Konoha Ninja Academy, playground.
The air was thick with voices, and colorful flags fluttered in the wind.
Today was the entrance ceremony for the tenth class of new students at Konoha Ninja Academy.
As a key project personally overseen by the Second Hokage, the scale was naturally quite grand.
The playground was packed with little rascals of that generation.
Civilian-born Ninjas made up the majority, while the clan-born Ninjas gathered in small groups, standing distinctly apart.
When Senju Tobirama appeared with Senju Naoki, the originally noisy playground fell silent in an instant.
Everyone’s gaze was fixed on the silver-haired boy walking beside the Hokage.
“Is that Senju Naoki?”
“So cool…
That’s the iconic white hair of Second Hokage Senju Tobirama’s lineage!”
“I heard he’s the grandson of Nidaime(2nd)-sama, he must be a genius, right?”
Naoki walked with an expressionless face, though in reality, he was struggling to suppress the urge to yawn.
Because his body was only eight years old, he hadn’t slept well the night before thanks to the system tormenting him.
Plus, the “Jonin-level explosive Chakra” forcibly granted by the system put a huge strain on his body, and all he wanted to do now was find a patch of grass and lie down.
“Hey!
Naoki!”
A crisp, loud voice shattered this “aloof” atmosphere.
A little girl with blonde twin-tails squeezed out from the crowd—it was the young Tsunade.
Behind her followed a white-haired boy with a spiky cut and a goofy grin, along with a pale-skinned boy with long hair and gloomy eyes.
The future “Sannin” trio were still just three rookies at this moment.
“Why did you only just get here!
I’ve been waiting for ages!” Tsunade rushed in front of Naoki and waved her fist.
“To think you even made Second Grandpa go pick you up personally, you’re just too lazy!”
Naoki glanced at her.
In his heart, he wanted to reply with, “None of your business.”
But the system came online again.
[Detected that a peer is provoking you.]
[A true powerhouse does not deign to argue with words.]
Naoki lowered his eyes slightly, his gaze drifting lightly over Tsunade as if she were nothing but air, and then he simply walked…
right past her.
Tsunade: “???”
Tsunade was triggered; her fists were clenched tight!
“Senju Naoki!
Was that a look of disdain?
I’m going to beat you up!”
Jiraiya hurriedly held back the furious Tsunade: “Forget it, forget it, Tsunade.
Boss Naoki must be practicing some profound Ninjutsu; we need to be understanding.”
Orochimaru stared fixedly at Naoki’s back with those golden vertical pupils, his tongue darting out to lick his lips: This aura…
even though his body is so weak, it emits a chilling sense of oppression.
Senju Naoki, you are indeed very interesting.
Naoki walked to his designated spot and stood still, smiling bitterly in his heart.
It’s over; I’ve offended the violent girl, and life won’t be easy from here on out.
The entrance ceremony was a tedious process.
Tobirama gave a long-winded speech on the stage about the “will of fire,” which made Naoki sleepy just listening to it.
Finally, the most crucial part arrived—the Chakra attribute test.
In this era, although Chakra test paper was already widespread (Fire: paper burns/carbonizes; Water: paper gets damp/softens; Wind: paper splits down the middle; Lightning: paper wrinkles/curls; Earth: paper crumbles/turns into dirt/sands), measuring the amount of Chakra still required a Chakra induction tester, a piece of “black technology” just developed by Konoha for this era.
Every student would place their hand on it, and the Chakra induction tester would emit light and change color according to their Chakra attribute.
If they were a genius with a large amount of Chakra, the light would be even brighter.
The corresponding colors were: Fire: crimson red; Water: deep blue; Wind: light cyan; Lightning: bright purple; Earth: brownish-yellow.
(Just a bit of a magic-modification prank, please don’t mind, hehe; it’s mainly for the protagonist to show off—just burning the test paper is too lacking in style.)
“Next, Sarutobi Shinnosuke.”
“Fire attribute, excellent!”
“Next, Hyuga Tokuma.”
“Fire and Water dual attributes, plenty of Chakra, excellent, worthy of the Hyuga Clan.”
The teacher held the roster and called names one by one.
On the stage, big shots like Tobirama, Hiruzen, and Danzo were all paying attention.
“Next, Senju Naoki!”
As this name was called, it felt as if the entire crowd held their breath for a moment.
The Hokage’s grandson, the only seedling of the Senju Clan and the Second Hokage Tobirama’s family—what kind of talent would he have?
Naoki sighed and slowly walked out of the queue.
His plan was perfect:
Since he had to “shock the audience” to complete the mission, he would display an extremely powerful…
Water Release talent.
After all, he could align it with his grandfather.
His grandfather possessed all seven attributes, and his Water Release was the strongest; he was a Water Release master.
Even if the commotion was a bit big, his grandfather would only be happy and wouldn’t be suspicious.
As long as it wasn’t the strongest Fire Release, it would be fine.
After all, for Senju Tobirama’s family to use Fire Release was just like the Uchiha Clan becoming Hokage—it belonged to the category of “being unconventional.”
Naoki walked to the front of the stage, looking at that Chakra induction tester.
The Chunin teacher in charge of the test looked obsequious: “Young Master Naoki, please place your hand on the sensor and input your Chakra.”
Naoki extended his right hand.
He chanted silently in his heart: Water!
Water!
Water!
I want water as magnificent as the vast ocean!
However, just at the moment his palm was about to touch the crystal ball.
That infuriating system prompt, like a demon’s whisper, sounded once again.
[Detected that the host is attempting to get by with mediocre “Water”.]
[In Uchiha Madara’s dictionary, there is only the raging fire that consumes everything, not lukewarm, stagnant water!]
[Forced intervention initiated…]
[Host’s main Chakra attribute has been converted to: Ultimate · Fire!]
[And injecting one-tenth of the power of the reward card, Lord Madara’s “Great Fire Annihilation,” into this test.]
Naoki’s hand froze in mid-air.
What?!
Converted to Fire?
And injecting one-tenth of the power of Lord Madara’s “Great Fire Annihilation”?
That version of Lord Madara’s is near S-rank power!
Even if it’s only one-tenth, if it erupts inside this machine…
That’s not a test, that’s a directional demolition!
“Young Master Naoki?
What’s wrong?” the Chunin teacher looked at him in confusion.
Tobirama on the stage also frowned slightly: “Naoki, don’t be nervous.
Even if you have a balance of five attributes, I can still teach you.”
Naoki’s mouth twitched.
Not nervous, I’m not nervous; I’m just thinking about how to write my will later.
If I pull my hand back now and just pretend to faint, does that count as a failed mission?
Yes!
The system had already previewed the “belly dancing” scene in his mind.
The picture was too beautiful to look at; not only would he have to dance on Hokage Rock, but it would be broadcast to the whole village…
This was definitely social suicide!
“Screw it!”
Naoki steeled himself.
If it’s Fire, then let it be Fire!
At worst, I’ll just say it’s a mutation!
As long as the power is controlled properly, it should…
probably…
maybe…
not blow up the school, right?
He took a deep breath, trying hard to control the restless power within his body, wanting to compress it to the minimum.
But the template given by the system was a “glass cannon.”
Either don’t use it, or if you do, it’s full-power output.
Naoki’s palm finally pressed onto the Chakra induction tester.
“Boom—”
The Chakra in his body was like a sleeping giant beast of fire, suddenly awakened.