Chapter 32: Unusual team
Chapter
32: The Slightly Unexpected Team 7
Iruka looked at the lively and
energetic faces below. He seemed to be smiling, but he sighed inwardly. He
didn't see any tension or urgency from these children. Even though he had
emphasized the dangers of becoming a ninja multiple times over the past six
years, not many children took it to heart. After all, it's hard to empathize
without personal experience!
As a Chunin, Iruka knew this too
well. These children were now full of confidence and yearning. How many of them
would survive in one or two years was an unknown. But he had fulfilled his
duties as a teacher. The rest would depend on the children's own efforts.
"Then I will announce the
division of classes. I believe you all know that to better complete missions,
ninjas usually form teams. The size of the team is generally limited to three
to five people. You have just graduated, and the village will also arrange an
experienced senior to guide you. When I call your name, you will automatically
call it out. Then your team leader will come to lead you. Do you
understand?"
"Yes!!"
This was the most anticipated and
also the most nervous part. As graduates of the ninja school, these kids knew
the importance of companions. Including the young master Sasuke Uchiha, who
didn't care much in the original story, but this time was a little different.
If possible, he really hoped to team up with Menma. This was not only because
Menma had shown absolute power in the past six years. Although Sasuke didn't
say it openly, he recognized Menma's strength.
Failure after failure had made
Sasuke obsessed. He must defeat Menma! And it wasn't just an ordinary defeat;
he had to surpass Menma in all aspects. Otherwise, how could he avenge his
"genius brother"? Therefore, being in the same team with Menma was
the best result.
Thinking about this, Sasuke couldn't
help but secretly glance at Menma, though he thought it was very subtle. Menma
could clearly sense it. He didn't need to look directly. With his current
perception, as long as someone paid special attention to him, Menma could sense
it immediately. He could probably guess what Sasuke was thinking.
If possible, Menma was willing to be
in the same team with Sasuke. After all, Sasuke occupied a significant position
in his future plans! But whether it could be achieved was not something Menma
could control. His existence was the biggest plot change. The Fourth Hokage in
the original story didn't have two sons! Therefore, Menma was curious about how
the Third Hokage would arrange the class pairing in this time and space.
Some class pairings were obviously
destined. For example, Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino. If there were no peers in the
three families of Ino-Shika-Cho, they must be in the same team when they
graduate together. This had been the practice for decades. The team formed by
Shikamaru's father and the fathers of the other two once had a high reputation
in the ninja world.
People from other ninja clans would
often be assigned together. The so-called "fair and just" team
assignment was a joke. Mediocre people could never be assigned to geniuses.
Even Haruno Sakura, who seemed mediocre in the original work, had invincible
theoretical talents and outstanding chakra control ability! Later, she followed
Tsunade to learn and mastered most of Tsunade's moves in just three years,
showing how excellent she was!
In the original work, Haruno Sakura
was arranged to join Naruto and Sasuke's team. There might have been some luck
and accident in it, but it was definitely not that anyone could replace Sakura
and become a teammate with Naruto and Sasuke! A Jonin represented the top
combat power of a ninja village! It was not easy to be arranged to lead a class
in the ninja school. Only the next generation of young people valued by the
village were eligible for such treatment.
Different young generations were led
by different Jonin. Kakashi led the seventh team because he had the Sharingan
and was a direct subordinate of the Fourth Hokage. Asuma led the tenth team
because Ino-Shika-Cho had always been a hardcore Hokage family, and Asuma was
the biological son of Sarutobi Hiruzen! These arrangements were not casual.
Everything had profound internal reasons.
It was almost impossible for
ordinary graduates to team up with people from famous ninja families! Unless
they showed extraordinary talent during their time in the ninja school and were
valued by the village, they would be randomly assigned to a team led by an
ordinary Chunin. The future fate of these people was the most common encounter
in the ninja world.
This was often only the tip of the
iceberg shown in the original work. What was shown more was the passion and
struggle of the protagonists. And this was the most ridiculous and pitiful
thing.
"Team one, Nobita , Shizuka,
and Onikawa Koo!" "Yes!" "Team 2, Furukawa Shin, Fuji
Mineko, Edogawa Conan!" "Yes!" "Team 3, Endaiko, Saburo
Shinoda, Rina Yanase!" "Yes!"
The class placement results were
announced in an orderly manner. Everything unfolded according to the
established script. These ordinary students could only form a team with their
ordinary classmates and then be randomly assigned to a certain Chunin. They
would basically remain Genin for the rest of their lives! There were definitely
only a few people who could be promoted to Chunin. You must know that Chunin
were already the mainstay of the ninja village!
For these ordinary students of the
same grade, Menma had no interest at all and just ignored it completely.
Until the names of Team 6 were
called out.
"Team 7, Uzumaki Menma,"
Iruka called out, capturing Menma's attention.
Menma's spirit suddenly perked up,
and his eyes focused. This was the critical moment.
Iruka continued without pausing,
"Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Naruto Namikaze!" He also said the
next three names one after another, causing an uproar in the whole class.
Including Menma, everyone was stunned for a moment.