Chapter 351: Ch.351 Taking a Disciple
Because of the mass influx of medical shinobi, the Shinobi Academy's combat trials were forced to end early, and final grades were calculated based on the last squad battle records.
As a result—
Neither Yakumo's team, nor the squad consisting of Uchiha Shinji, Sasuke, and Neji achieved particularly outstanding results.
For the more ordinary students, this was great news.
At the very least, it meant that the gap between them and the so-called "geniuses" hadn't widened any further.
In any case, with the end of this widely anticipated combat examination, the students at the Shinobi Academy finally welcomed a brief period of relaxation.
Inside the Classroom.
Uchiha Shinji lazily gazed out the window, half-listening to the buzzing chatter of his classmates.
"Hey, did you hear? The volunteers from the other villages who came for the First Hokage's cell transplant surgery... they all died!"
"All of them? Seriously?!"
"Serves them right! They were all coveting our village's 'Wood Release' anyway!"