Chapter 14 Graduation
Konoha 36, February.
The war between Konoha and Sunagakure lasted for two years and was not over yet.
As the number of ninjas mobilized by both sides increases, medicines and supplies are also transported to the front line in large numbers, showing that the war has not stopped at all.
The students in the same class as Shiroshi who did not choose to graduate by skipping grades are already sixth-grade graduates.
There will be a school graduation assessment in March, and the students who pass the assessment will leave the ninja school and become the official genin within the Konoha system.
However, according to Shiroshi's prediction, the so-called graduation assessment is actually just a formality.
The teachers of the school must have the detailed information of the students in their hands. In fact, which students can graduate and which students need to repeat the grades, it has already been arranged.
After all, the frontline is tight at this time, and more new troops are needed to go to the frontline for support. For example, the new generation of medical ninjas like Shiroshi need to accumulate experience on the battlefield before they can play a better role in the medical field in the future.
So at this time, Shiroshi only needs to go to school in the morning according to the usual schedule, go to the hospital in the afternoon for an internship, and come back to do research in the evening.
...
Nearly a month passed without a sound, and it was the morning of graduation.
The weather was bright, and the crisp chirping of birds echoed in the somewhat empty courtyard. The maids were quietly holding cleaning tools and working hard early in the morning.
It's completely different from the spoiled kid who has been eating and drinking for free here for several years and does nothing at all. These maids are still very competent.
Because today is the graduation test, in order to keep the students in good condition, there is no need to go to school too early today, just be in the test room before nine o'clock.
Shiroshi slept until seven o'clock in the morning before waking up, feeling that life would not be too peaceful after today.
A few days ago, Shiroshi had interrupted his research. The large-scale equipment in the laboratory was transferred by the ninja cats summoned by Ruri and hid in a very safe and hidden place. Shiroshi only carried the scrolls that recorded the research results. Of course, these things are the most comfortable when you put them on yourself.
Soon, after having breakfast with Ruri, they set off for the school.
In the designated examination room. The rest of the students are partially nervous and partially relaxed. For most people, the graduation exam is not a particularly difficult test.
The examiner in Shiroshi's examination room is his head teacher, Fujimura Okawa. Before he knew it, six years of school had passed, and Shiroshi couldn't help feeling emotional when he looked at Mr. Fujimura Okawa, who was still single.
"The content of the graduation exam are the three basic techniques, as long as two of them meet the standard you pass. Not much nonsense, just follow the vacancy one by one."
After speaking, Fujimura Okawa walked into the vacant classroom next to the examination room.
Along with Fujimura Okawa, there were also two Chunin examiners.
According to the order of seats, the person whose name is called will go to the next classroom alone to take the skill assessment. These are also the three basic ninjutsu that one is often exposed to in the ninja school for six years.
It is theoretically impossible for anyone to fail this extremely simple exam.
In the quiet atmosphere, it was Shiroshi's turn.
There is no difficulty in the three basic techniques, and it only takes two ninjutsus to meet the standard to successfully obtain the Konoha forehead protection.
Shiroshi stood still in the center of the examination room, his hands began to form seals, and he concentrated on the three basic techniques.
"Congratulations, Chiba-san, you are qualified."
After watching Shiroshi's three basic techniques, all of them reached the standard, which was not beyond Fujimura Okawa's expectations.
Shiroshi was one of the few students in his class who had a solid foundation. As long as he followed the usual rhythm, the graduation exam was just a transition.
"Thank you Fujimura-sensei."
Shiroshi bowed slightly, thanking him.
The Konoha forehead was successfully obtained from Fujimura Okawa. At this moment, it means that Shiroshi is already a qualified Konoha ninja.
In other people's minds, this must be what they think.
The graduation exam ended in such a dull atmosphere.
There is nothing to do for the rest of the day, just wait for the shift tomorrow morning.
"I'm really looking forward to who will be the leader of the team tomorrow? I heard that if there are outstanding students, the teacher assigned to the team after graduation will be a Jonin. For a team like mine, the leader of the team may be a special Jonin."
On the way back, Shiroshi began to guess who his leading teacher would be tomorrow.
"You're with me."
Ruri suddenly spoke.
"Eh?"
Shiroshi looked at Ruri in a dumbfounded way.
"What's your expression like? Are you dissatisfied with being in a team with me?"
"Ah, that, no, I just wasn't informed about this."
"Because I don't think I need to ask your opinion, and your opinion has no place for reference. Since you have brought this matter up now, let me tell you a little bit."
Ruri speaks the truth.
Honestly, it's a bit of a blow to say that.
But Shiroshi wasn't someone who cared about such trivial matters.
"If that's the case, then the teacher leading the team is likely to be a very strong Jonin."
Shiroshi has a very intuitive understanding of Ruri's strength.
She is almost twelve years old, and her strength is no longer inferior to that of an ordinary Jonin.
Coupled with her strong personality, if it is a normal leader of the team, there is a high probability that they will not be able to control Ruri, causing serious cracks in the team.
If he and Ruri belonged to the same team, then the teacher who led the team would definitely not be an ordinary Jonin.
"The clan only told me that it is a very powerful Jonin, as for who it is I don't know."
"I don't know if this is unfortunate or lucky."
An excellent team leader can improve the efficiency of a team's mission execution, and the survival rate will also be greatly improved.
But on the other hand, the stronger the team leader, the more likely his true strength will be detected.
Good and bad are always relative.
"At that time, you only need to use your medical ninjutsu expertise."
"That's right. After all, arranging a medical ninja in the team is the most reasonable team lineup in the village. The first to enjoy the benefits of medical ninjas will of course be the Jonin team that performs tasks more efficiently."
Thinking of it this way, it seems reasonable that he was arranged to be in a team with Ruri.
Due to the scarcity of medical ninjas only a very small number of elite teams are qualified to be equipped with medical ninjas.
The strength he has shown is not remarkable, but as a medical ninja, his importance is no less than that of an ordinary chunin, and it is not strange to be assigned to the elite group.
...
The next morning.
The students who successfully graduated yesterday and received their forehead guards will gather in their respective classes for the last team placement meeting.
Fujimura Okawa, who was standing in front of the podium, spoke in a voice that could be heard by the entire classroom.
"First of all, congratulations to you. From the moment you got your forehead guards, you are a ninja on your own. Since there is a war going on outside, don't think that being a ninja is something to be happy about. Because you are a bunch of rookies now. Remember , don't think that the battelfield is a game or it will kill you!"
Different from his usual self Mr. Fujimura's face is very serious, and his eyes are full of concern and worry.
He was stunned by his words, even though the usually lively and active students wanted to say some jokes to cheer up the atmosphere, but when they saw Fujimura Okawa's serious and cold expression, they swallowed their saliva in fear and sat in their seat honestly.
Fujimura Okawa realized that his words might be a little heavy, but he would rather he made the path of a ninja a little bloody and cruel, as he did not want them to die with innocent ideas.
Fujimura Okawa began to call the names in groups of three.
Soon, Shiroshi heard the group he was in.
"The fifth class, Uchiha Ruri, Hyuga Ayane, Chiba Shiroshi. You are a group of three."
Over there, Fujimura Okawa still wanted to name his name, but Shiroshi and the three of them looked at each other, as if they wanted to re-evaluate their future teammates.
" Please take care of me in the future, Shiroshi-kun, Ruri."
Ayane was wearing a white ninja suit, her long black straight hair draped softly over her shoulders, and her white pupils had a distant but polite smile.
"As long as you don't hold me back."
Ruri did not express dissatisfaction with Ayane being in the team.
Rather, this is the perfect match.
Usually, she also pays attention to Ayane. After all, like her, she has a Kekkai Genkai, and the Byakugan is more functional than the Sharingan in many cases.
"By the way, this guy is very weak and can do nothing except medical ninjutsu. You have to be mentally prepared."
Ruri unceremoniously belittled Shiroshi's fighting ability.
"Well, I see. After all, the fact that most medical ninjas are weak is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Leave the battle to me and Ruri."
Ayane's meaning is very clear, Shiroshi is in charge of medical work, and the battle is left to the two of them to handle.
It sounds reasonable, but Shiroshi always felt that there was a very subtle meaning of comparison in Ayane's tone.
An illusion?
Aside from that, there was another thing that made Shiroshi a little worried.
Byakugan, Sharingan, Medical Ninja, and a powerful Jonin... This team doesn't look like it's doing ordinary tasks.
…
Ninja School Rooftop.
A man of about twenty-six wearing a Jonin uniform, with long silver-white hair, a red triangle armband on his left shoulder, and a short chakra knife on his back.
He sits on the edge of the railing on the roof, his hands are spread out naturally and generously, and the smile on his face is hearty and confident, giving people a sense of closeness.
In this way, it looks like a completely ordinary person, without a trace of Shinobi spirit.
He introduced himself this way:
"I'm Hatake Sakumo. From today onwards, I'm your guide, Jonin. I'm good at using chakra swords. That's about it. Because we will form a team of four next, I think it's better for us to get to know each other. "
After Sakumo introduced himself, Shiroshi was the first to set an example:
"Well, I'm Chiba Shiroshi. I'm not very good at taijutsu and genjutsu. The only ninjutsu I'm good at is medical ninjutsu. Well, that's it."
"I'm Ayane Hyuga, I can use the Byakugan eyes of the Hyuga clan, as well as the gentle fist that matches with my eyes."
"Uchiha Ruri, I'm good at using the Sharingan and fire style jutsu."
They briefly explained what they were good at, and the Byakugan and Sharingan are the two most important Kekkai Genkai in Konoha, Sakumo nodded in satisfaction.
Although he had experience in leading a team before, this time the team is different.
Medical ninja, Byakugan, and an Sharingan can be considered a perfect team formation.
Sakumo could also feel how heavy the burden on him was going to be.
Just when Sakumo was about to speak, Ruri rushed infront of Sakumo without warning with a Kunai, mercilessly stabbing towards Sakumo's body.
"Ruri!"
Shiroshi and Ayane shouted from behind.
But Ruri did not stop her attack.
However, in the next moment, a scene appeared that made everyone dumbfounded.
Sakumo appeared behind Ruri at some point, pressed Ruri's head with his broad palm, and bent the palm of her hand that held the Kunai behind her back making her unable to move.
Not only Shiroshi and Ayane were deeply surprised, but even Ruri was stunned, unable to realize the fact of her failure for a while.
At this time, her double tomoe Sharingan eyes had been completely opened. She did not expect that Sakumo would not only avoid her illusions, but also subdue her from behind without her even noticing.
Sakumo's body flicker technique is so fast that it's hard for her Sharingan eyes to catch it.
"How about it, can you listen to me now and let me finish what I have to say?"
Sakumo let go of Ruri, the smile on his face was very gentle, and he was not angry at all because of Ruri's unreasonable trouble.
Ruri put away her Kunai, the aura of her whole body shrunk, and said in a very serious tone:
"As expected of the ninja known as 'White Fang', if the captain is you, I have no objections."
A simple fight, let Ruri understand how huge the gap between herself and Sakumo is.
Acknowledging the strength of Sakumo.
"It seems that our team will get along very well in the future."
Sakumo made this judgment when he heard Ruri say this.
Ruri leaned back to her original position, and Shiroshi and Ayane breathed a sigh of relief.
It is impossible for them not to worry.
The man in front of them named Hatake Sakumo is the Konoha Jonin who is known as 'White Fang'.
Even somone as strong as the Sannin would be eclipsed by him.
It is not an exaggeration to call him the strongest Konoha Jonin.
And he showed the ability to easily subdue Ruri, which made Shiroshi and Ayane feel that he was unfathomable.
"Um, Sakumo-sensei, I heard that the guide Jonin will use survival exercises to test the strength of the newly graduated Genin..."
Shiroshi saw that the atmosphere was a little awkward,
He took the initiative to talk about the survival exercise.
"No, I'm very satisfied with the abilities of the three of you. Basically, there is nothing to test, so you all passed."
Sakumo announced in an easy-going tone.
Should you be so casual, are you really the White Fang?Shiroshi groaned in his heart.
He thought that there was going to be a very cruel and serious survival exercise, but he didn't expect that Sakumo would easily judge them to be qualified.
"Then what are we going to do now?" Shiroshi asked.
"Well..." Sakumo touched his chin, looked up at the sky, and suddenly smiled: "It's almost noon, how about we go to have a barbecue together, the teacher treats you as a guest."
Ayane's eyes suddenly lit up.
Shiroshi and Ruri seemed to recall memories from a long time ago.
"Sakumo-sensei, I think it's better that we each pay for ourselves..."
"Why, are you worried that your teacher's money is not enough? Don't worry, just eat, there is no need to worry about the teacher's wallet."
Shiroshi sighed when he saw that Sakumo was determined to treat his guests to barbecue.
"Sakumo-sensei, I reminded you, no matter what happens next, please stay calm and don't get excited."
After Shiroshi finished saying those words, Sakumo looked at Shiroshi inexplicably.
...
An hour and a half later, in the barbecue restaurant, the owner smiled and stretched out his hand to ask Sakumo for money.
"Thanks for your patronage, removing the fraction, a total of 300,000 Ryo."
Quoting a price that breaks Sakumo a little bit.
"..."
Sakumo looked back with a smile,The calm Ayane glanced at the hundreds of plates piled up behind her, and the ingredients basically went into her stomach.
He finally understood what Shiroshi said not long ago.
"That, Ayane, when you were born, did someone hold you wrong in the hospital? Are you actually from the Akimichi clan?"
"Sakumo-sensei really likes to make jokes. You can tell by looking at my eyes that I am a pure Hyuga clan ninja."
Ayane blinked her pure white pupils.
That's why it feels so weird.
Sakumo didn't remember that the Hyuga clan would have an appetite comparable to the Akimichi clan ninjas.
No, at this age, even the Akimichi clan ninja of the same age may not have such a large appetite.
Sakumo shook his head and had to pick up his wallet to pay.
Then, he was stunned and stood there awkwardly.
"What's the matter, Sakumo-sensei?"
"Ah, that, can you wait here for a while? I don't seem to have enough money in my wallet. I'll go home and get it. Don't worry, I'll be back soon."
Shiroshi three people: "..."
Ruri let out a sigh, and before Sakumo went home to get the money, she took out her wallet from her pocket and slapped thirty brand new 10,000 Ryo on the counter.
"It seems that the so-called Konoha White Fang is nothing special."
Ruri was brooding because she was subdued by Sakumo before, but now she finally seized the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.
"It's nothing special."
"It's really nothing special."
Shiroshi and Ayane stuck the knife in one after the other.
" You three..."
Sakumo smiled wryly, just because he didn't bring enough money, was there any need to harm him like this?
(Chapter End)