Chapter 69
Hokage Office.
A group of Jonin and Special Jonin had gathered.
Once they received the files for their respective teams, they began departing one by one, heading for the Ninja Academy.
Kakashi looked at the student roster for Team 7 with a helpless expression. He'd been hoping for a laid-back life, but the Hokage had thrown him into yet another troublesome situation.
Uzumaki Naruto—Minato-sensei's son, and the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki.
Sasuke—last surviving member of the Uchiha clan.
This wasn't going to be an easy group to handle.
Meanwhile, Yamashiro Aoba received the file for Team 9 and let out a rare sigh of relief when he saw that his younger cousin, Yamashiro Rone, was one of the students.
Honestly, Aoba didn't really understand why someone like him—an Intelligence Division Special Jonin—was being assigned to lead a Genin squad. But since his cousin was among the members, he figured it might as well be a mini-vacation.
Hiruzen had also given him a subtle reminder: "Aoba, there's a kid in your team named Natsuki. He's a real genius. Make sure you train him well."
Natsuki? A genius?
Aoba opened Natsuki's file and was momentarily stunned. "This Natsuki... he's the inventor of the Ninja Card Game? And he even beat Uchiha Sasuke in a match? One-handed seals... Water Release... Hokage-sama, with all due respect, a genius like this should be assigned to Kakashi!"