Chapter 4: The Beginning of the Edge

The strength of the class is comparable to that of Minato Namikaze, and it is estimated to be the strength of the nine-tailed Jinchuriki, Kushina Uzumaki.

The first battle was between the geniuses, which excited the rest of the students. Many of the boys hoped that Minato would teach this hot-tempered "Blood Red Chili Pepper" a good lesson.

With the order of the Chunin teacher, the two quickly reached for the ninja bags on their waists, and several shuriken burst out instantly.

Clang! Clang!

Shurikens collided in the air, sparking brilliantly, changing their trajectories and flying to the side.

The use of shuriken by the two had reached the realm of mastery.

And that's not all!

Minato took out a shuriken and threw it in an inexplicable direction. Everyone didn't know why and thought that Minato was deliberately holding back.

But Ren Hayashi's eyes lit up. This was not holding back, but the effect of changing the trajectory through the interaction between the two shuriken. He had seen this technique used by Itachi, but compared to the Uchiha clan with extraordinary ocular power, it seemed a bit basic.

Clang!

The shuriken that had been deflected was hit by the shuriken that came suddenly, changing its trajectory and flying towards Kushina.

Seeing this, everyone suddenly realized that Minato's move was to mislead the enemy, achieving the effect of surprise.

Mr. Chunin smiled and nodded, very satisfied with Minato's performance.

Kushina was really caught off guard, but she reacted extremely quickly, almost instinctively, and instantly blocked with a kunai. The shuriken hit the kunai and was deflected.

Just as Kushina was about to fight back, the cold kunai was already close to her throat.

Minato's speed was the best in the ninja school. In the blink of an eye, he could do things that other children couldn't.

Ren seemed to see the shadow of the future Yellow Flash. At such a young age, with such speed, his foundation was very solid.

Kushina was still unconvinced and shouted, "Minato, you are cheating, I hate you to death."

"Okay, okay, I'll play fair. You won," Minato said, pulling up Kushina's arm, letting her kunai close to his throat, and then looked at Mr. Chunin with a smile.

Kushina lost her composure for a moment, then frowned and stared at Minato, saying angrily, "Hmph, who wants you to let me win."

Watergate was just smiling, gentle and warm.

Ren saw this scene and felt that Minato was not only highly talented, but also had a super first-class demeanor. No wonder he was able to win over this beautiful and somewhat tomboyish "Blood Red Chili Pepper."

"Combat drills, there is no victory or defeat. Minato, Kushina, the seal of reconciliation," Teacher Chunin smiled happily. In this battle, Minato didn't even use ninjutsu. With the advantage of shuriken throwing and speed alone, he defeated Kushina, and this performance exceeded expectations.

Minato took the initiative to reach out his hand, and Kushina reluctantly reached out. Their hands touched, forming an eternal seal of reconciliation.

As soon as Minato exited, a little girl hugged him, full of admiration. On the other hand, where Kushina passed, the boys avoided her, fearing that making the "Blood Red Chili Pepper" unhappy would lead to a violent beating.

"Next, Ren Hayashi will fight against Yamamoto Daigaku," Teacher Chunin said.

"The battle between the tail of the crane, what's there to see?"

"It's boring."

"Ren Hayashi? Who is that?"

"It's the tail of the crane that can't even refine chakra and fails the shuriken throwing test every time."

"With that, I get the idea, haha."

"Compared to the guys who can't even refine chakra, Daigaku is still quite strong."

…

"The sense of presence is really low," Ren laughed self-deprecatingly.

He walked forward and saw that the opponent was a simple fat man. If he was the second-to-last in the class, then this fat man would be the last. But this last place could refine chakra, which was much stronger than him in the past. However, now he could also refine chakra.

"I can finally experience the feeling of victory," Yamamoto Daigaku smiled. It was easy to meet an opponent who was weaker than himself, and his sense of superiority suddenly rose. "I'll go easy on you, after all, you are a … of refining chakra."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw a shuriken shoot towards him.

Yamamoto Daigaku hurriedly dodged sideways, calmly avoiding the shuriken. He then looked at Ren in front of him and continued, "I can't refine the …"

"Crane tail?"

Yamamoto Daigaku panicked when he heard this, turned his head to look, and suddenly found that Ren had appeared at his side, with a kunai already close to his neck.

"How so?" Yamamoto looked at the position where Ren was just now, but Ren had turned into a wisp of white smoke and disappeared with the wind.

Teacher Chunin was taken aback, his jaw almost dropped. Ren had actually refined chakra, and the doppelganger technique and transformation technique were used so flexibly. Was this still the same Ren Hayashi who repeatedly failed the exams?

Some of the students had left just now, but there were still some watching the battle. Ren ended the battle with a thunderous move, leaving them all shocked and speechless. What happened to the tail of the crane in the past? After one night, it was like he had become a different person!

Minato noticed the difference in Ren from the moment he stepped onto the field. It was a kind of confidence that went deep into the bone marrow. Ren's performance greatly surprised him and completely changed his opinion of him. To say that Ren practiced shuriken hard yesterday could be understood as a fleeting enthusiasm, but Ren's performance in this battle was definitely impressive!

First, taking advantage of the moment when Yamamoto Daigaku's gaze shifted, he quickly performed the doppelganger technique. The main body hid behind the doppelganger, overlapping perfectly. Then the main body formed a Yin seal, turning himself into a shuriken that flew out, creating the illusion that Ren had thrown a shuriken.

When Yamamoto Daigaku was complacent about dodging the shuriken and laughing at the Ren clone, the Ren body that had turned into the shuriken lifted the transformation technique, quickly picked up the kunai, and decided the winner!

"Aren't you unable to refine chakra?" Yamamoto had not yet recovered from his defeat.

"If you couldn't refine it yesterday, it doesn't mean you can't refine it today. The tail of the crane can also progress through their own efforts. If you don't work hard, you will always be the tail of the crane in someone else's mouth," Ren said lightly.

"But how did you end up at my side?"

"See if the shuriken you dodged is still there?" Ren asked rhetorically.

Yamamoto Daigaku turned his head and saw that there was nothing on the ground, and he was suddenly surprised.

"I lost, I'm the tail of the crane," Yamamoto Daigaku hung his head.

Seeing this, Ren just smiled gently, stretched out his hand, mimicking Minato's gesture, and said, "If you work hard, you can become a hard-working genius."

When Yamamoto Daigaku heard this, he looked at Ren blankly, stretched out his fleshy hand, made a seal of reconciliation with him, and muttered, "Hard-working genius…"