Admission

The Ninja Academy's entrance exam does not restrict the Ninja Arts used by examinees.

On the contrary, the more difficult and powerful the Ninja Art released, the better, because the examiners' subjective judgment is also part of the exam.

Just as Might Guy and Rock Lee, who failed to release Ninja Arts, were able to demonstrate different physiques in the subsequent physical fitness tests and were ultimately specially promoted into the academy.

Subjective judgments like this permeate the entire ninja system of Konoha Village.

The same goes for Ninja Academy students who want to graduate. Even if they fail the exam, if the teacher agrees to their graduation, they can skip the exam and become a Genin directly.

Among the two ways for Genin to be promoted to Chunin, the Chunin Exam doesn't look at who is stronger, but at the rather vague 'coordination ability'. The other selection method is even more vague. As long as the higher-ups think you're qualified, you can be promoted.

The same goes for Chunin rising to Special Jonin or Jonin. It all depends on the subjective judgment of superiors. That is, if the Chunin thinks there are enough Ninja Academy students, they can directly make the students Genin. If the Jonin thinks the Genin they lead are talented, they can recommend their subordinates to become Chunin. If the Hokage thinks the Chunin are talented, they can promote the Chunin to Special Jonin or Jonin.

Under such conditions, there naturally won't be exam conditions that are so strict that they cannot be changed at all.

Lin Ke thought silently, when he suddenly heard someone call him in for the exam. He restrained his trivial thoughts and stepped into the examination room.

"Good morning, examiners." He bowed slightly, then stood up straight and looked at the two examiners.

"You can begin," one of them said.

Lin Ke bowed again. In such a subjective exam, he had to leave a good impression on the examiners.

Then he formed hand seals—

[Very standard and skilled hand seals, the speed is not bad, is it the Clone Jutsu, a good choice]

Mizuki nodded as he watched. Before the Ninja Art was successfully released, this kid had done everything very standard. As long as there were no problems with Chakra extraction, regardless of success or failure, it could definitely be released.

[Lin, were his parents both ninjas who died in the line of duty? What a pity]

Just as he was thinking this, he saw that Lin Ke, after completing the hand seals for the Clone Jutsu, had not successfully released the Clone Jutsu. He was about to say the result, and then—

"?!"

Mizuki watched Lin Ke take off his head and make the exact same action as his colleague: disrupting the Chakra in his body.

"Release!"

He found that the scene in front of him was still the examinee holding his head. His eyes twitched, and he turned to look at his colleague. The two of them looked at each other almost simultaneously, and they both saw surprise on each other's faces.

"?"X2 Both Chunin's heads and faces were filled with strangeness. Mizuki turned his head and watched Lin Ke put his head back on, then took off his arms and waved them twice, saying, "Is this okay?"

"..."

[Genjutsu? A special secret technique? Or some kind of Bloodline Limit?]

Mizuki didn't panic and guessed in his heart. He drew a circle on the evaluation form to indicate passage, and then wrote in the comments below:

[Successfully released Ninja Art, possesses special talent]

"Lin Ke, you are accepted," he said. "Phew~"

Walking out of the examination room, Lin Ke breathed a long sigh of relief, his heart full of ease. Being accepted into the Ninja Academy meant that he would have a Jonin or Special Jonin as his guiding Jonin no matter what.

Regardless of whether he could become a strong person, at least it was good to stay under a big tree. Even if he died, he wouldn't die inexplicably, and he would have a further step.

Next was to find a way to graduate faster and turn the 'future' into the 'present'.

He took the acceptance letter, passed many children and parents with envious looks, and ran home.

There was still a week before the start of school. The Konoha Village's Ninja Academy was similar to the Japanese schools of his previous life. There were three semesters a year, with three holidays, and the holidays were not very long.

He had a week to enrich himself, and then he would start his campus life.

After returning home and putting away the acceptance letter, Lin Ke went out to purchase—

Interestingly, attached to the acceptance letter were the necessary props that would be used in the Ninja Academy, that is, the props that ninjas needed.

These included: a Scroll Kit, Leg Wraps, a Waist Pouch, a Shuriken Kit, a Kunai Kit, and corresponding Shuriken, Kunai, and Shuriken tools.

In addition to these consumables, ninjas actually had many other essential items, such as Open-Toed Sandals, Hand Guards, a Vest, and a Forehead Protector, etc. However, those things were not very common, and they would be distributed after promotion, so there was no need to prepare them yourself.

For example, the Forehead Protector would be distributed when becoming a Genin, and the Vest would be distributed when becoming a Chunin.

Don't underestimate the things that need to be purchased. In fact, they are a considerable expense. Before Lin Ke's father died, there were still quite a few similar props, but after a period of consumption, for the sake of livelihood, he did not replenish them, and in the end, there were very few left.

If you don't become a ninja, it doesn't matter whether you buy them or not. If you want to become a ninja and enter the Ninja Academy, there is no way to save on the necessary props.

Shuriken throwing is part of the Taijutsu course at the Ninja Academy and cannot be omitted.

The Ninja Academy judges grades based on five courses: Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Individual, Team, and Tactics. (From Sasuke's report card when he first entered school in the manga)

Ninjutsu and Taijutsu go without saying. Individual is simulated combat, Team is coordinated simulated combat, and finally, Tactics involves combat thinking.

But it's not just that; the Ninja Academy also has a large number of basic courses:

Physical training, learning basic knowledge, cultural subjects (team strategies, formations, code interpretation, ninja rules, drug identification, astronomy, geography, physics, chemistry, history, and flower arrangement classes specifically for female ninjas, etc.).

Although they may not be tested, or even used as a basis for graduation or the teacher's subjective judgment of students, they do objectively exist.

Lin Ke already felt a headache just looking at the appendix in the admission notice.

After graduating from school in his previous life, he basically didn't learn much. Now that he's transmigrated, he still has to learn a lot of cultural courses, which is a bit difficult for him.

Fortunately, even if he doesn't study well or doesn't study cultural courses at all, it won't affect his becoming a Genin.

For example, Uzumaki Naruto's cultural courses were so bad that he became a Genin without even knowing the extremely basic common sense of what Chakra was called. He didn't understand and start learning about Chakra's nature transformation until Shippuden.

You should know that even D-rank Ninjutsu that can be learned by Genin includes some that contain nature transformation, that is, Ninjutsu with the X-Style prefix.

It's no wonder he's always been a Genin, not understanding such basic common sense (laughs).

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