The Team Leader Is Actually the Third Hokage!

Seeing Jiraiya half-dead with exhaustion, sitting on the ground to rest, too lazy to even tidy his clothes, the Third Hokage was a little speechless.

Now that everyone had arrived, the Third Hokage had no intention of staying any longer.

"Cough cough!!!"

A cough drew everyone's attention, including the exhausted Jiraiya. Jiraiya immediately sprang up from the ground and stood at attention. No one knew who their teacher was, and if they encountered someone with a bad temper, it would be tragic.

"Hokage Lord?!"

Except for Hikaru, who was mentally prepared, the other three looked at the Third Hokage with disbelief. A strange thought popped into their minds: could the Third Hokage be their teacher?!

It shouldn't be.

But there was no one else beside the Third Hokage, which left Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru confused. Even Hikaru was a little bewildered. Where was his teacher?

There were four people here. If three were grouped together, one would have to be separated. But only the Third Hokage had come alone. What was going on?

Could it be four people in one team?

This situation wasn't unheard of, but it was extremely rare, except in special circumstances. A three-person team with one support ninja had become the standard allocation, which was why Hikaru hadn't expected four people to be grouped together.

"Alright, children, follow me. From today onwards, I, Hiruzen Sarutobi, will be your teacher."

Today, the Third Hokage wasn't wearing his Hokage battle robe, just ordinary casual clothes.

To be honest, at this moment, the Third Hokage looked like a very ordinary, even slightly short middle-aged man, with a brown goatee. His head wasn't yet balding.

After speaking, the Third Hokage walked towards the training grounds, leaving the stunned group behind.

This time, let alone the others, even Hikaru was somewhat dumbfounded. He hadn't expected the Third Hokage to integrate him into the Sannin's team. Hikaru had already prepared himself to be in a random team and become a wanderer.

Who knew that the result would be him being grouped with the future Sannin.

The current standard team was three people, but it wasn't absolute. Sometimes there were teams of four, five, or even six people, depending on the situation. It wasn't absolute.

Although not absolute, the occurrences were too few.

Hikaru hadn't expected the Third Hokage to integrate him, Uchiha Hikaru, into the future Sannin. While shocked, Hikaru thought of the future fame of the Sannin and felt an urge to complain. Would he ruin the legend of the Sannin?

It wasn't that because of Hikaru's arrival, the Sannin couldn't reach the heights they did in the original story, but rather that his existence might cause the original Sannin legend to disappear entirely.

No one knew if this would actually happen.

Even Hikaru couldn't guarantee anything.

However, the fact that the Third Hokage hadn't assigned him to another team, but instead placed him with Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya, the Sannin, had many benefits for Hikaru.

Just this one point was enough: the teacher leading the team was the Third Hokage!!!!

"Haha, hahaha, am I dreaming?"

Jiraiya let out a few dry laughs, his mind blank. He turned his head with great difficulty to look at the others. Orochimaru snorted at this, too lazy to bother with Jiraiya, and followed along.

Hikaru smiled and said, "You're not dreaming. It's indeed the Hokage Lord. Let's go, we still don't know what kind of test we'll face."

"So pathetic!!"

After her shock subsided, Tsunade pouted at Jiraiya, mocking him for being so easily surprised. Although Tsunade herself had been shocked at first that the Third Hokage would personally come to accept them, after the initial shock, it was just a matter of fact.

Compared to others, Tsunade's standards were exceptionally high. The little princess of the Senju Clan wasn't just for show.

"Hoo!!!"

"Hoo!!!"

Jiraiya gasped for air, muttering to himself, "I won't stoop to your level! I won't stoop to your level!!"

What kind of test would they face? Would it be a bell-grabbing exercise again?

Hikaru left the training ground with Tsunade, Jiraiya trailing behind them. However, after being mocked by Tsunade and Orochimaru, he became quite angry. Hikaru didn't have the energy to care about such things; what he was concerned about was what kind of test there would be today.

If it were another bell-grabbing exercise, it would be a bit troublesome. Two bells, four people fighting over them!!! There wouldn't be enough to go around. Although the bells were just a catalyst, the true intention was to teach them the importance of unity and respecting their teammates, their new teammates.

Grabbing bells, eating bento, tying people to wooden posts – for these Leaf Village tests, Hikaru could only say they were a bit boring!!!.