The Tenth Question: All or Nothing

Time ticks away until the 10th problem is given. There is one special rule for it - what they call a hopeless rule. Before Ibiki could say all the rules, Kankuro arrives from the bathroom. Ibiki asks him if his trip to the bathroom is enlightening and Kankuro suspects that Ibiki knows about the crow. Ibiki then tells him to take his seat. On his way he drops off a cheat sheet to Temari.

The three rookie Genin sensei, Kakashi, Asuma, and Kurenai, sit outside the testing room wondering how their teams are doing. Kakashi thought that their chances looked iffy when Asuma told him that the first examiner is Ibiki. Kakashi says that he is a saddist and Kurenai was confused about the remark. Asuma tells her that Ibiki is Konoha ANBU’s torture and interrogation squad leader, so they are certain that he is mentally torturing and interrogating his exam participants.

Inside, Ibiki explains that everyone must choose if they wish to take the tenth problem, however, those who choose not to take it will fail. The other rule is that if they choose to take it and get it wrong, they will lose the privilege of taking the Chuunin exam forever. Several participants decide not to take it. Sakura is now worried about Naruto. She is sure that Naruto wouldn't be able to answer the question so she starts to raise her hand. Then she sees Naruto slowly raising his hand, but slams it down, announcing that he is ready for final question. With that outburst, Naruto wipes out everyone else’s uncertainty and the 78 remaining all decide to take the last question. Ibiki then announces that everyone there passes. There was no such thing as the 10th question.

He then explains that the test’s purpose lies in the first rule: that their pass-fail decision is based on their three person teams. The point was to put lots of pressure on them so they would strive not to let down their teams. However, the current exam problems can’t be solved by Genin, so the exam initially assumed that everyone would cheat. They snuck to two Chuunins who knew all the answers to be the targets of cheating. They wanted everyone to use their stealth in order to test how well refined their information gathering skills were. The tenth question was a two choice problem - to take it or not. He explains a similar real-life ninja mission that carries heavy risks and how courage and confidence are necessary. Chuunins need to be steadfast in their unwavering decisions.

Suddenly, their new examiner breaks in through the window and announces that second examiner, Anko Mitarashi is here. After observing that 78 participants of the original 153 are still remaining, she is convinced that Ibiki was too easy on them and vows to fail more than half of the remaining participants.

Next morning, everyone shows up at the 44th training area - the Forest of Death.

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