Even though Haruki deliberately slowed down, he still finished the five hundred laps very quickly.
"Whew! Whew! Whew! What kind of freak is this guy, he didn't even break a sweat!"
"Don't even mention sweating, he didn't even breathe hard, running five hundred laps isn't tiring at all!"
A bunch of kids who didn't like Haruki were lying on the ground, resting, looking at Haruki who wasn't even out of breath, gnashing their teeth.
Haruki couldn't care less about their gazes, he was currently admiring his attribute panel.
"Host: Haruki"
"Strength: 29"
"Speed: 52"
"Constitution: 50"
"Spirit: 27"
"Chakra: 1012"
"Talent: Space Talent LV3."
"Taijutsu: Kunai Basics LV2, Basic Taijutsu LV3, Leaf Whirlwind LV4."
"Ninjutsu: Great Fireball Technique LV5, Earth Release: Earth Wall Technique LV4, Earth Dragon Bullet Technique LV3, Body Replacement Technique LV6."
His speed and constitution had both doubled, all breaking through fifty points.
Now, even without using chakra, Haruki's physical body was strong enough to fight an ordinary Genin.
For a moment, Haruki looked at these kids lying on the ground, and they seemed a little more pleasing to the eye, but when he saw the gazes of those little girls, his face immediately turned cold.
He thought Danzo's gaze was scary enough, but now the gazes of these little girls were so hot that they almost set Haruki's clothes on fire.
If he gave them a good look, wouldn't they immediately pounce on him?
The children's performance was seen by everyone on the platform, Haruki's lack of full effort naturally couldn't hide from them.
"Sarutobi, I want that child who came in first, ROOT is the best place for him to develop."
Hearing Danzo's words, everyone looked at him as if he was an idiot. Haruki's name had already spread among the upper echelons of Leaf Village, what are you pretending for?
Moreover, he was the adopted brother of the Fourth Hokage, a staunch supporter of the Third Hokage's lineage, how could you possibly get him? Are you dreaming?
But surprisingly, the Third Hokage didn't immediately object to Danzo's words, but sat there pondering.
"You're dreaming!" Kushina exploded on the spot, her red hair fluttering in the wind, she threatened, "If you dare to have ideas about Haruki, I'll tear ROOT apart!"
"Kushina, calm down!" Minato stepped forward, holding Kushina's slender hand, and turned to Danzo coldly, "I will make my own arrangements for my younger brother, you don't need to worry about it, Danzo-sama!"
Hearing their words, Danzo's face became extremely ugly, he didn't expect that in just two months, Minato and Kushina would actually confront him head-on for an orphan.
But he still didn't give up, instead, he turned his gaze to the Third Hokage.
It was because he knew the Third Hokage's concerns that he spoke up at this time.
"I will arrange this child's future myself, Danzo, don't think about it anymore, you can choose two of the others to join ROOT."
Seeing the attitude of Minato and Kushina, the Third Hokage finally spoke slowly.
"Humph, Sarutobi, you will regret this!"
Danzo's face turned completely green, he secretly cursed the Third Hokage for being indecisive.
He clearly wanted to suppress Minato's power, making it easier for him to secretly undermine Minato's position as Hokage, but now he had let go of such an opportunity.
Haruki is not strong now, but he is only five years old, wait until he is fifteen, let's see how you, Sarutobi Hiruzen, will deal with it!
"Sigh!" Looking at Danzo's departing back, the Third Hokage also sighed.
He didn't expect Minato and Kushina's attitude to be so firm, otherwise he would have agreed to Danzo's request.
As long as it was something that could weaken Minato's power, he would do it without hesitation, this could be seen from the fact that Minato's three bodyguards in the original series were only Chunin.
Of course, Haruki didn't know about these things, but from the ever-changing expressions of the few people, he had some guesses.
"Now, please listen to the Third Hokage's speech—!"
Seeing that everyone had rested enough, Harayama gathered everyone together.
"Congratulations on joining the Ninja Academy, from today you are all reserve ninjas, in the future..."
The Third Hokage's speech sounded like an old lady's foot-binding cloth to Haruki, it was really long and boring, making people drowsy.
"Where the leaves dance, the fire also burns eternally. The flames will continue to illuminate the village and cause new leaves to sprout."
After two full hours, the speech finally ended, Haruki couldn't wait to clap his hands.
"Clap clap clap clap!"
Under a series of applause, the Third Hokage left with a gentle and kind smile, gaining a bunch of little fans. However, Haruki was not included among them.
"Okay, now I'm going to announce the class assignments! Elite Class: Haruki, Uchiha Kaito, Hyuga Saijin, Akimichi Choji, Nara Shikamaru..., a total of twenty-eight people.
Except for the Elite Class, Haruki didn't bother to listen. As he expected, most of the Elite Class were children from clans, only two or three were ordinary children.
After announcing the class assignments, Harayama-sensei announced the dismissal, and they were to come to school on time the next day.
Knowing his class assignment, Haruki turned and left the school, walking towards the school gate where Minato and Kushina were waiting for him.
"I'm going out first!"
Back home, Haruki took out his prepared "Ninja Breaking the Heavens" and left the house, taking advantage of the free time today, he planned to find a publishing house and publish his book.
Leaf Village Publishing House.
Finding the publishing house he liked, Haruki swaggered in, fully displaying the demeanor of the future Fourth Hokage's younger brother.
To take advantage of these bloodsuckers, Haruki couldn't do it on his own, he could only rely on Minato and Kushina.
"Little kid, what book do you want to buy?"
"I'm Minato Namikaze's younger brother, a Leaf Village Jonin, I'm here to publish a book!"
Putting on the airs of a rich second-generation, Haruki "slap" threw the notebook in his hand into the boss's arms.
Before coming here, he had inquired, this publishing house had a ninja background, so they often bullied and exploited authors.
So he had to intimidate them, otherwise, Haruki doubted if he could even get one-tenth of the royalties from "Ninja Breaking the Heavens."
"Okay, okay, I'll arrange it right away!"
Hearing this, the boss didn't have any doubts at all, he tremblingly agreed, and didn't even discuss the royalty issue.
He only had a normal Jonin behind him, he had no power to fight Minato. Besides, no one in Leaf Village dared to impersonate Minato's relative.
He wasn't afraid of Minato himself, because Minato was reasonable. The boss was truly afraid of Kushina!
A few years ago, because Jiraiya gave Minato a copy of "Make Out Paradise," Kushina, in her anger, directly turned his place into ruins, and warned him not to publish it again.
"Wait, let's talk about the royalty issue first." Haruki reached out to stop the boss who was about to leave with the book, and said, "I won't bully you, I'll take 70% of the royalties, you take 30%, how about that?"
"Okay, it's settled!" The boss dared not have any objections, he immediately took Haruki to sign the contract and sent him out the door.
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