Sunny Helper Gets Slapped in the Face

Teacher Beizawa snapped back to attention and found Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuga had paused their training.

There was no helping it—Sasuke Uchiha was laughing far too loudly.

They'd both been drawn in by the sound, their faces full of confusion.

If the setting weren't so inappropriate, they'd surely have asked, "Sasuke, what's so funny?"

"Don't mind him."

Teacher Beizawa cleared his throat and said, "You two, keep training."

Sasuke Uchiha finally snapped out of his fantasy.

He silently wiped the smile off his face and froze in place.

In his excitement over a moment of progress, he'd lost control and shattered his cool persona.

"Teacher Beizawa."

Sasuke Uchiha suppressed his embarrassment, stepped forward, and said, "I want to move to the next stage of training."

The enlarged Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique hadn't just boosted his confidence—it had also deepened his trust in Teacher Beizawa.

"You and Hinata together."

Teacher Beizawa repeated the training method.

"I don't need an advance warning."

Sasuke Uchiha said, his face brimming with confidence.

With that, he coated his feet in Chakra and climbed up the tree.

Clearly, he was in his Sunny Helper state today.

Teacher Beizawa raised an eyebrow.

What was this, if not a "Come hit me, then"?

As a teacher, he definitely had to oblige Sasuke Uchiha's request.

He casually pulled out a Wooden Kunai, found the right moment, and threw it.

Sasuke Uchiha heard the whistle of the blade, smirked, and shifted his body to the left.

But the next second, he let out an "Ow."

The Wooden Kunai struck his left arm.

His ability to track by sound was still lacking—he hadn't accounted for the kunai's speed.

"Again!"

Sasuke Uchiha got up, his face flushed red, and said stiffly.

Teacher Beizawa hadn't planned to laugh, but he hadn't been trained not to, so he did.

He had to admit, seeing Sunny Helper take a fall was pretty amusing.

Time trickled by, and Combat Class drew to a close.

Though Sasuke Uchiha was battered and bruised from his falls, he pushed through to the end.

And his progress had clearly outpaced Hinata Hyuga's by a fair margin.

The effect of taking hits was plain to see.

Combat Class was the last period.

After saying goodbye to Hinata Hyuga and the others, Teacher Beizawa headed to the second-floor meeting room.

Mizuki had told him last Thursday that there'd be a meeting today to discuss the April Monthly Exam.

"Senior Beizawa!"

Umino Iruka noticed him and waved.

Teacher Beizawa walked over, greeted him, and sat down beside him.

Not far away, Mizuki's face instantly turned cold.

He and Umino Iruka had been close friends since childhood—though in his view, it was all a facade.

And now Beizawa had come along and stolen his friend away. Truly infuriating.

Ten minutes later, the meeting room was packed.

Though there were many teachers, aside from Mizuki and Umino Iruka, none had names in the original work.

Finally, a middle-aged man walked in.

He was the Vice Principal of the Ninja Academy, named Hisao Sarutobi, a Jonin.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was the principal, but also the Hokage, with little time to spare, so the Academy's actual manager was the Vice Principal.

"I'll now announce the rules for this month's Monthly Exam."

Hisao Sarutobi said, taking his seat.

Teacher Beizawa listened for a moment and found it was about the same as last year.

Each grade's teachers submitted questions, the best were selected, and finally each grade compiled two sets of exam papers—one official, one backup.

"The Monthly Exam is set for April thirtieth."

Hisao Sarutobi said unhurriedly. "I want you to submit your questions to me by the twentieth."

"Yes."

Everyone answered in unison.

"One last reminder: the more of your questions are selected, the more likely you are to be named this year's Best Teacher."

Hisao Sarutobi stood up and said, "Meeting adjourned."

"Teacher Beizawa!"

Umino Iruka caught up to Beizawa and asked with genuine sincerity, "I'd like some advice—are there any points I should watch out for when writing questions?"

It was his first time as an exam question writer, so he was completely clueless.

The reason he asked Beizawa was because Beizawa had had the most questions selected for three consecutive years.

"Iruka, I can teach you."

Mizuki suddenly appeared, a smile plastered on his face. "Beizawa's busy, so don't bother him."

Umino Iruka paused, unsuspecting, and was about to agree when he was interrupted.

"Mizuki, you're a Second Year teacher, and Iruka's a First Year teacher. It's more fitting for me to teach him."

Beizawa said with a smile.

"Thank you, Teacher Beizawa!"

Umino Iruka immediately expressed his gratitude.

Mizuki's smile froze at the words.

"Come to my office."

Beizawa glanced at him, then turned and left.

"Mizuki, thanks for your help too."

After saying that, Umino Iruka quickly followed Beizawa.

"Bastard!"

Mizuki clenched his fists, his face twisted.

But aside from impotent rage, there was nothing he could do.

Beizawa returned to his office, chatted with Umino Iruka for half an hour, then went home.

Time came to Tuesday.

Beizawa went to the school's Archives early in the morning.

He found the exam papers from previous years and took out one set.

"Teacher Beizawa."

Hinata Hyuga was punctual as always.

"Your task today is to do all these exam papers."

Beizawa pulled out two sheets and said.

"Okay."

Hinata Hyuga nodded obediently.

The Ninja Academy's Monthly Exam was divided into a written exam and a Combat Exam.

Under normal circumstances, Hinata Hyuga could easily place in the top five, but first place was more difficult.

After all, there were plenty of geniuses in the class.

Combat was hard to improve in a short time, but theory wasn't.

The Monthly Exam used a composite ranking. If she got first in the written exam and placed in the top three in combat, she'd likely take the overall first.

Beizawa's method was simple: drill with practice tests.

First, have Hinata Hyuga do past years' exam papers, then he'd create targeted questions and predict the exam content for further reinforcement.

As for whether this would affect his own task of getting first in the Monthly Exam?

Beizawa could only describe it with a phrase from his past life: the referees and judges are all my people—what are you gonna do against me?

After Hinata Hyuga finished breakfast, she started working on the papers.

Unsurprisingly, she skipped class again—but skipping or not, it was like skipping.

If skipping class was to do exam papers, was it really skipping?

Hinata Hyuga did the papers, while Beizawa wrote the questions.

The questions he set were all related to the Konoha History and Will of Fire that he taught.

Because that was his advantage, and also his open scheme—Hisao Sarutobi had to choose.

Of course, Beizawa wasn't making up questions at random; he came prepared, ensuring every question would satisfy Hiruzen Sarutobi.

In the afternoon, Combat Class.

Ino Yamanaka, after hard work, completed Tree Climbing Training and joined Hinata Hyuga and Sasuke Uchiha in the next stage of training.

But what surprised Beizawa the most was Naruto Uzumaki—his Running Training had improved at an astonishing pace.

"Teacher Beizawa, how was it?"

Naruto Uzumaki grinned and asked.

"Not bad at all, you even startled me."

Beizawa patted his shoulder and said, "The day after tomorrow's Physical Training, I'll be watching your performance."

"Leave it to me!"

Naruto Uzumaki gave a thumbs up, his teeth flashing, and said.

Wait!

What the hell was that move?

Oh no!

"You know Might Guy?"

A bad feeling crept up on Beizawa, and he quickly asked.

"Huh? How did you know?"

Naruto Uzumaki's eyes went wide, shocked by his uncanny insight.

A single Combat Class was only forty-five minutes long, which for him was far from enough.

Plus, with nothing to do after school, he went ahead with Running Training.

And that was when he ran into Might Guy.

Beizawa's mouth twitched.

If Naruto Uzumaki got corrupted by Might Guy, would Hiruzen Sarutobi come after him?