Mitarashi Anko spread her arms, "Congratulations to you all on passing the second exam! Now Lord Hokage himself will explain about the first exam. Listen up and take every word he says to heart!"
The Lord Hokage commenced to make a long speech explaining the nature of the underlying purpose of the chunin selection exam.
Halfway through the Hokage's speech, Gekko Hayate, the proctor of the third section of the chunin exam appeared and asked to take over the proceedings. He explained that the prospective chunin were no longer to be tested as a team cell, and could easily be fighting their own teammates in the no-holds-barred combat tournament that was the preliminaries.
Presently, a large scoreboard dropped from the ceiling. Hayate coughed and said, "Ummmm...At the start of every round, we will display the names of the two combatants competing in that match. So ummm... Not to hurry you all to the slaughter, but let's begin. We'll now announce the names of the first two contestants.