Chapter 588

Most squad leaders are not as good as Kitazawa, Kosuke Maruboshi, and Kakashi Hatake.

"Everyone go back and rest."

Kitazawa smiled and said.

Only with pressure is there motivation.

Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki have amazing talent, so they naturally don't need to worry.

But the remaining students don't have that much talent, so using pressure to force them now can make them perform beyond their normal levels.

Kitazawa left the classroom with the test papers.

He stopped at the door of the office.

"How did Itachi learn to follow the teacher?"

Kitazawa turned around and asked with a smile.

A moment later, Hinata Hyuga peeked her head out from the corner of the wall sneakily.

When she met Kitazawa's gaze, her body trembled, and her small face turned red.

Hinata Hyuga hesitated for two seconds and walked to his front embarrassedly.

"Is there anything Itachi need from me?"

Kitazawa reached out and pinched her hot little face.

"E... eating."

Hinata Hyuga said in a small voice.

"Then wait for me for an hour, I'll grade the test papers first."

Kitazawa opened the door and sat at his desk.

He directly used the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu and created nine shadow clones.

Hinata Hyuga breathed a sigh of relief, the corners of her mouth rose slightly as she came to the sofa and sat down, starting to wait.

Time passed slowly.

With the help of his shadow clones, Kitazawa only took half an hour to finish grading thirty test papers.

Compared to the last final exam, the rankings had changed a lot.

After all, Class A of the first grade had become a genius class full of geniuses.

But most of the top ten were still those familiar names.

First place changed from Sakura Haruno to Shikamaru Nara.

Kitazawa could roughly guess Shikamaru Nara's thoughts.

He is a person who hates trouble, so to avoid being challenged, he first got a high score.

By the next monthly exam, he could adjust according to this situation.

Second place was Sakura Haruno, but third place was no longer Sasuke Uchiha, but Neji Hyuga.

Sasuke Uchiha became fourth, Hinata Hyuga moved down two places to fifth.

Yakumo Kurama was sixth, seventh place remained unchanged, still Karin.

Eighth place was Shino Aburame, ninth Ino Yamanaka, tenth Tenten.

In the top ten, Neji Hyuga and Tenten were added, the changes were relatively small, and the biggest changes were concentrated in the last twenty places.

Kiba Inuzuka, who was originally eleventh, was replaced by his sister Hana Inuzuka, and he fell to nineteenth.

Naruto Uzumaki fell three places to fifteenth.

Rock Lee, no surprise, was exactly thirtieth.

One reason was that he had no talent in learning.

The second reason was that all his efforts were put into taijutsu.

Overall, those most affected were Naruto Uzumaki and Kiba Inuzuka.

They were not good at theory exams to begin with.

It was still thanks to Kitazawa's urging that they made progress.

But fortunately, they weren't too bad and still maintained the top twenty.

Taking their practical exams into account, overall, it was impossible for them to be kicked out of the genius class.

After all, only the last ten would be challenged by students from other classes.

"Itachi are fifth this time."

Kitazawa looked up, met Hinata Hyuga's white eyes, and said with a smile.

"Eh?"

Hinata Hyuga was stunned.

Why did she drop two places?

For a moment, she felt ashamed and felt sorry for Kitazawa.

"Shikamaru got first, Neji got third."

Kitazawa stood up and said, "Actually, your score hasn't changed much, Itachi don't need to think too much, let's go, let's go eat."

Hinata Hyuga felt a little relieved upon hearing this.

Losing to Shikamaru Nara and Neji Hyuga, she could accept it; it wasn't her problem.

"Let's go eat barbecue."

Kitazawa thought for a moment and said.

His net worth had already exceeded twenty million ryo, so he could raise his standard of living.

Hinata Hyuga swallowed her saliva subconsciously when she heard the word barbecue.

She had originally brought a bento, but since she could eat barbecue, she would save the bento for next time.

After eating barbecue, Kitazawa sent Hinata Hyuga home.

The next day, Friday, came the main event: the practical exam.

At nine in the morning, Kitazawa arrived at the ninja school playground on time.

But he saw an unexpected figure, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

He was currently surrounded by the students of the genius class, full of smiles, looking very happy.

Kitazawa hadn't invited him before, and he hadn't notified him in advance.

This was a surprise attack.

But thinking about it carefully, it was also reasonable.

The reform of the genius class was carried out under his promotion.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was the one who most hoped to see the genius class achieve results, as that would also increase his reputation.

Now that it was the first practical exam of the genius class, it was normal for him to come and visit.

"Hokage-sama."

Kitazawa walked up to greet him.

"Kitazawa."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said with a chuckle, "I came uninvited, please don't take offense."

"It is our honor that Hokage-sama can come."

Kitazawa responded.

"The genius class has been running for a month, I wonder what changes there are."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze fell on Naruto Uzumaki and the others.

"They won't disappoint Itachi."

Kitazawa said with a smile.

"Then I'll wait and see."

Hiruzen Sarutobi retreated to the side of the playground and became an audience member.

"The first practical exam of this semester for the genius class starts now."

Kitazawa walked into the field and said, "This exam adopts a random matching format, divided into three rounds, and rankings will be based on performance."

Iruka Umino immediately moved up a lottery box.

But this time, it wasn't the students drawing, but Kitazawa.

He continued the lottery method from the last student council selection practical.

"First round, first match, Neji Hyuga vs. Naruto Uzumaki."

Kitazawa announced, "Please come to the field, Itachi two."

"Them two again?"

Kiba Inuzuka's face showed surprise.

Neji Hyuga and Naruto Uzumaki had fought in the last final exam, which was the student council selection practical.

In the end, Neji Hyuga lost to Naruto Uzumaki's Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu and Rasengan.

"I feel like Naruto has a higher probability of winning."

Shikamaru Nara said casually.

Choji Akimichi, Ino Yamanaka, and others nodded.

They also favored Naruto Uzumaki, including Sasuke Uchiha.

Except for Hinata Hyuga.

Hinata Hyuga knew that Neji Hyuga had learned the Shadow Clone Jutsu and the Eight Trigrams Air Palm.

And most importantly, he had received Kitazawa's special training during this period.

"Directly against Naruto?"

Neji Hyuga felt something subtle.

Could it be that Kitazawa had manipulated things in secret?

But upon second thought, he felt it was unlikely.

Kitazawa wasn't that kind of person, and Hiruzen Sarutobi was on the scene; if he were caught cheating, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Neji again?"

Naruto Uzumaki scratched his head.

He liked close-quarters combat, but he particularly disliked Gentle Fist close-quarters combat, because it would seal his chakra acupoints, making him feel very uncomfortable when fighting.

The last sparring with Neji Hyuga proved this point; he was restricted everywhere and almost lost to him.

"Naruto!"

Rock Lee gave a thumbs up and said, "For youth!"

"I'm going!"

Naruto Uzumaki was immediately full of fighting spirit and walked into the field.

Neji Hyuga recalled what Kitazawa had taught him and came to his opposite side.

He set up the Gentle Fist stance and said, "Please."

"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Naruto Uzumaki was still using his old routine; as soon as the battle started, he created thirty shadow clones.

The shadow clones immediately dispersed and formed three queues.