Chapter 17 Father

"Father, I want to graduate early!"

Hehe, finally said it? Umino Ikkaku thought.

Since returning home from Kazuoki, Umino Ikkaku has keenly noticed that something is wrong with his son's state today, as if he has something on his mind.

Graduating early, though? Brat's wings have grown hard?

From Umino Ikkaku's perspective, he could naturally see that his son had reached the genin level, and he was probably not weak at all!

However, just this is not enough.

A year ago, Umino Ikkaku's team was ordered to station at a post on the Kumogakure front line.

In a battle with Kumogakure, one disciple was killed on the spot and another was seriously injured. Only Umino Ikkaku himself and the medical ninja Kankata who was under his constant care were slightly injured.

After repelling Kumogakure, Kamata tried his best to treat his injured companions, but he was unable to save himself.

Umino Ikkaku will never forget that scene:

Kanfang roared in pain and despair, constantly squeezing the chakra in his body for treatment;

The disciple, who was covered in blood and kept spitting out pieces of internal organs from his mouth, died in pain in Kamfang's arms.

After carefully training his disciples for a year, two of them died in one battle.

For the rest of the Chinese medicine, the liveliness and cleverness of the past have disappeared, leaving only embarrassment and caution.

After returning to the village to rest for a while, the village added a senior genin, Uichi Kumate, and a newly graduated top student, Oishi Sora.

Just a month ago, Umino Ikkaku was ordered to lead a team to escort a batch of supplies to the rear of Konoha on the Kumogakure battlefield.

As a result, they were attacked by Kumo ninja who sneaked in.

The enemy used a large-scale thunder escape ninjutsu, instantly strangling the convoy and leaving flesh and blood flying everywhere.

Oishi Kong, who had only been a ninja for a few months, was still frightened even though he had done several C-level missions, seen blood, and killed people.

He stood there blankly, and then suddenly ran to the back, crying loudly that I don't want to be a ninja anymore, I want to go home...

Then, his neck was cut off by Yun Nin with a knife.

After constant enlightenment, Kanfang finally regained some of his energy, but began to feel sad again.

Umino Ikkaku doesn't know if he will die on a cruel battlefield one day.

But he couldn't imagine that his beloved son would go to the battlefield at a young age, and then have his neck easily cut off.

So, son, wouldn't it be nice to stay at the ninja school until graduation?

Now, let me crush your illusions with my own hands.

In the battle with his son, Umino seemed to have some reservations, but in fact he was concentrating on the battle the entire time.

The purpose is to make his son realize the huge gap between him and a real ninja.

But he didn't expect that his son's strength really exceeded his expectations.

Although Umino Ikkaku says that he has reached the standards of a genin, in fact, he is already comparable to most chunin.

However, this is only the first test.

Umino knew that he could no longer stop his son from applying for early graduation, and he made an instant decision to keep his son with him!

Umino Ikkaku knew very well that even if he gave up his old face, it would be difficult for his son to successfully join the ranks of "famous teachers" such as the Konoha Sannin and Konoha White Fang.

Don't talk about yourself, even prominent Konoha families like Hinata and Ino Shikacho do the same!

For such a strong person, accepting a disciple depends entirely on one's mood and prestige.

Namikaze Minato, who has been in the limelight in the past year, might be able to do it. Although he is famous, he is young and inexperienced, so he should be willing to give himself this face.

But thinking that Namikaze Minato has always been active at the forefront of the war, Umino Ikkaku hesitated again. Finally, the option of Namikaze Minato was removed.

In terms of strength and qualifications, the remaining candidates are actually not much different from myself.

After all, he is 40 years old and has been a jounin for more than ten years, which is enough to be called a veteran jounin.

Since you can't give your son shelter to a strong person, then staying with yourself will make you feel more at ease.

Back home, Umino Ikkaku told his wife what he thought.

After getting his wife's approval, Umino Ikkaku immediately started a series of "operations."

First, Umino Ikkaku knocked on the door of Kumate's room in Youshi overnight. When it was explained that a new member would be added to the team, he instantly received Kumate's "support".

In his opinion, Xiongshou, who is proficient in thunder escape and has mastered the changes in the properties of thunder attribute chakra, is enough to become a qualified touchstone.

Then, Umino Ikkaku contacted Yamada Ino from the Ninja School, and successfully arranged for the Youshi Kumatei to participate in tomorrow's ninja battle assessment.

Finally, after a series of "secret operations", Umino Ikkaku immediately reported to the Third Hokage.

After some passionate requests, Sandai successfully agreed to assign Umino Kazuoki to Umino Ikkaku's team.

This is the second test that Umino Ikkaku is preparing for.

He not only hopes that Kadomu will pass the test and join his team; he also hopes that the Youshi Bear Hands can successfully defeat Kadomu and allow Kazuoki to stay in the school for two more years.

By the afternoon of the next day, Umino Ikkaku received messages from Ushi Kumate and Yamada Ino. His son defeated Kumate and successfully passed the assessment.

Umino Ikaku felt both sighing and relieved.

Now that the matter has come to this, let’s face it.

Umino and his wife discussed it for a while and finally came up with the binding circle, shadow clone and Naraku no Jutsu as graduation gifts for their son.

These three techniques can respectively limit or induce the enemy. Their common feature is that they increase the chance of saving lives on the battlefield.

Umino Ikkaku took the time to go shopping and buy a fireworks tube. You can't let your children down, right?

Generally speaking, students naturally have a process to follow from graduation to being assigned to a team.

Although Umino Ikkaku could skip this step, he still decided to follow the process.

At any rate, I should set aside two more days to let my son learn more about his new ninjutsu.

Just like that, the day came for the team to gather. Umino Ikkaku told Kanfang and Kumate to go early and arrived at the right spot by himself.

Allow space for your son and new teammates to get familiar with each other.

After some argument in the mission hall, he emphasized that the team had been completed, and there were two senior genin, and they successfully received the C-level mission.

Watching the three people's tactical cooperation in the mission go from being unfamiliar to becoming more and more proficient, Umino Ikkaku secretly thought that his efforts were not in vain.

After completing the task, go to have a dinner and team building.

It would be impossible for Kumate and Kamata not to complain if he arranged for his son to join the team.

Especially Xiongshou, who helped me a lot during this operation.

At the dinner table, Umino Ikaku looked at Kakugi who was playing and bickering with Kamata and Kumate, and felt very happy.

With a casual glance, his eyes met his son's gaze, which was full of eagerness.

hey-hey. Pick up the wine glass and drink it in one gulp. Ah...the sake today tastes really good. Gu... No more wine? Then have another bottle.

... ...

Kakugi looked helplessly at his father, who was lying on the table and muttering softly, obviously drunk, and Kumote and Kanfang who were speechless next to him, and he was embarrassed to use the earth escape technique of three rooms and one living room.

I hurriedly paid the bill, said goodbye to Kushou and Kamfang one by one, supported my father, and walked slowly home.

"Tsk, Dad, you are so heavy." Kazuoki complained in a low voice.

Kazuoki didn't notice the faint smile on his father's lips after he complained.