A year later, at the Ninja Academy, the graduation exams were over. Today was the day they would be assigned to teams.
"Naruto, did the exam go well?" Lin Chuan entered the classroom and raised a hand in greeting as he passed Naruto's desk. This time, Naruto was finally no longer the dead last who couldn't even pass the graduation exam. Using Sasuke to spur Naruto on really worked. Those two were clearly the true lovers; Sakura was the third wheel.
"I passed! I already got my forehead protector!" Naruto pointed his thumb at his forehead, grinning as he showed Lin Chuan his Konoha forehead protector. It was proof of all his years of hard work.
In the Naruto anime, Naruto had originally been the only one to fail the exam. This time, everyone had passed, and their little group had all reached Chunin-level strength by graduation, making them far stronger than they had been in the anime. That went without saying for Lin Chuan-he was only stronger still.
After two years of grinding, he had grown considerably stronger, and his Grind Panel had changed dramatically too...
[Life: 12/points] [Bloodline: ordinary person] [Talent: decent] [Strength: Chunin] [Chakra attributes: (Water (Chunin: 54%) (Wind (not yet initiated: 77%)] [Ninjutsu: (Non-elemental Ninjutsu) (Water Release Ninjutsu)] [Kenjutsu] [Kunai throwing] [Medical Ninjutsu] [Space-Time Ninjutsu] [Taijutsu] [Genjutsu] [Other functions]
His life points and bloodline were unchanged, with no developments over the past two years. His talent was still rated decent, though his talent stats had increased.
[Talent: [Ninjutsu: 7+] [Taijutsu: 6+] [Genjutsu: 3+] [Intelligence: 6+] [Strength: 5+] [Speed: 5+] [Essence: 5+] [Hand seals: 7+] [Total: 44]]
His Ninjutsu talent had increased by one point, probably because he had learned two A-rank Ninjutsu.
His Strength and Speed talents had each increased by one