What Right Do You Have to Know

On the podium, Ikkaku Umino continued his lecture.

Kushina felt a sense of unease in her heart.

She had only just arrived in Konoha, and already such a massive explosion had occurred.

Was the living environment for the people of Konoha truly this volatile?

She looked toward Minato beside her: "Minato, aren't you worried?"

"Me? I'm just a clone."

The clone chuckled: "Don't worry. If any real danger arises, the original body will arrive in an instant."

Besides, even without considering the original body, the chakra within this Wood Clone was enough to crush any weakling Chunin.

Most Chunin didn't actually have a massive gap in strength compared to Genin; they simply possessed higher combat proficiency.

This was precisely why, in Naruto's generation, only Shikamaru successfully promoted to Chunin.

Furthermore, under normal circumstances, the difficulty of the Chunin Exams was not as high as depicted in the original story.

Konoha held Chunin Exams twice a year, and they were internal village assessments; if every exam were held at the intensity of the joint exams from the original story, there wouldn't be many people in the entire village capable of promoting to Chunin.

The original body hadn't allocated much chakra to him, but it was enough to unleash one Deep Forest Emergence to deal with cannon fodder.

Seeing the clone's confident demeanor, Kushina felt slightly more at ease.

Sure enough, until the end of class, the village remained calm and peaceful, with no signs of enemy attack.

Kushina also returned to her usual lively self.

The students in the classroom were buzzing with discussion, all debating the cause of the earlier explosion.

"I bet it was an enemy attack! It must have been ninjas from another village, but the Third Hokage drove them back."

"Idiot, the explosion was on the outskirts of the village. My old man stays in the Hokage Office Building all day; by the time he arrived, the enemies would have already breached the village."

Shinnosuke rested his chin on his hand, cutting off his classmates' blind worship of his father.

"Minato, what do you think happened?" Kushina asked in a low voice.

"I don't know..."

Minato shook his head: "But it shouldn't be an enemy attack. Konoha has emergency protocols for such things. The moment an attack occurs, Anbu would arrive to notify the school, and the teachers would lead the students to evacuate."

"Only after all the civilians have entered the shelters would they begin to organize a counterattack."

"Is that so?"

Hearing this, Kushina's large eyes were filled with admiration: "Minato, you know so much!"

"Hmph, it's probably just more of his nonsense to show off, right?"

Not far away, Kotai sneered, refusing to believe a word Minato said.

If he had only felt a little jealousy toward Minato before, then after Minato called the teacher yesterday and got him punished with copying lines, his feelings had turned into hatred.

"If it were really like you said, how come I don't know about it?"

Heh...

The clone chuckled inwardly, then looked at Kotai with a puzzled expression.

"What right do you have to know?"

"What did you say?"

Kotai's face twitched violently, a surge of anger rising in his heart.

He had originally intended to maintain a superior posture to appear calm and detached, intending to trample this show-off blond brat under his feet, but he hadn't expected the other party to break his composure with a single sentence.

"I mean, these emergency protocols are issued directly to the Anbu and the ninja forces."

The clone scratched his head, offering an awkward but polite smile: "Um, sorry, but... are you some kind of very important big shot?"

As the words fell, Kushina let out a giggle.

The surrounding students also burst into laughter.

Hearing the harsh laughter around him, Kotai's face turned bright red: "Nonsense! If it's really like you said, then how do you know about it?"

"My teacher told me, of course."

The clone looked bewildered: "My teacher is Tsunade, and Tsunade-sensei's teacher is the Third Hokage. Is it really that strange for me to know these things?"

Kotai looked at Shinnosuke, who shrugged: "He's right. My old man also told me that if an emergency happens, I should listen to the teacher's instructions and evacuate immediately."

"See? I wasn't lying to you."

The clone spread his hands innocently, looking completely honest and earnest.

"Damn it..."

Kotai's face was flushed red, his blood boiling.

He really wanted to punch Minato, but before he could take action, he was held back by Shio at his side.

"Calm down, we're in the classroom."

Shio whispered a warning: "Don't forget the punishment we got for copying lines yesterday, and that guy isn't exactly unpopular..."

"Tch..."

Kotai sat back down with a dark expression: "That guy is just so infuriating, and to think he's actually Tsunade-senpai's disciple. What are we supposed to do?"

Shio curled his lip: "What's there to be afraid of? Tsunade-senpai is his teacher, not his mother. The Hokage's son is in this class too, and he doesn't get any special treatment, does he?"

Being a ninja was inherently a violent profession; anyone who went running to their parents would be a laughingstock. That was considered an unspoken rule.

"Then let's just teach him a lesson!"

Kotai clenched his fists: "Let's show him what we're made of!"

"That's easy to say, but we can't find a suitable opportunity."

Tetsuo hesitated: "I saw him being picked up by a beautiful older sister after school before. That must have been Tsunade-senpai, right?"

"Hmph, he's bound to be alone at some point, isn't he?"

Kotai let out a cold snort, his fists tightening involuntarily as if he could already see his iron fist landing on Minato's face.

In the back of the classroom, the Wood Clone glanced in the direction of the trio.

At a distance of only a few meters, their "secret" plotting was no different from shouting at the top of their lungs to him; naturally, he heard every word clearly.

However, he had always been a helpful person, and it wouldn't do to let his three classmates' planning go to waste.

Thus, the clone decided that perhaps he could lower his guard just a little and give the three of them an opening.

Soon, school let out for the afternoon.

The clone and Kushina walked toward the classroom exit side by side.

As they passed through the aisle by the trio, Minato said casually: "Teacher Tsunade might be home a bit late today, so I was thinking of picking up some groceries on the way. Want to come along, Kushina?"

"Mm-hmm, let's go!"

Kushina nodded repeatedly, her eyes filled with anticipation.

The two of them going grocery shopping together—it was practically like a date...

No, like a married couple!

At the thought, Kushina's cheeks grew warm, and she instinctively cupped her flushed face with both hands.

Although the Minato in front of her was only a Wood Clone, once the main body returned, the memories would be synchronized.

Realizing this, Kushina decided that while they were shopping later, she absolutely had to show off her virtuous side and leave a deep impression on Minato!

Just after the two left, Kotai and the others exchanged glances.

"Opportunity!"

Kotai gritted his teeth: "I'm definitely going to teach him a lesson he'll never forget today!"

"Yeah!"

The three of them rushed out of the classroom in a flurry.

Inside the room, Shinnosuke watched their retreating backs and couldn't help but shake his head: "Three idiots."

He didn't know the extent of Minato's strength, but he knew a thing or two about Tsunade.

How could someone be a simpleton if they were handpicked as a disciple by the First Hokage's granddaughter right after enrollment?

Three small-fry who hadn't even mastered a single ninjutsu...

Heh.