Chapter 797: Teaching at the Hokage

Naruto Uzumaki only felt a blur before his eyes, and the surrounding view dimmed.

He subconsciously closed his eyes and opened them again.

The huge bars came into his view.

"Human!"

A voice full of hatred rang out.

Endless chakra turned into a cold, fierce wind blowing toward him.

But this chakra could not break through the bars.

A deafening sound rang out.

A large red head slammed into the bars.

The Nine-Tails bared its fangs and glared at him, its huge teeth flashing with cold light.

Behind it, nine tails floated in the air like tentacles.

Naruto Uzumaki subconsciously took half a step back.

His first feeling was that the Nine-Tails was so big, and then that it was so fierce.

The First Hokage was actually able to defeat such a tailed beast; how powerful must his strength be?

Naruto Uzumaki was distracted for a moment.

"Human, I will kill Itachi!"

The Nine-Tails' violent aura filled the entire sealing space.

"Why do Itachi want to kill me?"

Naruto Uzumaki asked uncomprehendingly.

"If I kill Itachi, I can regain my freedom!"

When the Nine-Tails mentioned freedom, the killing intent in its eyes became even more obvious.

"No, I can't die!"

Naruto Uzumaki shook his head and said, "I still have to become the strongest Hokage!"

"The strongest Hokage?"

The Nine-Tails' aura paused, and it said disdainfully, "That is completely impossible for Itachi!"

It had personally experienced Hashirama Senju's strength.

It was impossible for anyone in the entire ninja world to be more powerful than him.

Unless the Sage of Six Paths was resurrected.

"Why is it impossible?"

Naruto Uzumaki gave a thumbs up, his teeth flashing, and said, "Youth has infinite possibilities!"

"Because Itachi simply cannot beat Hashirama Senju!"

The Nine-Tails said with grief and indignation.

It had been beaten too miserably by Hashirama Senju back then.

"Just because I can't beat him now doesn't mean I won't be able to in the future!"

Naruto Uzumaki said very confidently.

"Ignorant human!"

The Nine-Tails said with contempt.

"I feel like Itachi are very afraid of the First Hokage."

Naruto Uzumaki tilted his head and said.

"Nonsense!"

The Nine-Tails seemed to have had its tail stepped on, and it roared in anger, "I am the most powerful tailed beast; would I be afraid of him?"

The sealing space shook violently, and red winds swept through, as terrifying as the arrival of the apocalypse.

Naruto Uzumaki was a bit worried.

Was this seal stable?

But fortunately, nothing happened.

In the dark sealing space, the human and the fox stared at each other, and the atmosphere was inexplicably awkward.

Naruto Uzumaki had just prepared to speak when he suddenly felt everything go black and was kicked out.

He returned to the playground again.

"How was it?"

Kitazawa asked.

"I feel it's very difficult to communicate with."

Naruto Uzumaki thought for a moment and said.

"It's normal that it's difficult to communicate with."

Kitazawa said with a smile, "Itachi can chat with it when Itachi have nothing to do; anyway, it can't hurt Itachi."

【Current mission: Inform Naruto Uzumaki of the existence of the Nine-Tails.】

【Mission reward: Half a Kakashi-unit of chakra limit.】

【The host has completed the mission; rewards are being issued.】

A simple and unadorned mission reward.

Kitazawa's total chakra was about to reach seven Kakashi-units.

"Hmm!"

Naruto Uzumaki nodded vigorously.

He was used to being lonely, and suddenly discovering that there was a Nine-Tails inside him that he could communicate with, he actually found it novel.

"Let's go, let's go to the playground."

Kitazawa took him to the playground.

The genius class had finished their training, but none of them had left.

It was because Kitazawa had specifically instructed them to stay and wait for him.

Besides the students, Kakashi Hatake and Maruboshi Kosuke were also there.

"Next Thursday and Friday, the first monthly exam of this semester will be held."

Kitazawa looked at them and said.

"Is it monthly exam time again?"

Inuzuka Kiba said with regret, "It's a pity I haven't learned the Fang Passing Fang yet."

Uchiha Sasuke frowned slightly.

His Lightning Release: Chidori was also lacking.

Compared to the last final exam, his strength hadn't improved significantly.

But Naruto Uzumaki was different.

He had obtained the Great Sword: Samehada gifted by Kitazawa.

Uchiha Sasuke hadn't beaten him in the last final exam, and it was even more impossible this time.

Forget it, endure for now!

Uchiha Sasuke could only hope to learn Lightning Release: Chidori soon.

"For this monthly exam, I plan to add a special type of practical combat exam."

Kitazawa said with a smile.

Everyone looked at each other in dismay upon hearing this.

This news was too sudden and caught them off guard.

Maruboshi Kosuke and Kakashi Hatake looked at each other, both seeing surprise.

They didn't know about this matter either.

Kitazawa hadn't told them in advance.

"Teacher Kitazawa, what kind of method is it?"

Inuzuka Kiba raised his hand and asked.

A practical combat exam definitely required practical combat.

In his opinion, for students like them, besides sparring with each other, there were no other practical combat methods.

Could it be a class-wide melee?

"Doing missions."

Kitazawa replied, "Led by me, Kakashi, and Senior Kosuke, letting Itachi experience the real life of a ninja in advance."

He didn't make this decision on a whim.

It was something he thought of while planning to seize the Sword of the Thunder God.

Kitazawa had originally planned to take Uchiha Sasuke on this mission.

But taking one is the same as taking three.

The only job of a ninja is to execute missions.

Letting Uchiha Sasuke, Naruto Uzumaki, and the others adapt in advance had no downsides.

Besides this, there was another reason.

That was that the ranking of the genius class's monthly exams had stabilized, and it was hard to have any major changes, especially in the top twenty.

Fighting back and forth, it was still Naruto Uzumaki, Uchiha Sasuke, and the others.

The previous highlight was who could get first place.

But with the rapid increase in Naruto Uzumaki's strength, this suspense was gradually disappearing.

The top three were basically fixed as Naruto Uzumaki, Kurama Yakumo, and Uchiha Sasuke.

The rest were Neji Hyuga, Hinata Hyuga, and Shino Aburame, which was quite fixed.

"What?"

Inuzuka Kiba widened his eyes.

Others also showed expressions of surprise.

This practical combat exam method could be called unheard of.

Because according to the rules of the Hidden Leaf Village, only official ninjas could execute missions.

If the Hokage were still Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kitazawa wouldn't even dare to bring it up.

But now it was Tsunade, and it was easier to talk to one of their own.

"It seems I haven't reached the age of retirement yet."

Maruboshi Kosuke smiled upon hearing this and said.

It just so happened that he wanted to go out and stretch his muscles recently to test his new left leg.

Kakashi Hatake was a bit surprised, but not much.

He was from the Anbu and was used to obeying orders.

Kitazawa was now the Anbu commander-in-chief and the vice-principal of the Ninja Academy; he was his superior everywhere.

"I like this practical combat method!"