Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 17 Graduation Exam

"Kakashi, Touma, you've finally come out!"

Stepping out of the Anbu's gate, Uchiha Touyu looked at Uchiha Obito and Might Guy standing in the doorway with surprise, and asked curiously:

"What are you two doing waiting here? Kakashi and I are fine. The Anbu just locked us up for two days."

"Feiyu, have you forgotten?! Today is our graduation exam day!"

Obito Uchiha shouted, and at that moment, Might Guy grabbed Tobi Uchiha without saying a word and ran towards the school without looking back.

"I'm going to be late! I'd better hurry! It would be terrible if the teacher marked me as unqualified!"

Uchiha Touyu's eyes lit up:

"What happens if you fail? Are you sent back to the ninja academy to repeat the course?"

"They'll be assigned to the ranks of ordinary Chunin; in the event of war, these people will be the first wave of cannon fodder!"

Kakashi stood beside Uchiha Tou and spoke in a low voice.

Holy crap! What kind of terrorist organization is this?!

Uchiha Touyu rolled his eyes, and in a flash, he accelerated, running much faster than Mike Kay and Uchiha Obito.

Normally it doesn't matter, since with Sakumo Hatake's soul in his body, even if Touma Uchiha doesn't have a good teacher, he can slowly train and at least reach the level of Kakashi when he first appeared.

But now we're about to go to war! If we find an ordinary Chunin to lead the team, are we just asking for trouble?

Despite Konoha's victory in the Third Shinobi World War, almost all of Konoha's ordinary cannon fodder ninjas were actually killed!

Think about when Kakashi, Obito, and the others were on a mission, and the Yellow Flash used the Flying Thunder God Technique to support the ninja forces. At that time, only a few ninjas remained on the main battlefield. In such an important battle, Konoha had very few people left, so you can imagine how fierce the battle was.

With a heart unwilling to be cannon fodder on the battlefield, Uchiha Touyu dragged Uchiha Obito and Might Guy all the way back to the Ninja Academy, just in time for their graduation exams.

The graduation exam at the Ninja Academy is now quite simple—sparring with each other, and those who are stronger get higher scores and rankings, which leads to better instructors and more resources in the future.

Those who are weaker can only team up with ordinary Chunin and become cannon fodder.

What? You said you failed? Sorry, now is the time to use cannon fodder. No one fails the Ninja Academy exam!

Even if you don't take the exam, the Ninja Academy will still count you as having passed in the end, and will forcibly give you a Genin headband and drag you into missions as cannon fodder!

"You've arrived, Uchiha Touya! Don't think that being a few years older gives you an advantage. This time, I'm going to defeat you!"

Uchiha Touyu had just arrived at the school's examination hall and hadn't even settled in when he was immediately confronted. Uchiha Touyu blinked and turned his head to look, just in time to see Sarutobi Asuma staring at him with a fierce look on his face.

Because he was five years older, Uchiha Hiu was never called a genius, even though he was always "beating up kids" at the ninja academy. In addition, due to his personality, he was looked down upon even more.

No matter how much they underestimated him, Uchiha Tou's punches still hurt, and ordinary ninja students wouldn't dare to gossip about him to his face. Only Sarutobi Asuma dared to say a few sarcastic remarks to him.

This is certainly not because Sarutobi Asuma's father was the Hokage—when students from the Ninja Academy fight, as long as Asuma isn't killed or maimed, even if he's beaten black and blue and bleeding, Hiruzen Sarutobi won't interfere. The Third Hokage certainly possessed that much of the magnanimity of a superior.

The main reason is that Sarutobi Asuma's strength is indeed not bad. Even though Uchiha Tou is five years older than him, Asuma still had some ability to fight back during the battle.

This made Asuma feel that his strength was not much worse than Uchiha Tou's, and he felt that his potential was far superior. Of course, he was eager to beat this old "loser" every day.

"Oh, it's Asuma... Good luck!"

Uchiha Touyu waved his hand, not caring much about it—now that his Sharingan had reached the double tomoe stage and he had also learned Hatake Sakumo's White Fang sword technique, his strength was comparable to that of a special Jonin. If Hatake Sakumo were called over to fight in his place, he could even hold his own against a Kage-level opponent.

Even at his peak during Shippuden, Asuma probably couldn't beat someone with that kind of strength, let alone an eight-year-old child like him now.

It can be said that after obtaining Sakumo Hatake's soul, the gap between Uchiha Touu and ordinary ninjas had widened, and he can now be considered a genius in the entire history of Konoha.

Well, aside from those Uchiha demons who awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan at a young age, the average person's talent is at most Kakashi's level, and Kakashi, at Uchiha Tou's age, had only just become a Jonin.

"What do you mean, 'I'll do my best'?! Are you just trying to brush me off again?!"

Asuma glared and spoke angrily, but Uchiha Tou's exam had already begun. He waved to Asuma and then went straight to the training ground.

The subsequent battle was uneventful. Uchiha Touyu was already the strongest among the group of children, and after obtaining the White Fang Sword Technique, his strength increased by leaps and bounds. Without even opening his Sharingan or using his short sword, he directly defeated the group of children's opponents.

After easily defeating a group of kids, Uchiha Touyu made it all the way to the semifinals, where his opponent was Kurenai Yuhi, who was still a little girl at the time.

On the other side, Asuma defeated Genma Shiranui and then faced Might Guy, who had just beaten Obito Uchiha. Don't be fooled by the fact that Obito and Guy are called the bottom of the class; they are not really the bottom of the class. At least in terms of actual combat, both Obito and Guy are among the top in their class.

It's simply that Guy is full of youthful energy and doesn't have much talent in ninjutsu, while Obito gives off a clueless vibe and is always late, which is why he's called the bottom of the class.

However, their strength was fully revealed in the graduation assessment. Even without the Eight Gates and the Sharingan, their abilities were still above average.

After that, Asuma performed steadily and eliminated Guy, who was unable to open the Eight Gates. As for Uchiha Tou, he also easily defeated Yuhi Kurenai.

Kurenai Yuhi's talent lies in genjutsu. However, when facing Uchiha Hiu, who has awakened the Sharingan and has the Spirit Binding Technique to enhance his spiritual power, those Fox Heart Technique, Mist Servant Technique, and Naraku Technique are truly useless.

(End of this chapter)