My Name Is Namikaze Naruto

This also indirectly confirmed Naruto’s previous thoughts.

Among this year’s graduates, apart from Naruto and a few others, the rest of the students, who were almost like cannon fodder, were all assigned to teams led by Chunin. Whether they could stand out in the future would depend on their abilities, perseverance, and luck. This world values bloodlines, heritage, and talent, but that doesn’t mean ordinary people have no chance of rising. Of course, these “ordinary” people need to have unique persistence or talent in some areas, just like Might Guy, who, unlike those geniuses growing up with powerful bloodlines and heritage, was a 100% ordinary person. But this “ordinary” Blue Beast of the Leaf almost kicked his way into the series finale. Looking at the entire Naruto world, there were more “ordinary people” like Guy. They weren’t many, and they weren’t common, but they existed and could rise against the odds.

Today’s “cannon fodder” could very well become important characters in the future.

This possibility.

Naruto wouldn’t deny it.

Making absolute statements is inherently an “absolute” error.

But, these are things to consider for the future.

For now.

In this graduating class, Team 7, Team 8, and Team 10 were the only ones being taken seriously. These three Genin teams were all led by Jonin, which was reasonable. In previous years, each graduating class had only two or three teams qualified to be led by Jonin. Sometimes, only one team, or even none, was led by Jonin. This was normal.

Even in the Leaf Village, known as the cradle of geniuses.

It’s just that the probability is higher compared to other villages.

If geniuses were as common as cabbages, they wouldn’t be called geniuses, and their uniqueness would lose its meaning.

Strange Chunins kept coming in.

Graduates were taken away one by one.

Soon, the classroom became empty.

Finally.

When the two Jonin—Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi—came to take away Team 8 and Team 10, the only ones left in the large classroom were Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. Before Hinata left, Naruto discreetly waved at her. After seeing the shy expression on her face as she left, Naruto squinted and closed his eyes to rest.

“We’ll probably have to wait another two or three hours if nothing unexpected happens…”

Naruto thought silently.

Who is Jonin in charge of Team 7?

Do you even need to ask?
It’s definitely the renowned Copy Ninja—Kakashi Hatake.

If Naruto had been worried about any changes in the team assignment storyline before, seeing the team members matching the original series put his mind at ease. For their Team 7, there was no Jonin more suitable than Kakashi.

No!
There wasn’t.

As a former subordinate of the Fourth Hokage and possessing a Sharingan, Kakashi was the most suitable Jonin in the entire Leaf Village to lead Naruto and Sasuke.

And about this Copy Ninja’s character.

Naruto knew it very well.

Including, but not limited to, his love for reading the “Icha Icha” series and his habit of being inexplicably late (for non-important matters).

Today’s team assignment.

Was considered a non-important matter.

Kakashi’s lateness was a given.

Since that was the case.

Instead of waiting idly, it was better to take a rest and plan the next training schedule.

Sasuke still had an extremely indifferent expression.

Sakura suddenly realized.

The atmosphere in the classroom felt a bit cold.
This wasn’t what Sakura had imagined.

She was happy to be on a team with someone she liked and with the top students in the class.

But why?
Why was the atmosphere so heavy?
There was no trace of happiness?
Did she open the script the wrong way?

Sakura nervously glanced at Sasuke and then at Naruto, opening her mouth as if wanting to say something, but it felt as if some force was holding her back.

It was an uncomfortable feeling.

Or rather, the overly oppressive atmosphere.

Made Sakura’s expression gradually stiffen.

Sasuke remained as aloof as ever, and Naruto wasn’t the nonsensical character from the original series,
Which led to such a quiet situation in the classroom.

Of course, Sakura was the only one feeling uncomfortable.

Naruto and Sasuke, on the other hand, enjoyed this environment.

After all, neither of them liked noisy environments.

Especially Sasuke.

Don’t expect this cold-hearted young master to make any effort to get close to his teammates.

Naruto was the same.

With time and energy, he would rather spend more time training. Even simple meditation could be considered a way to train mental strength. For a ninja, chakra is fundamental, and chakra is made up of two components: the physical energy extracted from every cell in the human body (the amount determines the chakra limit), and the spiritual energy honed through extensive training.

Barring any significant unforeseen events, without undergoing any body or genetic modifications.

A ninja’s maximum chakra limit is fixed at birth.

But this doesn’t mean a ninja instantly possesses their maximum chakra upon becoming one; it means they have the potential, which needs to be realized through training.

And what determines this is spiritual energy.

As mentioned before, chakra = physical energy + spiritual energy.

The former determines your maximum capacity.

The latter’s refinement determines if you can reach this capacity.

To put it plainly, physical energy is the foundation for forming chakra, while spiritual energy acts as a conversion medium.

If you want to refine it into sage chakra further, you’d need to add natural energy on top of these two!
Therefore, innate talent is one thing, but postnatal effort is another.

Balancing both.

Only then can one become a true strong ninja.

Although meditation isn’t a significant form of spiritual training and has minimal impact on extracting spiritual energy, it can at least improve mental focus. Since there’s nothing else to do, Naruto chose to use all available time for training.

Sasuke and Naruto were content.

But Sakura was already feeling overwhelmed.

She initially wanted to move closer to Sasuke, perhaps even sit next to him, but after receiving a cold glance from Sasuke, her face stiffened, and she didn’t dare to move.

Another hour passed in this nearly solidified atmosphere.

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