"Great!!"
Sasuke clenched his fists in excitement, his expression bright in a way reminiscent of his reaction when he first mastered the Great Fireball Technique in the manga.
Shiro also breathed a sigh of relief.
"To let a kunai change direction twice in a row… that can indeed catch an opponent off guard, even someone with a Sharingan's reaction time."
"If I'm not mistaken, this method came from you."
Uchiha Izumi pulled the kunai from the target on her chest protector and smiled at Shiro.
That third kunai just now
It had been thrown by Shiro!
It was also Shiro's third kunai the final strike that brought this training match to an end.
"Yes."
Shiro nodded.
Then, almost without realizing it, he secretly glanced at Zabuza standing outside the training field.
He hoped the man would show even a hint of pride on his face.
But unfortunately,
Zabuza still wore his same cold, impassive expression just like in the manga, where he only ever showed emotion in rare moments with Haku.
"Sasuke was the one whose kunai ended up hitting the target, but the solution was something you came up with."
"Then tell me should the winner be you? Or Sasuke?"
Uchiha Izumi suddenly tossed the question at Shiro with a mischievous smile rarely seen in most Uchiha.
From the sidelines, Chiya watching the lively scene could only laugh helplessly.
He never expected Uchiha Izumi to have such a teasing side!
Sasuke instantly turned to Shiro, nervous and tense.
"Naturally, it's according to the rules stated before the match."
"Since the kunai stuck in the target belongs to Sasuke, then the one who wins should be Sasuke."
Shiro replied.
Hearing this,
Sasuke let out a quiet breath of relief
Then, for some reason, irritation flashed across his face.
He suddenly blurted out loudly, "I don't need your pity! If I hadn't figured it out, I wouldn't have been able to hit at all! So it should be you who wins! But listen! Next time the one who wins will definitely be me!!"
And with that, he turned and ran off.
Shiro: "Sasuke…"
Shiro wanted to tell Sasuke that he truly hadn't meant to belittle him at all.
But unfortunately,
Sasuke had already run far away…
At that moment, Uchiha Izumi clapped her hands, drawing all the students' attention, and said, "I believe you all now have a clearer understanding of your throwing ability. In one week, I'll conduct another test. Everyone will be required to hit moving targets just like the form shown today!"
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Instantly, every student wailed in despair.
They couldn't even consistently hit stationary targets now.
And moving targets in a week?
That was unbelievably fast!
Seeing the groaning students, Uchiha Izumi could only shake her head with a helpless smile.
Then she showed an exaggeratedly pitiful look and said, "If you don't want the kunai in your hands to hit me and make me bleed or get injured at that time, then you all had better work hard and improve your level."
Some students immediately protested: "Teacher, you're too cunning…"
Uchiha Izumi simply smiled and said nothing.
To make these little brats learn their throwing skills honestly, it required a battle of wits and courage something the manga often showed instructors doing with their students.
...
Later, after school, the students collectively stayed behind and began to practice their throwing techniques.
The reason why they worked so hard,
On the one hand, they wanted to achieve a good score in the test a week from now.
On the other hand, they genuinely didn't want to see Izumi-sensei get hurt even though they all knew she could easily dodge with her Sharingan, as demonstrated in earlier chapters.
...
From the office window,
Kakashi was also observing this entire scene in the training grounds.
At this moment,
His heart was filled with terrifying waves!!
Compared to the traditional education of the standard Konoha Ninja Academy,
The teaching method here was practically insane!!
But he had to admit
The method was also incredibly effective!
Just seeing the students voluntarily staying after class to train was enough proof.
Beyond that,
The curriculum here was unbelievably rich!
There were even classes such as "Puppetry Arts" a discipline associated with Sunagakure and normally never taught in Konoha at all.
You know,
Even Konoha's ninja school with over fifty years of history didn't offer a puppetry course!
Comparing the two,
It was like comparing a poor, underfunded public school
to a luxury high-class private academy.
Following this trend,
It was entirely possible that the students of this new school really would achieve an 80% pass rate in the Chūnin Exams in just two months!
This was something the traditional academy had never accomplished!
And once that happened,
It would indirectly prove that the academy under the direct jurisdiction of the village leadership was a failure!
If that day came,
The village's upper management would be utterly embarrassed!
Just when Kakashi's thoughts were drifting far ahead,
"Kakashi-sensei, are we going to eat ramen later?"
Chiya walked over side by side with Zabuza.
After Kakashi returned to his senses, he looked at Chiya and said, "That kid named Haku isn't part of the Uchiha clan. You're technically violating the Third Hokage's regulations."
Chiya smiled and said, "Haku is part of Teacher Zabuza's family. He came with Zabuza from the beginning."
"I saw that it wasn't good for him to be wandering outside every day, so I arranged for him to attend the school."
"But don't worry, his status is only that of an auditor, not an official student of this academy."
Kakashi: "…"
After a brief silence, he asked tentatively, "What if I report everything here to the Third Hokage?"
After saying that,
He stared directly at Chiya's expression, watching carefully.
Yet to his great surprise,
Chiya simply smiled and said, "That is your duty, and it's perfectly reasonable. I fully understand."
Kakashi stared into Chiya's eyes for a long moment before withdrawing his gaze. In the end, he said nothing further, shoved his hands into his pockets, and walked away.
"I don't know why, but looking at that guy just doesn't feel cool!"
Zabuza muttered while watching Kakashi's distant back.
Chiya: "…"
Should I say this is the fate of those who carry sins?
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