This is Quite Normal

No matter how conflicted the boys and girls were, as the days drew near, the graduation assessment arrived right on schedule.

The first test was the written exam.

Since this was a targeted training program for the ninja profession, the knowledge taught was not too advanced.

Conversely, schools specializing in this kind of knowledge could also switch to training ninjas later on, allowing their students to take on related work and research.

For example, medical ninjas.

All in all, the era when even becoming an artilleryman required a bachelor's degree had yet to arrive.

When the exam ended, some were happy while others were miserable.

Right, Obito?

Sitting all alone on the parallel bars in the playground, Obito sighed repeatedly.

"Obito, how did it go?"

The Watermelon Head Boy, who had no idea what social anxiety was, looked at Obito with bright, happy eyes.

"What about you?" Obito looked at his fellow sufferer, Kai.

"Manly!" Kai raised a thumb. His radiant smile revealed a row of bright, pearly white teeth.

"Must be nice," Obito said dejectedly. "I really envy how you can still look so confident even though you only know a tiny bit."

"If you know it, you know it! If you don't, you don't! I worked hard! I have no regrets!" Kai had some knowledge in his belly. He was just a little more hot-blooded and youthful than most, not stupid.

Next came the Ninjutsu assessment.

The test covered more than just the Three Body Technique. Other elemental techniques were included as well.

A comprehensive score would be given based on the results.

It was not a random question-based assessment, either. Students were completely free to demonstrate their abilities, but they had to know at least twenty standard elemental techniques.

This gave the Ninja Clan children who relied