Chapter 147 The Meaning of Jade

"So I have to take this test?" Haruko spread her arms on the table in pain. "Actually, it's not bad to be an ordinary person for the rest of my life."

Nohara Lin gently stroked her fluffy head and comforted her, "We want to be ninjas, so we must take the promotion exam!"

Haruko chose to turn to her poor student ally, "Obito, you don't want to take the exam either?"

"I want to." Uchiha Obito was so nervous that his hands were sweating, and then he showed the same painful face, "But I'm afraid I won't pass the exam!"

Hatake Kakashi raised his eyebrows and replied lazily: "I thought you were fearless."

Definitely not wanting to be laughed at by him, Uchiha Obito slammed the table and pointed at him angrily, "I will definitely become a ninja before you!"

"Okay, I hope you won't be eliminated." Hatake Kakashi put his hands on the pillow and acted indifferent.

"What did you say?!" Uchiha Obito instantly got angry and was quickly pulled back by Nohara Rin beside him.

Nohara Rin felt deeply relieved when she noticed that Kakashi Hatake was teasing Uchiha Obito in order to make him less nervous.

Kakashi has also become much more lively...

Soon, they walked into the examination room.

After finding her seat, Haruko sat down directly. Coincidentally, she and Uchiha Obito happened to be sitting at the next table. Seeing her next to him, Uchiha Obito felt a lot more relaxed.

He absolutely cannot lose to that guy! He also wants Haruko to look at him with new eyes!

But...why are some questions so difficult? !

Uchiha Obito had been scratching his head for a long time, and his hand holding the pen was shaking slightly. Looking at the questions on the test paper, his mind was really empty and he couldn't think of anything.

Suddenly he felt a chill on his wrist, and Uchiha Obito discovered that his hand was entangled by a crystal white thread. He looked at Haruko next to him almost reflexively.

Haruko gave him a small hushing gesture, signaling him to turn his head away and not look at her.

Although he didn't know what she was going to do, Uchiha Obito still obediently turned his gaze and continued to face the extremely difficult test paper.

The white line on his wrist was still spreading, gradually wrapping around his five fingers and binding every joint. Then Uchiha Obito felt the white line being tightened suddenly, and his hand actually moved by itself like a puppet.

Uchiha Obito's eyes widened, and he glanced at the taut white line connecting him and Haruko, and realized that it was Haruko who was controlling his writing movements.

So Uchiha Obito watched himself with tears in his eyes as he wrote the test paper with ease as if he was possessed by a god of learning. At this moment, the image of Uchiha Haruko in his mind suddenly changed from "a person of questionable character" to "savior".

Haruko:?

After successfully passing the test, Uchiha Obito excitedly whispered to her how she did it.

Haruko patted his shoulder in an enigmatic manner, "Thanks to Fugaku's tireless training."

Recalling the candy-hunting battles with Uchiha Fugaku over the past few years, Haruko was extremely proud of the lock-picking skills she had acquired.

Did he think she would be helpless if he locked her in the closet? Humph, Fugaku was still too naive!

Not quite understanding what she was laughing at, but knowing her character well, Uchiha Obito's mouth twitched slightly.

Which victim was she thinking of?

After successfully obtaining the Konoha forehead protectors that symbolize ninjas, they officially graduated from the Ninja Academy. To celebrate, a group of children went to a dumpling restaurant for a meal together.

"We are so miserable that we can only come to the dumpling shop to celebrate!" Uchiha Obito sighed regretfully.

Asuma Sarutobi handed him the hot tea and said, "Stop howling. With our spending power, what other delicacies do you want to eat?"

Uchiha Obito thought about his words carefully, "Like barbecue or something?"

Haruko's eyes lit up, "Obito is so rich! I want to eat too!"

"No, this is just my delusion." Uchiha Obito suddenly remembered something and narrowed his eyes at her, "By the way, you ate all my pocket money, right?"

Haruko refused to take the blame and immediately changed the subject, "What is Thick Eyebrows doing? He's eating so fast as if he was abused by his father."

Nohara Rin who was standing next to her heard her words and looked at Hatake Kakashi and Might Guy who were sitting together. Hatake Kakashi chewed a string of dango slowly, and then Might Guy quickly put two strings of dango into his mouth, showing a smug expression to Hatake Kakashi while chewing.

Might Guy: Kakashi, my nemesis! Let's fight with dumplings!

Hatake Kakashi: ...

Nohara Lin laughed, "They have such a good relationship!"

Yuhi Kurenai was stunned. No wonder she could be friends with Haruko. Her train of thought was surprisingly similar to Haruko's. She couldn't help but feel awe for Nohara Rin again.

Seeing that everyone was concentrating on eating dumplings, Haruko took this opportunity to bring up the topic, "What is everyone's dream for the future?"

Uchiha Obito was the first to raise his hand. Under their usual cold stares, he adjusted his goggles and proudly announced, "I want to be Hokage!"

Hearing only Nohara Lin's kind applause, Uchiha Obito looked around at them depressedly, "Why don't you show your support?"

Haruko sighed helplessly, "Your dream has long been deeply engraved in our hearts. Obito has said it too many times!"

Uchiha Obito was choked by her and touched the back of his head awkwardly. He coughed lightly and sat down dejectedly.

Asuma Sarutobi shook the stick in his hand, feeling upset, and muttered, "What's so good about being a Hokage?"

Kurenai Yuhi knew that he was thinking back to the days when he was labeled as "the Hokage's son", and patted him gently on the back.

Although he knew Asuma Sarutobi's knot, Uchiha Obito was still a little unhappy that his dreams were looked down upon. "What about you? What is your dream?"

"My dream..." Asuma Sarutobi stared at the stick in his hand in a daze.

Although he is the son of the Hokage, it is more difficult for him to see the Hokage than others. Every time, the answer he gets is either that he is busy or that he should practice well.

He tried his best to get his father's affirmation and recognition, thinking that as long as he was good enough, he would definitely get his attention, but in the end he was scolded that he did not understand the meaning of "jade" at all.

He tried so hard and gave his all, but he clearly understood that his father looked down on him and deliberately disapproved of him!

Asuma Sarutobi clenched the stick in his hand and shouted with anger: "I want to go my own way and do what I want to do. I want him to see how powerful I can be without him!"

"Asuma..." Looking at him like this, Yuhi Kurenai felt sad.

Shocked by his aura, Uchiha Obito picked up the dango and stuffed it into his mouth a little helplessly, secretly regretting his talkativeness.

Haruko sighed, "It's great, Asuma, you became an adult before us."

"Does this count as becoming an adult?" Although he was envious, Asuma Sarutobi was a little confused.

"Yes, it's a powerful and mature thing to have a goal that you want to achieve your whole life!" Haruko supported herself with her hands and looked at him with a smile.

"Hmm..." Asuma Sarutobi scratched his head, trying to hide his embarrassment.

Is he really that powerful?

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