This is Youth

Perhaps because she had developed some sort of habit, Hyuga Chiwa always held her head high in front of Hyuga Asana.

Even the way she spoke to Hyuga Asana sounded exactly like a master addressing a servant.

Perhaps to Hyuga Chiwa, her former playmate Hyuga Asana had died the moment the Caged Bird was carved onto her. The person standing before her was only a servant who looked the same as Hyuga Asana and used the same name.

Later, Hyuga Chiwa's attitude toward Hyuga Asana softened only in that she no longer deliberately found fault with Hyuga Asana in daily life. In every other respect, she was still the same.

And Hyuga Chiwa always liked keeping Hyuga Asana tied to her side.

Because Hyuga Chiwa's talent as a ninja was truly awful. It was not as if the Hyūga Main Family lacked powerful people, and the various educational resources these Main Family members could receive were far greater than those of the Branch House.

But Hyuga Chiwa never made much progress. Even within the entire Main Family, she was at the very bottom.

Every time she was scolded by the Main Family, Hyuga Chiwa would take her anger out on Hyuga Asana.

Only when other Main Family members ordered Hyuga Asana around, or when they were dissatisfied with Hyuga Asana's utterly expressionless face, would Hyuga Chiwa step forward and drive them away.

In Hyuga Chiwa's eyes, Hyuga Asana was her "toy." Even if she was no good, only Chiwa herself had the right to scold her.

But it was precisely because of this behavior from Hyuga Chiwa that she helped Hyuga Asana avoid quite a lot of trouble.

Thinking of this, Hyuga Asana sighed and said, "We'll talk about the future when the future comes! Right now, I just want to get away from her as soon as possible."

"Got it. Then I'll see you at the Ninja Academy in a bit!" After saying that, Uchiha Yuan turned and left.

After Uchiha Yuan arrived at the Ninja Academy, he found that the atmosphere in the class was unusually noisy today.

There was only one day left until graduation, and the people in class seemed to have endless things to say.

The teacher also had no intention of teaching today and merely told everyone about tomorrow's exam content.

The exam consisted of a written test and a ninjutsu test. At this point, the written test score no longer mattered. For the ninjutsu test, as long as one could perform the Basic Ninjutsu, it counted as passing.

Uchiha Yuan did not want to sit in class listening to them chat, so he went to the training field alone and started running laps.

As he ran, Uchiha Yuan discovered that there was now a guy in a green bodysuit with thick eyebrows beside him.

"Might Guy? You—"

"Yo! Uchiha Yuan, want to have a race overflowing with youth?"

Uchiha Yuan had originally wanted to refuse, but he suddenly thought that there were still some things about his Golden Finger he had not verified, so Uchiha Yuan decided to have a race with Guy.

"Sure! Then let's see who finishes ten laps first," Uchiha Yuan said.

Seeing that Uchiha Yuan had agreed, Might Guy slowly stopped. After the two of them stood on the same starting line, the race officially began.

Ten laps were simply a piece of cake for a ninja like Guy, who trained himself year-round.

He chose to sprint at full strength right from the start. Seeing this, Uchiha Yuan could not help speeding up as well.

At first, Uchiha Yuan could still keep up with Guy's pace, but by the fifth lap, there was already a gap of half a body length between them.

No matter how hard Uchiha Yuan tried, he could not close that gap. Instead, it only grew wider and wider.

By the time they finished the tenth lap, Uchiha Yuan was about one and a half body lengths behind Might Guy.

"I lost, Guy. I, Uchiha Yuan, acknowledge you. In terms of Taijutsu, among the students of this year, I would call you the strongest!" Uchiha Yuan said after catching his breath for a moment.

Might Guy was also very happy to hear this. He was not a genius, and his grades at the Ninja Academy could not be called very good either. To be able to defeat Uchiha Yuan head-on today and receive Uchiha Yuan's acknowledgement was something well worth celebrating for him.

"This is youth! It's so hot-blooded! To commemorate this race, I'm going to run five hundred laps before school ends. If I can't do it, then I'll do one thousand sit-ups. If I can't do that, then I'll do five hundred kicks."

Watching Might Guy's running figure, Uchiha Yuan murmured to himself, "A hot-blooded idiot like that really is impossible to hate!"

Uchiha Yuan ran with Guy for nearly fifty laps, and only stopped after he had basically confirmed the gap between himself and Guy in terms of stamina.

After these fifty laps, Uchiha Yuan also obtained today's chance to activate the Roulette.

Over the previous six days, aside from the first day when he had obtained two Stat Points, the remaining five Text Games had all given him the guaranteed minimum of one Stat Point. Every time, he had hit GG as soon as he entered because of all sorts of bizarre reasons.

A person couldn't be unlucky forever, right?

Thinking of this, Uchiha Yuan walked straight over to the swing, sat down on it, and then spun the Roulette.

After the familiar special effects, rows of text appeared.

"You have logged into Bikini Bottom!"

"Holy crap, Bikini Bottom? The world of SpongeBob?" Uchiha Yuan's heart leapt with joy.

There should not be much danger in a world like this. As long as he played it safe to the end, it should be no problem, right? Five Stat Points should be guaranteed.

"You are a sardine. You were born into an ordinary family in Bikini Bottom."

"You and your family all love eating delicious Krabby Patties."

"That day, after your family came out from eating at the Krusty Krab, you saw a Magic Conch advertisement playing on the television."

"You were deeply drawn to this little pink conch."

"You bought the Magic Conch."

"The Magic Conch possessed mysterious power. Under its guidance, you joined a club."

"That day, the Magic Conch suddenly told you that a member of the club had run into trouble and needed your help."

"You put on your equipment and, following the Magic Conch's guidance, made your way deep into the wilderness."

"You hacked a path through the Vine Forest, and there you encountered a yellow sponge, a pink starfish, and a blue octopus."

"They were trapped here."

"You asked whether they needed help."

"You then discovered that the sponge and the starfish were also members of the club. They were the people the Magical Seashell wanted you to help."

"You called upon the Magical Seashell together, asking the Magical Seashell what you should do next."

"The Magical Seashell told you to do nothing, so you sat down where you were with the sponge and the starfish."

"The octopus was also won over by the Magical Seashell's miraculous power and sat down with you."

"Three days later, you all starved to death. The sponge, the starfish, and the octopus were reborn through some miraculous power. You died completely."

"All hail the Magical Seashell!"

"Game over."

"Gained Stat Point x5, and one Magical Seashell."

After the Text Game ended, Uchiha Yuan slowly opened his eyes. His expression was a little strange; there was way too much to roast about this Text Game.

SpongeBob, Patrick Star, and Squidward had actually been screwed to death by the Magical Seashell.

But thinking about it, that made sense. Doing nothing in a place like that and just sitting there the whole time—of course they would starve to death.

Aside from that, what left Uchiha Yuan even more speechless was that this time, besides 5 Stat Points, he had actually obtained a Magical Seashell.

What use was this thing? Wasn't it pure junk, just like Licking Goat Afei's dumbbell?

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