi asked doubtfully.

Although the Sharingan, unlike the Byakugan, cannot see through things and copy directly, it can detect subtle movements and, by looking at the elbow from behind, determine what the other person has written.

"Indeed, when Minato was solving the problem, he specifically avoided the wind attribute and focused on fire and lightning." Shikaku nodded at this time.

Minato did it on purpose, of course, since his specialty is Wind Release chakra transformation.

However, since Akaishi didn't mention "legitimate cheating" after the exam, Minato didn't say anything either.

However, Akaishi rolled his eyes and said, "Who told Zhiwei's second uncle to be the proctor! What if the Genji faction targets me?"

Upon hearing Akaishi's words, everyone awkwardly remained silent, as it was not appropriate for others to comment on the matter.

"I told you he's a distant relative of mine, not some second uncle." Aburame Shiki appeared behind Akaishi and the others at some unknown time.

Because he had such a low profile, he only got noticed when he spoke up, which startled everyone!

but----

What Akaishi said is indeed true!

Although he was 90% certain that Root wouldn't go against him at this time, just like the Hyuga clan using the Byakugan—cheating by skill, normally even if they noticed something, they wouldn't catch them.

Even with just a slight risk, Akaishi didn't do it.

After all, Akaishi has a perfectly good reason not to do it. If he is eliminated because of this, then it is because of the root!

If it weren't for the Root ninjas proctoring the exam, would I have been afraid to activate my Sharingan?

If that's really the case—the responsibility for our Team 7 failing to bring glory to Konoha in the Joint Chunin Exams lies entirely with Root!

Meanwhile, Inuya Tsurugi, who was casually looking at Minato's answers, asked in bewilderment, "Minato, you've already discovered the 'self-sacrifice' route, so why are there still four questions with half-points? Didn't you have time to correct them?"

Compared to Ranma's "truly perfect answer", Minato seems to fall short, which is precisely what makes it puzzling.

Upon hearing this, Minato shook his head and said, "No, I can only sacrifice myself once."

Lan Wu was taken aback upon hearing this.

Akashi could tell from her expression that she was only thinking about the spirit of sacrifice and didn't care that "a person can only die once."

The problem.

Akaishi had already discovered this—

Compared to the second generation, Lanwu's personality is actually more like the first generation. She is not as meticulous or witty, but rather easily "gets carried away" and sometimes acts without thinking.

"?" Tsuru also looked at Minato in surprise—was he really that into character?

At this moment, Akaishi unusually corrected Minato, saying, "Sacrificing yourself once is enough for six points, so you don't need to answer those four questions." He even puffed out his chest as he spoke.

Akaishi left three questions blank to show that he could not only "control the score" but also "avoid three casualties".

However, Minato shook his head and said, "I still have more faith in my own command. I can minimize casualties in the other four missions. Besides—there is still a final battle. Completing as many missions as possible will make the final victory more certain."

Although the title stated that completing six of the tasks would secure victory in the final battle, Minato clearly felt that completing more tasks and gaining a greater advantage was the more advantageous option for his side.

Akaishi was taken aback by what he heard; he hadn't expected that.

Akaishi simply felt that since they had already won enough battles, and since there would be unplanned casualties to come, they might as well not do this mission.

Upon hearing Minato's words, Akaishi's first reaction was, "Minato really thinks things through," but he quickly shook his head and said, "That's a matter for the overall commander of the campaign! I've already obtained the superior number of missions; if the final battle results in heavy casualties, then that's his problem!"

As for whether "making some sacrifices to complete these tasks" would result in "fewer casualties during the final battle," Akaishi felt that this was not a question he needed to consider—as the commander-in-chief, if he was bad, he should practice more.

Hearing this, everyone who had admired Minato smiled, mostly thinking that Akaishi was just being stubborn—the old Uchiha.

Dingza thought for a moment, then pointed at Akaishi and said, "Ah! Isn't this what's called—'Always Near, Sometimes Far'?"

"What do you mean by 'always near and far'—" Lu Jiu corrected, "That's called 'caring about what's near and far,' which describes someone who only cares about the people and things around them, while ignoring people or interests further away."

Seeing this, Minato immediately changed his tune, saying, "Actually, the truth is, I'm not sure if the exam question can really be answered this way—what if I sacrifice myself and get no points? At least if I answer it this way, I'm sure I'll get six points!"

Minato didn't think that Akaishi was inferior to him; he just thought it was a difference in perspective. Seeing everyone teasing Akaishi about it, he immediately steered the conversation back to the "exam decision-making" itself.

Upon hearing this, Akaishi nodded in agreement—the reason he had erased the three questions was for a similar reason.

At least logically they are similar.

Akashi knew that if the "combination ninjutsu" didn't count, he would definitely fail. It didn't matter whether he had these three questions or not!

Lan Wu then said, "It's not just Chi Shi who uses unconventional solutions."

"

There were more than a dozen people who gave answers that differed from the standard answer, yet were still able to "solve the problem".

"Actually, there should be many more people with different answers, but only these dozen or so were selected by the examiners as those who could be further evaluated," Lu Jiu added. "The others were considered to be talking nonsense and have already been eliminated."

Meanwhile, all the "ranking notices" had been posted, and everyone was already sharpening their knives—

"Everyone can throw their shuriken at the answer they disagree with. Note that each person only has one chance. After that, people with more or fewer objections will come forward to explain their reasons," said Sakumo Hatake.

No sooner had Hatake made the announcement than shuriken flew toward these "problematic" answers with a "whoosh."

You know what—

Although "Uchiha Akaishi's" answer has been the most discussed, he actually didn't receive the most shuriken!

After all, although the proportion of Konoha among the existing reference subjects has greatly decreased, it still accounts for half.

Of these half of the people, almost none questioned Akaishi.

After all, even if you don't know Akaishi, you still know the Uchiha clan.

Say a few words and that's enough. If I actually throw away the shuriken, what if the Uchiha see it?

However, it's not entirely impossible!

Not to mention the outer villages, Kurama Murakumo cast his vote for Akaishi at this time.

Akaishi noticed that there were people marking his answers from behind him. He turned around and saw that it was Kurama Murakumo, who was looking down at him with his nose in the air, as if to say, "I'm not afraid of you Uchiha!"

Seeing this, Akaishi, without saying a word, plunged his shuriken into the earthen wall of the horse-shaped platform.

"Are you crazy? My answer is perfectly fine!" Kurama snapped – his answer was a standard 5.5 to 6.

"I think you should deduct some points for neatness!" Akaishi retorted righteously.

As they were talking, the two were about to bump into each other when their respective teammates pulled them apart.

Ultimately, the one who faced the most criticism was none other than Kirigakure's Suigetsu Fuguki.

Even Akaishi was behind him!

Suigetsu was the most taunted by Konoha, while Akaishi was the most taunted by other villages.

Hatake first looked at Suigetsu Hobuki, and then said, "Suisaki, everyone's doubts about you go without saying. The main issue is this question—if you can explain this question, you can explain all the other minor questions."

"In this problem, your team's only supplies while fighting in the wild consisted of three fish, weighing a total of eight pounds, that you caught yourself from a stream. Moreover, these fish were found to be contaminated with toxins. Although the team had antidote on hand and the contamination wasn't severe, you must carefully calculate the dosage and distribution method to maximize the effectiveness of your supplies."

"But you directly proposed to eat all eight pounds of fish and restore all your chakra? Not only will you be poisoned, but the amount of chakra restored will also be incorrect."

"Examiner Toshino believes your answer is fine—but now you need to verify it."

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As Hatake spoke, a Chunin had already brought out three fish, weighing eight pounds, with a trace of poison!

Then Xiguashan stepped forward, and amidst everyone's expectant gazes, he sneered. Of course, everyone hoped that he would stage a spectacular mishap, so that they could have one less formidable opponent afterward.

However, after Sugiyama sneered, he grabbed a fish and stuffed it into his mouth, ignoring the basic dishes and utensils provided nearby.

Watermelon Mountain swallowed three fish in a barbaric and primitive way, and instead of being poisoned, he rapidly refined his chakra.

Roll your eyes, open!

Hiashi and Hizashi below opened their eyes to observe and discovered that his chakra had indeed been quickly extracted.

Hatake nodded and said, "Yes, it does ignore the toxins and its chakra conversion efficiency is extremely high—theoretically, this doesn't deviate from the requirements of the question." He then looked at Rōshi.

Seeing that Lao Zi also nodded, the earthen wall of Xigua Mountain shrank back and disappeared from the spot.

Hatake then looked at Uchiha Akaishi —