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All of the genin in the room were anxiously waiting for him to continue.
"However this is a catch. Those who don't want to take the final question can leave right now! This is your one and only chance to leave!"
Most of the genin were confused by this point. "Why the hell would we leave now after answering all of those questions! Why bother having us go through that test if you were just going to ask us to give up? Why not just ask us at the beginning?" Kiba yelled at the man. Being polite and respectful was never his strong suit.
Ibiki smirked, "Because should you choose to take the tenth question and get it wrong, you will be forever barred from being promoted! You will remain genin for the rest of your pathetic lives!"
There was an obvious outburst of complaints from the genin in the room. Seriously? Was this all it took for them to lose control of their emotions? It was pathetic...they dare call themselves shinobi! What happened to the experienced genin from earlier who were releasing all that killing intent?
Naruto was annoyed by how the rest of the shinobi in the room were acting. Especially the rest of the rookie 13, they were acting like spoiled brats who didn't get there way. He wouldn't say anything though, there was no point to it. This man was obviously playing an angle.
"What the hell? That's not fair! There are genin in this very room that have taken the exam several times!" Sakura yelled.
Ibiki was enjoying the panicked expressions on all of the genin. "SHUT UP! You all just got unlucky, getting me as a proctor on your very first time. What I said goes. This will be your only opportunity to walk out that door with another chance to become genin! Those who don't have the spine to take the risk...get out of my sight!"
After those words were spoken, several dozen genin rushed out the door, visibly upset with the outcome. Several more minutes passed and a few more genin teams trickled out of the room, hoping to get an easier proctor for the next time the exams come around.
"Is there anyone else that wants to leave before it's too late?" The scared man asked.
It was Nawaki who raised his hand this time, surprising most people even Naruto, but those thoughts were soon shattered as he slammed his hand down on the desk. "Shut up! I don't care what you say! I am the son of the Yondaime Hokage and there is no way that he'd let anything like that happen to me! Even if what you say is true...power is the only thing that matters it this world. I'm only a genin right now and yet I'm still stronger than everyone in this room! I refuse to quit just because you said to!"
It was an...inspiring speech to a certain degree minus a little bit of self entitlement. But it did the job in making the other chunin hopefuls who were on the fence make up their minds about staying.
Naruto was laughing a little on the inside about how everyone in the room believed that this Ibiki actually had the authority to stop them from becoming chunin. Many of the genin weren't even from Konoha, why would those village's ever agree to those terms.
On the other hand Naruto was a bit disappointed that none of his competition could even figure out that this was part of the test. He was hoping to have a little fun in the next round, or at least have an exciting match in the preliminary stage.
Ibiki looked around, noticing that none of the other genin were leaving, "Is there anybody else who wants to leave?...This will be your final chance!" He looked around and saw that nobody even moved a muscle, however a few did look quite nervous at their decision. It was good enough he guessed, "Well then...seeing that everyone is going to stay I only have one thing to say to the lot of you!...You pass."
He was met with silence before another outburst occurred.
"What do you mean we pass? What about the tenth question and all of your threats?" Temari yelled, visibly irritated.
"Everything that we just went through was the tenth question. This test was meant for the purpose of testing your information gathering skills, however it had little to no effect on if you would pass this round. The test's only purpose was to weed out those who would have gotten themselves and their teams killed if they were promoted and charged with leading a team...The real test was whether or not you decided to stay...A chunin must make hard decisions everyday. Sometimes there will be no easy decision. Whether you stayed genin for the rest of your lives or chose to leave and have another chance the next time was a relatively easy decision. As a chunin team leader lives will be at stake. Your decisions could cost your comrades their lives...This is what being a chunin means!"
Not a moment later did the window on the other side of the room shatter as a black blur sped into the room. The blur came to an immediate stop and revealed a woman with violet hair in a style that somewhat resembled Shikamaru's. She had dull grey eyes without pupils and wore a tan trench-coat with a mesh undershirt underneath and short orange shirt. Most of the males in the room were staring at her choice in clothing or more like lack of it, as her mesh shirt was almost see through, while the females looked on at her with a blush, wondering how she could be so comfortable with her body. Naruto recalled her as the former student of Orochimaru. He had done a bit of digging for the past two days on the subject after finding out the nuke-nin would be in Konoha. Behind the woman was a black banner that read The Sexy and Single Anko Mitarashi: Proctor of the Second Exam!
"Looks like I'm right on time...Wow Ibiki there sure are a lot of them left. You getting rusty or something?...Eh. I guess it doesn't really matter not even half of them will make it past the second stage, I can tell you that much!" Anko said to Ibiki rather loudly, successfully making most of the genin a little more uneasy.