"Category-based?!"
Shikaku gave Bai Ye a surprised look. Bai Ye had never mentioned this to him before. What exactly was going on?
Then, on second thought, he suddenly realized that Bai Ye seemed to have something else in mind.
After all, if the tests were designed around normal graduation requirements...
They should have been the same as the Ninja Academy's previous graduation exams.
Or perhaps the difficulty would have been raised, but listing all the categories separately like this...
It was hard not to wonder whether Bai Ye intended to give certain people special treatment.
Or perhaps...
Bai Ye had already decided who he wanted to graduate.
Shikaku narrowed his eyes. The more he analyzed it, the more plausible that possibility seemed.
Still, it was not his place to speculate.
After all, Bai Ye had said he would personally teach those who graduated early.
Clearly, he already had candidates in mind when he said that.
Besides, he had nothing much to do right now.
He had left all the Hokage's work to Shikaku.
If Bai Ye could train a group of core fighters for Konoha, that actually sounded pretty good.
At least it would be better than sitting around doing nothing every day, wouldn't it?
"So that means we have a chance to train with Lord Hokage too!!!"
The moment Kiba Inuzuka said that, excitement surged through him!
His grin never faded as he spoke!
When he first learned that Naruto had become Bai Ye's disciple, it had honestly felt worse than death!
It was not that he hated Naruto. He had nothing against him.
Especially after learning that Naruto's father was the Fourth Hokage and finding out what Naruto had been through.
He actually felt quite sorry for Naruto.
But sympathy was one thing. Becoming the Hokage's disciple was