Marrying a Wife, One Should Marry Yūhi Kurenai

Hyuga Ningyuan didn't know that Yūhi Shinku had already spotted his move, and even if he did, he wouldn't be afraid.

He had already pulled Yūhi Kurenai into the class formation.

This class clearly wasn't randomly assigned, because Hyuga Ningyuan spotted the blonde Yamanaka clan member, the chubby Akimichi clan member, the pineapple-haired Nara clan member, the sunglasses-wearing Aburame clan member, and Uchiha Obito.

Before long, Kakashi was also led over by a teacher.

It was just that Nohara Rin and Might Guy had gone to other classes. Ningyuan guessed that later on, they'd be regrouped based on talent, and then they'd end up in the same class.

At eight in the morning, all the students had arrived, and then the Third Hokage appeared on the podium in front of the formation right on time.

"Hello everyone, I'm the principal of the school and also the Hokage of the village, Hiruzen Sarutobi. I'm very pleased to see another graduating class."

"Where leaves dance, fire burns ever brighter."

"I hope all students will study hard and grow over the next few years."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was forty-six years old, in the prime of his life—not only broad-shouldered and vigorous, but also with an extremely sharp gaze.

Having grown used to the old Hiruzen's appearance, suddenly seeing the young version, Hyuga Ningyuan felt a bit out of sorts.

Still, this Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't like the one in many fanfics, who'd lecture for hours; he wrapped things up in just over ten minutes.

Come to think of it, that made sense—faced with a bunch of five-year-olds, saying too much wouldn't necessarily get through to them, and they'd just find him long-winded.

Next, each class's teacher led the students into their respective classrooms in an orderly manner, had them pick seats, and then took a few students to carry and distribute textbooks.

By the time all the miscellaneous tasks were done, it was already past nine in the morning.

Hyuga Ningyuan flipped through the three textbooks in his hands: Standard Language, Mathematics, and Ninja Knowledge.

The first was for learning to read, starting from the fifty-sound chart and moving on to various common words and phrases.

But Ningyuan had already learned all this stuff at home, and with his adult mindset, after skimming through it from start to finish, he more or less knew everything.

Mathematics was even simpler—elementary level, the whole book went from recognizing numbers to addition and subtraction, and that was it.

Hyuga Ningyuan then opened the third book, the Ninja Knowledge textbook.

As the name suggested, this book covered ninja knowledge, divided into three chapters: Chakra, Hand Seals, and Meridians.

"Chakra is the product of fusing physical energy and spiritual energy extracted from the one hundred and thirty trillion cells in the body. Meridians are the pathways through which chakra flows. Hand seals are the method for channeling chakra."

"To extract chakra for the first time, you need to press your palms together and mobilize your physical energy to the greatest extent possible. For subsequent extractions, you only need to form the Ram Seal!"

"So, there's no such thing as a Chakra Refining Technique? Anyone can just press their palms together and try to extract chakra?" Reading this for the first time, Hyuga Ningyuan found it a bit baffling—wasn't this too simple?

"It seems the clan didn't teach any Chakra Refining Technique either. The chakra extraction method I learned is the same as what's in the textbook, and there's no such thing as a Hyuga clan-exclusive Chakra Refining Technique," Hyuga Ningyuan thought, comparing the textbook knowledge with the teachings he'd received from the Hyuga clan, and found almost no difference between them.

In other words, chakra extraction was really that simple?

"I'll try it later!" Actually, right after waking up, Ningyuan had wanted to extract some chakra to test it out, but as a beginner, he needed a quiet environment and a lot of time. He'd been busy eating, washing, and heading to school, so he had to set it aside for now.

He couldn't try it at the moment either, because the teacher had already walked in.

"Hello everyone, I'm your homeroom teacher. My name is Teruhi Sōun!" The newcomer was the same Chunin who had just picked up Hyuga Ningyuan and Yūhi Kurenai—under 1.65 meters tall, thin build, and looking like he might not even be twenty yet.

"I like apples, hate spicy food, and as for my dream, I want to become a great ninja academy teacher!"

After writing his name on the blackboard, Teruhi Sōun said, "Next, everyone introduce yourselves. Follow what I just said—talk about your likes, dislikes, and future dreams. Alright, let's start with you!"

He pointed to the student sitting by the door.

That student wasn't shy at all and stood right up: "I'm Kotetsu Hagane. I like cleanliness, hate messy things, and my future dream is to become someone everyone trusts!"

"Well, you've already made it—with you on guard, even Pain wouldn't dare walk through that gate!" Hyuga Ningyuan muttered under his breath.

"I'm Izumo Kamizuki. I like sweets, hate spicy food, and my dream is the same as Kotetsu's—to become someone everyone trusts!"

Hyuga Ningyuan rubbed his chin, wondering if he should pull a stunt and say his dream was to become a dancer.

On second thought, he decided against it. You could do that, but it was better not to say it, or it'd be too eccentric.

Speaking of which, why weren't more people's dreams to become Hokage? That was weird!

"I'm Uchiha Obito. My dream is to become Hokage!"

There it was, there it was—finally someone said their dream was to become Hokage!

To be fair, he was pretty close to the Hokage seat, since he was Minato's student. Wouldn't it be his turn after Minato's term?

"Kakashi. Likes: none. Dislikes: none. Dream: don't want to say." After Obito, it was Kakashi's turn.

"Isn't that just saying nothing?" Obito asked irritably.

"Hmph!" Kakashi's eyes flicked to the side and then back.

"Bastard!" Obito clenched his fists and stood up directly. "What are you being so smug about!"

Kakashi couldn't be bothered with him. As a ninja, protecting one's own information was only natural, wasn't it?

He came from a prestigious family with deep traditions, and he was a genius himself. Honestly, he looked down on the classmates in this class.

In his mind, he wouldn't be at the academy for long anyway, so there was no need to get along with them.

And then his attitude, even more arrogant than an Uchiha's, was etched into everyone's memory. Some admired him, some resented him, and some wanted to challenge him.

Hyuga Ningyuan watched silently, then started thinking about what he should say next.

Should I just copy a famous quote?

Nohara Rin, Tobitake Kazuma, Uchiha Tekka.

As one classmate after another finished introducing themselves, it was finally the turn of the one sitting in the back row!

Hyuga Ningyuan stood up solemnly: "Hyuga Ningyuan. What I like, I'll say later. What I dislike... seems like there's nothing. As for my dream—"

"I want to describe my dream with a line of poetry!"

"Take a wife, take Yūhi Kurenai; be a ninja, be the Second Hokage!"

Huh?

The Yūhi Kurenai beside him flushed bright red in an instant. Who, who wants to marry me?