Morino Ibiki saw both his students return to their classmates with their heads bowed. After ignoring Yuta's embarrassed bow and speaking a few words of comfort to Ensui, he looked to see how many of his classmates had not been eliminated from the competition.
With the last round, all the students except Obito, Kakashi, and Yuta were eliminated. If he wanted to win the bonus as a first-year teacher, at least one of his students would have to make it to the quarter-finals.
So far, Kakashi and Yuta have been the only ones who have given him hope. Obito had already almost lost the previous one against a civilian ninja. Of course, considering that the civilian ninja Obito faced was a third-year student, he still performed quite well. Only his performance was not as spectacular as that of Kakashi, who defeated a fourth-year student in a few seconds.
Ibiki didn't know what to think when he looked at Yuta. Yuta had never put on an eye-catching performance since he joined the class, but that could also be because he hadn't practiced fighting since he came to the class.
As Rin looked at her friends returning from the arena, she stepped forward and checked Ensui for injuries first. When Ensui said he was fine, she rushed to congratulate Yuta.
"Yuta-san, you fought really well! If you keep this up, maybe someone from our class will win the tournament, and everyone will see that we're the best class in the school!"
Rin repeated this behavior after each competition, congratulating everyone and checking on their injuries. The female students didn't feel anything about it because they knew she wanted to be a medical ninja in the future and the boys couldn't help but be attracted to her, but not everyone was as stupid as Obito and knew she had feelings for Kakashi.
When Yuta heard that Rin congratulated him much less than Kakashi, he ignored her and headed for his seat. If he was strong enough when the time came, he would save Rin and rescue Kakashi from his life of eternal virginity. After all, he had not forgotten how Kakashi had treated him like a brother.
Yuta clenched his fist and thought this could work in his favor. If somehow a boy attracted the attention of the whole village, Danzo would at least think twice before kidnapping him. This is just like how governments in the old world worked.
To give an example, look at the number of search and rescue personnel that would be mobilized to search for an ordinary person lost in the forest versus the number of search and rescue personnel that would be mobilized to search for a pop star.
The Hokage has his popularity to think about, and the sudden disappearance of a young man beloved by the villagers will significantly lower people's trust in the Hokage...
Ibiki finally decided to congratulate the entire class first and with a deep breath began his speech. "Asuma, Ryoko, Rentaro and Isamu. Your performance in this battle was at a lower level than during our training days. Starting tomorrow, I will prepare a special training program for you to practice at home. Kakashi and Obito, congratulations. And Yuta..." Ibiki paused for a second before continuing, watching as Yuta forced one of the civilian students to undress and put the jacket he was wearing over his own head to block out the sun. "YUTAAA!!!"
Yuta had always harbored a certain amount of fear for the bald teacher, knowing what kind of art he would be mastering in the future, and when he heard Ibiki shout, he immediately turned his attention back to him. "Yes, Sensei!"
A few veins appeared on Morino Ibiki's forehead when he realized that even as he answered him, he hadn't bothered to return the jacket to the trembling boy next to him. "Yuta, do you still have any hidden talents?"
"Yes."
"Do you think you can win this competition?"
"Of course. Uh by the way sensei, is it allowed to use summon monsters in duels?"
Ibiki wondered why his student used the plural suffix when asking this question, but he didn't ask him anything and answered his question. "It is completely free to use summons, but I don't recommend it. If people see you using summons to beat your opponent, they will make a fuss about it. After all, a boy from a rich family might find a powerful summoning beast and buy it to make a contract with him. Unless you can prove that you captured the summoning beast on your own."
"It's more like I created the summon monsters than I captured them myself. It is something about my bloodline, and I don't plan on using them at all in battle, I'm just planning on having Obito kicked to the pigs if I ever face him."