Naruto: The Brightest Star

Then, a piece of black cloth was unfolded with a few large white characters written on it.

"Second examiner, Mitarashi Anko, come forward!"

"Hey! Ibiki! How long are you going to talk about this!"

Mitarashi Anko tutted her words, then looked at the Genin below and said, "Don't be too happy too soon! I'm the examiner of the second exam, Mitarashi Anko! Let's start the second exam! Follow me!"

Mitarashi Anko said with full energy.

quiet……

But no one paid any attention to it.

Karin couldn't help but hold her forehead. How come this guy is just like their leader, the jonin?

If Izumi Jounin were here, he would probably jump up and shout "how handsome" and cheer.

“Just look at the atmosphere.”

Ibiki Morino came out from behind the cloth.

Mitarashi Anko felt a little embarrassed and blushed.

"Humph!"

Mitarashi Anko snorted, then glanced around and said, "What's going on, Ibiki, there are still 26 teams left. You were too lenient in the first exam this year."

“There’s a lot of good guys this year.”

Morino Ibiki explained briefly.

"Ok."

Mitarashi Anko said casually, then her eyes fell downwards.

"In the second exam, I eliminated more than half of you. It's really exciting~"

Mitarashi Anko said in a casual tone.

The Genin who were listening below were all stunned.

Eliminate half of them?... Is this a team competition?...

Bai lowered his eyes and began to think.

"We'll talk about the details tomorrow. Once we move to a new location, go ask your jonin sensei for the venue and time to assemble. That's all, disband!"

Mitarashi Anko said, and asked all the Genin to leave the classroom.

"Um...sister, thank you for this exam."

Uzumaki Naruto scratched his hair embarrassedly.

"As a fellow tribesman, it is inevitable for me to take care of you, but this time you have to thank Bai properly."

Karin said as she pointed at Shiro who was standing beside her.

Uzumaki Naruto's face turned slightly red as he looked at Bai who was being gentler towards him.

"Well, thank you, Sister Bai."

Uzumaki Naruto said a little embarrassedly.

"puff!"

Karin turned her head and coughed lightly to hide her smile.

Bai has become accustomed to this kind of thing.

"No need to thank me. After all, if you can't pass, he won't pass either."

Bai chuckled and turned to look at Uchiha Sasuke.

"Uchiha Sasuke, huh? I'm very interested in you. I hope we can have a sparring match if we get a chance."

Uzumaki Naruto's expression was dull for a moment when he listened to Bai's words, and then he looked at Uchiha Sasuke with envy and jealousy.

Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke again! Why are so many people paying attention to Sasuke?

Uzumaki Naruto curled his lips unwillingly.

Uchiha Sasuke remembered the man in front of him, the ninja who was able to easily control the Sound Ninja an hour ago.

"Okay!"

Uchiha Sasuke smiled confidently.

"Then I look forward to seeing you in the next exam."

Bai nodded to the dissatisfied Uzumaki Naruto, the confident Uchiha Sasuke, and the wary Haruno Sakura who regarded him as an enemy, then glanced at Kimimaro who was coming over, and left with Karin.

After walking a few steps, Bai stopped, turned to look at Uzumaki Naruto and said, "Naruto, right."

Hearing Bai calling him, Uzumaki Naruto quickly perked up and looked at Bai with some anticipation, hoping that the other party would say the same words as Uchiha Sasuke.

“I’m actually a man.”

After saying that, he ignored the three people who were stunned and left.

"Bai, you are so bad~"

Karin covered her mouth and chuckled.

"No, I'm just correcting his address."

Shiro said as he looked towards Kimimaro.

"You've already decided on a partner, right?"

"Well, Hyuga Neji. I want to see what it is that makes him attract the teacher's attention."

Kimimaro said, his eyes fixed on the young man in front of him.

"I did some research. He is from a branch family. Even though he doesn't have many resources, he has relied on himself to get to where he is now. Just like what the teacher said, he is a genius. It's a pity that he is a soft fist but was assigned to a steel fist jonin. Maybe this is why the teacher took a fancy to him."

Bai said with a sigh.

Bai still has some understanding of his teacher.

Bai knew that his teacher always liked to kidnap... steal? rob? pick up, yes! Pick up those buried geniuses. He was one, Kimimaro was one, and everyone was one.

His teacher would definitely take action against Hyuga Neji who was restricted like this.

But why was Uchiha Sasuke also chosen by the teacher? Through inquiries over the past few days, it seems that all the resources of the Uchiha clan are on Uchiha Sasuke. I heard that his swordsmanship is very good.

Bai was puzzled, but he didn't ask his teacher.

He felt that the teacher must have a reason for doing this.

Outside the examination room, Quanzi was taking selfies with a camera.

Soon, Izumi noticed the Genin coming out.

"here!"

Quanzi waved his hands happily and shouted to Bai and the others who had just come out.

Bai and the others stiffened slightly and walked over quickly.

Izumi Jounin! You better shut up!

"Ah!!! Aren't you that weird jonin we met?"

Uzumaki Naruto said while pointing at Izumi.

"What a weird jonin!"

Izumi put her hands on her hips and looked at Uzumaki Naruto with dissatisfaction.

Then Izumi's eyes fell on his own genin and said, "How did you feel about the test this time? Did you pass all of them?"

"Of course, all twelve people from the Rain Country passed the first exam."

Karin said this with great confidence.

"That's great. Let's go! I'll take you guys out for a big dinner to celebrate."

Quanzi said happily.

"Izumi-jounin, we have only passed the first exam, and there are two more exams to come."

Bai reminded Quanzi slightly.

"If we go any further, we won't be able to have a complete team."

Quanzi said in a low voice.

"what?"

Bai looked at Quanzi with a serious expression.

"Nothing. What I mean is that from now on, the possibility of passing all the exams will be low. You don't seem to know what the next exam will be about. I'll tell you while we eat."

Quanzi said this with a laugh.

Bai frowned slightly. He always felt that this Jonin seemed to know something they didn't know.

"That, that..."

Uzumaki Naruto hesitated for a moment, then looked at Izumi and said, "Can I go out and talk to Uzumaki Karin alone?"

"You can't ask me this. You should ask Karin."

Izumi said this, and set her sights on Karin.

Karin hesitated for a moment and then said something to Izumi, and decided to talk to Uzumaki Naruto first.

"Karin, let's meet up at Ichiraku Ramen. Their ramen is super delicious!"

Quanzi said this and left with the others.

"Ichiraku Ramen!"

Uzumaki Naruto's eyes lit up instantly.

“Uncle Ichiraku’s ramen is super delicious.”

Uzumaki Naruto began to talk to Karin about how delicious Ichiraku Ramen was.

At this time, Kakashi also came over.

"Nei~Nei~Teacher Kakashi! Why don't we go to Uncle Ichiraku's place and have a bowl of ramen later!"

Uzumaki Naruto looked at Kakashi-sensei expectantly.

"Okay, but you need to pay for it yourself~"

Kakashi said with a smile, his eyes flickering over to Karin who was standing nearby.

Is this the child of the Uzumaki clan that Sakura and the others talked about?

"Hey~"

Uzumaki Naruto was extremely disappointed.

"But their jonin invited them to dinner~ I don't want it! Kakashi-sensei~ Please treat~ Please~"

Uzumaki Naruto said in a somewhat coquettish tone.

"Ah~ah~"

Kakashi seemed to be having a headache because of Uzumaki Naruto's noise, so he nodded helplessly and said, "Okay, okay, but only one bowl."

"Yo! Hooray!"

Uzumaki Naruto jumped for joy after hearing this.

"Ramen~Ramen~"

Uzumaki Naruto shouted excitedly.

"Hey Hey hey!"

After listening for a long time, Karin looked at Uzumaki Naruto with some impatience.

"Didn't you say you wanted to talk to me about something? Why are you talking about ramen now?"

"Oh! Sorry, sorry, I was so excited that I almost forgot about it."

Uzumaki Naruto clasped his hands together and apologized to Karin.

"Um, Karin..."

"Call sister!"

Xiangling corrected the way Uzumaki Naruto addressed her.

"Okay, sister. I just want to ask, are there other people in the Uzumaki clan besides you and me?"

Uzumaki Naruto looked at Karin nervously.

"All I know are mom and you, but I heard from the teacher that she knew a member of the Uzumaki clan before, but he died due to an unexpected incident more than ten years ago. But I heard from mom that there are still some surviving members of the clan in the ninja world, and the teacher has been helping to find them."

Karin patted Uzumaki Naruto's shoulder comfortingly.

"Survived?"

Uzumaki Naruto looked at Karin with some confusion.

"Hey? Don't you know? It happened more than 20 years ago?"

This time it was Karin who was a little surprised, and then her eyes fell on Kakashi who had been silent.

Kakashi sighed, then scratched his head helplessly, hesitated for a moment and said: "I'm not very clear, but I heard from the older generation that more than 20 years ago, the Whirlpool Country was destroyed, and the Uzumaki clan is from the Whirlpool Country."

Kakashi didn't explain it too clearly. As a disciple of Minato Namikaze, he still knew some things about the Uzumaki clan, but he couldn't talk about it casually now. He just told the objective facts.

"So this is ah."

Uzumaki Naruto nodded.

"Speaking of which, Konoha and the Uzumaki Country have a very good relationship. The wife of the first Hokage is the princess of the Uzumaki clan, and the mark on the back of Konoha's jonin costumes is the mark of the Uzumaki clan."

"but..."

Karin said as her eyes swept over Uzumaki Naruto's hair.

"I just don't understand why your hair is yellow? I remember my teacher telling me that the Uzumaki clan generally have red hair, which symbolizes strong vitality?"

Karin's tone became a little puzzled.

"is it?"

Uzumaki Naruto scratched his hair, a hint of sadness flashing in his eyes.

Aside from the last name, are all the others different? Then am I still a member of the Uzumaki clan?