Teacher, Don't Underestimate Me!

After Asuma's team moved out, their figures immediately appeared on the monitoring screens around the venue.

"Who are those people?"

"Ak... Akatsuki?"

"How did they infiltrate this place?"

In an instant, a clamor erupted throughout the venue. Cries of alarm, warnings, and even curses rose and fell one after another.

Mikoto Uchiha, who had been watching Sasuke's fierce battle against the instructor team, noticed Asuma's team disguised as Akatsuki members and cried out, "Oh no, they're going after Sasuke!"

Fugaku furrowed his brow as well. However, as the head of the Uchiha Clan, he did not panic too much. He first glanced at the Five Kage on the elevated platform nearby. Seeing no reaction from them, he asked Itachi, "What's going on?"

Itachi hurriedly explained, "Father, Mother, please don't worry. Brother Shisui told me that this is also part of the Ninja Academy's arrangements. That team wearing Akatsuki's red-cloud robes is made up entirely of Jonin from the village."

Mikoto Uchiha let out a long breath. "You scared me to death."

At that moment, the venue staff also began revealing the truth to the villagers.

When they learned that the Akatsuki members wearing gray masks in the Forest of Death were all Jonin from the village in disguise, meant to test how the students responded in desperate circumstances, the villagers reacted in all sorts of ways—surprise, admiration, cheers, and worry.

Listening to the commotion around her, Mikoto Uchiha began to worry. "Shisui and the others are being far too reckless!"

Itachi explained, "The academy also hopes to use this practical combat exercise to train the students' ability to respond when facing powerful enemies. After all, only by creating a situation close to a real desperate crisis can they test whether the students can make the right choices under such circumstances!"