Chapter 6: Orochimaru's Challenge!

Early the next morning, before the sun had risen, Chiba Seishi had already woken up.

For him, sleep was a luxury he couldn't afford.

Every minute and every second of time was precious.

Although he had only gone to bed around one or two o'clock last night.

He only needed about four hours of sleep a day.

Sleeping too much was a waste of time, and sleeping too little would affect his physical development.

After thinking for a moment, Chiba Seishi immediately said to himself.

"System, choose to start the lottery."

He hadn't forgotten about the unlimited lottery system he received yesterday.

After waiting for a few seconds, he remembered the sound of the system.

[Ding! The lottery is complete, and the host has received 100 gold coins as a reward!!]

...

As expected...

Chiba Seishi didn't show any disappointment on his face when he heard the system's lottery results.

When he awakened the system, he already knew that the daily lottery was random.

You could only do it once a day, and the rewards were completely random.

"It seems that if I want to win big, I have to accumulate a certain amount of time to do the lottery..."

Today he just wanted to see what rewards he could get from the lottery system by doing it every day.

If he only got these ordinary items after a few more days, he would give up on this strategy.

Shaking his head slightly, he chose to put the 100 gold coins into his pocket.

Even a mosquito leg has meat.

He didn't have any earning ability now, he was just living off his parents' savings.

Every bit of money counts.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

He formed a hand seal with one hand, and immediately a clone of himself appeared.

For him, the knowledge taught in school is not very important right now.

So he came up with a new strategy.

He would practice at home every day and let his clone go to school in his place.

The clone looked at Orochimaru with an expression of speechlessness.

If he had a choice, he would rather stay at home practicing alone than go to school and play house with those brats.

But unfortunately, he was the clone, and the other was the original, so he had to obey orders.

...

"The great ninja god, the first Hokage, founded Konoha for us."

"Konoha is our home, and everyone in the village is our brother and sister. We should work together..."

The teacher on the stage was passionately explaining the contents of the Konoha manual.

But all the students below were dozing off.

However, Chiba Seishi was holding the Konoha manual and staring at the teacher seriously.

"Sure enough... Seishi is the true inheritor of the Will of Fire..."

The teacher looked at him with satisfaction, a hint of a smile in his eyes.

But in reality, Chiba Seishi was thinking about other ninjutsu knowledge in his mind the whole time.

He hadn't listened to the content of the class at all.

But he knew that at this moment, in order to maintain his image as a model student, he had to pretend.

He had been pretending to be a good student for so many years, he couldn't afford to fail at the last moment.

"Can you believe that Seishi actually believes in this kind of thing?..."

Sitting on his left, Orochimaru looked at him in amazement.

He didn't expect Seishi, who he regarded as a peer, to be interested in such shallow and boring knowledge.

Thinking of this, the young Orochimaru couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

He had always thought that the knowledge in the Konoha Handbook was both boring and hypocritical, and there was no need to believe in it.

But seeing Seishi's sincere expression in front of him, he began to doubt his own behavior for the first time.

"I didn't expect Seishi-kun to not only be so strong, but also have such high ideological consciousness..."

At this moment, the Second Hokage also showed a relieved expression, and took his gaze away from the scene in the crystal ball.

Through Seishi's daily behavior, he believed that this child would definitely be an excellent successor to the Will of Fire in the future.

...

After a long brainwashing session, Seishi finally heard the long-awaited bell signaling the end of class.

Just as he was packing up and preparing to leave, a figure appeared in front of him.

"Seishi-kun... I want to have a fight with you, if you don't mind."

The pale-faced Orochimaru stared at him and said.

At this moment, a strong fighting spirit appeared in Orochimaru's eyes.

He had never been interested in the people or things in his class.

But when he saw Seishi's performance yesterday, he believed that Seishi was like him, his peer.

Geniuses were always lonely.

Orochimaru rarely saw a opponent he was interested in among his peers, so he naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity easily.

"I have no problem... anyway, it won't take much time."

Seishi said with a faint smile.

But upon hearing his response, Orochimaru's expression didn't become happy, instead, he frowned.

Although Seishi agreed to his challenge, he also knew that he seemed to have been underestimated.