Chapter-64: Perfect Marks?

"Eh... Eeeeeeeeeehhhh... I know all the answers to these questions, dattebayo!"

I screamed out in joy after realizing that I know the answer to all questions.

Wait...

I screamed too loud. Crap!

One of the instructors barked at me,

"It's good that you know all the answer, but don't scream like an idiot!"

Oops! I am feeling hot in my face. I noticed everyone is looking at me. Some of them laughing and treating me as if I am an idiot.

"I am sorry, sir."

"Next time something like this happened, we will expel you."

Sigh!

I was careless. I sat back into my seat and carefully saw the question paper again.

I started to answer all of the questions. Strangely when I was writing, I didn't have to wreck my brain over it. It feels like my hand was moving on its own.

After some moments I already answered all of the questions.

Wait, now then I remember it, Jin told me-

"There is no doubt, by your ability you will enter Core Rank. But do not enter the top ten. Remain low key. It is better. In writing test do not answer more than 90 marks. I believe at least five students have the ability to get above 90 marks."

Yup, I remember them clearly now. I answered 100 marks, what to do?

Well, not that a hard thing to do. All I need to cut 10 marks. All set.

Looks like I really become genius after having the memory of Jin.

I called out an instructor,

"Hello sir, I finished my exam. What to do?"

He was walking back and forth and watching the students whether they are cheating or not.

When I called out to him, he halted and looked at me strangely.

"The heck you are saying boy, it's not even 30 minutes you have another one and a half hour left. You are saying, you already end your exam?"

Seems like he is not believing me.

"I finished the exam. I answered all of the questions I know, there is no need to be sitting around here anymore. You can check my answer sheet."

Oops! I was loud again. Hope I am not getting expelled this time for real.

"Ok, ok, alright, just leave the question on the table and get out."

"Yes, sir!"

Saying that I went out of the exam hall.

From the window I noticed that the instructor was about to saw my answered sheet but saw a student was bothering another student, seeing that leaving down the question where it was he went to catch that student.

Well, nothing to do here, let's walk around the campus.

After two hours finished all of the students came out of the hall.

It looks like I was the one who came out of the exam hall first. After me and before finishing the writing test time limit only 15 or more students were outside of the hall.

It looks like they are all expelled because they tried to cheat. When I asked a student he told me,

"Cheh! That instructor was to Sharpe, he actually caught me. And why are you asking me? Aren't you also one of them who was expelled? Nothing to do here dude, go home. Expel mean you can't take next exam anymore, come next year with better cheating technique, bye bye."

Saying everything on his own, he left the scene. I didn't correct him. Because it would be a drag... Hmm, I learn some habit from Shikamaru.

I am already missing my best friends. I wonder how much longer I will be stuck in this world. But Jin said I am already living on my world too, I am nothing but fragment or memory of the real me... I wonder what is true and what is false.

Oh, fatso Ikuse came out from his examination hall and coming toward me. We set a meeting place beforehand, so it was easy to find me.

"So, hey Naruto, how was your exam?"

He asked me that first thing after he saw me.

"Excellent!! dattebayo!"

I show him my shining teeth and thumb like Bushy Brows Sensei.

"Huh, really. Or are you encouraging yourself?"

He asked me with a doubt.

"Why the heck I do that? What's about you?"

He crossed his arms and said,

"Don't ask me that anymore. I barely answered 80. Which is the minimum standard for core rank."

Seems like he is exhausted.

"Well whatever, have you choose Inn for yourselves to stay?"

He asked me.

"Nope, I didn't."

I answered. There is no test today. So we have come back tomorrow. I didn't book any inn to stay. I planned to stay in the forest by making a camp. A ninja like me has this experience to stay out for many times, dattebayo. So, I felt like I don't need any inn to stay, you know.

"You seems to be an unprepared bunch. Well whatever, stay with me. The room I booked is huge anyway, not only you even 20 people can stay there."

He invited me.

"You don't need to, you know. I can stay outside, I have the experience to do that."

I deny him by motioning my hand.

"How poor you are, dude? You will stay outside in the cold night? There is no need to be showing courtesy. I am your good pal you know."

He looked at me with pity and said the later part with a big smile.

"Okay, okay, fine. I am accepting your offer."

Seems like if I don't accept his offer he will follow me to my forest camp.

***

There are four ranks of Instructor in the White Moon Royal Academy. Rookie Instructor, Junior Instructor, Advanced Instructor, and Senior Instructor. After that Vice Headmaster and Head Master,

Miss Ruhi Vermillion is one of the Advance Instructors of this academy. Currently, she was looking at an answer with deep curiosity.

She was the coordinator of the George exam hall. In writing test, Rookie Instructor watch over the examinee when the exam was running, the job of Junior Instructor is to mark the answer sheets and deliver to Advanced Instructor. There are four Rookie, four Junior, and one Advance or Senior Instructor in charge of an exam hall.

After the middle of marking the answer sheets, one of the Junior Instructors visit her because he is facing difficulty to mark a question paper.

In this answer sheet, the examinee answers down all of the questions. And all of them were correct, but he cut 10 marks worth question from the answer sheet. So, technically he should have got 90 because he cut those 10 marks answer. But the problem is, he cut those marks which were not only the correct answer but also basic among basic while he kept all of the hard question intact. Instructor almost cried out, 'Are you messing around with me!'

There also a possibility that, someone may have cut his answer out of jealousy, but who will do that? Couldn't take it anymore he passed it to in charge of the exam hall Ruhi Vermillion.

"Interesting. Why that boy did this? Seems like I have to keep a close eye on him. Naruto Uzumaki. And also have to see if that boy has enemies or not. They may have done this."

Saying that she placed 90 marks on it, even though he should have got 100, but he cut the marks so as a rule, his mark is 90.

But she would be surprised to see the final result of the test. The highest mark is 93, while this boy could have a perfect 100.

***

"Ha-ha-hachho."

Naruto sneezed. He feels like someone is looking at him. But seeing all over he found fatso is sleeping in another bed. Taking it as imagination he again went back to sleep.