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After the first two had fallen, the third First Grade student to step up was still a girl.

For ninjas, girls still made up a considerable proportion of the ninja world. Though most ninjas were men, girls more often served as medical ninjas—the healer role. For a girl to become an outstanding ninja, she truly had to put in more effort than boys.

The First Grade student before him was only five years old, yet she already possessed the basic qualities of a ninja.

She stared solemnly at Uchiha Chen, her eyes full of vigilance, as though Uchiha Chen were about to do something to her. Her remaining hair was tied into a Nara Clan braid, the standard hairstyle of the Nara Clan.

Nara Shikaku, whom Uchiha Chen knew, wore the same hairstyle. Chen got along quite well with Shikaku, and he knew about Shikaku's punchable attitude of never caring about anything.

But compared to Nara Shikaku, who found everything troublesome and would skip class at the drop of a hat to go to the rooftop and enjoy the breeze, Nara Akio before him might have dressed much like Shikaku, but the seriousness in her eyes was completely different. That could not be faked.

After confirming her gaze, he had encountered a different kind of Nara. Uchiha Chen thought.

"Nara Akio. Please go easy on me, Senior."

"Uh..." Since her teammate had said the same thing just now, Uchiha Chen felt rather awkward. He had indeed gone easy on her and had not hurt her; he had merely knocked her down in a second.

Nara Akio drew a kunai from the ninja tool pouch on her thigh and gripped it in her hand. Then she lowered her body slightly and stared intently at Uchiha Chen across from her.

"Hm?" Uchiha Chen nodded, then naturally formed a Genjutsu hand seal.

...And then there was no then.

That was right—it had failed.

Uchiha Chen's Genjutsu used sound as its medium of transmission. The other side should not have known how to dispel Genjutsu. Yet Nara Akio had not fallen under it, which meant there was only one possibility.

"Smart little brat." It seemed she had learned the method by observing his battle with Minato.

When Nara Akio charged toward him, intending to engage in close-quarters Taijutsu, Uchiha Chen could clearly see that her ears were stuffed with cotton-like earplugs.

"So I've been underestimated." Uchiha Chen sighed. It seemed everyone thought this could defend against his Genjutsu.

There was a reason Genjutsu was one of the hardest techniques to defend against. If they thought that was enough, they were being far too arrogant.

Since Ninjutsu that used sound as its medium had failed, he would use Genjutsu that was cast through the eyes instead.

The opponent's Taijutsu clearly had not reached the level where she could know Uchiha Chen's movements without looking at him.

The distance between them was not short, but under her rapid charge, Nara Akio was already very close to Uchiha Chen.

Uchiha Chen easily dodged her punch, shifted slightly to the side, then swiftly evaded her whipping kick.

At some point, Uchiha Chen had drawn a kunai. It immediately collided with hers, producing a harsh metallic scrape.

Then, a feather drifted down.

"Genjutsu: Feather Sleep."

Nara Akio immediately went limp and collapsed, falling into a deep sleep.

"When did he form the hand seals?" Minato murmured beneath the stage. He had not seen when Uchiha Chen had formed them. One of Chen's hands had been holding a kunai, so he had no time to make hand seals at all.

Orochimaru watched Uchiha Chen with an inscrutable look. "Interesting. One-handed hand seals. This child..."

Uchiha Chen's Genjutsu could be called unmatched within this Ninja Academy.

If their ears could not hear, then he would rely on vision.

Feather Sleep was truly an extremely convenient Genjutsu. Furthermore, after consulting many books and receiving the bonus from his Level Three hand seals, Uchiha Chen's extensive practice had allowed him to perform one-handed hand seals for this Ninjutsu.

By the time Uchiha Chen walked down from the raised platform, Nara Akio, still clutching her kunai, had already face-planted onto the ground and was fast asleep.

"What a pain. I have to take another clansman home..." After sighing, Nara Shikaku rose from the crowd beneath the stage and obediently ran up to retrieve his clanswoman.

"She's so heavy. Maybe I'll have Choza carry her back for me later."

At that moment, Akimichi Choza, who was frantically eating snacks in the classroom, shivered.

Thus, Uchiha Chen alone scored three victories over First Grade students. No one was injured, and he had effortlessly defeated his opponents with Genjutsu.

"Yahoo, that Uchiha brat is pretty good. Look at how much effort he saved us. Are the juniors these days all this outstanding?"

She had originally thought coming to the school to treat students injured in battle would be a time-consuming and troublesome task. But watching Uchiha Chen walk down from the stage, Princess Tsunade felt that the job seemed quite easy.

"...He only saved you effort. And earlier, didn't you call him a lecherous brat like Jiraiya? How did he suddenly become one of your outstanding juniors?"

Orochimaru shot a glance at the still-lazy Konoha princess beside him, bluntly exposing her laziness.

"Hmph, don't mention that bastard Jiraiya. Besides, weren't you unwilling to come earlier too?"

"The reason I came, aside from giving the old man some face, was to see whether I could discover any outstanding talents at the Ninja Academy. The ninja world may seem peaceful now, but undercurrents are swirling beneath the surface. My reasons are fundamentally different from your perfunctory attitude," Orochimaru said.

"Alright, alright." After yawning, Princess Tsunade cut off Orochimaru's explanation.

She waved her hand. "No need to explain. You make it sound so nice, but aren't you just a lolicon and a shotacon? Saying you're looking for talent for the village, when really you're just a pervert."

"...That's the sort of thing that idiot Jiraiya would do, not me."

Too lazy to respond to Tsunade's jab, Orochimaru merely replied indifferently before ignoring her. He walked straight to the center of the raised platform.

"Then the First and Second Grade matches are now over. Next will be the team battles for Third and Fourth Grade. If you're ready, both sides, come up to the stage." After saying that, Orochimaru retreated once more to the corner of the platform.

From Uchiha Chen's current perspective, the Ninja Academy's strength was mainly concentrated in the Second Grade, where he was, and among the Fifth and Sixth Grade students.

The fathers of Konoha 12 were basically in the same grade as Uchiha Chen, while another genius of the current Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Fugaku, had already graduated.

The most renowned student in the Konoha Academy at present should have been a Hyuga Clan student in Fifth Grade, though she was still a girl...

Next were the graduated Hyuga Brothers.

Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga.

Looking at Third Grade, although there were quite a few children from the Uchiha Clan and other clans, none of them were particularly strong.

The only one with some promise was a child of the Aburame Clan—Aburame Shibi.

As the father of Aburame Shino of the Konoha 12, he was already quite formidable at this time.

The Third and Fourth Grade matches ended quickly, just as Uchiha Chen had predicted.

The Third Grade children easily defeated the top three Fourth Grade students and claimed the Winner Group positions.