It's time to divide the classes.
In the Ninja School classroom.
The students in the class were called away one after another by the captains of the teams they were assigned to.
"Hatake Kakashi, Nohara Rin, and Uchiha Obito, I am your instructor Jōnin, please follow me." A yellow-haired man with a smile as bright as the sun walked into the classroom.
This is the future Fourth Hokage of Konoha Village. Look at his damn charm. He is powerful but not arrogant. He is humble but doesn't make people think he is weak and easy to bully.
No wonder Orochimaru lost to him. After all, Orochimaru looked gloomy and cold, and he was far inferior to him in terms of appearance and temperament alone.
Compared to other ninja villages, the leader of Konoha Village, the Hokage, must not only be strong enough but also be approachable.
"What, Kakashi, I am not dreaming, our teacher is actually that yellow flash!" Obito pinched his face hard and found that he was not dreaming.
"Stop yelling, let's go." Kakashi called Obito in a cool manner, he didn't want to give Namikaze Minato the impression that he was reckless.
After Rin and Mitsuki said a simple goodbye, they left with Namikaze Minato.
Watching them leave, Mitsuki began to wonder what kind of person his instructor would be.
His teammate is Uchiha Ruri, the first and second instructors of the school year, so he must be a Jōnin at the very least.
"Shimizu Mitsuki, Uchiha Ruri, come with me." Under Mitsuki's gaze, a man with a long ponytail and a ninja vest walked into the classroom.
After saying hello to Hong and Anko, Mitsuki also left the classroom.
...
A clearing in the woods in the village.
"I'm Yamanaka Kaiichi, your instructor and the captain of Class 1. Heiji, come and say hello to your teammates." After introducing himself, Yamanaka Kaiichi said to another member of the team who was waiting there.
This member was a boy of about twelve or thirteen years old, with long straight black hair and white eyes. It was obvious that he was a ninja from the Hyuga clan.
"My name is Hyuga Heiji." Hyuga Heiji had a cold expression. It was unclear if it was because he had the same expressionless face as Kakashi, or for some other reason.
"My name is Shimizu Mitsuki, please give me your guidance in the future." Mitsuki considered himself to be a very polite person, and in the ninja world, those who were very enthusiastic when they met were mostly more dangerous.
"I'm Uchiha Ruri. I hope this team won't be assigned some boring tasks next." Facing the Hyuga clan's sullen faces, Uchiha Ruri naturally wouldn't have a good face.
"Haha, don't look at Heiji like that. He's just not good at expressing himself. Besides, he's only two years older than you. There's nothing wrong with him treating the three of you as peers." Yamanaka noticed that the atmosphere had turned cold and quickly tried to smooth things over.
It's not easy to lead a team. I hope these little guys can establish bonds during the mission, Teacher Haiyi sighed inwardly.
"You seem to be in high spirits.
Let's talk more about it.
For example, what are you good at? What are your current goals? For example, I am good at perception ninjutsu, and my current goal is to help the village win the war as soon as possible and let peace come soon.
Heiji, you can tell us next."
Teacher Haiyi clapped his hands.
"As you can see, I am from the Hyuga clan. I am good at physical skills and perception. My goal for now is to survive this war."
Mitsuki was not surprised by Hyuga Heiji's introduction. Everyone in the ninja world knew what the Hyuga clan was good at, just like Uchiha's illusion and Fire Style.
"I am good at the Uchiha clan's illusion and Fire Style. My temporary goal is to improve my strength. Other than that, I don't have any other ideas." Uchiha Liuli raised her head slightly with a proud look on her face.
This woman, ever since she knew she would be heading to the battlefield after the graduation assessment, seemed very... happy?
Mitsuki couldn't quite understand the train of thought of a battle fanatic like Uchiha Ruri. She couldn't possibly be looking forward to war. Even the most hardline fighter in Uchiha didn't like war.
If this is true, then Uchiha Ruri was born in the wrong era. If she had been there when Madara left Konoha, she would definitely not have let Madara leave alone.
"I'm good at Lightning Style and Earth Style, as well as Perception Ninjutsu. My goal for now is to survive this war."
Then he would go and settle the score with Mist Shinobi. He didn't say this aloud. After all, it was too magical for a newly graduated ninja school student to say that he would go and settle the score with one of the five major ninja villages.
"Oh, I saw you were carrying a Short Sword, and I thought you were good at swordsmanship?" Teacher Haiyi pointed at the sword hanging on Mitsuki's waist.
"This sword," Mitsuki said as he pulled out the sword. "It's called the Mist Cutting Sword. It was a birthday gift from my father and his teammates."
When Mitsuki mentioned "teammates", he couldn't help but glance at Liuli next to him.
Uchiha Ruri looked at Mitsuki strangely, and he introduced his sword to see what I do.
It seems that Uchiha Yan and Uchiha Liuli, father and daughter, do not communicate much.
Mitsuki has no intention of intervening in other people's family conflicts for the time being. His main focus now is on the war at hand.
"This knife is very beautiful." Teacher Haiyi exclaimed and felt a little embarrassed inside.
After learning the group list, he went to find out some information about Mitsuki and Ruri in advance, and naturally knew that Mitsuki's parents died in the war.
He didn't want to continue talking about this topic.
Heiji, who was standing next to him, felt that he should say something to fit in with the group, and was about to open his mouth to praise Mitsuki's sword.
Teacher Haiyi spoke first and quickly changed the subject: "I see everyone is familiar with each other, so let's go eat ramen together, I'll treat you."
"OK."
"good."
"Forget it. Since there's nothing else to do, I'll go back to training." Uchiha Liuli didn't want to waste time on meaningless things.
"Oh, this is a bit of a headache." Teacher Haiyi was a little embarrassed.
"Liuli, let's go together. If the team members are not familiar with each other and lack tacit understanding and cooperation, it may affect the efficiency of completing the task in the future." Mitsuki has been classmates with Liuli for so many years, so he still has a set of words to deal with her.
Uchiha Ruri imagined a situation in the future where the pace of the mission would always be slowed down due to poor coordination.
She looked at Mitsuki, then quickly turned away and said reluctantly: "...Okay, since it may affect the efficiency of the mission, there is nothing we can do. Let's go quickly."
On the way to the ramen restaurant, Haiyi secretly gave Mitsuki a thumbs up behind his back.
"By the way, Teacher Haiyi."
"Hey, what's wrong? Mitsuki."
"I heard that the captain of a newly formed team usually has a test or something like that."
"Well, that's not necessary. You and Liuli are the first and second graduating students of this class. If you both fail, then all the graduates of this class will have to go back to the Ninja School to repeat their studies, haha."
"I see."
...
After eating ramen.
Teacher Haiyi gave instructions to the three little ones.
"Listen up, Hai Class 1.
After you go back today, pack up your equipment and gather at the village entrance at 7 a.m. tomorrow.
We have a mission to escort supplies to the front line of Sand Shinobi in Kawa no Kuni.
I will tell you the specific mission information on the way tomorrow.
Do you have any questions?"
"No."
"Very good, then Class 1 will be disbanded."
...
"It disbanded so quickly." After the disbandment, Mitsuki strolled on the streets of Konoha.
I don't know what's going on with Rin. Given Minato's personality, he won't let the three of them fight over the bell.
Should I use my six eyes to take a look? Forget it. It feels like I'm a pervert. Mitsuki rejected the idea in his heart.
"Well, let's go practice some ninjutsu next." Mitsuki felt that there was nothing to pack even if he went home, so he prepared to go to his and Rin's secret training ground to continue studying ninjutsu.