Iruka's Uneasy Rest

"Hm?"

Looking at the three people crying and hugging each other while vowing to kill one another, even the usually rational Kazeka couldn't help but frown.

"I don't remember experimenting on Might Guy Sensei and Rock Lee, so why have they become so ridiculous?"

"Might Guy Sensei and Rock Lee were already a bit scatterbrained. Thanks to Neji, who has a normal and serious personality, I wasn't that worried..."

Kazeka's words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back. In despair, Tenten also burst into tears.

"Is this a punishment for me? Heavens, just kill me already!"

In the laboratory, everyone except Kazeka was crying.

Even Kazeka, who was a bit twisted for the sake of his experiments, was stunned by such a surreal scene.

However, just as Kazeka was about to chase away these noisy guys, Neji, who had been pinned down by Might Guy, suddenly stopped struggling.

His frenzied expression suddenly subsided, and clarity returned to his eyes. Immediately, his face became extremely grim.

Clearly, even with Neji's cold personality, the extremely insane scene just now was too much to bear!

He coughed lightly and spoke softly to Might Guy.

"Sensei, I've recovered. You can let go of me now!"

"Really? Neji, you've recovered?"

"Neji, I was so worried about you! You were just shouting that you wanted to kill us and get revenge on the clan. You were terrifying!"

"Neji, you were acting completely insane just now. Don't ever do that again!"

"Neji..."

The thing that could break a person was the constant repetition of their embarrassing past.

Clearly, Neji was no exception. Listening to Might Guy and Rock Lee's words, his face grew darker and darker.

But understanding that the two were just worried about him, and not being the type to angrily interrupt them, he could only lie on the ground and endure it silently, feeling like he was completely ruined!

After a long while, prompted by Tenten, Might Guy finally got off Neji.

Neji shakily stood up and looked at Kazeka with a complicated expression.

Kazeka's words, asking Neji to compensate for the lab's damages, made him stumble.

Neji took a deep breath and left the laboratory, his retreating figure somewhat unsteady, as if he had lost something very precious.

Kazeka thought for a moment, that thing seemed to be called dignity!

"Now, for the graduation exam. Those whose names are called, come to the next classroom. The subject this time is the Clone Technique!"

Neji's little interlude quickly passed, and soon it was time for the graduation exam.

Inside the classroom, Iruka held the exam roster and addressed the students. The students were called one by one to the next room for the Clone Technique exam.

Looking at everyone's expressions, they seemed relatively calm, except for one person: Naruto Uzumaki.

Upon hearing the exam subject, this guy was scratching his head anxiously, looking utterly desperate.

He had mastered the other skills required for Genin quite well, even exceptionally well.

But his mastery of the Clone Technique was the worst.

Ever since the failed experiment involving the Nine-Tails Fox, Naruto had clearly started avoiding him, making it impossible for Kazeka to carry out his other experimental ideas on him.

Looking at Naruto now, Kazeka couldn't help but have some ideas.

"Hyuga Kazeka!"

Soon, Iruka called Kazeka's name. Kazeka walked to the classroom door but didn't leave the classroom. Instead, he released the Clone Technique on the podium!

"Kazeka, what are you doing?"

Iruka frowned.

"Wasn't I clear? Go to the next room to take the exam!"

"Ah, sorry, Sensei..."

Kazeka's attitude was unexpectedly good.

"I was just a bit excited, so I released the ninjutsu in advance. In your opinion, does this ninjutsu meet the requirements?"

"Hmm, you created three clones, and each one is lifelike. If you maintain this level later, passing won't be a problem..."

Iruka frowned, feeling that Kazeka was acting strange today.

As expected, before he could finish speaking, Kazeka turned to face the other students in the classroom.

"Are you all nervous about the Clone Technique assessment?

Do you know how long it took me to learn the Clone Technique?

Just one day!"

Seeing many people, especially Naruto, suddenly captivated, Kazeka spoke in a voice full of allure:

"If any of you fail the exam later, you can come to my laboratory and participate in an accelerated Clone Technique experiment.

Guaranteed to be fair to all, and since we're classmates, I can even offer a 20% discount..."

"Kazeka, shut up!"

Looking at Kazeka, Iruka's face was full of disbelief. He never imagined Kazeka would target his own students to find test subjects.

Moreover, it seemed quite a few classmates in the classroom were already interested, especially Naruto, whose eyes shone uncontrollably!

Thinking of what Kazeka had done to his previous test subjects, Iruka couldn't hold back any longer and dragged Kazeka out of the classroom!

During this process, Kazeka continued to shout to the classmates:

"Do you want to know the secret of the Clone Technique? If you do, you can have it all. Go find it, I've put all the profound secrets of the Clone Technique there!

It's in my laboratory, don't let rigid education stifle your talent..."

"Bang!"

The loud slam of the door cut off Kazeka's words and blocked his tempting gaze from the classmates.

Looking at Iruka's furious eyes, Kazeka cleared his throat and spoke as if nothing had happened:

"Teacher Iruka, why did you stop? Aren't we going to the exam? Time is precious for everyone, we can't afford to delay!"

Iruka: "..."

Looking at the genuinely expectant Kazeka, Iruka felt his head spinning.

Kazeka gave him the feeling of being a collection of all the mischievous students he had ever taught!

Affected by Kazeka, Iruka's mood was heavy all day.

Finally, as night fell and he lay on his bed, relaxing, Mizuki appeared and told him Naruto had caused another major incident!

"Hurry to the Hokage's place! Naruto seems to have stolen the Scroll of Seals!"

The sudden news hit Iruka like a lightning bolt, making him feel terrible!

The Scroll of Seals contained many of the village's important forbidden techniques. Its theft would have dire consequences.

Anyone who dared to steal such an item would essentially be declared a traitor to the village!

Seeing the agitated Chunin and the stern-faced Hokage, Iruka's heart was filled with anxiety.

He had a similar background to Naruto, both orphaned at a young age.

Therefore, he deeply cared for Naruto. However, the trouble Naruto had caused this time was simply too immense.

He exerted all his strength to find Naruto before anyone else, to prevent the situation from becoming irreversible.

Fortunately, after searching more than half the village, he finally found Naruto beside a wooden house in the forest!

"Teacher, I'll show you an amazing ninjutsu later. If I succeed, you have to let me graduate!

After learning the ninjutsu from this scroll, I'll definitely be able to graduate, right!"

"Wait..."

Looking at the boisterous Naruto, completely devoid of any sense of crisis, Iruka felt the situation was more complicated than it appeared:

"Who told you about this?"

"It was Teacher Mizuki. He told me about the scroll and this place..."

Naruto stared at him with his clear, foolish eyes:

"For this, I even went to Kazeka to ask for his opinion, and he thought it was a good idea too!"

Iruka: "..."