Enrollment Exam!

Before long, Hyuga Bin came to terms with it.

The reward for completing this option mission was merely Eight Trigrams Sixteen Palms.

Given his status in the Hyuga Clan, once he turned five, he could officially cultivate the clan's Eight Trigrams Palm. Learning it himself was only a matter of time.

Besides, the outcome had been great—he had defeated Kakashi!

One had to know that across the entire ninja world, the number of people who could defeat Sixth Hokage Hatake Kakashi in a one-on-one fight could be counted on one hand.

Hatake Kakashi's titles of "Konoha Technician" and "Hatake the 50/50" were by no means undeserved.

Many female ninja from other villages simply could not withstand Hatake Kakashi's relentless assaults.

Hatake Kakashi was a man who had exchanged a few moves with Otsutsuki Kaguya. He had even landed a Kamui Lightning Blade on her, letting Otsutsuki Kaguya taste blood.

Following that logic, didn't that mean he could also give Otsutsuki Kaguya a couple of shots?

When he returned home, Hyuga Masato saw the injuries on Hyuga Bin's face and his filthy, disheveled clothes. He asked with concern,

"Bin, how did you get hurt? Did those Uchiha brats give you trouble again?"

Regarding the time Hyuga Bin had been ganged up on, after Hyuga Masato went to the Uchiha Security Force to explain the situation, they investigated it thoroughly and informed the parents of the three Uchiha children.

Then, the three Uchiha children got a beating.

Though the Uchiha Clan was arrogant and overbearing, they were not incapable of distinguishing right from wrong.

If it had been a one-on-one fight and an Uchiha had defeated a Hyuga, not only would they not apologize, they would even mock the other side for bringing in adults when the younger one could not win.

But bullying the weak with the strong, ganging up three against one, and even getting one of them beaten to tears by the other party afterward—such behavior warranted a harsh lesson.

It was simply too humiliating for the Uchiha Clan!

"No, Kakashi and I sparred," Hyuga Bin said, shaking his head.

"Kakashi? Hatake Kakashi, White Fang Lord's son?" Hyuga Masato immediately thought of Hatake Sakumo, Konoha's most renowned figure and the most likely candidate for Fourth Hokage.

"Mm." Hyuga Bin nodded.

"You lost?"

"I won."

"As expected of my son. Now I have something to brag about." Hyuga Masato's tense, expectant expression immediately relaxed.

Hyuga Bin defeating Hatake Kakashi was naturally something he could be proud of.

He had already begun thinking about how he would tell his coworkers tomorrow, "My son has the bearing of an emperor."

Hyuga Bin: "..."

A year passed in the blink of an eye.

Konoha Year 38, and it was once again time for the Ninja Academy's annual enrollment.

Hyuga Bin, who had already been branded with Caged Bird, was unsurprisingly registered by Hyuga Masato for the Ninja Academy's entrance exam.

As a "genius" who had crushed Uchiha Obito and defeated Hatake Kakashi, Hyuga Masato naturally would not let Hyuga Bin waste a year at home just because he was underage.

On the day of the entrance exam, Hyuga Bin could not fight against his father's decision. Accompanied by Hyuga Rei, he arrived at the Ninja Academy for the assessment.

By the time Hyuga Bin arrived, more than a hundred five- and six-year-old children were already waiting in line, with more still arriving.

When it was time for the assessment, Hyuga Bin followed the crowd into the Ninja Academy.

Every year, the Ninja Academy enrolled five- and six-year-old children. Those who passed the assessment could enroll as first-year students.

Children under five, such as Hyuga Bin and Hatake Kakashi, could also participate if they were confident in passing.

The assessment was simply a test of physical strength and endurance: run fifty laps around the track within two hours.

Those who completed it passed; those who did not failed.

For the vast majority of ninja, stamina was the most important thing.

In a village, jonin made up less than ten percent of the ninja population.

For a village like Konoha, with more than ten thousand registered ninja, there were only a little over a thousand jonin and fewer than four thousand chunin. The remaining nearly ten thousand ninja were all genin.

Battles between chunin and genin were mostly based on taijutsu, and the primary requirement for taijutsu was naturally stamina.

After the Ninja Academy teacher finished explaining, Hyuga Bin unsurprisingly received an option mission from the system:

[Option A: Complete the assessment in first place. Completion reward: Shuriken Manipulation Technique (C-rank reward).]

[Option B: Go all out, regardless of the result. Completion reward: Shadow Clone Jutsu (B-rank reward).]

[Option C: Go with the flow; as long as you can enroll, that is enough. Completion reward: Random Attribute Points +0.1.]

"Option A is pretty good. Just taking first place in running earns Shuriken Manipulation Technique..."

"Eh, Option B is even better. All I need to do is go all out, and the reward is actually the Shadow Clone Jutsu, which is better than Shuriken Manipulation Technique."

"Then I'll choose C."

Hyuga Bin quickly made his choice and began jogging with the first group of children.

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