Half a year passed, and finally, the time came for Haryu's generation to start school. Led by their parents, some children were bouncing with joy, their mouths wide open with excitement to see their new classmates; some were complaining about the trouble, dragging their feet all the way, needing their parents to pull them along; and some didn't have their parents with them…
Among these children was Haryu.
"Grandpa, I can go by myself. You don't have to go out of your way for me. I can go to school, and you can rest. See you later, Grandpa." Haryu declined the Third Hokage's kindness and headed towards the opening ceremony on his own. For him, the routes in the village were already familiar, there was no way he'd get lost. He also liked quiet, as soon as he left the house, he jumped onto the roof and started strolling on other people's rooftops.
"Will I be a dead last? I still don't know the strength of the other kids in the village." As always, his first thought upon starting school was the strength of his classmates. From a normal person's point of view, the first thing everyone needs to pay attention to is the personality of their classmates. But Haryu was Haryu, if he didn't have this kind of thinking, he wouldn't have achieved what he had today.
In the past six months, he had made significant progress. Not to mention taijutsu, in terms of ninjutsu alone, he had transformed all the D-rank ninjutsu of all the attributes he had learned before into corresponding C-rank ninjutsu according to his own wishes. And the Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation he had used before was even more refined in its control.
Evolving ninjutsu from D to C wasn't just a simple matter of changing techniques. It required changing the chakra transmission, improving the chakra release, and even completely changing the release mode. And for a child under six years old to have completed the improvement of five ninjutsu in just half a year was no small feat.
While Haryu was making great strides, Naruto wasn't idle either. He had also seemingly become smarter in the past six months, learning to tap into his chakra. This instantly put his natural Uzumaki clan bloodline to good use, and because of this, he also gained a lot of space to store chakra. It's no exaggeration to say that his chakra was now more than five times that of Haryu's, and he could simultaneously use up to a hundred shadow clones at a time. This could literally turn a one-on-one fight into a group fight! In the student era, before mastering ninjutsu, numbers were the trump card. Ants can kill an elephant if there are enough of them, let alone Naruto's strength, it was like a group of elephants stomping on ants.
Looking at Sasuke again, he had naturally inherited Fire and Lightning chakra, but he specialized in Fire Release. At such a young age, he had already mastered many C-rank Fire Release techniques. Even Uchiha Itachi hadn't achieved this when he was younger. During this time, he had also gotten his wish several times, dragging Itachi to train shuriken techniques with him. Under Itachi's exquisite, dazzling techniques, Sasuke had also learned a thing or two. At least, he could hit some blind spots behind objects.
These two weren't like Haryu, who knew nothing about the outside world. Their parents were both high-ranking officials, so they naturally knew the general level of the children in the village. Fugaku and Minato had to remind Sasuke and Naruto every day not to lose their childhood innocence because of training, that they shouldn't only focus on training like an old man at their age. What child doesn't like to play? But on this issue, their answers were surprisingly similar: "If we don't train hard, we'll be left behind by Haryu. Then I'll be too embarrassed to play with him anymore."
Did Haryu really put that much pressure on them?
You have to know that the 31st training ground was now practically Haryu's private training ground. Whenever a ninja wanted to train there, they would always see Haryu's diligent figure. Of course, there were also people who wanted to take over the training ground. But they were all just Genin. Currently, there were no more than three teams in the village that could beat Haryu, so those who challenged him would naturally be defeated. As for those above the level of Chunin, each had their own familiar training grounds, they weren't fixed to the training grounds in Konoha. So, in the past six months, besides Haryu, only Sasuke and Naruto had occasionally visited the 31st training ground.
While Haryu was still thinking about how to test his classmates' strength, he unknowingly arrived at the school rooftop. Seeing this, he didn't hesitate to jump off the roof and land in a corner far from the podium. It seemed like no one noticed.
It seemed like.
"Haryu! Why are you so late?" Sure enough, only Naruto would be so enthusiastic towards him. Haryu looked up and also saw Sasuke beside Naruto.
"Good morning."
"Hey, good morning, has it started?" Haryu looked at the two of them, a little puzzled. Shouldn't they still be with their parents?
He guessed right.
"The speech started a long time ago! The parents are all gone, the person on stage is the old man who came to my house. Everyone calls him the Third Hokage!" Naruto didn't need Haryu to ask, he would naturally reveal everything he knew. His innocence was truly unmatched.
"I see." Haryu murmured. "We should go listen carefully, or the Third Hokage might get angry."
"Okay." Sasuke was still so cold, as if he didn't want to say a word. But if Itachi was here, he would know that Sasuke was still sulking. After all, the proud little Sasuke still couldn't swallow the fact that he had been defeated by Haryu!
The area below the stage was in disarray, most of the children were leaning against their parents and sleeping, and the speech on stage was nearing its end. No one knew how the Third Hokage could talk for so long, it was longer than a jutsu.
" … As long as there are leaves dancing, fire will burn! Children, pass on the Will of Fire!"
"Good!" Naruto was instantly moved by the impassioned speech, even though he only heard this one sentence, he cried and shouted "good" with a snotty nose. A lot of eyes focused on Naruto, while Sasuke quickly hid behind a nearby tree. He couldn't stand being scrutinized by a group of strangers.
"Oh, no." Haryu could only cry out in dismay at this point, any other action would be even more conspicuous. So, he had to directly cover Naruto's mouth, pinch his throat, and forcefully drag him aside.
After the limelight passed, he quickly removed his hand from Naruto's mouth and rubbed it hard on his clothes.
"Alright, everyone wake up, it's time to start school." Iruka-sensei appeared at the right time. He was a veteran teacher at this ninja school. Although he wasn't very strong on the battlefield, his gentleness, comparable to Minato's, and his strong theoretical knowledge made him perfectly suited to the role of teacher.
Hearing such a warm voice, the new students also relaxed their guard and left their parents one after another, walking into the school on their own.
"Let's go too." Haryu pulled Naruto and Sasuke, following the crowd inside.
But the hands he was holding were instantly pulled away. Sasuke, naturally, didn't like physical contact. As for Naruto, he didn't need Haryu to pull him at all, he had already run far ahead.
"Naruto!" Haryu called out, but Naruto, who was at the front, was still yelling, so he couldn't hear Haryu's voice.
It didn't take a few steps to reach the school's playground, where they were preparing for the first assembly.
The students had heard that the teachers at the school would divide the classes freely, then directly start activities with their class, so that everyone could get to know each other. But this year was obviously different. Some equipment had already been set up on the playground.
"Alright, children, quiet down! The first thing we're going to do is a test! This year's class division is different from previous years! Outstanding top students can enter deeper levels of teaching. So now, you all need to complete all the items on the field one by one! Those who rank high in average scores, or have outstanding scores in a single item, will be eligible to enter the advanced class! Warm up yourselves! The test will begin in half an hour!" Standing on the stage was Morino Ibiki, with his iconic scar face, wearing a black headband and a black coat.
Hearing such a stern and imposing voice, the students naturally divided into two types.
One type, like Naruto, was: "Wow, who is this? He's so cool, much more imposing than my dad!"
The other type was speechless with fear.
But in the next second, they all became the first type.
Ibiki saw that none of the children were moving, they were all standing there dumbfounded, not a single one was preparing, so he drew out the whip he always carried, whipped the ground hard with it, and roared: "Hurry up! What are you all doing?"
The students screamed and ran away.
"Ibiki, that's a bit too much, isn't it?" Iruka looked at Ibiki with a wry smile, he trusted Ibiki, who was in the Criminal Investigation Division, but he couldn't stand it, as he always cared for the children.
"If you don't make the children listen, they'll easily cause trouble on the battlefield." Ibiki was a true poker face, no matter how hard he tried, his face wouldn't move except for his eyelids and lips.
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In a remote, little-known deep mountain in the Shinobi World.
"How is the seed doing?"
"He's developing well, worthy of our Otsutsuki bloodline. He's truly a genius."
"Is anyone with him?"
"Yes. The scout division leader, Haryu, is personally watching him. He will report directly if there's any problem."
"Good, that's good. My Otsutsuki clan has been hiding for too long, it's time to let the world feel the absolute authority of the Otsutsuki clan again!"
"Long live the clan leader!"
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