Naruto: Cultivating to Immortality

Chapter 17 Teammates

For two days, Hyuga Kanan practiced and familiarized himself with the Baguazhang Rotation Palm, and even developed his own unique Baguazhang Killer Palm.

Early this morning, Hyuga Kanan finished her morning meditation early and went straight to the classroom assigned to her by the Ninja Academy. She sat down in the last row as usual and quietly waited for the teacher to arrive.

Soon, the classroom was full of people. The masked man walked over to Hyuga Kanan, greeted him briefly, and began to tell him about the results of his conversation with his family after returning home.

Hyuga Kanan listened silently, offering no advice, but instead asked the masked man in a low voice:

"Actually, none of these things are very important. The most important thing is whether you are truly determined to become a ninja."

The masked man looked somewhat lost, unsure how to answer. He wasn't entirely sure he'd become a ninja right now; his strength was far from being sufficient to become a qualified genin. However, he still longed to be a ninja. Seeing his older brother's status and income rise significantly after becoming a ninja, he wanted to be like him. His only worry was that he wasn't yet strong enough to become one and needed a few more years of training and development.

In addition, what his older brother told him was that it was wartime, and even if his older brother became a Chunin, going to the battlefield would be extremely dangerous. Moreover, children like them who hadn't even reached the Genin level didn't have time to be slowly taught and grown on the battlefield, and the mortality rate was frighteningly high.

"I...I don't know either."

Hyuga Kanan looked at the masked man with a puzzled expression. Did he not even know if he was determined to become a ninja? Going to the battlefield in this situation would be even more dangerous.

"Well! What you need to do now is to strengthen your belief, the belief in becoming a ninja. At the same time, have your ninja family use their connections to transfer you to their ranks. That way, they can properly train and protect you, giving you time to grow and providing you with a chance to develop. That's the only advice I can give you," Hyuga Kanan said truthfully.

Faced with the bewildered masked man, Hyuga Kanan was powerless to help with anything else, as his own situation was also unknown. The good thing was that he was a member of the Hyuga clan, which at least guaranteed him some safety, preventing him from being used as cannon fodder.

The two were now speechless, silently waiting for the village's allocation.

Soon, a teacher wearing a green vest entered the classroom, carrying a folder in his hand. He strode to the center of the podium, and without any formalities, began the assignment process.

Instead of having the supervising teacher come to the classroom to pick up the students as in anime, the teacher simply called out the names and gave them an address, and that was the end of the arrangement.

After everyone in the classroom received their addresses, the teacher in the vest simply said, "Meet at the corresponding address immediately," and strode out of the classroom without answering any questions.

Hyuga Kanan and the masked man exchanged a glance, and at the same time, Hyuga Kanan whispered to the other man, "Good luck, try your best to survive." Then, he got up and headed towards his rendezvous point. Throughout the entire ordeal, Hyuga Kanan did not ask the masked man's name, because he knew that the other man's chances of survival were almost zero.

Hinata Kanan sprinted towards her destination and soon arrived at the edge of a training ground. This was the location that the pseudonym had given her: Training Ground 7.

From afar, two figures could be seen on the training field. One was casually sitting on the ground, while the other stood beside him, seemingly waiting for someone. Hyuga Kanan's spirits lifted. These must be his teammates. Thinking it best to quickly tidy up his equipment, he hurried towards the two figures.

In an instant, Hyuga Kanan arrived at the location of the two figures.

A man wearing a black combat uniform and carrying a ninja sword on his back was standing facing the person sitting on the ground, muttering something under his breath, looking somewhat impatient.

Hearing the sound, he quickly turned to look at Hyuga Kanan. Upon seeing Kanan's eyes, he raised his hand and greeted her warmly, "Hi!"

At the same time, a pleasant smile appeared on his face, his eyes narrowed into two crescent moons, and he turned to the figure sitting on the ground and said excitedly in a loud voice, "I told you our new teammate would be amazing! Look, he's from the Hyuga clan!"

The figure in the blue shirt on the ground quickly stood up, looked at Hyuga Kanan, and waved happily. At the same time, he quietly walked to the man in black and asked Hyuga Kanan:

"Are you our new teammate? I am Yuan Feiquanxiong, I am 14 years old, I graduated two years ago, and I am a ninja who is skilled in fire and wind techniques."

After a pause, he pointed to the man in black with a sword on his back and introduced him: "He is Moonlight Flame, he graduated with me, he is also 14 years old, he is a swordsmanship genius, and he is good at close combat."

After saying that, his eyes were once again fixed on Hyuga Kanan.

Hinata Kanan noticed that both of them were looking at him with eager eyes.

"Oh, hello everyone, I'm Hyuga Kanan, nice to meet you."

Hinata Kanan nodded slightly in response.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Fei and Quan Xiong's expressions changed drastically, and they quickly said:

"Ah...you're Hyuga Kanan, the...famous lazy bum from the Hyuga clan at the Ninja Academy."

After saying that, I felt that it wasn't quite right to say it that way, and I didn't know how to explain it. I just looked a little embarrassed.

Hyuga Kanan looked at the two people opposite him expressionlessly, seemingly unconcerned about what had just been said, and took the initiative to speak:

"Yes, I am the lazy bum from the Hyuga clan that you just mentioned. There's nothing wrong with saying it. I'm used to it. Don't feel embarrassed."

Hearing that Hyuga Kanan's tone didn't seem angry, Gekko Shinka readily chimed in, ignoring Yuan Fei Quanxiong's slightly flushed face, and laughed heartily at Hyuga Kanan:

"Rumors, no matter how widespread or numerous, are still just rumors. Don't take what this guy just said to heart; he only heard it secondhand and didn't mean anything by it."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Fei and Quan Xiong seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly, indicating their agreement with Moonlight Flame's words.

Hyuga Kanan, however, keenly grasped the key words and looked at Gekko Nobunaga, saying calmly:

"So, my reputation has spread widely and extensively."

"Uh! Well..." Moonlight Flame realized something, stammered, and didn't know how to explain, so she could only say in desperation:

"In short, the reputation you've built up is known to all the genin who graduated in the last few years!"

"Oh? You mean to say that every genin knows about these rumors about me now?"

"Well, it's not that exaggerated. It's only the genin who graduated in the last few years!"

"Oh, is that so?"

Who is it? Hyuga Kanan didn't believe that he, a member of the Hyuga branch family, was worthy of such extensive publicity, enough to make all the genin who graduated in the last few years know about him.

As you can see from the original work, Naruto Uzumaki was also a bottom student, and he failed the graduation exam several times in a row. Only the people in his class knew this.

Hyuga Kanan seemed to have sensed a conspiracy.

However, it was probably aimed at the reputation of the entire Hyuga clan, a prestigious family, and not specifically at him.

Hyuga Kanan remained silent. After a long while, he gave a self-deprecating laugh. He realized he was being a bit paranoid, always afraid that the Sage of Six Paths, that cunning old fox, would pay attention to him and then try to eliminate him; it was almost like he had a persecution complex.

What are we going to do here now?

Hyuga Kanan looked at the two people opposite him, one from the Sarutobi clan and the other from the Gekko clan, both ninja from Konoha ninja clans. It seemed he wouldn't be used as cannon fodder.

"We're waiting for the teacher in charge. He's the one who informed us today that we have new teammates and told us to wait here."

"Oh," Hinata Kanan replied casually, walked to a tree, leaned against the trunk, and slowly sat down, preparing to wait together.

There was silence for a moment.

Yuan Feiquanxiong sat bored in his original spot, practicing hand seals. He looked at Hyuga Kanan sitting next to him and said in a deep voice, "To be honest, Hyuga Kanan, I really envy your Hyuga clan."

"Ok?"

Hyuga Kanan looked at Yuan Fei Quanxiong with a puzzled expression, secretly thinking to himself, "Your Yuan Fei clan is about to take off. With a Hokage who thinks only of your clan, you've grown from a small clan to one with over 3000 ninjas in just a few decades. That's what other clans envy. After all, even the Senju clan at its peak only had a little over a thousand ninjas."

Moonlight and Fire looked at Yuan Fei and Quan Xiong with concern, unsure how to comfort them.

"Do you know why we had to bring in new members to our team? It's because our former teammate was killed in action. If there had been ninjas from your Hyuga clan there, our team wouldn't have been ambushed, and Koharu wouldn't have died. Your Hyuga clan always manages to avoid ambushes."

In the numerous battles that have occurred in recent months, they have all participated to varying degrees. In their understanding, as long as Hyuga clan ninjas are present, they can always calmly plan their battles. Whether to launch an attack or avoid an ambush, adjustments can be made at any time. Basically, the Hyuga clan doesn't need to actively engage in combat; they only need to conduct reconnaissance.

In situations like this, where ambushes are occurring, the presence of Hyuga clan ninjas allows for early detection, enabling a proactive retreat or the gathering of more personnel for a counter-ambush. Therefore, it's perfectly normal for Yuan Fei and Quan Xiong to express their envy of the Hyuga clan.

Other ninja villages were filled with envy and resentment. After all, if you spend countless hours and resources gathering intelligence to set up a trap, only to have it easily seen through by someone else, who might even use your trap to their advantage and kill you, wouldn't you be filled with envy and resentment?