Wake up to reality! Nothing ever goes as planned in this world."
[ Madara Uchiha]
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Hidden Leaf Village.
Ninja Academy.
Inside one of the classrooms, the Chunin teacher stood to the side, holding a form.
"Next, Shin Hatake."
Following the Chunin teacher's voice, a silver-haired boy calmly walked to the front of the classroom, his fingers flying, performing a simple hand sign in front of him.
Bang!
With a puff of white smoke, a clone almost identical to Shin in expression and movement appeared to his left.
This scene made many girls in the classroom exclaim, not just because the Clone Jutsu was successfully performed on the first try, but also because Shin's looks were among the best in the class.
"95 points, good."
The Chunin teacher nodded slightly at Shin and recorded his score with a pen.
Successfully performed in one go with almost no major flaws, this score could place him in the top ten of the class. However, the Chunin teacher's eyes did not show much praise.
The reason was simple: Shin had a younger brother named Kakashi Hatake, who applied for early graduation at five and passed, and was already promoted to Chunin at six. His astonishing and outstanding talent was famous throughout Hidden Leaf, and in many people's eyes, he was a genius who inherited the will of the 'White Fang of Hidden Leaf.'
Compared to him, Shin Hatake was quite ordinary.
Although Shin was also a top student in the class, with excellent scores in everything, there was no harm without comparison. Now, at eight years old, he was still studying methodically in the Ninja Academy, never showing the kind of astonishing talent that Kakashi did.
However, the Chunin teacher was noncommittal, but some chirping voices still rang out.
"Shin is so amazing!"
"95 points, that must be first place, right?"
Many girls gazed at the stage with sparkling eyes.
Transmigrating to this world and inheriting the bloodline of the White Fang of Hidden Leaf, Shin's appearance was basically not much different from Kakashi's. However, he disliked wearing a mask and wasn't as overly aloof as Kakashi, so he was almost the focus of the girls in the class.
Shin walked back to his seat and smiled at Kurenai, who was looking at him from beside him, saying, "It's nothing, the Clone Jutsu isn't very difficult; you can do it if you concentrate."
He had come to this world two years ago and became Kakashi's older brother, but his arrival was a little late, failing to prevent the death of Kakashi's father, Sakumo Hatake, the White Fang of Hidden Leaf.
This incident greatly affected Kakashi, who applied for early graduation less than a month later.
As a dignified transmigrator, having inherited the White Fang's bloodline, Shin was naturally no worse than Kakashi. However, he felt that early graduation was a foolish act and scoffed at it.
Why bother?!
Wouldn't it be better to train slowly in the Ninja Academy and improve steadily? Why graduate early?
Moreover, it was now the 42nd year of Hidden Leaf. If he remembered correctly, next year would be the true start of the Third Great Ninja War, and the ninja world had been in turmoil everywhere recently.
If it were peacetime, graduating early and becoming a Genin would be fine, usually performing some very ordinary missions. But in such a turbulent period before a war, even Genin would often undertake dangerous combat missions.
Kakashi graduated at five and was promoted to Chunin at six, which seemed astonishingly brilliant, but in Shin's view, it was purely 'reckless.' Not to mention how dangerous the missions were after being promoted to Chunin, simply showing such high talent would attract the attention of hostile villages.
It was a turbulent period now.
The Hidden Cloud Village, Hidden Mist Village, Hidden Sand Village, and Hidden Stone Village were all acting against Hidden Leaf Village. A genius like Kakashi would certainly be noticed by their enemies, which was not a good thing.
"If I had Jonin-level strength, graduating early wouldn't be a problem..."
Shin muttered to himself.
It was a pity that he didn't have Jonin-level strength yet. Although he believed he could easily defeat his younger brother Kakashi, he was currently at most an elite Chunin, and this was with him possessing a special ability.
After all, at eight years old, the body was still developing. For a ninja, it wasn't until after sixteen that they truly passed the development period and reached a stable stage.
Right.
It was worth mentioning the special ability he possessed.
He discovered it by accident after transmigrating to this world. It existed in his mind, an enormous, ethereal clock pattern he could see by simply closing his eyes.
This illusory clock was somewhat similar to Kurumi Tokisaki's 'Zafkiel' from the Date A Live world, but so far, the only ability he had unlocked was time acceleration.
It was similar to Fixed Time Control from the Fate world.
It was time acceleration applied to himself.
In a state of time acceleration, all his actions would become faster, including taijutsu, hand signs, and so on. This was one of the reasons he could defeat Kakashi.
Currently, he could use up to two times time acceleration, which meant that in time acceleration mode, his speed would be twice as fast as normal!
"...Shin, um, I brought two bento boxes today, wanna eat together later?"
Just as Shin was thinking, a girl sitting in the front row turned her head, her cheeks slightly flushed and spoke to Shin.
This immediately sparked anger from the other girls nearby, and even Kurenai, who was sitting next to Shin, looked at the girl, and the air was thick with the whiff of gunpowder.
Seeing this,
Shin reluctantly pursed his lips.
He probably understood why Kakashi wore a mask; it might be because of situations like this... But it also had to do with the other boys in the class being so weak.
Although this class lineup was quite luxurious, with the future behind-the-scenes BOSS of the ninja world, Obito Uchiha, and well-known characters from the original story like Rin Nohara, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi, Obito was currently dead last, and others like Asuma Sarutobi had average looks and performance.
Itachi Uchiha would enroll a few years later, and Shisui Uchiha had already enrolled but was two grades below him and not in the same class. There was basically no one strong to fight.
If Kakashi hadn't graduated early, perhaps he could have taken some of the popularity.
Sigh.
Being too popular was also a nuisance.
Shin sighed inwardly. He used to envy such scenes, but after truly experiencing it, he could only sigh silently. But then again, the precocity of girls in the Naruto world was more outrageous than he had imagined.
Looking at these eight- and nine-year-old girls already fighting over boys, one could probably understand.
Compared to girls, boys were just as precocious.
The scene around Shin had already drawn jealous glances from many in the class, with anger subtly burning, and some even clenched their fists.
"That bastard..."
"How annoying, I really want to punch him."
"But you can't beat him..."
"Shut up!"
Among the gritting-toothed, fist-clenching boys was Obito Uchiha, because Rin was also one of the girls gathered around Shin.
Shin didn't care much about the others in the class; the only ones he cared about were Might Guy and Obito Uchiha. However, he was interested in Obito after he turned dark. Before turning dark, Obito was basically harmless, just a dead last who held others back.
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