The next morning.
There was one more empty seat in the classroom of thirty.
"Senju Takeshi has been specially recruited into a secret department."
Funano Daikoku stood at the podium and relayed the information he had heard at the Senju Clan compound the night before.
The reason Senju Takeshi had not come to class.
Was that he might have entered the Anbu.
This sort of special recruitment actually happened every year.
There were always a few outstanding children who were recruited into various departments at a very young age.
"Ooh..."
The students let out envious murmurs.
Only Jueming, lying on the bench, knew that Senju Takeshi... had completely undergone Mutation and become the property of "Root."
The rest of his life... no, his monster life, would be spent in a research prison that never saw daylight.
Being sliced into pieces and such would merely become part of his daily routine.
This undoubtedly sounded an alarm for him.
Jueming had always felt a strong sense of crisis.
Once Mutation occurred, one either died or was taken away to become a test subject.
This world was truly far too dangerous.
Therefore, improving his own strength became the highest priority.
And if that failed... he would run.
Though Jueming had never left Konoha, he had already planned an escape route for the worst-case scenario.
"Teacher Daikoku."
At one point, Jueming sat up.
"I've already learned the Transformation Technique and Substitution Technique. Is there anything else the Ninja Academy can teach me?"
"..."
Funano Daikoku froze for a moment.
"There's also the textbook knowledge for the higher grades."
Other than that, there was nothing else.
"Can you give it to me in advance? I've already memorized all this material."
Jueming slapped his textbooks onto the desk, indicating that he had read them until they