Put Down Your Kunai!

The classroom was still incredibly noisy. Many people were fooling around, making it feel like a marketplace.

Seeing Uchiha Chen start talking to Minato, Mikoto politely moved a little farther away, giving them space to talk while putting on an attentive expression.

Mikoto really was quite the virtuous wife.

"This is a great opportunity. Work hard, Minato." Unlike the excited Minato, Uchiha Chen remained much calmer as he casually encouraged him.

Besides training in Taijutsu, he still had plenty of basic Ninjutsu to learn. He also had various Genjutsu and Shuriken throwing exercises to practice.

Uchiha Chen had arranged a detailed plan for himself. His spare time was packed full.

He simply could not squeeze out the time to attend such pointless instruction.

Even if the Sannin taught them, they would not teach a bunch of brats like them any particularly powerful Ninjutsu.

Besides, since he never lacked training methods or Ninjutsu, he was not very interested in this.

"By the way, where's Nawaki? Ask Nawaki. He must know a lot about this sort of thing."

At that moment, Nawaki, the little blond sitting in front of them, turned around when he heard Uchiha Chen calling him.

With a mysterious tone and a punchable expression, he said, "I have exclusive information. Want to hear it? If you do, Chen, trade me the Kunai throwing technique you used last time."

"..."

After a special transaction, Nawaki finally revealed his news to his satisfaction.

"I heard from my sister that this time, they'll assess us and select the top three to receive their training. You two had better work hard."

...Wait, if the three of them were selecting the top three students to train, didn't that mean there would be a competition?

Uchiha Chen thought it over carefully. The three of them would definitely hold a competition to choose the students they needed.

Didn't that mean winning would earn him a huge number of points again?

Recently, Uchiha Chen had already beaten up nearly every student in the grade from whom he could farm points.

Even Minato and Nawaki had been put through hell by him several times.

Because of that, he had earned the title of "Fighting Maniac."

Heaven pity me, wasn't I lured in by the system?

It had been a long time since Uchiha Chen had received any large influx of points. He had been rather depressed lately and was even considering whether he should go bully some Third Grade students.

Uchiha Chen thought it through carefully. As long as he won one of the top three spots, he would definitely receive a huge number of Ninja Points.

This was a good opportunity.

And he would not even need to put much effort into preparing. Getting first place would be easy for him.

Thinking of this, he started grinning again.

"Really? That's wonderful! Isn't it, Minato?" Uchiha Chen narrowed his eyes.

Minato had originally felt a little disappointed by Chen's indifferent attitude. Seeing that he had finally understood what he meant, Minato smiled happily as well.

"Let's work hard together, Chen... But aren't you a little too happy?"

"No, it's because I'll get to meet Nawaki's sister. I'm just too excited!"

Nawaki: "..."

Heaven knew that there had not been anything strange implied in those words. He had only casually used them to conceal his excitement.

Yet Nawaki's gaze at him suddenly became strange.

"Chen!" Nawaki suddenly stood up.

"Hmm? What is it, Nawaki?"

Uchiha Chen turned his head.

Nawaki cheerfully leaned over with a charming smile.

"Work hard." He held out his hand, intending to shake Uchiha Chen's.

Uchiha Chen then smiled and extended his hand as well.

Their hands clasped tightly together.

"Uwooo!"

Crack!

"Chen... I just wanted to shake hands. Why did you twist my hand?"

"Obviously... I had to twist it... Hmph!"

"It hurts!"

Nawaki's hand was bent backward.

Unable to bear the pain, he immediately let out a pig-slaughtering scream and accidentally dropped the Kunai he had been clutching onto the floor.

Minato: "..."

Uchiha Chen: "..."

As Nawaki wore an awkward smile, Mikoto's gaze toward Uchiha Chen gradually changed from gentle to icy.

"Chen... What did you just say? I didn't hear it clearly. Could you say it again?"

"..."

"..."

After giving him looks that said they could not help him, Minato and Nawaki both ran back to their seats, leaving Uchiha Chen looking utterly innocent.

More than twenty minutes later, Uchiha Chen finally managed to soothe Mikoto's little temper.

Mikoto was good in every way—obedient, virtuous, and kind.

...She was just a little prone to going dark.

When had that skill awakened?

What a sin. Who told Uchiha Chen to flirt with her back when he saw how obedient, kind, and virtuous she was?

A debt he owed had to be repaid, even on his knees.

"Brats, class is starting. Anyone not back in their seat, get back there now."

Black-faced Uncle's rough, booming voice rang through the classroom.

The moment he entered the classroom, Teacher Nishimura's first reaction was to urge the students to return to their seats.

Once he saw the children obediently return to their seats, Teacher Nishimura, their homeroom teacher, cleared his throat and continued.

"Today's outdoor class will be somewhat different from usual. I believe some of you already know that the Third Hokage summoned his disciples back from their busy missions in the village. They happen to be free today, so they'll be coming to give our school a day of outdoor lessons. Line up now and head to the Training Ground!"

"Okay~"

After answering their teacher, the students picked up their Ninja Tool Pouches and the equipment they needed to prepare.

"Slow down, everyone slow down. Don't crowd each other." Teacher Nishimura's voice rang out in the corridor.

The hallway was already packed with people.

It was not just Uchiha Chen's class going. This outdoor lesson was for every student in the entire school.

So there would be a great many people.

Uchiha Chen, Mikoto, Minato, and Nawaki stood in line together and shuffled along slowly.

"Remember this well. As my students, you will all become Konoha's elite ninja and pillars of support in the future." Black-faced Uncle continued rambling.

"This is the one thing I can't stand. There's no causal relationship between those two things." Uchiha Chen quietly complained to Minato.

Teacher Nishimura continued boasting loudly, "So show me some ninja spirit. Like me, for example. Don't embarrass me, and don't crowd around like ordinary little brats. Do you hear me?"

"Got it!"

Strangely enough, Black-faced Uncle might not have had much talent as a ninja, but as a teacher, he held considerable authority in the classroom.

After only a few words from him, the somewhat noisy class quieted down.

After checking themselves over, all the students in the class quietly lined up and began heading toward the school's Training Ground.