Chapter 1 Graduation
Some people say that time flies too fast, and others say that time is really hard to endure, and it passes too slowly. However, when people look back on the past, they will feel that time has really slipped away in a blink of an eye, leaving only subjective memories that do not know whether they are true or false. Is something that happened really like what you remember?
No one said clearly.
Standing in front of Iruka and taking over his ninja forehead guard, Yuzo was also reminiscing about the things he had experienced during the Hokage's years, those things that had only existed in his own memories.
Including the hard practice of day and night throughout the year, including the bits and pieces of getting along with Ino. There is the sense of anger and fear when you are assassinated, and there is also the quiet days when you lie in a hospital bed. His strength has skyrocketed in this year, and Chakra has reached the point where he is close to the upper ninja, and no one in the entire Konoha Ninja School has been able to defeat him, and he is recognized as a genius ninja in the entire Konoha school.
There was a sense of unreality, but the cold-touch forehead guard in his hand made him feel a little reassured.
One by one, the students stepped forward to collect their forehead guards, with one exception, Naruto. In this year, his strength has not changed much in focusing on pranks, he is still the tail of the crane, and he is still a smile that doesn't care, even if someone expresses his disdain and contempt for him in front of him, he will not be disappointed, but use force to teach the other party a lesson.
Obviously, he's always lost.
At this time, Naruto had a stubborn expression, and the fact that he failed the graduation exam prevented him from graduating smoothly, and he could only watch his classmates get the ninja forehead guard he coveted one by one. There is unwillingness in his eyes, and there is full of longing.
However, Iruka, a teacher who has always taken good care of him, refuses to be accommodating at all. In this matter, Iruka adheres to his belief that since he failed the exam, he will not be able to graduate and become a shinobi!
After handing out the forehead protection and the ninja information certificate, Iruka clapped his hands to attract the attention of everyone who was immersed in excitement and said, "Okay, you go back and fill in the information, and then hand it over to the data room of the Hokage Building, you are an official ninja, you can wear the forehead guard on your body." Another point is that tomorrow morning at half past seven, you have to wait in the classroom on time, I will announce the graduation class, and then you will have a special shinobi teacher to lead the team. Remember, don't lose my face as a teacher after becoming a ninja! ”
When it was announced that everyone could go home, the students scattered excitedly, muttering their feelings together. Naruto was the only one sitting in his seat, motionless.
Yuzo didn't bother to comfort him, anyway, there was a dragon set named Mizuki right away, and Iruka would go with him to give him a lesson on faith, about what a ninja is. He wasn't interested in getting involved in this kind of thing, it was all controlled by the three generations of Hokage anyway, and he couldn't get any benefit from that fake Book of Seals.
Following Ino, who was agonizing about where to wear the ninja's forehead, and Dingji, who was shouting that he was going to a dinner party to celebrate, walked out of the classroom, and Yuzo asked for their opinions: "Where do you think you should go to eat?" Barbecue or hot pot? It seems like it's not bad, but I really don't have much money, so I have to pay for it together! ”
"Let's not talk about that, Yuzang, where do you think I look better with my forehead guard?" Ino said impatiently, holding the forehead guard engraved with the symbol of Konoha Village and gesturing on his body, still unable to decide.
Just wanted to give her some advice of his own, Ding Ci was impatient and shouted loudly: "Of course I'm going to a barbecue restaurant, you can't just order meat in hot pot, green vegetables are not delicious at all, I want to go to a barbecue restaurant!"
Yuzo turned his head to look at Shikamaru, only to hear him say with a lazy and depressed look: "Just whatever, since Ding is going to eat barbecue, let's go eat barbecue, don't make this kind of thing difficult to decide, don't you bother?"
He had always spoken like this, and Yuzo remembered that he was the same during a transformation exam, perfectly replicating Iruka-sensei's appearance, but after he spoke, the 100 points he scored became 80 points.
Can you imagine Iruka rolling her eyes at a dead fish and saying things like annoyance, what trouble?
At this time, Ino finally thought about the forehead protection, she chose not to wear it, and put it in the ninja bag on her waist. Although as a symbol of ninjas, forehead protection is valued by ninjas, and most people wear it on their bodies to identify themselves. But for the sake of aesthetics, it is true that some people choose not to wear forehead guards, and there is no rule that ninjas must wear forehead guards in Konoha and various ninja villages, so they only need to carry them with them.
Ding Ji was directly tied to his forehead, and Shikamaru stuffed it into his ninja bag without thinking about it, he probably didn't bother to think about it, so he just put it away. As for Yuzang's own words, he thought about it for a while, and probably thought about what he looked like wearing a forehead guard in his mind, and finally stuffed it into the ninja bag.
He's not a handsome person himself, although he wears a black tight-fitting power suit with a little bit of physical strength, and if he wears a ninja forehead guard, he won't look good no matter how he thinks about it. Although she is not a female ninja, Yuzo also cares about her appearance...
He won't be there for tomorrow's shift. He will go straight into the shadows and be tested. Whether he can afford to be a genius or not, his future career in the shadows will be an extremely important step in his life.
When they arrived at the barbecue restaurant and ordered a lot of barbecue, the four of them began to feast. Ino doesn't care about whether he will gain weight, as a female ninja, she has a huge amount of exercise, at least at this stage, she doesn't need to worry about this kind of problem.
A pair of chopsticks dipped in the sauce of the barbecue meat was put into his mouth, and Yuzo squinted his eyes comfortably, listening to the sound of several people shouting, and felt very relaxed.
It was his most relaxing moment of the year.
After the lesson of almost death, the recovered Yuzo tightened his spirit every day, practiced hard, and guarded against the possible recurrence of assassination, not daring to slack off in the slightest. Although at this time today, the follow-up to that assassination has not come, makes people wonder if it was really an accident? Just like Konoha officially declared later, the man who was almost dismembered by himself was a madman who had too much pressure in his life, and suddenly went crazy and attacked the ninja?
Naturally, it's impossible, and the official explanation that Konoha gave at the end was also very slotty. Although no one questioned it, ordinary civilians could see that things were not what the official said.
"Hello? Yuzang, why are you in a daze? The barbecue is gone! Ino saw that the person sitting next to him didn't know why he was stunned, and he couldn't help but remind.
"Ahh Sorry, I was just thinking about something. After coming back to his senses, Yuzang scratched his head and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just that I won't go to the class with you tomorrow, and I should go directly to the dark department."
"What? Really? Ino looked surprised, and turned his head to ask, "Why can you go directly into the dark part?" Sasuke, that guy is a little worse than you, right? Isn't he not able to do it? I remember that he applied to enter the dark department, but he was beaten back, saying that his strength was not enough! ”
"The minimum in the dark is the strength of the middle ninja elite, and although Sasuke has made rapid progress, he has not reached this level." Yuzo replied, and the three generations would not let this Uchiha orphan with a head full of revenge thoughts go to a place like the Shadows. Cultivating his bond with Konoha is probably what the three generations want to do the most, so they will be assigned with Naruto, who is the tail of the crane but is the power of the nine-tailed man.
In this way, the third generation actually pays more attention to the problems of Naruto and Sasuke, although he has performed well, it is just an addition. After all, one is the Uchiha, the most powerful Hitomi Blood, and the other is the Nine-Tails Pillar Force, or the orphan of the fourth generation.
Not to mention this, in fact, Yuzo feels that his biggest gain this year is that Ino no longer runs after Sasuke. Maybe it's because the aura of the first is gone, or maybe it's some other reason, but Ino now mentions Sasuke with words like "that guy".
"That's right! Wait a minute, do you already have more strength than the average middle ninja? I don't believe it! Ino said, suddenly realizing the crux of the matter. Zhongninja, this word is really a relatively distant word for them now, and the elite in Zhongninja is a somewhat unimaginable meaning.
"Actually, it's not a big deal, and it won't take long for you to have the strength of the middle ninja. I'm not saying that I will be able to get the qualification of the middle ninja, it's just that the strength is there, and the other aspects are still far behind. Yuzo explained, seeing Shikamaru, who had always been calm, looking at himself with some surprise, a sense of pride still arose, and began to swell: "But it won't be long before I can be like that man, and become the leader of the dark team, or even the leader of the detachment." In the end, the position of the captain of the dark army must be mine! ”
Yuzang was not afraid of the wind, flashed his tongue, and suddenly couldn't stop talking nonsense. They all know who that man is, although they won't mention the name of the man who betrayed the village and slaughtered his fellow clan, but aside from these, he graduated all the way, and the deeds of the dark department, the squad leader, and the detachment leader make every ninja yearn for it and will never forget it.
Hearing these words, even Ding Ci, who had been talking non-stop, stared at him in a daze. He was a little hairy when he saw it, and asked hesitantly, "Eh, what's wrong?" What did I say wrong? Or do I have something on my face? ”
Ino Dingji looked at each other, and suddenly he didn't know who laughed first, and everyone including Shikamaru actually started laughing. This made Yuzang a little embarrassed, and looked at them a little bewildered. In the end, I was also infected by their laughter, touched my head and began to giggle.
Anyway, there are not many days like this, so enjoy it.