Naruto: Set a goal, conquer the universe.

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"Okay." Naruto waved and left.

After leaving the administration hall, Kakashi raised an eyebrow at the mission scroll and said, "It's a B-rank mission: wipe out the mountain bandits."

It seems these children are going to have to see blood.

To be honest, the way Konoha Village Academy graduates is a bit too mild.

Compared to the ninjas of the other four countries, it couldn't be simpler.

But this was also the purpose of the First Hokage in establishing the ninja village.

Don't let young children go to the battlefield, see human blood, and be killed when they are only a few years old.

But things are different once you become a ninja.

Even a genin is still a ninja, and for a ninja, seeing blood is a must.

The village will also assign corresponding tasks.

"The other groups should have accepted their missions by now. Let's meet at the village entrance in an hour!" Kakashi said.

Naruto and the others naturally had no objections.

An hour later at the village entrance.

The classmates who graduated at the same time finally met up again.

Although they are all in the same village.

However, once they become ninjas, especially when they first become genin, they need to accept missions every day to accumulate experience and mission count, so they simply don't have time to get together.

This group mission actually gave them an opportunity to get together.

"Sakura, how have you been lately?" Ino saw her friend and immediately went up to ask.

"Women are such a hassle," Shikamaru muttered, holding his head in his hands as he watched the two chatting excitedly.

"Crunch, crunch." Choji was eating potato chips and didn't have time to talk.

"Shikamaru, you can't say that about women." Shino adjusted his sunglasses and said something that left a deep impression.

But he himself is hardly remembered.

"Tch, Sasuke and Naruto haven't arrived yet? I've been training hard for a long time, and I want to test my skills against them." Kiba stood with his hands on his hips, looking very confident.

"Woof!" Akamaru on his head barked in response.

At that moment, a hand reached into Choji's bag of potato chips.

"Hmm?" Choji revealed his sharp eyes, following the direction of the hand to the person who dared to reach for his bag of potato chips.

"Oh, Naruto, you're here too." Choji's sharp eyes softened instantly, and a smile appeared on his chubby face.

"Choji, you've gotten even fuller." Naruto rubbed Choji's little belly with his other hand, put the potato chips he took out into his mouth, and then handed one to Hinata.

Hinata thanked Choji and accepted the gift.

Choji smiled and handed over the bag of potato chips, indicating that there was no need to be polite and that he could have just left the last chip.

"If you want, we can have a fight right now," Sasuke said calmly, looking at Kiba with a cold expression.

He didn't show any disdain, after all, they were classmates.

With Naruto, the sun, around, his personality won't become too extreme.

However, Sasuke's innate arrogance greatly displeased Kiba.

"Just what I wanted!" Kiba said through gritted teeth, as he was about to coordinate a temporary duel with Akamaru and Sasuke.

"Sasuke!!!"

At that moment, two voices came rapidly from afar.

Sakura and Ino wanted to pounce on Sasuke.

However, Sasuke dodged it.

The two women were not discouraged at all and ran to Sasuke's side to ask him all sorts of questions.

Tooth's fighting spirit was instantly extinguished, and the duel could not continue at all.

He walked away dejectedly, deciding to talk about it another time.

The three Jonin instructors were also chatting nearby.

Asuma, smoking a cigarette, looked at the group of genin and sighed, "Seeing how lively they are reminds me of when we were still genin."

"That's true," Kakashi echoed.

"Kakashi, you have no right to sigh like that. You applied to graduate in your first year!" Kurenai said irritably.

"Haha, I'm so sorry." Kakashi scratched his head apologetically, seemingly oblivious to the situation.

They were all from the same cohort.

However, Kakashi's talent was too great, and he left the academy after only one semester together.

Moreover, because of his superior strength, no one else could connect with Kakashi at all.

Compared to arrogance, Kakashi was much stronger than Sasuke when they were young.

He truly looked down on all his classmates.

It was also because of a series of events that followed that he cherished the friendship between his companions even more.

If he continues to die, he will truly have no friends left.

"With Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata around, your group should be easy to manage, right?" Asuma looked at Naruto and the other two, his tone tinged with envy.

It wasn't because Naruto was the prince, but because Naruto and his friends were too powerful.

The fact that the top three scorers were all grouped together made many people feel that this was a bit excessive and unfair.

However, since this was a decision made personally by the Third Hokage, no one said anything.

"Well, it's just so-so, I don't really need to worry about anything," Kakashi said with a smile.

Whether it was a D-rank daily mission or an A-rank task like defeating a Jonin like Zabuza, he almost always just watched from the sidelines, while Naruto and the others were already able to handle things on their own.

Such guidance makes the life of a Jonin (high-ranking ninja) too comfortable.

After all, you can get money just by standing aside.

But he started teaching Naruto and the others when they were in their first year.

It can be said that I have been teaching for six years.

The skill was simply done beforehand.

"My group is no good. They keep complaining to me that the tasks are too troublesome, and I have to talk to them a lot," Asma said, exhaling a puff of smoke in frustration.

Shikamaru finds it troublesome, Choji follows Shikamaru, and Ino doesn't want to do missions.

Asuma, their mentor jonin, was at his wits' end.

"Looking at it this way, my group is somewhere in the middle, not the best but not the worst either," Hong said with a smile.

Kiba was very motivated, and Shino worked quietly without ever complaining. Sakura also wanted to slack off, but she had to follow the two in the team.

He kept mentioning Sasuke in her ear, which annoyed her.

However, as a woman herself, she could understand.

For girls of this age, dating is definitely more appealing than being a ninja.

Especially in peacetime.

"Alright, it's almost time. Let's try to finish this mission as soon as possible," Asuma said, glancing at the sky and feeling that it was about time.

Kakashi and Red Dot nodded.

Chapter 43 The Chunin Exams are Approaching

The bandits left peacefully.

Some of them, by chance, learned chakra refining techniques and acquired some basic ninjutsu.

This became their weapon for bullying civilians.

However, these so-called 'weapons' were completely ineffective against Shikamaru and his group.

For a regular, newly graduated genin, dealing with these bandits might be a bit difficult.

However, apart from an unremarkable Sakura and a hardworking Naruto, the genin who graduated this class were all clan ninjas!

He possesses family-inherited ninjutsu, and his strength is beyond the reach of ordinary ninjas.

Aside from the initial discomfort caused by the blood on their hands, which made them a bit flustered for a while, the rest of the time it was almost entirely a one-sided massacre.

Oh, there was one whose hands weren't stained with blood—that was Sakura Haruno. She stood there trembling, stunned, staring at the bloody scene, and then she vomited.

After completing the task, Ino went over to comfort her.

After all, aside from the conflict over Sasuke, the two are still very good friends.

Three Jonin instructors watched the battle from the shadows, and upon seeing Sakura Haruno's performance, all three silently shook their heads.

“She may not be suited for frontline combat work,” Red said.

Sakura is usually quite smart. Once she grows up a bit more, the Red Cross will recommend her for a position in the logistics research department.

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In recent days, there have been many more ninjas from outside Konoha.

There are also many more patrol teams in the village.

"The Chunin Exams are about to begin. You can now recommend your teams, but according to the rules, newly graduated genin must complete a certain number of missions before they can be recommended." The Third Hokage sat in his office, facing a group of jonin instructors.

There were Kakashi and his friends who had just graduated, as well as those from last year or even the year before.

A group of Jonin recommended the Genin they had brought with them.

All the genin who graduated this year were recommended by their mentor jonin.

Iruka, who was helping out, suddenly became a little nervous.

He had been teaching these students for six years.

Their feelings for each other were undeniably deep.

“Wait, wait a minute, although their talent is indeed very good, they have only just graduated and are seriously lacking in experience,” Iruka quickly said.

“Iruka, you’ve underestimated them,” Asma said, biting an unlit cigarette.

“Indeed, I saw their performance firsthand, and they are definitely qualified to participate in the Chunin Exams,” Kurenai nodded and said.

"When I was a ninja, I was even younger than them!" Kakashi said calmly.

“Their talent is nowhere near that of you, Kakashi-senpai,” Iruka tried to explain.

"Heh, it seems you're still not familiar enough with them. Alright, Iruka, I'm their Jonin instructor now, and I've decided to recommend them," Kakashi said, waving his hand.

Iruka sat down helplessly.

“Iruka, I know you care about them, but how can a fledgling eagle spread its wings and fly high without experiencing wind and rain?” The Third Hokage glanced at Iruka and said in a deep voice.

“I understand, Hokage-sama,” Iruka nodded in response.

"Let's decide on this. Come and get the forms," ​​the Third Hokage said.

Uchiha Clan Training Grounds.

Hinata and Sasuke are fighting.

This is a battle between the Sharingan and the Byakugan.

Naruto sat to the side, twirling a kunai in his hand, his eyes fixed on the scroll spread out at his feet.

These are the various ninjutsu techniques and training insights left to him by his parents.

After the Third Hokage gave him these scrolls, he began to study them.

His mother left him various secret sealing techniques, while his father left him his famous ninjutsu.

As Naruto's chakra was channeled, the originally jet-black and sharp kunai began to faintly display the words "I was here".