The Last Remaining Question

The students at the Ninja Academy heard some news… a little brat who had just finished the entrance ceremony yesterday was going to graduate today.

They all knew this because a first-year teacher accidentally let it slip under the persistent questioning of a little girl.

The graduation exam location was at a training ground near the Uchiha Clan, which disappointed many students who wanted to watch… Honestly… no wonder that kid has no friends!

On the training ground, Fugaku felt his ears were being poisoned.

"Hey, old man, I didn't come back to the village to help you babysit students… hurry up and tell me about Orochimaru?"

"Jiraiya… I'm getting old…"

"That kid Kakashi is pretty good!"

"The Will of Fire still needs us to pass it on, the new generation of the village isn't ready to bear the heavy responsibility…" Hiruzen Sarutobi rubbed his old back, "Itachi is a true genius…"

"If Jiraiya-senpai has no intention of being a supervising jounin, then let's end this farce!" Uchiha Fugaku's expression soured, especially with the added dark circles under his eyes, making him look exceptionally fierce.

"Don't be like that, Fugaku…" The white-haired old man casually put his arm around the Police Force Captain's neck, his face full of nostalgia, "It reminds me of when you, Nawaki, and Mikoto were together…"

"…Don't mention that name to me!"

"Oh, oh, oh, you're angry now, angry now… Hahaha, you were just like this back then! Whenever I joked around, you brats always had the worst expressions…"

Jiraiya was truly from an optimistic family… He didn't even show a hint of unnaturalness when mentioning Nawaki, despite their close relationship back then.

"……"

It felt a bit… mind-blowing.

Jiraiya's presence here meant he hadn't refused Hiruzen Sarutobi. Besides searching for the Child of Destiny, he also wanted to train the new generation for Konoha… The problem was the candidate the old man had chosen…

Uchiha Itachi, six years old.

Wasn't this asking him to be a nanny? He wondered if this little brat still wet the bed… And he was from the Uchiha Clan, so he definitely wouldn't be obedient.

Time passed, bit by bit, bit by bit… Jiraiya's terrible personality was exposed to Uchiha Itachi without any reservations. The white-haired old man was clearly unreliable.

The little boy still stood obediently beside Fugaku, only occasionally talking to the crows around him…

Jiraiya looked at Uchiha Itachi and shouted, "Hey, kid, let's start. Attack me with everything you've got!"

"Yes!"

The moment he answered, Itachi lifted his leg and kicked!

Bang!

Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, was sent flying by the little boy's kick… After getting up from the ground, he said with great interest, "Your strength doesn't feel like that of a six-year-old at all!"

Truly unrestrained…

Using the force of the kick to create distance, he threw a shuriken towards Jiraiya's head. Uchiha Itachi wouldn't underestimate him; his father had briefly introduced Jiraiya's profile to him yesterday…

Strength, powerful, extremely powerful.

Personality, terrible, extremely terrible.

He was a ninja to be respected, but whether he would actually choose to respect him in daily life depended on his mood… If his mood was bad, then he wouldn't bother with him.

Uchiha Itachi would only remember one thing: great strength!

Another shuriken was thrown!

Clang!

The second shuriken, thrown after the first, struck the first one. As the two shuriken that were moving in a straight line crossed paths, their direction suddenly changed, and they shot towards Jiraiya from both sides!

"Ha, Uchiha's shuriken throwing technique… too naive…"

Jiraiya crossed his arms, catching both shuriken, and threw them to the ground… A child's shuriken throwing technique might be exquisite, but it was nothing compared to him.

Itachi leaped forward!

The two, one large and one small, directly engaged in close-quarters taijutsu combat. After practicing with Shisui many times, the little boy had long realized the importance of speed in ninjutsu hand seals…

But Jiraiya's hand seals were definitely faster than his! So, he needed to stall the tempo as much as possible to find an opportunity to unleash ninjutsu!

"Sharingan… Release!"

"Binding Technique!"

After activating his Three Tomoe Sharingan, not only could he find and exploit his opponent's openings faster in close combat, but more importantly, it greatly enhanced genjutsu.

In the genjutsu, Jiraiya was surprised to see a giant copper nail on his body, firmly trapping him in place… However, this didn't stop him; his internal chakra flow became chaotic, and he immediately broke free from the genjutsu's control.

He was met head-on by a red shuriken!

Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Claw Red!

This was taught to Itachi by Shisui, and it was the only ninjutsu that didn't require hand seals! The shuriken, imbued with fire-style chakra, was thrown, and at their close combat range, Jiraiya couldn't possibly dodge it!

"Water Style: Water Wall!"

Jiraiya smiled, formed hand seals rapidly, and raised a water wall, extinguishing the fire-style chakra on the shuriken… His hand seal speed was too fast!

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Uchiha Itachi suddenly formed a shadow clone, an action that the two people watching from the sidelines didn't quite understand. This ninjutsu seemed unnecessary, wasting both hand-seal time and chakra.

After all, Jiraiya could blow it up with a single punch...

As Itachi's shadow clone charged forward, he really did throw a punch...

But just as it was about to hit his face, Jiraiya stopped, looking at Itachi's shadow clone, he suddenly laughed, "It's filled with fire-style chakra... Kid, you thought I'd fall for that..."

"Clone... Great Explosion!"

"Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall!"

Boom!

A huge hole appeared in the earth wall out of nowhere!

This was enough time for Jiraiya to retreat far away... The old man stood at a distance from the earth wall, marveling at the power of this technique. If the user could control the clone's explosion, this jutsu would be incredible...

The Clone... Great Explosion was a new jutsu developed from the crow clone explosion... Because Beiyuan always sent his shadow clones out to die, they would explode with their overflowing chakra before perishing.

Uchiha Itachi, following the principle of explosion, replaced all the chakra within the shadow clone to be detonated with fire-style chakra... The user could detonate it themselves...

"Cough... cough... cough... Not bad!"

Jiraiya stopped Uchiha Itachi's next wave of attacks. His taijutsu, ninjutsu, and genjutsu were all far beyond his expectations... and he even possessed the Three Tomoe Sharingan... That left only one last question!

"You passed the test..." Jiraiya's gaze gradually became extremely sharp, "But becoming my disciple isn't easy, there's one last question..."

"That is..."

"You're so cute, do you know many pretty older sisters?"

By the end of his question, his expression was... utterly unbearable to look at... Uchiha Fugaku, standing in the distance, broke out in a sweat, remembering Jiraiya's notorious track record...

He had foolishly thought Jiraiya would ask Uchiha Itachi about his relationship with the village and the clan, and as a father, he also really wanted to know the answer.

Bang!

A figure suddenly rushed over and punched Jiraiya away! The newcomer snorted, flicking his golden hair behind him, "How embarrassing..."

Wonder if anyone will read this? Also, requesting some recommendation tickets, etc