Naruto: From Kushina Uzumaki onwards, a traitor

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Chiba and Kushina Uzumaki spent two days together.

For the past two days, Kushina Uzumaki has been in charge of Chiba's three meals a day.

To be fair, Kushina Uzumaki is a very skilled cook, and Chiba always eats until he's stuffed.

After having lunch at home, Kushina Uzumaki was going to join her team on a mission, while Chiba was heading to the Ninja Academy.

After saying goodbye to Kushina Uzumaki, Chiba headed to the Ninja Academy.

Today is graduation day for the students of the Ninja Academy.

Chiba needs to go to the Ninja Academy to choose someone to be his disciple.

Chiba knew that Orochimaru's suggestion to find a disciple meant he wanted to bring that disciple under his wing.

Just like how Chiba is now one of Orochimaru's own people.

Therefore, the disciple chosen by Chiyu cannot be a member of the ninja clan.

Not being a member of a ninja clan, Chiba wasn't entirely sure which of these commoner ninjas might grow into outstanding individuals in the future.

Might Guy is one, but he's too one-sided and not suitable to be my disciple.

Qianyu thought for a long time but couldn't think of a suitable candidate, so she decided to wait and see.

If there really isn't a suitable one, just find any disciple to fool around with.

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We arrived at the entrance of the ninja academy.

Chiba saw the troublesome Minato Namikaze again.

However, Chiba had anticipated that she would encounter Minato Namikaze today.

After all, Minato Namikaze had previously said that he would lead a three-person team.

Therefore, Minato Namikaze will definitely be present for today's Ninja Academy graduation exam.

Chiyu can choose her own disciples, but Minato Namikaze cannot choose to lead a three-person team.

Because the Jonin cannot freely choose their preferred Genin, they are all randomly assigned.

When Minato Namikaze saw Chiyu, he immediately walked over and greeted her very familiarly, "Chiyu, what brings you here? Have you changed your mind and decided to lead the team after all?"

Qianyu smirked, "I'm not going to lead a team. I'm here to select disciples, so you can go do whatever you want and don't bother me."

Chiba leaped over Minato Namikaze and walked straight into the Ninja Academy.

Minato Namikaze was already used to Chiba's attitude, and after smiling, he also entered the Ninja Academy.

The graduation exams at the Ninja Academy have concluded.

Having passed their graduation exams and received their headbands, the newly promoted genin are standing in neat rows on the training ground.

Meanwhile, the Jonin who was preparing to lead the team of Genin stood among the group of teachers at the Ninja Academy, waiting for the announcement.

Chiyu estimated that there were about a dozen Jonin.

However, since we are now in the early stages of the war, the difficulty of the graduation exam has been relaxed, resulting in a large number of graduating genin this year.

A dozen or so Jonin couldn't possibly share all the Genin; they could only give a small portion of the Genin to them.

Therefore, the Jonin assigned to lead these teams are definitely the best Genin among them, while the other Genin will be taken over by Chunin.

Qianyu saw a familiar person.

His former teacher, Masada Hayato.

Masada Hayato's expression froze when he saw Chiba.

As the student he looked down on the most and had the least faith in, he never expected to be chosen as a disciple by Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin, and even become a Jonin, a higher rank than him.

Most of the teachers at the Ninja Academy are Chunin.

Chiba glanced at Masada Hayato as if he were a stranger, and immediately looked away.

Masada Hayato felt a tightness in his chest.

What a little bastard.

He taught him for a few years, didn't he?

Is this necessary?

"Mr. Masada!"

Minato Namikaze walked over to Hayato Shoda and asked with concern, "Shoda-sensei, it's been a long time. How have you been?"

When Masada Hayato saw Namikaze Minato, he immediately smiled as if a chrysanthemum had bloomed.

"Good, good, everything is good. Minato, you truly are the best student I have ever taught. You are exceptionally talented. You have been promoted to Jonin in just a few years. I am truly proud of you."

Minato Namikaze scratched his head sheepishly: "This is all thanks to Mr. Masada's guidance over those years."

"You are as humble as ever, unlike some people who have no sense of gratitude at all."

Masada Hayato glanced sideways at Chiba, his tone full of dissatisfaction.

Minato Namikaze and Hayato Masada were catching up, while Chiba stared intently at a white-haired genin among them.

This little white-haired guy is none other than Kakashi Hatake.

Chiyu was a little confused. Wasn't Kakashi already a Chunin? Why was he still waiting with this group of Genin for their Jonin to be assigned to lead a team?

After thinking about it carefully, Chiyu felt that it made sense. Originally, Kakashi, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara were supposed to become Minato Namikaze's subordinates.

Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara have just graduated from the Ninja Academy. If Kakashi doesn't participate in the assignment process, how can they become Minato Namikaze's subordinates?

Chapter 94 Preparing to Take on Apprentices

Chiba spotted Kakashi among the genin.

Meanwhile, Qianyu's mind began to wander.

Originally, Chiyu did not intend to find a ninja from a ninja clan to be her disciple, since ninjas from ninja clans had too many entanglements.

However, it seems that it wouldn't be impossible if it were Kakashi Hatake.

Next year, Sakumo Hatake's mission will fail, and he will face public condemnation.

Kakashi will definitely be affected as well.

Then, when Sakumo Hatake committed suicide, it became a major turning point for Kakashi.

Chiyu felt that if he recruited Kakashi as his disciple, he might be able to develop Kakashi into one of his own when Kakashi was confused at a crucial turning point.

Moreover, now only Sakumo Hatake and Kakashi remain of the Hatake clan.

In other words, Kakashi is no longer considered a ninja from the ninja clan.

At this moment, the vice principal of the Ninja Academy was already announcing the list of genin who would lead the teams of jonin.

At that moment, it was announced that Minato Namikaze had arrived.

"Jonin Minato Namikaze, the team leader is Genin Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, Hatake..."

"and many more!"

Qianyu suddenly spoke up, interrupting the vice principal.

Everyone looked at Chiyu, and Chiyu walked up to Kakashi.

Kakashi looked up at Chiba.

The vice principal just read out 'Hatake,' which means his team leader, the Jonin, should be Minato Namikaze.

Kakashi didn't understand why Chiba had walked up to him.

Qianyu asked, "I'm interested in making you my disciple. What do you say? Will you agree?"

Kakashi looked at Chiyu in surprise. The sudden offer to take him as a disciple caught him off guard.

Kakashi frowned slightly.

He came to participate in the allocation this time because his father, Sakumo Hatake, sent him.

Because of his early involvement in the war, the precocious Kakashi still doesn't have a single friend. Sakumo Hatake hopes that Kakashi can follow a Jonin who leads a team and become friends with his two teammates.

However, Kakashi didn't care at all; he was only interested in the details of the mission.

Therefore, Kakashi didn't care who the Jonin leading the team was.

However, becoming Qianyu's disciple is a completely different matter.

In the ninja world, the master-disciple relationship is extremely important.

Therefore, Kakashi could not agree to Chiba's request because he did not understand Chiba at all.

However, Kakashi is indeed very interested in Chiba now.

Because Chiba spotted him at a glance, while Kakashi was certain he had never seen Chiba before.

Kakashi asked, "How can you make me stronger? This seems to be the first time we've met, right?"

Chiyu pointed to Kakashi's calloused hands: "You must have mastered Lightning Breathing, right? I taught Lightning Breathing to Konoha. My Lightning Breathing is stronger than everyone else's. Besides, my master is Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin. Making you my disciple shouldn't be a bad thing for you, right?"

So, he's a disciple of Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin? That's certainly not unfair.

But Kakashi was still somewhat troubled.

Because this was so sudden.

Chiyu said to Kakashi, who was in a dilemma, "You don't need to agree to me right away. You can see my strength before making a decision. You can come to the forest east of Konoha Village to find me. I will wait for you for two hours."

After saying that, Chiba glanced at Obito Uchiha, who was excited about becoming Minato Namikaze's subordinate along with Rin Nohara, and then turned and left the Ninja Academy.

After Chiyu left, the vice principal asked, "Kakashi, do you want to become Chiyu's disciple or Minato's subordinate? You can go find Chiyu now. If you give up becoming Chiyu's disciple, you can return to the Ninja Academy and continue to be assigned to Minato's team."

Kakashi immediately said, "I'm going to find him now."

Not long after Chiyu left, Kakashi caught up with her.