# E396 - The Three Questions
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**[01:30] ---**
*The Three Questions*
**[01:40] ---**
Big Brother Shikamaru,
what's going on?
**[01:43] ---**
Hmm?
**[01:44] ---**
The first round of the Chunin Exams
will be held here,
**[01:47] ---**
so we're just making
a few upgrades.
**[01:49] ---**
The Chunin Exams!
**[01:51] ---**
It's been a while
since they last held them!
**[01:54] ---**
It's been two years…
**[01:56] ---**
That means we get to participate!
**[01:58] ---**
We can be chunin!
**[02:01] ---**
You guys are
still Academy students.
**[02:04] ---**
You're not even genin,
you can't participate.
**[02:08] ---**
That's kind of a disappointment,
but also a big relief…
**[02:12] ---**
I see, so this means
Big Brother Naruto's coming back!
**[02:16] ---**
Huh? Naruto?
**[02:17] ---**
He's coming back to take
the Chunin Exams, right?
**[02:20] ---**
He's not coming.
**[02:21] ---**
What?
**[02:25] ---**
Who knows where or how
he's training right now.
**[02:27] ---**
His whereabouts are still unknown.
**[02:30] ---**
I don't know if he even
got the news
**[02:31] ---**
that we're holding
the Chunin Exams.
**[02:35] ---**
Does this mean
they're going to proceed
**[02:36] ---**
without Big Brother Naruto?
**[02:38] ---**
It's not like the village can plan
things to fit his schedule.
**[02:45] ---**
Big Bro's going to be left behind.
**[02:48] ---**
Our leader's going to
get disqualified!
**[03:07] ---**
We're representing the Hidden Sand,
so we have to become chunin, okay?
**[03:11] ---**
It's too soon to get
all worked up.
**[03:14] ---**
Calm down, Yukata.
**[03:22] ---**
Seems like Shikamaru
will be a proctor.
**[03:26] ---**
That's not surprising.
**[03:28] ---**
It's because he's already a chunin.
**[03:31] ---**
Then let's buckle down and
get promoted to chunin too! Right?
**[03:43] ---**
Looking forward to
doing this with you!
**[03:44] ---**
- Let's kick some butt.
- Yeah!
**[03:47] ---**
All right, so the three of you
are taking the exams, correct?
**[03:50] ---**
You've been signed up.
**[03:52] ---**
There's no trick this time,
**[03:53] ---**
like preventing us from submitting
an application is there?
**[03:56] ---**
The exam is up to
the proctor in charge.
**[04:00] ---**
Okay, pull lots.
**[04:08] ---**
Three?
**[04:09] ---**
Two?
**[04:11] ---**
One?
**[04:12] ---**
Return the lots and please proceed
to the classroom that you picked.
**[04:17] ---**
They're so polite,
it's almost creepy.
**[04:20] ---**
Did Shikamaru plan this?
**[04:22] ---**
What is he thinking?
**[04:24] ---**
Next, please.
**[04:32] ---**
You're the entrants from
Hidden Waterfall Village.
**[04:35] ---**
The name's Fuu.
**[04:36] ---**
All right, please pull a lot.
**[04:40] ---**
We've waited so long for this,
**[04:42] ---**
so we have to make it
and become chunin!
**[04:46] ---**
You're so loud!
**[04:49] ---**
Is this where the Chunin Exams
are being held?!
**[04:55] ---**
Hey! I'm back.
**[04:58] ---**
Naruto!
**[05:02] ---**
No way…
Is that you, Naruto?!
**[05:04] ---**
Are you real?
**[05:06] ---**
I'm real!
**[05:07] ---**
You really haven't changed much.
**[05:11] ---**
Sure, I have! Want to see
the results of all my training?
**[05:21] ---**
Sexy Jutsu!
**[05:23] ---**
How's that?
**[05:25] ---**
Here! There!
**[05:27] ---**
He's as stupid as ever…
**[05:29] ---**
And that's why Naruto is Naruto.
**[05:32] ---**
Byakugan!
**[05:36] ---**
All right, I'm going to take part
in the Exams too.
**[05:40] ---**
But you need a team of three.
**[05:42] ---**
I just came home and
there's no one left,
**[05:45] ---**
so I'll just ask them to
make an exception.
**[05:49] ---**
Huh?!
**[05:53] ---**
What's the big idea?
**[05:55] ---**
Don't get mad at Konohamaru!
**[05:58] ---**
Are you all right, Konohamaru?
**[06:01] ---**
It's all for Big Brother Naruto.
**[06:04] ---**
Naruto?
**[06:06] ---**
Because Big Brother
can't take the exams.
**[06:10] ---**
It's because he won't be able
to be a chunin.
**[06:13] ---**
So you tried to take it
for him instead…
**[06:15] ---**
A stand-in test taker…
**[06:19] ---**
You don't need to worry
about him.
**[06:23] ---**
Naruto's is someone who'll
keep striving to become Hokage
**[06:25] ---**
without getting hung up on
the details like becoming a chunin.
**[06:28] ---**
He's right.
**[06:30] ---**
And when he returns,
we'll welcome him with a big smile.
**[06:36] ---**
I got it.
**[06:40] ---**
Next in line.
**[06:46] ---**
One.
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Three…
**[06:48] ---**
Two…
**[06:50] ---**
Okay, leave the lots and
go to your assigned rooms.
**[06:53] ---**
Room One is
the classroom up ahead.
**[06:56] ---**
Rooms Two and Three
are up the stairs.
**[06:59] ---**
Huh? We're being separated?
**[07:00] ---**
We're on our own?
**[07:03] ---**
I'm in Room One.
**[07:17] ---**
Oh!
**[07:18] ---**
Big Brother Neji!
**[07:26] ---**
Why were we separated
from our teams?
**[07:28] ---**
I have no idea.
**[07:36] ---**
Huh?
**[07:42] ---**
It won't open.
**[07:43] ---**
I wonder what's happening?
**[07:45] ---**
Isn't the proctor coming?
**[07:47] ---**
They're planning something…
**[07:49] ---**
Heh, bring it on!
**[07:52] ---**
There's a stack of papers here.
**[07:53] ---**
You shouldn't go around
carelessly touching things…
**[07:56] ---**
*Uh…Ahem!*
**[08:00] ---**
*I am Shikamaru Nara,*
**[08:02] ---**
*the proctor for the first round*
*of the Chunin Exams.*
**[08:05] ---**
*Participants, take one sheet from*
*the stack on the teacher's desk,*
**[08:08] ---**
*then take any seat.*
**[08:11] ---**
Round One is a written test,
after all.
**[08:15] ---**
Oh good, it's the same as usual.
**[08:31] ---**
*Is everyone seated?*
**[08:34] ---**
*This is a drag,*
*so let's get right to it.*
**[08:37] ---**
*This is a drag for him?*
**[08:38] ---**
*We're serious about this!*
**[08:40] ---**
You guys are lucky.
I'm in charge this year.
**[08:44] ---**
He might be right.
**[08:46] ---**
Why?
**[08:47] ---**
He won't do anything unreasonable.
**[08:51] ---**
*Round One is a written test.*
**[08:53] ---**
*Read the questions carefully.*
**[08:55] ---**
Three questions…
**[08:57] ---**
*The three questions are worth,*
*from the top:*
**[09:01] ---**
*30 points, 40 points,*
*and 50 points.*
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A perfect score is 120 points?
**[09:07] ---**
Not 100?
**[09:08] ---**
*Each of you will answer*
*just one of three questions.*
**[09:13] ---**
*Your team's total points*
*will determine pass-fail.*
**[09:16] ---**
*If your team total exceeds 100,*
*the team is disqualified.*
**[09:21] ---**
That's crazy!
**[09:23] ---**
Then, for example…
**[09:26] ---**
If the three have…
30, 30, 50 for 110 points…
**[09:30] ---**
30, 40, 40 for 110 points…
**[09:33] ---**
or 40, 40, 40 for 120 points…
**[09:36] ---**
*These totals will*
*disqualify them, right?*
**[09:39] ---**
Then we'll take the average
of the teams who remain…
**[09:41] ---**
and teams who score below
the average will be disqualified.
**[09:45] ---**
*Those over the average will pass.*
**[09:48] ---**
An average score?
**[09:50] ---**
Of the teams' totals…?
**[09:53] ---**
Just a minute.
**[09:54] ---**
How are we supposed to…?!
**[09:55] ---**
*The exam starts now.*
**[10:02] ---**
Which question should I solve?
**[10:13] ---**
I don't understand
this question at all!
**[10:17] ---**
The question isn't just about
solving the questions…
**[10:22] ---**
Please don't say things that
will confuse me even more!
**[10:25] ---**
*The three questions aren't that hard.*
**[10:29] ---**
*Unless you're really dumb,*
**[10:31] ---**
*anyone can solve*
*the 50-point question too.
**[10:33] ---**
*Don't underestimate me!*
**[10:35] ---**
*I won't run! I'll take the exam!*
**[10:37] ---**
*I don't care if I get stuck as*
*a genin for the rest of my life,*
**[10:39] ---**
*because I'll be Hokage someday,*
*no matter what!*
**[10:45] ---**
*Come to think of it…*
**[10:47] ---**
*there was a guy*
*who was really that dumb…*
**[10:49] ---**
*He couldn't solve a single question*
*in the first-round exam,*
**[10:51] ---**
*but he passed.*
**[10:54] ---**
*Which means…*
**[10:55] ---**
*They're not testing*
*our problem-solving skills.*
**[10:57] ---**
*It's the same as the last time!*
**[11:04] ---**
*Now then…*
**[11:05] ---**
*100 points is either…*
*30, 30 and 40…*
**[11:10] ---**
*Or 50, 50 and 0.*
**[11:15] ---**
What's the whole point
of this first-round exam?
**[11:18] ---**
The point of it is to think about
**[11:20] ---**
how your other two
team members will score.
**[11:23] ---**
Or rather, how to make your two
team members get a certain score.
**[11:27] ---**
That gives an advantage to teams
who know jutsu to contact each other.
**[11:35] ---**
If that's the case, that's fine.
**[11:38] ---**
All it means is that those teams
that have those skills will get 100 points.
**[11:43] ---**
And the rest have to suck it up
and figure something out, huh?
**[11:47] ---**
The first-round test in
the last Chunin Exams
**[11:49] ---**
was just like this, wasn't it?
**[11:52] ---**
The point count isn't what's important.
**[11:54] ---**
The Chunin Exams shine
the light on who is captain material.
**[11:58] ---**
If the point was to test strength,
I wouldn't be a chunin.
**[12:02] ---**
I guess so.
**[12:04] ---**
What? No snide comeback?
**[12:33] ---**
*It's been sealed off.*
**[12:37] ---**
Big Brother Neji?
**[12:49] ---**
Double paned windows, huh…
**[12:51] ---**
They made sure that
we couldn't contact our teammates.
**[12:53] ---**
Should you be moving around like that?
**[12:56] ---**
We were told a few rules,
but no one's cautioned us yet
**[13:01] ---**
NO UNAUTHORIZED FIGHTING
for talking like this.
**[13:02] ---**
I see…
**[13:06] ---**
So, they don't care if
we cheat or not.
**[13:09] ---**
That's right…
**[13:10] ---**
Last time, the first exam
was all about cheating.
**[13:19] ---**
It won't open…
**[13:21] ---**
Leave it to Shikamaru…
This is a difficult problem.
**[13:24] ---**
If you can contact your teammates,
you gain an advantage for this exam…
**[13:31] ---**
But nobody on my team
uses such ninjutsu.
**[13:34] ---**
I wonder if Shino has any ideas…
**[13:38] ---**
The only thing left is to try to guess
which question my teammate will solve.
**[13:43] ---**
If we choose the number
we each picked…
**[13:45] ---**
the point total will be over 100.
**[13:49] ---**
Going over 100 points
means immediate disqualification.
**[13:51] ---**
We have to avoid that at all cost.
**[13:55] ---**
If one of us scores zero points,
we'll avoid going over 100, right?
**[14:00] ---**
But there's no guarantee
**[14:01] ---**
that the other two will each answer
the 50-point question.
**[14:05] ---**
And if the point total is too low,
**[14:07] ---**
there's a good possibility of
being dropped for a low average.
**[14:12] ---**
If all of us solve the 30-point question
and get 90 points,
**[14:16] ---**
we'll lose to the team
that has 100.
**[14:20] ---**
If many teams score 100 points,
**[14:23] ---**
and raise the average score,
teams with 90 points will be disqualified.
**[14:32] ---**
I guess finding
a loophole seems impossible.
**[14:36] ---**
The choices are 30, 30, 40
or 0, 50, 50 to score 100 points.
**[14:42] ---**
So the question is…
**[14:44] ---**
figuring out which question
each team member will solve.
**[14:47] ---**
How should I know what
questions Ino and Sakura will pick?
**[14:52] ---**
What would Shino and Kiba do?
**[14:56] ---**
Those two are probably wondering
the same thing right now.
**[15:00] ---**
Got it! I finally figured it out!
**[15:03] ---**
Huh? You did?
**[15:05] ---**
Yes!
**[15:06] ---**
I solved the 50-point question!
**[15:09] ---**
Oh…I see.
**[15:11] ---**
I'm not going to show you.
**[15:12] ---**
I won't look.
**[15:13] ---**
I don't have to look.
**[15:34] ---**
*Who are you?*
**[15:36] ---**
*You don't seem to be*
*an Insect User, but…*
**[15:40] ---**
I hate to say this,
but if Naruto were here,
**[15:42] ---**
this first-round exam
would be easy.
**[15:45] ---**
Huh? Why?
**[15:47] ---**
I mean, he'd score zero for sure.
**[15:51] ---**
I think even Naruto could
solve this 30-point question.
**[15:55] ---**
Definitely not.
**[15:57] ---**
Leave it to Naruto…
**[15:59] ---**
It would be much simpler if Lee
on our team was as obviously dumb.
**[16:04] ---**
Umm… Excuse me.
**[16:06] ---**
Yes?
**[16:08] ---**
Can you tell me just what
we're supposed to do
**[16:10] ---**
for this first-round exam?
**[16:12] ---**
That's what we're trying
to figure out!
**[16:15] ---**
You too, huh?
**[16:16] ---**
These questions are
really hard, aren't they?
**[16:20] ---**
Well…yeah.
**[16:27] ---**
Wouldn't you think
the safest thing to do
**[16:29] ---**
is for each of us to choose
the 30-point question?
**[16:32] ---**
Didn't he say something
about the average score too?
**[16:36] ---**
I see… We have to score 100 points,
no matter what.
**[16:40] ---**
I can't even figure out
how to get 100 points.
**[16:46] ---**
And time keeps on ticking away…
**[16:54] ---**
*I've trained hard… I'll try it.*
**[16:59] ---**
*First, I have to sense those two.*
**[17:15] ---**
*Hey, you two, please listen…*
**[17:20] ---**
*Is that you, Fuu?*
**[17:23] ---**
*All right.*
**[17:29] ---**
What're you up to?
**[17:32] ---**
*My teammates…*
**[17:40] ---**
*Sensory Jutsu!*
**[17:44] ---**
*Four…? I see…*
**[17:52] ---**
I don't get it.
**[17:53] ---**
*Choji…*
**[17:54] ---**
Huh?!
**[17:56] ---**
*I'll solve the 40-point question,*
*so Choji, you do the 30-pointer.*
**[18:00] ---**
Oh, okay. Okay!
**[18:03] ---**
*I'll get Sakura to do the 30-pointer too.*
**[18:08] ---**
Hey, Gennai! Inaho!
**[18:10] ---**
Can you hear me?!
**[18:13] ---**
Tanzo, Minoji!
**[18:15] ---**
It's me!
**[18:16] ---**
– It's me!
– Hey! It's me!
**[18:18] ---**
– What are you trying to do?
– Can you hear me?
**[18:20] ---**
At this rate,
no one's voice will be heard.
**[18:28] ---**
Do you hear something?
**[18:30] ---**
Is someone yelling?
**[18:33] ---**
That's right!
**[18:34] ---**
If they can hear me
on the other side…!
**[18:36] ---**
Hey!
**[18:38] ---**
Can you hear me?!
**[18:46] ---**
I can hear something.
**[18:47] ---**
Someone's yelling.
**[18:49] ---**
A lot of people are yelling.
**[18:51] ---**
I see.
**[18:52] ---**
Hey!
**[18:54] ---**
Komugi, Gennai!
**[18:58] ---**
Yahoo!
**[18:59] ---**
Yahoo!
**[19:08] ---**
Shouldn't we stop them?!
**[19:10] ---**
If I stop them,
this exam would be meaningless.
**[19:16] ---**
*Now then,*
*who's doing to do what?*
**[19:19] ---**
I'll do the 50-point question!
**[19:21] ---**
I'll do the 40-point one!
**[19:23] ---**
It's so noisy.
**[19:25] ---**
Who can hear over all this?
**[19:28] ---**
There's shouting in
the other classes too.
**[19:31] ---**
Everyone's voices are
blending together
**[19:33] ---**
and nothing can
be communicated.
**[19:36] ---**
*Nothing can be communicated, huh?*
**[19:39] ---**
*Just watch…*
**[19:41] ---**
*Sand Letters!*
**[19:50] ---**
*"I'll do the 40-point question."*
**[19:54] ---**
*It's Sajin!*
**[19:56] ---**
*He wants us to do the 30-pointer.*
**[20:00] ---**
*With that we'll total 100 points.*
**[20:03] ---**
*Those fools…*
**[20:06] ---**
Lady Hinata…
**[20:09] ---**
Let's continue your lesson here.
**[20:11] ---**
What are you saying,
Big Brother Neji?
**[20:14] ---**
There's something I want to try.
**[20:18] ---**
All right.
**[20:23] ---**
Perform the Eight Trigrams:
Air Palm…
**[20:26] ---**
with all your might.
**[20:34] ---**
– Eight Trigrams: Air Palm!
– Eight Trigrams: Air Palm!
**[20:39] ---**
W-What the—?!
**[20:51] ---**
Hey…
**[20:53] ---**
You guys…
**[20:54] ---**
What the hell are you guys doing?!
**[20:59] ---**
Showing you the answer
to the question.
**[22:39] ---**
What's the answer
that you prepared?
**[22:42] ---**
This question wouldn't exist
if I wasn't the proctor.
**[22:45] ---**
That's why there is no point
in me answering that question.
**[22:50] ---**
What are you quibbling about?
**[22:53] ---**
Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
"One Worthy As A Leader"
**[22:58] ---**
All right,
Let's see what Neji's going to do.
**[23:02] ---**
In Naruto's Footsteps ~ The Path Traveled
ONE WORTHY AS A LEADER
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Tune in again!