Chapter 93 Breaking into the Classroom

The sunlight shone on his reddish-brown hair, reflecting a dazzling light. He held a senbon in his mouth, which flickered in the light.

"Gather the men," he said straight to the point. "Are you free now?"

Asuma pointed at Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji, answering his question.

"Let's take them with us. The more people the better." Xuanjian said, tossing the Senbon in his mouth up and down, making it change angles in the sunlight, reflecting a dazzling light.

Asuma narrowed his eyes and stood up.

"What happened?"

"Once we have gathered enough people, Iruka will explain it to you. In short, this matter is related to a certain Jonin who is not good at expressing himself and is familiar to everyone."

Asuma couldn't help but laugh.

"There are so many people who fit that description, but I assume you're talking about Kakashi."

Xuanjian nodded, a smile appearing on his lips.

"Yes, it's him. So, are you coming or not? We have to act before he gets entangled by those brats, otherwise we will never have a chance."

Asuma lowered his head and looked at his three students.

"You decide your own training sessions."

Shikamaru sat up straighter, standing up lazily, all the sleepiness on his face gone.

"Oh my god, that sounds a lot more interesting than training."

"Will there be snacks?" Choji asked expectantly. "I'm starving."

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"Try it again, Konohamaru, you're almost there!"

The brown-haired boy nodded, shook his hands, threw the long blue scarf back behind him, and made a seal again.

Although this seal was still a little difficult for him, this time, the shadow clone he created was almost exactly the same as him, except that its face was a little pale.

"Much better." Iruka praised, gently patting Konohamaru's messy brown hair. "Next, we need to practice the speed of hand seals and chakra control, but for now, you've done very well."

Konohamaru cheered happily, pumping his fist in the air in excitement, and Iruka smiled patiently and pulled him back to his companions.

He was just about to call the next student to come forward to practice when the window of the classroom was suddenly broken. Three figures flew in from the window and fell heavily to the floor. The room was immediately filled with groans, some of pain and some of relief.

All the eight-year-olds in the classroom were drawn to the piled-up figures, staring intently at them—it was Class 7. They struggled to get up from the ground, frantically pulling their arms and legs out from under each other's bodies.

Iruka sighed in frustration and raised an eyebrow.

"Can you guys not appear in this way every time in the future?"

Naruto and Sasuke stood side by side, and together they pulled Sakura up. Naruto moved his wrists while removing the seal of the soundproofing technique.

"I'm sorry, Iruka-sensei, what did you say?"

"This is our fault, Iruka-sensei," Sasuke said, rubbing his eyes as he lifted a similar sensory deprivation technique.

"I just don't understand why you always use my apartment and school as a safe zone for training?" Iruka complained.

"Do you even need to ask, teacher?" Sakura said with a smile. "You scared away all the jonin, even Kakashi couldn't do anything to you!"

"Yeah, especially Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto added.

The children at Iruka's feet turned their heads and looked at him with admiring eyes, and he couldn't help but frown.

"Okay, okay, now that you're here, come and help. Classmates, these three are Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, and Uzumaki Naruto. They graduated from the Ninja School last year."

Naruto and Sakura greeted their juniors enthusiastically, while Sasuke leaned lazily against Naruto and waved nonchalantly.

The kids were immediately fascinated by them and peppered them with questions: about training, graduation, and missions.

Naruto and Sakura patiently answered their questions, with Sasuke occasionally interjecting.

The girls in the class seemed to be very interested in both Sasuke and Sakura, but for very different reasons, while the boys gathered around Naruto, listening with great interest to his stories of their thrilling missions in the Land of Waves.

Iruka let them chat for a few minutes before drawing the children's attention back to the class, earning a chorus of grumbles.

Just then, he felt movement near the window again. He looked up and found Kakashi sitting on the windowsill, his chin resting on one hand, watching everything with interest.

Iruka couldn't help but smile at the obvious doting Kakashi showed on his students, but he didn't make it known.

"Alright, alright, kids, please be quiet. What we're going to learn today is the art of cloning. Would anyone among you like to demonstrate it to everyone? I think they're tired of my mediocre art of cloning."

He said as he turned his gaze towards Naruto.

A bright smile appeared on the blond boy's face and he volunteered to step forward.

"Of course! Just conjure up a clone?"

"As long as you don't tear down my classroom, you can create as many as you want," Iruka joked.

According to Kakashi, Naruto's Multiple Shadow Clone Technique is now worth seeing, and he is very proud of it. After all, it was because of this simplified version of the technique that he made Naruto fail the graduation exam for the first time.

Under the children's admiring gaze, Naruto began to concentrate his chakra.

Sasuke and Sakura took a few steps back. With a puff of smoke, a dozen copies of Naruto appeared in the classroom. Some of them squatted on the ceiling, some leaned against the wall, and some sat directly on the desk.

Naruto smirked at the children's surprised expressions and how eager they were to ask questions.

When he sheepishly explained that this was only one-fifth of his normal number of clones, he was nearly overwhelmed by a crowd of little fans.

Konohamaru even tried to climb on top of Naruto, but luckily Sasuke was quick enough to grab him by the collar.

The grandson of the Third Hokage glared at Sasuke in dissatisfaction, blaming him for blocking him from getting closer to his idol. Sasuke glared back without showing any weakness, and there seemed to be sparks flying between the two.

Kakashi's laughter came from the window, and the three Genin and the others in the default class came to their senses and turned to look at him.

Kakashi stood up and jumped out of the window.

"Sorry, Iruka-sensei, I hope we didn't disturb your class." He said with a smile.

Iruka snorted.

"A ninja won't be defeated by such a small accident."

Whispering sounded in the classroom again.

"who is he?"

"Is he the teacher of Class 7?"

"He looks like he's pretty awesome!"

Iruka signaled for the students to be quiet again, and Kakashi walked into the classroom and came to the podium.

"It's not polite to whisper behind someone's back," he said.

"We won. Can we start summoned beast training now?" Sakura asked.

"We agreed to train, kid." Kakashi nodded in agreement. "But it's better not to do it in the classroom. Let's go to training ground No. 18. Let's go."

The three Genin set off immediately without saying a word. Iruka looked at their departing backs with an indulgent smile on his face.

"Okay, get out of class dismissed!" he announced. "Don't forget to practice taijutsu tomorrow to prepare for actual combat training."

As soon as he finished speaking, the children rushed out of the classroom in a swarm. A whirlwind suddenly blew up in the room, sweeping away the scattered papers, blunt shurikens, and endless youthful energy.