Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

Throughout the journey, Yu Ming did not answer Ino's questions; she did all the talking.

They encountered Hinata again halfway there.

It turned out that Ino was the one talking, while he and Hinata remained silent.

Upon arriving at the classroom, the three of them sat in the back, as usual.

This time, however, Shikamaru, Choji, and Kiba looked at the three of them with strange expressions.

Hinata is very perceptive; she noticed it as the three of them stared at them.

He lowered his head and whispered to Yu Ming, "Yu Ming-kun, Shikamaru and the others have been staring at us for some reason."

Yu Ming didn't look up, calmly reading the book. "I don't know, maybe it's because of Ino."

Ino, who was sitting next to Yu Ming and chattering away, immediately turned her gaze to Shikamaru and the others when she heard what Yu Ming said.

He happened to make eye contact with Shikamaru, Choji, and Kiba.

"What are you looking at?"

Ino raised her fist, threatening the three of them.

The three of them immediately turned away, not daring to look again.

Because Ino really does hit people.

Yu Ming shook his head, and Hinata looked at Ino with envy, "Ino, you're so amazing."

Ino smiled smugly. "Of course, they deserve to be beaten."

A moment later, Iruka came up.

"As I mentioned yesterday, today we will have a test on ninja tool throwing techniques. This test will be part of your final grade."

Many students immediately began to complain.

Unless you're an exceptionally high-achieving student, you really don't like taking exams.

Iruka glared at the complaining students and said, "Hurry up and assemble at the training ground. No matter what, you'd better be in top condition."

Naruto held his head in his hands, looking distressed. "Why can't I take a different test? Ninja tool throwing is the one I'm worst at."

Kiba, who was sitting behind Naruto, teased, "It's like you can just change the exam subject and pass."

At this stage, Naruto was only good at taijutsu; he was bad at everything else.

Kiba's words really stung Naruto. He raised his head and stubbornly said, "Besides ninja tool throwing techniques, I know a lot more."

Ya leaned closer to him and chuckled, "For example?"

Naruto stammered and couldn't say anything.

Aside from physical training, he's really good at nothing; he truly deserves the title of "bottom of the class."

Ya laughed loudly, "Can't say it now, can you?"

When Naruto saw Kiba mocking him, he couldn't stand it anymore. He stood up and challenged Kiba to a one-on-one fight: "Kiba, if you're so tough, let's have a one-on-one fight."

Just as Ya was about to get up and fight, he was interrupted by Iruka's shout, "You two both want zero points, right? Hurry up and go to the training ground."

Neither Naruto nor Kiba wanted to get zero points.

So upon hearing Iruka's roar, he immediately stood up and ran to the training ground.

Yu Ming, Hinata, and Ino also arrived at the training ground.

Standing in the crowd, queuing up, Yu Ming remained calm.

Hinata and Ino stood one in front of him and the other behind him.

Ino was like five hundred ducks, chattering away.

"Yu Ming, how many points are you planning to get later?"

"By the way, you got eight points last time, how about nine this time? Otherwise, if you hit the first four targets but then missed the last one, that would be too fake."

Yu Ming had no intention of paying attention to Ino, but of course, he wasn't opposed to it either.

Hinata, standing behind Yu Ming, kept her head down and leaned close to him, looking very shy.

Seeing that Yu Ming didn't seem inclined to answer, Ino smiled and said, "Tell me."

Yu Ming was speechless at this girl. "Can't you take a good look at yourself? Your grades are at the bottom of the class, and you still have the nerve to care about me? You come from a prestigious family, after all. With your grades, your family doesn't look good either."

However, Yu Ming thought that these words would calm Jing Ye down, but to his surprise, she not only did not calm down, but also laughed confidently, "Don't worry, my dad doesn't care about my grades at all, as long as I learn the family's secret techniques."

"He didn't care about other achievements at all."

Seeing Ino's shameless and proud attitude, Yu Ming said helplessly, "You really have a thick skin. Aren't you worried that people will say you come from a prestigious family but are actually a loser?"

However, it's not uncommon for a prestigious family to end up at the bottom of the rankings.

Obito Uchiha was once a member of that faction.

However, the bloodline advantage of being born into a family is indeed something that ordinary people can hardly achieve.

Once his bloodline awakens, ordinary people will find it impossible to reach the heights they have achieved.

Thinking about it this way, Yu Ming was speechless. "You seem to not care at all."

Ino laughed and said, "That's right, what's so great about learning things at school? I only need to learn what my father taught me. Much of what I learned at school is just scratching the surface."

Yu Ming smiled wryly, "But you can't even learn the basics properly."

Ino, however, said confidently, "That's because I don't want to learn. If I wanted to learn, I could easily become number one."

Yu Ming had no intention of responding to her about this.

Hinata felt somewhat helpless.

If Ino were to really get serious, she would definitely be amazing.

But even if we forget about being number one, there are many other skilled players in the class besides Sasuke. If we don't count Yu Ming, there's also Kiba, Shino, and even Hinata, who's always been quiet.

They are all very capable.

Yu Ming chuckled, "Can't you die if you don't brag for a day?"

Although Ino didn't quite understand what Yumei meant by "bragging," she knew it was definitely not a compliment.

"Yu Ming, don't underestimate me."

Yu Ming chuckled, completely ignoring Ino.

Seeing Yu Ming like this, Ino's cheeks puffed up with anger, which looked rather cute.

But Yu Ming didn't watch it.

"Hmph, I'll definitely show you what I'm capable of later."

Meanwhile, Shikamaru and Choji were keeping a close eye on the situation.

However, they couldn't hear what Yu Ming, Hinata, and Ino were saying.

The previous parts ended quickly, and when it was Ino's turn, she wanted to impress Yuming.

They're not even going to suppress themselves anymore.

After throwing five shuriken, all five hit the bullseye.

Iruka was stunned. "This, Ino, your progress is really too great."

Ino smiled, and as she turned to leave the stage, she looked at Yu Ming and raised her fist in a provocative gesture.

Yu Ming remained completely calm.

Ino's strength shocked all the students in the class.

Ino, who was originally ranked last, actually got a perfect score.

Yu Ming went up on stage and summarized why he had given himself away earlier.

Finally, he pulled out five kunai, his gaze sharpening slightly as he tossed them out one by one.

These five kunai, none of them hit the bullseye, but none of them missed the target.

Iruka was taken aback. "Why does it feel like Yu Ming's strength has decreased?"

Despite his thoughts, he still gave it a score of 7.5.

Looking at Yu Ming earnestly, he said, "Yu Ming, you need to try harder next time. You've regressed a little since last time."

Yu Ming nodded.

As we walked down, many of the students were laughing.

They didn't know what they were laughing at; it was just kids laughing because they saw their classmate being criticized by the teacher.

Chapter 24

But Ino, who had just been eager to show Yu Ming how powerful she was, suddenly became unhappy when she saw many people laughing at Yu Ming.

"What are you laughing at? Believe me or not, I'll beat you all into pig heads!"

He even raised his fist as a threat.

Her shout startled everyone.

Some students who wanted to laugh covered their mouths tightly, afraid to laugh out loud.

Ino is truly daring, and most of them can't even beat her.

Seeing Ino's expression, Yu Ming shook his head. "Alright, let them laugh if they want. There's no need to scare them."

These are just little kids; they probably don't even know what they're laughing at.

Why would Yu Ming bother arguing with them?

And given his performance, isn't it normal for him to be ridiculed?

If he wasn't being ridiculed, Yu Ming would worry that something was wrong.

Ino said indignantly, "But they laugh at you."

Yu Ming patted Ino on the shoulder and said, "Alright, stop talking. Let them laugh if they want to. It's not like I'll lose a piece of my flesh."

After saying that, Yu Ming looked at Hinata and smiled, "You're next, good luck!"