In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the graduation exam of the Ninja School.
Now seven years old Itachi, like Waterstop and Kakashi, skipped a grade to participate in the graduation exam.
Shortly after the exam, a total score form was handed over to Watergate in Naruto's office.
Watergate picked up the form and saw the first name, as expected.
[Uchiha Itachi]
All of Itachi's grades, whether it was theoretical knowledge or practical, were full marks.
Since the establishment of the Ninja School, only two people have achieved this result, and Itachi is the third.
But of course, Watergate knew that there is an upper limit to the assessment, and the child's actual results should be more amazing than what is written on the form.
This can be seen from the look of surprise on the face of the ninja teacher who came to deliver the form.
Itachi's graduation exam was arranged by Watergate, and because, like Waterstop, the teachers of the Ninja School have told him more than once that they have nothing to teach Itachi.
These two geniuses from the Uchiha Clan are quite similar in terms of their style of action and talent.
But it's no wonder, because since Itachi was very young, he has been taught by Waterstop.
What makes Watergate feel a headache is that he can't find a very suitable person to be Itachi's Jonin mentor in the village.
Because he wants to train Itachi into a genjutsu type ninja, there is no one who is very proficient in genjutsu in the village.
In the village, as far as Watergate knows, the person with the strongest genjutsu is Waterstop.
It's just that Waterstop's age is not enough to be a mentor.
However, this matter is not urgent enough to be arranged immediately, so Watergate intends to arrange Itachi in a team first, so that he can accumulate mission experience.
After all, compared to other graduates, he is younger.
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In the evening, after dealing with the day's affairs, Watergate went to Mikoto's house to pick up Naruto.
A few days ago, Shinna Kushina went out of the village to perform a mission again.
This time, it was an important commission from the Land of Fire, to transfer a cultural relic to a certain place.
This cultural relic seems to be favored by the higher-ups of the Land of Lightning.
Therefore, Kumo Shinobu village also received the commission and sent a ninja to perform the task.
This is an S-level mission, and the reason why Watergate gave it to Shinna Kushina is because of her strong of the eye...
Of course, Shinna Kushina wasn't the only Jonin, Shinobu and Kakashi were also involved in this mission.
Therefore, Watergate was not worried.
Whoosh!
Watergate of the Clan's house.
In the past few years, the relationship between the Uchiha Clan and the higher-ups of the Uchiha Clan has been constantly easing, and the Uchiha Clan has gradually gained the support of Minato.
Just as he was about to go around the street and go to Watergate's house, a special fluctuation appeared in his consciousness.
Watergate's face changed immediately.
Every time Shinna Kushina went out of the village to perform a mission, Watergate would give his sensed coordinates to her or a ninja in the same team, just in case.
After perceiving the change of the mark, Kuroto left a Shadow Clone in the village, and then launched the Flying Thunder God.
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In a dense forest, Wood Leaf's ninja and Kumo Shinobu village's ninja confronted each other.
"Shinna Kushina -sama, are you okay?"
Kakashi asked while standing beside Shinna Kushina.
"It's you again."
Shinna Kushina leaned against a tree and shook her head, then raised her eyes and looked at a middle-aged man among the Kumo Shinobu village's ninja.
This man was Ye Yueling, the one who tried to kidnap Shinna Kushina more than ten years ago.
Although Shinna Kushina was in a coma at that time and didn't see his face, she remembered Ye Yueling's Chakra fluctuation.
"It's you …"
Ye Yueling stared at Shinna Kushina for a while before recognizing her by her special red hair.
Immediately, his face became quite ugly, and he glanced at the holes in the trunk around him.
Those were caused by the special chain that stretched out from Shinna Kushina's back.
But for some reason, the chain suddenly disappeared.
"Shinna Kushina, do you know him?" Shinji stared at Ye Yueling with gloomy eyes.
Shinna Kushina immediately nodded and said, "This guy kidnapped me before. If it weren't for Watergate, I would've been taken back to Kumo Shinobu village by him."
Kakashi and others' eyes trembled when they heard this.
Ye Yueling looked at the Wood Leaf ninja team in front of him with a dignified expression.
At this time, a figure suddenly flashed beside Shinna Kushina.
The figure in the white haori appeared so fast that the Kumo Shinobu ninja couldn't see it clearly.
Watergate, who reacted much faster than them, first glanced at the Kumo Shinobu people, and when he saw Ye Yueling, the look in his eyes changed slightly.
However, he immediately turned his eyes to Shinna Kushina beside him and asked, "What happened?
Are you hurt? "
Seeing Watergate suddenly appear, Shinna Kushina was stunned, then glanced sharply at Kakashi.
Kakashi's expression was evasive, and his expression became somewhat awkward.
Watergate's sensing mark was on the latter's body.
"Don't blame him, this is the task I gave him." Watergate noticed Shinna Kushina's expression and immediately helped Kakashi out.
"I'm fine." Shinna Kushina said with a little dissatisfaction.
"Hehe."
Watergate chuckled. Indeed, Shinna Kushina didn't have any injuries on her body, but for some reason, Chakra's fluctuations were a little chaotic.
At this time, Kumo Shinobu people focused their attention on Watergate who suddenly appeared.
"He is …"
Kumo Shinobu murmured, then saw the words embroidered on the white haori of the blond man who suddenly appeared.
"Fourth Generations Head Naruto!?"
"He is … Golden Flash!!"
Although Watergate is now the Fourth Generation Naruto, Kumo Shinobu almost instinctively blurted out his name in the previous shinobi world war.
Immediately, everyone's faces changed. Terrified expressions uncontrollably gushed out from their eyes.
"Why is he here?"
Kumo Shinobu exclaimed, now is the time of peace, so even if this is a mission, Kage shouldn't be involved.
At this time, Watergate glanced in the direction of Kumo Shinobu.
Although there was no killing intent, Watergate didn't have any good impression of Ye Yueling who kidnapped Shinna Kushina.
Ye Yueling's body trembled violently when she saw this, then she hurriedly shouted: "Retreat!"
Whoosh!
As soon as the voice fell, all the Kumo Shinobu people escaped at full speed without any hesitation and disappeared in front of Watergate in an instant.
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