Chapter 2 Enrollment
"Brother, let's play war, okay, Onii-chan~~"
Early in the morning, the energetic Iruka bounced out to find his brother. He held a wooden sword in one hand and tugged at Kakuki's clothes with the other, cooing in a baby voice, swaying back and forth as he pouted.
Time flew by like an arrow. In the blink of an eye, a year had passed. Iruka was two years old, and Kakuki had reached the age of five.
Kakuki watched his two-year-old brother waving the wooden sword and playing, and though he was only two, Kakuki still felt a sense of "my daughter has finally grown up."
"Finally, have you finally been weaned, Iruka?"
Kakuki bent down, looking Iruka directly in the face, extended his right hand, and gently flicked Iruka's forehead.
"Ow!" Iruka yelped in pain, quickly covering his little head, his lips pouted high, tears welling in his eyes: "What are you doing, Brother!"
"Heh heh," Kakuki smiled faintly, his left hand brushing away the sleep in Iruka's eyes, his right hand covering Iruka's forehead, saying:
"Sorry, Iruka, Brother can't play with you today. Forgive me, Iruka, this is the last time."
After speaking, Kakuki turned gracefully and walked to his room, leaving only Iruka rubbing his forehead, muttering things like "What are you doing, stinky brother."
Indeed, Kakuki had no time to play with Iruka today, because today was the joyous day for Umino Kakuki to go to Ninja School.
Originally, under his parents' guidance, Umino Kakuki was supposed to start learning Chakra at six years old, but now he was going to school at five.
The reason was simple: the shadow of war had begun to envelop the Ninja World.
Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure all had their own small movements, and intelligence showed they were actively preparing for war.
At such a juncture, Konoha naturally had to accelerate the training of its Ninja.
Today was the new season of enrollment for Konoha Ninja School. Due to the age requirement being lowered to five years old for enrollment, the crowd at the Ninja School entrance today was clearly larger than in previous years, with people bustling about, jostling shoulder to shoulder.
Umino Kakuki was accompanied by his father, Umino Yiye Jiaomu, and his mother, Umino Xiao Zhen, who had specifically taken leave for today, as well as little Iruka, who was tightly clutching his clothes, making it a rare family reunion.
Speaking of which, because his parents were so busy, little Iruka was actually closer to his brother.
Following his family to the Ninja School entrance, many "though I haven't seen them before, I'm sure it's them" classmates from his generation came into view one by one.
For example, Ebisu, who wore black sunglasses at such a young age, and Shiranui Genma, who had a toothpick (senbon?) in his mouth.
Rin Nohara, with two square oil paints on either side of her fair face.
Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi, who were already inseparable at a young age.
Anko Mitarashi, who was also wearing revealing mesh clothing and fishnet stockings at a young age.
And Kakashi Hatake, with his white hair sticking up at an angle, wearing a mask, revealing only two dead-fish eyes.
Particularly eye-catching was a pair of father and son, dressed in green jumpsuits, shouting excitedly and tearfully at a supplementary enrollment announcement posted on the wall.
No doubt, this was Might Duy and Might Guy, father and son.
There was no way around it; these people's appearances were simply too striking, like fireflies in the dark night sky; no one could stop their light.
In his impression, there were quite a few original characters from Kakashi's generation. Kakuki continued to scrutinize and also discovered Aoba Yamashiro, Raido Namiashi, Morino Ibiki, and Gekkō Hayate, among others.
That's not right. Kakuki looked around and suddenly noticed a blind spot: Where was Uchiha Obito? Where was the famous Shimura Kenji?
What, you said Obito was helping an old lady cross the street? Oh, then never mind.
Kakuki waved goodbye to his parents and brother, then entered the school with the other students.
A noisy group of children waited in the playground with excitement, apprehension, and nervousness for the opening ceremony to begin, but Kakuki's heart was very calm.
Allowing five-year-olds to enter Ninja School a year early meant that these children would graduate a year early, contributing to the construction of Konoha.
Furthermore, war had not yet broken out. Once it officially broke out, the children's schooling period might be further compressed, making it not impossible for them to graduate two or even three years early.
"When the leaves dance, the fire also burns fiercely. The Firelight will continue to illuminate the Village, allowing new leaves to sprout. All of you here are the new leaves of the Village, and I believe you will eventually grow into towering trees, sheltering and protecting the Village! This is the Fire Will!"
The Third Hokage, still in his prime, stood on the podium in the playground, proclaiming the Fire Will to the new students.
Kakuki seemingly listened attentively to the Third Hokage's speech from below the stage, but in reality, his mind was wandering. His boss in his previous life often drew him a pie in the sky; he was truly tired of such speeches.
Looking at the other young listeners below the stage, who were not only passionate but even teary-eyed listening to the Third Hokage's speech, Kakuki helplessly turned his head away, continuing to let his mind wander.
No wonder the busy Hokage-sama came to give a speech at the opening ceremony.
Some things, you don't know until you've experienced them.
With the end of the speech, the opening ceremony concluded successfully. Kakuki left with the crowd on the playground, found his assigned class, consciously found a seat in the back row by the window, and carefully observed his classmates.
After a while, Kakuki did not find Might Guy, Kakashi Hatake, and Rin Nohara, but he did see Anko Mitarashi, Morino Ibiki, Gekkō Hayate, and others. It seemed they were assigned to different classes.
Bang! Clang! The classroom door was first violently pushed open, then slammed heavily against the wall.
Two loud noises attracted Kakuki's attention. He saw a student wearing goggles and with a ping-pong paddle on his back rush in clumsily, panting heavily as he bowed deeply: "Sorry, Teacher! I am Uchiha Obito from A Class, I am truly sorry for being late!"
The class was silent for a moment, then immediately burst into laughter, with comments like "Doesn't that idiot even look up?" or "Who cares who you are?", especially Gekkō Hayate, who was laughing and coughing, almost out of breath. The classroom was suddenly filled with a joyful atmosphere.
Uchiha Obito looked up amidst the laughter, saw the empty podium, and the B Class sign on the door, his face flushed like a pig's liver, wishing he could dig out the Hokage Building with his feet.
As if he had used the Body Flicker Technique, Obito instantly disappeared. Should one say he truly was a genius of the Uchiha clan? The class burst into laughter again.
By the way, I'm also a transmigrator, and a system is standard for transmigrators, so where is it?
Counting the time, Kakuki had been in the Ninja World for five years, and he hadn't even seen a shadow of his system. Could it be that his system, like Uchiha Shimura Kenji's, was late?
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