Chapter 29: Team Leader
Kurenai Yuhi led Team Eight from the teaching building, not to the playground, but out of the school and to a training ground in the wild.
Such training grounds were common in Konoha.
Kurenai Yuhi walked over to a tree stump, then turned around to face Izayoi and the other two, smiling, "Before any of you get promoted to Chunin squad leader, I'll be sending you on missions for a long time in the future."
"So, let's introduce yourselves and get acquainted with each other first."
"I'll give you a demonstration."
Kurenai Yuhi put her hand on her hip and smiled, "My name is Kurenai Yuhi, my surname is Yuhi, you can call me Teacher Kurenai. My specialty is illusion, I'm good at all kinds of illusions. I have many things that I like, for example, when it comes to food, I like wasabi octopus, shochu and vodka as well. When it comes to dreams, I want to be a female ninja like Tsunade-sama."
"Your turn."
Kurenai Yuhi's eyes traveled over the faces of Izayoi and the other two, finally settling on Izayoi.
Listening to this, Izayoi slowly opened his mouth, "I am Izayoi, I do not have a family name. I specialize in ninjutsu. I am better at Fire Style and Wind Style, and I also know a little medical ninjutsu and perception techniques. I like to cultivate and fight with others. There are a lot of things that I hate. My dream is to become a great ninja."
Kurenai Yuhi nodded, holding a rough view of the strength and personality of Izayoi.
She then looked at Hinata standing next to Izayoi.
"My name is Hinata Hyuga. My specialty is sensing and the Gentle Fist of the Hyuga clan. I like to train with Izayoi-kun and my sister. I also like to eat red bean paste and cinnamon rolls. I dislike crab and shrimp. My dream is also to be a great ninja," Hinata said softly.
Having listened to Hinata's self-introduction, Kurenai Yuhi looked at Izayoi again, her eyes alternating between the two faces, until Hinata's small face turned slightly red and she couldn't help but bow her head, then showed a playful smile and nodded knowingly, "I see."
Finally, Kurenai Yuhi's eyes fell on Shino Aburame, who was all covered up, his hair hidden by his hood, his forehead hidden by his forehead protector, his eyes hidden by sunglasses, and his chin and nose hidden by his collar, only showing a little bit of skin on his face.
Shino Aburame said in a low voice, "I'm Shino Aburame. My specialty is also perception and the clan's secret techniques. I usually like to go to the forest to hunt for insects. Vegetable salad and wax gourd are my favorite foods. I hate things with strong smells. My hope is to find new species of insects."
"Very good, now everyone knows something about one another."
Kurenai Yuhi smiled with delight and went on, "But prior to conducting missions, I must test your abilities. Tomorrow at nine o'clock, same place, I'd like to have a survival exercise with you."
"By the way, the mission scenario for this survival exercise is a snatching war. Your target... is me."
Kurenai Yuhi pointed at herself, waved her hand, and smiled, "See you tomorrow, don't be late, okay."
After saying that, Kurenai Yuhi disappeared into an afterimage without giving Izayoi and the other two time to react and ask questions.
Izayoi and the other two looked at each other.
"Izayoi, what do you think?"
Shino Aburame asked, prepared to analyze Izayoi.
Though he was repressed by Izayoi and the others for so many years, Shino Aburame didn't think he was inferior to the other two in aspects other than his grades.
There were ruleless duels in the sixth grade and just once a month, which was a monthly examination.
Shino Aburame wasn't pitted against Izayoi and the others until graduation.
Other teammates were not worth him using the secret methods of the clan.
Thus nobody was aware that Shino Aburame was concealing his power.
He had caught the clues left by Kurenai Yuhi.
If Izayoi did not realize, then it would be that his brain was not faster than his.
Based on the situation between Hinata and Izayoi, Shino Aburame would still relinquish the role of team leader.
However, if Izayoi's decision was wrong, then do not blame him for refuting without giving face.
Izayoi naturally had no clue what Shino Aburame was thinking.
Hearing the words of Shino Aburame, he slowly said his analysis, "There's no need to wait until tomorrow, we can know the result now. We, the Genin who just graduated, are not opponents of Jonin at all."
"Even if tomorrow's survival exercise is just a snatching fight, we can't win it if the Jonin doesn't want us to. After all, you can also find out that the Chunin instructors in the survival exercises of the school were actually being kind. As long as the performance wasn't too bad, they wouldn't be eliminated."
"So tomorrow's survival exercise, if our performance meets Teacher Kurenai, she will also be kind to us."
"Then. how do we please her?"
Izayoi leaned against the tree stump Kurenai Yuhi was on a moment ago and continued, "Teacher Kurenai just said she's testing our capabilities, not our strength! Ninja battle is battle of information. In the self-introduction earlier, Teacher Kurenai has already revealed her information to us. She's proficient in all kinds of illusions."
"It's still morning now, we can start the survival exercise right away, but she gave us one day of preparation time and told us the theme and place of the survival exercise. This is obviously to give us time to come up with a battle strategy and set traps."
"As long as our strategy and teamwork are qualified, Teacher Kurenai should deliberately let us succeed in obtaining the clearance props."
Looking at Izayoi, who was explaining eloquently, Hinata's beautiful eyes sparkled, not hiding her admiration for Izayoi.
Shino Aburame still had his hands in his pockets, tightly clenched, and his face could not be seen.
But he had already identified Izayoi in his mind and sighed at his own inferiority.
Although he also noticed the hints left by Kurenai Yuhi, Shino Aburame did not consider as carefully as Izayoi.
As expected of the top student.
It was as though not only was he hiding his strength, but most likely no one in the class had seen Izayoi's true strength except Hinata, who merely said she liked training with Izayoi.
Shino Aburame asked again, then, "Well, Izayoi, what's your plan?"
Unlike during the previous test, Shino Aburame now recognized Izayoi's position as team captain and was willing to listen to his strategy.
"If we are to devise tactics, the assumption is we must know each other better."
Izayoi summoned Hinata and Shino Aburame and said, "Come here and reveal your trump cards, and talk over your best techniques and the results of those techniques."
Hinata and Shino Aburame immediately ran over at this.
Then the three of them sat down in a circle and started whispering.
Not far away, Kurenai Yuhi was standing atop the treetop of a big tree, looking at the three conversing, with a smile of relief on her face, more satisfied with these three students and subordinates.
The hints a moment ago were indeed left behind on purpose by her.
The reason being to test the observation ability of Izayoi and the other two to see how long they would react.
So, she did not expect Izayoi and the other two to be that exceptional.
She had just left, and they immediately concluded that the survival training and test time were for the sake of verifying their strength and teamwork.
"They're really good. With this line-up, it's not as if there's no hope of winning at all. I'll definitely make you pay for looking down on me."
Kurenai Yuhi thought about the bet before the team assignments, and the scene where neither Kakashi Hatake nor Asuma Sarutobi, who had been trying to impress her, took her seriously, and thought to herself.
Then, her body twisted and disappeared like an illusion.
(End of this chapter)
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