Once Sato Ichiki left, the classroom erupted into another round of noise. Ye Feng's friends crowded around him so tightly that there was no room to move, chattering nonstop.
"Ye Feng, you actually went behind my back and secretly applied to graduate early." Inuzuka Clan Fengyu spoke to Ye Feng in a tearful voice, as though he were an utterly wicked beast who had seduced her and then abandoned her.
"Exactly! What are we supposed to do once you leave? Without you, I... uh... won't have any tasty lunches anymore!" Kurenai Yuhi joined in reproaching him, though her change of wording halfway through rather gave her away.
This also made Asuma Sarutobi's expression darken, but he soon returned to normal.
Hyuga Kong also looked eager to try, clearly wanting to apply for early graduation himself. His recent, constant practice of taijutsu had improved his strength somewhat.
"How about I apply to graduate too?!" Hyuga Kong was asking for Ye Feng's opinion.
"You'd better stay in school. Graduating early won't do you much good." Ye Feng rejected the idea outright.
Ye Feng still hoped Hyuga Kong would steadily practice taijutsu and spend his spare time refining more chakra. Taijutsu training required perseverance, while becoming a genin meant taking on missions, which would likely make his training schedule irregular and hinder his progress in taijutsu.
He had neither the taijutsu talent of Might Duy and his son nor the support of cultivation that Ye Feng enjoyed, so Ye Feng did not expect Hyuga Kong to become particularly powerful through taijutsu training.
"Keep practicing your taijutsu, and don't neglect your Hyuga Clan Gentle Fist either. I'll give you a big gift in the future."
In fact, Ye Feng's idea was to improve Hyuga Kong's basic strength so that he could withstand the power