Chapter 1

Leaf Village.

Training Ground Number 9.

Minato Namikaze flipped through the record of graduation scores on his notebook, his normally sunny face seeming a bit unnatural.

Name: Rin Nohara

[Physical test: 57 points]

[Shuriken throwing: 58 points]

[Body Replacement Technique: 61 points]

[Tactical theory: 61 points]

[Overall evaluation: Inferior]

Name: Obito Uchiha

[Physical test: 63 points]

[Shuriken throwing: 55 points]

[Body Replacement Technique: 60 points]

[Tactical theory: 34 points]

[Overall evaluation: Inferior]

If these two students' records made Minato dissatisfied, then the record of the last student gave him a headache.

Name: Hanako

[Physical test: 21 points]

[Shuriken throwing: 0 points]

[Body Replacement Technique: 0 points]

[Tactical theory: 9 points]

[Overall evaluation: None]

Looking at Hanako's overall evaluation, Minato fully understood the meaning of 'none'.

Clearly, the teachers of the Ninja Academy were out of words to evaluate this student.

So the question arises.

How could such a student graduate from the Ninja Academy? Shouldn't they be expelled?

"It seems that with war approaching, anyone can graduate!"

Minato sighed silently, took a deep breath, and tried to put on a friendly smile.

After all, these three students were standing in front of him, and he had become their team leader.

No, it should be four people.

Apart from these three poor students, there was also the genius, Kakashi.

Clearing his throat, Minato started speaking.

"Let me introduce myself first, I'm Minato Namikaze, a jonin, and my dream is to become the Hokage! I'm honored to be your team leader!"

After he finished, he indicated the four to introduce themselves.

Kakashi crossed his arms, the silver hair beneath his black mask giving off a sense of pride.

"Kakashi Hatake, chunin, mission-focused, don't hold me back."

As soon as he finished, Obito snorted, turning his head towards Hanako.

"Hey, Hanako, he said you're holding him back."

"Oh."

Hanako replied casually, continuing to keep his hands in his pockets.

"He's mocking you, aren't you going to react?" Obito started instigating.

"It's your turn to introduce yourself." Hanako reminded.

"Er."

"My name is Obito Uchiha, currently a genin, and my dream is also to become Hokage! And I won't hold anyone back."

Saying this, he looked at Kakashi with a challenging expression.

Unfortunately, Kakashi didn't look at him, maintaining his cool pose.

Next, it was Rin's turn.

"My name is Rin Nohara, I'm a genin, my dream is to be with the person I..."

She stopped there, stealing a glance at Kakashi.

"Your girlfriend is being unfaithful."

Hanako whispered to Obito.

"Huh?"

Obito was startled, following Hanako's gaze.

Then.

He noticed Rin looking at Kakashi.

As a result.

Obito exploded.

"Rin? Kakashi is mission-focused, he doesn't even care about the safety of his teammates, why are you looking at him?"

"Obito, what are you talking about?" Rin blushed and stomped her foot.

"Clown!" Kakashi turned his head, disdainful.

"Obito, he called you a clown." Hanako added fuel to the fire.

"Kakashi, I challenge you to a duel!" Obito rolled up his sleeves in anger.

"Forget it, you can't beat him. If you get hurt, won't it be a perfect opportunity for Kakashi to date Rin?" Hanako muttered.

"Good point! I'll let you off today."

Obito rolled down his sleeves, leaving a harsh word.

As an observer and team leader, Minato had a clear view of this farce.

His gaze swept over Kakashi's group of three, landing on Hanako.

"This guy."

Minato was very clear that the cause of Obito's anger was Hanako's comment, and the end was still because of Hanako.

No doubt about it.

Hanako, the weakest of the weak, did have some brains.

But they were not used in the right way.

"Alright, gather here at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, remember, no being late!"

Leaving these words behind, Minato used the Body Flicker Technique and disappeared on the spot.

The first assembly of Team 9 ended in a disappointing way.

As Minato left, Kakashi turned and walked away, not wanting to stay a second longer.

As he left, Rin was in a dilemma.

"Well, we are going to be teammates from now on..."

"I think we should go with Kakashi." Rin suggested.

"Rin, do you know why Kakashi came to our team?" Obito reminded.

"I know."

Rin replied, watching Kakashi's figure get farther and farther away.

Not only her, but almost all the teams knew.

Originally, Kakashi was a member of another team, but in order to complete missions, Kakashi often ignored the safety of his teammates, which made many people unwilling to continue teaming up with him.

Given this situation, this genius ninja was transferred to their "back of the class" team.

Rin Nohara, third from the bottom in the graduation scores.

Obito Uchiha, second from the bottom.

Hanako, the very last.

Honestly, if it weren't for the impending war, the three of them would never have graduated from the Ninja Academy.

Especially Hanako.

He was praised by the teachers of the school as the worst performing student in the history of the Leaf Village, without exception.

After leaving Training Ground Number 9, Hanako kept his hands in his pockets, looking carefree.

Compared to Rin's heavy heart and Obito's reluctance to speak, Hanako was much more relaxed.

Because, he simply did not like Rin Nohara, so naturally, he did not have such troubles.

The three walked together without anyone taking the initiative to speak.

When Rin got home, leaving only Obito and Hanako, the atmosphere finally returned to normal.

"Hanako, I feel Rin's feelings have changed." Obito spoke seriously.

"Oh? Aren't you overthinking?" Hanako wanted to laugh, but held back.

He really wanted to tell Obito that the person Rin Nohara liked was originally the genius Kakashi, so where did the idea of her changing her feelings come from?

"Originally, our team was just the three of us, but now that Kakashi has come, I feel like I'm losing Rin." Obito sighed.

"Losing her? Have you ever possessed her?"

Hanako asked back, and continued walking with his hands in his pockets.