Satoru didn't like putting things off. After all, if he didn't use it now and forgot later, using it again would be very troublesome.
The System replied:
[No problem!]
After that, Satoru saw a small fruit in his hand that looked quite appetizing.
Satoru took a bite and quickly swallowed it. To his slight surprise, after eating the fruit, he didn't feel anything special.
"System, your fruit isn't a fake, is it...? I ate it, and no sensations at all!" Satoru couldn't hold back.
[Your body will be transformed by the Chakra Fruit, and your chakra growth will become incredibly fast. You'll feel it soon.]
Then Satoru absorbed the Kage-level expert chakra. Unlike last time, his body had grown a bit, so this absorption went much easier.
[Almost done. If you continue absorbing chakra, it could be dangerous. Purification is recommended.]
"Then purify, just don't let my body burst!" After absorbing the Kage-level expert chakra, Satoru's aura changed again.
The previous two-tomoe Sharingan also turned into a three-tomoe Sharingan. Now Satoru was stronger than before. And even more importantly, he had mastered Rasengan.
Combined with his Super Body Flicker Technique, Satoru using Rasengan became significantly stronger.
"My power now should confidently be at Kage rank. I think now I can act independently!" Satoru was quite confident in himself.
Soon, Satoru was summoned by the Third Hokage.
"Satoru, your power has grown noticeably, and you've completed quite a few B-rank missions. I hope you'll consider participating in the Chunin Exam," the Third suggested.
"Chunin Exam?" Satoru had almost forgotten that he was still a genin.
"Yes, the Chunin Exam. With your current abilities, participating in the Chunin Exam is no problem," said the Third Hokage. "I haven't notified the others yet. I want to tell you that the Chunin Exam is not just what it seems at first glance."
"Daimyo and high officials will come to watch. If Konoha shows itself in the best light, it will get more orders. You understand what I mean?" the Third asked.
"Of course," Satoru definitely planned to show himself in full glory to draw more attention to Konoha.
"Good that you understand. This time, there will be many strong opponents at the Chunin Exam, so even you need to be careful," Hiruzen Sarutobi reminded Satoru. Soon, Satoru was also summoned by White Fang.
"We're participating in the Chunin Exam?" Minato Namikaze was also somewhat surprised.
"Yes, I've registered all of you. Your power already surpasses genin level. Once you pass the exam, you'll become Konoha Chunin. I'm very confident in you."
"Moreover, there will be many participants from other shinobi villages. Be vigilant and extremely careful because power isn't everything. Even a jonin can fail in a simple situation, understood?" White Fang seemed to take this Chunin Exam very seriously.
Satoru nodded. Caution is the key to a long life; he certainly understood that truth.
And at that very moment, the System issued a new task again:
[Hello, Master! You've activated a new task! New task—become a Chunin! Reward: Mangekyo Sharingan!]
Satoru coveted this reward greatly. Although he had a three-tomoe Sharingan and Indra's physique, awakening Mangekyo was still far off. Unexpectedly, whatever he lacked, the System provided immediately.
"Don't worry, System! This time at the preliminary exam, I'll give it my all!" Satoru was very confident in himself. In his opinion, there wasn't a genin yet who could rival him.
Time flew by quickly, and finally, the day of the Chunin Exam began.
Satoru and his teammates looked energetic and fully prepared. Under White Fang's lead, they approached the entrance to the exam site.
"I believe in you; good luck, and be sure to achieve good results," wished Hatake Sakumo.
"Don't worry, Teacher White Fang; we'll definitely do our best!" Yoshime and Minato nodded in unison, both looking very confident.
"Let's go, enter the exam; who knows what it'll be," said Satoru and entered the exam site with his teammates.
In the classroom sat some fierce-looking people. Quite a few ninja from other villages had come, but Konoha ninja were still the most numerous.
Satoru scanned them in general. There was nothing remarkable about these people. Besides their fierce appearance, their power wasn't that great.
Of course, there were some interesting individuals.
For example, one team's chakra completely surpassed that of ordinary genin. Although they deliberately concealed their chakra, they still couldn't hide from Satoru's eyes.
Not much time passed before a Konoha ninja jonin entered from outside and stepped onto the exam site.
"The first exam is written. Begin!"
With almost no extra words, the Konoha jonin announced the start of the exam.
The exam content was actually quite boring. Unlike the original story, it wasn't testing information gathering ability but posed completely ordinary questions.
However, these questions were quite practical, and the answers were sufficiently free-form, so Satoru handled the ten tasks very easily.
There was almost nothing to say about the first exam. Those with completely insufficient theoretical knowledge were instantly eliminated.
To Satoru's slight surprise, many Konoha ninja were eliminated.
"Konoha's genin this year don't seem very outstanding," the examiner showed no favoritism and very straightforwardly eliminated most of the Konoha ninja. However, Satoru's team naturally advanced to the second round successfully.
The examiner looked at those remaining and said:
"So, about 50 people now. You've advanced to the second round."
As soon as the examiner finished speaking, another jonin entered and led the examinees to Konoha's training grounds, that is, the Forest of Death.
This exam wasn't particularly novel either—capture scrolls. However, it differed slightly from the original story.
They didn't need to capture Heaven and Earth scrolls.
In the original story, each team had one scroll, either Heaven or Earth. They needed to collect both scrolls and reach the central tower in the forest to successfully complete the second round.
But now, there was one scroll for every two teams. In other words, one group of students would be very unlucky and not get a scroll.
There were about 18 examinee teams now, and only 8 scrolls. This meant that those examinees unlucky enough not to get a scroll had to steal one from others, so conflicts were inevitable.
"Compared to the very well-designed exam in the original story, this current exam still needs refinement," Satoru thought to himself.