Naruto: Talent entry, starting with Otsutsuki bloodline

Chapter 29 Team Leader
Xihihong led Class 8 out of the teaching building, but did not go to the playground. Instead, she left the school and came to a training ground in the wild.

Such training grounds can be found everywhere in Konoha.

Walking to a tree stump, Kurenai Yuhi turned around and looked at Izayoi and the other two, smiling and saying, "Until one of you is promoted to Chunin team leader, I will be the one leading you on missions for a long time to come."

"So, everyone, please introduce yourselves and get to know each other."

"Let me show you a demonstration."

Kurenai Yuhi put one hand on her waist and smiled, "My name is Kurenai Yuhi, my last name is Yuhi, you can call me Kurenai teacher. My specialty is illusion, and I am good at all types of illusion. I like many things, such as food, wasabi octopus, shochu, and vodka. As for my dream, it is to become a female ninja like Tsunade-sama."

"It's your turn."

Kurenai's gaze swept across the faces of Izayoi and the other two, and finally stopped on Izayoi.

Seeing this, Izayoi slowly spoke: "My name is Izayoi, I don't have a last name, my specialty is ninjutsu, I'm better at fire ninjutsu and wind ninjutsu, I also know a little bit of medical ninjutsu and perception jutsu. I like training and fighting with others, I hate a lot of things, and my dream is to become an excellent ninja."

Yuhi Kurenai nodded, and had a preliminary assessment of Izayoi's strength and character.

Then she looked at Hinata who was next to Izayoi.

"My name is Hyuga Hinata. My specialties are perception and my family's soft fist. I like to practice with Izayoi-kun and my sister. I also like to eat red bean paste and cinnamon rolls. I hate shrimp and crabs. My dream is to become an excellent ninja." Hinata said softly.

After listening to Hinata's self-introduction, Kurenai looked at Izayoi again, her eyes moving back and forth between their faces until Hinata's face flushed slightly. She couldn't help but lower her head, then revealed a playful smile and nodded in realization: "I see."

Finally, Yuhi Kurenai's gaze fell on Aburame Shino, who wrapped herself tightly, with a hood covering her hair, a forehead protector blocking her forehead, sunglasses covering her eyes, and a collar covering her chin and nose, leaving only a little skin exposed on her face.

Aburame Shino said calmly, "My name is Aburame Shino. My specialties are also perception and family secrets. I like to go to the forest to look for insects. My favorite foods are vegetable salads and winter melon. I hate things with strong flavors. My dream is to find new species of insects."

"Very good, now everyone has a certain understanding of each other."

Xihi Kurenai smiled with satisfaction and said, "But before we begin the mission, I still want to test your abilities. Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, at the same place, I want to play a survival drill with you."

"By the way, the theme of this survival exercise is a snatch battle, and your opponent... is me."

Xihi Kurenai pointed at herself, then waved and said with a smile: "See you tomorrow, remember not to be late."

After she finished speaking, Kurenai Yuhi disappeared without giving Izayoi and the other two a chance to react or ask questions, and she turned into a shadow.

Izayoi and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Izayoi, what do you think?"

Aburame Shino asked, preparing to test Izayoi.

Although he has been suppressed by Izayoi and others for many years, Aburame Shino does not think that he is inferior to Izayoi and Hinata in other aspects except that his academic performance is not as good as theirs.

There are no-rules competitions only in the sixth grade, and they only happen once a month, which is part of the monthly exam.

Until graduation, Aburame Shino was never matched with Izayoi and the others.

The other students were not worthy enough for him to use the family secret technique.

So no one knew that Aburame Shino had been hiding her strength.

He had already noticed the hint left by Yuhi Kurenai.

If Izayoi didn't notice, it meant his brain wasn't working as fast as mine.

Considering the relationship between Hinata and Izayoi, Aburame Shino will still give up the position of leader.

But if Izayoi's decision was wrong, then don't blame him for not giving her face and refuting her. Izayoi naturally didn't know what Aburame Shino was thinking.

After listening to Aburame Shino's words, he slowly gave his analysis: "We don't have to wait until tomorrow, we can know the result now. As newly graduated Genin, we are no match for the Jonin."

"Even if tomorrow's survival drill is just a snatching battle, if the jonin don't want to, we won't be able to snatch anything. After all, you can also find that the chuunin teachers in the school's survival drills are actually lenient. As long as the performance is not particularly bad, you will not be eliminated."

"So in tomorrow's survival drill, if our performance satisfies Teacher Hong, she will also show mercy to us."

"So...how can I satisfy her?"

Izayoi leaned against the tree stump where Kurenai had just stood and continued, "Teacher Kurenai just said that she was testing our abilities, not our strength! Ninja battles are battles of intelligence. When she introduced herself just now, Teacher Kurenai revealed her intelligence to us. She's proficient in all kinds of illusions."

"It's still morning, and we could have started the survival drill right away, but she gave us a day to prepare. She even specified the theme and location of the survival drill. This is clearly giving us time to develop a battle plan and set traps."

"As long as our tactics and teamwork are up to par, Teacher Hong will probably let us win and allow us to successfully grab the clearance item."

Looking at Izayoi who was talking so freely, Hinata's beautiful eyes sparkled, and she made no secret of her admiration for Izayoi.

Aburame Shino still had his hands in his pockets, wrapped up tightly, and there was no change in his expression.

But in his heart, he had already completely accepted Shizayoi and felt inferior to her.

Although he also noticed the clues left by Kurenai Yuhi, Aburame Shino was not as detailed as Izayoi thought.

As expected, he is the chief student.

It seems that he is not the only one who is hiding his strength. I am afraid that except for Hinata who just said that she likes to train with Izayoi, no one in the class has seen Izayoi's true strength.

So, Aburame Shino asked again: "What is your strategy, Izayoi?"

Unlike the previous test, Aburame Shino this time acknowledged Izayoi's position as the leader and was ready to follow his arrangements.

"To formulate tactics, we need to have a deeper understanding of each other."

Izayoi waved at Hinata and Aburame Shino and said, "Come here and tell us about your best moves and the effects of those moves."

Upon hearing this, Hinata and Aburame Shino immediately came over.

Then the three of them formed a circle and began to communicate in low voices.

Not far away, Kurenai Yuhi was standing on the top of a big tree, looking at the three people communicating with a pleased smile on her face. She was even more satisfied with Izayoi's three students and subordinates.

The hint just now was indeed left by her on purpose.

The purpose was to test the observation ability of Izayoi and the other two, and to see how long it would take them to react.

Unexpectedly, Izayoi and the other two were so outstanding.

She had just left and immediately guessed that the survival drills and assessments were timed to test their abilities and teamwork.

"This is truly outstanding. With a combination like this, there's hope of winning. I'll make you pay the price for underestimating me."

Kurenai Yuhi recalled the bet before the class division, and the scene in which neither Kakashi Hatake nor Asuma Sarutobi, who had always been trying to please her, took her seriously, and thought to herself.

Then, her body twisted and disappeared like a mirage.

(End of this chapter)