Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan.

Chapter 161 The Twelve Bronze Saints of Honkai Impact (1/2) 5,000 words

The next day, at the Konoha Ninja Academy.

Returning to school after a holiday is like a mythical beast returning to its cage, bringing joy to parents but hardship to teachers.

The classroom was in chaos. Akimichi Choji was furious because Kiba Inuzuka's Akamaru had eaten his last potato chip, and he was now slamming his fist on Kiba's body. Akamaru, who had stolen the chip, was still yelling at him.

Standing to the side, Shikamaru, who seemed perpetually half-asleep, propped his head up with one hand and muttered, "It's just a potato chip, what a hassle..."

"Bang!"

The voice complaining about the trouble had barely faded when Akamaru, whom Choji had just lifted up, flew towards him, leaving two paw prints before rejoining the battle.

Shikamaru, who was kicked down by a dog, was ignored.

Then, in broad daylight, a guy wearing sunglasses, a cloak, and a trench coat appeared and silently extended his hand to Shikamaru, asking, "Do you want me to help you up?"

Shikamaru looked at the person and asked in confusion, "Which class are you in? Are you even in our class? I don't remember you."

Shino paused for a moment, then withdrew his outstretched hand and silently walked to his seat in the last row.

Making friends... failed.

Naruto and Sasuke had just entered the classroom.

The girls who were chatting noisily were immediately drawn to the scene.

"Sa...it's Sasuke!"

"Sasuke is so cool..."

"He looks handsome even when he frowns!"

"Even his sneer is cool!"

"I really want to go up and strike up a conversation..."

……

Under the watchful eyes of others, Naruto said smugly, "Looks like we're getting a lot of attention today! Great..."

However, before Erzhuzi could reply, discontent rang out in the classroom.

"Hey you blondie over there, could you move aside a bit? You're blocking our Sasuke!"

"Naruto, get out of the way!"

"Hey blondie, stay away from Sasuke..."

……

Amidst the rising and falling shouts, Naruto pursed his lips, found a seat, and Sasuke naturally sat down next to him.

"So they're not welcoming you."

Naruto glanced at Sasuke, who looked rather smug, and held out his hand, saying, "It's just being popular with girls. Mom and Aunt Mikoto both said that being number one in grades is what's truly amazing! What's this?!"

Sasuke nodded and replied, "Brother Yun is coming back from the practical training this afternoon, let's have a match then."

Naruto stretched out his hand and clenched it into a fist: "Let's fight then. Even though you're my best friend, I won't lose to you."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a figure suddenly appeared, shoving Naruto aside and sending him sprawling to the ground.

"Um... Sasuke-kun, did you have a good holiday? Next holiday... we..."

A short-haired girl with cherry blossom-colored hair was blushing and wanted to say something, but was too shy to speak.

Just as he was about to muster his courage, Erzhuzi already showed an impatient expression.

"Broad forehead! What are you trying to do?! Trying to get there first?"

An angry voice rang out, and Sakura was immediately pushed aside by her classmates, falling to the ground alongside Naruto, looking at each other in disbelief.

By this time, the noisy classroom had turned into a bustling marketplace, with not a single quiet spot remaining.

only……

"Naruto... kun... are you... alright?"

Hinata, blushing, reached out to pull Naruto, but seemed too shy to do so.

However, Naruto was quite generous. He reached out and took Hinata's hand, then used the leverage to stand up.

"It's alright, Hinata. It's just that Sasuke is too popular. Haha..."

Naruto, who was scratching his head nonchalantly, didn't notice that Hinata's face was flushed red and she was on the verge of fainting.

"Um?"

"Are you shy again? Do you need me to go to the infirmary with you?"

As Naruto drew closer, Hinata's already red face turned even redder, and she promptly fainted.

Just then, Karin, who had just arrived at the classroom door, witnessed this scene.

"Naruto! Have you gotten into trouble again? I'm going to tell Aunt Kushina!"

"No! Let me explain..."

Karin walked over to look at Hinata who had fainted, thought for a moment, then helped her up and walked to the last row. Using the angle difference, she put her arm into Hinata's mouth.

I don't know if fainting from embarrassment would help.

Although his younger brother, who was from the same clan, often caused trouble, he couldn't ignore him because of how good Aunt Kushina had been to him.

Ugh... This is so frustrating!

……

"I advise you not to sit in this seat."

"Oh? Why?"

"Although your smile is fake, sitting here, you might die at any moment."

After thinking for a moment, Sai replied, seemingly out of the blue, "Why does my smile look fake? I've already tried so hard."

At this moment, Shino Aburame walked over, looked at Sai, and said, "Torine delayed his enrollment for two years for some reasons, and that's why he can't be approached. So... I'm sorry."

Sai was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "Why are you apologizing? I just wanted to ask why my smile looked fake, you know that?"

Sai scratched his head in distress, "My brother has been receiving treatment in the hospital, and he says my smile isn't genuine enough. So how can I smile in a way that's truly sincere?"

Despite their seemingly nonsensical conversation, all three appeared to be deep in thought.

After failing to get an answer, Sai left the place dejectedly.

Seeing this, Zhi sighed, "Another failure."

Qu Gen, standing to the side, said indifferently, "That guy just now seemed a bit special."

Shino looked at his clansman and replied, "To be able to ask such a question is indeed very special; I don't think I need to repeat that, do I?"

Qu Gen shook his head slightly and didn't say anything more. After all, who can know what emotions are like?

……

At that moment, the classroom door was pushed open.

Iruka, who had just walked in, was smiling and thought the students were quite happy to start school, and the atmosphere was not bad.

But when he saw the scene in the classroom, his smile froze.

The tables, chairs, and benches were all overturned and in disarray, and the shouts and curses were like those in a vegetable market.

Shikamaru, Choji, and the others were wrestling together, while the girls surrounding Sasuke had started pulling each other's hair and vying for the center position.

Hinata, who had just woken up at the back of the classroom, fainted again because Naruto approached...

Karin, from the Uzumaki clan, completely lost her temper and started beating Naruto mercilessly.

"Hello, classmates..."

He greeted her in an increasingly low voice, and then the veins on Iruka's temples began to bulge.

Even Buddha would get angry if this were done!

"Quiet!!!"

On the first day after the holiday, a roar that could reach the Hokage Building echoed throughout the entire ninja academy.

Even Minato, who was overwhelmed with dealing with the daimyo's urgent messages, called Shikaku over to ask him about it.

……

Ten minutes later, the classroom finally returned to calm.

Having suppressed his anger, Iruka now calmly began to earnestly persuade everyone on the podium.

However, whispers had already begun among the students below.

"Ino, why didn't you help me just now?"

Ino smiled at Sakura with her head down: "Love is something you have to fight for yourself. If a flower bud like Sakura doesn't bloom, then there's no point in pursuing it."

Sakura was taken aback by these words, then raised her fist to encourage herself: "Yeah, Ino is right, you have to fight for love yourself."

Sakura then looked at Ino and asked suspiciously, "Sasuke is so popular, doesn't Ino like Sasuke?"

Ino glanced at Sasuke in the front row: "He's just a handsome, arrogant little boy. Being handsome isn't everything!"

These words made Sakura pout: "You're not allowed to say bad things about Sasuke."

Ino reached out and poked Sakura's waist: "We haven't officially started dating yet, and it's not just me who doesn't like Sasuke."

As they spoke, the two of them raised their eyes, preparing to look at Hinata in the back row.

However, when they looked up, they suddenly found that the shadows had been hanging over them before, and there was no sound all around.

"You guys... seem to be having a good chat..."

A sinister voice rang out, followed by Iruka's torrential rambling.

The two were then invited out of the classroom.

After making an example of someone, the classroom finally started to resemble a classroom setting.

Iruka finally breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, he couldn't greet Lord Yun in this state that afternoon.

"Open the book to page..."

……

The first class of the morning ended quickly, and the two girls who were being punished by standing at the door became the subject of teasing.

Soon after, led by the enraged Ino, the two girls began a battle of two against many.

As for Iruka, who had just returned to his office, it was his turn to take the stage again in the blink of an eye.

After all that commotion, the second period of the morning ended, and Iruka, who was already half-dead from the ordeal, was utterly exhausted.

On the rooftop...

Naruto, Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Choji ate their bento boxes while discussing their afternoon sparring session.

"Brother Yun is coming this afternoon, I'm determined to show him my talent!"

Sasuke glanced at Naruto and said, "You do have some talent for the Three Body Technique, but I remember the first thing we practiced in sparring was throwing shuriken, right?"

???

One sentence was like a sharp knife piercing Naruto's heart.

Throwing a shuriken...

Why would something like this exist? Wouldn't it be enough to just practice the Three Bodies Technique?

"Speaking of which, Sasuke's shuriken accuracy and technique are probably the best in our class, right?"

Shikamaru then stabbed him again.

Choji, who was still eating the potato chips he had just bought, continued, "Sasuke is amazing. He's number one in everything, whether it's shurikenjutsu, the Three Body Technique, or the theoretical exams."

Uh!

With a final, decisive blow, Naruto lay flat on his back.

Erzhuzi, standing nearby, then spoke up: "My brother promised to train with me this afternoon, but he stood me up again. Emergency missions? There can't be that many emergency missions!"

These words made Shikamaru think of something, so he replied, "There must have been an emergency mission yesterday. The Jonin's ninja hawks were mobilized, and Dad didn't come home all night."

Jonin gathering?

These words made Naruto sit up, and he asked, "The entire village's Jonin have gathered. Has something major happened? Shikamaru, do you know?"

Shikamaru's eye twitched: "You, the son of the Hokage, don't know? How could I possibly know?"

Shikamaru sighed, "We're just little kids in their eyes, how could they possibly tell us? Sasuke's brother probably didn't say anything either."

Erzhuzi snorted coldly, arrogantly indicating that he was so busy being angry that he forgot to ask.

Naruto thought for a moment, then exclaimed in alarm, "If all the Jonin have gone out, doesn't that mean Brother Yun has also gone out on a mission?"

Sasuke, who was standing to the side, raised his head and said, "He didn't go out. I saw him when I went out this morning."

"Huh??"

Naruto was taken aback and asked, "Why? Aren't all the Jonin supposed to be gathered? Isn't Brother Kumo a Jonin?"

Shikamaru, standing to the side, frowned and pondered for a moment before saying, "No, Uchiha Kumo was already a Jonin, but he wasn't an ordinary Jonin."

Upon hearing this, Sasuke nodded: "With Brother Yun's power, he is indeed no ordinary Jonin. And such power has never left the village..."

Shikamaru nodded and continued, "Normally, the Hokage stays in the village to defend the rear. But yesterday's Jonin gathering included Sasuke's brother, who also went out on a mission. Under these circumstances, what would force Uchiha Kumoya to stay in the village?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Naruto, his brows furrowed, said in a deep voice, "The Hokage's power is insufficient to guarantee the safety of the rear. We must strengthen the forces remaining behind, which is why Brother Yun will stay in the village."

Naruto then looked at Shikamaru and asked, "Was my guess right?"

Before Shikamaru could answer, Naruto continued, "But we have absolutely no idea what happened."

Shikamaru shook his head and looked towards the classroom: "There's no point in thinking about all this trouble. I think not only do we not know, but even Iruka-sensei probably doesn't know what happened either."

"If you don't have the power, there's no need to know. And for us little guys who haven't officially become ninjas yet, it's even more impossible for us to discover such a secret."

As soon as he finished speaking, a shadow appeared above them.

"If you want to know that much, why not just change yourself into a weakling? If you're always a weakling, knowing will only lead to your death, right? After all, it's a mission involving a gathering of Jonin."

After the words were spoken, the scene froze.

Weakling?!

Even though it's true, aren't you afraid of getting beaten up for saying it out loud?

"Heh... It seems you, who think we're weaklings, are quite confident in your own strength!"

Sasuke, who had already stood up, was pulled back by Shikamaru, while Naruto looked at Sai and said, "Your smile... is so fake!"

Sai gestured to the curve of his own lips: "That kind of smile must be very sincere, right? I saw it in a book."

Sai continued, laughing, "Compared to Konoha's hero, Uchiha Kumo, I'm just as weak. But if you want to know the situation, perhaps you could ask him directly later? That's one way, isn't it?"

After he finished speaking, the four of them looked at each other in bewilderment.

That's definitely a good idea...

"call……"

Shikamaru, who was standing to the side, let out a breath and said, "Although I'm also concerned about this because of my dad, he probably won't tell us if we ask him."

Sasuke thought for a moment and said, "Although I don't know what kind of dangerous mission requires gathering all the Jonin, my brother has already gone, so I have to ask Brother Yun."

At this moment, Sai's voice rang out again: "So, now that you know, what can you bunch of weaklings do?"

Uh!

In an instant, the word "weakling" reappeared in everyone's mind.

Shikamaru, rubbing his forehead, asked, "Hey, how have you managed to live this long? It's a miracle you haven't been beaten to death for your mouth, isn't it?"

Sasuke reached out and pulled out a kunai, saying in a deep voice, "Don't hold me back, I'm going to teach this guy a lesson today!"

Sai looked at Erzhuzi and said with a smile, "No one is holding you back right now, but if you take out a kunai, are you trying to kill me? If so... your brother will be very sad to see you in prison."

"Besides... there should be different levels of weaklings, right? I think I'm definitely a lot better than you in terms of weakling level."

The moment the words left his mouth, Sasuke, who had only meant to be arrogant and scare Sai, instantly became enraged.

He gripped the kunai tightly in his hand and brought it down with a single strike.

"Bang!"

The clanging sound of metal attracted the attention of all the students eating their lunches on the rooftop.

The next moment, Sasuke slid his kunai upwards, flipped over, and kicked off with his feet, heading straight for Sai's chest.

But Sai also dodged, and then three shuriken came flying at him.

"Bang bang bang..."

After knocking them away one by one with kunai, the two began a physical duel about a weakling.

Shikamaru scratched his head. "This seems even more troublesome. Why is this kid's mouth so annoying?"

Naruto watched the duel on the field, his heart filled with excitement, and he had already begun cheering for his good brother Sasuke.

Choji even took out a new bag of potato chips and handed it to the other two, saying, "Won't you have some? It's pretty exciting."

Uh!

After a series of exchanges, Erzhuzi's expression gradually became serious.

Having always been number one in his class, he realized for the first time that the person in front of him seemed to have skills and reactions that were even better than his own.

Were all the previous assessments and tests done leniently?

Seemingly noticing Sasuke's confusion, Sai said, "The book says that if you surpass those around you by too much, you should hide your abilities so that you can make more weakling friends."

Erzhuzi didn't hear anything else; only the word "weakling" kept resurfacing in his mind.

"I'll show you who the weakling is!"

The next second, Sasuke's hands flew into hand seals: "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

In an instant, the fireball, carrying immense heat, hurtled towards Sai.

……

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