"I am Yamanaka Ino." Ino walked up to Beize and asked, "Are you our teacher?"
"I am." A gentle smile appeared on Beize's face. "Beize."
"Teacher Beize, it's nice to meet you." Yamanaka Ino generously extended her small hand.
Children in the ninja world mature early, and she was also someone who judged heavily by looks.
To be more precise, everyone is. They all take a second look at handsome guys and beautiful women. Some are just more obvious about it, some less so.
"Teacher Beize, I'm Haruno Sakura!" Sakura peeked her round head out from behind Ino.
"It's nice to meet you all." Beize nodded slightly and said.
Hyuuga Hinata looked at how enthusiastic they were, and envy appeared in her eyes again.
"Hahaha, this great one has arrived! I came, I conquered! I'm destined to be Hokage!" A short-haired little boy suddenly appeared at the classroom door, shouting very 'chunibyo' things.
But after shouting, he realized Beize was also there, and he immediately became embarrassed.
"Teacher, hello, this great... I'm Inuzuka Kiba." Kiba scratched his head, introducing himself.
"Sit wherever." Beize said casually.
'At this age, it's precisely the time for fantasies. Only after growing up will they understand the cruelty of the world.'
Beize glanced around but didn't see the dog named Akamaru.
The Inuzuka clan, although lacking a Kekkei Genkai, possesses secret techniques for combining with dogs.
"Yes, teacher." Kiba looked left and right, and found a seat in the back row by the window.
'If conditions allowed, he even wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it.'
'This was just like slacking off and reading a novel in class, only to turn around and find the homeroom teacher's death stare through the window.'
"Shikamaru, Chōji, over here!" Ino waved her slender arms, shouting loudly.
The pineapple-headed Nara Shikamaru subconsciously glanced over, his face immediately full of reluctance.
'Three pretty little girls, plus a teacher. This lineup looked terrifying.'
'He was the kind of person who hated trouble the most.'
The slightly chubby Akimichi Chōji didn't think too much, grabbed a bag of chips, and walked over.
"Teacher Beize, do you want some?" Ino reached her hand toward the chips and asked.
"I don't." Beize looked at Akimichi Chōji's pained expression, shook his head, and said, "I prefer fries."
'This is a good person!'
Akimichi Chōji breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
Beize didn't know he had just received a 'good person card'. He didn't put on airs and quickly blended in with the students.
As time passed, the classroom gradually filled up.
Because school had just started, no one knew each other well.
Only Beize's area was lively with conversation.
The only one who felt a bit out of place was Hyuuga Hinata.
From beginning to end, she was very silent.
Only when Beize mentioned her would she quietly say a few words.
"It's about time. We'll chat again when we have the chance." Beize stood up and walked to the podium.
"Handsome and gentle, he's totally my ideal type!" Ino said with an excited expression.
"Too bad he's too old," Sakura shook her head and said.
"Yeah," Ino said, her tone regretful.
"Look! A handsome guy!" Sakura suddenly said excitedly.
Ino subconsciously looked toward the door.
A little boy with his hands in his pockets, looking extremely cool, walked in.
The girls in the classroom inevitably caused a commotion.
Uchiha Sasuke didn't even look at them and found a seat.
His gaze landed on Beize.
'I wonder what this teacher's skill level is. I wonder if he's even one-tenth as skilled as my brother.'
Beize's eyes narrowed slightly.
'Sasuke was just acting cool now. After the clan massacre, he'd be truly withdrawn.'
Of course, that wasn't what he cared about, but the mission that suddenly popped up.
[Current Mission: Obtain the initial approval of your classmate, Uchiha Sasuke.]
[Mission Reward: Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu.]
[Accept?]
'It's the same mission as Naruto's, but the difficulty is on a completely different level.'
'After all, Sasuke's parents were currently both alive, and he had a super-genius older brother, Uchiha Itachi.'
'Beize was just an ordinary Chunin. Getting his approval wouldn't be that easy.'
'But it wasn't impossible.'
'Sasuke, just like Hinata, wanted to gain his father's—Uchiha Fugaku's—approval.'
'It seems the key lies in the Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique.'
Suddenly, the classroom fell silent.
Because a heavyweight had arrived: Uzumaki Naruto.
After the silence, came the murmuring.
Naruto witnessed everyone's reaction and couldn't help but feel dejected.
Even coming to school, his situation hadn't changed at all.
"Naruto, find a seat."
The familiar voice made Naruto's heart tremble.
He looked at Beize at the podium and nodded forcefully.
"Quiet." Beize said in a serious tone.
The noise in the classroom immediately disappeared, but those gazes did not.
Beize scanned the room, then let out a soft 'huh'.
He discovered the last of the Konoha 9, Aburame Shino, wearing a long coat and sunglasses.
'When did he get here?'
He thought about it carefully, but really had no impression.
"Class will now begin. But as is tradition, we'll start with self-introductions."
Beize picked up the chalk, wrote his name on the blackboard, and said, "Starting from the first row, come up to the front in order."
He took two steps to the side, clearing the space.
The students came up one by one.
But aside from the Konoha 9, Beize found them all unfamiliar.
The other three—Hyuuga Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee—were in the second grade.
"My name is Nara Shikamaru. I don't have any dreams. I just want to live a peaceful life." Shikamaru yawned and said.
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I hate a lot of things, and I don't particularly like anything. My dream is to become a ninja like my older brother." Sasuke said with a deadpan face.
Only when mentioning the word 'brother' did his expression change, showing a hint of admiration.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto! I like instant ramen and ramen. I hate the three minutes you have to wait for the instant ramen." Naruto stood at the podium, took a deep breath, and said very resolutely, "I have a dream, and that is to surpass the Hokage!"
Beize nodded slightly.
'This was basically the same as Naruto's self-introduction in the original story.'
'In a sense, he was terrifyingly persistent.'
"Are you kidding?"
"Dream on! How can a monster become Hokage?"
"He wants to surpass Lord Third? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Without a doubt, Naruto was met with everyone's ridicule.
"Is it funny? I only see an outstanding successor to the Will of Fire." Beize walked onto the podium with a serious expression. "You all want to become Hokage, but the moment you mocked Naruto, you already lost that right."
All sound stopped abruptly.
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