“Oh? Why?”

The expression on Nara Shikaku’s face finally changed. He suddenly found that his son was lazy, but his IQ was higher than he thought. ​​

There were no recreational activities in the shinobi world, and civilian life was very boring.

Coupled with the sensitivity of one’s own identity, Nara Shikaku did not test Shikamaru on Shinobi matters.

Therefore, Nara Shikaku had always played chess with his son and trained him by playing chess.

Until today, with the appearance of the live broadcast, Nara Shikaku felt that he had unlocked a new parenting style.

It was really an effective means of education to test his own brat with the questions from the space.

“This is the first time this exam space appeared. Obviously, it wouldn’t be the only time.”

Nara Shikaku nodded and motioned Shikamaru to continue.

“I found that both the analysis and the list of the Shinobi World List were only shown to us once. So far, the only thing that hasn’t demonstrated its usefulness to us is the make-up exam chances.

According to the exam space, people could be exempted from the make-up exam fee and directly participate in the exam with a make-up exam ticket.

And the space has also said that people need to keep taking exams to upgrade their privileges and continue to see the Shinobi World List, which indicates that subsequent members of Akatsuki still have the opportunity to enter the exam space.

Therefore, I guess whether Akatsuki answered the fifth question correctly or not, the test space will give them a make-up exam ticket as one of the prizes.

Because no one is more suitable than them to show what it can do.”

“Yes, anything else?”

Nara Shikaku looked at his son with relief and couldn’t help but feel emotions from the bottom of his heart.

‘This is my son!’

‘He’s showing his skills as a strategist now!’

Nara Shikaku was about to correct some of Shikamaru’s oversights when she heard Shikamaru continue.

“Dad, do you think that this exam space has a purpose of some kind?”

“As far as I know, no matter what exam, it has its purpose and significance. So, what is the purpose of this exam that can predict the future?”

Suddenly a thought flashed in Nara Shikaku’s mind. He quickly tried to catch the thought, but it was too late.

Nara Shikaku recalled the conversation just now and gradually turned serious.

‘Almost! Just a little short!’

“Shikamaru, go on.” Nara Shikaku picked up the glass of water on the board and took a sip of water.

Shikamaru, this kid gave him so many surprises today!

“Assuming that this exam is to select people who meet certain requirements, then the exam space will not only summon Akatsuki and Jiraiya-sama. With its great ability, it could summon everyone in the entire shinobi world!”

Nara Shikaku held the cup to his mouth and tilted it slightly, letting the water refresh the corners of his somewhat dry mouth.

He knew what his boy was going to say!

As expected, Nara Shikamaru opened his mouth and said, “There are two major commonalities in this group. One is that the vast majority of them are members of the Akatsuki; the second commonality is that they are all-powerful shinobis.”

Gulp!

Nara Shikamaru stared at his father. When he spoke, he felt his mouth go dry.

He knew it wasn’t physical, rather a mental reaction!

Shikamaru cautiously pursed his lips, not knowing whether to voice his suspicions.

After all, this was too sensational!

“Do you suspect that a certain number of strong people would induce the exam space to descend?

Therefore, do you think that the five major shinobi villages are all suspected places where the examination space would appear next?”

“No! Dad!”

Shikamaru looked around cautiously and leaned out about halfway towards Shikaku’s ear.

“I’m worried that someone behind the space is manipulating it, and that person doing so is most likely related to Akatsuki.”

Crack!

Shikaku’s finger subconsciously excreted force, and the water cup in his hand shattered. The water inside it splashed all over the place.

Nara Shikaku didn’t pay attention to it at all. At that moment, he was looking at his son in shock.

‘How did he come up with this?’

‘This intellect, bordering on the demonic!’

Nara Shikaku smiled bitterly and was about to speak when the door to the room behind him suddenly opened.

A sweet-looking woman anxiously came in with a broom. First, she looked at the pair of father and son. When she saw that everything was fine, she slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, she swung the broom directly at Shikamaru and his father, sending them flying.

“You two, how dare you make a ruckus when watching the live broadcast!? I’ll tear you apart!”

　　…

In the exam space, the crowd was anxiously waiting. The fifth question finally slowly appeared above the space.

[Question 5: When Pain attacked Konohagakure, who stopped him?]

[A: Sarutobi Hiruzen.]

[B: Hatake Kakashi.]

[C. Might Guy.]

[D: Uzumaki Naruto.]

[E: Namikaze Minato.]

“An extra option? Is it to increase the difficulty?”

The answer list that was longer than the first four questions instantly captured people’s attention, and they coincidentally looked to the answer first.

‘One, two, three, four, five … five?’

Looking at the five options of the fifth question, they paused.

They didn’t expect that the format of the exam questions in the exam space would change. Does that mean that there might be additional exam questions and even more difficult ones in the future?

“Shit! No wonder some analysis of the second question answers only had single sentences.”

Deidara let out a strange yell. Every time the space analyzed the answers, there would be long explanations, but the second question had only one message about the leader’s rebellion. ‘Option C: Six Path Pain rebelled before the Fourth Shinobi World War.’

‘So, it was waiting here!’

Deidara secretly cursed the exam space’s mother and then spoke without looking up, “Leader, in the last question, you were chosen because you could beat Jiraiya. Who do you think could beat you out of the five people in this question?”

‘?’

‘??’

At this moment, the spurred Jiraiya’s head was full of question marks. ‘Since when did the value of strength become the basis for answering questions?’

Looking at Deidara, who kept drawing hatred, Jiraiya shook his head. All five were Konohagakure’s people, and he was familiar with all of them.

‘But to be honest, the one that can beat Pain…?’

‘Let’s not talk about Pain; I should think about it first.’

Jiraiya thought differently. After all, if they couldn’t even beat himself, how could they still try to stop Pain, who he couldn’t even beat?

‘Sarutobi Hiruzen… too old.’

‘Hatake Kakashi … chakra is severely lacking.’

‘Might Guy… he can’t use jutsu either.’

‘Uzumaki Naruto … is still a child.’

‘Minato …’

Jiraiya raised an eyebrow. If he didn’t know that Minato could be resurrected in the future, he thought, there wouldn’t be a correct answer to this question!