Ninja Academy.
Kiba Inuzuka smiled, Shuriken in hand, and looked at the target with complete confidence.
Even Sasuke and the other top-performing students turned to look at him.
After a month, everyone knew that Kiba Inuzuka was an outstanding student who loved studying.
His grades were tied with Sasuke Uchiha's for first place in the entire year.
He just was not as handsome as Sasuke and had failed to attract the girls' attention.
But that did not matter.
He had attracted the boys' attention.
This was a guy whose grades rivaled the Uchiha genius's.
They wondered what kind of result he would get in his first practical Shuriken lesson.
If he failed,
then he would have no chance of tying with Sasuke in future practical classes.
"Watch closely. I'm going to become Hokage."
Kiba bared his teeth and flared his nostrils, using the Inuzuka Family's ability—an olfactory sense tens of thousands of times sharper than an ordinary person's.
Several Shuriken collided in midair.
Just as the students were disappointed and assumed Kiba was no good at practical exercises, the Shuriken flew in different directions and struck the target at the same time.
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That move stunned everyone present.
Including Iruka.
Even with his abilities as a Chunin, he could not pull off such a maneuver.
"Teacher's teaching skills have improved again!"
Ever since becoming a teacher, Iruka had understood how difficult Tobitake Tonbo's job was.
Teaching students really was torture.
Things that felt simple to him had to be reviewed and explained to students over and over again. For teachers, that was torment.
He knew Kiba had been taught by Tobitake Tonbo, but he had not expected him to educate a child only a few years old so well.
It seemed he should visit his teacher's home sometime and learn