Kushina Turns Heads, Is His Odd Hair Because of the Senju Bloodline?

For this Throwing Technique exam, each student had ten chances to throw hidden weapons, and the target distance had been raised from twenty meters to thirty meters.

Since this was the final exam of the term, all the candidates seemed somewhat nervous. After all, if their grades were too poor, they really could be expelled from the Ninja Academy...

The Ninja Academy's rules were brutally harsh; the original story simply never revealed it. The higher the grade, the fewer students remained.

In the original story, there had not been a single poor student in the class attended by the protagonist, Naruto Uzumaki. Students who made it to the sixth grade generally had their own strengths, and the vast majority could graduate smoothly.

At the time, only Naruto had become the exception due to the influence of the Nine-Tails' Chakra.

"Don't be nervous. I've taught you Throwing Technique for so long that you can handle this exam easily today!"

Seeing Kushina remain silent beside him, her body trembling slightly, Liuyun could not help finding it amusing.

"What are you talking about? When was I nervous? I'm super excited, okay? It's finally my turn! I'm getting a perfect score today!"

Kushina clenched her fists, her face full of excitement. Under Liuyun's long and patient guidance, her Throwing Technique had now reached the point where she never missed. Today was the day to make everyone see her in a new light!

"..."

"Number 18, Kushina Uzumaki!"

Very soon, the examiner called Kushina's name.

Five kunai and five shuriken flew from Kushina's hands in succession.

As a string of impacts rang out from the targets, the elementary students present broke into astonished cries.

"My god! How did that rotten tomato improve her Throwing Technique so quickly? All ten hit the bullseye???"

"Kushina hit all ten shots. Nine hit the bullseye, while one shuriken was slightly off. Total score—98!"

The examiner loudly announced her score.

His words set off a wave of uproar. No one had expected Kushina to score so highly. Even Minato wore a look of disbelief.

Throwing weapons had never been Kushina's strong suit...

Why had her Throwing Technique improved so drastically? Many people could not understand it.

"Hahaha! Stunned, aren't you!!!"

Though she had failed to earn a perfect score, Kushina could not stop herself from laughing smugly as she listened to her classmates' astonished chatter.

Especially Sato and the other kids. Seeing the smug look on Kushina's face, their expressions instantly turned ugly, as though they had swallowed rat droppings.

"Way to go, Kushina!!!"

A woman's cheerful shout suddenly rang out across the Training Grounds.

Everyone turned toward the sound and immediately spotted three adults.

Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya had been watching them the whole time.

"Ah! Big Sister Tsunade!!!"

Kushina was delighted to encounter Tsunade at school, but since class was still in session, she could not go over to greet her. She could only wave in Tsunade's direction.

Liuyun knew the Three Ninja were watching. He felt a slight pressure and nervousness. He did not know who they had come for, but he had constantly felt as though someone was spying on him...

"Number 19, Uchiha Liuyun!"

Upon hearing his name, Liuyun let out a small breath and picked up the hidden weapons from the wooden bucket.

Liuyun threw five kunai in succession. Then, holding two shuriken in his left hand and three in his right, he flung all five at once.

All ten hidden weapons were thrown with effortless flair, and the display truly astonished quite a few students.

"Uchiha Liuyun, all ten shots hit the target, with four hitting the bullseye... Total score—94!"

It was a very good score, and some students at the scene even applauded.

"You..."

Kushina crossed her arms, looking dissatisfied.

Liuyun had clearly turned Throwing Technique into an art in private, yet whenever it mattered, he insisted on holding back...

Well, it was not as though he was completely hiding his ability. He was just performing a little better than ordinary people... In any case, that middling performance made Kushina feel awful...

"Hehe..."

Orochimaru, who had been watching the show, suddenly chuckled.

"What are you laughing about?" Tsunade asked curiously, and Jiraiya immediately looked over as well.

That Uchiha boy's performance had actually been quite ordinary. Compared to other Uchiha children, there was not much difference in his ability.

The Uchiha Clan being skilled at Throwing Technique was perfectly normal to begin with.

"That kid is hiding his true ability!"

"Hiding his ability? No way, right? He already got a 94. Is there really any need to hide it?"

There was not much difference between 94 and 100. Why refuse a perfect score?

Besides, what kind of scheming could a child possibly have? Jiraiya felt Orochimaru was overthinking it.

"I saw him with my own eyes defeat seven Uchiha brats his age by himself."

Orochimaru directly revealed this information.

The two of them instantly changed expression upon hearing it.

"Seriously?" Jiraiya's face was full of shock.

Though the Uchiha Clan did not have a good reputation in Konoha, their strength was undeniably among the best. Even within the Ninja Academy, children from this clan were much stronger than those from other families.

That seemingly frail, odd-haired Uchiha actually possessed the strength to fight one against seven, and the ones he defeated had all been members of his own clan. Just how strong was he really?

If Orochimaru was not lying, then this kid truly might have been hiding his ability.

Within the Ninja Academy, the Uchiha's strongest area was Throwing Technique. If this kid possessed that kind of strength, he should not have scored only 94.

"So that's how it is. That day really wasn't an illusion..." Tsunade murmured unconsciously.

"What did you say?" Orochimaru asked with a frown.

"Nothing. I also think he's hiding his ability. Kushina has been staying by his side lately, and the reason her Throwing Technique has improved so much must be because of his guidance!"

Tsunade revealed what she knew.

Even Kushina, who was not good at Throwing Technique, had managed to score 98. Could Uchiha Liuyun, who spent so much time with her, really be worse than her?

"You investigated him?" Orochimaru asked again.

"Yes. His father, Uchiha Sheng, was a Chunin who died heroically two years ago. His mother, Asuka, is an ordinary person, but... she does have some blood ties to our Senju Clan..."

Tsunade had investigated his background thoroughly. Some things, even Liuyun himself did not know.

"He has a small amount of Senju Bloodline too? No wonder his hair color is so unusual. Even the Uchiha Clan's bloodline couldn't completely dye his hair black..."

Orochimaru could not help teasing him with a smile.

An Uchiha man actually forming a family with a Senju woman—such a thing could only have happened after the Senju Clan changed their names and split apart.

From this, Tsunade could understand why Liuyun's family had voluntarily moved out of the Uchiha Compound. Being ostracized had been inevitable.

"Why did you investigate him for no reason?"

Jiraiya was quite curious now. Why were both of them interested in the same Uchiha kid?

"What the hell does it have to do with you! You're a grown man who spends all day being such a busybody!" Tsunade shot him a vicious glare.

"Hey, hey, hey... Don't target me like that... Orochimaru asks and he isn't a busybody, but when I ask, I become one?"

Jiraiya put on an aggrieved expression as though he had been deeply hurt, but Tsunade clearly was not buying it.

"I'm not telling you! So what?"

"..."