Chapter 647

Naruto Uzumaki said with excitement.

He was the type of person who had to use a new ninjutsu as soon as he learned it.

Now that he had just learned Wind Style: Gale Palm, he was worried about not having a chance to use it.

Plus, he had lost to Neji Hyuga and Sasuke Uchiha in the last monthly exam, and he had been holding a grudge in his heart for a long time.

"Troublesome."

Shikamaru Nara, standing next to him, said with a headache.

The expressions of the two formed a perfect contrast.

Sasuke Uchiha subconsciously gripped the hilt of his sword.

He wanted to maintain first place just like in the last monthly exam.

Only by being first twice in a row could he prove his strength.

And he was confident he could get first place again, because during this time, his strength had improved again.

Especially his Leaf-style swordsmanship, which was becoming more proficient, and he could even barely perform the Leaf-style: Willow.

Neji Hyuga's face was slightly solemn.

There was still a week left; he didn't know if he could learn Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms.

He was only four palms short.

Only after learning Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms would he be more confident in facing Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki.

"Sakura, want to have a competition?"

Ino Yamanaka asked provocatively.

She had learned the four ninjutsu given by Kitazawa in a row, and she was feeling extremely confident at this moment.

"Compete in what?"

Sakura Haruno saw through her thoughts at a glance.

But since she was her good sister, she couldn't back down either.

Besides, she had already mastered Water Style: Water Wall, and coupled with Water Style: Water Wave, if she used them well for defense and offense, her chances of winning were not small.

"Of course, competing to see who gets a higher ranking in the practical exam."

Ino Yamanaka showed a bright smile on her face and said, "Whoever loses treats the other."

"No problem."

Sakura Haruno agreed immediately.

"What a hot-blooded youth!"

Naruto Uzumaki turned back, gave a thumbs up, and asked, "Sasuke, let's have a competition too, how about it?"

"I have no interest in losers."

Sasuke Uchiha said calmly.

"As expected of Sasuke-kun!"

Sakura Haruno immediately said like a fangirl, "So cool!"

"Naruto, I'll compete with Itachi!"

Rock Lee grinned, his teeth flashing as he said.

"Good!"

Naruto Uzumaki said excitedly, "Then we'll have a taijutsu duel full of youth!"

"How can I be missing from this?"

Kiba Inuzuka joined in the fun and said, "Whoever gets the lowest ranking treats everyone to Ichiraku Ramen."

"No problem!"

Rock Lee agreed immediately.

"Itachi've fallen into a trap."

Tenten reminded him helplessly, "Don't compete with them on ranking."

Although Rock Lee's performance in the practical exam was okay, his theory exam was a mess.

Without needing to compete, Tenten could guess whose ranking would be the lowest.

"It's okay!"

Rock Lee said indifferently, "Whether I win or lose, it's all youth!"

"..."

Tenten was speechless.

Shino Aburame adjusted his glasses.

He had no desire to compete, only caring about his parasitic insect mutation experiment.

But the water-style resistant parasitic insects were still nowhere to be found, which was already some time later than the birth of his fire-style insects.

Shino Aburame guessed that fire-style was more lethal, so it forced the parasitic insects to evolve quickly, while water-style was relatively gentle.

"Children are still full of vitality."

Kosuke Maruboshi said with a chuckle.

Hatake Kakashi nodded subconsciously.

But he soon realized something and wondered if this was saying he wasn't full of vitality?

"Everyone go back and prepare well."

Kitazawa reminded, "After this monthly exam, the next monthly exam will be the final exam; cherish these two opportunities."

The Ninja Academy had a three-semester system per year, with the third semester being the shortest, less than three months.

"After the final exam, will we become second-year students?"

Naruto Uzumaki raised his hand and asked.

"This is a genius class, no grade division."

Kitazawa changed the subject and said with a smile, "But Itachi are indeed one year closer to graduation."

"I'm not in a hurry to graduate."

Naruto Uzumaki scratched his head and said.

Although he wanted to become an official ninja, his time at the Ninja Academy made him very happy and reluctant to leave.

"Graduation is still far off."

Kitazawa paused and said, "Alright, everyone go home."

"Goodbye, Kitazawa-sensei!"

The students of the genius class said goodbye one after another and turned to leave.

"See Itachi next time."

Kitazawa bid farewell to Kosuke Maruboshi and Hatake Kakashi and went home.

The next morning.

Kitazawa, still in his sleep, suddenly had a large amount of information appear in his mind.

It was his shadow clone returning after confirming the situation of the Hidden Sky Village.

"Looks like luck is not bad."

Kitazawa sat up and stretched.

According to the memory transmitted by the shadow clone, Shennong was currently in the Hidden Sky Village.

Kitazawa glanced at the sleeping Kurenai Yuhi and got out of bed.

He changed his clothes and came to the place where their ninja squad trained at the Ninja Academy.

"Kitazawa-sensei."

Yakushi Kabuto, Torune Aburame, and Izumi Uchiha immediately walked in front of him.

"Today at one o'clock in the afternoon, gather at the village gate; we will go out to perform a mission."

Kitazawa didn't waste any words and said directly.

"What kind of mission is it?"

Yakushi Kabuto responded and asked.

"In terms of difficulty, it's about an S-rank mission."

Kitazawa said truthfully, "But this is not a mission issued by the Hidden Leaf Village, so we won't get S-rank mission rewards."

Yakushi Kabuto's expression became solemn upon hearing this.

S-rank missions were truly high-difficulty missions, not to be mentioned in the same breath as previous B-rank missions.

As for no rewards, they didn't care.

After all, the 1. million ryo Kitazawa got after killing Raiga Kurosuki was shared with them.

But they hadn't even seen Raiga Kurosuki, let alone helped with anything; it was like money picked up for free.

"The destination of this mission is the Hidden Sky Village."

Kitazawa smiled and said, "I'll talk about the specifics later; Itachi can also try to look up information."

"Understood, Kitazawa-sensei."

Yakushi Kabuto's spirits lifted, and he became interested.

He had never heard of any Hidden Sky Village.

This was a challenge for his information gathering ability.

"See Itachi in the afternoon."

Kitazawa patted Yakushi Kabuto's shoulder and said.

He did it on purpose.

Yakushi Kabuto had strong abilities, so naturally, they couldn't be wasted; if he trained him more, he would definitely be able to play a big role in the future.

For example, after Kitazawa became Hokage, Yakushi Kabuto could completely replace Danzo Shimura's position.

A ninja village definitely needs someone to do dirty work.

But it can't be like Danzo Shimura; after all, being too dirty is not good.

Kitazawa left the Ninja Academy and returned to Kurenai Yuhi's home.

"Are Itachi back?"

Kurenai Yuhi had already woken up, wearing a black silk nightgown and sitting on the sofa.

"Up so early today?"

Kitazawa was somewhat surprised.

"What do Itachi mean by that?"

Kurenai Yuhi's face turned red, she glared at him, and asked.

Although she had indeed performed quite miserably last night.

For some reason, she felt Kitazawa had become much stronger again.

"Ahem."

Kitazawa paused and said, "We are going out to perform a mission this afternoon."

"What mission?"

Kurenai Yuhi hummed and said, "Please don't let it be B-rank!"