Joker Bombs Everywhere

After saying goodbye to little Hanabi, Chiye Jun headed toward Koharu Utatane's residence.

When he returned, it was afternoon.

He headed straight to the Academy.

Because that afternoon was the meeting with their jonin squad leaders.

Just then, the system popped up and issued a new sign-in mission.

[ Ding! A plot sign-in mission has been issued. Host, defeat Kakashi during the trial within two days. ]

A trial?

Defeat Kakashi?

Chiye Jun remembered. The survival exercise—the battle to seize the bells—would be starting soon.

His life as a ninja was about to officially begin...

Kakashi might be a Konoha prodigy, but Chiye Jun was completely confident he could defeat him.

"This mission is practically free!"

Then the system chimed again:

[ Mission addendum: After the battle ends, remove Kakashi's mask. ]

Pfft!

That mission was a little difficult...

By the time he arrived at the Academy, it was already two in the afternoon.

If he had not wanted to see the mature beauty with his own eyes, he could have come later.

The classroom was packed with students, all waiting for their squad leaders to appear.

Before long, the door opened.

A tall man emerged through a haze of smoke.

Asuma Sarutobi.

A cigarette dangled from his lips, his eyes half-lidded. He had inherited the old smoker's habit.

Then he flicked away the cigarette butt.

"Team 10, come with me!"

With that, he led Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino out of the classroom.

The little beauty's inner drama was intense.

"Smoker + lazybones + fatso..."

"Jun has left me behind. My life is so miserable!"

Watching Asuma's retreating back, Chiye Jun could not help thinking of the red-clad mature beauty.

"What a waste, letting that smoker uncle have her..."

Just as he was thinking that, a sexy mature woman walked in right after him.

She was tall and slender, with an alluring figure.

Her hands were wrapped in bandages, while her sleeveless left arm revealed smooth pale skin.

Black hair, red eyes, luscious lips.

Mature and enchanting, beautiful and poised.

It was none other than Kurenai Yuhi, the mature beauty!

Chiye Jun could not help losing himself in the sight. This mature beauty was absolutely stunning!

Kurenai Yuhi coolly swept her gaze across the classroom and spotted Chiye Jun.

So this is the Hokage's disciple... He is rather handsome.

"The three from Team 8, come with me!"

Hinata, Kiba, and Shino walked outside.

Hinata could not help turning back to look at Chiye Jun, as though they were parting for life and death.

This time, Chiye Jun did not make a heart with his hands. Instead, he blew her an enthusiastic kiss.

With a thud, Hinata fainted...

Soon, everyone had left, leaving only the four members of Team 7.

Chiye Jun knew Kakashi would not show up for at least another hour.

So he pulled out a deck of cards.

"Let's play Fight the Landlord!"

Young people learned fast. Before long, joker bombs were flying everywhere.

But the more they played, the less fun it became, because Sakura kept going easy on Sasuke.

That was why Chiye Jun had never played cards with women in his previous life: they were both slow and shamelessly cheated.

Naruto's jealousy flared, and he quickly started brawling with Sasuke...

The two fought with great enthusiasm, even forgetting about the blackboard eraser prank.

Chiye Jun shook his head with a wry smile, picked up the eraser, and placed it above the doorframe...

Hokage Building office.

The Third Hokage watched the classroom through a crystal ball.

Kakashi stood beside him with a headache.

One was an energetic troublemaker who gave people headaches;

One was a kid who had shut himself away and buried his hatred deep inside;

Then there was an absurdly capable genius boy who seemed to have cheats enabled;

And on top of that, there was a girl who looked gentle on the surface but was actually hot-tempered.

Team 7 was practically a bundle of trouble.

But there was no helping it.

The Hokage had given the order...

An hour later, Kakashi finally arrived.

"My first impression of you is that you're all rather annoying..."

On the rooftop.

Everyone introduced their likes, dislikes, and so on.

After hearing Naruto and Sakura's answers, Chiye Jun felt stuffed full of dog food.

"The survival exercise begins tomorrow!"

Naruto's imagination ran wild as he asked with a grin, "A survival exercise? Is it wilderness survival training? Use Wood Release for firewood, Earth Release for a stove, Fire Release to light the fire, Water Release to wash the vegetables, then cook rice and make soup—slurp, slurp..."

After letting out a strange, lecherous laugh, Kakashi explained.

Then the scene descended into chaos.

"What! Elimination!"

"A 66% elimination rate..."

"This ninja school that teaches us nothing is just a giant pig farm, and now it even has an elimination system... This is insane!"

That last sentence was Chiye Jun's true thought.

Kakashi decided to quickly end this terrible meet-and-greet and go chat nonsense with Guy, his fellow single dog, to relax.

Chiye Jun had once suspected that Kakashi's friendship with his "rival" Guy went beyond mere brotherhood.

It's just that I have no proof...

"Bring your ninja tools. Gather at five tomorrow morning, and remember not to eat breakfast, or you'll throw up."

Although the exercise's elimination rate was high, Chiye Jun was not worried in the slightest.

Because everyone in Team 7 would pass the exercise assessment successfully.

What concerned him most now was how to remove Kakashi's mask and obtain the mission reward.

After Kakashi vanished, Sakura said indignantly:

"He just left like that? What an irresponsible teacher..."

Naruto looked at her with a flattering expression. "Sakura-chan, let's go on a date!"

Sakura roared, "Drop dead!"

Then she chased after Sasuke, who had left with his hands in his pockets.

"Sasuke-kun, wait for me..."

Chiye Jun shook his head with a wry smile.

"Saving Naruto is imperative. He needs to forget that hot-tempered Sakura as soon as possible..."

The next day.

Nine o'clock.

Chiye Jun stretched and got up feeling refreshed.

He washed up and ate breakfast at an unhurried pace.

It was not until ten that he arrived at Training Ground Three.

Sure enough.

His three teammates were slumped on the ground, dark circles beneath their eyes, drowsy and utterly haggard.

And Kakashi still had not appeared.

After another while, a lazy voice finally drifted over.

"Good morning. I ran into a black cat earlier..."

"Morning my ass! It's already noon! Sensei, you're way too late!" Naruto was the first to start cursing.

"Hmph!"

Sasuke also curled his lips in dissatisfaction.

Sakura pointed at Chiye Jun. "I suspect Sensei and Chiye Jun planned this together! You both slept in!"

Chiye Jun waved his hands innocently.

"No, no, it was just a coincidence."

But inwardly, he was ecstatic. This is called foresight. Who told you guys not to have watched Naruto? Hehe.

Strictly speaking, Chiye Jun did not need to take part in the exercise at all.

Because during his last battle with Root ninja, Kakashi had seen his strength.

But individual strength alone did not mean everything. Teamwork awareness was also important.

The mission began!

For a ninja, concealment skills were crucial.

While everyone else hid perfectly, Naruto appeared by the river and shouted loudly:

"Hey! Come fight me fair and square!"

Sasuke: "What a complete idiot!"

Sakura: "There's something wrong with his brain!"

Chiye Jun: "What a weirdo..."

Five minutes later.

Naruto exposed his back, and Kakashi formed the Tiger hand seal...