On the playground of the Ninja Academy, during today's Taijutsu class...
Beside Masahiko stood a young boy.
He said with a smile, "Let me introduce everyone, this person is transferring to our class from another."
After speaking, Masahiko began the introduction: "His name is Sai, I hope you all get along well in the future."
Everyone looked over one after another.
As a child, although Sai was also from the Root Organization, his expressions were relatively rich before the incident where he had to fight Shin to the death.
There was also a hint of curiosity in his gaze, especially... when he looked at Sasuke.
This is Uchiha Sasuke?
He doesn't look that different.
Sai thought to himself.
To make his class transfer seem normal and to protect Yakumo and the others more closely, Sai had reduced his Root training this month and had been attending classes at the school.
Even in the Root Organization, Sai's grades were among the exceptionally excellent category, let alone now in the Ninja Academy.
On the contrary, controlling his scores had troubled Sai for a long time.
After a month of observation, he finally figured out his classmates' learning progress and strength status, accurately simulating grades that were just a bit better than theirs.
Finally, yesterday, after a month, his application was approved, and he was able to enter Masahiko's class.
Yakumo remained calm on the surface, but her heart was suspicious.
She had seen this person before.
No!
Not just seen him; the other party seemed to appear near her frequently.
Yakumo cast a few more suspicious glances.
"Alright, no sparring today. I'm going to talk about how to respond in chaotic situations..."
Masahiko briefly explained how to respond and escape in a state of chaos.
After finishing the lecture, he also had several people come up to perform a rehearsal.
After a moment, he finally announced:
"Starting today, attack drills will be held irregularly, so I hope everyone takes the content I said today seriously."
Simultaneously.
In every class of the school, all teachers announced this event... during the second period.
Naruto lay on the desk, yawning repeatedly.
This was an Academic class.
He propped up his head, forcing himself to listen to the lesson content, but the previous gaps were too large, and he couldn't understand at all; the more he listened, the sleepier he became.
But looking closely—
This situation wasn't just him.
Most people around were drowsy at this time, yawning repeatedly.
Two seconds later... Kurama Yakumo suddenly sat up.
She looked around and immediately knew something was wrong, promptly poking Ino beside her while taking out her drawing board and pen.
"Ino, something's wrong!"
"Huh?!"
Ino's body jolted, and she immediately sat up straight from her slumber, putting on a posture of attending class properly.
"What's wrong... ah?!!"
Ino looked around, her heart filled with shock, her eyes widening in an instant.
The next second, she instinctively patted Shikamaru—
Among the people she grew up with, the peer she trusted most was Shikamaru.
Shikamaru was patted while in a daze and thought the teacher had come, suddenly startled into a shiver.
After waking up, he realized it was Ino... and glared at her.
"Shikamaru, look, look, what's going on?"
"Hmm?"
Shikamaru looked around and immediately lost his sleepiness.
Iruka on the podium was lecturing passionately, as if a group of studious students were sitting below, but the situation below... everyone was asleep!
Even the usually studious Sakura Haruno and Sasuke were lying on their desks at this time, in a groggy state.
At this moment, Sasuke suddenly lifted his head and stood up abruptly:
"It's Genjutsu!"
"Everyone..."
Sasuke was about to give a warning.
From the side, Shikamaru said in a deep voice: "It's the irregular attack drill the teacher mentioned!"
"Yakumo, find a way to wake everyone up, including the teacher..."
Hearing this, Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief, immediately looked around, and then ran to a corner to start preparing ropes.
Yakumo quickly drew a pattern.
In just One Second, rain began to fall out of thin air above the classroom.
The raindrops, infused with Chakra, quickly woke everyone up.
Most people's first reaction after being soaked by the rain was annoyance, and only a few immediately became alert.
On the podium, Iruka finally realized it was Genjutsu... he felt a bit ashamed and annoyed.
As a teacher, he actually wasn't the first to discover it was Genjutsu.
However.
He still shouted commands immediately:
"An enemy is attacking! Leave through the windows and the main door in an orderly fashion. Do not crowd or panic!"
As he spoke, he immediately took out wire ropes and Kunai, and after tying them, he threw them out.
"Those by the windows, follow my lead..."
Before he could finish his reminder.
Sasuke was already holding a large bundle of segmented ropes, accurately throwing a rope to each window on his side.
"Go down!"
After saying that, while tying it to a fixed point on the window, he slid directly down from above.
Iruka felt a bit awkward.
The students were too excellent, making him, the teacher, seem somewhat useless.
Iruka turned his head and couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed: "Naruto, you idiot!"
Naruto jumped directly from the window to the hallway, and then leaped straight from the balcony toward the first floor.
Although they were only on the second floor and jumping down would likely be fine, that wasn't how the procedure went, and not everyone could do what Naruto did.
He began to direct worriedly—
On Sasuke and Shikamaru's side, he didn't need to worry... On the roof.
Kurenai Yuhi lowered her hand seal for the technique, feeling a bit tired.
Masahiko laughed: "As expected of Kurenai. This level of Genjutsu is probably something only you could achieve."
"They're just a bunch of kids. I only needed to focus on dealing with a few Chunin teachers; it's nothing to boast about..."
Kurenai Yuhi sighed softly.
There was more than one teaching building in the Ninja Academy. She used Genjutsu to handle the lower-grade school area, while the upper-grade school area faced a real Ninja attack.
Those were much more exciting than here!
Upper-grade school area—
Thick mist covered the entire classroom.
It was the Hiding in Mist Technique!
"Throat, spine, heart... where do you want me to attack?"
A cold voice filled with thick killing intent rang out in the classroom.
The next second, a miserable scream came from a corner.
Crimson blood splashed, spraying onto several nearby students.
"Ahhh!! Someone was killed!"
With a scream, the entire classroom fell into chaos, completely without order.
Kakashi sighed helplessly.
It was just blood disguised with animal blood... As expected, for these children, such an attack was still too much.
However.
All of this was to let them live a little longer when a real attack arrived.
"Everyone, go quickly! I'll cover the rear!"
The teacher in front shouted, gripping a Kunai and rushing toward the center.
However.
Bang!
With just one Body Flicker and one hand-knife strike, he was knocked to the ground.
Simultaneously—
Kakashi looked at the nearby people.
Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique!
Several people screamed and fainted on the ground one after another from fear.
Besides him, Ninjas from the Hyuga Clan were also invited.
They used Tenketsu one by one, cooperating with Genjutsu Ninjas to simulate an enemy attack situation.
The entire building was in total chaos!
Kakashi's mouth twitched slightly, but he still had to continue the cruel "pursuit," playing the role of an attacker.
It wasn't just for the so-called drill, but also for the variables that might occur in the Branching Operation, and... the attacks that could arrive at any time!
Moreover.
In their time, twelve-year-olds were already fighting and killing on the battlefield.
Thinking of this, Kakashi used the sword in its scabbard to strike a student, knocking him unconscious.