Ninja Academy! Enrollment

"Tree, do you have any pocket money left? I'll pay you back ten times over once I win."

Tsunade asked Nawaki.

"No, I really don't have a single coin left."

Afraid Tsunade wouldn't believe him, Nawaki even turned out his pockets. They were completely empty; he really had no money.

Tsunade didn't seem convinced, though. She suspected Nawaki had hidden some money, but she had no proof.

"Forget it. Looks like you're just not cut out for making money, Nawaki." Tsunade shook her head, looking regretful.

Nawaki looked relieved. He didn't want that kind of "good fortune" at all.

Then he edged carefully over to Shin and whispered, "Remember, whatever you do, don't lend my sister any money. Once you lend it to her, you'll never get it back."

As soon as Nawaki finished speaking, he took off like a shot. He was afraid his big sister had heard what he'd just said to Shin.

"Doesn't he live with you?"

Shin watched Nawaki's retreating figure and asked Tsunade, puzzled.

"Nawaki lives with Grandma. That kid always runs away whenever he sees me," Tsunade said, deeply annoyed. Was she some kind of ferocious beast that ate people?

"That's perfectly normal. If I were your little brother, I'd avoid you too."

Shin glanced at Tsunade and answered seriously. If he didn't avoid her, he wouldn't be able to hold on to a single coin of pocket money.

Tsunade might not eat people, but she did eat money! Shin suspected that Tsunade's gambling losses had contributed to the Senju Clan's decline.

"Hey, kid, what are you saying?"

"Nothing. Kushina, let's go back."

Shin took Kushina's hand and returned to Tsunade's little courtyard. Once there, he picked up the instructions for the Multi Shadow Clone Technique and began studying them.

The Multi Shadow Clone Technique was simple. It didn't take Shin long to learn it.

Shin pressed his middle fingers together, crossed his hands into a seal, and formed the Ram hand sign. In an instant, dozens of copies of him appeared in the room.

He dispelled the Multi Shadow Clone Technique, then left the room. After telling Tsunade and Kushina, he left the courtyard to look around the Senju Clan Grounds.

Shin wasn't just wandering around. He wanted to find somewhere to train. Tsunade's courtyard had a training ground, but Shin didn't want to train there and reveal too much.

After walking around for a while, Shin realized that although the Senju Clan Grounds were fairly large, there wasn't anywhere suitable for him to train. It seemed he'd have to look elsewhere in Konoha.

But Shin didn't plan on wandering around Konoha just yet. He had only just arrived, and he suspected the Third Hokage would have them watched.

He'd wait a while before going out. For now, he'd take it easy.

There was also Shin's Copy System. He currently had three regular copies and one advanced copy.

The advanced copy could duplicate a wide range of things. It could copy S-rank jutsu, the chakra and physical abilities of Kage Level shinobi, and even Kekkei Genkai.

However, copying Kekkei Genkai had its limits. He definitely couldn't copy the Rinnegan, or even the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

With an advanced copy, though, he could copy the Mangekyō Sharingan.

"If my Sharingan awakens to the Mangekyō Sharingan, then I copy another pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, will they evolve into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?"

Shin muttered to himself.

The Mangekyō Sharingan was the Uchiha Clan's supreme ocular jutsu, but it had a fatal side effect: overuse would cause its user to go blind. It was like a curse.

To overcome that, one had to evolve it into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, which also allowed the user to manifest a Perfect Susanoo.

But evolving into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan required transplanting the Mangekyō Sharingan of a biological sibling.

Shin didn't have any biological siblings. That path was closed to him.

So he could only look for another way. The Copy System was one option. Shin also felt that transplanting a biological sibling's Mangekyō Sharingan couldn't be the only way to evolve into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Otherwise, where had Otsutsuki Indra gotten his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan? And the Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo—his Rinnegan hadn't been something he was born with. It had evolved step by step, too.

Actually, Shin didn't need to worry. Once his Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyō Sharingan, even if he couldn't advance it to the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, he wouldn't have to fear going blind.

He had the Perfect Sage Body. Uchiha Obito had transplanted cells from the First, Senju Hashirama, and could use the Mangekyō Sharingan without side effects.

And Shin had the Perfect Sage Body, so he didn't need to worry about going blind at all.

Even so, Shin still had to find a way to evolve into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, because he coveted its powers.

A Perfect Susanoo could practically sweep away everything in its path.

And with the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and his Perfect Sage Body, he could even evolve the Rinnegan on his own.

Just thinking about it was exciting.

But it was too early to think about all that. Shin's Sharingan had only reached the One-Tomoe stage. He had no idea how long it would take to evolve into the Mangekyō Sharingan, and reaching that stage wouldn't be easy.

By the time Shin returned to the courtyard, it was already dark. After dinner, he went to bed.

The next day, around noon, Tsunade brought Shin, Kushina, Uzumaki Akiko, and Uzumaki Kai to the Ninja Academy.

The academy had been established by the Second Hokage.

"Classes have already been underway for a while, so you'll be joining as transfer students. If there's anything you don't understand, make sure you ask your teachers."

Tsunade said this to Shin and the others.

"Teacher Tanaka, I'll leave them in your hands."

"Lady Tsunade, don't worry. I'll make sure to teach them well," the teacher named Tanaka replied.

After leaving Shin and the others with Tanaka, Tsunade left. As an Elite Jonin in the village, she was busy.

The four of them followed Teacher Tanaka to the classroom. As soon as Shin entered, he spotted Nawaki.

"Oh, Shin, Kushina! You're joining our class?" Nawaki jumped up excitedly.

"Nawaki, sit down and behave," Teacher Tanaka scolded him.

After being scolded, Nawaki obediently sat back down. He might have been someone important—the First's grandson—but he still had to behave here.

"These four are our new transfer students. Let's give them a welcome," Teacher Tanaka said.

The students below looked at Shin and the others with curious eyes. Red hair was rare, and now four of them had shown up at once.

No, wait. Including the other one in the class, there were five redheads.

That's right, there was another redhead in the class: Akimichi Choza.

"Why don't you introduce yourselves first? You can start," Teacher Tanaka said, pointing to Uzumaki Shin.

Uzumaki Shin shrugged, then said,

"My name is Uzumaki Shin. I like beautiful women and hate gay guys. That's all. I'm done."

Teacher Tanaka's mouth twitched. That was certainly a unique introduction.

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