Final Exams!

Final Exams!

"Hello, everyone. I'm Hyuga Bin. I'm four and a half years old. My hobbies are tasting delicious food, and my dream is to become an outstanding ninja."

Hyuga Bin quickly went up onstage, finished his introduction just as quickly, and stepped back down.

To avoid drawing attention, he did not mention singing, dancing, rap, or basketball among his hobbies.

Then, the mission reward arrived.

[Option mission completed. Dojutsu +0.1.]

As for why he had not chosen Options A or B, it was because he had to actually say the words required by those options before he could claim their rewards.

The first option, becoming the man of the Fifth Hokage, was clearly ambiguous.

By his understanding, Konoha would have two Fifth Hokages in the future: Big-Boobed Tsunade and Shimura Danzō.

Although one of Shimura Danzō's titles had the word "acting" before it, that could not change the fact that he had served as the Fifth Hokage for a time.

If the system meant Shimura Danzō as the Fifth Hokage, then that was simply impossible.

If it meant Tsunade, then after giving it some thought, that was impossible too.

Tsunade was more than twenty years older than him, after all.

By the time he reached fifteen, the age when he could eat meat, Tsunade would be nearly forty.

Women in the world of Naruto became like tigers at thirty; at forty, they could suck dirt from the ground while sitting down...

Although Tsunade possessed the Yin Seal and could freely control her body's apparent age.

Then there was the second option: becoming the Strongest Under Heaven. That was even harder than becoming the Hokage's man, and he could not afford to wait that many years.

So Option C was still the safest choice—getting 0.1 Attribute Points for free.

Several months passed quietly.

Hyuga Bin had been living quite comfortably lately. He went to school every day, answered multiple-choice questions, worked overtime at night to train in the Gentle Fist, and before he knew it, the final exams had arrived.

Once the final exams were over, there would be a full month of vacation.

This final exam not only assessed what they had learned over the past half year, but also drew the attention of Konoha's higher-ups, including Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.

After all, the class had both the second-generation official Sarutobi Asuma and the genius Hatake Kakashi.

Limited by time, the final exams only included two events: ninja tool throwing and practical combat.

For the practical combat portion, the teacher used their usual grades as a reference and paired them up. The strength gap between each pair would not be too large.

The ninja tool throwing exam was held in the morning, while the practical combat was scheduled for the afternoon.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

As the exam began, Hatake Kakashi, the top student, lived up to his reputation as a genius. All six shuriken easily struck the bullseye more than ten meters away.

After throwing them, Hatake Kakashi cast a resentful glance at Hyuga Bin.

During the half year since they had entered the Ninja Academy, Hyuga Bin had still never accepted a single one of his challenges.

At that moment, Hyuga Bin was chatting with Uchiha Obito and did not notice Hatake Kakashi's resentful gaze.

The exam continued. As the Hokage's son, Sarutobi Asuma also landed all six shuriken in the bullseye.

With Sarutobi Hiruzen privately giving him extra lessons, Sarutobi Asuma could match the genius Kakashi in basic coursework.

When it was Hyuga Bin's turn, he threw his shuriken very casually.

There were six shuriken in total, and Hyuga Bin perfectly controlled the result to four hits and two misses.

That was the level of most students in the class.

As for Uchiha Obito, because he was often late from helping old ladies cross the street, his shuriken accuracy was currently only fifty percent. He was the class's undisputed dead last.

After the morning's ninja tool throwing exam ended, the students' favorite practical combat exam arrived in the afternoon.

Practical combat was the most important part of the finals, because it was the best representation of a person's true strength.

At the Ninja Academy, only through practical combat could teachers understand each student's strengths and weaknesses, allowing them to provide targeted guidance.

As the afternoon combat exam began, the students were all eager with anticipation. Even Uchiha Obito, the class dead last, was itching for a fight and wanted to have a great battle with Hatake Kakashi.

Hyuga Bin alone had no interest at all.

"First match: Uchiha Obito versus Tobitake."

Teacher Ogawa held the roster and announced the first pair.

It was Uchiha Obito, third from last in usual grades, against Tobitake, fourth from last.

Five minutes later, the battle between the two bottom-rankers ended. Uchiha Obito and Tobitake were evenly matched, and neither emerged victorious.

"Second match: Hatake Kakashi versus Sarutobi Asuma."

Unlike the first match, the second was a battle between the class's first- and second-ranked students. Everyone except Hyuga Bin was watching closely.

In truth, Teacher Ogawa did not want Hatake Kakashi and Sarutobi Asuma to spar, because Hatake Kakashi was already stronger than many Genin, while Sarutobi Asuma was no match for him at all.

But compared to the second-ranked Sarutobi Asuma, the others were obviously even less qualified to be Kakashi's opponent.

"Teacher Ogawa, I want to challenge Hyuga Bin today."

Hatake Kakashi voiced his request to Teacher Ogawa, his eyes blazing as he looked toward Hyuga Bin, who was cooling off in the corner.

He was waiting for Hyuga Bin to accept the challenge. He had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Ever since Hyuga Bin had defeated him a year ago, every one of his challenges had been rejected by Hyuga Bin.

This time, during the final exams, he believed that no matter how unwilling Hyuga Bin was, he surely would not refuse again.

As Hatake Kakashi's words fell, everyone present, including Teacher Ogawa, was greatly surprised.

They clearly did not understand why Hatake Kakashi, the top student, would challenge Hyuga Bin, whose grades ranked in the middle.

Could it be because he could not stand Hyuga Bin constantly "rolling his eyes," so he wanted to teach him a lesson?

And because of Hatake Kakashi's words, Hyuga Bin received an option mission from the system.

[Option A: Accept Hatake Kakashi's challenge. Completion reward: Earth Release—Earth-Style Wall (C-rank reward).]

[Option B: Say to Hatake Kakashi: "Next time for sure, next time for sure." Completion reward: Substitution Technique (D-rank reward).]

[Option C: Refuse Hatake Kakashi's challenge. Completion reward: Random Attribute Points +0.1.]

Hyuga Bin immediately stood up, walked over to Hatake Kakashi, and gave his response in the firmest tone possible:

"Kakashi, I refuse to accept your challenge!"

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