Today was finally the day that a young man from the Academy was scheduled to take his graduation exam and see if he was truly ready to become a shinobi of this village. It had likely been a long journey filled with hardships, turmoil, and quite a few laughs along the way but he finally had been given the opportunity to show to the Academy that he was ready to take on the stress of the shinobi world and put his life on the line to cement his name in the history books that the wonderful Oracles continually added to. Hopefully, he was ready for what his examiner had in store for him because one again, he was being sent to the Academy in the early morning hours with no information about who was giving him his exam aside from them being a member of one of the prestigious clans of the country. Maybe, just maybe he would be fortunate enough to have Lady Yanshi of the Byakko Clan giving his examination to him since she was one of the more calmer individuals in the village, but the chances of that happening were slim to none. Then again, maybe he would be given his examination by the 9th Kazekage, Takahashi Sousuke, who had a lot more free time recently since he stepped down from being Kazekage and gave the title to the rightful heir to the throne in many people's opinions: Sunahoshi Katsuo. Only time would tell what this young child of the village would have to endure and who he would have to endure it by. For his sake, he best pray to the gods that there was going to be mercy on his side.
The time for the actual examination had been set for 9 AM on a Saturday in the training grounds just outside of the Academy. He was told via letter that he was supposed to bring anything that he would regularly use in combat and for training with him as it was likely going to be one of the examinations that numerous members of the Academy typically gave. The details of what the exam would entail however had been kept off the letter to the male along with the name of who would be giving the exam as already mentioned. However, the letter did mention that the examiner was not one of the names well-known around the village, but had somewhat of a reputation depending on the branch that one spoke to or the family that the individual was a part of. To make matters even more odd, the letter had no signature but stated that the individual who wrote it was excited to play around with another piece of prey to see if they were worthy of their father's time. Hopefully, they were or that likely would mean failure in their exam and another year of classes and tutors which would become quite dull and boring quickly.
As time approached ever so quickly, the young Genin-to-hopefully-be would notice when he approached the training grounds that the examiner was not there waiting for him which had a striking resemblance to Lady Yanshi's appearance in his tutoring session with all of those other young minds. He need not worry as the examiner was nearby likely waiting on him to make his appearance or hidden away in an office in the Academy waiting around till it was time to go outside and have play time with their prey. Yes, this was going to be quite the experience for this young man known as Domen Nobu so hopefully he had plenty of rest and had prepared long and hard for this day so he did not disappoint his family, his village, his friends, his examiner, and most importantly himself.
When the clock reached the one minute mark prior to the exam starting, the examiner from their position at the entrance of the Academy would nod and proceed to head towards the training grounds wearing a blue overcoat with yellow buttons and cuff links along with shorts and blue shoes to match the overcoat. This individual needed no introductions if one was well informed of the family background of the Byakko Clan or had encountered or worked with them while they were on patrol. Unlike most members of the Byakko Clan, this individual did not care if one was killed when working nor that they had a colder heart than almost everyone else in the world. This Byakko had the same upbringing as Byakko Yanjirou, the brother, and while they were both in the ANBU branch and making names for themselves in their own ways, they were vastly different in how they handled situations and went about their days. Even though, they were twins and grew up so close, they both had taken different paths to become the individuals that they were today which was not the same path that their parents took.