Don't Block the Way

"What? Is this where you guys sit?"

Shen Ye was chatting with little Mikoto when these boys suddenly came over, which annoyed him.

These brats were interrupting him while he was trying to pick up a girl!

"No!"

The boys answered arrogantly.

"If this isn't your spot, then what the hell are you whining about? Go find somewhere else to hang out."

Shen Ye waved them off impatiently, as if shooing away trash.

The boys grew even angrier!

This useless brat actually dared to look down on them!

They'd spent quite a while studying at the Ninja Academy and were practically Genin. How dare Shen Ye, who hadn't even attended a single day of school, talk to them like that?

"Kid, you're asking for a beating!"

One of them glared at Shen Ye, clenched his fist, and prepared to attack.

Shen Ye raised an eyebrow. If the other boy made a move, he wouldn't hold back either.

Just then, the classroom door suddenly swung open.

A friendly-looking man dressed in a Chunin's uniform walked in. "All right, class is starting. Everyone, get back to your seats and stop making a fuss."

The man was the teacher of this class, Umino Ikkaku!

He was also Umino Iruka's father.

"Teacher Ikkaku?"

The boy had no choice but to lower his fist. He shot Shen Ye a cold look. "You're lucky! But listen, kid: Miss Mikoto is our boss Uchiha Fugaku's fiancée. They're going to get married! If a nobody like you dares to set your sights on our sister-in-law, you're dead!"

After that, the boys glared at Shen Ye and obediently returned to their seats.

Shen Ye merely pursed his lips, unconcerned. If Mikoto weren't Uchiha Fugaku's wife, he wouldn't have set his sights on her!

That guy had been so vicious yesterday, even wanting to gouge out his eyes.

"Shen Ye, you're here!"

Umino Ikkaku spotted Shen Ye right away. He'd already heard about him from the Third Hokage, so he recognized him.

He smiled faintly at Shen Ye. "Come over here for a moment."

"Sure, Teacher Ikkaku."

Shen Ye nodded obediently and walked over.

"Let me introduce our new classmate, Shen Ye! He doesn't know any ninjutsu yet and hasn't attended a single day of the Ninja Academy, so I want you all to look after him. Understand?" Umino Ikkaku said to the class with a warm smile.

"Don't worry, Teacher. We'll be sure to 'look after' him!"

The boys glared at Shen Ye and put extra emphasis on the words "look after."

Shen Ye ignored them. Once he returned to his seat, Umino Ikkaku began the lesson.

Umino Ikkaku taught basic ninja knowledge, such as scouting, codes, and simple applications of chakra.

Most of what they studied at the Ninja Academy was like that.

To help Shen Ye keep up, he stopped several times to ask if Shen Ye understood. Whenever he didn't, the teacher went over the material again in detail.

But Shen Ye was still completely lost!

He wasn't even from this world, and he couldn't understand half of what he heard.

Forget it. I can steal other people's skills anyway. Why bother learning all these basics? Strength is what matters! Shen Ye stopped listening and simply slumped over his desk.

"What's wrong? You're not listening anymore?" Mikoto turned to ask him.

"I don't understand it, so I don't want to listen." Shen Ye sighed, then his eyes lit up. He gave Mikoto a grin. "Mikoto, why don't you teach me?"

"Me, teach you?"

Mikoto blushed slightly and said shyly, "I'm afraid I won't be very good at it."

"It's fine. I believe in you, Mikoto!"

Shen Ye flashed her a broad grin.

Mikoto studied Shen Ye for a moment, then nodded.

She could grasp everything at school after hearing it just once. She'd already learned a lot at home, too. She was only still at the Ninja Academy because she was waiting to graduate.

So Mikoto patiently began teaching him.

On the surface, Shen Ye acted as if he were asking Mikoto for help. In secret, he kept touching her. God Steal's cooldown had ended, and stealing the Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan would be incredible!

But as it turned out, his strength was still too low, and the odds of a successful theft remained poor.

He didn't steal a single ability during the whole class, but he did get to cop a feel of Mikoto quite a bit!

The little girl's cheeks turned bright red, and she grew too embarrassed to meet his eyes.

The boys nearby watched, their eyes red with anger!

"That kid's a total pervert!"

"If Boss Fugaku weren't already a Chunin, making it unwise to go after that brat, he'd be a corpse by now!"

"Let's teach him a good lesson after school!"

The boys muttered angrily among themselves.

By the end of the day, thanks to Mikoto's tireless instruction, Shen Ye had learned a few things about the ninja world, like how to control chakra. It hadn't been a complete waste.

At least now he could use his Strength of a Hundred better.

"Thanks, little Mikoto. I really—" Shen Ye said sincerely.

"You're welcome." Mikoto blushed and smiled gently.

"See you tomorrow."

Shen Ye waved to Mikoto, then left the Ninja Academy ahead of her.

He couldn't wait to find somewhere to test his chakra control and try out his Strength of a Hundred, to see just how strong he really was.

"Hey, kid, stop!"

He hadn't gone far when several boys called out to him angrily.

"What?" Shen Ye stopped.

"What do you mean, 'what'? You dared to offend our sister-in-law Mikoto! You're not going anywhere today!" The boys glared at Shen Ye, ready to attack.

"Get lost! Don't get in my way, or I won't go easy on you," Shen Ye said irritably.

They were just a bunch of brats. He couldn't be bothered to fight them.

He might lose control of his strength and leave them dead or crippled.

"What did you say? You won't go easy on us?"

The boys burst out laughing when they heard that.

The kid had just joined the school. He probably didn't even know how to control chakra, and even if he did, he couldn't use ninjutsu—not to mention Taijutsu! And he thought he could take them on?

"Kid, I'm not bragging. I'll just stand right here and let you punch me. If you can hurt me, I'll not only let you go, I'll call you Dad!"

One boy, a head taller than Shen Ye, looked at him with disdain.

He'd enrolled at the Ninja Academy earlier than the others and had run with Fugaku, so he was fairly capable!

In his eyes, Shen Ye had never attended the Ninja Academy, so he was like a newborn baby.

It didn't matter if Shen Ye hit him once or ten times—he wouldn't feel a thing!

Shen Ye smiled when he heard that.

He raised an eyebrow and looked at the boy. "You mean it?"