Ibiki restores order to the exam room, verbally smacking down the Sound Villagers, and rules that there's to be no fighting without the Proctors' consent. Naruto has a reaction to this part of the test being written that I myself have had a time or two. Sakura's smug over Naruto's being in a knot, and I grumble to myself he's on your team, girl. Our boy does receive some encouragement, though, from Hinata. He didn't notice her at first, and I get the vague feeling she gets that a lot. I go on record to say I think I like Hinata. Ibiki lays down the exam rules, which you can't question. You get ten points on a point reduction system. Naruto immediately realizes that if he gets zero questions right, he gets zero points, and this is a likely occurrence. It's all graded on the squad's average, and I die laughing, because Sakura has exactly my predicted reaction. Cheaters who get caught lose two points (I like the implication NOT getting caught is just fine), and also for reasons that only the graders know. Sakura's already working on their team making it through with 20 points, but Ibiki drops the biggest bombshell - if somebody on a team gets zero points, they all do. Naruto is lucky he's not vaporized by the burning stares of his teammates as I type. And we begin!
Sakura and Sasuke are already stressing over Naruto's performance, though our boy starts to do what many of us have done. Convince himself to hit the easy ones first and thus pretend that he's going to have no trouble at all as he goes on. By the way, the questions on the quiz I find hilarious - Ninja word problems, "If Enemy Ninja A can Throw his Shuriken from a tree seven meters high..." and you have to explain your work. Awesome! Sakura frets that only she can solve one of the test's questions, and I doubt she's bragging. Naruto starts to stress out, and even Sasuke doesn't know what's going on. Sakura hopes they won't cheat, and one isn't forced to wonder if that's the point, because ninja. Sasuke realizes that's exactly the point. I'm delighted. Now if only Naruto can figure it out, and it doesn't look good. Believe it.
Sasuke starts casting about for somebody he can cheat off of, while the other teams've already started. Gaara does something funky with sand and Kankoru readies Crow. Awesomely, Kiba's dog Akamaru acts like a periscope and barks out the answers in code. The mummified Sound Shinobi uses sonar and GENIUS. Shino's using flies, causing much interesting speculation on his speciality. Tenten's gimmicked the mirrors in the room. Naruto's still paralyzed by getting caught, but Hinata comes to his aid. Naruto's suspicious, but Hinata's not exactly the tricksy type (or IS she?). He presses Hinata for her reasons, and she quickly comes up with wanting all the Nine to make it past this portion. Just as he's about to look, a flying kunai splits the air and impales a test behind him. HAH! The Genin's apparently flunked out, botching his cheating attempt for the fifth time. More and more of them fail, and answers for justification are met harshly. Naruto finally gets what the proctors are doing, but decides awesome ninjas is a corollary for cheaters only cheating themselves, and besides, he doesn't want Hinata in trouble. Aww.
Go time! Heji busts out his X-Ray vision, Sasuke his Sharingan and Sakura, just her big brain. Go, girl! Ino: "I'm acknowledging your smarts and the width of your forehead are exceptional." HAH! And thus uses Mind Transfer Jutsu to get the answers. Ino's more badass than I thought. Gaara goes for the creepiest method yet, pulling out his eye, turning it to sand, and then sending it out to get the answers. GAH. Kankoro uses the bathroom ploy, and apparently replaced a proctor with Crow. Naruto gets ready to go for a single point on the last question on the test.
Next Episode: Problem ten is a bitch!
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