Naruto: They are all reborn

Chapter 4 How much more?!

The bell rings.

As soon as Yoshihide Yuuki left the classroom, several people surrounded Toki.

The first person to greet him was a girl sitting in front of Kakashi: "Hello, my name is Nohara Rin, and my dream is to become a female ninja like Tsunade-sama."

"I'm Uzumaki Toki. Do you want to learn medical ninjutsu?"

Nohara Lin nodded: "Yes, I want to save those injured companions."

He is a very gentle person.

So Shi Xu sincerely wished him well: "Keep going, I believe you will succeed."

Then, the boy with goggles next to Nohara Lin continued: "I am Uchiha Obito, the man who will become Hokage!"

Uchiha, Shixu had just flipped through the history book. This was the family that founded Konoha together with the Senju.

Tokihiro extended his right hand: "Hello, Obito, nice to meet you."

Obito was stunned for a moment, seemingly not yet reacting, and Kakashi couldn't stand it anymore and reminded him.

"Idiot, this is a handshake."

"Who are you calling an idiot? Of course I know! It's just that I don't use this kind of etiquette very often, so I didn't react to it!" Obito's reaction was quite intense, and he seemed to hate being called an idiot.

Then, Obito stretched out both hands and looked at them. After hesitating for about a second, he stretched out his right hand.

Kakashi noticed his pause and couldn't help but sigh: "You are indeed an idiot."

At this moment, a boy in green tights put his arm around Kakashi's shoulders and said, "Hey! My rival! Do you want to have a running race with me this afternoon? Whoever finishes fifty laps around the playground first will win!"

"Cough cough!"

Shi Xu, who was drinking water, choked and asked bluntly, "How long is one lap of the school playground?"

Might Guy grinned, revealing a healthy set of white teeth. "It's 820 meters. I measured it with my own feet. There's no way I'm wrong!"

"Those fifty laps...hiss~" Tokichi gasped and asked quickly, "Is this how all ninjas train?"

Kakashi glanced at him and explained, "Don't get me wrong, only Kai is like this."

"Kai?" Shi Xu looked at the boy in the green tights.

He sensed Shi Xu's gaze, swung his arm in a circle, and finally gave himself a thumbs-up: "Might Guy! From now on, you must become the strongest man!"

"Great!" Shi Xu clapped his hands.

“Everyone has goals and dreams, but taking real action to achieve them is truly remarkable. If you can persevere, you may actually succeed.”

Although hardship does not always lead to happiness, for those who dare to work hard, promising the future is actually an effective means of motivation.

But... this kind of motivation seems a bit too much.

Might Guy's tears suddenly flowed down. He put his hands on Shi Xu's shoulders and restrained him with a little force.

"You're the second person who believed I would succeed. I declare that from today on, you're my best friend. Um... what's your name?"

Feeling the immense force coming from his shoulders, Shixu's expression changed slightly: "Uzumaki Shixu, besides... could you please let go of your hand? I can't bear it any longer."

"I'm so sorry!" Might Guy immediately let go of his hand, stood up straight, bowed and apologized, his whole body almost bent at a ninety degree angle.

Compared to handshakes, this is a more commonly used etiquette among ninjas.

Shi Xu quickly waved his hands: "Uh, it's okay, I'm just too weak, it has nothing to do with you."

Nohara Lin immediately comforted him: "Who would directly say that they are weak, Shixu, you should be more confident."

Seeing Lin so gently comforting the others, Obito felt a little jealous and slammed his hand on the table. "It's okay, from now on I'll protect you. I'm a genius who only took three days to refine chakra!"

"It would be great if you, the last one in the group, could be half as humble as me." Kakashi exposed him mercilessly.

In fact, Obito, a member of the Uchiha clan, was not a fool, but his theoretical performance was very poor, which brought his overall performance ranking to the bottom.

"Hehe, I won't argue with you." Obito's voice gradually weakened. He knew that Kakashi only took one day and he couldn't win.

Lin, how can I compare with her?
Kai... forget it, it's even more worthless to compare with him.

Hey, I got it!
Obito coughed lightly and asked, "Um... Tokisuke, have you extracted chakra?"

Shi Xu was organizing the textbook catalog and arranging the reading order. When he heard someone calling him, he raised his head and answered.

"Have."

"How long did it take you to extract chakra for the first time?" Obito asked.

Shi Xu recalled what happened last night: "A few seconds."

"Yeah, I knew it. Don't be discouraged... wait!" Obito suddenly opened his eyes and supported himself on the table with his hands, as if two copper bells were stuck in his eye sockets and were about to fall out.

"How much...how much?!"

"A few seconds."

Shi Xu's voice was flat, as if he was talking about what he had eaten last night, and he didn't notice at all how much shock his words had brought to others.

Kakashi took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and asked, "Is this your first time refining chakra?"

Shi Xu nodded: "Last night at dinner, the teacher taught me how to refine chakra at the dinner table. I tried it and succeeded."

Kakashi remembered that they had mentioned Hokage during their previous conversation. Now that he thought about it, Tokichi should have been having dinner with Hokage last night, so his teacher should also be a very famous ninja.

"Teacher? Who is your teacher?"

Shi Xu closed the textbook in his hand and said seriously: "My teacher is Tsunade. She brought me back from the battlefield in the Land of Rain."

Nohara Lin clasped her hands together in front of her, then bowed slightly. "Rain Country... I'm so sorry, I saw your last name was Uzumaki, and I thought you were from the Uzumaki Country."

Hearing this, Shi Xu suddenly became confused: "The Whirlpool Country has been destroyed. Didn't you know this before this war started?"

"what?!"

Everyone around was quite surprised, including the usually calm Kakashi.

Seeing their reactions, Shi Xu instantly understood.

Teacher Tsunade had said before that the Whirlpool Country was Konoha's ally, but Konoha did not receive the belated news until the Whirlpool Country was destroyed.

It now appears that Konoha's high-ranking officials concealed the news of their ally's destruction from the ordinary villagers in order to minimize the impact of the war. Perhaps they would wait until the war was over before announcing it.

So Shi Xu immediately added, "Don't tell anyone about this. Just keep it to yourself."

The few of them had not yet recovered from the news. When they heard Shi Xu's instructions, they just nodded mechanically.

Just then, the class bell rang and everyone returned to their seats.

Before sitting down, Nohara Lin looked back at Shi Xu. He looked very calm and his attention was focused on the book in his hand.

"Even though he was talking about the destruction of his hometown, he seemed so calm, as if he were discussing something unrelated. Tokisou... must have cried a long time ago."

"Oh, I'm so stupid. If I hadn't mentioned the Whirlpool Country..."

Thinking of this, Nohara Lin suddenly felt her cheeks burning hot. She couldn't help but cover her cheeks with her hands and bury her head.

(End of this chapter)