Uchiha Yan rubbed the bridge of his nose. Sure enough, showing off was in their genes. No amount of teaching could change that.
"Very good! If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask Sasuke, Sakura, or Hinata.
You have three minutes. Anyone who doesn't finish will wet the bed for a year."
Soon, everyone finished writing, one after another. What Uchiha Yan hadn't expected was that Naruto had the best handwriting of them all.
Uchiha Yan glanced at the Third Hokage and saw that he looked just as puzzled. He immediately understood: Naruto was already different from how he had been in the original story.
With Shukaku around, Naruto should be a genius rather than a dead last.
"Now for your first lesson. Find the thing you like most in the illusion.
Remember, you can only choose one! You have five minutes."
With that, Uchiha Yan activated his Sharingan and cast a genjutsu on all the children.
"Genjutsu?"
Watching the children slump over their desks, the Third Hokage strode inside.
"These children haven't grown up yet. How could you use genjutsu on them?"
"If genjutsu can save lives, isn't using it to teach children perfectly normal? They'll be fine."
"What's the point of choosing something?"
"There isn't one!"
Uchiha Yan said calmly, "This is the first time. There will be countless more over the next few years. I want to see whether they'll keep choosing the same thing.
What they choose represents what they lack. What they lack can motivate them to grow.
Once they can keep choosing one thing, choosing it even if they already have it, that means they're ready to choose their own path."
Children were fickle. When they liked something, they liked it very much, but once they got it, they could easily toss it