Chapter 798: Teaching at the Hokage

Naruto Uzumaki said excitedly.

He had wanted to become a ninja for a long time, but because he couldn't bear to leave Kitazawa's teaching, he didn't want to graduate early.

Now that there was a way to be a ninja without graduating, he was naturally very excited.

"I feel my youth burning!"

Rock Lee clenched his fists, wishing he could go on a mission right away.

"It's over, it's even more troublesome now."

Upon hearing this, Nara Shikamaru's eyes went dark, and he felt his future was bleak.

Doing missions was dangerous, time-consuming, and exhausting, often living in the wild for ten days or half a month.

For a lazy person like him, it was simply torture.

"Looks like I need to bring more potato chips."

Akimichi Choji smiled foolishly and said.

He was a person who took things as they came; as long as he had potato chips to eat, it was fine.

"I think it's not bad!"

Yamanaka Ino had a smile on her face and said, "It would be even better if Teacher Kitazawa led the squad!"

Hyuga Hinata nodded in agreement.

Uchiha Sasuke was stunned for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up.

As far as the current situation was concerned, he had a hard time beating Naruto Uzumaki in a head-on spar.

But if it were changed to doing missions, it was hard to say who would win or lose.

Perhaps he would regain first place!

Neji Hyuga had similar thoughts.

If they went out to do missions, their Hyuga clan would have the greatest advantage because they possessed the Byakugan.

Surpassing Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Sasuke and the others wouldn't be a dream.

"Then how should we form teams?"

Sakura Haruno suddenly thought of something and asked with anticipation, "Can I team up with Sasuke-kun?"

Uchiha Sasuke subconsciously wanted to refuse, but he quickly changed his mind.

Because Sakura Haruno was a rare medical ninja.

With her joining, their squad might perform even better.

"This involves the rules of this special practical combat exam."

Kitazawa began to explain the rules.

The first rule: only eighteen students were qualified to participate in the special practical combat exam.

One team leader, three student members; in other words, there were six teams in total.

Kitazawa, Kakashi Hatake, and Maruboshi Kosuke would each lead two teams.

The second rule: the missions accepted should not exceed B-rank in principle.

In other words, only D-rank and C-rank missions could be accepted.

Although the strength of Uchiha Sasuke and the others was no worse than a Chunin, they were ultimately young, and their psychological endurance was poor.

Especially for B-rank missions and above, there was a high probability of killing.

If they were left with psychological trauma, it wouldn't be good.

Start with simple missions and let them get used to the life of a ninja first.

To avoid a situation like the Seventh Squad encountering Zabuza Momochi during a C-rank mission in the original work, Kitazawa would send Anbu to protect them.

After all, having power and not using it was a waste; he was now the Anbu commander-in-chief, so he should use it when necessary.

The third rule was the one Sakura Haruno asked about: how to form teams.

There were two methods; the main one was random drawing to form teams, and the other was decided by the team leader.

The fourth rule was the scoring system.

Scoring would be based on the students' performance during the mission execution process.

Particularly excellent behaviors would be rewarded with extra points, such as discovering the enemy in advance.

Finally, the ranking would be based on the scores.

"Do Itachi understand? If Itachi have questions, Itachi can raise your hand."

After Kitazawa finished speaking, he asked.

"What is the standard for selecting these eighteen students?"

Nara Shikamaru rolled his eyes and raised his hand to ask, "Is it based on the total grade ranking?"

He was already thinking about how to keep his score below eighteenth place.

"No."

Kitazawa shook his head and said, "It is selected by the three of us teachers based on your usual training performance."

"..."

Nara Shikamaru's face stiffened.

How was he supposed to handle this?

During usual training, Kitazawa or his shadow clones would keep an eye on him, making it hard for him to slack off.

No matter how he thought about it, he felt he couldn't escape this.

He was completely dispirited, like a frost-bitten eggplant.

Seeing this, Kitazawa couldn't help but laugh.

This little guy was always thinking about how to slack off.

But the cruelty of the ninja world didn't allow for slacking off.

In the original work, Nara Shikamaru only woke up after Asuma Sarutobi died.

Such a thing was hard to happen now, so Kitazawa could only spur him on.

【Current mission: Win first place in the new practical combat exam.】

【Mission reward: Proficient-level Fire Release chakra nature transformation.】

【Do Itachi accept?】

It was indeed a new system mission triggered.

This mission reward was also not bad.

Kitazawa's proficient-level chakra nature transformation among the seven elements was only missing Fire Release.

Among them, Lightning Release was his only master-level chakra nature transformation.

"If there are no other questions, then school is dismissed."

Kitazawa waited for a moment and said.

"Goodbye, Teacher Kitazawa!"

Naruto Uzumaki and the others greeted him and turned to walk toward the school gate.

"Senior Kosuke, Kakashi, I forgot to tell Itachi about this in advance; I hope Itachi don't blame me."

Kitazawa looked at Maruboshi Kosuke and Kakashi Hatake and said.

"This matter is exactly what I wanted."

Maruboshi Kosuke smiled and said.

"It's good to go out and get some air."

Kakashi Hatake said in a calm tone.

Although he was lax in training, doing D-rank and C-rank missions was no less than going out for a stroll for him.

"That's good."

Kitazawa thought for a moment and said, "After the theory exam on Thursday ends, we will officially start this new practical combat exam."

As for the students who were not qualified to participate, they would continue the original practical combat exam under the leadership of Iruka Umino.

Maruboshi Kosuke and Kakashi Hatake nodded.

They had no objections.

"See Itachi tomorrow."

Kitazawa said goodbye to them and left the Ninja Academy.

He headed toward Kurenai Yuhi's house.

Halfway there, he suddenly frowned.

Someone was following him.

But what made him strange was that this person didn't deliberately hide their tracks, appearing blatant.

"Come out."

Kitazawa walked into a remote alley.

If it were an enemy, fighting wouldn't affect the villagers at least.

However, Kitazawa felt it was mostly not an enemy.

In the Hidden Leaf Village, there were very few people in the entire ninja world who dared to assassinate him.

"Kitazawa."

A cold voice rang out.

Following it was a cold and stunning face without any expression.

"Konan."

A look of surprise appeared on Kitazawa's face.

He really hadn't expected to see Konan in the Hidden Leaf Village.

This time, Konan wasn't wearing the classic black windbreaker with red clouds of the Akatsuki organization, but a ninja vest from the Hidden Rain Village.

Kitazawa roughly understood how she had gotten in.

She had disguised herself as a ninja from the Hidden Rain Village.

During non-war periods, ninjas from various villages were permitted to interact with each other.

Of course, ninjas from other villages would be monitored by the Hidden Leaf Police Force or Anbu after entering the Hidden Leaf Village to prevent them from causing trouble.

Konan must have used some method to avoid them, thus coming to see him alone.

"What do Itachi want with me?"

Kitazawa asked with a smile.

He thought of the Hidden Rain Village ninja Midori Aoi and the Sword of the Thunder God.

If Konan had a request for him, a deal could be made.

As for whether she cared about the Hidden Rain Village ninjas, it could only be said to be Schrödinger's caring.

In the original work, there was such a plot.

A Hidden Rain Village ninja named Shion had just passed the Chunin exam when she was sent to execute an S-rank mission and then died tragically.

After death, her corpse was made into the Animal Path of the Six Paths of Pain.

It was obviously unreasonable for a Chunin to go on an S-rank mission; it was more like she was deliberately sent to die.

Midori Aoi was a traitor from the Hidden Leaf Village, so Konan or the Akatsuki organization wouldn't care about them even more.