The video continued--
[Ino formed Team 10 with Shikamaru and Choji, under the leadership of Jonin Asuma Sarutobi.]
[After the teams were assigned, Team 10 underwent Asuma's training assessment.]
[At the training ground, a commotion suddenly broke out nearby. Team 10 followed Asuma to investigate.]
[It was an assessment involving Mo Chen's Team 9 and their instructor. It seemed the instructor hadn't approved of Team 9, and Mo Chen had lost control in frustration, awakening a terrifying and bizarre ability. He had nearly killed their instructor.]
[All that remained at the scene was a long string of pitch-black stuff, neither earth nor stone in texture. Like vines, it had bound everyone except Mo Chen. It could even absorb Chakra, leaving its victims unable to fight back.]
[With Asuma's help, along with the Anbu who arrived after hearing the commotion, the victims were rescued. Mo Chen was taken to meet the Third Hokage.]
The video ended there. The two clips had lasted less than a minute in total.
On the surface, Hinata and Ino seemed to be the protagonists, but in reality, the plot revolved around Mo Chen.
Moreover, both clips seemed to suggest that Mo Chen was no ordinary person. His talent was terrifyingly strong!
He had awakened two special abilities in a single day. The Sharingan went without saying; anyone familiar with it knew it was one of the legendary Three Great Dojutsu.
No one knew what his other ability was, but after he lost control, it had nearly killed a Jonin instructor. Its power was truly terrifying.
[Tenten: Is this what's going to happen tomorrow?]
[Ino Yamanaka: It certainly looks that way. I really did get assigned to the same team as them. How annoying. I wanted to be with Sasuke.]
[Sakura Haruno: Heh heh heh, Sasuke-kun is definitely mine!]
[Hinata Hyuga: ...]
[Tenten: Hinata got kissed by force. I can understand why Mo Chen did it, but he was way too domineering. He didn't consider the girl's feelings at all.]
[Sakura Haruno: Exactly! He has no gentlemanly manners whatsoever. A guy like that is just... Aaaaaah!!]
[Ino Yamanaka: Pfft... You've been hit so many times, and you still haven't learned your lesson.]
[Hinata Hyuga: I'm taking a different route tomorrow. I'm not going that way.]
[Tenten: It's okay, Hinata. I'm going tomorrow too. I'll help you.]
[Ino Yamanaka: Right, right, I'll come too. It's not that I want to see how Mo Chen kisses Hinata. I just want to find out if what happens in the video really will happen.]
[Hinata Hyuga: ...]
[Sakura Haruno: Damn it, why am I always the one who gets hurt?!]
Sure enough, as soon as Hinata said she planned to take another route, Mo Chen started cursing the system for being shameless.
The fabricated future would be uploaded to the group as a video, but if the system had given him a heads-up, Mo Chen wouldn't have made up something like that.
Now the girls were starting to doubt his character and be wary of him.
[Tenten: As far as I know, the Sharingan is the Uchiha clan's Kekkei Genkai, and there's only one Uchiha left now. What does this Mo Chen have to do with the Uchiha?]
[Ino Yamanaka: I've never heard anything about that, and I haven't noticed Sasuke interacting with him.]
[Sakura Haruno: Sasuke-kun has the Sharingan too? He'd look so cool if he awakened it!]
[Tenten: Either way, Mo Chen really isn't simple. Even without the Chat Group, we should make sure we get along with him.]
[Ino Yamanaka: Hinata, go ahead and take another route tomorrow. I'll go test Mo Chen out for you.]
[Hinata Hyuga: ???]
[Sakura Haruno: Pighead Ino, are you planning to switch your affections and steal Mo Chen's first kiss?]
[Ino Yamanaka: Heh heh, why not? Didn't you hear Tenten? Mo Chen's a promising prospect!]
[Sakura Haruno: That'd be great. With one less person competing with me for Sasuke-kun, my chances will be even better.]
[Tenten: If Ino goes instead, I don't think Mo Chen will use the same move he used on Hinata.]
[Hinata Hyuga: Huh? Why not?]
[Tenten: You're classmates, after all. He probably knows what you're both like, right?]
[Sakura Haruno: That's true. Pighead Ino has no shame, so she wouldn't let something like that intimidate her. If Mo Chen tried to force a kiss on her, Ino would beat him up on the spot. That'd be the least of it. Of course, that's assuming she could win.]
[Ino Yamanaka: Aren't you describing yourself, Forehead Girl?!]
[Sakura Haruno: I'm not as violent as you, Pighead Ino. I'm a lady.]
[Ino Yamanaka: Right, a lady with a broad forehead!]
[Sakura Haruno: Pighead Ino, are you picking a fight?]
[Ino Yamanaka: Bring it on! Who's scared, Forehead Girl?!]
[Tenten: Looks like neither of you is suitable. I'll go tomorrow instead.]
[Hinata Hyuga: ...]
[Ino Yamanaka: ...]
[Sakura Haruno: ...]
After seeing the conversation in the Chat Group, Mo Chen felt reassured instead.
If Hinata alone planned to take another route and they didn't cross paths, Mo Chen really would have worried that the events in the video might not happen.
But now that everyone else wanted to verify whether the video was accurate, they were sure to stake out the place.
As long as they showed up, the events would definitely unfold.
And they didn't seem likely to interfere ahead of time, either. He was all set!
Mo Chen was in high spirits. Now he just had to wait for the Sharingan to awaken tomorrow.
Starting out with Two Tomoe meant his strength would surely skyrocket.
He might still lack experience, but among the graduates in his year, he was probably the strongest.
Perhaps he was too excited. Mo Chen couldn't sleep well and tossed and turned for most of the night.
Then, not long after he'd finally fallen asleep, his alarm rang.
Today was the day the teams were assigned. He couldn't be late.
With no other choice, Mo Chen dragged himself up with bleary eyes, hurried through his wash-up, ate a little something, then left with a yawn.
Bam!
Still half-asleep, Mo Chen accidentally bumped into someone at a street corner.
The next moment, he was dragged into an alley and cornered by several people.
"You've got some nerve, bumping into me!"
The ringleader was a chubby boy of about fourteen or fifteen, with a mean look on his face. He clenched his fist and glared menacingly. "That hit nearly killed me! So, how are you going to make it up to me?"
Three more stood behind him, clearly following the chubby boy's lead. They all wore sneers.
Was this a shakedown?
Mo Chen was still short on sleep, so his brain was running a little slow.
Only when he realized he was surrounded by four ill-intentioned street punks did he remember what was going on.
Holy crap, he'd completely forgotten about the events in the future video and headed straight for the Ninja Academy.
He'd only just realized that the first batch of starting resources was about to arrive.
Looking up, he saw that he'd never met any of the four before. They were probably just some thugs from poor backgrounds whose lives weren't going well.
As for the people who appeared in the video and helped Mo Chen awaken his Sharingan—
Since they'd been made up on the fly, their faces hadn't appeared in the video. There had only been a few blurry shots.
Even if Konoha's Four Flowers were here, they wouldn't notice any discrepancies.
Oh, right. Konoha's Four Flowers should be somewhere nearby now, shouldn't they?
Mo Chen hurriedly checked the Chat Group.
Sure enough, he could tell from the chat history that Konoha's Four Flowers had left early.
They'd narrowed down the general location. Then Ino used her sensory technique and Hinata activated her Byakugan, and they waited for Mo Chen to show up.
As soon as Mo Chen was cornered by the chubby boy and his friends, the four girls hurried to the scene and hid nearby to watch.
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