Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

However, he didn't say anything; as long as she was comfortable, that was fine.

Meanwhile, in the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage frowned as he watched Yu Ming, Hinata, and Ino chatting and laughing. "Who is this child? Why is he so close to Hinata and Ino?"

The Third Hokage found it strange. He wasn't curious about why Ino, Hinata, and Yu Ming were so close, but rather why Hinata and Ino were so close to Yu Ming, a commoner ninja with such mediocre achievements. It was truly bizarre.

The other ninjas had no idea.

Kakashi then stepped forward and said, "His name is Yu Ming, and he is a good kid."

The other Jonin all looked at Kakashi, quite shocked. The usually taciturn, serious, and cautious Kakashi actually knew a child with mediocre grades.

This is even stranger.

The third generation is even more unbelievable.

Looking at Kakashi, he asked, "Oh, Kakashi, do you know him?"

Kakashi nodded. "I know him. He's a very good kid. Although his grades are average, he has a great personality."

The Third Hokage glanced at Kakashi, then looked at Yu Ming, who was chatting and laughing with Hinata and Ino inside the crystal ball.

"Judging from his appearance, he does seem to have a decent personality."

But he still felt something was strange. Did he need to know Kakashi just because he had a good personality?

Clearly, the relationship between Kakashi and him is definitely not ordinary.

After experiencing the events involving Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, and the Fourth Hokage, Kakashi became taciturn. He was previously a member of the Anbu, but later left the Anbu.

The Third Hokage assigned him to lead Jonin teams several times, but Kakashi failed to pass those students, which shows that Kakashi would never be so familiar with someone based on their personality.

Meanwhile, Uzuki Yugao, who was standing to the side as a guard in the Dark Guard, was also very pleased to see Yu Ming inside the crystal ball.

"This kid has finally graduated. I'm really looking forward to his future performance. Maybe he can even surpass the Fourth Hokage."

Just as the Third Hokage was becoming very curious about Yu Ming, Iruka called Yu Ming over.

The third generation looked very seriously at Yu Ming as he entered the examination hall.

"I don't know what's so special about this child that Kakashi feels so familiar with him."

Currently, it can be said that Kakashi is the strongest Jonin after the Third Hokage and Danzo, in terms of overall strength.

The Third Hokage even thought that if no one else could grow up to be the next Hokage, Kakashi might become the Fifth Hokage.

Therefore, the Third Hokage valued Kakashi highly; otherwise, he wouldn't have appointed him as the captain of the Anbu and now transferred him out of the Anbu to serve as a Jonin instructor.

I just wanted to build up his prestige.

Yu Ming also sensed that someone was watching him; his perception was now extremely sharp.

Therefore, Yu Ming did not stand out too much.

I passed the assessment quite normally.

This made many Jonin very curious, because Yu Ming's performance was actually not outstanding; on the contrary, it was quite average.

He's just an average graduate, far less outstanding than Sasuke.

She is far inferior to even Ino and Hinata.

What exactly made him worthy of Kakashi's attention?

Is it really because Yu Ming has a good personality?

Even three generations found it very puzzling.

He couldn't see anything special about Yu Ming at all.

However, because Yu Ming's performance was so ordinary, the Third Generation pondered for a while and then stopped paying attention to him.

After Yu Ming received the ninja headband, he came out, and Hinata and Ino quickly surrounded him.

Ino went even further, snatching the headband from Yu Ming's hand and putting it on Yu Ming's arm.

"That way we'll be the same."

Ino wore her headband in the same way as Hamei.

Hinata looked at the headband around her neck, thought for a moment, took it off, and tied it to her arm.

The silent gesture made Ino smile. "Hinata, I think you look better with it on your neck."

Hinata lowered her head and remained silent.

It was clearly a protest.

Yu Ming smiled and said, "Don't tease her anymore. Now that she has passed the test, I'll be leaving now."

You can leave school after the exam.

Yu Ming doesn't want to stay at school right now.

A third generation of students will be giving a speech soon, and many students have not left.

Yu Ming didn't want to listen and wanted to leave.

Hinata and Ino exchanged a glance and quickly followed, saying, "Wait for us."

Yu Ming watched the two walk side by side.

He smiled wryly and said, "Why are you following me?"

Hinata didn't say anything, but Ino smiled and said, "Today is the day we passed our graduation exam, so Hinata and I are planning to go out for a meal together, to eat barbecue."

"Yu Ming, it's my treat, let's go eat barbecue."

As she spoke, she took Yu Ming's arm, which made Hinata very envious. Although she was not as introverted as before, she still couldn't do the same thing as Ino.

Yu Ming didn't seem to care at all and calmly replied, "Sure."

"Anyway, I don't have to pay."

Ino joked, "I know, Yu Ming is a stingy person."

Yu Ming didn't refute, but Hinata whispered, "Yu Ming-kun isn't stingy, Ino, don't talk nonsense."

The three chatted and soon arrived at a barbecue restaurant.

In Konoha, grilled meat is a very expensive expense.

Even Ino spent more than a month's allowance to treat Yu Ming and Hinata to a meal.

Ino is the heir to the Yamanaka clan, and her monthly allowance is only enough for one meal, which shows how expensive it is.

Just as the three were enjoying their meal, four people walked in from outside.

Upon seeing Yu Ming, he exclaimed, "Hey, Yu Ming, you're here too!"

As he spoke, he led his students toward Yu Ming.

Yu Ming already sensed who the person was.

Looking up at Kai, Yu Ming smiled and said, "Teacher Kai, what brings you here to eat barbecue?"

Kai sat down casually next to Yu Ming and invited Xiao Li and the others to sit down as well.

Chapter 40

When Hinata saw Neji, she greeted him softly, "Neji-nii-nii."

Neji frowned when he saw Hinata there.

Neji actually had a rather conflicted relationship with Hinata. He loved Hinata a lot when he was a child because she was cute, and he also loved her very much because of their blood relation.

But after witnessing how the main family sent his father, who was from a branch family, to his death, he began to hate the main family.

Therefore, although Neji still cared about Hinata, he appeared indifferent on the surface.

He simply nodded when Hinata greeted him.

Then he looked at Yu Ming, frowning, "You are Yu Ming?"

Although it was his first time meeting Yu Ming, he often heard Kai talk about Yu Ming.

Although Kai didn't explicitly state how strong Yu Ming was in his narration, it was clear that Kai greatly admired Yu Ming.

Although Yu Ming felt that Neji was being somewhat impolite, he still nodded and smiled, saying, "Yes."

After ordering the food, Kai introduced Yu Ming to his disciples, saying, "Look, Yu Ming, these three are my most adorable disciples. Xiao Li inherited my martial arts skills and has excellent talent in them."

"Tenten is also a very cute disciple who has mastered many useful ninja tools."

"And then there's Neji, a genius with the Byakugan. His strength is undoubtedly the best in his class. What do you think? Aren't my students amazing?"

Kai introduced his students with great pride.

Yu Ming greeted all three of them.

He is a very calm person, not someone who gets angry easily.

So even though Neji's attitude towards him wasn't very good before, Yu Ming didn't take it to heart.

After Kai finished his introduction, Yu Ming smiled and said, "Then let me introduce these two to you. This one is from the Yamanaka clan, Yamanaka Ino, and she also has excellent grades in school."

"Neji should know her. She's Hinata Hyuga, the eldest daughter of the Hyuga clan, and she's very powerful."

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Kai was somewhat surprised, "I didn't expect your friends to all come from prestigious families."

"And they're two such beautiful girls, what are you trying to do?"

Kai sat down next to Yu Ming and looked at Yu Ming meaningfully, asking him a question.

Yu Ming wasn't surprised at all; that's just Kai's personality—he says what he thinks.

"All I want to say is that they are just my friends, Teacher Kai. Did you just finish a mission this time?"

Kai nodded. "By the way, today is the graduation assessment. No wonder you're here today."

"How did the exam go?"

Kai asked while eating the barbecue.

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

Kai continued, "I don't know who you were assigned to. I really wanted to be your mentor, but unfortunately I already have three lovely students."