Tenten...
Haruno Sakura...
That should be about it.
Watching the determined Haruno Sakura leave, Chiba set down his thoroughly cleaned ramen bowl, glanced at the star-filled night sky, and let out a long breath.
Compared to the others, Tenten and Haruno Sakura were probably the ones he needed to spend the most effort teaching.
So, to avoid getting too entangled in this and wasting too much energy, he had given the two of them some direction in advance. When it came time to actually teach them, he could save himself quite a bit of effort.
After all, he had to teach four teams at once now. If he really handled them one by one, even he would not be able to take it.
Even if he was only a remedial teacher.
No! Rather, although he was nominally just a remedial teacher, it was obvious that those friends of his had not come to him merely for some extra lessons.
The Chunin Exams were imminent, and the final test was right there. Although there happened to be one month left, if it were not truly urgent, his friends would not have sought him out at a time like this.
Under normal circumstances, considering that he had just taken over the village, had only just arranged everything, and had returned from more than a decade of missions, they should have used this unexpected extra month to celebrate and let him rest. They would not have rushed him into teaching students without pause like they were doing now.
Moreover, the meaning behind these Chunin Exams was indeed extremely important. The Chunin born from this exam were destined to be extraordinary. Even if the Chunin themselves were ordinary, the significance behind their Chunin status would be anything but.
In any case, whether this was