Chapter 20: The First (Edited)

As long as you can make it to the last field, you will attract the attention of the Hokage.

Not to mention getting first place, as long as you can enter the fifth field and be seen by the Hokage, in the eyes of the students, it was already an incomparable honor.

In the commotion of the third field, Naito left and headed towards the fifth evaluation field.

Kushina wanted to give up her own fight directly and go to the fifth camp, but even if she had already participated in every fight, she would have to wait until the full ranking was decided and then she would have to stand in line to enter the fifth examination camp.

Then, Kushina stood in the crowd, with a hopeful look on her face, watching Naito leave.

The clamor in the third field was shuddering.

Even the first, second and fourth fields in other directions, as well as the fifth field, had people looking towards the third field.

On the first field.

Minato, who was about to participate in his fourth bout, seemed a little surprised by the noisy situation in the third field, "It looks like someone has already qualified, and is actually faster than me!"

After a moment, he smiled nonchalantly.

It doesn't matter if he enters first, either way, he still has to fight to determine his ranking when he reaches the fifth field.

I won't give up the first place to anyone.

Minato thought that confidently.

At the fifth camp.

The Sandaime Hokage, who had been waiting sitting in the fifth field, smiled as he heard the commotion from the third field, "Looks like we have a genius this year."

"It must be Minato, the new genius whose talent even surpassed Orochimaru," Behind Hiruzen, already standing was one of the future legendary Sannin, Jiraiya.

In the Ninja Academy, Namikaze Minato was the undisputed first place in all aspects, and almost always crushed the second place, he is even more talented than Orochimaru in his youth!

Under these circumstances, Namikaze Minato's name is known as a genius by all of Konoha's top brass.

Hearing Jiraiya's words, Hiruzen smiled slightly and nodded.

He was sure, it was none other than Minato.

However, Orochimaru approached behind his back and whispered, "Tsk tsk... that's not necessarily the case."

"Why, Orochimaru, aren't you convinced? You weren't as good as Minato at his age, were you?", Jiraiya growled as he glared at Orochimaru.

Orochimaru was too lazy to react to this provocation, so he shrugged his shoulders and said lightly, "I didn't mean that."

Jiraiya said, "Then what do you mean?"

"See for yourself!", Orochimaru made a slight gesture towards the entrance gate of the fifth field.

Hiruzen and Jiraiya looked confidently at the entrance gate.

Then, they were both surprised

Because they saw someone they didn't expect.

It was a boy with silver-white hair.

It wasn't Minato, but Naito!.

"There's no way there's anyone faster than Minato!", Jiraiya exclaimed in surprise, his face full of disbelief.

The first winner... Isn't it Minato!

Orochimaru beside him showed a slightly evil expression and said, "What's impossible...?"

"That's interesting, I thought there was only one genius at the Ninja Academy," Tsunade lazily approached from behind, her eyes flickering with unfamiliar thoughts as she said, "He's the one who challenged Uchiha Samui to a duel."

"Yes, that's him," Orochimaru nodded.

With all attention focused on Naito, Jiraiya showed an unhappy expression, "He can even if he came here first, not win against Minato, his talent is even greater than Orochimaru himself!"

"Ke-ke-ke...", Hearing Jiraiya's words, Orochimaru showed a wicked smile and didn't get angry, but said lightly, "He has a special Kekkei Genkai, with an unbreakable will, I can see it, he will be stronger than Minato in the future!".

When this sentence was said, everyone present was surprised.

Although most people did not believe that Naito can be comparable to Minato, but from Orochimaru's words, Naito's talent should not be underestimated!

Even Hiruzen took a moment to reflect.

Of course, he heard about Naito's life and death battle.

Faced with certain death, he chose to challenge Uchiha Samui to a life and death battle to buy more time. He got three months of time, but whichever way you look at it, he will still die eventually.

But on second thought, Naito's decision was the best choice!

That kid really isn't simple at all.

If Naito is really that talented, then it will be a waste to be destroyed by the ninjas of the Uchiha Clan.

If that's the case, he needs to see his next performance!

With Hiruzen eager to watch the battles, Naito finally arrived in the middle of the field and silently waited for the others.

While waiting, Naito also began to evaluate the fifth real combat evaluation field.

The main field compared to the secondary field is much larger.

The entire actual combat evaluation field resembles the Chuunin examination stage from the anime.

At the top, he saw Hiruzen sitting quietly.

And next to him were three people familiar to Naito.

Orochimaru, Tsunade and Jiraiya!

The future three Sannin, he didn't expect to see them there.

But they look younger than in the anime, and all three are wearing formal uniforms.

Suddenly, seeing so many familiar characters, there were ripples of excitement in Naito's eyes.

When Naito looked at Hiruzen and the others in the tall tower, Hiruzen and the others also looked at Naito.

Sometimes, from the person's eyes, you can tell a lot of things.

Too calm, but in this calm, there is a burning will, an excited heart, his eyes showed his confidence.

Tsunade looked at Naito and then quietly commented, "The look in his eyes is good."

Getting first place, then facing the observation of the Hokage and the higher ups of Konoha and remaining indifferent and suppressing his emotions.

This is the mentality of a qualified ninja.

Hiruzen also nodded, although Naito was an foreign to the village, but he was only a child.

His loyalty need not be questioned, in Hiruzen's eyes, there is no difference between Naito and the other children.

In his opinion, before awakening his Kekkei Genkai, Naito's presence was hidden, but now it had begun to blossom into the light that belonged to a genius.

As everyone watched Naito, the second winner was finally born. This time, there was no accident, it was Minato!

Walking through the door, Minato had a calm expression on his face.

Jiraiya, who seemed to be unconcerned a while ago, was once again excited, "Look, he has the same expression on his face! Even if Naito is good, it's impossible for him to beat Minato!"

"Ke-ke-ke, then let's wait and see," Orochimaru said with an evil grin on his face, then he gently leaned against the wall behind and stopped talking.