Chapter 49: Chapter 49: Heart Turning Technique! Morino Ibiki!
Faster than the test taker he had specially arranged!
The questions for this Chūnin exam were deliberately difficult.
They tested not only the accumulated knowledge of the ninjas present but also their observation and information-gathering abilities.
Cheating was allowed—but only if done covertly and efficiently in a ninja-like manner.
Ibiki Morino had placed test takers at key locations in the examination room, responsible for writing the correct answers to be copied by observant candidates.
However, to his surprise, a red-haired boy answered the questions faster than the designated test takers who already knew the answers!
"Who is he?" Morino Ibiki asked a Chūnin next to him with great interest.
Seeing that the boy was wearing Konoha's forehead protector, Ibiki felt relieved that such a talented student belonged to the village.
An examiner who recognized the boy introduced him. "His name is Morkel, currently a member of Hatake Kakashi's team. He had excellent grades at the Ninja Academy."
"By the way, I heard that this kid is a ninjutsu genius. He has already mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique and can use it proficiently."
"What?!"
Morino Ibiki's pupils shrank in shock. He looked at Morkel again, this time with deeper interest.
"A twelve-year-old who has mastered an extremely difficult S-rank ninjutsu…"
A sense of admiration surged through Ibiki's heart. "It seems a new genius has been born in Konoha Village."
The Chūnin beside him nodded. "Indeed."
Only fifteen minutes into the exam, Morkel had finished answering all the questions. But his main concern was Naruto.
Looking up, he saw Naruto sitting in his seat, frowning, scratching his head anxiously.
"Copy the answers!" Morkel roared in his heart.
At that moment, Morino Ibiki's voice echoed through the room: "No. 12, No. 25, No. 36—you are eliminated. Please leave."
Candidate No. 25 stood up in frustration. "I haven't even finished answering, and I didn't cheat!"
"Yeah! I didn't answer anything, so why am I eliminated?" Candidate No. 12 protested.
Ibiki, unfazed, responded sternly, "I didn't say you cheated. I said you were eliminated."
"In this exam, if one person in a team is eliminated, the entire team is eliminated."
"Your teammate, Candidate No. 36, was caught cheating five times. All ten of his points were deducted."
"So, I warn you all once more—don't use clumsy, inefficient cheating methods that insult the intelligence of our invigilators!"
A heavy silence filled the examination hall.
Naruto, who had been about to sneak a peek at Hinata's paper, froze.
Now, if he cheated and got caught, he would be eliminated, along with Morkel and Sasuke. He didn't dare act recklessly.
Morkel's heart sank.
Not good.
Ibiki had deliberately increased the psychological pressure on the candidates, making the exam even more challenging.
Helping Naruto cheat just became more difficult.
Was there a way to assist him?
Just as Morkel was thinking, a small grain of sand floated toward him and landed in his eye.
Before he could rub it away, the remaining sand gathered in front of him and formed an eyeball!
Morkel: "???"
What kind of magical cheating trick is this?!
Letting your eyeballs fly out to copy answers?
Morkel despised two types of people in exams.
One—those who plagiarized from others.
Two—those who didn't allow others to plagiarize.
Without hesitation, he raised his hand and slapped the eyeball made of sand, shattering it into pieces.
"Bang!"
"Ouch!"
From a corner of the room, Gaara let out a pained cry.
Morino Ibiki frowned. "What happened?"
"Nothing, just some sand got in my eye." Gaara covered his eye as blood seeped from the corner.
Ibiki's mouth twitched.
How big must that grain of sand be to make your eyes bleed?
But since Gaara didn't complain, Ibiki chose to ignore it.
Turning to Morkel, he asked, "What about you? Why did you suddenly slam the table?"
"I'm sorry, teacher," Morkel replied with a straight face. "There was a mosquito on my desk. I slapped it without thinking."
Ibiki sighed. "Alright, but don't do that again. Noise during the exam disturbs others."
Morkel nodded, feigning guilt. "Understood, teacher. It won't happen again."
From his seat, Gaara glared at Morkel, eyes burning with anger.
This guy actually called my sand eye a mosquito!
Despite the fiery gaze, Morkel remained calm.
Suddenly, a strange sensation hit him—like being struck on the forehead by an invisible force.
A moment later, he realized what was happening.
Yamanaka Ino had used the Mind-Body Switch Technique on him!
She wanted to take over his body to read his answers.
It seemed the candidates were truly resourceful.
Since Ino had been a good friend to both him and Naruto, Morkel decided to let her use his body to copy two answers.
A little kindness wouldn't hurt.
Two seconds later, Morkel's expression froze.
At this moment, Ino had complete control over his body.
"Great! I'm inside Morkel's body!"
She quickly scanned his test paper.
Seven or eight seconds later, she released the technique, and Morkel regained control.
During the process, he had tried to communicate with Ino telepathically, hoping she could use the technique on Naruto to help him cheat.
However, once possessed, his consciousness was locked away, preventing any communication.
If he wanted to help Naruto, he needed another method.
Wait!
Morkel's eyes lit up.
The Mind-Body Switch Technique wasn't a bloodline limit.
Which meant… he could learn it too!
Excited, he immediately began practicing the technique.
A strange scene unfolded in the exam hall.
Candidates randomly fainted, woke up, then fainted again…
Five minutes later, Morkel successfully mastered the Mind-Body Switch Technique!
Wasting no time, he used it on Naruto and controlled his body to write down the answers.
This time, with prior experience, it was effortless.
In less than ten minutes, Naruto's test paper was complete.
…..
When Naruto regained consciousness, he looked at his paper in shock.
"I just took a nap… how did my answers get filled in?!"
"Could it be that my hidden academic genius has awakened?!"
"I really was born to be the protagonist!"
…..
With fifteen minutes left before the tenth question was announced, Morkel saw an opportunity.
He used an advanced version of the Mind-Body Switch Technique to communicate telepathically with struggling candidates.
"I can give you the answers to the first nine questions, but you need to pay a fee."
"How much?" several candidates responded in their minds.
"One thousand copper coins per person."
Copper coins were the standard currency in the shinobi world.
One thousand copper coins were equivalent to about five hundred yuan in Morkel's previous world—a fair trade for exam answers.
Several desperate candidates agreed to the deal.
Morkel noted down their names and began relaying the answers telepathically.
The examinees, excited and grateful, hurriedly filled in their papers.
Morino Ibiki, watching the room, frowned. Something felt off.
Why did the candidates suddenly look so happy?
Unaware of Morkel's mental transactions, he could only shake his head and continue observing.
A quick calculation told Morkel he had earned tens of thousands of copper coins!
What a deal!
Just as he finished, the forty-fifth minute arrived.
Morino Ibiki stepped forward and declared loudly, "Before I announce the last question, there are a few things you need to know…"
The tension in the room skyrocketed.
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