Dreams!

[Option mission complete, Chakra +0.1.]

As Hyuga Bin made his choice, the system reward was credited immediately, without waiting for him to complete the mission.

Hyuga Bin was used to it.

"Bin, let's see who can finish fifty laps first."

After running half a lap, Hatake Kakashi slowed down and ran alongside Hyuga Bin as he spoke.

Ever since losing to Hyuga Bin a year ago, Hyuga Bin had never accepted another one of his challenges. It had been driving him crazy.

Now that it was the annual entrance test, he saw it as an opportunity to compete with Hyuga Bin.

"Forget it." Hyuga Bin shook his head, maintaining his unhurried pace.

"Bin, it's been a whole year. Why won't you accept my challenge?" Hearing Hyuga Bin reject him again, Hatake Kakashi's expression instantly fell. He looked like a girl ruthlessly dumped by her boyfriend after he'd had his way with her.

"Yeah, it's been a year." Hyuga Bin could not help sighing at Hatake Kakashi's words.

Over the past year, Hyuga Bin had received hundreds of option missions.

Among those missions, whenever he chose an option that did not reward Random Attribute Points, a follow-up mission would inevitably appear afterward.

And those follow-up missions were simply impossible for him to complete.

Moreover, the higher the reward, the more impossible the mission was to complete—and the more dangerous it became.

Once, he accepted an option mission to "help an old lady cross the street." In the end, the old lady turned out to be a spy from another ninja village in disguise, and he was nearly stabbed to death with a kunai by that fake old lady.

Before getting stabbed, he had thought he had hit the jackpot. The system was amazing—helping an old lady cross the street actually came with a B-rank reward...

There was also the mission he had accepted at the beginning, to help Tsunade resolve her inner turmoil. To complete it, he had even sacrificed his looks and acted cute for Tsunade.

Then one night, he was accidentally injured by a drunken Tsunade, who knocked him unconscious on the spot with a single punch.

Although Tsunade immediately sobered up, healed him, and sincerely apologized to him.

The fact that he had nearly been beaten to death with one punch could not be changed.

Even now, the mission "Resolve Tsunade's Inner Turmoil" was still hanging unfinished in the system.

He had many missions like that. Whenever Hyuga Bin recalled them, he was moved to tears...

So he understood now. The system was using the other options to mislead him. The only real option was Random Attribute Points +0.1.

That also meant he could not be like the transmigrators in novels—Kage Level at seven, Beyond Kage-level at nine, Six Paths level at ten, kicking Six Paths Madara and **Kaguya-hime.

He could only proceed cautiously.

Perhaps because he was too strong, or perhaps because his opponents were too weak, Hyuga Bin gave it his all to hold back and still finished the entrance examination in twentieth place.

After receiving his admission notice, Hyuga Bin headed straight for the food street to complete his daily check-in.

The next day, Hyuga Bin arrived at the Ninja Academy ten minutes early.

By the time the Third Hokage, who was also the Ninja Academy's principal, finished his speech and the classes had been assigned, it was already eleven in the morning.

Hyuga Bin was assigned to Class One of the first year, and most of the students there were his "acquaintances."

Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, Tobitake, Kurenai Yuhi, Sarutobi Asuma, Rin, Sawaki Minobu...

The moment he saw Sarutobi Asuma, Hyuga Bin knew that his twentieth-place ranking in the entrance examination had landed him in the elite class.

After all, Sarutobi Asuma was the biological son of Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, so naturally the best teacher had to be assigned to educate him.

As for Uchiha Obito being in the same class too, could he have pulled some strings?

"Bin, we're actually in the same class." Unlike Hyuga Bin, whose thoughts were full of malice, Uchiha Obito was delighted to see him.

Ever since Hyuga Bin stepped forward to help when he was being bullied a year ago, Uchiha Obito had regarded Hyuga Bin as his best friend.

At the same time, Hyuga Bin was also the person he would strive to surpass in the future.

Only by becoming stronger than Hyuga Bin could he protect Hyuga Bin next time, rather than continuing to be protected by him.

"Yeah." Hyuga Bin smiled and nodded.

Nearby, Hatake Kakashi watched Hyuga Bin and Uchiha Obito. He clenched his fist, wanting to say something, but ultimately said nothing...

A few minutes later, the entire class had arrived. At the same time, a female ninja under thirty entered the classroom, dressed in a ninja uniform that outlined her lovely curves.

The previously noisy classroom instantly fell silent.

The female ninja walked to the podium and swept her gaze across the students below.

This ninja was called Saimei Shunkoka. She was an elite Chunin who had inherited the Will of Fire from Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, as well as the homeroom teacher of Hyuga Bin and the others.

Besides serving as homeroom teacher, Saimei Shunkoka was also responsible for the class's "language arts" lessons, teaching courses such as the Will of Fire.

Saimei Shunkoka loved Konoha deeply. Even during her vacations, she often privately sought out Sarutobi Hiruzen for guidance on the Will of Fire.

Under Sarutobi Hiruzen's wholehearted guidance each time, Saimei Shunkoka's pretty face would flush with excitement, because she had learned new knowledge again.

Sarutobi Hiruzen also greatly appreciated Saimei Shunkoka's attitude toward learning, so he arranged for her to become the elite class's homeroom teacher and teach his son, Sarutobi Asuma.

"Welcome to Class One, everyone. I'm your homeroom teacher, Saimei Shunkoka. You may call me Teacher Saimei."

"Today's first class will be about getting to know one another. When I call your name, please come up and give a brief introduction. Tell us about your hobbies and dreams."

After Saimei Shunkoka finished speaking, she flipped open the roster in her hands and read out the first name.

"First up, Uchiha Obito."

Uchiha Obito stood up and nervously walked to the front. "Hello, everyone. My name is Uchiha Obito, I'm five years old, my hobby is eating Three-color mochi, and my dream is to become Hokage!"

"That's a wonderful dream." Saimei Shunkoka smiled and nodded before reading the next name.

"Next student, Sarutobi Asuma!"

"My name is Sarutobi Asuma, I'm five years old, my hobby is reading manga, and my dream is also to become Hokage!" As the Hokage's son, Sarutobi Asuma did not feel nervous at all on stage.

"Next student, Hatake Kakashi."

"Nohara Rin..."

"..."

"Hyuga Bin..."

The moment Saimei Shunkoka called Hyuga Bin's name, an option mission appeared in his mind:

[Option A: Boldly declare that your dream is to become the man of the Fifth Hokage. Completion reward: Mount Myōboku Sage Art (S-rank).]

[Option B: Set a small goal: become the Strongest Under Heaven. Completion reward: Flying Thunder God Technique (S-rank).]

[Option C: Casually state an ordinary dream that will not draw attention. Completion reward: Random Attribute Points +0.1.]

Faced with the system's two options offering such generous rewards, Hyuga Bin was somewhat tempted.

"Just by becoming the man of the Fifth Hokage, or the Strongest Under Heaven, I can obtain an S-rank reward? How terrifying!"

"Since that's the case, I'd better just casually state an ordinary dream that won't draw attention."