Just as Uchiha Inabi and Hinata Iruha were at a stalemate...
Uchiha Shisui, who was lined up not far behind them, kept scanning the Genin Formation with his gaze.
Finally, his gaze settled on Aokawa.
He recognized him as a senior who was one year ahead of him back at the Ninja Academy.
He had rarely seen him after graduating early, and he hadn't expected him not to have graduated yet.
What puzzled him was that in the entire Genin Formation, the only one who gave him a sense of threat was this senior.
His strength was definitely not as simple as it appeared on the surface; there were likely other reasons why he hadn't graduated.
But that wasn't important; he only needed to know to pick the strongest person as his teammate.
He continued to scan and finally stopped on Might Guy.
His aura couldn't compare to Aokawa's, but among these people, he was also quite formidable.
"It'll be the two of them!" Uchiha Shisui made up his mind.
Meanwhile, within the Genin Formation.
As soon as Hyuga Ryosuke heard they had to wait for the Chunin to pick Genin, he immediately began to worry for Aokawa.
"This is trouble. Those Chunin definitely won't want a student who hasn't even graduated. Without a Chunin looking out for him, patrolling will be very dangerous."
At this thought, Hyuga Ryosuke's face clouded with worry.
After a moment, he looked at Hinata Iruha among the Chunin and made a decision.
When the meeting adjourned, he would go and stand right next to Aokawa.
He had some acquaintance with Brother Iroha, and they were of the same clan, so he would see if he could beg him to pick both of them; that way, they could at least look out for each other.
Might Guy was much more straightforward; of everyone there, he was most familiar with Kakashi and Aokawa.
He figured Kakashi would probably be hanging out with Uchiha Obito and the others again.
So he would definitely go and stand with Aokawa and wait for those Chunin to pick them together.
Besides, with Aokawa around, his training could progress even further; he always knew exactly when to call a halt when he pushed his physical training to the limit.
At first, he hadn't thought much of it, but after actual training, he found that if Aokawa helped him control the intensity, his recovery and training results would improve significantly.
Kurenai Yuhi went without saying; from the moment they lined up, her ruby-red eyes hadn't moved from Aokawa.
Only Uchiha Tetsubi was restless, constantly signaling to Uchiha Inabi among the Chunin to pick him later.
For a moment, everyone in the field had different thoughts. Some hoped a familiar Chunin would pick them, while a few were prepared to watch Aokawa make a fool of himself.
"Rin! Why do you keep looking at him?" Uchiha Obito's jealousy flared up when he saw Rin Nohara looking at Aokawa with a worried expression.
Rin Nohara shook her head. "I was just wondering, since he hasn't graduated, why would he be sent to the Front Lines?"
"Right!" Uchiha Obito realized belatedly. "He's not even a Genin, so how did he get sent here even earlier than us?"
"If the other Chunin don't want him later, let's have Kakashi pick him too!"
"Rin, you..." Uchiha Obito didn't know how to argue for a moment.
He wanted to tell Rin not to meddle, but he also knew her personality was just like that, always warming the people around her.
Just then, Suzuki Shinj on the field finally finished his long-winded speech.
The flagging spirits of the people below finally began to show some Life Qi.
"Alright, now go ahead and pick your own teams!" Suzuki Shinj waved his hand. "Dismissed!"
As soon as he finished speaking...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Several moving afterimages suddenly appeared on the field as the Body Flicker Technique was used repeatedly. Some people in the path of the afterimages were accidentally bumped and stumbled back several steps.
"Is there any need to be so dramatic? What's the rush?"
"Exactly..." the people who were bumped grumbled.
In the next second, the entire noisy Training Ground instantly fell silent.
Several people were gathered around Aokawa in unison.
Kurenai Yuhi grabbed Aokawa's arm, hanging onto him like a sloth, her large eyes flashing with a wary gaze as she blinked at the people around them.
Uchiha Tetsubi was pulling Aokawa's other hand. He had intended to tell his big brother that he had found a powerhouse to rely on, but seeing Uchiha Inabi already standing in front of him, he felt there was no need to speak.
Uchiha Inabi and Hinata Iruha each had a hand on one of Aokawa's shoulders, glaring at each other and refusing to back down.
"I picked him first!" Uchiha Inabi said with an unfriendly expression.
"Oh! You 'picked' him? What right do you have to pick Aokawa?" Hinata Iruha said sarcastically, his gaze equally unfriendly. "In any case, I'm here to team up with Aokawa."
"Wh-what 'pick'? You heard wrong." Uchiha Inabi's eyes flickered as he defended himself. "I said 'jump'. Right! I jumped in front of Aokawa first, so he should team up with me."
"You first?" The veins around Hinata Iruha's eyes bulged. "These eyes of mine saw it clearly; I arrived first."
"First?" Uchiha Inabi's Two-tomoe Sharingan slowly rotated. "Lies are meaningless before these eyes!"
Both sides were at each other's throats, and the atmosphere was thick with tension.
Just then, Uchiha Inabi saw that Hinata Iruha actually had both hands on Aokawa's shoulders.
He was about to do the same and raise his other hand when he suddenly realized that Hinata Iruha's two hands seemed a bit different.
He followed one of the hands with his gaze.
"Shisui? Why are you joining the commotion?"
"Well, if I'm not mistaken, I was the first to arrive," Uchiha Shisui said with a smile, his tone very gentle.
He hadn't expected that he wasn't the only one on the field who saw Aokawa's true strength.
Fortunately, he had some talent in Body Flicker; he really couldn't underestimate the others.
Hyuga Ryosuke's foot, which he had just raised, stopped in mid-air. His mouth hung open as he looked at the scene with utter disbelief.
"What's the situation? So many people fighting over him? Is this kid Aokawa not only popular with girls now, but also a hit with the guys?"
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