Chapter 130: [130]:Hokage-jiji
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"I'm very proud of you Naruto." Iruka said from next to him. "You blew everyone's expectations out of the water with your exam results today; you got in the Top Ten!"
"Guess I shoulda put more effort into my studies a lot sooner." Naruto admitted sheepishly. Then he noticed something. "Hey, Teuchi-ossan, where's Ayame-nee? I haven't seen her tonight."
"She's off getting some ingredients for me." The owner of the ramen stand replied. "It's just a pick up from a nearby village, but I had a team of genin escort her as a high-D-Rank mission. Some stupid bandits have been lurking around the boundaries of Konoha's outer patrols for a while and I didn't want to risk Ayame's life."
"I'll have to see if we can get a clearance mission set up." Iruka sighed. "I swear, sometimes the arrogant stupidity of bandits is too much for words. Some are simply stupid enough to dismiss shinobi as nothing more than common soldiers, ignoring or refusing to admit that chakra even exists while others discard it as simply parlour tricks. If ever there was a case of 'too stupid to live.'" the man finished with a tired mutter.
"Too true." Teuchi snorted. "Useless wastes of space. Anyway, she'll be back tomorrow or the day after. Plenty of time for you to show off your hitai-ate to her."
Naruto just rolled his eyes. "Iruka-sensei, how common are bandits anyway?"