One hundred and seventy-sixth two teams, monthly pass]
The next morning.
The sky turned fish belly white.
At yesterday's training ground, at 5:30, Metkai, who was used to getting up early, was already waiting here. At 5:45, the well-behaved Yuhi Kurenai also arrived here.
Even Asuma, who was used to sleeping in and was full of resentment towards Toneri, was stuck at the training ground at 5:59.
After what Sarutobi Hiruzen said last night, Asuma had a completely new understanding of Toneri's existence.
Not only that, Toneri had the personal approval of Sarutobi Hiruzen, and he could beat Asuma as he pleased, but he would not dare to act arrogantly in front of Toneri.
But after all three people arrived, they watched time passing by little by little. The hour hand moved slowly, and after a slight jump, it finally jumped to the number six when the minute hand reached the number twelve.
It's six o'clock!
It's just that they watched the time reach six o'clock, but they didn't see Toneri appear.
"I said, isn't that guy late?"
Asuma watched as five minutes passed, but Toneri still didn't show up, and he couldn't stand his bad temper anymore.
However, time passed again for five minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes...
Asma felt that what the old man said last night was to bluff him, right?
Is it possible for a person with such no concept of time to become Hokage?
As a leading teacher who should play a role as a benchmark in a team, he was openly late!!
And it's not just one minute late, it's two minutes, and no one is seen for half an hour.
Asmako looked at his teammates. Seeing that nothing happened, Metkai fell on the ground and started doing push-ups without wasting any time.
Yuhi Kurenai sat aside obediently, supporting her head with her hands.
It was obvious that it was not only Asuma and his son who were talking last night, but also the father and daughter Yuhi Kurenai and Yuhi Mako.
Others may not know it, but as a Jonin and a chuunin and genin instructor with a high status, he knows some of Toneri's status in ANBU and his exaggerated mission completion rate.
So he paid special attention to Yuhi Kurenai, trying to be good and listen to Toneri's words.
So Yuhi Kurenai didn't complain.
However, an hour passed and they still didn't wait for Shiren.
When the sun set overhead, it still didn't appear.
After finishing his training all morning, Metkai stood up and looked at Asuma and Sunset Hong with a puzzled look on his face: "Master Toneri hasn't come yet?"
With a dark face, Asma turned his head and decided not to speak. In the past few hours, he had already complained about everything he should complain about.
Even the well-behaved Yuhi Kurenai was sitting on the ground until her legs were almost numb.
Just when they were wondering if Toneri had forgotten them, that familiar voice sounded in their ears.
"Not bad, not bad. It seems that you have persisted until now, so let's consider you to have passed today's assessment."
Toneri didn't know when he appeared on the tree next to him, squatting down and watching them.
I silently praised myself for my wit.
In fact, it's not like he forgot, it's just that he was inspired last night and has been doing experiments until now.
Suddenly it occurred to me that I seemed to be letting go of my doves today.
When I rushed over, I saw that these three little guys had not left yet, and an idea suddenly came to my mind, and I came up with this reason.
Metkai looked at Toneri with bright eyes and said excitedly: "Teacher Toneri, are you testing us?"
Whoosh——
Shiren jumped down from the tree, stood next to Metkai, patted his shoulder gently, and said with a smile: "Yes, this is a test for you, this is a test of your patience and perseverance.
A simple test, overall, not bad.”
"Really?"
Asuma looked at Toneri, who had an indifferent expression, with suspicion in his heart.
Are you sure it's not because you forgot about us and now you want to find an excuse to get over it?
As if he saw the doubt in Asuma's eyes, Toneri coughed lightly.
"Ahem, what? Do you doubt my test of you? To tell you the truth, I have been paying attention to you.
In this assessment, the best one is undoubtedly Kai. Not only was he the first to arrive, but he has also been training hard until now, right? Kai?"
Hearing Toneri say that he had been paying attention to them, Kai suddenly felt that the strength of his body that had just finished exercising had returned again.
He gave a thumbs up and showed his signature bright teeth, "Teacher Toneri, this is youth!"
Feeling the reflection of Kai's unobstructed teeth and the explosive hormones, it was almost unbearable to look at it.
Turn your head.
Then he continued: "As for Hong, she was the second to arrive, and she has been sitting here obediently waiting for me to appear.
As for you!"
Pointing at Asma's face, he said word by word: "Asma, you are the last one to arrive, and you are also the one who complains the most. Fortunately, you only complained and did not leave. Otherwise, you would have passed this assessment."
If you don’t pass, you’ll have to go back to ninja school for another year!”
Shiren spoke with confidence, as if he had seen all this with his own eyes.
In fact, he didn't see anything at all, but based on the personalities of the three of them and the traces left at the scene, it is not difficult to analyze these things.
There were still a lot of water stains on the ground around Metkai, and there was still a lot of sweat on his body. Finally, there was a slight rush of breathing, which all showed that he was working hard.
There were a lot of footprints left next to Yuhi Kurenai, or there were one person's footprints left in the entire venue. There was no doubt that they belonged to Esma Sarutobi.
Under Yuri Hong's body, there remains a deep butt mark.
But his confident words made Asuma no longer have any doubts.
"Finally, the deception has passed. My glorious image as a teacher..."
Shiren sighed silently in his heart.
As a team leader, if you gather everyone on the first day and then let them go for a long time, this is obviously not very friendly.
But judging from what he just observed, he was also very pleased with Metkai's efforts.
With such a diligent and self-conscious disciple, as his teacher, he is very confident about Metkai's future achievements. Even without him, it will not be much weaker, but with him, there will be fewer detours.
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"Let's go. To celebrate your passing my examination and becoming an official Konoha genin, I'll treat you to a meal! What do you want to eat?" Toneri said with a smile.
"Eat barbecue!" Metkai shouted immediately.
As a ninja who practices physical skills crazily, he needs to replenish a lot of energy every day, and meat is undoubtedly the best daily supplement.
"Okay! Let's go! I'll treat you to barbecue today!"
...
A group of people came to a busy street.
It has to be said that with the strong alliance between Ichiraku Ramen and Toneri Cattery, the slightly secluded street where they were originally has slowly turned into one of the bustling streets in Konoha.
Scheren, who had the foresight to buy most of the shops on the street a long time ago, has become a famous charterer.
The barbecue restaurant they went to today is a newly opened one on this street. As the landlord of Shiren, the discount is the most basic.
When pedestrians see Shiren, most of them will take the initiative to say hello, with a flattering smile on their face.
Asuma noticed this scene and began to believe Hiruzen Sarutobi's words again. He was indeed quite famous.
Not far from the barbecue restaurant, you can clearly smell a faint smell of fireworks and a strong smell of barbecue.
At this time, a group of people came forward. From a distance, the leader had eye-catching golden hair, but he was Namikaze Minato who had returned to Konoha not long ago after completing his training with Jiraiya.
Both of them were influential figures in Konoha in recent years, but it was a pity that after the White Fang incident, they almost disappeared from everyone's sight in Konoha at the same time.
But not long ago, they slowly reappeared in everyone's eyes.
The two brightest new stars in Konoha now meet on the street.
The people around them stopped one after another, their eyes moving over the two people, with undisguised expectations, envy, awe, etc. in their eyes.
The appearances of Toneri and Minato also met in mid-air at this moment.
Look at each other and smile.
"Toneri, how are you? Have you finished the assessment for them?" Minato looked at Asuma, Kai and Kurenai behind Toneri and said with a smile.
"Of course it's over, what about you?"
Toneri looked past Minato and saw the expressionless Kakashi behind him, the lively and cute Harano Rin with tape on her face, and the hopeful Obito.
No matter how much he intervenes, this fixed combination will never be broken up at all.
Minato took two bells from his waist, held them in his hands and waved them in front of Toneri.
The crisp sound clearly indicated his mood.
Toneri showed a genuine expression and patted him on the shoulder.
"You are so old-fashioned."
Minato, who was leading the team for the first time, was also keen on the tradition of grabbing bells.
"Which unlucky guy was finally taught a lesson by you?"
Minato didn't say anything, but judging from the reactions, expressions of several people, and Toneri's own understanding of them, there was no doubt that it was Obito.
You can't expose other people's wounds as soon as you meet them, and Sheren doesn't get too entangled in this issue.
"Now that we have met, let's come together. It will also be a good time for a few little ones to get close to each other."
"That's fine, anyway, you are a big business owner."
Minato, Toneri and six students, a total of eight people, chose a large private room.
When it comes to eating, Shiren is always generous, especially when it comes to filling his stomach.
And several students also truly saw today what it means to have an appetite comparable to that of the Akimichi clan.
There was a table full of barbecue, half of which went into Toneri's stomach, a small half of the remaining half went into Kai's stomach, and the rest was enough for the other six people.
Just from the amount of food eaten, one can tell the difference in physical skills between several people.
The two girls who ate the least were undoubtedly Yuhi Kurenai and Harano Lin.
And Kakashi, who always wore a mask, didn't eat much. Ever since Hatake Sakumo passed away, he looked listless.
However, Kakashi is the only one among the six students here who has reached the level of chunin. You must know that he was only six years old when he became a chunin. He was far older than their two teachers, who were called Konoha
The shining twin stars Minato and Toneri came much earlier.
Toneri noticed that throughout the meal, Kakashi's eyes were intentionally or unintentionally glancing at the round dance blade sheathed at his waist.
It wasn't just Kakashi who was staring at him, in fact Obito was undoubtedly the most eager one.
By eating a meal, Scheren, who has excellent observation skills, discovered a lot of interesting things.
He looked at Minato with questioning eyes, and what he got was his slightly helpless expression.
When Minato learned about the three disciples of his team from Sarutobi Hiruzen, Minato had a rough idea of what he would face.
Rin Harano and Uchiha Obito are okay, but as for Kakashi, because the death of Hatake Sakumo was a big blow to him, his whole personality has changed a lot.
The most obvious of which is the dedication to the Ninja Code.
But there is nothing we can do about it.
No matter how talented the young Kakashi was, he would not know the real reason for his father's death. He simply thought that Hatake Sakumo was the target of public criticism overnight because he violated the ninja code. In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore.
To resist the pressure, he chose to hang himself to end his life.
This had a huge impact on his young mind.
His father, who was regarded as his idol, actually passed away for this reason, which made him regard the ninja code as almost all his usual habits and the rules of his life.
In fact, in Minato's opinion, Toneri may be more suitable to be the teacher for the three of them than him.
Kakashi is good at using lightning escape and sword skills, which is very similar to Toneri. He also asked about Harano Lin's goal, which is to become a respected female medical ninja like Tsunade, not to mention Toneri's medical ninjutsu.
Konoha, which is now the best, can at least be ranked in the top three.
As for Uchiha Obito, as a member of the Uchiha clan, Toneri also has the experience of successfully getting along with members of the Uchiha clan.
Therefore, no matter which direction you look at it, it seems that Toneri is more suitable to be the mentor of the three of them than him.
Minato didn't know the reason, but Toneri knew it very well, especially after he had a deeper understanding of Sarutobi Hiruzen.
The incident of White Fang's death had just happened, and Jiraiya, who couldn't stand it anymore, took Minato and left Konoha. Therefore, even if Minato vaguely discovered some anomalies in this incident, he left before he had time to feel it carefully.
Although he felt something was wrong, his views on the cause of White Fang's death were similar to Kakashi's. Although from his own point of view, he was actually very supportive of White Fang's actions and choices, but when he came back, it had already passed.
After more than a year, everything has been settled.
Sarutobi Hiruzen would not let the White Fang incident continue to ferment. After banning the root, he immediately used the power of public opinion to change the direction. Therefore, when Minato came back, there was almost no abnormality at that time.
As a personal experience and participant, Sheren knows this matter very well.
Sarutobi Hiruzen did not want a genius like Kakashi to learn the truth about his father's death from Toneri, so as not to have unnecessary resentment towards Konoha and him as the Hokage.
Although Sarutobi Hiruzen believed that Toneri would not spread that matter around, he was not willing to take the risk in this regard.
Kakashi is a better genius than Orochimaru, he has the qualifications to be a pillar!
Moreover, Sarutobi Hiruzen also believed that Minato, who had a gentler personality than Toneri, could change and influence Kakashi's personality.
In addition, Toneri is indeed a more suitable person for Asuma than Minato, so this kind of classification will eventually occur.
As for why Obito is still in the same class as Kakashi, the best one is paired with the last one, there is nothing wrong with that.
"I didn't expect Teacher Toneri to be so good at eating! It's just like what dad said, a man! You should eat meat with big mouthfuls and a big bowl! Only in this way will you be more powerful!"
Kai looked at Toneri with admiration.
The lunch was not officially over until Shiren finished eating the last piece of meat.
When leaving the BBQ restaurant, Minato and Toneri were the last ones with a very humorous look.
"Toneri, you also know Kakashi's situation. In fact, what he is good at is exactly what you are good at. If you have the opportunity, you might as well try to teach him. After all..."
After all, Hatake Sakumo also taught him without reservation...
Toneri looked at Kakashi, who was obviously out of tune with the other five, and nodded calmly.
If Kakashi is willing to learn, he doesn't mind teaching. The relationship between Hatake Sakumo and Toneri is much closer than Minato realizes.
But just like Hatake Sakumo will not kill Kakashi and can only learn sword skills, he has the path he wants to take, so it depends on his own choice.
Minato deliberately lowered his voice, but he was a ninja no matter what, so he could hear what he said.
Kakashi, who was lazily walking by himself, paused for a moment. Next to him, Yuan Lin could clearly feel that the air around Kakashi seemed to be a little colder, and looked at the masked man with a cold personality with a little worry.
juvenile.
Obito, on the other hand, rushed to Toneri as if he couldn't feel the change in the atmosphere.
"Toshito Toneri, I heard that you have the ability to help us, the Uchiha clan, open our eyes? Captain Yoshinari of the police department was your former teammate. You helped him open his Sharingan. I wonder if you can also help.
Shall I turn it on?!
As long as I activate my Sharingan, I can definitely surpass the arrogant Kakashi! I am the genius of the Uchiha clan!"
"idiot."
Before Toneri could answer, Kakashi, who had resumed walking, said lightly and walked towards the door, looking so out of place.
"What did you say, bastard Kakashi?!"
"idiot."
Seeing that Obito was about to rush forward, Yuan Yelin grabbed him and said, "Obito, don't fight!"
"yes!"
Uchiha Obito, who was originally aggressive, suddenly turned into a docile cat at this moment, with a bright red blush on his face, and he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
Toner and Minato looked at each other.
From the time they met until now, Kakashi has only said two sentences, the two "idiots" he just complained about Obito. But it is exactly like this that Minato, the leading teacher, and Toneri, the special follower, see
There is a little hope.
Perhaps, Obito is the most suitable person to open Kakashi's heart.
"Rin, Toneri's medical ninjutsu was learned from Tsunade-sama. If you have any problems with medical ninjutsu, I believe that as a senior, he will not refuse." Minato said to Harano Rin.
"Really?!" Yuan Yelin's eyes lit up visibly.
Toneri looked at Minato, and the two made eye contact.
"Just think of me as begging you, two meals!"
"Ten meals, if there are no ten meals, there will be no discussion!"
"Five meals! That's the limit, and I don't have any savings."
"make a deal!"
The two ended their eye contact, and Toneri nodded with a smile on his face, "Yes, Lin, if you have any questions, you can come to me."
Minato could only silently feel sad for his wallet.