"But aside from certain students who refused to properly study ninjutsu and always liked to dabble in crooked tricks, I would like to offer a special criticism here."
Everyone thought, Teacher Iruka, it was obvious who that "certain student" was!
After Iruka once again went over the indispensable daily inheritance of the Will of Fire, he finally dismissed class. He told everyone that tomorrow would be the official ninja graduation exam and hoped they would go home today, compose themselves, and not put too much pressure on themselves—the kind of psychological counseling that was indispensable in any world.
In the Hokage's Office, Hiruzen Sarutobi sat in his chair. On a red cloth atop his desk rested a crystal ball the size of a fist, and Hiruzen Sarutobi silently watched it.
The crystal ball displayed scene after scene from the classroom. Hiruzen Sarutobi said nothing, his expression calm.
The Scrying Jutsu used crystal as a medium to observe the sights within the village. A crystal ball could be used to find someone anytime and anywhere, but the condition was that one had to know the other person's type of Chakra. As long as that was known, no matter how far away they were, the crystal ball could find them.
As the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Naruto's Chakra was extremely unusual. Since he was also one of Hiruzen Sarutobi's key subjects of observation, Hiruzen Sarutobi would naturally sneak a look at Naruto whenever he had nothing better to do.
He stopped the jutsu, put away the crystal ball, and fell into thought. Then he said, "Tomorrow will depend on your performance, Naruto!"
When Hinata returned home, her father, Hyuga Hiashi, was wearing his ever-unchanging kimono. He sat in the corridor, sipping tea and watching Hanabi train in the courtyard.
Whenever Hanabi made a mistake,