A wild Uchiha Obito appeared!
"Come on! Kushina!"
Kushina glared, "Obito! You didn't turn in your homework again today, right?"
Excellent effect! Obito's defensive power decreased.
Obito activated the Sharingan(false, it was not there at that time, just a figure of speech by the author to make it look funny), blinking his eyes as he handed over his homework, attempting to charm his way through.
"No, no, it's just a little late. Hehe."
Unfortunately, no effect.
Kushina smacked him.
She took Obito's homework, rolled it up, and lightly tapped(Naw bro she f'ing smashed the shit outta him there) him on the head mercifully.
A critical hit, and Obito fell.
"If you turn in your homework this late again, I won't accept it next time."
Originally, Obito, still covering his head and cosplaying as an old man, couldn't help muttering softly:
"It's because Natsuhiko-sensei assigns too much homework."
"Everyone can finish it, why can't you?" Kushina couldn't help blurting out.
But as soon as she said this, she was slightly stunned.
Because she realised, this sentence structure sounded familiar!
Everyone does AAA, why only you BBB?
Wasn't this the kind of thing her senseis used to say to her when she got into trouble at the Academy?
Why should I have to be like everyone else?!
Once detesting such words, she didn't expect to one day say them to a student herself.
It was just like Natsuhiko mentioned, the tale of a dragon-slaying hero turning into a dragon.
Thinking about this, Kushina couldn't help but look at Obito, who was dejected by her words.
Speaking of which, this child was just like her before—an outsider.
She was treated as an outsider because of her lineage, while Obito, being a very un-Uchiha-like Uchiha, faced rejection from the clan and lacked recognition from others, becoming an outsider inside and out.
Seeing a silhouette of her past self in Obito, Kushina took a deep breath, opened Obito's homework, and started grading.
Obito, on the other hand, anxiously waited like a henchman.
Kushina, with her pen in his notebook, made him more nervous than if she had a knife at him.
Every time he saw Kushina mark a mistake, it felt like being slashed with a sword.
Obito's anxiety was not unfounded.
He heard that due to the large number of students in the Sealing Jutsu class, Natsuhiko-sensei seemed to be considering streamlining it, targeting students like him with less-than-ideal grades.
If he got kicked out of the course, not only would he lose the privilege of playing ninja games, but he would also lose the chance to tell stories to students who couldn't take this class!
Of course, more importantly, it would reduce his time attending classes with Rin.
Obito couldn't accept this outcome!
"I could endure the darkness if I hadn't seen the light."
After witnessing so many interesting things in Natsuhiko-sensei's class, Obito didn't want to go back to the dull school life.
Soon, Kushina finished grading Obito's homework.
She muttered for a moment, skipped writing comments, and turned to Obito, saying:
"There's improvement compared to before. It seems like you're making an effort at least."
Obito's face brightened upon hearing this.
But his joy was premature. Kushina's next words made his heart heavy.
"However, you still made too many basic mistakes. For example, here, you wrote '查多拉' (Chadola) instead of 'chakra.'"
"And in this Chakra Flow calculation problem, you got the answer right, but why is the unit '卡'?"(Card)
"Which world uses '卡' as a unit for measuring chakra?"
Kushina pointed out each mistake on Obito's homework, making him increasingly uneasy.
He felt like she was foreshadowing something. Could she really be planning to advise him to drop out?
Unaware of Obito's thoughts, Kushina, after pointing out Obito's mistakes, paused for a few seconds and then looked at Obito.
"Sealing Jutsu is a comprehensive subject and serves as the first gate to many other disciplines. Obito, the reason you find Sealing Jutsu challenging is that you haven't been paying attention in other classes, so your foundation isn't solid."
Ashamed, Obito lowered his head, unable to argue.
It was as if she had seen everything with her own eyes, down to the smallest detail.
When he first started school, the senseis taught basic knowledge to accommodate commoner-born students.
So, Obito, who had learned these things from his clan in childhood, took it easy and didn't pay much attention.
But he didn't expect the Academy's learning missions to be so demanding.
One slip, and he couldn't understand what the senseis were teaching.
His only family, his grandmother, was just an ordinary person and couldn't help him with his studies.
If it weren't for Rin occasionally tutoring him, Obito's grades might be even worse.
Seeing Obito in distress, Kushina, with a somewhat softened expression, didn't know where to place her hands.
Inadvertently, Obito's intentionally stern face also softened.
In fact, she understood Obito's problems so well for a simple reason.
Because she had faced the same situation before.
When Mito-sama began teaching her Sealing Jutsu, she went through a lot of hardship.
After all, what goes around comes around.
Kushina knew that if left unattended, this child might repeat her mistakes.
And this time, Obito probably couldn't find a knowledgeable elder to fill in his knowledge gaps.
Recalling Mito's grandmother's teachings, a thought arose in Kushina's heart.
So, with a casual tone, she said:
"Although you have many problems, you've only been in school for a semester. You still have time to catch up on these basics. How about this? Whenever you have time, I'll give you some extra tutoring."
As if it were an insignificant matter.
But her tone barely fell, and Obito lifted his head in disbelief, eyes wide open.
"Can it really be? Won't this be troublesome for you?" By the end, Obito's voice carried a hint of nasal sound.
For some reason, his nose felt a bit sore.
Probably because, aside from his grandmother and Rin, it had been a long time since someone had been so kind to him.
Kushina's gaze softened, and she reached out to pat Obito's head, saying, "It's okay. After all, tutoring students is part of my job as an assistant."
After saying this, she revealed a warm smile.
...
"Thank you, Kushina-sensei!"
After arranging the tutoring time with Kushina, Obito deeply bowed to her, then happily left with his homework.
He also held a small bag of bone-shaped cookies that Kushina had given him.
"Kushina-sensei..."
Watching Obito's silhouette happily leaving, Kushina's lips curled slightly.
She found that title quite pleasant.
Seeing Obito always made her reminisce about the past at the Academy.
Time flies!
In the blink of an eye, she was no longer the ridiculed "Tomato," nor the feared "Red Hot-Blooded Habanero," but an assistant for the Academy's Sealing Jutsu class, Kushina-sensei.
"Grandmother, does this count as 'working hard'?"
Kushina murmured to herself.
"But I can't slack off. Next, I need to 'train hard.' Oh, and I can't forget to 'have fun.' I should challenge Natsuhiko a few rounds later!"
"I can't let that scoundrel Natsuhiko off easy!"
"But for now..."
Looking at the mountain of assignments, Kushina's small face drooped again.
She forcefully patted her cheeks.
"How did Natsuhiko phrase it?"
"It was something like... 'Strive! Fight! Ollie gator!!'"
(End of this chapter)
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