Hyuga Masayuki led Hyuga Bin, Uchiha Obito, and Nohara Rin all the way to Training Ground No. 5 in Konoha.
After stopping, Hyuga Masayuki addressed the three before him.
"First, let's do a simple introduction: your name, hobbies, and dreams."
"I'll start. My name is Hyuga Masayuki, a Jonin. I enjoy eating grilled meat, and my dream is for the ninja world to be at peace."
After speaking, Hyuga Masayuki shifted his gaze to Hyuga Bin on the far left.
"My name is Hyuga Bin, a Genin. I enjoy tasting delicious food, and my dream is pretty much the same as Masayuki-sensei's. I hope for World Peace."
After Hyuga Bin's brief introduction, Hyuga Masayuki turned to Nohara Rin.
"My name is Nohara Rin, a Genin. I like eating very sweet cakes, and my dream is to become an outstanding ninja."
"My name is Uchiha Obito, a Genin. I enjoy eating Three-color mochi, and my dream is to become Hokage."
The four quickly finished introducing themselves.
Unlike most teams, whose introductions involved more varied hobbies such as singing, dancing, rap, or ball games, all four of their hobbies revolved around "eating." They were clearly a team of foodies.
After remembering the names of Hyuga Bin and the other two, Hyuga Masayuki continued, "Now, let's have a practical combat exercise and get to know one another better."
"Masayuki-sensei, are we grabbing bells?" Uchiha Obito instinctively asked.
As soon as the words fell, Hyuga Bin thought of Naruto's Team 7 and the bell-grabbing plot that fanfiction had already beaten to death.
"Obito-kun, who told you about grabbing bells?" Hyuga Masayuki put the bells he had been about to take from his ninja tool pouch back and asked Uchiha Obito with a smile.
"A senior from my clan," Uchiha Obito replied.
He had heard during his time at the Ninja Academy that a team's first test involved grabbing bells, but the details had been kept secret from him.
"I see. We won't do something as flashy as grabbing bells for this battle. Just attack me with all your strength."
As Hyuga Masayuki finished speaking, the option mission that appeared for Hyuga Bin several times a day showed up once more.
[Option A: Defeat team leader Jonin Hyuga Masayuki. Completion reward: Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu (B-rank reward).]
[Option B: Give it everything, regardless of victory or defeat. Completion reward: Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction (A-rank reward).]
[Option C: Just train casually. Good enough. Completion reward: random Attribute Points +0.1.]
"Hyuga Masayuki is a Jonin, yet defeating him only gives a B-rank reward."
"And giving it everything actually has a better reward than defeating Hyuga Masayuki."
"This Option System really has traps everywhere!"
After casually complaining about the system, Hyuga Bin silently chose Option C.
[Option mission completed. Dojutsu +0.1.]
The practical combat exercise ended very quickly.
Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin were only freshly graduated Genin. Combined with Hyuga Bin deliberately holding back and displaying only the strength of an ordinary Genin, they lasted only a few exchanges against Hyuga Masayuki, a Jonin already skilled in defense, before being defeated one by one.
After the practical exercise, Hyuga Masayuki gave Hyuga Bin, Uchiha Obito, and Nohara Rin guidance on each of their respective weaknesses.
From this alone, Hyuga Masayuki was clearly a highly responsible team leader.
Although Hyuga Masayuki did not have much more Chakra than Hatake Kakashi in the original story, when it came to teaching a team of Genin, he was probably 3.53 times as dedicated as Hatake Kakashi had been.
After the guidance ended, Hyuga Masayuki gave the three enough time to digest the shortcomings they had shown in the battle before smiling and announcing:
"To celebrate Team 22's formation today, I'll treat you to grilled meat."
"Thank you, Masayuki-sensei."
At the mention of grilled meat, Hyuga Bin and the other two all smiled.
In the world of Naruto, ramen was already food for the "rich," while grilled meat was even more expensive. Ordinary ninja would not eat it often.
Even Hyuga Bin, who received plenty of spending money, only went once a month. And after each grilled meat meal, he had to tighten his spending for the next few days.
As for Uchiha Obito, an orphan, and Nohara Rin, who came from an ordinary family, they could not even eat grilled meat twice a year.
Early the next morning, Hyuga Bin arrived ahead of time at the meeting place they had agreed on the night before.
A few minutes later, Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin also arrived.
After briefly greeting one another, the three began waiting for Hyuga Masayuki.
After waiting a full half hour, Hyuga Masayuki finally arrived at a leisurely pace.
Hyuga Masayuki was twenty minutes late.
"Masayuki-sensei!"
Hyuga Bin and the other two greeted Hyuga Masayuki respectfully, showing no dissatisfaction over his lateness.
"Sorry for the wait. I went to the Mission Hall first to accept a mission for you, so I arrived late," Hyuga Masayuki explained with a smile.
"Masayuki-sensei, what kind of mission is it?" Uchiha Obito asked eagerly.
Nohara Rin also looked expectant.
For Genin who had just graduated, carrying out missions was something full of novelty.
Hyuga Bin had already guessed it was a D-rank mission, so he felt no anticipation at all.
In Konoha, it was impossible for newly graduated Genin to be sent outside the village for a somewhat dangerous C-rank mission without first completing even a single D-rank mission.
In response to Uchiha Obito's question, Hyuga Masayuki took a hand-drawn sheet of paper from his pocket and handed it to him.
The drawing depicted an orange fat cat, otherwise known as an Orange Cat.
The back of the paper contained a brief description of the mission and the place where the Orange Cat had gone missing.
Looking at the hand-drawn paper, Hyuga Bin understood the mission and recalled the trauma from years ago, when he had spent an entire day failing to catch that "Xiao Hua."
"Your first ninja mission is to find this missing Orange Cat. Once the mission is complete, gather here again."
"Yes, Masayuki-sensei!"
"All right, begin the mission." After saying that, Hyuga Masayuki turned and left.
As a Jonin, he naturally would not accompany Hyuga Bin and the other two on such a simple, low-level mission as catching an Orange Cat.
"Bin, let's split up and catch the cat. We'll see who catches it first," Uchiha Obito said with a smile after reading the mission details.
The weather was nice today, and he felt this mission was simple. It would be over in no time.
"Cats aren't that easy to catch, and this is an adult orange pig. We can split up to look for it, but don't go too far apart. Once we find its trail, we'll work together to catch it."
Hyuga Bin immediately rejected Uchiha Obito's idea and offered his suggestion.
Cats in the world of Naruto could casually leap several meters. Catching one without damaging buildings or hurting it was extremely difficult.
Even Uzumaki Naruto, the Seventh Hokage, had once been run circles around by a kitten.
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