Chapter 19: Superiority (Edited)

The current Ninja Academy is very different from the one at the beginning of the anime.

In the anime, each grade is divided according to age.

But this is not the case nowadays, the system was not so perfect.

There is no such thing as a grade in Ninja Academy, so Kakashi Hatake graduated at the age of five and became Chuunin at the age of six.

Like this type of actual combat ranking evaluation, as long as you get first place, you can choose to apply for early graduation.

However, children, who have just joined the Ninja Academy for less than a year, have basically surrendered directly to this actual combat evaluation.

After all, monster geniuses like Kakashi Hatake are in the minority, and most students still had to study and practice step by step in order to graduate from the Ninja Academy.

But even so, the total number of participants in the combat evaluation was very large.

Due to the large number of participants, they divided them into five groups.

The students will be randomly called for their first fight, and after the first round, the winners will fight the winners and the losers will fight the losers.

And then they will stay that way until they make an overall ranking.

The winners with four undefeated wins will move on to the final stage of the test.

And, of course, all those fights will be watched by the Hokage himself.

That shows how much the Hokage was concerned about the younger generation.

The opening of the examination, of course, was made by the Sandaime Hokage himself.

Under the respectful gaze of a group of ninjas, Sarutobi Hiruzen, wearing the Hokage's costume, took the stage.

The moment the Hokage took the stage, the students cheered in unison.

The atmosphere was extremely warm for a while.

In Konoha, a Hokage is undoubtedly the highest status a person can attain, the most respected existence.

Although the Sandaime's appearance was not that frightening, none of the looks were of contempt, they were almost all of respect!

It was because he was the Sandaime Hokage, the strongest ninja in Konoha!

Looking at the children of the Ninja Academy in front of him, those expressions of admiration, awe and excitement, Hiruzen had a warm smile on his face.

With a wave of his hand, the audience instantly fell silent.

"The legacy of Konoha is the will of fire."

"The future of the village is in your hands!"

"The Will of Fire will be inherited by you, new green leaves, So children, work hard! For the prosperity of the village, for the inheritance of the Will of Fire!"

With a few simple words, Hiruzen completely raised the audience's excitement to a new climax.

Almost all the students of the Ninja Academy, including Minato, were full of enthusiasm.

Naito stood in the crowd, thinking about the generous words Hiruzen said.

A Hokage!

The children of this village, including Minato, wished to become Hokage.

If Naito were not a traveler familiar with the history of the ninja world, perhaps he would simply be swayed by Hiruzen's words and wish for the position of Hokage.

But deep down, Naito knew that someday he would have to deal with powerful people.

Uchiha Madara and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki!

Those were Naito's targets.

Maybe he was still far away from them, but he needed to be prepared.

And the first step would be to win this competition.

Naito clenched his fists, his eyes were full of confidence and determination.

No matter how far away he is, no matter how hard it is, he will not give up.

If he wants to realize his dream, he must walk steadily forward.

...

After the Hokage's passionate words, the battle evaluation began.

The first round began.

The children were taken to four separate camps.

However, the Hokage and Konoha's top brass went to the fifth battlefield, waiting for the winners of the four fields.

Only the winner who could reach the top of the rankings could have the attention of the third Hokage.

Naito was assigned to the third field.

Kushina was in the same field as Naito, but she didn't care about the evaluation, she was only concerned about Naito getting good results.

She was more nervous than Naito.

Looking at Naito silently, and encouraging him inwardly, "Please enter at least the fifth field of the exam."

"You must be at the top."

...

The third field.

In fact, it was a subfield, an open battlefield, with two examiners and four Anbus to control any kind of situation.

Naito's first opponent was a student in his class.

When the boy saw that Naito was his opponent, his expression changed to one that looked like he wanted to cry.

To say who is the first opponent he would not want to meet, there is no doubt that the first one is Minato and the second one is Naito.

Well, most people were more afraid of Minato.

The fight in which Naito defeated Uchiha Samui made all the students fear him, his opponent was trembling in front of him.

The student who was fighting Naito wanted to try to fight, but seeing Naito clenched his fists as soon as he entered the battlefield, revealing a slightly dim but terrifying white light, he curved his neck and directly surrendered, "I... admit defeat!"

He shuddered at the thought of Uchiha Izumi's arm fractured and broken by Naito's blow.

The examiner in charge was a little surprised, then shook his head helplessly, announcing Naito's first victory.

Naito himself did not expect his opponent to give up directly without even fighting, but, thinking about it, it was normal. After all, this is just the Ninja Academy, and all the participants of the assessment were children.

There weren't many kids like him and Minato.

In their following battles, almost all of their opponents either announced their surrender directly, or Naito settled the battle with a single punch.

Naito didn't need to use too much power, all the fights were too easy.

This also surprised everyone.

"He is too strong."

"Yes, awakening his Kekkei Genkai made him very strong."

Many students who had despised Naito had envious expressions at that moment.

They also hoped to awaken a Kekkei Genkai and possess Naito's strength.

However, a Kekkei Genkai is not very easy to awaken.

They could only look at it with envy.

Even the examiner and the Anbu looked at him as if they were praising him.

Kushina's beautiful eyes blinked and she watched this scene extremely excited and happy.

Either Naito's opponent gave up or was defeated in seconds, soon, Naito entered his fourth bout.

Still no accidents.

Although the fourth opponent was a little stronger than the previous ones, he was still inferior to Uchiha Izumi, so he was no match for Naito.

A few moments later, the examiner's voice full of admiration was heard throughout the fourth field, "Naito, win the fourth round!"

At the moment this phrase was broadcast.

The entire audience fell silent.

Then, throughout the third division, a loud uproar broke out.

"STUPENDO!", Kushina couldn't help but cheer as soon as she heard the announcement, with a face full of joy.

Because winning four matches in a row makes you a winner!

It qualifies you to enter the final round!

Naito won it easily.

All the kids on the third field looked at Naito with envy written all over their faces.