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"It seems the Otsutsuki bloodline has already begun remodeling my body." Shigure then headed toward the Ninja Academy from his memories.

It was quite easy for Shigure to enter the Ninja Academy.

After arriving, he sat down in the only remaining seat. The graduation exam had already begun.

"Hey, Shigure, I heard you were in the hospital. How are you doing lately?" his deskmate asked.

Shigure tilted his head to look at her. She was a girl with fiery red hair, a clean and neat appearance, and a cute face. Her eyes were as pale as her milky-white skin.

It was clear she was from the Hyuga Clan.

"I'm fine, thanks for your concern." Shigure then ignored her.

Shigure secretly activated his White Rinnegan, clearly seeing the chakra flow inside every one of the dozens of students in the class.

"Hmm, these people have far less chakra than the Third Hokage. After all, they're just a bunch of brats!"

But Shigure eventually spotted a few slightly different kids—their chakra flow was a bit unusual.

Deactivating his White Rinnegan, Shigure realized that the ones he'd been observing were precisely members of the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan. No wonder the chakra flow felt somewhat familiar.

"Next, we begin our graduation exam. Today's test content is the same as always. I'll randomly pick one of the Three Body Techniques. If you pass, you'll be allowed to graduate. I'll now call out the names of those to be tested, one by one."

"First, Hinata Kurenai!"

A shy red-haired girl walked past Shigure.

"Hinata Kurenai, huh? So that's her name." Shigure thought to himself.

"Your test is the Transformation Technique! Transform into me. Begin!" the Proctor randomly quizzed.

Hinata Kurenai then formed hand seals. With a poof, smoke swirled, and she transformed into an exact copy of the Proctor.

Shigure's White Rinnegan was already active. He fully grasped the hand seals and the chakra flow throughout her body.

"Just as I thought. That energy in the body is chakra. Releasing it through hand seals, huh? But Hinata Kurenai's chakra control is still a bit off—she wasted some. Still, aside from that, it's lifelike. She should pass."

Through his Sharingan, Shigure instantly mastered the Transformation Technique among the Three Body Techniques.

Sure enough, the Proctor announced that Hinata Kurenai had passed.

Next, the Proctor called out many other examinees one after another. Shigure easily mastered all Three Body Techniques.

Then the Proctor called another name.

"Uchiha Wei!" A black-haired youth stepped forward toward the Proctor.

This guy had an extremely arrogant expression and even made a gesture at Shigure.

The provocation was obvious. Everyone turned to look at Shigure.

But Shigure was lying on his desk, sleeping.

"That bastard actually dares to ignore Uchiha Wei! I can already tell he's going to get beaten up again!"

"Uchiha Shigure, the dead last, doesn't even know if he'll pass, and now he's acting so cocky!"

Many classmates broke out in cold sweat for Shigure.

"Your test is the Clone Technique. Begin!" The Proctor seemed not to notice the class's atmosphere, focusing only on the exam.

Uchiha Wei then successfully created a clone and passed perfectly.

Shigure appeared to be sleeping, but he was actually using his White Rinnegan to observe Uchiha Wei's chakra flow.

"This guy doesn't seem to have much talent. His chakra reserves are a bit larger than others, but his chakra usage is too wasteful. Forget about perfect release—his clone only lasted a second before disappearing. What a disappointment!" Shigure said aloud in front of everyone.

"Ah!?"

His deskmate, Hinata Kurenai, couldn't understand why Shigure, the former dead last, now had the courage to openly trash-talk Uchiha Wei in front of the whole class.

Uchiha Wei's expression shifted instantly. The class atmosphere turned eerily strange.

"Haha! What a joke!" Uchiha Wei laughed in anger, looking at Shigure. "The Clone Technique is just a ninjutsu used to confuse the enemy! What's there to be perfect about? Are you saying you can use it perfectly?"

"Uchiha Wei, you've passed. Return to your seat for now. Uchiha Shigure, since you're so confident, why don't you demonstrate all the Clone Techniques yourself?" The Proctor was clearly a bit displeased with Shigure and wanted to embarrass him.

But Shigure agreed without hesitation.

"Then I'll start with the Substitution Technique!" Shigure walked calmly to the front of the classroom, formed an extremely standard hand seal, and with a poof, he instantly turned into a log while his real body appeared back at his seat.

"When did he—?!"

"Reporting, Proctor. Substitution Technique complete!" Shigure lay back on his desk, ready to sleep again.

"Nonsense! Even if I grudgingly count your Substitution Technique as a pass, you only used the Substitution Technique!" Uchiha Wei immediately attacked with words.

"Enough. I declare that Shigure has passed the exam!" The Proctor shook his head and finally announced the result.

Uchiha Wei was baffled and frustrated. He couldn't figure out why the Proctor had directly declared Shigure's pass.

"That bastard!" Uchiha Wei glared at Shigure, who didn't even spare him a glance, nursing a grudge.

"How infuriating!" After class, Uchiha Wei went straight to find the Proctor Teacher.

"Uchiha Wei? I knew you'd come looking for me. Not convinced?" the Proctor asked.

"Yeah!" Uchiha Wei said. "Teacher! What exactly is going on!?"

"It's not as you saw it. When I announced the exam, Shiyu had already used the Clone Technique and the Transformation Technique, hiding his real body. He used a clone to take the exam, the clone used the Substitution Technique to turn into a log, then he dispelled the clone, and his real body transformed back."

"That sounds confusing!" Uchiha Wei couldn't quite follow either.

"Exactly. Think about it—something you can't even understand, he's already pulled off. The two of you aren't far apart in age, are you? That's what makes him terrifying. He executed all Three Body Techniques in an instant, and even I didn't see when he formed the hand seals!"

"But how can a clone be controlled? Isn't it just a basic jutsu to confuse the enemy?" Uchiha Wei pressed on, unwilling to give up.

"Right, that's why what he used wasn't the Clone Technique. It was the Shadow Clone!" the Proctor said. Hearing this, Uchiha Wei burst out in frustration: "How is that possible! The Shadow Clone Jutsu is a B-rank technique! How does he know it!?"

"Uchiha Wei, how would I know that? Go ask him yourself." The Proctor Teacher said impatiently to Uchiha Wei.