Zhuge Gong's eyes went wide. He dug at his ears, looking utterly incredulous.
He even wondered if age had made him start hearing things.
"What was that? Say it again. What are you planning to take?"
Zhuge Gong's voice trembled, and his finger shook as he pointed at Zhuge Qing.
The kid was usually so sensible. Why was he spouting nonsense today?
"I'm planning to take the college entrance exam."
"I've been using the pocket money you gave me to buy high school textbooks and study materials bit by bit.
I've finished the entire high school curriculum."
Zhuge Qing, however, answered with remarkable calm.
This world was different from Naruto's. If he wanted national support and to pursue a legitimate academic path, that was undoubtedly the fastest and safest way.
If he took the college entrance exam at his age and got a good score, it would inevitably attract widespread attention.
But that wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
After all, when an acknowledged genius accomplished something astonishing, people might be shocked, but they were more likely to accept it as only natural.
But if an ordinary person—or someone whom everyone considered far from capable of such things—suddenly produced something far beyond the times, it would only invite endless scrutiny and trouble.
People would wonder whether he'd obtained something he shouldn't have, like... some heavenly treasure, or dug up someone's ancestral grave.
So he needed to build up enough prestige first, then gradually introduce those technologies...
He'd been preparing for this for a long time...
Hearing this, Zhuge Gong opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he didn't know where to begin.
He was skeptical.
He knew his son was a prodigy.
But wasn't this a bit too much of a leap?
Reading books was one thing, but fully mastering