I'm in Konoha, and I started with Ashura Chakra.

Chapter 17 Konoha Year 60: Shikamaru's Bold Guess

Time flies like water, and years pass like a shuttle.

Another winter has passed and spring has arrived, and time has officially turned to Konoha Year 60.

March 18th, a familiar day.

The no-rules duel between Yagyu and Sasuke Uchiha last year still feels like yesterday and is still talked about with great interest by the students.

I vaguely remember that when school started in April, my classmates told everyone about the duel between Yagyu and Uchiha Sasuke, which attracted countless female students to peek at the two of them through the window.

After all, it's truly astonishing that someone in fifth grade can use the Five Elements Escape Technique.

Many students are not even proficient in the E-rank Three Body Technique, and their chakra reserves are so low that they can't even use the Three Body Technique more than a few times.

In contrast, Sasuke Uchiha's Great Fireball Technique is a C-rank Fire Release technique.

Yagyu's Water Formation Wall is even a B-rank Water Release technique.

Everyone believed that both Yagyu and Uchiha Sasuke had the ability to graduate early.

However, Iruka did not request Hiruzen Sarutobi to allow Yagyu and Sasuke Uchiha to graduate early, but instead had them stay at the Ninja Academy for another year.

Upon entering sixth grade, both Yagyu and Uchiha Sasuke became more low-key and silent.

During quizzes and impromptu tests, Sasuke Uchiha no longer actively asked Iruka to spar with Yagyu, but instead kept a low profile and quietly developed his strength.

The same applies to Yagyu.

After engaging in unconventional battles, Yagyu has figured out the game system's drop rate mechanism.

A duel that requires adherence to rules will affect the intangible rating, making his drop rate extremely low.

Only by going all out in a battle can you improve your score and increase the drop rate and the chance of getting good items.

In the ninja academy, only no-rules duels allow for full-force attacks.

Such a competition is not possible through quizzes or impromptu tests.

There are no major exams in sixth grade, only graduation assessments.

Realizing that he would be unable to extract Indra's chakra from Uchiha Sasuke in the coming year, Yagyu finally stopped sending his main body to the ninja academy and instead sent a shadow clone.

His true self, however, stayed at home practicing ninjutsu to improve his strength.

Aside from training with Hinata and the other two girls during holidays, Yagyu's true form almost never leaves his home.

Only today did Yagyu, unusually, skip his morning training and his shadow clone practice, instead dressing up carefully before heading out.

A year has passed, and Liu Sheng, who is in his growth spurt, has grown much taller. His height has increased from 1.63 meters to 1.68 meters, making him almost a head taller than the nine main characters.

If he wore a ninja headband, people who didn't know Yagyu would think he had been a genin for several years.

After all, Naruto in Shippuden was only 1.66 meters tall, which is two centimeters shorter than Yagyu is now.

Upon arriving at the ninja academy, Yagyu did not encounter Hinata and the other two girls on the way.

Throughout the year, Hinata and her two friends all knew that Yagyu wasn't actually at school, so they naturally wouldn't try to "coincidentally" meet him.

"Good morning, Yagyu!"

"Yagyu, have you had breakfast?"

When they arrived at the classroom, Hinata and her two friends seemed to have been there quite some time ago.

Upon seeing Yagyu sit down, Hinata and Sakura greeted him, while Ino asked for the secret code that the four of them understood.

"Yes, I ate it." Yagyu nodded.

Upon hearing this, Hinata and the other two girls' eyes lit up, and they became more enthusiastic in their conversation with Yagyu.

The coded message is simple: I am the original.

After all, shadow clones don't eat.

Seeing Hinata and the other two girls suddenly become enthusiastic, Nara Shikamaru, who was lying on the table next to Yagyu, had a glint of light flash in his eyes.

It turns out they weren't having a fight after all!

Has Yagyu not been in his true form for the past year?

Shadow Clone Technique... This guy has actually mastered two B-rank ninjutsu.

No, it should be... Yagyu's chakra reserves are so large that he can create shadow clones that can last for a whole morning and afternoon, and even complete the exam!

Just how much chakra does he have?

Even the usually composed Nara Shikamaru was shocked at this moment.

No wonder neither Sasuke Uchiha nor any of them have been able to shake Yagyu's position as the top student all these years.

This guy's strength is already far, far ahead of theirs.

What happened to that purposeful guy back then that turned him into the way he is now?

At this moment, Nara Shikamaru's curiosity about Yagyu reached its peak, but he didn't ask any more questions.

Because he knew that Yagyu wouldn't tell.

But one thing is certain: Yagyu definitely has a bloodline limit.

This bloodline limit might be an awakening from a previous generation.

After all, aside from bloodline limits, Nara Shikamaru couldn't think of anything that could cause such a drastic change in a person.

Swah——

Just then, a flash of inspiration struck Nara Shikamaru.

Staring at Yagyu's hair and eye color, as if he had thought of something, Nara Shikamaru suddenly had a bold idea.

Silver hair, red eyes, and an exaggerated amount of chakra...

Could this Yagyu guy be a descendant of the Senju clan who have merged into Konoha?

If I remember correctly, the Second Hokage had this hair and eye color!

His chakra reserves are so astonishing, could it be that he has awakened the Senju bloodline?

Yagyu was unaware of Nara Shikamaru's thoughts; otherwise, he would have been quite startled.

Wow, that was pretty close!

Unfortunately, no one could have imagined the existence of such a mysterious "game system".

However, Nara Shikamaru's guess did help Yagyu to claim the body of a sage.

After all, what he could think of, others certainly could too.

Once Yagyu reveals his astonishing chakra reserves, those who have seen Tobirama Senju in person or in photographs will surely believe that Yagyu is a descendant of the Senju clan, rather than that his body is hiding some secret.

This is good news for Yagyu.

Time passed by, and soon it was time for the graduation assessment to begin.

"The graduation exam topic is the technique of creating clones. When your name is called, come out."

Iruka appeared at the classroom door, but instead of coming in, he left after saying a few words.

A moment later, another Chunin wearing a green vest appeared at the classroom door, holding a list in his hand, and began reading names: "Inuzuka Kiba..."

As each name was called out, the classmates who had been with Yagyu for six years reacted in different ways, got up and left, and then never returned.

The same applies to Ino and Hinata, whose names have already been called.

"...Yagyu."

Soon, Yagyu heard his name called.

Yagyu stood up, looked at Sakura, and said, "Good luck, I'll be waiting for you at the entrance of the teaching building."

"Okay, good luck, Yagyu." Sakura smiled and nodded.

Leaving the classroom, Yagyu entered the examination room and saw Iruka and Mizuki sitting at the table.

Glancing at the gentle-smiling Mizuki, Yagyu swiftly formed hand seals: "Clone Technique!"

With a loud bang, like a balloon bursting, a sound rang out.

White smoke billowed out from the entrance of the examination room.

After the white smoke dissipated, Yagyu, holding a ninja headband, walked out from inside.

As expected, Yagyu saw Hinata and Ino at the entrance of the teaching building.

Not long after, Sakura also came out with her ninja headband.

They did not leave the ninja academy immediately, but waited quietly for the graduation exam to end.

Because they also need to have their files photographed.

Only after the photos are taken and the files are entered into the database can they be considered true genin (lower-ranking ninja).

Of course, if they fail to gain the approval of their instructor, a Jonin, they will still be sent back to school to repeat a year.

(End of this chapter)