Autumn comes with midterm exams that students are quite disgusted with. These little ninjas who will be in charge of their own in the future have to face tests that make them scratch their ears and cheeks, and the teacher's random test, and there is always a bunch of low-pressure clouds gathering in the classroom. Mr. Ito, who teaches illusions, always says that there has been a lot of wailing on campus lately, and it's too scary.

Even the wooden stakes used in the playground to practice shuriken throwing have to queue up to use them. Not to mention the grove near the school, the trunk of each tree is full of kunai scratches, and I don't know which hard-working child keeps practicing hard after class.

The tense and enthusiastic atmosphere did not affect Uchiha Itachi in the slightest.

His assignments have always been neatly handwritten and his answers are perfect, and he can even be used as a reference answer for teachers. From the neat cover to Mai Trin's parents' signatures, everything is pleasing to the eye and satisfying. The upcoming midterm exams have not affected this Uchiha Itachi student who has always been a leader in grades.

On the day of the physical skills test, Itachi-san also seemed very calm, completely different from the students of the same period - those nervous students secretly passed on the horror of Teacher Asami in private, and they were sweating while holding Kunai's hands.

"You know what? This glasses teacher exam is very rigorous. If there is a non-standard posture in shuriken, you will fail. Then she will preach to you for an hour, making you think that your mother's verbosity is like the singing of angels. ”

"Is it really that scary?"

"That's right, the last time she lectured Uchiha Itachi for an hour, Uchiha Itachi actually threw a shuriken crooked—something that never happened. What a terrible glasses teacher! ”

Asami-sensei pretended not to hear the students' fearful words, and sat on the swing under the bare tree with a ballpoint pen and a registration book in hand, watching the students line up for the battle test.

The half-grown children frowned, like little ninjas, seriously attacking each other with kunai or shuriken. Some excellent people have already begun to use ninjutsu, such as stand-in and transformation, while some naïve children will only stare at each other and pull each other's collars without moving.

Out of this group, Uchiha Itachi stands out. His physical skills are excellent, just like his grades in other subjects.

Maybe his opponent is too weak.

Itachi Uchiha only needed a light kick and an elbow blow to subdue someone beautifully. His kunai hadn't even made a move, and the shuriken was still obediently in the ninja bag.

"Pretty." Asami couldn't help but exclaim.

Although it is placed in an ordinary ninja, such skills are still too inferior. But among children of the same age, Uchiha Itachi is already far ahead. I can't help myself, and Mr. Asami secretly added a note to Uchiha Itachi's name: It must be a full score.

Excellent, well-behaved, gentle, good at thinking, intelligent, and from a famous family.

Such a child is really looking forward to his future.

Uchiha Itachi's midterm test results were as good as Asami imagined. Through guò other teachers, Asami learns that the child is applying for early graduation. If Itachi can pass next year's graduation test, he will become a ninja in advance.

It takes only one year to complete all the coursework, which is extremely rare.

When Asami handed the homework book back to Itachi's hand, she asked one more word, "-Why are you working so hard?" ”

The answer I got was "I want to protect others as much as I can, without waiting for others to protect me".

Although it is a fairy tale, it inspires Ms. Asami deeply. Ms. Asami, who also takes care of the senior culture class, asked a question in class: "What do you want to do most after becoming a ninja?" ”

There are all kinds of answers, and many of them make Asami cry and laugh.

"I'm going to make a lot of money, buy a big, big house and have a cat."

- Well, idealistic, promising......

"I want to be the Hokage and have my head engraved on Yan Yan for future generations to admire."

- Engraving is nothing but a symbol, which will one day be weathered and smoothed by time. It's good to be happy.

"I want to keep the peace of this world!"

- Ambitious, good.

Asami-sensei also asked Itachi Uchiha about the same question.

The black-haired boy was carrying a crossbody bag, and his short black hair, which was halfway up to his shoulders, was tied up with a small hair loop, but it was really as Asami had expected, with cute pigtails.

"I want to protect the people I like." Itachi Uchiha said, "I want to protect my family from the terrible war, or to do what I can to care for the vulnerable. Well...... Also, a teacher who is very gentle in protection. ”

Asami laughed, pushing her glasses with her middle finger and crouching down in front of Itachi Uchiha. Through the thick lenses, she looked at the young child's immature face and said, "Teachers don't need protection. ”

"That's right." Itachi replied, but was not disappointed by Asami's reply.

Also, don't make such promises lightly. What if that doesn't happen? Asami smiled and said to her students, "Wouldn't it be sad if this promise could not be fulfilled?" Teachers do not need protection. ”

"It's going to happen." The Uchiha Itachi tugged at his harness and said, "I'll grow up, sensei." ”

This kid is really helpless.

Only Asami knew that this promise would not be fulfilled.

"Teacher." Uchiha Itachi suddenly made a request: "The hair on your forehead is scattered. Do you need me to help you get it back? ”

Asami was stunned for a moment.

She has never paid much attention to her image, and her long red hair is tied up in a ponytail. Suddenly pointed out by the student that she was sloppy, she even felt a little embarrassed.

This child probably combs his mother's hair at home.

Asami tugged at a strand of her loose red hair, and mercilessly rejected the black-haired little guy: "Teacher's hair is not something you can comb casually - let's talk about it when you grow up, Uchiha-san." ”

Anyway, when I grow up, I can't touch Asami-sensei's hair.

×

Late autumn is passing, and winter is quietly coming. Before the coldest season approaches, the ninja school conducts its final test. On the last day of the semester, the students walked out of the school gates, either with sad faces or with excitement on their faces.

Mr. Ito, who was in charge of announcing the results, was finally able to rest, and sat down on the steps of the doorway without a figure, looking like a salted fish. Mr. Yamaguchi, who was in charge of the ninjutsu test, walked up and down the corridor over and over again, chanting the names of the students who had to take the test.

By the time the troublesome and exhausting last day had passed, the group of teachers had entered a long vacation.

"Asami, do you live in the school even during the winter holidays? Don't you spend the New Year with your family? ”

"Asami doesn't seem to have a family. I have been living alone in the school all the time. ”

"That's right...... I'm sorry. Isn't Asami's New Year to be celebrated alone? ”

The words of his colleagues were full of pity, but Asami, who was alone, didn't care at all. I have long been accustomed to living alone, and it is normal to be unaccompanied.

Such a free and easy situation was broken when I went to the street to buy one day.

Rare red hair and rare red hair will always have an indescribable sense of closeness, especially for Uzumaki Kushina, who is alone in a foreign land and has died in his hometown. This sassy, cheerful and outgoing Vortex couldn't help but rush forward when he saw a conspicuous red on the street.

"You're the ...... That, the one who trained the water gate, a super handsome female ninja, right? Wearing a dark green dress, Kushina was full of excitement in front of Asami, not looking like a housewife who had already married a woman, she still maintained the liveliness and curiosity of her girlhood: "Are you also a member of the Uzumaki clan?" ”

Asami stepped on slippers, half-open sleepy eyes, and carried a plastic bag from a convenience store, and she answered Kushina's question in a somewhat sleepy tone: "It's not belch...... It's not a member of the Uzumaki clan, it's not dyed, it's not a wig, it's just red. ”

Similar questions have been answered countless times, and Asami already has a fixed answer.

Kushina was a little lost, but she was still very affectionately next to Asami, not at all lazy in Asami's holiday state. "I've heard that you're very good at storytelling and lecturing," she asked, "and you're able to scare students." That's pretty impressive...... Like I used to beat disobedient boys until they were convinced. ”

The lively and active Kushina gave Asami, who was a chatter, a sense of crisis for the first time.

There are people in this world who can talk more than themselves.

Asami immediately turned on the preachy chatter mode. As a result, the terrible chatter attracted Kushina's approval. The two of you said a word, I said a word, and accidentally chatted all the way, from "how to correct the evil behavior of human children bullying their peers" to "What's wrong with red hair!" Why are you laughing at me for being a tomato, how delicious tomatoes are, what's wrong with tomatoes! How dare you look down on tomatoes! ”

Coming to the downstairs where Bo Feng Shui Gate lived, Jiu Xinnai was quite reluctant.

"- How beautiful the redhead is! The aesthetics of the Fire Nation are incomprehensible to me! What a small pepper big tomato! It's too much! Kushina said indignantly, "It's good that I haven't heard it anymore." ”

Ms. Asami, who was wearing slippers, shook the plastic bag in her hand in agreement.

She can't talk anymore.

Yu Kou escaped to meet her opponent, and she could only concede three points.

In this game, Uzumaki Kushina won.