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Chapter 67: When the Elders Lecture You, Just Say Yes
"...You don't want to graduate early, do you?"
Hinata seemed a little quiet on the way home. There was no need to guess; Ryosuke could see what she was thinking from a glance at her innocent face.
"I... hey."
Hinata raised her head, about to hide something, but facing Ryosuke's gaze, she smiled awkwardly.
"Don't even think about it. It's impossible."
Ryosuke was about to reprimand her, but under that smile, he changed his tone. "The graduation assessment that you applied for on your own initiative is different from the group assessment arranged by the school. Besides, your father will not agree to it. You should give up."
"Oh..."
Hinata puffed up her cheeks and muttered something, feeling a little unwilling. But soon, she regained her good mood and started jumping up and down. It was just a spur-of-the-moment idea. She knew she was still far from Sasuke and Naruto.
Ryosuke shook his head helplessly, but after her reminder, he seemed to understand why Naruto in the original work failed to graduate twice. There are two ways to graduate from the Ninja School. One is for the school teachers to confirm that most students of the same level have the ability to graduate and then start a group assessment. This type of assessment does not distinguish between elite classes and ordinary classes, so it usually takes a longer time. Generally, group graduation assessments are held between the ages of ten and twelve. The content of the assessment is just some very basic theoretical knowledge or the Three Body Techniques.
But as the first village to propose ninja education, Konoha certainly cannot have only such a time-consuming way of outputting talents as group graduation, which is only for ordinary ninjas. The other type is a self-applied graduation assessment, which is aimed at geniuses with ninja talent, so this type is more difficult. Generally speaking, for this kind of difficult independent graduation application, the village's Genin will act as test subjects and conduct actual combat with the applicants. Regardless of whether the opponent is defeated or not, the examiners will give scores based on the actual performance in the battle, and those who pass the scores will graduate successfully.
Therefore, all ninjas who can successfully graduate through the second path are extremely talented ninjas without exception. For example, Hatake Kakashi, who entered school at the age of five, graduated in the same year, and became a Chunin at the age of six. Another example is Uchiha Itachi, who entered school at the age of six and graduated at the age of seven. They are all gifted children with all kinds of talents.
Given Naruto's personality in the original work, who wanted to gain attention, he most likely applied for early graduation but failed twice. This led to him graduating in the same class and year as Uchiha Sasuke and others despite failing to graduate twice. However... Naruto in this timeline is very strong. He should be able to become a Genin smoothly tomorrow, as long as the Third Hokage doesn't make things difficult for him and secretly arranges for him to face an opponent with the strength of a Jonin but wearing a Genin forehead protector.
Click.
Hinata suddenly stopped walking, pulling Ryosuke out of his thoughts. He turned his head in confusion and looked at the girl beside him who was restraining her smile and trying to act cool.
"Master Ryosuke, Miss Hinata."
At this time, a voice sounded from a distance. Turning his gaze towards the direction of the Hyuga clan's territory, Ryosuke discovered that there was a figure standing at the gate of the clan's territory, waiting for them.
"Promotion successful?"
Approaching this person, looking at the forehead protector and ninja protective gear that were different from before, Ryosuke chuckled and said, "Congratulations."
In front of him was Hoshicai, who had accepted the Jounin assessment mission some time ago and ventured out of the village. Whether it is Hoshicai or Souji, they have the strength and character that are not inferior to those of Jonin. They have been on the battlefield and stayed at the Chunin level for a long time, so it is natural for them to pass this assessment.
"Thank you for the compliment, Master Ryosuke."
Hyuga Xingcai said politely, handing over another list, "This is what you asked me to do before. I recorded it all in this scroll while I was on the mission."
"Thanks a lot."
Ryosuke took the scroll silently but did not unfold it to examine it immediately. "What are your plans for the near future? Are you going to continue to be the bodyguard for Hinata and me?" He looked at HyugaHoshicai and asked.
"Certainly!"
Hyuga Hoshicai nodded happily. Ryosuke chuckled and looked at her, "That's all right then, I might find you something troublesome to do once in a while."
"You may command me."
Hyuga Hoshicai replied without hesitation, "But...what about Souji? He won't...fail, will he?"
"He completed his mission some time ago and returned, but now he has left Konoha and gone to Kyoto to take up the post of guardian ninja." Ryosuke explained, "Let's go back first."
"Yes."
"Father, I need you to help me find a few people."
After dinner, Ryosuke hesitated and went to the study. Sitting at the desk, under the dim light, Hiashi raised his head, waiting for his next words in confusion.
"These are the people I circled on this list." Ryosuke handed over a scroll with both hands, "These clan members are all proficient in medical ninjutsu, and they don't have any ill will towards our clan."
"Medical ninja...is there something wrong with your body? Is it related to the Byakugan?" Speaking of medical care, Hiashi frowned, his expression revealing full of worry.
"No, it's not my body, it's actually like this..." Unable to bear this kind of warm family affection, Ryosuke smiled awkwardly and spoke with some hesitation about what happened on the way back from Kyoto.
Honestly speaking, the reason he kept this matter a secret from Hiashi was not only because he was afraid of being grounded, but also because he was a little unwilling to face Hiashi after hearing about this matter.
Bang! Not surprisingly, after listening to him telling about the murder of Uchiha with a gloomy face, Hyuga Hiashi slapped the desk in half. Scrolls, pens, and papers were scattered all over the table. The desk lamp fell directly to the ground, losing its already weak light. The unlit study suddenly lost all light. However, even in the dark, Ryosuke and the others could see each other clearly with their Byakugan.
"Nonsense!"Hiashi gnashed his teeth and said, "I asked you to go out and gain experience so that you can see the world, not to give yourself some tests and put yourself in trouble!"
"I was wondering why there was such a long gap between the time you left Kyoto City and the time you returned to the village. Well, it turns out you were just having fun? Or are you kidding yourself with your own life?"
"…But I have arranged everything." Ryosuke replied weakly.
"Just you? Can you guarantee that you have made no mistakes? What if the people who attacked you were not one jonin and two chunins, but three jonin!"
"Then...then we will retreat while we observe from the cliff. I will not fight a battle that I have no chance of winning."
"What if they find out before you do? You won't even have a chance to resist!"
"…We have Byakugan, and we anticipated the possibility of an attack from the other side, so we slowed down our pace and took turns using Byakugan to observe the surrounding situation, just to be able to detect their tracks in advance."
"you you!"
Hiashi was so angry that his clenched fists were shaking, "Do you know the danger of what you are doing?!"
"...I had already estimated the possible dangers and the ways to deal with them, and had even planned an evacuation route. If we really could not defeat them, we were fully confident in our escape.
Boom! There was another roar. Every word was refuted by Ryosuke. Hiashi was so angry that he kicked the lamp. The desk lamp, which had already lost its light, was shattered into pieces by this kick.
(End of this chapter)
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