Chapter 740: Chapter – 733 Preparations For Assessment
A few days later, Ninja Academy – Principal's Office
Knock Knock
After knocking on the door, Shisui walked and informed Kuroto, "Kuroto-san, they have arrived."
Kuroto nodded, "I see" Then he put the documents he was reading in the drawer of his desk and instructed Shisui, "Bring them in."
Shisui nodded, "All right." Then fully opened the door.
As the door was opened several people walked in, bowed to Kuroto then lined up before him. In total, there were nine people, namely Umino Iruka, Mizuki, Suzume, Funeno Daikoku, Akame Iwana, Namiashi Raidō, Shiranui Genma, Iwashi Tatami, and Tsuzumi Sarugaku.
After looking at the nine people for a while, Kuroto broke the silence, "All the information I wanted to convey was already written in the scroll delivered to the nine of you… I am sure all of you have read it."
All nine nodded, "Yes."
Kuroto nodded and asked, "Does anyone have any questions in regard to this mission?"
Hearing Kuroto's question, Iruka showed a hesitant expression on his face.
Of course, Kuroto noted Iruka's hesitation and asked him "Iruka-san… do you have anything to say?"
After a while of silence, Iruka sighed and asked, "Kuroto-sama… about this assessment… does it really have to be this extreme? How can those children fight against us?"
Kuroto raised his eyebrow and questioned, "Iruka-san, why do you think these children can't fight against the nine of you?"
Iruka answered, "The nine of us… we are Chunins… those children are only trainees… how can trainees hope to win against Chunin in fights."
Kuroto smiled and asked, "Iruka-san, you have taught them for the past year, you have watched their growth for the past year, every time you would talk about them you would praise them… but now that the matter came to their assessment, you feel they aren't up to it? Don't you have even a little bit of confidence in those children?"
Iruka was speechless, "This…" he didn't know how to respond.
At this time, Genma patted Iruka on the head and said, "Don't worry Kuroto-sama… we perfectly understand your intentions behind this assessment. We won't disappoint you."
Kuroto nodded, "Very good." And added, "I would like to remind the nine of you to not underestimate these children by thinking that they are mere trainees. I won't be surprised if they by some chance might end up defeating any of you… so take this mission very seriously. Because if any of you were to be defeated by them, that would be very embarrassing as their teachers."
Raidō was dissatisfied, "Kuroto-sama… now you are just underestimating us."
Kuroto shook his head, "Whatever… I am just warning you all in advance, just don't let your guard down."
Mizuki smiled, "We assure you, we will give these children a good lesson."
Kuroto looked at Mizuki and nodded, "In that case, I look forward to all of your performance."
Although some were a bit dissatisfied that their strength was underestimated by Kuroto, nonetheless, they all nodded, "Okay." and left the Principal's office.
After Iruka and the others left the office, Shisui asked, "Kuroto-san, I somewhat agree with Iruka-san… wouldn't it be a little too much to make official Chunins join the assessment.."
To Shisui's words, Kuroto asked a simple question, "Answer me Shisui… when you were of their age what kind of people you used to fight? What about Itachi? What about Kakashi? Each of you used to face much more dangerous people at their age..."
"Uh… this…" Shisui was stunned, and couldn't help but nod. Indeed as Kuroto said, back when he was their age, encountering Chunin and Jonin on missions was a common occurrence because of war.
Seeing Shisui silent, Kuroto turned to look out the window of his office and said, "Although the times are changing, the danger of Shinobi World is still as prevalent as ever. The only difference is that instead of wars with other nations for resources, power, and wealth, now we are at war against an organization whose methods as well as ideology are different from ours, and their objective is our doom.
Just think about it, Iwagakure, one of the five great shinobi villages was nearly destroyed overnight… there is hardly anyone in this world who is not vulnerable in the face of Akatsuki's threat.
Although I am willing to wait, Akatsuki isn't going to wait forever… that's why… these children have to grow up quickly just like we did."
Hearing Kuroto's words, Shisui deeply understood Kuroto's thoughts and apologized, "Please forgive me Kuroto-san, I didn't think about it this carefully."
Kuroto smiled, and said, "Don't worry about it." Then he took out a bunch of scrolls from the drawer of his desk and said, "Now deliver these scrolls to all the people on this list… this is for the final preparations of the assessment…"
Shisui was taken aback, "Wait, other than involving those Chunin, are there going to be more arrangements?"
Kuroto nodded in an obvious tone, "Yes… those Chunin aren't part of the real test, they are just the appetizer."
Shisui took the list from Kuroto's hand and after reading the names on it, he couldn't help but sigh, "Kuroto-san… you can't be serious."
Kuroto smiled, "Just wait and see."
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Hokage Office
Sandaime Hokage Hiruzen, Elder Koharu, Jiraiya, and Tsunade were present in the meeting room as Sandaime placed the scroll on the table and said, "This is the case… We have finally received contact from the Tsuchikage."
Elder Koharu asked, "What's his status?"
Hiruzen sighed, and said, "Although he seems to be doing fine now, the fact that he lost one of his legs in an attempt to save his life is unchangeable."
Tsunade muttered thoughtfully, "Although losing a leg won't have a such serious effect on his strengths since he is not a Taijutsu type Shinobi, still…"
Hiruzen nodded, "Yes… so he hopes that you and Chiyo can create a prosthetic leg for him, although it won't be as good as his original leg, it will be better than nothing."
Tsunade agreed, "All right, I will see what I can do."
With that, the topic turned and Elder Koharu questioned, "Hiruzen about that Akatsuki member we captured recently… Did Yamanaka Patriarch and Ibuki manage to obtain any substantial information from him?"
Hiruzen sighed as he shook his head, "No… the person inside that white thing was already dead by the time he was brought back to the village, and as for that white armor thing… we have tried everything, but nothing is working on him… Sigh, it's really difficult. Tsunade what about you… did you find anything about that white thing?"
Tsunade nodded, and answered, "Firstly, it doesn't seem to be a living creature, maybe it was made by a Jutsu or maybe through bioengineering, I can't say for certain." Here she took a pause, and added with a difficult expression, "What I can say for sure is that it has my Grandfather's cells…"
Both Hiruzen and Koharu had heavy expressions when hearing this. One after another people are popping out with Shodaime Hokage-sama's cells in their bodies, and without a doubt, all of them are turning out to be Konoha's Enemies.
Hiruzen sighed, "This is really not good… if it is the result of bioengineering, then we can't know how many such things exist in the hands of Akatsuki…"
Tsunade thought about it for a while, then said, "Sensei… about that dead person who was inside that white thing, I want to study him. I have a feeling we will discover something important if I study him."
Hiruzen nodded, "Very well, you have my permission."
Tsunade nodded, "Thanks." Then said, "If there is nothing else, I will leave." Then she got up and left.
Both Hiruzen and Koharu sighed and sat in silence.
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Chapter 741: Chapter – 734 Grouping Teams
Ninja Academy – Class A(Children of Focus)
"The location of the Assessment is going to be in a small part of the Forest of Death… All the trainees will enter the forest from different entrances in teams of three… And you are all going to stay in the forest for half a day. All of you are free to engage in battle against any other team that you may encounter." Explained Iruka, then looked at the trainees and questioned, "Does anyone have any doubt so far?"
Haruno Sakura raised her hand, and asked, "Ano… Iruka-Sensei… how many scrolls will we have?"
Iruka nodded, "I was coming to that point." And added, "All the teams will be given three scrolls, one for each member, and throughout the duration of the assessment, you will have to protect your own scrolls, as well as snatch scrolls of other teams. By the end of the exam, the team that has lost all the scrolls will be eliminated, and the team with the highest number of scrolls in their possession will be considered the winner.
Keep in mind that for any team to win, they must retain at least two of their original scrolls in their possession. Any team with less than two of their original scrolls, although they won't be eliminated, will lose the qualification to become the winner, even if they manage to gather the highest number of scrolls. Also, note that a team can only once defeat another team, this also means that any team is only allowed to take one scroll from any other team, if any team takes more than one scroll from another team, they will be disqualified."
Hearing the rules in regards to gathering scrolls, all the trainees were somewhat surprised, and couldn't help but mutter, "That means to gather more scrolls we will have to defeat more teams. And this is not enough, we have to have at least two of our original scrolls in order to win, otherwise, defeating other teams is pretty much useless."
Iruka nodded lightly, "Yes." and asked, "Does anyone have any other doubt?"
Everyone shook their heads, "No Sensei!"
Iruka nodded, and said, "All right then, since no one has doubts, we can proceed to the next part… which is deciding on the teams. As I already mentioned a team is going to be of three members, so now we have to decide on the team members."
Hearing this, all the trainees became somewhat nervous and excited. If they can form teams with strong trainees, their chances of winning will be higher. Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but look at the top two trainees in their class… Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuga Neji, anyone who is in their team will have the most chance of winning, and many even went as far as to shout out loud, "Sensei, I want to be in Sasuke-kun's team." "I want to be on the same team as Neji-san!" Among all these shouts, Sakura and Ino were at the top as they even started to argue among themselves about being on Sasuke's team.
Sasuke who was sitting at the back folded his hands over his chest, of course, he noted everyone's eager gaze to form a team with him, however, he didn't care. For him, it doesn't matter who is on his team, Sasuke has the confidence of single-handedly winning against all the other teams, it doesn't matter who they are.
Compared to Sasuke, Neji was a more thoughtful expression.
Neji knows that he and Sasuke have similar levels of strength, so having useful teammates would be very helpful as he can work with them and easily defeat all the other teams. At the same time, he also understood that if his teammates are useless, then his chances of defeating other teams might decrease.
Although not the same level of attention as Sasuke and Neji, Shikamaru, Shino, Sai, and Shin were also targets of attention. All four of them are considered highly skilled in their class, so other trainees were willing to form a team with the four of them too.
Seeing that the classroom was getting more and more chaotic as everyone was trying to form their own team, Iruka announced, "You can not make the team of your own choice, we are going to draw lots… this will also ensure that everything is 'fair' and 'square.'"
Hearing this announcement, many calmed down, and the intellectual ones understood, "So it's going to depend on 'luck.'"
At this time, Shikamaru raised his hand and questioned, "Sensei… but how are you going to allot all the trainees, we are short of one person, at this rate, one team will have only two members."
Hearing Shikarmura's words, most of the class looked at Naruto, almost no one wanted to be on the same team as him, oh, there was one exception, and that was the young and shy Hinata. With blushing red cheeks, she sneaked glances at Naruto from time to time, hoping that she could be on the same team as him.
Of course, Naruto realized everyone's intention and looked down with a lonely expression, "Why does it have to be me?" He was oblivious to Hinata's gaze, which made Shion sigh. She is the biggest NaruHina supporter since Hinata is her best friend, it's a pity that Naruto is so dense and blockheaded that he has never realized Hinata's affection.
Iruka noted the situation getting worse, and immediately said, "Don't worry, all the trainees are going to be in teams… a child from another class is going to be joining you guys, with that trainee here, the number of trainees will be okay, and all teams are going to have three members."
As this news was announced, the entire classroom became noisy, "Who is it?" "Is it a girl or a boy?" "Are they strong?"
Everyone wanted to know the identity of that person.
Iruka turned towards the gate and said, "Shimuzu Mika… you may come in."
At Iruka's call, a girl named Shimuzu Mika walked inside the classroom, she stood on the podium beside Iruka, and introduced herself to everyone, "I am Shimuzu Mika, I like sweets, please treat me well." After that, without caring much about what the trainees thought of her, she walked to the empty seat she could find and sat on it.
Everyone looked at Mika weirdly, given how indifferent she is towards all of them, but then again, if they think about how Mika is from a different class, this is not too surprising.
Iruka coughed lightly to attract everyone's attention to himself, and said, "Well, now that all the trainees are here… we can focus on making the teams. As I said earlier, teams will be made by drawing lots, the trainees who get the same number on the slip they draw will be in the same team." Then added after a pause, "So, all of you, one by one come to the podium and draw a slip from this box."
All the trainees did as asked by Iruka, and drew lots from the box.
After ten minutes the result was displayed, teams are as follows:
Uchiha Sasuke, Kurama Yakumo, Uzumaki Naruto
Hyuga Neji, Uchiha Kiyomi, Rock Lee
Nara Shikamaru, Yamanaka Ino, Akimichi Chōji
Hyuga Hinata, Shion, Shimizu Mika
Shin, Haruno Sakura, Sai
Inuzuka Kiba, Tenten, Aburame Shino
Fu, Kegon, and Yoro.
As the teams were announced, some people were satisfied, and some were neither happy nor unhappy, some were worried, some were sad, and then there was Naruto who stood up, and said in a dissatisfied tone, "Why do I have to be in the same team as Sasuke!?"
Iruka said with a dark face, "Obviously because you drew the same slot as him! Now sit down and let me continue."
Sasuke said mockingly, "Naruto, don't hold me back."
Naruto snorted and sat back, still dissatisfied. Although he had such an expression on the outside, internally, Naruto was actually very happy that he was on the same team as Sasuke, and thought to himself in a determined tone, 'I am definitely going to prove that I am not useless!'
On the other side, after seeing the team, Neji breathed a sigh of relief, "With this team, I am definitely going to win!"
Although Rock Lee is also very weak, he is still very good compared to Naruto, and Uchiha Kiyomi is undoubtedly among the most talented in their class. Overall, Neji believes that their team is the strongest and therefore, has the highest chance of winning.
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