Not Everyone is the Same

"The graduation exam is about to begin. All graduates, please prepare in advance. The main task of this graduation exam is the Clone Technique."

In the field, the teacher, who was in charge of the exam, announced the topic of this year's graduation exam.

"Damn it! Why isn't it the Transformation Technique that I'm best at?"

"It's over. I'm not good at Clone Technique."

As soon as the teacher finished his announcement, there was a cry from below.

Although they must have practiced the basics together, everyone had the Ninjutsu that they were good at, and the Ninjutsu that they were bad at. Of course, everyone hoped that the test would involve the Ninjutsu that they were best at.

"Quiet! It's your own fault for not practicing properly, you hear me? You will be called to the next classroom in five minutes." The teacher noticed that many students were starting to complain, so he scolded them.

Kabuto was very calm. Clone Technique was a very basic Technique. He could even use Shadow Clone Technique that was more complex than Clone Technique.

In fact, he was also quite puzzled. Although the teachers in the Academy weren't as good as Nagasawa, everyone here had six years to practice the basic techniques.

Logically speaking, they should be able to master any technique given six years.

Kabuto did not underestimate the students. He believed that he was an average student just like everyone else and there was nothing special about him, so he was really puzzled.

Time slowly passed, and soon the teacher called Kabuto's name.

"Kabuto Yakushi."

Kabuto quickly got up and walked towards the classroom.

After opening the door of the classroom, Kabuto bowed to the two teachers who were in charge of his evaluation. The teachers nodded and the exam officially began.

"Clone Technique!"

Kabuto calmly looked at the two as he quickly formed a hand seal and instantly completed the Clone Technique.

Poof! Poof! Poof!

Eight smoke suddenly came, and in an instant, eight more Kabuto appeared in the room, making the empty classroom look a little more lively.

The two teachers observed for a while, then clapped their hands and praised, "As expected of a prodigy who always ranks first. Be it is the speed of the hand seals, the number of clones and quality, they are all excellent. "

Of course, being able to conjure a clone alone wouldn't be enough to graduate. There were other aspects that the teachers considered. The first was the speed of the hand seals. If the hand seals were too slow, then what use would they have in actual combat? The enemy would be right in front of you before you could finish the hand seals!

The second was the number of clones. What was a single clone good for? To confuse the enemy, it would at least take three clones or above.

The third was the quality of the clones. If they were all clones that could not even stand up, then even if there were ten of them, the student would still get a low score because those clones were completely meaningless.

"Perfect marks!" The two said in unison after looking at each other.

One of the teachers picked up the forehead protector on the table and handed it to Kabuto, "Congratulations, you are now officially a Genin."

"Thank you, teacher." After receiving the forehead guard, Kabuto thanked the teacher and walked out of the room.

In the corridor, Kabuto looked at the forehead guard and was in a trance. He became a Shinobi like what he had always dreamed to be.

He still remembered that he had vowed to become a Shinobi and work hard to earn money so that Nono didn't have to cry alone at night.

Now, his goal to become Shinobi came true, but Nono no longer cried alone at night.

Although Kabuto was young, he was not just a clueless kid. Nagasawa and Nono were the closest people to him.

Since Nagasawa dated Nono, and Nagasawa was not short on money, Nono should not be short on money either.

"Forget it. There is no harm in making more money anyway. Let's set a small goal first: my first one million Ryo!" Even though Nono no longer lived in poverty like back then, it did not stop him from making more money.

Not long after Kabuto walked out of the classroom, he stumbled into a familiar figure. Hanayo was looking around with an exquisite gift box, as if she was looking for someone.

Hanayo was holding the gift box with both hands. She looked around but did not see Kabuto at all. She was a little upset. Was she late?

Because most classrooms were used for the graduation exam today, the students who didn't partake in the graduation exam had a day off today. Hanayo was slightly late because she had just finished making Dango at home.

It was not that she did not want to come early, but she did not have time at all. Because her mother had never made Dango, she had no choice but to go to the bookstore and made the Dango according to the recipe.

Last night, she did not sleep at all as she was immersed in making delicious Dango.

Fortunately, the Gentle Fist she had practiced day and night came to use last night. Regardless of the taste, her Dango certainly looked good.

Just as Hanayo was considering whether she should use Byakugan, she heard Kabuto's voice.

"Hanayo, over here!" Kabuto called out.

Hanayo looked towards the source of the voice and saw Kabuto's familiar figure.

Hanayo ran toward Kabuto with the gift box on her hand. Seeing the forehead protector in Kabuto's hand, Hanayo smiled and handed the gift box to Kabuto, "Congratulations on passing the graduation exam."

Kabuto took the gift box and said to Hanayo, "Thank you for the gift."

"Why don't you put on the forehead protector? Don't you want to try wearing a Shinobi's forehead protector?" Hanayo said.

After thinking for a while, Kabuto looked at the protector guard on his left hand and the gift on his right hand and seemed slightly helpless.

He didn't mind wearing it, but he clearly couldn't just put the gift that Hanayo just gave him on the ground to put on the forehead protector.

Kabuto began to rack his brain. Could he form a hand seal with one hand? If he could, then he could use his shadow clone to help him wear the forehead protector.

After thinking about it, he found that this was feasible. The essence of hand seal was to concentrate and guide the Chakra in the first place. In theory, as long as you were powerful enough, let alone forming hand seal with one hand, even using a Ninjutsu without a hand seal was possible.

"Kabuto, what are you thinking about? Why are you suddenly in a daze? I'll help you wear it." When Hanayo saw Dou suddenly become silent and in a daze, she waved his hand in front of his pocket.

"Yes." Kabuto nodded and handed the forehead protector to Hanayo.

Hanayo took the forehead guard and observed it for a while before tying it to Kabuto's head.

"Alright, you sure look like an adult this way." Hanayo said with a smile.

"Well, I'm about to become a Shinobi." Kabuto nodded and replied.

His mind was no longer there. He was so eager to talk to Itachi and discuss the possibility of doing hand seal with one hand with him.