The moment Teacher Wang finished speaking, the entire class fell silent, every curious gaze settling on Liu Yue.
As someone second only to Wang Qiang, Liu Yue had also always been an example for the whole class to learn from.
At her words, Liu Yue smiled shyly. "My level is only a little higher than Wang Qiang's. I reached Level 13! I also successfully joined the Hyuga Clan and learned the Eight Trigrams Palm and things like that. I've completely mastered the Three Body Technique now, too."
Hearing that Liu Yue was actually a full level higher than Wang Qiang, the entire class burst into exclamations, but soon, quite a few students began shaking their heads.
"Although Liu Yue's level is a little higher, the Hyuga Clan is quite a bit worse than Kumogakure's Kinkaku and Ginkaku Clan. What a shame..."
"Yeah, what a shame... In a Ninja Village, a clan's foundations are very important. Although the Hyuga Clan is Konoha's foremost clan, its foundations are no match at all for Kumogakure's..."
Many students discussed it, all feeling that it was a real shame.
Even Teacher Wang shook her head and sighed softly. "Liu Yue, Konohagakure is the weakest of the Five Hidden Villages. Why did you choose Konohagakure!?"
Liu Yue was just about to argue when Wang Qiang, who had been somewhat upstaged, chuckled and said coldly, "I bet Ning Feng was the one who gave Liu Yue the idea and told him to go to Konoha."
"Everyone knows Konoha is the weakest of all the hidden villages. Even its Third Hokage, supposedly the Ninjutsu Professor, is already seventy or eighty. You can imagine how few talented people that hidden village has left..."
As Wang Qiang spoke, he tilted his nose into the air, looking very much as though a beautiful flower had been stuck in a pile of cow dung.
"Hmph, Wang Qiang, your information is completely wrong. After arriving in Konoha, I specifically looked into it. In several Shinobi World Wars, Konoha fought the other four villages alone."
"And you're telling me a hidden village like that is the weakest!?"
Liu Yue snorted, her beautiful eyes settling on Ning Feng, her face full of gratitude. "If Ning Feng hadn't given me some advice and told me to choose Konoha, I wouldn't have leveled up so quickly!"
"And as soon as I arrived in the Hyuga Clan, they provided me with plenty of clan instruction and Ninjutsu Training!"
"As for the students who chose other clans, never mind Clan Heritage or Ninjutsu Training-it's questionable whether their clans even have spare money to send them to the Ninja Academy!"
Liu Yue's words struck a nerve with quite a few students.
After all, not every clan was as wealthy as clans like the Hyuga Clan. Many clans basically left them to fend for themselves. Never mind Ninjutsu-they even had to find their own Beginner Equipment!
That was exactly the case for most of the class!
For a moment, countless students all turned to look at Ning Feng.
Was Ning Feng actually that impressive!? Did he have that much information!?
Just a casual pointer from Ning Feng had allowed Liu Yue to surpass the wealthy and powerful Wang Qiang. Didn't that mean he himself was even more formidable!?
"Hmph, Ning Feng probably just made a lucky guess, didn't he?"
Seeing everyone's attention actually gathering on Ning Feng, Wang Qiang immediately spoke sourly. "I remember Ning Feng seemed to have chosen the Uchiha Clan when he arrived."
"Konohagakure is such a big place, yet the Uchiha Clan's enormous estate is beyond the village's outskirts. Clearly, their status isn't all that high. His advice helping Liu Yue advance so rapidly was just good luck!"
As soon as he finished speaking, quite a few students nodded in strong agreement.
"That's right. Before we logged into the game, all the information we got said the Uchiha Clan was the weakest in Konoha, while clans like the Yamanaka and Akimichi were the strongest."
"In the online game, only that Uchiha Clan member named Uchiha Minato has shown a little of his abilities. The Uchiha Clan is no good at all..."
"Looks like Ning Feng was just lucky..."
As they spoke, many of the admiring gazes directed at Ning Feng disappeared. They all felt he had simply gotten lucky.
Teacher Wang also shrugged helplessly. A moment ago, she had thought Ning Feng really possessed a great deal of information about Naruto, but it turned out he had merely guessed.
"All right, we'll leave our Naruto lesson here for now."
"There's a Practical Combat Class in a little while. You'll be divided into groups for Ninjutsu training to improve your respective Ninjutsu abilities."
"This lesson..."
Seeing that it was about time, Teacher Wang was just about to dismiss the class when Wang Qiang, refusing to let the matter go, chuckled. "Teacher Wang, everyone, aren't you curious how many levels our last-place student Ning Feng ultimately gained after logging into Naruto this time?"
Wang Qiang had disliked Ning Feng to begin with, and Liu Yue defending Ning Feng at every turn frustrated him immensely. He wanted to seize this opportunity to put Ning Feng down.
"Wang Qiang, enough! Would you be happy if someone called you last place!?"
"So what if he's last!? Is he eating your food!?"
How could Liu Yue fail to see what Wang Qiang was thinking? She immediately roared, took Ning Feng's hand, and started to lead him out of the classroom. "Ning Feng, don't mind him. In my heart, you'll always be number one!"
It had to be said that Liu Yue's little hand was very fair and delicate. Holding it, Ning Feng actually felt something like an electric shock.
Originally, Ning Feng had not wanted to participate in these comparisons between children. Levels and the like were far too childish.
He only wanted to level up quickly while keeping a low profile.
But seeing Liu Yue defend him like this, Ning Feng had no choice but to reveal a little, so as not to disappoint Liu Yue and the others.
"Since the whole class is curious, I'll tell you!"
Ning Feng shrugged. Beside him, Liu Yue suddenly noticed that the young man's bearing seemed to change in an instant, actually taking on a faintly kingly air.
At his words, a trace of mockery immediately flashed through the eyes of Wang Qiang and the lackeys, who were simply waiting for Ning Feng to embarrass himself.
Most of the students were also watching for entertainment, wanting to see whether Ning Feng's level had hit a new low.
"Sorry to disappoint you, Wang Qiang."
"Just before I logged off, I was Level 16, and I'd just mastered a few B-rank Ninjutsu, as well as A-rank Ninjutsu, I suppose!"
Even this was Ning Feng keeping a very low profile. After all, he couldn't exactly say that he had already mastered several forbidden techniques and was about to join Konoha's strongest organization, [Anbu], could he!?
Ning Feng understood the danger of possessing something others coveted.
Yet even with Ning Feng being so modest, the previously quiet classroom instantly erupted.
"A-A-rank Ninjutsu!?"
"Level 16!?"
"H-how is that possible!?"
"Isn't the Uchiha Clan the weakest clan in Konoha!? How could its starting point be so high!?"
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