Deceiving Me-You're All Deceiving Me!

The firecrackers finally finished going off.

Gang Ziyun stood beside the podium, his hands clasped behind his back and his chest puffed out high.

He looked at the half-blasted firecracker casing by his feet, his eyes damp while his face glowed with joy.

It was over.

It was finally over.

Two years. A full two years!

Over those two years, he had not dared speak loudly in class, had not dared call on Ye during roll call, and had even needed to check the mood of that lord in the back row before grading homework.

Whenever Ye lifted his eyelids, Gang Ziyun felt as though the sins of his first half of life had been dragged back out.

Today, this living ancestor had finally graduated.

From now on, the wind at the Ninja Academy was free, the chalk smelled sweet, and even the blackboards looked kindly.

Gang Ziyun took a deep breath of gunpowder smoke and nearly choked to death, but his smile only grew brighter.

This scent was rebirth...

The vice principal saw his expression, as if he were about to ascend to heaven, and could not help reminding him, "Mr. Gang, I'm going to take photos with Class Two. Watch your image."

Gang Ziyun immediately restrained his smile and nodded solemnly.

"Understood, understood."

Then he turned and waved toward Class One of the second year, his voice loud and clear.

"Line up properly and return to the classroom to wait for your respective Jonin instructors to pick you up!"

"Don't slack off just because you've graduated. From now on, you'll be Konoha's true ninja!"

It sounded very official. If the corners of his mouth had not kept twitching upward, they might have believed him.

At the end of the line.

Ye strolled forward with both hands in his