"Are you saying he continuously released over a dozen Great Fireball Techniques, and his chakra wasn't even depleted?"
Looking at the subordinate who came to report, Danzo knew they wouldn't lie to him, but he couldn't help but doubt it.
He had seen geniuses before, the Sannin of Leaf Village, Hatake Sakumo, Kakashi Hatake, and others were all geniuses, but had he ever seen a five-year-old with so much chakra?
Even Uchiha Madara, the Shura of the Ninja World, didn't have such vast chakra at the age of five!
Only the First Hokage could achieve this level, I guess!
The ROOT member who came to report didn't even raise his head, emotionlessly saying, "Yes!"
"Hahaha! Good, good!" In the gloomy underground base, Danzo couldn't help but laugh, then he muttered to himself, "Such a good seedling must be cultivated by ROOT!"
Actually, the chakra of Jinchūriki was far more vast than Haruki's, but they couldn't use it freely.
Moreover, the chakra of the Tailed Beast would interfere with their own chakra, making it very difficult for them to learn to use ninjutsu.
But Haruki didn't have this flaw, as long as he learned enough ninjutsu, he could have powerful combat ability at any time.
When Danzo made up his mind to obtain Haruki, the Third Hokage was also thinking about this issue.
Especially since Haruki was Minato's younger brother, and Minato was about to take office as the Fourth Hokage, who knew if he could still suppress Minato then?
But after thinking about it, the Third Hokage suppressed this problem, he was now in a difficult position, with no other choice.
After being escorted home by Kushina and Minato, Haruki was forced to stay in bed until the Ninja Academy started two days later, before he was allowed to leave the house.
The busy Minato also specially took time out to send Haruki to register with Kushina.
"Minato-sensei, good morning!"
"Minato-sensei, are you sending your younger brother to school?"
"Minato-sensei..."
All the way, Haruki saw how high Minato's prestige was now, people all over the street greeted Minato.
Soon, Haruki and the others arrived at the Ninja Academy. Haruki looked around, but didn't see any of the characters from the original series.
Within a few minutes, Minato took him to a Chuunin teacher, pushed Haruki to the front and said, "Harayama-sensei, I'll leave this child to you."
After saying hello, Minato and Kushina left first.
The enthusiastic crowd was too much to handle, Haruki saw that Minato's face was stiff from smiling.
"Haruki-kun, the entrance exam is about to start, you should come with us." Harayama-sensei tried to speak to Haruki in a gentle tone, but the hideous scar on his face made his smile even more terrifying.
"This expression could scare a little girl to tears!" Haruki thought to himself, but he said obediently, "Okay, Harayama-sensei."
Within a few minutes, Harayama took Haruki to the school's practice field.
"Quiet!" A roar like a wild bear instantly stunned the noisy children, everyone's eyes locked on Harayama.
Seeing this, Harayama nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Now the entrance exam begins, everyone run five hundred laps around the field! You have five minutes to prepare."
Hearing this, Haruki instantly jumped off the platform and started to warm up on the field.
"Is he the child Minato-sama adopted?"
"It's him, I don't know why Minato-sama would adopt him, he's just an ordinary orphan!"
"Minato-sama is about to become Hokage, he's the Hokage-sama's younger brother!"
"The test is about to start, we have to give him a taste of our power!"
The children looked at Haruki with sour gazes, wishing they could immediately prove that they were far more excellent than Haruki.
The news that Minato was about to become the Fourth Hokage had spread throughout Leaf Village, once Minato became Hokage, Haruki's status would immediately be different.
Not to mention that most of the children were from ordinary families, even the children of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans were a little jealous.
Haruki heard every word of these people, but he didn't get angry.
An orphan suddenly became one of the most prestigious people in Leaf Village, even Haruki himself would be a little envious.
But understanding is one thing, Haruki still decided to go all out in the test, let them know why this was happening.
"Okay, now everyone return to your positions, the test officially begins!"
The children stood in their positions sparsely, Minato, Kushina, and others were watching from the platform, including the Third Hokage and other Leaf Village high-ranking officials.
Suddenly, a one-eyed man wearing black clothes, looking like a member of the Yakuza, came to the platform.
"Danzo, what are you doing here?" The Third Hokage asked curiously.
Danzo rarely participated in the entrance ceremony, today was truly a rare occurrence.
"The war has consumed too much of ROOT's power, I'm here to see if there are any good seedlings to replenish ROOT's strength!"
Danzo directly defined the situation with one sentence, regardless of what others thought, he focused his gaze on Haruki.
Haruki, who was ready on the field, instantly felt his hair stand on end, as if he had been targeted by some kind of ferocious beast.
When he turned his head to look, he immediately saw Danzo's greedy gaze, as if he wanted to swallow him whole.
"Gulp!" Haruki swallowed hard, quickly turning his head back, constantly comforting himself, "It's okay, it's okay, if Danzo dares to have ideas about me, Kushina will dare to release the Nine-Tails and smash ROOT!"
"Ready—Go!"
Just then, Harayama-sensei gave the command, and hundreds of children instantly rushed out.
Haruki also unleashed his full strength, within a few seconds he was in the lead, and the distance between him and the others was still widening.
They were all five or six-year-old children, even if they had trained, they were only at the level of adults.
But Haruki's four attributes were all above twenty points, he was ahead of them in all aspects.
Even if these children could use chakra, Haruki's chakra was far beyond their reach.
As he ran, Haruki's eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought to himself, "System, pick up cards!"
That's right, as he ran, Haruki suddenly saw a white card flashing with tempting light in front of him.
He didn't know which of the hundreds of children dropped it.
"White card is Constitution +1"
Having discovered this unexpected gain, Haruki abandoned his previous idea of finishing first, adjusting his speed to be one lap ahead, constantly picking up cards.
The probability of cards dropping during exercise is low, but with hundreds of people exercising together, the probability is not low!
"White card is Speed +1!"
"White card is Constitution +1!"
"White card is Strength +1!"
"Hahaha, it seems going to school is the wisest decision after all!" Watching his attributes constantly rise, Haruki shamelessly took credit for it!
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