Hokage Office.
A group of Jonin and Special Jonin gathered.
After receiving their team information, they left one by one and went to the Ninja Academy.
Kakashi looked at the list of students for Team Seven and felt somewhat helpless. He clearly wanted to live a leisurely life, but the Hokage still assigned him trouble.
Naruto Uzumaki, Minato-sensei's child, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
Sasuke Uchiha, the sole survivor of the Uchiha clan.
This team is not easy to lead!
At this time, Yamashiro Aoba also received the information for Team Nine. Seeing that his clan brother was in it, he was rarely relieved.
He actually didn't understand why he, a Special Jonin from the Intelligence Division, would be assigned to be a team leader, but seeing that he was going to lead his clan brother, he didn't think much about it anymore, just treated it as a rare vacation.
However, Sarutobi Hiruzen mentioned, "Aoba, there's a little guy named Natsuki in your team who is a genius. You must cultivate him well."
Natsuki? Genius?
Yamashiro Aoba opened Natsuki's file and was immediately stunned, "This Natsuki, he's the inventor of the Ninja Killing Card Game, and he even defeated Sasuke Uchiha! Single-hand seals, Water Release Ninjutsu... Lord Hokage, forgive my bluntness, but a genius like this should be given to Kakashi to lead!"
Kakashi rolled his eyes. Why did everyone want to give him trouble?
Sarutobi Hiruzen laughed, "Kakashi has other arrangements, you should know that Kakashi is the most suitable person to lead the Uchiha 460 child, and also Naruto... In short, pay more attention to that little guy Natsuki."
Kakashi also patted Yamashiro Aoba's shoulder at this time, "Aoba, Natsuki is a good kid, smart, rational, and responsible. Leading him will be very easy."
Yamashiro Aoba looked at Kakashi in surprise, not expecting Kakashi to evaluate this Natsuki so highly.
He would have to take a good look then.
"Alright then, I'll do my best."
Yamashiro Aoba left with the list and information. Before reaching the school, he read all the information and put it away, then arrived at the classroom door.
"Team Nine, Natsuki, Yamashiro Rinne, Kato Megumi, follow me!"
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Natsuki nodded to Shino, and he and his two teammates quickly left the classroom and followed the receding figure.
This Aoba-sensei doesn't play by the rules; he calls people out, but then runs far away himself. Is this immediately starting to test the strength of the three of them?
The three immediately chased after him, with Natsuki in the middle leading the way. Natsuki decided the pace and rhythm, keeping close to Yamashiro Aoba without falling behind, but also without expending too much physical strength. The key was that they didn't say a word, seemingly not curious at all about what Yamashiro Aoba would arrange.
Yamashiro Aoba naturally noticed this and nodded secretly in his heart.
Leaving aside the strength of the three, just this composure and calmness made them qualified Genin.
This is how a Ninja is; when the team leader says go, you follow, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, and the person leading the team will naturally tell you what you should know.
If this were Naruto, he would have been asking questions non-stop. Team leaders actually dislike this kind of personality the most; they are obviously noisy, hot-blooded idiots who might not follow orders and rush forward recklessly during missions, easily ruining things.
Only Kakashi would spoil him; other Jonin wouldn't indulge him at all.
Getting back to the topic, let's talk about Yamashiro Aoba again.
Natsuki had also been observing this team leader. His appearance was pretty much the same as in the original work.
Black spiky hair pointing upwards, headband slightly askew, wearing green sunglasses, a blue tight suit, and a green Jonin vest. He looked cool.
As for his personality and strength, that would have to be understood slowly.
Soon, Yamashiro Aoba stopped at a training ground, and Natsuki and the other two followed suit, standing opposite Yamashiro Aoba without moving.
Yamashiro Aoba pushed up his sunglasses, "My name is Yamashiro Aoba, a Special Jonin from the Intelligence Division, and from now on, I will be the team leader for Team Nine. I have already seen your files, so let's skip the self-introductions. Now, let me see your strength."
Oh, he's really decisive.
That's good too; introducing what you like, dislike, and your dreams is a bit silly.
Then let's have a fight first!
Natsuki immediately made a gesture, and Yamashiro Rinne and Kato Megumi immediately surrounded Yamashiro Aoba on both sides, subtly forming a three-sided encirclement, but none of them rushed forward rashly.
Yamashiro Aoba smiled, "Are you attacking directly? Isn't stealth a basic skill for a Ninja?"
Natsuki's expression remained unchanged, "Aoba-sensei is a Special Jonin, skilled in detection and tracking. Our stealth techniques are simply not enough, so we won't play with Aoba-sensei."
Yamashiro Aoba nodded slightly, "Good judgment. So, how do you plan to attack?"
Natsuki pulled out a Kunai and threw it out as a test.
Yamashiro Aoba casually took out a Kunai to block it, clearly guarding against Kato Megumi and Yamashiro Rinne on both sides. If he dodged, he would reveal a weakness, so he chose to block.
Unexpectedly, Kato Megumi and Yamashiro Rinne also threw out a handful of Kunai, and Yamashiro Aoba frowned as he blocked them.
He felt something was wrong.
The next second, as the Kunai was touched by his Kunai, it suddenly exploded, and a pungent poisonous mist instantly enveloped Yamashiro Aoba, causing his expression to change, and he immediately held his breath.
"These little guys, they're playing this trick!"
Natsuki seized the opportunity to quickly make hand seals, splitting off several Shadow Clones to go underground, and then continued to make hand seals to use the Four Illusionary Appendage Technique and Body Merging Technique. Meanwhile, Kato Megumi and Yamashiro Rinne continued to throw Kunai, but the Kunai all embedded themselves in the ground. The next second, they all shot out steel wires with hooks, successfully hooking onto Yamashiro Aoba's clothes.
Yamashiro Aoba hadn't even managed to jump out of the poisonous mist range when his clothes were hooked, making it very difficult to break free.
These were Kunai specially prepared by Natsuki for his two teammates. The poisonous mist Kunai were not only poisonous but also obscured vision, and the steel wire Kunai, while not very damaging, were very annoying when hooked onto clothes. If he tried to forcibly break free, his clothes would be pulled, in short, it would waste time and be very irritating.
"Little guys, you're pretty good at sneak attacks!"
Yamashiro Aoba almost couldn't help but laugh, quite satisfied with these three students.
Although he was just a Special Jonin and not particularly strong, being able to suddenly sneak attack and entangle him was already quite remarkable for a Genin team.
However, he couldn't be too weak, otherwise he wouldn't have any authority in the team in the future.
So he quickly made a few hand seals and exhaled a gust of wind, successfully blowing away the poisonous mist.
Just as he was about to break free from the steel wire hooks, he saw Natsuki charging straight at him. His speed was astonishing, and he could hear the sound of air being cut by his fists, indicating considerable strength.
He instinctively tilted his head to dodge, but the hooks were caught on his clothes, making dodging a bit troublesome. Fortunately, he still managed to avoid it smoothly.
But Natsuki smiled. He saw a fist suddenly extend from his shoulder blade behind him, hitting Yamashiro Aoba hard, sending him flying along with a pile of steel wire Kunai.