I Returned to the Human World

One of Team 7's mission targets came from a rather influential family!

After they completed the mission, that family placed a massive bounty on their heads!

Anyone who took part could claim a reward. That time, the three of them were surrounded by over thirty assassins registered with the Bounty Exchange!

There were too many experts. No matter how desperately they fought, they couldn't break free. Naruto even unleashed Four Tails and nearly lost control!

At the critical moment, Tian Ge appeared, and the many assassins suddenly dropped to their knees and begged for mercy!

Yet Tian Ge remained expressionless. Before the three stunned children, he merely activated his Byakugan!

That group instantly turned into sheets of bloody rain that scattered everywhere!

Afterward, Tian Ge led the three of them to slaughter that family, regardless of age or gender!

Every last one of them was mercilessly killed!

Even now, Team 7 still remembered the terror and pleading in those children's eyes!

They wanted so badly to live. Even Sasuke had found it hard to bear, let alone Naruto!

But their teacher had seemed like a Slaughter machine devoid of all emotion!

There hadn't been the slightest hesitation in his attacks. Each opening and closing of his Byakugan left behind only clouds of blood mist!

The three discovered that compared to using a sword, whenever their teacher used his Byakugan, not a single corpse remained!

Only then did they understand that during that training-ground session, their teacher had already been very gentle with his sword!

Once everyone had been killed, Tian Ge looked at them and left them with one sentence:

Put away your ridiculous compassion. If they are enemies, then wipe them out completely!

Leaving behind future trouble is the stupidest thing you can do!

That had been the most terrifying day of their lives, even though they had long grown used to Slaughter!

Yet whenever they recalled that bloody scene, their faces still turned pale!

At the Bounty Exchange, they had also learned another title for their teacher: the White-Eyed Demon!

All three unanimously agreed that the title suited him perfectly!

The scene they had witnessed with their own eyes—at that time, their teacher had been little different from a demon that had crawled out of hell!

Looking at Konoha before them, they had never wanted to stay a few extra days as badly as they did now!

Their teacher's missions had become more and more twisted, each one crueler than the last!

Over those twenty-odd days, aside from that one time when the gap in strength had been too great and their teacher stepped in—

Every other time, even when they suffered severe injuries from their lack of experience, he had remained unmoved!

After this experience, the three truly believed that their teacher meant every word he said!

Once they left the village, whether they lived or died depended entirely on themselves. As long as their opponents weren't overwhelmingly stronger, he would absolutely not intervene!

Walking along the familiar streets and watching people come and go around them, the three finally felt it.

I have returned to the human world!

"Two days of rest!"

After handing in the mission, Tian Ge said the same thing again!

But it made the three of them shudder. They wanted so badly to ask, "Teacher, can we rest a few more days?" But they didn't dare!

This time, they were truly exhausted in both body and mind, especially mentally. They desperately wanted more time to recover!

Even Sasuke, that training fanatic, wanted a few more days of rest this time!

But as they watched their teacher's retreating figure grow more distant, not one of them dared to speak!

"Sigh!"

"Cherish them!"

"My two days in the human world!"

"After two days, who knows whether I'll even make it back alive!"

Naruto let out a deep sigh. There was no helping it. Compared to his teacher, he wasn't even worth a strand of hair. He couldn't fight a thigh with an egg!

"Shut up!"

"I will definitely survive!"

After saying it as though swearing an oath, Sasuke left alone. He had to pull himself together within these two days.

"Even Sasuke has been driven mad by Teacher!"

"Sakura, how are you planning to spend these two days?"

"I'll find Ino and go soak in the hot springs. I think that will help me recover faster!"

"Great idea. Count me in—I need to recover too!"

"No, I think out of the three of us, you're the only one who doesn't need to recover!"

Sakura left as well. Naruto watched her departing back before dropping his earlier clowning around!

The worry in his sapphire-blue eyes finally showed!

"Let's go have a bowl of ramen!"

"I really miss that feeling!"

Naruto muttered softly to himself as he headed toward Ichiraku Ramen!

On Tian Ge's side, before he had even reached the Hyuga Clan, a ninja hawk hovered in the sky.

"Shriek..."

After calling a few times, it flew away. Tian Ge knew it was a summons for the Jonin!

But... what the hell did that have to do with me?

He lifted his foot and continued toward the Hyuga Clan. Before he had taken more than a few steps, an Anbu appeared before him and said cautiously,

"Lord... Lord Tian Ge!"

"Lord Hokage asks that you come over to discuss the Chunin Ninja Exams!"

Tian Ge fell silent...

The Chunin Ninja Exams? It seemed his approval as the team-leading Jonin was required for them to participate!

Then he would go!

"I'll go!"

"Yes!"

Having received his answer, the Anbu inwardly breathed a sigh of relief and hurried back to report!

Tian Ge was the only one who had been notified by Anbu. The Third knew that even if Tian Ge saw the ninja hawk, he wouldn't come!

In the Hokage's Office, everyone except Tian Ge had already arrived!

"Tap, tap, tap..."

Tian Ge slowly walked in. Though he released no killing intent, the ninjas still felt the temperature drop several degrees!

"Good!"

"Now that everyone is here, today's main matter is the Chunin Ninja Exams!"

"Those who believe the teams under their command have suitable candidates may begin making recommendations!"

The others began recommending candidates one by one. The teams they led had graduated last year or in earlier years, and among them was Might Guy!

The Third nodded and recorded each name, then raised his head to look at the teachers leading this year's newly graduated Genin!

"Then, do any of this year's newly graduated teams have suitable candidates to recommend?"

"I needn't explain the requirements. Recommended Genin must have completed at least eight missions!"

"In reality, having two to three times that number is usually the safest!"

"Team 7: Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, and Haruno Sakura. They will participate!"

The moment the Third finished asking, Tian Ge spoke up. Unlike the others, he did not guarantee them under his own name!

There was no need for that. If Hyuga Tenge said they could participate, then they could participate whether anyone liked it or not!

"Team 8: Hyuga Hinata, Aburame Shino, and Kiba Inuzuka. In the name of Kurenai Yuhi, I recommend them for the Chunin Ninja Exams!"

"Team 10: Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Choji, and Yamanaka Ino. In the name of Sarutobi Asuma, I recommend them for the Chunin Ninja Exams!"

Just as the Third nodded and prepared to record them, Iruka still stepped forward!

"Wait, please wait a moment!"

"Forgive me, Lord Hokage, but all the students recommended by the three Jonin were previously my students!"

"I don't believe they are ready to take the Chunin Ninja Exams yet!"

The Third looked at Tian Ge. He did not know about the others, but Tian Ge's Team 7 was absolutely capable!

"Tian Ge, what do you say?"

Tian Ge looked at Iruka and said coldly:

"You wouldn't last even one move against any one of them in a one-on-one fight!"

"You're a Chunin. Why can't they participate?"

"What?"

"Gasp..."

Some ninjas who had never heard of Team 7's exploits cried out in shock, and Iruka stood there frozen!