In Naruto: Getting Stronger by Drinking, Part 40

Hiruzen Sarutobi hurriedly pulled Yuu back, his face full of helplessness.

If anyone else had acted like this, he would have lost his temper long ago as the Hokage.

But Yuu was the child he had named, the child who had become an orphan because of one of his own mistakes in judgment. Hiruzen Sarutobi simply could not bring himself to get angry at him.

Maybe if he had had a complete family, Yuu would never have started drinking?

Sometimes, Hiruzen Sarutobi thought so.

"Fine, drink if you want! But even if you get drunk, you still have to recognize Konoha's emblem. Don't accidentally hurt anyone from the village."

Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke helplessly.

"That's it?"

Yuu said disdainfully.

An hour later.

"What is this?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi took out a Cloud Ninja emblem and asked.

"Th-this? It's... Konoha, right?"

Yuu swayed unsteadily, clapped his hands, and answered with confidence.

"Didn't you say, 'That's it?'! You've been trying to identify it for half an hour, and you still can't tell what it is!!!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was on the verge of breaking down.

Considering that Yuu might drink too much during the exam, Hiruzen Sarutobi had poured several more bottles of alcohol down his throat earlier.

After all, as the Hokage, he had to consider every possibility.

And yet... after making Yuu identify it for half an hour, he still could not recognize it!

"No, I have to think of something. Otherwise, Yuu really will cut down his own people."

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned and racked his brains.

"W-what about... using this?"

At that moment, Yuu took something from his pocket and said.

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked up, and the corner of his mouth twitched violently.

"Th-then it's settled. I'll recognize this emblem, and I'll cut down everyone else."

Yuu staggered to the door of the principal's office and spoke to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The corner of Hiruzen Sarutobi's mouth twitched, but he said nothing as he watched Yuu leave the principal's office.

"Yuu-kun, are you alright?"

"Why does it feel like you've been drinking again?"

Kurenai and Rin, who had been waiting outside for a long time, hurriedly supported Yuu. They asked after him with concern as they helped him out of the teaching building.

Inside the principal's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at the thing in front of him, feeling as though his entire face was about to cramp.

He rubbed his face hard.

"Forget it. A little embarrassment is better than having Yuu cut down his own people."

Before long, news that Yuu had applied to graduate early and would participate in this Chunin Exams spread throughout the Ninja Academy without anyone needing to spread it.

Everyone was talking about it.

However, not a single person questioned Yuu's participation in the Chunin Exams.

What a joke. Yuu was a monster who had even cut down Kakashi, the genius who had already become a Chunin.

Some people even felt that Yuu should be taking the Jonin Exams instead.

Everyone had different attitudes toward the news of Yuu's graduation.

For most people, it was merely something to talk about.