Upon hearing Rin Nohara’s words, the surrounding classmates turned their gazes toward Asuma, filled with curiosity, awe, and envy.
Sensing the crowd’s gaze, Asuma couldn’t help but puff out his chest, even though he usually disliked being called the Hokage’s son.
But now, attracting so much attention, he felt quite proud, especially since the pretty girl he saw yesterday, Kurenai Yuhi, was among them.
“Yeah, he’ll come.
Dad already told me about it last night.”
Uchiha Nan rolled his eyes.
Listening to that tone, anyone who didn’t know better would think the Hokage was coming and had to report to him.
After chatting for a while, Umino Iruka walked to the center of the plaza and clapped his hands, signaling everyone to quiet down.
Everyone lined up in neat rows, and Uchiha Nan pulled Kakashi to the very back.
Back when he was in school, he had particularly loathed the long-winded speeches school leaders gave at opening ceremonies.
Not only were they devoid of real substance, but if they encountered some eloquent school leader, they could drone on for several hours.
They didn’t consider the students at all.
In such situations, Uchiha Nan would avoid going if he could, and if he had to, he would stand as far back as possible.
If you stood in the front and accidentally moved, you might be singled out as an example, let alone in front of the Third Hokage.
What if he fell asleep while the Third Hokage was preaching the Will of Fire?
Was there a chance he’d be eliminated for being an evil Uchiha?
Before long, an Old Man with a medium build, wearing a Hokage hat and a white Hokage robe, with a smile on his face, slowly walked onto the small, temporarily constructed platform.
“Hello, students.
It’s that time of year again for the new student enrollment…”
“You are the tomorrow of the Village, the flowers of the future…”
“Where the leaves dance, fire will burn.
The light of the fire will illuminate the Village…”
The Third Hokage’s ultimate genjutsu—the Will of Fire mass brainwashing—was activated.
Uchiha Nan could already see the flames of the Will of Fire growing stronger above the heads of the surrounding students.
Even the white-haired boy beside him looked spirited and radiant.
Wake up, Kakashi!
Uchiha Nan wished he could grab Kakashi’s head and give it a good shake.
It wasn’t that he had any issue with the Will of Fire itself; he just had a problem with the Third Hokage.
The Will of Fire passed down by the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, didn’t teach people to keep the position of Hokage in their own hands.
The First Hokage established the Village to prevent endless wars and to let those children enjoy a better life.
Not like the Third Hokage and his cohort, who held onto power tightly and refused to let it go.
They even allowed Danzo Shimura to do outrageous things, letting the future of the Village join the darkness of Root.
To ensure the Hokage lineage remained exclusive, they allowed Danzo Shimura to spread rumors that the White Fang of Konoha had abandoned his comrades, dragging him into a whirlpool of public opinion.
At the end of the day, the Will of Fire was like a powerful weapon; it just moved however the Hokage wielded it.
The Third Hokage was still tirelessly harvesting the young people below.
Uchiha Nan scanned the area and saw Asuma, who was completely disregarding his father’s dignity, chatting with Kurenai Yuhi and trying hard to add value to the Sarutobi Clan.
He thought of Might Guy, the Blue Beast of Konoha, who would be running 500 laps around the playground after class.
No matter how Uchiha Nan turned, he couldn’t see Uchiha Obito, whom he had woken up early.
He couldn’t help but have black lines appear on his forehead.
He had specifically gone to wake Uchiha Obito up this morning, and yet he was still late.
He was probably distracted by some unknown old lady again.
It seemed he couldn’t hang out with this guy anymore, or he’d end up late too.
With nothing to do, Uchiha Nan opened his combat system panel and looked at the defeat rewards he had just received.
He looked at the rewards dropped by Asuma’s two lackeys first, as the best things should be saved for last.
Defeated ****, obtained one portion of civilian-level Chakra.
Defeated ****, obtained one portion of Ninja Academy-level Chakra.
A great start!
He got two portions of Chakra at once.
Although these two wouldn’t boost his Chakra level to Chunin, but every little bit counts.
He didn’t mind.
With excitement, Uchiha Nan looked at the next defeat record.
Defeated Asuma, obtained Fire Style Chakra Affinity.
What is this?
Uchiha Nan checked the message with great confusion.
When casting Fire Style Ninjutsu, the Chakra consumption would be lower, the power would be greater, and it would be easier to manipulate Fire Style Chakra factors.
It would change the structure of the Ninjutsu, and he would receive reduced damage when attacked by Fire Style Ninjutsu.
Good stuff, Uchiha Nan thought to himself.
He hadn’t expected Asuma, who had the face of a middle-aged man, to have such a good thing on him.
Finally, after the Third Hokage finished his speech and everyone returned to the classroom, Uchiha Nan saw our king of lateness.
This guy walked into the classroom unhurriedly and looked around.
He had been late when selecting seats yesterday, so he didn’t know where to sit.
After seeing Rin Nohara, he shamelessly sat down next to her.
He even turned back to smile at Uchiha Nan and looked provocatively at Kakashi.
After a simple entrance ceremony, Umino Iruka just took attendance and announced the end of class.
After all, the main content of the day was just the Third Hokage’s speech.
On the way back to the Uchiha Clan Compound.
“Nan, how was the Hokage’s speech today?
It’s such a pity I didn’t get to hear it.”
“Who told you to be late again?”
At this moment, Uchiha Nan frowned.
Again?
He had encountered an attack by Asuma this morning, and now, which guy was this?
However, he didn’t show any abnormality and continued talking to Obito as if nothing was wrong.
After dropping Obito off at home, he passed a corner, flashed, and hid on the roof.
The person following him, seeing Uchiha Nan disappear, quickly ran forward to where he had turned and looked left and right.
“Where is he?
Did that guy walk that fast?” Uchiha Ryuichi couldn’t help but speak out.
He ran around twice but couldn’t find any trace of Uchiha Nan.
He had no choice but to give up, assuming Uchiha Nan had just taken a different route home.
After Uchiha Ryuichi disappeared, Uchiha Nan jumped down from the roof with a grave expression.
He understood that given Uchiha Ryuichi’s hatred toward him, following him was definitely not to protect his safety.
He must have thought of some way to harm him, so he intended to confirm his route home to pull some tricks.