How can you be more arrogant than me?

Kumonaka Torikaze scratched his head after hearing this.

"Ah, no, I learned it a long time ago. It's just that everyone's understanding of chakra might be different, and I just wanted to hear more perspectives."

This certainly wasn't Kumonaka Torikaze trying to put on some cliché persona of a top student.

It was truly just as he said; he was absorbing the experiences of others.

After all, the development progress of his Cloud Release was far from ideal, so he was hoping that hearing others' insights might be of some help to him.

Hearing Kumonaka Torikaze's reply, Izori Uchiha realized that she had actually jumped to conclusions about someone so casually.

She felt very ashamed of this; it was truly a lapse in composure!

"I apologize, classmate Torikaze. I shouldn't have judged you so easily."

Kumonaka Torikaze waved his hand, signaling that it was fine.

"So, was the knowledge the teacher taught helpful to you?"

"A little, but not much."

"It seems classmate Torikaze is truly excellent, then."

In reality, this was just a lie Kumonaka Torikaze told so that the teacher wouldn't lose credibility in front of the class.

The truth was that what the teacher taught was far too basic and offered absolutely no help for the development of his Cloud Release.

Having confirmed that the teacher's lecture was useless, Kumonaka Torikaze stopped paying such close attention.

He began chatting idly with Izori Uchiha, and the two quickly became acquainted.

Kumonaka Torikaze hadn't expected this Genius of the Uchiha Clan to be devoid of any arrogance; on the contrary, she was very humble.

Furthermore, she lacked that psychological need to show off that was so common in the Uchiha Clan.

This left Kumonaka Torikaze with a very good impression of her.

As they chatted, the first class came to an end, and judging by the expressions of the others, most of them had already grasped how to refine chakra.

Sarutobi Sui also informed everyone in advance that the remaining content for the day would be for the students to start attempting to refine chakra!

This was something every incoming class had to do; by refining chakra, one could distinguish the geniuses from the ordinary seedlings.

The time required for a first-time chakra refinement was generally around a day.

Children with better talent, however, could successfully refine chakra within a few hours.

As soon as class ended, Maruboshi Kosuke walked over: "Torikaze, you must have refined chakra a long time ago, right?"

"Actually, not really. I only refined chakra last month."

He asked with some confusion: "Aren't you clan descendants supposed to learn about chakra knowledge very early on?"

Kumonaka Torikaze laughed wryly upon hearing this: "My family is a single line of succession, just me alone. My parents sacrificed themselves two years ago."

Maruboshi Kosuke was just about to apologize when he was interrupted by Kumonaka Torikaze.

He didn't care about these things to begin with, and besides, the other boy hadn't done it on purpose, so there was naturally no need for an apology.

"Enough about me, how about you? Did you understand everything the teacher taught?"

Maruboshi Kosuke scratched his head and gave a silly grin: "It's alright. I understood the knowledge about refining chakra, and I can make up for the rest by reading books."

Hearing this, Kumonaka Torikaze nodded. All the knowledge was recorded in books, and reading more certainly couldn't hurt.

At this moment, an untimely, arrogant voice rang out.

"Typical commoner, you can't even learn such simple knowledge. I think you'd better give up early; what kind of ninja would you even be?"

In an instant, the entire room went quiet. Kumonaka Torikaze didn't even need to look up to know!

This had to be the wicked Uchiha Clan!

"What did you say!"

Maruboshi Kosuke slammed his hand on the desk and shouted angrily.

"Kyō Uchiha! Don't think that just because you're from the Uchiha Clan, I wouldn't dare to beat you! I'm not afraid of you!"

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves in a fit of rage and walked toward Kyō Uchiha, intending to teach him a lesson.

But the other boy wasn't afraid at all; instead, he looked at Maruboshi Kosuke with a mocking expression.

Just as the conflict was about to erupt, Umino Ikkaku and Yuhi Shinku grabbed Maruboshi Kosuke just in time.

Seeing this scene, Kyō Uchiha laughed out loud: "Hahaha, look! Even your poor friends know that in Konoha, the Uchiha Clan is not to be trifled with!"

Restrained by his two friends, Maruboshi Kosuke had a belly full of fire with nowhere to vent: "Shinku! Ikkaku! Let me go! I'm going to teach this guy a lesson!"

Watching Maruboshi Kosuke, who was trembling with rage, Kyō Uchiha revealed a look of disdain.

"A mere commoner dares to speak to me like that? I am from the Uchiha Clan, the heroes who founded Konoha. What is your status?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of all the commoners present turned extremely ugly.

They wanted to retort, they wanted to give this arrogant guy a taste of his own medicine!

However, the helpless reality was that the Uchiha Clan was simply too powerful.

No one dared to provoke such trouble, as it could bring disaster upon their ordinary families.

Only a few prestigious noble families dared to stand up and speak a few words of justice for the commoners.

In truth, while most clans in Konoha possessed their own sense of pride.

They never looked down on commoners with the same disdain as the Uchiha Clan.

This was perhaps the reason why the Uchiha Clan was so unpopular, ultimately leading to their tragic annihilation.

"The Uchiha Clan certainly made distinguished contributions to the founding of the village, but what does that have to do with you?"

Kyō Uchiha was stunned upon hearing these words.

Not being considered a Genius within his clan, he had intended to establish his authority in front of the commoners at the academy, but now it seemed he was the one being lectured.

Kyō Uchiha looked at Kumonaka Torikaze and noticed that although his clothes looked quite exquisite.

He did not recognize the clan crest on them, nor had he ever heard of the Kumonaka Clan, so he simply assumed he was a commoner.

"Oh? And who are you? Do you think that by putting on some nice clothes, you can rank yourself among the noble clans?"

Kumonaka Torikaze was not annoyed; he simply felt that the brat in front of him was being a bit too arrogant!

As someone who possessed a system! How could he allow someone to be more arrogant than him?

"Who I am is not important; what matters is that you, kid, are truly arrogant."

"When all is said and done, you weren't even a cell when Konoha was founded. Are you just looking for a sense of validation by using your clan's name to insult and discriminate against others?"

"What you are doing won't make people respect the Uchiha Clan at all; you are merely dragging your clan's name through the mud."

Kyō Uchiha's eyes were practically popping out of their sockets!

What he hated even more was that, for some reason, every word this kid said struck right at the heart of the matter!

Furthermore, being lectured for so long by a 'commoner' was something Kyō Uchiha found completely unacceptable!

"Nonsense! The law of this world is that the weak submit to the strong! You commoners were born to be ruled by us! If it weren't for..."

"Shut up, Kyō! You are damaging the honor of the clan."

Kumonaka Torikaze had been ready to continue this war of words for another three hundred rounds.

He hadn't expected Izori Uchiha, who was standing to the side, to suddenly speak up and interrupt Kyō Uchiha.

"Lady Izori, I!"