A comic book journey to see the Eye of Antiquity

Furthermore, five years ago, Yang Lei did so many excessive things to Hinata. It's fair to say that Hinata had no other choice but to marry him. After all, Hinata is a stubborn girl who will love someone to the very end once she falls in love with them.

When Yang Lei did those outrageous things to her, she silently accepted them all without ever refusing. Hadn't her attitude already made itself clear?

Yang Lei glanced at Hinata briefly before looking away. He wasn't in a hurry. He had already waited and struggled for five years. What was a little more time? Once everyone had become a genin, he didn't believe that old man Hiashi Hyuga could stop him.

Chapter 29

"Boom bang bang."

Putting aside his distracting thoughts, Yang Lei knocked on the classroom door and waited for a sound from inside before pushing the door open and entering.

0029 Naruto Steals the Sealed Book

Although it's called a graduation exam, it's not actually difficult. This year's graduation exam is about creating clones; you just need to be able to create five normal clones.

For Yang Lei, this little test was a piece of cake. He quickly formed hand seals, and before the two examiners, Iruka and Mizuki, could even see clearly, he had already successfully created ten clones.

"Pass, Grade A".

Iruka stared blankly as he wrote down the document confirming Yang Lei's successful passing of the exam. He was stunned for a long time because he realized that he couldn't even see Yang Lei's hand seals. This was a bit too astonishing.

Iruka is a Chunin, while Yang Lei isn't even a Genin yet.

Actually, it's not just the hand seals for the Shadow Clone Technique. Although Yang Lei hasn't practiced hand seals extensively, his greatly improved agility and the cheating of the Eye of Recognition have already boosted his hand seal speed. Now he dares to compete with anyone in hand seal speed, even with newly learned ninjutsu.

After being told by Shuimu that they would gather at school again at nine o'clock the next morning, Yang Lei pushed open the door and went out.

"Yang Jun?"

In the distance, Hinata looked at Yang Lei with some worry, muttering softly that she dared not go over.

"It passed successfully."

On the other hand, Yang Lei smiled brightly and gave a thumbs-up with his right hand, indicating that he had passed.

"Well."

Hinata blushed, and while feeling a sense of relief, she turned and ran away, heading home through the front gate.

Hinata is already twelve years old and no longer needs his family to provide him with bodyguards for transportation.

"They ran away."

Behind him, Yang Lei scratched his head speechlessly, not even glancing at the so-called classmates who were still taking the exam. He strode towards the gate. Although he had taken a rare break in the morning, it was not yet ten o'clock, and he had to pick up his cultivation again.

. . . . . .

"Are you looking for me?"

At this moment, in the Hokage's office, only the Third Hokage and Asuma were present.

"Asma".

The third generation leader, puffing on his pipe, said, "The examination has already begun. If there are no unexpected events, Yang Lei will definitely pass normally."

"I know."

Asma nodded. Over the years, he had accompanied Yang Lei on several training sessions and even planned to secretly teach him a few ninjutsu techniques, but Yang Lei refused. He said he wanted to focus on physical training and strengthen his body before worrying about ninjutsu. Therefore, he was quite clear about Yang Lei's strength.

“Go back and prepare,” the Third Hokage nodded and said, “He will become your subordinate tomorrow. Have you thought about how to train him?”

“Although I’m a bit conflicted,” Asma said, looking troubled, as he subconsciously lit a cigarette. The two of them smoked together, and he said, “He’s a rare genius, so he must be very difficult to teach, right? But I’ve already made some plans.”

"That's good."

The Third Hokage nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand to disperse the smoke Asuma blew over, rolled his eyes in annoyance, and said, "Alright, you'd better hurry up and leave."

Asma shrugged, turned around, and walked outside.

"That's right."

Before leaving, Asma turned around and asked, "What do you think about what I said before about finding a way to test him?"

Asuma not only mentioned this once five years ago, but recently he also brought up the old saying of the Third Hokage again: instead of spending a lot of time on defense, it is better to give him a short and sharp test than to suffer a long and painful one.

"Let me think about it some more," the Third Hokage said, waving Asma away before giving an answer.

"A test?"

The third-generation leader's face showed deep thought. In fact, Yang Lei had been under his surveillance for the past few years, and he had seen Yang Lei's diligence and talent.

"Have you never had any in-depth contact with anyone? Maybe I'm overthinking it, Yang Lei. I hope you won't disappoint me."

The Third Hokage suddenly sighed softly, finally making his decision, and said, "After I've thought of a topic, I'll put you through a test. Whether you can gain my approval and become a true Konoha resident depends entirely on your choice."

. . . . . .

Night fell, and the once peaceful Hidden Leaf Village was suddenly filled with commotion, especially in the Hokage's office, where a group of Jonin had gathered and were shouting something.

"Third Hokage, if you ask me, why don't we take this opportunity to get rid of the Nine-Tailed Fox?"

Just then, a Jonin from the crowd stepped forward and pleaded with the Third Hokage.

"Hu che".

Beside him, Asuma, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, frowned and reprimanded, saying in a low voice, "The current situation is still unknown. Let's wait until we bring Naruto back to the village before deciding on a course of action."

"Asma?"

Everyone in the room looked at Asuma with some surprise. He had never shown any affection for Naruto before, but now he was protecting Naruto, which really surprised them.

"Asma, thank you."

Among the crowd, a white-haired Jonin wearing a mask muttered something softly, but because no one else heard it, it went unnoticed.

"All right."

Chapter 30

At this moment, the Third Hokage spoke up, saying, "Just like Jonin Asuma said, let's wait until we capture Naruto Uzumaki, who stole the Scroll of Seals, before deciding on a course of action."

"Yes."

The Jonin dared not argue any further, and quickly used their Body Flicker Technique to vanish into thin air, each going off to search for Naruto's whereabouts.

Many people are familiar with this part of the story, which is where Naruto, after failing his graduation exams, is tempted by Mizuki to steal the Book of Seals.

"Asmayo".

In the office, the Third Hokage suddenly stopped Asma and, seeing that no one was around, said directly, "Didn't you say before that we should test Yang Lei? Now the test is here."

"Go and inform him that this is a mission. If he can return the Book of Seals, he can join your genin team as the fourth member. I believe he will be happy to participate."

Asuma was taken aback and looked at the Third Hokage with some surprise. The Scroll of Seals was no insignificant thing. It was created by the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and it contained all sorts of dangerous ninjutsu, many of which were even forbidden or secret techniques. It was an absolutely invaluable treasure of the village.

"He is, after all, a genius."

The Third Hokage noticed Asuma's hesitation, took a deep drag on his cigarette, and said, "Using the Book of Seals to test him is appropriate."

"I see."

Asma nodded, took another step out of the room, and hurried towards Yang Lei's residence.

"Yang Lei, you must pass this test. Once you pass, the road ahead will be smooth. But if you fail..."

0030 Roll your eyes, open them!!!

"I'm so tired."

As evening fell, Yang Lei dragged his exhausted body home, quickly removed all the weighted straps from his body, and lay back on the bed, too lazy to move any further.

Because he had slacked off in the morning, Yang Lei worked very hard during his afternoon workout to make up for it.

Actually, it's not just this afternoon; he works this hard every day. So every day is tiring, but fulfilling because he can clearly see his progress every minute.

Naruto's theft of the sealed book was discovered around 9 or 10 p.m., by which time Yang Lei had already finished washing up and was about to go to sleep.

The Book of Seals is very important to Konoha Village, so only the Jonin know about it and are the only ones taking action. Not only is Yang Lei completely unaware of it, but most people in the village don't know either, and even the Chunin are unaware.

"Bang bang."

Just as Yang Lei was drifting off to sleep, a familiar sound came from the window, making him roll his eyes in exasperation. He sat up abruptly, waved to open the window, and looked outside. He saw a person standing at his window under the night sky, waving and greeting him. Who else could it be but Asma?

Yang Lei has been living here for several years. Originally, his sleeping spot was not near the window, and he had to get out of bed to open the window. Later, he specially moved the bed here so that Asma could "open the door".

"I wish it were Hinata."

Feeling a pang of regret in his heart, Yang Lei snorted irritably and asked, "Uncle Asma, you haven't been kicked out again, have you?"

"How is that possible?"

Asma chuckled and urged Yang Lei, "Little Yang Lei, hurry up and change your clothes, we have a mission."

"Ok?"

Yang Lei was stunned. He had just graduated. Ninja registration was to take place tomorrow, and he would be assigned to a class three days later. Only then could he officially receive missions. How come there were missions now?

Asma continued to urge Yang Lei on, explaining, "It's like this: this year, there are only three Jonin leading the class, which means that only nine people can successfully be promoted to Genin. The others either have to switch to the Anbu or the intelligence department, choose to go back to school for another year, or have to give up."

"Ugh?"

Yang Lei was truly shocked. Only three Jonin were leading the class? In other words, only the nine main characters could graduate smoothly, and the rest were doomed?

He never thought he could replace anyone, except for Sakura Haruno. But unfortunately, it seems that because he missed classes all year, Sakura's grades were ranked ahead of his. Sasuke, needless to say, was the top student in the class.

As for the others, apart from Naruto, whose identity as the crown prince is unknown because his parents died, none of the other six are ordinary.

There's no need to say more about the new generation of Ino-Shika-Cho. Kiba Inuzuka is from the Inuzuka family, Shino Aburame is from the Aburame family, and Hinata is even more powerful, being the eldest daughter of the Hyuga family, one of the most powerful families in Konoha. Which one of them could he replace?

"So, I'm going to be eliminated?"

After thinking about it, Yang Lei felt a little uneasy. He was stronger than everyone else. To put it bluntly, even the teachers at the school were no match for him. So why couldn't he graduate smoothly?

"That's how it was supposed to be."

Asuma was secretly delighted and said, "However, due to my strong request and the fact that there is a mission at the moment, the Third Hokage agreed that as long as you can complete it successfully, you will be allowed to join my group as the fourth person and become teammates with Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Choji, and Yamanaka Ino."

"Really?"

Yang Lei's worry turned to joy. Although he already had some guesses in his mind, he still asked, "What kind of mission is it?"

"Pursue Naruto Uzumaki and bring the Scroll of Seals that he stole back into the hands of the Third Hokage."

. . . . . .

"Naruto, Naruto, where are you?"

Under the night sky, a small figure wandered aimlessly through a forest, calling out softly as if he were not on a mission but playing hide-and-seek with his companions, calling out because he couldn't find them. This made the Third Hokage, who was secretly watching, shrug his forehead.

"Will the Third Hokage be keeping an eye on this place?"

In the woods, Yang Lei continued to act foolishly while secretly thinking to himself that he wanted to use the Byakugan he had obtained years ago to search for Naruto's whereabouts, but he was also worried about being discovered.

"This is really troublesome."

Unable to contain his inner grumbling, Yang Lei found himself in a predicament. Searching like this was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. If Naruto were to resolve Mizuki's situation and return to the village on his own, what chance would he have?

But once he activates his Byakugan, he risks being discovered. He doesn't dare trust the Third Hokage. Although the old man has always acted kindly, he is not only the village chief but also the head of the Sarutobi clan and Konohamaru's grandfather. What if the Third Hokage discovers the secret of his eyes and forcibly takes them from Konohamaru without anyone knowing?

Chapter 31

"This is really troublesome."

This time, Yang Lei shouted it out loud, looking up at the bright moon in the sky, struggling in his heart.

"Want to make a bet? I bet that the old man from the third generation is a truly good person, and that he won't harm me."

"But you can't be too afraid of the unexpected. After all, Konohamaru and I are only three years apart, and Konohamaru doesn't have any special talents. Giving him these eyes would just be doing the Sarutobi clan a favor, wouldn't it?"

Yang Lei was debating with himself internally. At the same time, the Third Hokage was also keeping a close eye on Yang Lei. He had already seen Naruto's situation, discovered why Naruto had stolen the Scroll of Seals, and seen Iruka arrive. So there was no need to worry anymore. He had even called all the Jonin back. Now, he was waiting for the two children to make their choice.

"Naruto, will you choose the village or the opposing side?"

"Yang Lei, what is your choice? Do you have any secrets? And what about your eyes?"

The third generation leader was deep in thought. Due to his nervousness, the pipe he was holding had not been smoked for a long time and had long since gone out on its own.

"Let's gamble."

Half a moment later, Yang Lei suddenly let out a long sigh. He didn't know if he was being watched, or even that the Third Generation had been suspicious of him. But because these Eyes of Insight were too powerful, he had no choice but to be cautious.

"Look to the eye of Jigu! From this moment on, let your fame rise alongside mine."

Silently chanting in his heart, Yang Lei slowly closed his eyes. Under the Third Hokage's close attention, he suddenly whispered, "Byakugan, activate."

"what?"

Even a ninja of the Third Hokage's stature was unconsciously startled and jumped up. He looked at Yang Lei, his eyes turning from purple to white, several veins bulging at the corners of his eyes, his pipe falling to the ground and shattering into pieces, yet he remained oblivious.