Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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The illusionary space on Mikoto's side suddenly stabilized, and the girl's strong and powerful voice rang in the ears of the astonished Uchiha Fuu.

"There are many unfair things in this world."

"Is my talent really that good?"

The girl's eyes no longer held a single tomoe mark, but instead a pair of double tomoe marks. "My talent is terrible."

"At the very least, I don't think I'm as good as my teacher, Shirahoshi."

When Feng Yi saw those eyes, her face immediately turned ashen. But upon hearing Mikoto's words, a mocking expression instantly appeared on her face. "What, now you're starting to praise your genin teacher? And then use that to prove your talent?!"

"What's so great about surpassing a genin!"

Mikoto shook her head. "What I meant was, I'm not as good as him."

Feng Yi remained silent; she had misheard Mikoto's words.

"Shirahoshi-sensei is not from the Uchiha clan, nor is he a ninja. He grew up in an orphanage. Yet, he still managed to develop many interesting ninjutsu thanks to his talent."

“Even if.”

"These ninjutsu aren't that powerful or practical. But they're still things that many ninjas can't do."

"What does this prove?"

"Don't you understand?" Mikoto looked at the calm, resigned girl with a serious expression: "Birth only determines our starting point."

"But we haven't decided on our destination."

At this moment, Feng Yi seemed to understand something.

"Until the very end, no one knows who the true genius is."

“Fengyi, whether you understand what I’m saying or not,” Mikoto said gently, “compared to many people in this world, and even in this village, your starting point is something many people envy and are jealous of.”

"so."

Mikoto reached out and placed her hand on the top of the girl's head, patting it gently.

"Let's work together to become the geniuses who stand at the very end."

"Okay?"

Boom boom boom——

The illusion shattered, and in just a few seconds, Uchiha Fuu's face was filled with exhaustion, while Uchiha Mikoto was slightly better off.

But the sight of their eyes made Uchiha Keishin gasp.

—Two pairs of Sharingan with double tomoe!

Whether it was the Sharingan with two tomoe at the age of eleven or fourteen, they were both considered rare geniuses within the Uchiha clan.

Chapter 25: Promotion to Chunin, I'm Seriously Serious

Bai Xing also received support from Xi Ri Liu Yun. She quietly saluted the girl, accepted her eye roll, and started writing a sixty-something-point essay to fool her superiors.

At this moment, he was unaware that in Mikoto's words, he had become a genius ninja who would change his destiny.

The elimination process continued, and someone used the insidious Earth Release technique to create a crumpled piece of paper from who-knows-where. While the examinees were fast asleep after finishing their answers, the paper was pushed onto the desk of a genin examinee, serving as a formal report—which the proctor saw clearly.

However, failing to pay attention to one's surroundings immediately is also a personal issue for the test taker.

and so.

Unsurprisingly, another group was eliminated.

The exam lasted only one hour, and it was quickly coming to an end. At this point, apart from the fake test takers who had their exams taken by proxy, there were only eleven teams left in the exam room.

Just when I thought the exam was over, a white arm was raised from the third row.

"I abstain."

Morino Hikari looked seriously at the Uchiha girl with long, spiky black hair. "You can't joke about this. Are you sure? Candidate number twenty-six!"

"I am sure."

A bitter smile appeared on Uchiha Fengyi's face. "I lost."

"I'm sorry, Yan and Feng. I've dragged you into this."

The two Uchiha ninjas sitting on the other two sides had their heads down, and their emotions were not immediately apparent.

As Morino Ikari took a deep breath, preparing to announce the elimination of the three, the twelve-year-old Uchiha Homura slammed his fist on the table and burst into laughter:

"He's just a Chunin. Sister Fengyi, you're being too polite! We're a team!"

"I thought you'd be angry." Uchiha Fuya closed the cap on his pen and glanced at Uchiha Yan.

"That's ridiculous. I'm an Uchiha! Even if I can't become a Chunin and am a Genin for life, I'll still be the strongest Genin!"

"You..." In an instant, Uchiha Fengyi, who had stood up, covered her face, and two tears streamed down her cheeks.

Beside her, Mikoto, speaking in a voice that Fuuichi could hear, said, "You are also a very important companion to them."

"Don't underestimate yourself anymore, Sister Fengyi."

This was the first time Mikoto had called Kaede "older sister".

A blurry moment filled the girl's eyes; she finally realized she wasn't alone, that she wasn't just an unknown girl who had worked so hard for so long...

The exam time was up, and the bell rang to signal the end.

Ring ring ring——

Ikari Morino stood on the podium and confirmed again:

"Are you still going to skip the exam?"

"I haven't announced it yet, so the result can still be changed."

At this moment, a hint of hesitation appeared on Feng Yi's face. She had acted impulsively just now, and because Mikoto had not taken the opportunity to break her spirit, she thought she had lost.

But now she doesn't want to let down her two teammates who care about her.

"Of course it's confirmed."

"Let's go, Yan."

"Sister Fengyi, what are you waiting for? Come on, we can always take the exam again next year. It's not a big deal."

Uchiha Fuuya and Uchiha Yan's choices made Uchiha Fuuya nod firmly:

"This time it was my fault!"

"I'll treat you to dinner when we get back, as a way of celebrating my Sharingan upgrade."

"Huh?" x2

As they reached the classroom door, Uchiha Fuya and Uchiha En both stopped in their tracks: for a moment, Shirahoshi felt as if there were two clowns in the classroom.

......

"Not bad, Jonin Keishin. These three are good kids. You should train them well."

In the monitoring room, Hiruzen Sarutobi objectively evaluated the behavior of the three Uchiha ninjas, while Uchiha Keisha, standing next to him, looked around at everyone with a proud expression.

"Of course."

"My team has suddenly produced a fourteen-year-old genius with two tomoe, I will definitely nurture him well."

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had initially felt relieved, immediately frowned and glanced at Keishin Uchiha, whose expression was not quite normal: He could only hope that the three children would not be affected by their elder's unusual emotions.

Orochimaru's eyes lit up, but he was more optimistic about Uchiha Mikoto, who was submitting her test paper on the screen.

He's a genius.

I heard that Nawaki and this Uchiha girl are in the same class. Perhaps we can help Nawaki and this Uchiha girl become friends, and maybe there will be a chance for their bloodlines to merge...

"Hmph. They're just relying on the bloodline of the Uchiha clan." Sarutobi Shinnosuke glanced at Mikoto and Fuyu with jealousy.

As for Bai Xing, he didn't care about him at all—he would have his students thoroughly eliminate Bai Xing in the second exam anyway.

......

After the first Chunin Exam ended, the proctor for the second exam arrived: this time it wasn't Mitarai, but a commoner special Jonin named Akimoto.

The second event is still wilderness survival, but it's not in the Death Forest. Instead, it's in another forested area similar to the Death Forest, also enclosed – the Simulated Forest.

This is a special venue that only Konoha ninjas can use.

Shirahoshi was fortunate enough to attend this event twice.

In short, it is a simulated battlefield assessment and training exercise conducted in environments unique to the battlefield, such as forests, rivers, and mountains. In this exercise, Chunin and even Jonin may play the role of enemy ninja teams and engage in combat.

The team, on the other hand, needed to get to the tall building in the center of the forest.

The survival time is even shorter, only one day and one night, or twenty-four hours. They must steal a scroll from another team in a seemingly safe but actually trap-filled area surrounded by battles between enemy ninjas. The scroll in question is the opposite of the one in their own hands.

It can be said that this is more difficult than the Forest of Death, after all, it is a Chunin combat training exercise conducted in preparation for war.

In addition, it is larger in area than the Death Forest.

"Teacher, we passed the first test!"

"Hey teacher, you two aren't on a date, are you?"

"Um, how about we..."

"Shut up!" x2

On the street, as Bai Xing was pondering whether he would finish the next exam or the third, the sudden sound of teenage voices behind him made his hair stand on end.

The woman beside her, Xi Ri Liu Yun, pursed her red lips and turned to look at the three of them. "We need to discuss tomorrow's exam with your teacher."

"No way! It wasn't a date!"

Shiranui Kumo covered her face, thinking that even a fool could see that you didn't really want to discuss the exam—after all, the exam venue was the same as last year, so there was no need to go to a restaurant to find a private room to eat and discuss it together.

"Tch. Small fry." Uchiha Mikoto glanced at Yuhi Ryuun, inwardly complaining, then pouted and resumed her pampered demeanor. "Then it shouldn't be a problem for us to eat with our teacher, right?"

"How can that be! We're discussing our battle strategy for tomorrow! What if you overhear us? We'll be at a huge disadvantage!"

Shirahoshi and Shiranui Kumogami: "..."

The two looked at each other, and Shirahoshi asked with her eyes, "Did we discuss this last time?" Shiranui Kumokami shook her head as if they were telepathically connected, and instantly thought to herself: Discuss what? They just said "we'll deal with whatever comes their way" and that was it.