Chapter 22: The Retainer (Ch 22)

In the Land of Fire, a tea stall on a small road welcomed four guests.

“Let’s take a break first.”

“Yes, Jiraiya-sensei.”

The white-haired old man at the head was one of the famous three ninjas, Jiraiya, and the three people accompanying him were naturally Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko.

While waiting for tea to be served, Jiraiya asked Yahiko: “How was it, you must have gained a lot from your journey to the Rain Country.”

“Yes, teacher. At first we didn’t understand why you didn’t let us travel at the speed of ninjas. Now I completely understand.”

A smile appeared on Yahiko’s face.

“The war just ended a short time ago, and people’s faces are completely different. After entering the Land of Fire, the smiling faces I saw along the way have further strengthened my thoughts.”

Looking at Yahiko, Jiraiya’s face showed an expression of great satisfaction. He knew his disciple’s ideal, which was a career worth fighting for all his life.

He still remembered the shock Jiraiya felt when he first heard Yahiko express his ideals in person.

“Peace, I want to bring peace to the whole world!”

Nagato and Konan on the side also smiled. The reason they followed Yahiko was because of his specialness.

“Okay, after we rest, let’s continue on our journey. It will take an average person a month to walk from here to Konoha Village.”

Hearing this, Xiaonan couldn’t help but sigh: “One month, that’s a long time.”

And Yahiko’s voice still sounded full of energy.

“Heh, the longer the better. This is a good opportunity for me to take a good look at the Fire Nation.”

“Yes, the scene here is completely different from that of Rain Village.”

At the same time, in Konoha Village, in the Ninja School, in the teachers’ office, Shisui was frowning as he sorted out the report cards of Naruto’s classmates.

It was already after the celebration holiday. Naruto and his group of students had a wonderful 5-day holiday. Unfortunately, they all forgot that the school loves to give you a surprise attack at this time.

Just after the holiday, Naruto and his friends had their first exam since school started. The exam was about the Three Body Technique that they had been teaching recently. On the report card, the top student was Sakura. Sakura really worked hard, and she had practiced the Three Body Technique to the point where she could do it flawlessly.

The last one on the list was Uchiha Sasuke. The Three Body Technique certainly wasn’t a problem for Sasuke, but when taking the Transformation Technique test, Sasuke refused to transform into the examiner, which earned him a zero for that subject.

“This stinky little brat.”

Shisui covered his forehead and frowned tightly. Of course he knew that Sasuke was Itachi’s younger brother, and he also knew that Sasuke rejected the idea of ​​transformation.

It’s simple, Sasuke felt that the examiner wasn’t handsome enough, and turning into him would damage his image, so he refused to transform. That’s why Shisui gritted his teeth like that.

Taking a deep breath, Shisui put the report card of his old friend’s brother behind him and turned his attention to the results of another person. Uzumaki Naruto, who ranked 30th out of 60 people in the class.

“On purpose?”

Shisui recalled that Naruto was indeed late in the exam sequence, so if he wanted to deliberately control his score, he did have the conditions. Although this was only the first exam, Shisui’s intuition told him that Naruto had done it.

He understood too well how bored these geniuses were when they were in school. School life was too simple for them, and they had too little energy to expend. That was why when they couldn’t vent their energy, they would find some fun for themselves.

Why did he know so much? Because he himself was such a genius. His good friend, Uchiha Itachi, graduated from the Ninja School at the age of 7 with the highest score in the school, while most of his peers graduated at the age of 13. If Itachi really studied until the age of 13, how bored do you think he would be every day?

“Well, no one is worry-free.”

After a deep breath, Shisui put down the report card. At this time, he noticed the conversation between Iruka and other teachers in the office.

“Do you really want to persuade her to quit, Senior? Isn’t this a bad idea?”

“I can’t help it, Iruka. Her body is too weak. She scored zero in both Taijutsu and Ninjutsu. And the illusion she is good at is not within the scope of the school’s assessment. In my opinion, these bloodline limit users with special talents should go home and teach themselves.”

Hearing this, Shisui couldn’t stand it anymore. He walked to Iruka’s side, looked at the old teacher and said coldly: “Humph, if that’s what you say, don’t run this school.”

“Ah, ah, it’s you, Shisui.”

The old teacher’s face showed a trace of panic. Although Shisui was only a young man among all the teachers, he had achieved such impressive results on the battlefield that the school director did not dare to speak loudly to him. Opening this gentleman’s battle record, the data on kills and assists were hundreds of them.

Wiping his sweat, the old teacher asked carefully: “So, Shisui, what do you think should be done with this student?”

Shisui glanced at Iruka beside him, who understood and said, “How about, Senior, transfer her to our class.” Then, Shisui also said, “Since both Ninjutsu and Taijutsu are zero points, then it’s perfect, let’s start from the beginning in the basic class.”

“This…it has to be this way. From now on, Kurama Yakumo will be transferred to your class.”

As he spoke, the old teacher sorted out the student information on hand and handed it to Iruka.

“Ah~”

Sitting in his seat, looking at his report card, Naruto yawned out of boredom.

This was the last class meeting of the day, and Iruka and Shisui were late. In the class, the students had been happily chatting for half the class. I don’t know why, self-study classes, especially those without supervision, always stimulate people’s desire to chat.

It’s like, although the bed at home is very comfortable, the thing with the strongest hypnotic ability is still the desk in the classroom.

“Naruto, what are you going to do after school?”

The person who spoke was Ino, who turned around from the front row. After spending a whole morning together at the last opening ceremony, the two now have a good relationship and can talk a lot to each other.

“Me?”

Naruto pondered for a moment, then said, “I should probably go for a walk around the village, then go home and watch TV.”

“Naruto you really like watching TV.”

“Um.”

Naruto responded casually, noticing that Hinata was staring at his face. He asked in confusion, “Hinata, what’s wrong?”

“No, nothing. I just feel like you’ve grown taller lately, Naruto?”

“Is there?”

Naruto lazily put his hands on his head, squinted his eyes and yawned again. He didn’t know if he had grown taller, but he was indeed quite sleepy recently.

“I’ve been really sleepy lately.”

Sakura put away her report card at this time and said with emotion: “Autumn is coming, it is indeed easy to make people sleepy at this time.”

“hey-hey.”

Naruto smiled and then retorted: “Sakura, what you said is wrong. Which time of the year is not suitable for sleeping in? Don’t you know that there is a saying that goes ‘Spring makes you sleepy, summer makes you tired, autumn makes you nap, and winter makes you sleepy in March’?”

Sakura also laughed and complained: “Hey, hey, you’ve been sleeping all year round, haven’t you? You should do something serious.”

Just when Naruto thought that the two teachers would not come until after school, they came. Behind them, there was a girl.

“cough.”

Shisui coughed lightly, and the classroom instantly fell silent. Among the students, Shisui’s authority was no less than that among the teachers. He looked at all the students below and said in an unquestionable tone: “This is Kurama Yakumo, from now on, she will be a member of our class.”

Then he turned his head and looked at Yakumo beside him.

“Yakumo, just sit behind…Naruto, yes, the yellow-haired one.”