Today was a happy day in hidden cloud as today was the day of ninja academy admissions.
Parents were bringing their kids to the ninja academy and the children were excited about learning ninjutsu.
Many children were waiting in a group, they were preparing for their entrance exam, as long as they pass this test they could join the academy.
Omoi was one such kid who was waiting for his test, he was confident in passing the entrance exam so he looked relaxed.
"Everyone here is so tensed, there aren't many talented people this time."
Omoi murmured, he wasn't speaking to anyone in particular when he said this, but a kid standing besides him heard his words.
"You don't know what you are talking about."
The kid said to Omoi.
Omoi turned towards the kid who just spoke, he then asked with a curious face.
"Huh? Is there someone special giving the exam today?"
Omoi said and the kid smirked, he said as if he was trying to show off his knowledge.
"You are asking the right person, I know all about today's exam."
"But there is not just one special person coming today, there are five."
The kid pointed towards the entrance, there were five kids standing in a group there.
At first glance they looked out of place, all five of them were talking and laughing with each other.
"They are here to give the exam? I thought they were already students here because they looked so calm."
Omoi thought out loud, the kid smirked from the side and said in a low voice.
"You aren't wrong, they aren't newbies like us, those guys are the real deal, they are better than the students here."
Turning towards the five man group, the kid looked at the boy standing in the middle of the group.
"You see him? The guy with two colored eyes? That's Sato sama, the headhunter."
The kid had worship in his eyes when looking at Sato, after all Sato the headhunter was hidden cloud's most famous genius.
Not only was he a legendary genius, he was also Yugito Nii sama's brother, but most importantly, he was their next unofficial Raikage.
"That is Sato sama!"
Omoi meanwhile was shocked from the side, he was also a hidden cloud native, of course he had heard about Sato.
He just didn't think he would meet Sato sama here.
"Didn't he complete an S class mission as his first mission? Rumour has it he did it before he even began his ninja training."
"I thought Sato sama wouldn't attend the academy, he is already considered a Chunin in strength!"
Omoi exclaimed in an amazed tone, he then looked at the remaining four children in Sato's five man group.
"Then those guys are the famous headhunter squad?"
The kid nodded at Omoi, he looked at the four kids around Sato with envy.
They were a part of the headhunter squad after all, Everyone wanted to join this squad, it was the future Raikage's personal guard!
Joining the headhunter squad was a matter of status and power, but sadly, only four people had managed to join this squad until today.
"You are right, that's the Headhunter squad, they are Sato sama's strongest shield."
"That serious guy standing besides Sato sama is Neji Hyuga, he is the leader of headhunter squad."
"That shy girl who looks like Hyuga Neji is Hyuga Hinata, rumor has it she is Sato sama's fiancee."
"Then there's Karui, she is the weakest member of the headhunter squad, but she is Sato sama's assistant, he trusts her a lot."
The kid then lowered his voice and pointed towards another kid.
The last guy of Sato's five man team.
"You see him? That's Haku, the newest member of their team."
"He has joined the headhunter squad a year ago, and he is supposed to be an even bigger genius than Neji Hyuga."
The kid said enviously, when Haku, a no named orphan had joined Sato's squad before, it had made many people dissatisfied.
But after only a year of training, Haku showed incredible strength, so much so that he was giving Hyuga Neji a challenge.
This made everyone shut up, they understood that everyone who joined the headhunter squad was a monster.
"That's Haku? He really is a beautiful boy, I almost mistook him for a girl."
Omoi muttered, after watching this group of people, he suddenly felt his academy days will be hard.
These people were legends of the hidden Cloud, he can't hope to compete against them.
The kid standing besides Omoi saw his worries and patted his shoulder.
"Don't think of trying to fight them, we might as well try to please Sato sama as much as we can, maybe he will let us join the headhunter squad."
Omoi smiled wryly, that was true, he should try and find an opportunity to show his talents to Sato, maybe he will be chosen into headhunter squad.
What Omoi didn't know was that Sato's team had no intention of staying in the academy.
"Sato sama, your fight with Mr Darui is in an hour, I have prepared your ninja tools and clothes."
Karui flipped a notepad and told Sato his schedule for today.
After two years of training she had become a great assistant, Sato's daily life was managed entirely by her.
"It's in an hour? Well that's fine, I am now an S class Ninja with Matatabi's chakra and a Chunin without it."
"Darui has recently passed the Chunin exams, he is still stronger than me if I don't use Matatabi's chakra, but I am confident I can beat him."
Sato said in a calm voice, in these two years of training his personal chakra had surpassed his expectations and reached Chunin level.
According to his talent, he should reach that level only when he turns 13, but now because of Matatabi he could reach such a level way sooner.
His body was constantly filled with Matatabi's chakra all the time, he was given her chakra even when he slept and ate, this made his body adapt to extreme levels of chakra quickly.
He was essentially forcibly raised to such a high level of strength by Matatabi.
But that didn't mean Sato didn't deserve such strength, he had experienced Kage level strength with Matatabi's chakra.
Even without her chakra his strength was really strong, he had trained a lot as a temporary Kage level Ninja.
He had faught against Yugito, Killer B and even Raikage A whenever he had Matatabi's chakra in him, this gave him a lot of experience in fighting S class fights.
This is why he was so sure of beating Darui, he might have only Chunin level chakra reserves in his base form, but he was a true Kage level Ninja in experience.
His biggest weakness two years ago was his lack of experience and chakra amount, he had worked hard on both and removed these two major weaknesses.
Now he was an actual threat as a Ninja, he had confidence he could survive against Kakuzu with Matatabi's chakra now.
As for his upcoming fight against Darui for the Raikage position?
"Sato san, against Darui.."
"Will you lose?"
Haku asked softly, Sato turned to look at the newest addition to the team and smiled.
"Nah, I'd win."
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