Yagyu vs Hinata

The morning quickly passed.

After the bell rang, Yagyu left the classroom, walked out of the school gate, went home to eat something, and started his daily tasks for the day.

In a month's time, Yagyu had already turned the action of wielding a sword into an instinct, even a casual one-handed strike was executed with the most standard posture.

Yagyu had compressed the time for each sword swing to within two seconds.

No breaks were needed during this period.

Therefore, Yagyu only needed 1 hour and 6 minutes to complete his daily tasks for the day.

In the spiritual world, no matter how long it passed, reality was just a moment, and it didn't take much time to gain insights.

Half of the remaining time was spent on sword training, and when Yagyu felt it was enough, he took a nap.

After waking up, Yagyu arrived at school with full energy.

"Students, gather at the training ground."

When the bell rang, Iruka entered the classroom and organized the students to go to the training ground.

It is worth mentioning that the entrance exam has already ended.

In this month, a total of five students left, and now there are only forty-eight students in the class.

These forty-eight students, if there are no accidents, will stay until the end and then be eliminated to form five teams with 15 genin in the survival exercise.

Including Yagyu, there would be sixteen.

The ninja world is truly brutal.

On the training ground, Iruka looked at the students in front of him, holding a form in his hand, and said seriously,

"During this month, you have undergone training in physical techniques, shuriken throwing, transformation jutsu, close combat with kunai, and other skills.

Although you are not proficient in all of them yet, and may have only scratched the surface, I believe you are all looking forward to finding out who is the strongest in the class."

"For the next few days, our goal is to determine that! First, we will have a Physical Techniques Assessment."

"Iruka-sensei, what is the Physical Techniques Assessment?"

As soon as Iruka finished speaking, someone in the team raised a question.

"It's a practical assessment," Iruka replied. "It's no longer the kind of training where you demonstrate and counter each other's moves. It's a real fight where you will truly face off against each other. The teacher won't stop your fight until a winner is determined."

"Oh! That's just what I like. Sasuke, watch how I, Naruto Uzumaki, teach you a lesson." A kid with spiky hair jumped out of the team and arrogantly pointed at the black-haired kid.

As soon as these words came out, Naruto immediately faced a lot of hostile gazes.

Sasuke, who hadn't gone through the Uchiha clan massacre, showed a smug smile. "Come at me then."

Seeing Naruto disrupting the discipline, Iruka's forehead immediately showed a row of black lines. He suppressed his roaring inner voice and said with a stiff tone, word by word, "Naruto... go back to your place!"

"Ahaha..."

Seeing Iruka about to get angry, Naruto scratched his head and laughed awkwardly, quickly returning to the team.

*Cough, cough...*

Iruka coughed lightly and stared at Naruto with a serious expression. "In the Physical Techniques Assessment, you can't just pick whoever you want to fight. The matchups will be arranged based on your training performance."

"I will call out the names, and you all step forward."

"Yes."

"The first match is Yagyu Yusuke against Hyuga Hinata." As soon as the announcement was made, Iruka loudly shouted.

"...Huh?"

Yagyu, who was standing at the back of the team, raised an eyebrow slightly. He didn't expect to be the first.

The class quickly dispersed, leaving a large open space for Yagyu and Hinata.

Looking at Yagyu in front of her, Hinata lowered her head like a startled bird, but occasionally glanced up at him. After a few seconds, as if summoning up her courage, she timidly greeted, "Y-Yagyu-kun, hello..."

"Hello." Yagyu nodded slightly as he stared at her cute blushing face, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes.

Taking advantage of the remaining courage, Hinata hurriedly said, "Thank you for that day!"

"No need to thank me! Actually, I should be thanking you..." The last sentence echoed in Yagyu's heart.

"Ah, wait, does Hinata know Yagyu-kun?!"

Watching the two whispering, Ino, who was standing far away and couldn't hear clearly, exclaimed in surprise.

Yes, Yagyu and Hinata knew each other.

Well, it wouldn't be accurate to say they knew each other, they just had a chance encounter.

Yagyu's first fight in this world was for Hinata.

But it was also during that brawl that Yagyu activated the dormant system within him after a year.

So Yagyu didn't say anything wrong. He should be grateful to Hinata.

If it weren't for her, he didn't know how long it would have taken to activate the system.

"Um..."

After listening to Yagyu's words, Hinata felt deflated like a punctured balloon. She wanted to say a few more words to Yagyu but could only lower her head and mumble in a mosquito-like voice.

The courage she had built up had taken over a month to accumulate.

"Are you ready?" After watching the two clearly having a story, Iruka finally interrupted after a long while.

"We're ready."

"I-I am too." Hinata nervously replied.

Iruka nodded, took a few steps back with the form in his hand, and said, "Then, let's begin."

Yagyu and Hinata looked at each other face to face. Hinata's pure white eyes reflected Yagyu's face, and their gazes met with his red irises. They both felt a dizzying sensation in their heads.

A few months ago, after Yagyu saved her, she remembered the face of this boy.

When school started and she saw that they were in the same class, she felt delighted. She had always wanted to thank him and apologize because she hadn't had the chance to thank him before she was taken back by her clan.

But seeing how popular he was, surrounded by so many girls every day, she couldn't gather the courage to approach him.

After holding back for over two months, she finally spoke up. Hinata felt a sense of secret joy that she herself hadn't even noticed.

Finally, she was getting closer... From this moment on.

She couldn't... She couldn't be so timid anymore!

At least not now because... she wanted to be remembered by him!

A determined expression suddenly dispelled the timid look in Hinata's eyes.

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