Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

Hinata blushed and nodded, "Mmm."

Hinata's voice is very gentle.

However, given Hinata's performance, this kind of assessment posed no difficulty whatsoever for her.

However, Yu Ming's attitude towards Hinata made Ino somewhat uncomfortable. "You didn't cheer me on at all just now, Yu Ming, you're being too biased."

That little girl is just a little girl; she's very jealous.

I don't know why we're arguing about these things.

Yu Ming was also a little tired. "Didn't you want me to know how good you are? I thought you were very good, so naturally I didn't cheer you on."

"But if Hinata doesn't cheer for herself, it won't be good if she underperforms."

After hearing this, Ino calmed down a bit. "Hmph, I forgive you."

Looking at the little girl's arrogant attitude, Yu Ming was speechless. He even regretted letting her sit next to him.

Hinata also got a perfect score.

Her Byakugan greatly enhances her ability to throw ninja tools.

So Yu Ming wasn't surprised at all by getting this score.

Afterwards, Yu Ming smiled and said, "Not bad, you performed as expected."

Hinata blushed slightly and, for the first time, had the courage to look up at Yu Ming.

"Yes, I was able to do it all because Yu Mingjun cheered me on."

Hinata had barely finished speaking when Ino spoke up before Yu Ming could even reply, "Hinata, I seem to remember you got a perfect score in this subject last time? And you got a perfect score again now. What does this have to do with this guy?"

Hinata blushed deeply at these words.

Yu Ming patted Hinata on the shoulder and laughed, "Don't listen to her, you did a great job this time."

Hinata was completely limp; if it weren't for the many people around, she might have collapsed into Yu Ming's arms.

She had been missing Yu Ming ever since he held her hand last time.

Now, with Yu Ming patting her on the shoulder, she almost fainted from embarrassment.

Ino, seeing how Yumei treated Hinata, felt a pang of unease for some reason.

Seeing Ino's reaction, Shikamaru and Choji were certain of her feelings for Yumei.

Both of them admired Yu Ming for being able to subdue someone like Ino.

Yu Ming's performance in this kunai throwing test was only average.

Yu Ming remained calm when the teacher announced the results.

However, Hinata and Ino looked at Yu Ming with concern, which made him feel somewhat helpless.

"Can you two stop looking at me with such pitiful expressions? This result is already very good."

Ino tugged at Yumei's clothes and said, "But you could have done better, you could have~."

Before Ino could finish speaking, Yu Ming interrupted her, "Alright, stop talking about this. Let's not discuss this topic anymore."

Hinata whispered to Yu Ming, "Yu Ming-kun, I believe you've always been the best."

Ino looked at Hinata and muttered under her breath, "She's always so mean to me. Why don't you say anything to Hinata? Humph."

Seeing Ino throwing a tantrum, Yu Ming felt helpless and said with a wry smile, "Why did I have to provoke this little girl in the first place? Sigh."

Although Yu Ming felt helpless, he didn't actually dislike Ino; he was just a little tired.

After the ninja tool throwing technique assessment ended, Yu Ming spent the whole day at school. As soon as school was over, he ran out of the classroom.

Ino and Hinata were both stunned.

Ino was the first to react and pulled Hinata away.

"Hinata, hurry up and catch up. Yu Ming is definitely going to do something bad."

Ino always felt that Yumei's hurried trips back in the past were all to do bad things.

But when the two ran to the school gate, Yu Ming was nowhere to be seen.

Ino said with great regret, "It's such a pity that he got away."

Hinata was also curious about what Yu Ming was doing during those busy times.

But she also knew that Yu Ming probably didn't want others to know.

Therefore, Hinata said, "If Yu Ming-kun doesn't want to talk about it, it's definitely because he doesn't want to tell us or let us know. Ino, we should actually give Yu Ming-kun some private space."

Ino was stunned. "Hinata, are you sick? I suspect he's done something bad. If he can't study at the Ninja Academy, I bet you'll be crying."

Hinata blushed again after Ino's words.

However, Hinata still muttered to herself, "It's like you can't cry."

She's not stupid; how could she not know what Ino has been thinking about Yu Ming all this time?

Although the two are only six years old, people in this world, regardless of gender, cannot be understood using common sense.

Yu Ming, who had used the Body Flicker Technique to shake off Hinata and Ino's pursuit, had already appeared in the back mountain.

He saw Kakashi standing on the grass beside the pond, waiting for him.

Yu Ming walked up and said with a smile, "Kakashi-sensei, this mission must have been very difficult, it took more than a month to get back."

Kakashi put away the small book in his hand and smiled, "Well, it's a rather difficult task. How have you been learning over the past month?"

Yu Ming smiled and said, "It's alright."

Kakashi didn't care. He knew Yu Ming's character well and knew he would never cheat or do anything dishonest.

Therefore, he had no intention of conducting an assessment.

"For this mission, I copied a water-style ninjutsu, which is quite effective for defense."

"It is called Water Escape: Water Formation Wall".

Yu Ming was taken aback. "Water Release: Water Formation Wall?"

He remembered that Kakashi had used this ninjutsu to defend against Kakuzu's combination of fire and wind release.

Its power looks quite considerable.

Kakashi laughed and said, "I copied it from a Jonin in Kirigakure. It's a B-rank ninjutsu, but it's quite powerful. It's a defensive water-style ninjutsu."

Yu Ming laughed and said, "That's not bad, a defensive water escape technique."

Yu Ming was quite interested in water-style ninjutsu.

Kakashi smiled and said, "Well, let me explain the chakra flow path of this Water Release technique to you first."

Yu Ming nodded.

Chapter 25

This explanation only took three minutes, and Kakashi finished explaining it.

Standing in front of Yu Ming, Kakashi formed hand seals while laughing, "Watch closely, I'll demonstrate for you."

Soon, after completing the hand seals, a water curtain suddenly appeared around Kakashi.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall".

"Boom!"

The water curtain surged up instantly, reaching a height of several meters, like a giant waterfall cascading from the ground into the sky.

Yu Ming smiled, then suddenly remembered something, jumped to the other side of the water curtain, and rapidly formed hand seals.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique".

In an instant, after Yu Ming completed the hand seals, he unleashed a fireball over five meters in size at the rising water curtain.

"Boom!"

"Tch~".

The collision of the fireball and the water curtain created a large amount of water vapor.

Finally, the water curtain and the fireball disappeared together.

Kakashi chuckled. "Your Fireball Jutsu can actually negate the Water Wall Jutsu. Its power is indeed quite impressive."

Kakashi was somewhat surprised, as the Great Fireball Technique and the Water Wall Technique were not on the same level.

However, Yu Ming's powerful fireball technique completely evaporated the water flow of the water array wall.

It's easy to imagine how powerful Yu Ming's Fireball Technique was.

Yu Ming smiled and said, "Kakashi-sensei, you release a Fire Release ninjutsu, and I'll see if my Water Release: Water Wall can block it."

Kakashi didn't refuse, and laughed, "Then you'd better watch out."

After saying that, Kakashi immediately formed hand seals.

Yu Ming stood more than ten meters away from Kakashi, his hands also rapidly forming hand seals.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet".

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall".

The two released their Fire Release and Water Release techniques almost simultaneously.

Fire Dragon Flame Bullet is a B-rank Fire Release ninjutsu with extremely high power.

This time, the fire-style ninjutsu and water-style ninjutsu are of the same level.

"Boom!"

The fire dragon's impact was terrifying, and it struck Yu Ming in an instant.

A massive water curtain instantly formed in front of Yu Ming, crashing towards the fire dragon like ocean waves.

The waves reached heights of fifteen or sixteen meters.

The water waves, stretching for tens of meters, also crashed towards the fire dragon with overwhelming force.