Only then did Su Bai realize that Teacher Chu had left at some point. He had wanted to ask him a few questions about chakra extraction, but it seemed the man had already gone.
Under the envious gazes of the other five homeroom teachers, Su Bai followed Wang Hai away.
"Teacher, where are you taking me?" They had returned to school. The other grades were in class, leaving only Su Bai and Wang Hai on campus.
Wang Hai glanced at him and said mysteriously, "The principal's office."
The principal's office?
Su Bai was bewildered. How had the principal gotten involved?
Had he revealed too much of his strength and made the teachers suspicious?
That didn't make sense. He hadn't shown much strength, just a little more than Wang Qiang.
Even if he had suddenly gotten stronger, the school shouldn't be paying so much attention to him, should it?
"Could it be..."
Su Bai thought of a possibility and immediately asked nervously, "Teacher, did Xueqing's family come to complain about me?"
Wang Hai froze for a moment, then laughed and scolded him. "What are you going on about? If the Xia Family really wanted to hold you accountable, do you think you'd still be standing here talking to me?"
Wang Hai knew that the Xia Family was certainly aware of Su Bai "flirting" with Xia Xueqing at school. Since they still hadn't reacted, there were only two possibilities.
One was that the Xia Family was magnanimous and couldn't be bothered to take issue with a "poor kid" like Su Bai. But Wang Hai didn't think that was very likely. What parent could easily let it go after their daughter had been teased?
The other was that Xia Xueqing had stopped her family... Wang Hai thought that was probably it.
"Haha, I guess so." Su Bai gave an awkward laugh, feeling a little relieved, too.
The "stupid thing" he'd done right after transmigrating had been no less than pulling a tooth from a tiger's mouth!
Soon, Wang Hai brought him to the principal's office...
There were two people in the office. One was Chu Yuan, who had left the sports field, and the other was Niu Jun, principal of Yangcheng No. 1 High School. Once a Chunin who had fought Magic Beasts in the Wasteland Zone, he was the idol of every student in the school!
"Principal, I've brought him." As soon as they entered, Wang Hai respectfully greeted Niu Jun.
Su Bai looked up. The principal from his memories, a white-haired man over seventy, sat in his chair with an imposing air. The murderous aura around him was even more formidable than Chu Yuan's!
"Haha, good, good. You two, have a seat." Niu Jun laughed heartily, his voice full of vigor. He looked to be in excellent health.
"Yes, Principal!"
Wang Hai and Su Bai bowed respectfully, then found seats.
Niu Jun studied Su Bai carefully, then silently nodded.
"Looks like young Chu was right. This year, Yangcheng No. 1 High School is going to turn things around!"
As a Chunin who had once dared to fight Magic Beasts, Niu Jun had not gone to the Wasteland Zone in years because of his injuries... but he still had the keen eye he'd developed back then.
He had seen through Su Bai's true strength at a glance, even more clearly than Chu Yuan had!
Niu Jun tapped his fingers on the desk. After a moment's thought, he took a palm-sized sheet of white paper from his drawer and gestured for Su Bai to take it.
"This is... Chakra Paper?"
Su Bai immediately stood and respectfully accepted the paper from Niu Jun. It was the very same Chakra Paper that had appeared in the original story!
He knew what it was: it could detect a ninja's chakra attributes.
Every ninja had chakra attributes. Some had one, some had two, and there were even geniuses with all five!
Chakra attributes were very important to ninjas. For example, if a ninja didn't have the Fire Attribute, learning Fire Release Ninjutsu would be very slow, and they might not even be able to master it.
In the original story, ordinary Genin and Chunin usually had only one attribute. They didn't start training in a second until they became Jonin.
But from his memories, Su Bai knew this world was different from the original story. Here, Chunin began training in a second chakra attribute. He suspected that was because ninjas in this world generally had much larger chakra reserves.
"That's right, it's Chakra Paper." The lines of muscle on Niu Jun's face were hard, and even his smile put Su Bai under a strange kind of pressure. "Normally, you wouldn't have your chakra attributes tested until college. But you've piqued my curiosity, so I'd like to see what kind of ninja you are."
Generally speaking, the Federation's compulsory education only taught students to extract chakra and practice the Three Body Technique. Testing their attributes wasn't part of the curriculum.
But Su Bai's talent was too "heaven-defying." It had awakened Niu Jun's appreciation for talent, and he wanted to let Su Bai get an early start with this kind of thing.
Su Bai stared at the Chakra Paper in his hand. He knew it was precious; a single sheet could sell for over a hundred thousand Federal Coins.
But since the principal was giving him this chance, he certainly wouldn't refuse. He was curious about his own attributes, too.
Especially since the System Panel listed seven attributes. He wondered if he was like Kaguya, the progenitor of ninjas in the original story, with every attribute!
If that was true... his future would be limitless. Perhaps he could even cultivate the most powerful kekkei of the original story—the Kekkei Mōra!
"Since you recognized it, you know how to use it, right?" Niu Jun asked.
Su Bai nodded. The test was simple: he just had to feed his chakra into the Chakra Paper.
Chakra Paper could detect the five attributes in a ninja's body: Wind, Fire, Earth, Water, and Lightning. It couldn't detect the Yin-Yang Attribute.
All of this could be found with a quick search online. Every student knew it.
If a ninja had the Wind Attribute, the paper would split down the middle.
If it was Fire, the Chakra Paper would catch fire. If it was Lightning, it would crumple. If it was Water, it would become soaked, and if it was Earth, it would crumble.
Niu Jun nodded. "Good. Go ahead."
"Yes, Principal!"
Su Bai answered, took a deep breath, and slowly poured his chakra into the Chakra Paper.
What attribute will I have? Will I be like an ordinary ninja, with only one or two? Or will I have all seven attributes listed on the System Panel?
He was a little nervous. This was the moment that would decide his fate.
If he only had one or two attributes, he could still become strong with the System and his Kamui Mangekyou, but he'd never be as powerful as someone with the Kekkei Mōra!
Wang Hai and Chu Yuan watched Su Bai intently. They were both very curious about the attributes of this "genius"!
Buzz, buzz.
As Su Bai poured in his chakra, the Chakra Paper began to change.
One corner of the paper first grew slightly damp, then suddenly crumbled into scraps!
"This is... the Water and Earth Attributes?!" All three of them stared in astonishment. Su Bai's talent had taken them by surprise!
Though Su Bai's current Chakra Level surprised them, that was only because of how mediocre he'd seemed before.
With this sort of talent, he'd be considered outstanding in this year's class... But if he'd been at Yangcheng No. 1 High School five years ago, he wouldn't even have matched Chu Yuan's talent!
But Su Bai's dual-attribute talent had genuinely surprised them.
"Strange. Students with dual-attribute talent shouldn't have such a low Chakra Level, should they?"
"That's right, Principal. Su Bai's chakra extraction was too slow before, which doesn't fit his talent at all. Chu Yuan had only one attribute back then, but his Chakra Level was still much higher than Su Bai's is now!"
Niu Jun was puzzled, and so was Wang Hai!
They weren't amazed by how high Su Bai's talent was. Instead, they wondered why he had extracted chakra so slowly before.
Only Su Bai knew the reason...
At that moment, a flurry of system notifications flashed before his eyes. He hurriedly stopped feeding in chakra!
"You have unlocked the Water Attribute..."
"You have unlocked the Earth Attribute..."
"You have unlocked the Fire Attribute..."
"You have unlocked the Wind Attribute..."
"You have unlocked the Lightning Attribute..."
The System was acting as if it had gone mad, displaying one notification after another before Su Bai!
Once the five standard attributes had unlocked, Su Bai quietly stopped channeling chakra before the paper could show a third change.
"The news recently reported that a Lava Release Kekkei Genkai ninja was kidnapped by some organization. I'd better play it safe. Until I can control my own fate, I should keep pretending to be ordinary."
He had never heard of a ninja with all five attributes. He didn't know whether revealing such talent would be good or bad, so he decided to keep it hidden for now.
But as he looked at the panel in his mind, he grew puzzled...
Host: Su Bai Substitution Technique: LV1 (114/200)+ Clone Technique: LV1 (116/200)+ Transformation Technique: LV1 (110/200)+ Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan (Kamui Mangekyou) Not Unlocked Chakra Level: 1.04 (ka)+ Earth Attribute: LV0 (1/100)+ Water Attribute: LV0 (1/100)+ Wind Attribute: LV0 (1/100)+ Fire Attribute: LV0 (1/100)+ Lightning Attribute: LV0 (1/100)+ Yin Attribute: LV0 (0/100) Not Unlocked Yang Attribute: LV0 (0/100) Not Unlocked Current Available Attribute Points: 0 (increases by 1 every day at midnight) Current Mission: Raise Overall Rating to Genin (Mission reward: 5 available Attribute Points) Overall Rating: Ninja Apprentice
"Why haven't the Yin Attribute and Yang Attribute unlocked?"
"From what I can see, I should be able to unlock any attribute listed on the System Panel. So why not those two key attributes...?"
The Yin Attribute could, in the simplest terms, increase a ninja's mental strength. The best-known example in the original story was the Sharingan, which belonged to the Yin Attribute.
The Yang Attribute could improve a ninja's physical abilities, such as chakra recovery speed and chakra reserves. The best-known example in the original story was the First's Sage Body, which gave him practically unlimited chakra!
"Could it be that I need some kind of trigger? Like how the Chakra Paper unlocked the five standard attributes?"
"And my Three Body Technique experience increased, too. Was that because I used them in battle?"
Su Bai thought about it, but still couldn't figure it out. He didn't have time to dwell on it just then; he needed to get through the situation in front of him first.
Chu Yuan stood up and leaned close to Niu Jun, who was still puzzled, to whisper, "Principal, why worry about all that? The most important thing now is to help Su Bai improve his strength and get a good result to bring glory to the school!"
"That's right, you're right. I'm getting old and muddleheaded. You young people do have a clearer view of things." Niu Jun laughed, then turned to Su Bai.
"Su Bai, apart from the young lady from the Xia Family, you're the student we have the highest hopes for this year. Do you think you can get a good result in the college entrance exam?"
"Of course!" Su Bai nodded firmly, his eyes shining with confidence. "My goal is the Nine Provinces Academy, and I believe I can get in!"
"Good!"
"That's the spirit of youth!"
Niu Jun slapped his desk. The solid wood surface shuddered violently. Su Bai's confidence had inspired him!
But then his tone turned serious. "Since you've decided to apply to the Nine Provinces Academy, I'll tell you in advance what you need to prepare."
"Please advise me, Principal!" Su Bai immediately straightened up and listened attentively.
The Nine Provinces Academy's entrance exam wasn't a secret, but it wasn't something an ordinary student like him could find out about.
Niu Jun slowly rose to his feet and looked north.
"As the highest-ranked university in the Kyushu District, the Nine Provinces Academy doesn't judge applicants solely by their local exam results. Every student selected by the academy has to go there for another test just before the start of term. That's the test that really determines whether they stay or leave!"
"And the Nine Provinces Academy's test is simple. A student only has to hunt a D-Class Magical Beast, a Long-Eared Rabbit, alone to pass."
"After all, the Nine Provinces Academy needs warriors who dare to risk their lives fighting Magic Beasts, not obedient children who only know how to study by rote!"
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