Early morning.
The students doing their morning exercises were all somewhat distracted. Every now and then, someone would look toward the school gate, seemingly waiting for a certain figure to appear.
Even Shion, who was doing her morning exercises under Shinji's supervision, kept losing focus.
"Pay attention!"
Shinji scolded her.
Shion not only failed to focus, but asked curiously, "Shinji, are you ready? Yakumo might challenge you today!"
Shinji tapped Shion on the head. "What's that got to do with you? Pay attention!"
Shion covered her head and muttered, "I'm just worried about you! By the way, do you want to know how Yakumo beat Sasuke and Neji?"
Shinji replied coolly, "I'm not interested!"
Shion had been waiting for Shinji to ask her about it, so she was caught off guard and swallowed the words she'd been about to say.
Unable to hold it in, she asked, "You really don't want to know?"
Shinji shook his head. "No!"
Shion was a little annoyed. "Shinji, if you let your guard down, you'll lose to Yakumo just like Sasuke and Neji. She's gotten really strong!"
Suddenly, someone on the training field shouted, "Yakumo's here!"
In an instant.
Everyone on the training field turned toward the school gate, looking at the figure approaching!
On a nearby tree.
Jiraiya asked casually, "Who do you think she'll challenge today? Kimimaro or Shinji Uchiha?"
Kakashi said, "Probably Shinji!"
Jiraiya smiled. "Then do you think Yakumo can win?"
Before Kakashi could answer, Tsunade spoke from the other side. "There's no need to guess. No one at the Ninja Academy can beat Yakumo now, and the gap will only keep growing!"
Kakashi opened his mouth, but in the end, fell silent.
Although he had high hopes for Sasuke, he had to admit that Tsunade was right. As time