Afternoon, classroom.

The three of them sat in the classroom boredly waiting to instruct the Jonin. Naruto was very aware of Kakashi's habit of being late and fell asleep on the table early.

Sasuke sat by the window, his knuckled fingers intertwined on the table, his eyes wandering on the lush treetops outside the window.

Sakura lowered her head and stared at the desk, looking a little lonely.

Although she had just been comforted by her companions, once the surroundings became quiet, she still felt confused unconsciously.

I don’t know how long it took, but the classroom door was finally pushed open.

The instructing Jonin of Class 7 arrived late. The moment he stepped into the classroom, a lazy voice sounded first.

"Hey, sorry, sorry, I was late accidentally."

"I am your mentoring Jonin, Kakashi Hatake."

The Jonin who calls himself Kakashi looks young, probably in his early twenties. His silver hair is as tall as an onion, and he wears a black mask, with one eye covered diagonally by a forehead protector.

He was wearing a black combat uniform and a green Jōnin mail armor. When he spoke, his eyes curved into crescents.

When he heard the sound, Naruto had already woken up.

The three of them looked at Kakashi together, with complicated expressions in their eyes.

"Teacher, you are too slow." Naruto took the lead in complaining.

"Well, because I was helping the old lady cross the road on the way, so..." Kakashi scratched his head and found an extremely outrageous reason.

"Liar!" Sakura said.

Kakashi was a little embarrassed, so he made a haha ​​and forcibly changed the subject.

"Anyway, come with me and talk somewhere else."

After the words fell, the three of them stood up and followed Kakashi out of the classroom. During this period, the three of them maintained a tacit silence.

Kakashi had previously obtained some information about three people from the Sandaime. One was a survivor of the night of the Uchiha genocide, and the other was the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki.

Uzumaki Naruto?

Twelve years old. If you extrapolate his birth date forward, he is a red-haired Uzumaki clan, but he is blond. Everything is self-evident, the fourth generation...?

Kakashi walked in front, feeling a little headache.

It’s really hard to understand what the village’s top officials did. They made that decision, and now they want to train two children into ninjas.

After sighing in his heart, Kakashi took a deep breath and cheered up.

It was dark the next day.

Sakura was wearing regular clothes. After walking out of the alley, she paused for a moment in the bright light, as if trying to figure out the direction.

"Here!" Naruto waved to Sakura.

The latter also waved with a smile on his face.

After getting closer, Sakura discovered that the place where Naruto was standing was the entrance of a small restaurant. The last time I shared information was at a barbecue restaurant, and this time it was a small restaurant.

"Didn't Kakashi-sensei say you're not allowed to have breakfast?"

"He said it's best not to eat it, as it will make you vomit." Naruto said nonchalantly, "Eat it, it's okay, vomiting it out is better than being hungry."

Sakura was slightly stunned, and was about to refuse, but she saw Naruto and Sasuke both nodded. So she nodded inexplicably and sat down.

After the three of them had breakfast, they rushed to the agreed place to wait.

This wait lasted for several hours, until the sun was three high in the sky and the scorching sun was hanging in the sky. Kakashi finally arrived belatedly.

"Well... there is a little sister who got lost on the road." Kakashi smiled shamelessly, without any sense of being late.

"Really, Kakashi-sensei is too much!"

"That's it! What a perfunctory reason."

"Cut."

All three of them had breakfast, and they complained tacitly. This actually made Kakashi a little surprised, and thought that these people all had breakfast.

The goal was not achieved, and Kakashi didn't care. He took out two bells from his arms, shook them among the three of them and said.

"Well, let me tell you the exam rules first."

"I only have two bells in my hand. Only those who grab the bells before noon are qualified to become ninjas. In other words, one of you will be eliminated."

"Elimination?" Sakura suddenly became nervous, "Kakashi-sensei, what will happen to the person who is eliminated...?"

"Humph!" Kakashi smiled with his eyes like crescent moons, "Unfortunately, those who are eliminated mean that they have failed the assessment, are not qualified to become ninjas, and have to be tied to a log until sunset."

"If no one can grab the bell, then they will all be remade."

"During this period, you can use any means without worrying about hurting me. Your current level is no different than a dream."

Saying that, Kakashi paused and hung the bell back on his waist.

"Am I clear enough now?"

The three of them didn't answer, and Sakura turned pale.

Actual combat? What she is best at is theoretical analysis and intelligence analysis. Practical combat is her shortcoming. Let alone snatching the bell from Kakashi, it is difficult to do it even if she is close to the Jonin.

If one person must be eliminated, there is no doubt...

Naruto stood aside with no expression. After yesterday's barbecue restaurant, he did not share any more information. Some things are hard to say, and there is no need to spoil too much.

The original intention of grabbing the bell was to test the three people's sense of cooperation, but through yesterday's conversation, the relationship between the three people has become much closer.

But once faced with a choice, Naruto couldn't decide.

Because of this, he did not continue to share information, but chose to remain silent. He wanted the two of them to avoid detours, but he never thought of helping them.

Moreover, Naruto also wants to know the attitudes of the two when faced with choices.

Suddenly, the familiar mechanical synthesis sounded in my mind again.

[Option 1: Use all your strength to seize the bell, and then give the stolen bell to Sakura and Sasuke. Reward: Melting Ninjutsu]

[Option 2: Do nothing, just lie down in front of Kakashi and be tied to the log. Reward: Wood Release Ninjutsu]

Looking at the pop-up panel, Naruto almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

Wood Release Ninjutsu and Melting Release Ninjutsu?

Damn it!

Withdraw money at the same time?

How to choose this? There are a lot of melting escapes from the four tails. If you really get the melting escape, if you really get the melting escape...

Still afraid of going against the will of heaven and water escape.

But even if you choose Wood Release, although it is rare, it is still impossible to use the Wood Release ability to the level of the 1st generation Senju Hashirama.

This time the system does not indicate the level of mastery of Wood Release. It is probably just an entry-level Wood Release chakra attribute.

If you choose Melting Escape, you can also use the power of your companions in front of Sakura and the two. But snatching the bell is not an easy task, and it is very likely to fail.

But if you lie down, only Sasuke is left to face Kakashi, and the possibility that the two of them can get the bell is slim.

Before hesitating, Kakashi announced the start of the exam.
Chapter completed!