"What sword technique was that?"
Shock appeared on Ishida Yū's face.
As a Chunin, he knew quite a few sword techniques, but none of them matched the sword technique Natsuki had used.
Moreover, where had he learned such a powerful sword technique?
"Minato lost?"
"Did I fall under a genjutsu?"
"He actually defeated Minato so easily?"
"When did Natsuki learn swordsmanship? It's terrifyingly strong!"
"So cool! I only just realized Natsuki is even more handsome than Minato!"
After a moment of silence, Year One Class A became chaotic.
There were even quite a few girls screaming.
Ishida Yū came back to his senses, and what followed was wild joy.
Year One Class A had gained another genius.
And he was a genius who had defeated Minato. This was all part of his teaching results.
But this kid hid things too deeply. He had never used his full strength before, even fooling him.
"Winner, Kira Natsuki!"
Ishida Yū shouted excitedly.
"Natsuki."
After going up, Natsuki helped Minato up and asked, "Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine."
Minato shook his head and said.
Natsuki had used a wooden sword, so he had not left any wounds on him.
Of course, the pain was real.
"Your strength is far beyond what I expected."
After Minato stood up, he looked at him, and his eyes still held disbelief.
He had always thought Natsuki was hiding his strength, but it would not be by too much. At most, the two of them would be evenly matched.
But he had not expected Natsuki to defeat him so easily. The gap in strength between the two of them was unexpectedly huge.
"I'll work hard to catch up to you."
Minato took a deep breath and said with a firm expression.
He was completely different from Onodera. After being defeated, he was not resentful or jealous, but he raised his fighting spirit instead.
"With your talent, you'll definitely catch up to me very quickly."
Natsuki smiled slightly and said, "When the time comes, let's fight again."
Minato nodded.
The two of them left the field.
The practical combat exam continued.
On the desk in the Hokage's office, there was a crystal ball.
The surface of the ball was like water, reflecting Natsuki and Minato.
Hiruzen looked at the crystal ball and fell into thought.
As the principal of the Ninja Academy, he naturally knew that today was the final exam for every grade.
After finishing his documents, he used the Telescope Technique to observe.
But he had not expected Natsuki to give him such a big surprise.
He had quite the eye for judgment, and one of his titles was the Professor.
Because he had mastered the Five Nature Transformations and knew all Konoha ninjutsu and hiden techniques.
But he could confirm that the sword technique Natsuki used was not a known sword technique.
In other words, he had most likely created it himself.
Thinking of this, Hiruzen could not help but feel that Tsunade indeed had not misjudged him. Giving him the Sword of the Thunder God had truly been worth it.
If another Tobirama appeared in the future, that would greatly increase Konoha's strength.
After all, the foundation of a shinobi village lay in ninjutsu.
Hiruzen said with a smile.
In the previous battle, he had discovered Minato's advantage.
That was his incredible reaction ability.
In an instant, he could judge how great the danger was and decide what he should do.
The Flying Thunder God Technique was an S-rank ninjutsu.
If Minato could truly learn it, he could cause devastating damage to other shinobi villages in future wars.
An enemy who could appear in the main camp at any time was terrifying no matter how one thought about it.
Hiruzen took a puff from his pipe.
In his heart, a thought suddenly emerged.
After Minato and Natsuki graduated, he could let Jiraiya and Orochimaru become their Sensei.
There were not many shinobi in Konoha who were good at swordsmanship.
Aside from Hatake Sakumo, there was only Orochimaru.
At most, there was also Kosuke Maruboshi.
Orochimaru was his student and also a shinobi of the Hokage faction.
Naturally, Hiruzen did not want Natsuki to fall into the hands of outsiders.
He also thought of Nonō.
With her talent as a medical shinobi, she could completely become Tsunade's student.
In that case, all three of his students would have their own students.
The only problem was that under normal circumstances, as a team Sensei, one should have three students. As for the other two students, they would have to be chosen.
However, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade were the Hokage's disciples, so they had high value themselves. Having a few fewer students would not be much of a problem.
In the future, perhaps Minato, Natsuki, and Nonō could even form a team.
Of course, there was still a long time before they graduated, and everything was still unknown.
At noon, Year One Class A's practical combat exam came to an end.
"I will now announce the rankings for the practical combat exam."
Ishida Yū said loudly, "First place, Kira Natsuki!"
[Congratulations, Host. You have unlocked Ability Two of the Zoro Template, One-Sword Style, Thirty-Six Pound Phoenix.]
A smile appeared on Natsuki's face.
At this point, all of the Zoro Template's abilities had been unlocked.
After announcing the rankings for the practical combat exam, Ishida Yū also announced the theory exam rankings and the final rankings.
Although Natsuki had obtained first place in the practical combat exam, in the theory exam rankings, he had fallen to tenth place.
He was only second overall.
The final first place was still Minato, while he was second.
But Natsuki did not care.
In the shinobi world where strength mattered, the ranking of the practical combat exam was clearly more valuable than the theory exam ranking.
Minato thought the same.
As a result, a strange situation appeared. The one who obtained first place had an expression that looked as if he had fallen to second place.
[You have awakened the Shiba Tatsuya Template.]
Natsuki could not help but freeze.
Shiba Tatsuya?
Was it the male protagonist of The Irregular at Magic High School?
Why would the Shiba Tatsuya character template suddenly awaken?
Natsuki thought carefully and felt that it was probably related to him only getting second place.
Because Shiba Tatsuya was a typical student with biased abilities. He was extremely poor in general subjects, but in theory and practical combat, he was a genius.
However, during enrollment, he was assigned as a Course Two student, which was an inferior student.
From this point of view, he was quite similar to Natsuki.
"It looks like second place isn't bad."
Natsuki quickly looked at the newly awakened Shiba Tatsuya Template.
[Name: Shiba Tatsuya.]
[Period: Enrollment Arc.]
[World: The Irregular at Magic High School.]
[Rank: C-rank.]
[Ability One: Movement-Type Magic, Water Spider, unlocked.]
[Effect: Possess the ability to walk or run on water.]
[Ability Two: Movement-Type Magic, Weight Reduction, locked.]
[Effect: Slightly reduce one's own weight and improve mobility.]
[Ability Three: Non-Systematic Magic, Phantom Blow, locked.]
[Effect: A pure psion shockwave. After hitting, it creates the illusion of a concussion, causing the target to be unable to fight.]
[Unlock Condition: Obtain first place once in a final exam.]
(To be continued.)