I Didn't Expect It to Succeed

Knock knock

Shinji was woken up early by the sound of knocking.

Yawning, he went to the door and opened it. "What is it?"

Haku, standing at the door, smiled. "Classmate Shinji, you're going to be late."

"Huh?"

He glanced at the wall clock in his room and realized it was almost eight o'clock.

So, he quickly washed up and hurried out the door.

When he arrived at the Ninja Academy, he realized he had forgotten to prepare his lunch again.

Seeing this, Haku took out a food container from his bag and handed it to Shinji. "Don't worry, I prepared it for you. I just don't know if it suits your taste."

Shinji took the food container and opened it to look.

Inside were fragrant sushi and dumplings, as well as fresh fish slices and vegetables. Clearly, Haku had prepared it with great care.

"Thank you."

Haku waved his hand. "We're classmates, no need to be so polite."

Shinji nodded, accepting Haku's kindness.

Although he knew Haku was kind-hearted by nature, he still vaguely felt that Haku was being too friendly to him, as if deliberately trying to get close.

The morning theory class quickly ended.

After eating lunch, Shinji went to the training grounds like the other students.

Because it was free time, the training grounds were very lively, with students from all grades.

For example, Naruto, who was a year younger than him, was sitting on a swing in the corner of the training grounds, sulking because he couldn't fit in with the others.

In another corner, Neji was, as usual, standing in front of the wooden post, sweating profusely as he practiced the Gentle Fist.

And then there was Rock Lee, foolishly running laps around the training grounds.

"I should find a place to train too!"

Making up his mind, Shinji went to a secluded small grove on the school grounds.

Sorting through the fragmented memories left by the original owner, he decided to start with the Great Fireball Technique, which the original owner had practiced countless times.

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He first refined his Chakra, then meticulously completed the hand seals, and finally aimed at a large tree not far away.

Boom.

Instantly, a huge fireball shot out of his mouth, surging forward and smashing fiercely into the distant tree, setting the tree and the surrounding grass ablaze.

Staring at the towering inferno before him, Shinji froze.

In his memory, the original owner had practiced this technique more times than he could count, but had never once succeeded.

So, he hadn't expected anything this time, just casually trying it out to practice the hand seals.

Unexpectedly, not only did he succeed on the first try, but the power was also so immense. In just a short while, the flames had already spread to the surrounding trees, burning a large area.

Swish swish swish.

Soon, figures rushed into the grove.

These were Ninja Academy teachers who had discovered the fire and smoke in the woods and rushed over.

Looking at the raging fire, the teachers' faces changed drastically.

"Earth Style, Earth Style Wall!"

"Water Style, Water Style Wave!"

Two teachers exchanged a look and then tacitly used Ninjutsu. One used Earth Style to block the spread of the fire, and the other attempted to extinguish the flames with Water Style.

After a great deal of effort, the fire was finally put out.

Covered in water vapor and dust, the teachers were all grimy.

Iruka came up to Shinji and asked, "Shinji, did you do this?"

It was clearly impossible to deny it at this point, so Shinji nodded.

Iruka said sternly, "That was too dangerous! How could you use such an advanced Fire Release Ninjutsu in the woods!"

"I didn't expect it to succeed either!"

Shinji grumbled inwardly.

If he had known it would cause such a commotion, he wouldn't have dared to try it within the Ninja Academy even if it killed him.

Besides, wasn't this supposed to be a C-rank Ninjutsu, a Chunin-level difficulty? How did he succeed on the first try? What was the difficult part?

Mizuki walked over with a smile. "Iruka, don't blame him. After all, there wasn't any major damage."

The other teachers had complex expressions on their faces.

Being able to use such a powerful Fire Release Ninjutsu at just eight years old made them have to sigh at the terrifying talent of the Uchiha Clan.

At this moment, the students on the training grounds were also attracted by the commotion and gathered around.

"Huh? What happened?"

"Is it a fire?"

"The big tree is already scorched!"

Seeing the small grove ravaged by the great fire, the students chattered amongst themselves.

And upon learning that Shinji was the cause of all this, many cast surprised glances his way.

Shikamaru quietly sighed, "As expected of the Uchiha Clan!"

Sakura and Ino's eyes sparkled, "Wow, this senior student is so cool!"

Rock Lee stared blankly, "So amazing!"

Neji's face was grim, his eyes full of apprehension.

At the age of seven or eight, most students in the Ninja Academy hadn't even begun to learn Ninjutsu, with only a handful mastering it.

So when he saw Shinji easily perform a C-rank Fire Release Ninjutsu that typically required Chunin-level skill, he felt an inexplicable sense of threat.

"What's going on? What are you guys looking at?"

From the back of the crowd, Naruto mumbled as he tried to push his way in, only to be pushed back out by the crowd repeatedly.

All this commotion made Shinji sigh helplessly.

Returning to the classroom, Haku turned to Shinji and said, "Classmate Shinji, I didn't expect you to have mastered such powerful Fire Release Ninjutsu."

Shinji shook his head, "It's just a C-rank Ninjutsu."

This wasn't entirely to maintain the Uchiha Clan's persona and deliberately downplay it; he genuinely didn't feel overly proud about it this time.

After all, Itachi, without even awakening his Sharingan, learned the Great Fireball Technique after watching his father perform the hand seals just once.

Sasuke was slightly worse, but he still learned it in just one day.

Now, not only had he awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, but he had also received a gift from the Ninja World last night, doubling his Chakra reserves, surpassing most of his peers.

Under these circumstances, mastering a C-rank Fire Release Ninjutsu was, upon reflection, quite reasonable.

After all, Ninjutsu is a form of Chakra manipulation. If one's Chakra is abundant and strong enough, they can perform Ninjutsu not just with standard hand seals, but even with single-handed seals, or even without any seals at all.

Thinking of this, Shinji glanced at Haku.

In his memory, Haku was the type of genius who mastered single-handed seals at a very young age, even surprising Kakashi greatly.

Soon, Shinji realized he had underestimated the impact of the incident.

By the time school ended that evening, the news had completely spread.

Many students in the Ninja Academy looked at him with admiration instead of the previous sympathy, especially some of the female students, whose eyes were filled with stars.

Not only the students, but even some of the Ninja Academy teachers treated him with much more solemnity when they encountered him.

There were precedents for this; further back was Shisui Uchiha, and more recently, Itachi Uchiha, both of whom made a name for themselves in the Ninja Academy at a young age and were quickly promoted after graduation, surpassing the teachers who had once guided them in just a few years.

Shinji sighed helplessly, "This is a headache."

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