The door opened, a jonin appeared on the threshold and all the jonin mentors inside immediately turned to him.
- Team number seventeen has been registered for the first stage," he announced and closed the door.
Well done girls, I never doubted them!
Relieved and relieved, I was glad that the organizers' little surprises hadn't kept the students long, though they could have reached their goal sooner - the chunin-level traps shouldn't have been too difficult, after all, I'd trained the girls to their fullest potential.
The other shinobi, who had long ago realized that such an announcement was not in vain, returned to their conversations, but those whose teams were about to arrive were visibly worried, though they did not show it outwardly.
- Congratulations, Ryo-san, it looks like your team was among the first to arrive," a vaguely familiar Konoha kunoichi in a jonin outfit approached me.
- Thank you... Nasuri-san," I remembered who she was after a few moments, "congratulations on becoming a jonin, I didn't expect to see you here.
Then genin, she was the girl who had attended the iryonin course at the hospital with me and was one of the few to graduate. I didn't expect to meet her like this, especially since the kunoichi didn't work at the hospital on a full-time basis, working part-time for only two years and then just disappearing from sight.
- Tokubetsu jonin," the girl corrected, smiling softly, "I was promoted a little over a year ago and almost immediately handed over to a team that was left without a mentor.
- And the old one? - I raised an eyebrow questioningly.
The deaths of mentors are not so frequent, but they do happen - protecting weak genin against a serious opponent, it's easy to get hurt yourself.
- Too badly wounded to continue serving," Nasuri sighed sadly.
- It happens," I shrugged and changed the subject, "and who are yours?
- Team number four," the kunoichi answered proudly.
Hmm, one of the local teams that I'd found out information about through the clan people at the Hokage's office rather than by personal observation because of their long absence from the village on an escort mission, so I didn't know about my longtime acquaintance.
- Oh, congratulations, she's one of the first to register," I raised my eyebrows.
- With Hyuga's kunoichi, it's hard not to find a familiar class," she grinned, "and the rest of my students are clan students, so the result is expected.
The two boys from the smaller clans are better than the simpletons, but they're not exactly star-struck, and they'll be a match for my girls.
- Ryo, you're here! - A sudden exclamation from the door caused me to look away.
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