Whether because he hated trouble or for the sake of his own safety, Shinji didn't really want to become a target people pointed at.
Attention invited trouble.
That was one reason he often went to the Medical Team, trying to disappear from people's sight as much as possible.
Likewise,
he didn't want a Jonin to take him on as an apprentice.
When Jiraiya began training Naruto, Tsunade chose Yakumo, and Kakashi took Sasuke under his wing, he had even secretly made up his mind.
If a Jonin did try to take him on, whoever it was, he would refuse without hesitation.
But once the wave of Jonin taking on apprentices had passed, this talented Ninja Academy student with such an outstanding record had been overlooked by everyone. That was rather interesting.
Human nature was actually simple.
If he had turned someone down, he wouldn't have felt the slightest discontent. He might even have felt bad for the Jonin who had chosen him.
But if nobody chose him, he felt a little annoyed.
It was like saying, "I can choose not to take it, but you can't refuse to give it to me!"
On the surface, Shinji's performance had been impeccable. His repeated victories over Yakumo had even earned him the top spot among the Ninja Academy's Four Great Prodigies.
Under these circumstances, the village's failure to assign Shinji a Jonin instructor easily led people to suspect there was something more behind it.
That was why rumors had suddenly started spreading all over the Ninja Academy!
"Is Danzo behind this, or is the entire High Command ostracizing me?"
On his way home, Shinji frowned.
He didn't care about having a Jonin instructor, but if the village leadership harbored hostility toward him, he would have to start preparing in advance.
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