March 3rd, the night before the official start of classes at Ninja School.
Uchiha Fugaku looked at the two almost identical faces in front of him with complicated emotions.
Uchiha Mikoto sent her subordinates to squat at the mission release area for two days, and finally caught a long-term mission in the Fire City, which was to promote a newly released movie.
Although the mission level was only B and the pay was not high, she still couldn't wait to leave and handed over her two children to Fugaku.
How could Fugaku not know the reason why his wife left?
Until the next hot topic arises, Sasuke's eye-opening incident is still the hottest topic of conversation among the ninjas in the village.
However, Fugaku was the captain of Konoha's security force and could not avoid it at all. He could only listen to this story being spread by word of mouth in the village every day, and it was getting more and more outrageous.
There are even ignorant civilians in the village who don't even know what the boundaries of blood inheritance are, so they believe in the rumors that doing "certain things" can give them the Sharingan. As a result, they cause a lot of ridiculous things and are caught.
Ideological education is carried out in prisons of the police force.
After all this, the happy thing about Sasuke opening his eyes didn't seem so happy anymore.
In addition, there was another thing that troubled him -
"Yiyong, here is your test paper."
Fugaku drooped the corners of his mouth and pushed an examination paper with "26" written in bright red toward Giyuu. The wrinkles on his nose were clearer than Itachi's tear trough.
On the side, Sasuke's eyes widened, and then his mouth also opened wide. He was stunned for three seconds before looking at Giyu, and said in disbelief: "No, it's impossible."
There was no sense of gloating in this exclamation. He was really shocked.
As for the person involved, Yiyong just said "Oh", looked away and said nothing.
In this exam, there were no questions related to chakra attributes, properties, and changes in form. Instead, they were all about names of people, places, and times.
It is not so much an exam as it is a knowledge question and answer session on "Famous Ninja Deeds", which is very enlightening.
Giyuu, who has no sense of belonging to the word "ninja", naturally has no knowledge of the relevant deeds of these Konoha heroes.
When Sasuke saw that Giyuu had no reaction, he couldn't wait to pick up the paper. His dark eyes quickly scanned the questions one by one, only to find that they were all questions for which he knew the answers and was absolutely unwilling to make mistakes.
Most of Yiyong's paper was blank. Only one line, "Write the name of the ninja tool you know as much as possible," got full marks. His handwriting was neat and elegant, almost the same as the printed font.
But other than that, the only other points that Yiyong scored were multiple-choice questions. Judging from the fact that he chose the longest option, it must have been all done blindly.
【How could someone take the exam like this?】
Sasuke still only had this thought in his mind.
[Some of them are just for giving points?! Especially those stories that everyone knows, there is no reason to answer them wrong. 】
He glanced at Yiyong's face again, always feeling that Yiyong did it on purpose.
[Is it because I didn’t take the exam and got zero points, so you want to be put in the same class with me?]
Thinking about it this way, his complaints against Yiyong because of the incident the day before yesterday were reduced a lot.
"I've already asked the Ninja School teacher who sent me my results."
Fugaku solemnly put his hands into his sleeves, looking like an unhappy old man, more like a father than a clan leader than usual.
"You and the child named Uzumaki Naruto are tied for last place. The second to last child is the Akimichi family, but he is still twenty points higher than you."
Hearing this, Sasuke's eyebrows suddenly rose.
Hearing the name that he "hated deeply", he felt that he might have guessed the truth of something.
Fugaku leaned forward, frowned and asked: "Giyu, what have you learned from Uchiha Shisui these days?"
Sasuke was a little frightened by his father's seriousness and leaned back slightly, while Giyuu remained unmoved.
"How to deal with ANBU's sword skills and illusions."
Yiyong answered honestly.
Over at the waterfall, Shisui will hone his sword skills with Yugi in close combat, and then use genjutsu (resolution of Breath of the Moon) on Giyu according to his request.
Although Yiyong spends most of his time practicing breathing techniques alone, there is no problem with this answer.
"oh?"
【Sword skills to deal with ANBU?】
Giyu's answer surprised Fugaku.
[It seems that Shisui, the child, is also wary of the village. This return to the clan is not an illusion. 】
He thought for a while, driving the things that the clan leader should consider out of his mind, and decided to see to what extent Shisui had trained this child.
Giyu's actual combat level is difficult to test at home, but illusions are much more convenient for Uchiha.
Fugaku pondered for a while and said to Giyong: "Look into my eyes."
After the words fell, Fugaku's eyes immediately transformed into the three Magatama Sharingan.
After the ring made of magatama turned around, Yiyong's eyes dimmed and he immediately fell to one side.
Before Sasuke's exclamation could be heard, Giyuu stretched out his hands to support his body while he was falling, and returned to his original posture.
He looked clear and clear, having completely broken free from the illusion, and the chaotic chakra in his brain returned to normal in an instant.
[The illusion cast by the three Magatama Sharingan can be solved in less than a second, and a jounin who specializes in illusion can only do this.]
Fugaku admired in his heart, but remained calm on the surface, "It seems that you are not wasting your time these days."
【As expected of my son.】
The reason why he didn't praise him directly in person was because his criticism was not over yet.
"However, volunteerism and practical combat are important, but the content of these cultural courses will still affect your overall score each semester."
Fugaku clicked on the table, "Sasuke has no grades, so I won't talk about it for now."
"But when you did so well in the exam this time, several elders in the clan were very angry.
"The last time an Uchiha child was at the bottom of the ninja school, it was the kid named Obito a few years ago. You have to work hard and don't follow in his footsteps. At least at the end of the first year, you have to get excellent in all subjects. That way
I won’t embarrass my clan! Do you understand?”
"I understand." Yiyong nodded.
However, just because you know it doesn’t mean you will do it.
Yiyong went to school, firstly, to learn how to think as a ninja; secondly, to make friends and improve his resolution. All other factors had to be put aside.
"Um."
Fugaku thought that Giyuu meant to agree, and nodded with satisfaction. Since the New Year, Giyuu has never contradicted him again, which is good, and I hope it can keep up.
Nowadays, he can hardly control his eldest son, who is deep in thought, and he is completely following Uchiha Shisui's lead.
I hope that during this period when my wife is not at home, I can seize the opportunity and the relationship with my two young sons can be improved to a higher level, so he will not be as harsh as usual tonight.
"Father, do you already know the results of the class placement?"
At this time, Sasuke asked with a gloomy face, not knowing what he was thinking about.
"The teacher has already told me about the class division. In the past, Hinata and Uchiha's people would not be divided into the same class, and it will be the same this time."
Uchiha Fugaku replied: "Giyu was assigned to the Iruka class; you were assigned to the Oishui class."
He emphasized again: "When Itachi was in the ninja school, Oishiki was his class teacher. He was a very responsible chuunin. As for Iruka, he was a new teacher, one of the batch with the best admission scores and the best.
The bad batch should all be in his class, so it’s unclear how the teaching quality is."
After saying that, Fugaku gave Sasuke a strange look.
He originally thought that Sasuke would be extremely happy when he found out that he and Itachi had the same teacher, but why was this kid's face turning green and white in turns?
A few seconds later, Sasuke gritted his teeth and asked, "Where is that Uzumaki Naruto?"
"I'm in the same class as Yiyong."
Fugaku's words strengthened Sasuke's thoughts.
His younger brother has not been talkative since he was a child, but he has always been very smart and his handwriting is the same as the printed one. How could he get such a score!
[He must have made an appointment with that yellow-haired guy to get the same test scores so that he could be assigned to the same class!]
Sasuke was very sure that what he guessed was the truth.
"Dad, although indoor classes are separated, training classes are usually held together, right?"
"Is such that."
Sasuke clenched his fists.
【Yellow-haired one! Just wait for me!】
Then, after the father and son talked for a while about how to behave in school, they planned to take a rest.
"Also, this is what your mother left for you before going to the City of Fire. After you go to school, you must handle your relationship with your classmates well. Do you understand?"
Fugaku took out a book with an extremely exaggerated cover color from his side and pushed it over with disgust in his eyes.
Although he emphasized that his mother left it for "you", when he pushed it over, the book was mainly closer to Yiyong's side.
Giyuu and Sasuke took a closer look, and it was clearly written on the cover——
"Iwa Ninja Anbu teaches you how to read minds: exploring body language and micro-expressions to help you decipher the truth about interpersonal relationships".
On the waistband below, there is a photo of Tsuchikage Onoki with his arms folded and looking at the sky, and there is a recommendation written by him on it.
It’s unclear how well the book is written. Anyway, the publisher has spent enough money to publicize it.
Yiyong's eyes stayed on the cover and couldn't move away for a long time.
Xingjuro's crow, Kaname, has landed on the branch facing the window of his room, waiting quietly.
…
At the same time, the Hokage's office.
"We set off from Kawanokuni yesterday morning and arrived in Konoha this evening. You guys are very fast."
The Third Hokage sat on the sofa, stretched out his hand to signal Shizune to sit opposite him, and pushed the dried fruits on the coffee table over with a smile. After all, they had not seen each other for several years.
Shizune was dusty, her hair was knotted, and she was very tired. However, she still showed the best spirit to deal with the shadow of a village.
"Originally, I thought it was him who couldn't hold on first, but I didn't expect that it was me who held him back."
Shizune was a little embarrassed, "I haven't practiced anything other than medical ninjutsu for so long. I'm really ashamed. I'm not even as good as a child."
"Since Tsunade thinks that he is a member of Mito-sama's tribe, it is not surprising that he has such outstanding physical ability. The vitality of that tribe is so strong that it cannot but be admired."
Sandai shook his head slightly, "Where is he now? Didn't he come with you?"
"While passing by the outside of Tuanchu Street, the kid made himself very dirty in order to help a caravan rescue the horses that strayed into the swamp."
Shizune smiled shamefully, "So I took him to Tsunade-sama's house first, let him clean up, and then came to see you myself, and asked for your forgiveness, Hokage-sama."
"Well, there's nothing to forgive. Such a warm-hearted child is really missed."
A red-haired figure flashed in the mind of the third generation old man, "Tsunade asked you to bring him here, are you planning to let him join the village?"
As he spoke, the words "backup jinchuriki" flashed through his mind.
Although it seemed a bit despicable to think of how to take advantage of the person without even meeting him, but as the head of a village, he had to consider the worst case scenario.
Even if nothing happens to Naruto, as long as there is an Uzumaki clan member in the village, there will always be a guarantee against the Kyuubi.
The only thing to do is to make this child feel a sense of belonging to Konoha.
"Well, this sounds complicated, it's not that simple..."
With no other choice, Shizune had no choice but to explain everything from beginning to end about their encounter with Anjuro and the fact that he owed tens of millions of taels in medical bills.
When Sandai heard what Anjuro did, his eyes became brighter and brighter, he praised him again and again, and he understood what was going on.
The medical bills owed are not the important point, but with the way this child behaves, he may not be able to live outside for too long. As for whether this child wants to join the Ninja Village, Tsunade does not care and does not want to restrict it.
"So, Tsunade hopes to let the village protect this child until he grows up?"
"That's what I mean. Lady Tsunade said that you should understand the reason why she did this."
Shizune paused, as if she was thinking about how to organize her words so that she could tactfully convey Tsunade's other request.
"Also, Tsunade-sama hopes that you can also give the scrolls left by Mito-sama to that child."
The scroll she was talking about was naturally the world-famous sealing technique of Uzushio Village.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Sandai's smile froze slightly, he stopped talking, and silence began to spread between the two.
Shizune became more and more nervous. When she heard Tsunade-sama talking about this matter, she felt that it was unreliable. Whoever it was as Hokage would not agree to spit out what he ate in his stomach.
"I'm afraid I can't agree to Tsunade's request. Although it's good that these scrolls belong to Uzushio Village, Mito-sama has entrusted those techniques to the village, and they are already Konoha's assets. If this child is just in
I can't do this if I stay here temporarily but don't serve Konoha."
The third generation's answer made Shizune a little embarrassed. Did she really want to threaten Naruto with a sentence like "Tsunade-sama will tell the secret of your crystal ball"?
But immediately, Sandai's words changed.
"However, although the sealing technique is not good, there is nothing wrong with those secret scrolls that only the Uzumaki lineage can practice. It can be regarded as fulfilling Mito-sama's last wish. However, those things are in the confidential archives. There are thousands of them.
The scrolls are all piled up there, and I can’t give them to you right now. In a few days, I’ll have someone find them out and hand them over to the child in person, what do you think?”
Of course Shizune understood what the third generation meant.
Since he had the idea of absorbing Anjuro to join Konoha, this kind of thing like giving favors and making people feel a sense of belonging must of course be done by the third generation himself.
"I will return to the Kingdom of Kawa tomorrow and meet up with Tsunade-sama. I can only ask you for the rest."
"You tell Tsunade, I will take care of this matter. By the way, how old is the child this year?"
The older he gets, the harder it is to convince him to feel a sense of belonging to Konoha.
"He looks like he is eight or nine years old, but after Tsunade-sama treated him, he judged that his body should be about six years old."
"Well, that's the right age. Plus, he doesn't know how to extract chakra yet. There's a place just right for him. At least he won't be so lonely when he first arrives."
[It is also convenient to observe the child’s temperament.]
A hint of surprise flashed through Sandai's old eyes, and he called: "Kakashi."
"Yes." Kakashi opened the door and walked in with an ANBU mask on his face.
"Before going to school tomorrow, tell Mr. Oishuke, the first grader, to add another child to their class."
