Konoha: Who says that hunters can't play in the ninja world?

"Well, I can see your efforts, but you are working in the wrong direction, so most of your efforts are actually a waste of time." Feng Jian's words instantly hit the two of them hard.

The two of them were feeling lost now, as if they had been looking forward to good luck for a year, and it was suddenly cancelled today. Kazama's comment was like a bolt from the blue. Nobuko tried hard to hold back her tears, and Ichiro smiled bitterly, and put his big hand on Nobuko's petite shoulder to comfort her.

"But, I like hardworking teammates. It doesn't matter if you go in the wrong direction. At most, you are at the same starting point as me. I just graduated. To be honest, when I heard you say that you have graduated for a year, I was afraid that you are much better than me and I would hold you back." Feng Jian panted heavily when he spoke. As soon as this sentence came out, the atmosphere suddenly turned from a storm to a sunny day.

"You mean, do you accept us as your teammates?" Nobuko asked in disbelief. God knows how much he had waited for this day. Ichiro was already confused. His brain needed to digest the sudden good news.

"Why not?" Feng Jian felt that the two had been marginalized for too long. They were supposed to form a team with the two of them, right? How come it seemed like Feng Jian was choosing his teammates? He was not the team leader, and he had no right to refuse. In fact, the two felt weak because of the rumors, and Feng Jian acted much stronger than them, which led to psychological inequality between the two sides.

"Great." All the gloom in Xinzi's heart disappeared, and he jumped up and down on the spot, as if this was not enough to express the joy in his heart.

"Dalang, let's have a barbecue to celebrate today," Xinzi suggested.

"But..." When Dalang mentioned this, his expression turned cloudy again. Because they didn't have much money.

"How about we go to my place? I have a lot of ingredients there. Let's make some ourselves?" Feng Jian saw Dalang's dilemma. Normally, graduating from the Ninja School means becoming a ninja, but these two people became ninjas but lost their teammates and their mentors. They couldn't take on missions and couldn't make money. They wanted to eat well without money. They were dreaming. They didn't starve to death, which was considered good housekeeping.

In the tree house, when Feng Jian took out various ingredients and mountain products to stew a pot of delicious mushroom soup, Xin Zi and Da Lang had already lost interest in talking. When Feng Jian called his spirit beasts to go into the forest and bring back a wild deer, the two were already numb. Is this teammate of theirs so good at living? In the end, the wild deer was saved by Xin Zi. Three people, eating a wild deer, it was too luxurious.

Fengjian agreed obediently. He felt it was a bit strange. The Konoha Forest was very large, so it was normal to have some wild deer. Fengjian had seen them from a distance, but he had never caught one. This little thing was really alert and hard to get close to. How did this group of summoned beasts catch it? Looking at this wild deer, it was not afraid of people at all and its body was clean. Suddenly, he thought of a possibility. Could the five little ones have gone to the Nara family's ranch to hunt? They hadn't been watching for a whole morning, so they got into trouble? Or did the wild deer run away on its own? But who could tell.

Never mind, let's do this for now. Mushroom soup, grilled fish, and a big pot of rice. It's not exquisite, but it's enough to fill my stomach. Nobuko and Ichiro wolfed down their food, and their table manners were very bad. It's not their fault. From the conversation, I learned that these two were also orphans. The good thing is that their parents are real people from Konoha Village, and their family backgrounds are very clean. Their parents died while they were in school, so there was a small inheritance that enabled them to finish ninja school without being sent to an orphanage. Since graduating this year, there have been no missions and the inheritance has been spent. Because they are registered ninjas, they cannot receive orphan subsidies. They have no source of income and rely entirely on the superficial ninja knowledge they learned from the ninja school to barely fill their stomachs. It's rare to see ninjas who are so miserable.

"Ichiro is back to full health, ah." After eating, Ichiro's mood was obviously high and he talked more. He didn't like to talk, not only because he often couldn't express himself clearly, but also because of other people's ridicule. There were no outsiders in the tree house, and Kazama and Nobuko would not laugh at him, so he let down his guard.

"Yes, you can carry out the mission tomorrow in exchange for commission." Xinzi nodded in response. The words they said were completely unrelated, but it was indeed a response that they had long been accustomed to each other.

"Maybe not," Fengjian couldn't help but say, pouring cold water on him as soon as he opened his mouth: "I heard that every teacher in charge will assess the members before carrying out the mission. If they pass, they will lead the class, and if they fail, they will be sent back to the ninja school to retake the course. Didn't you have the assessment in the first place?" Fengjian was also surprised. From their tone, it seemed that they didn't know about this.

"Yeah, there's an assessment?" As expected, Nobuko didn't know about this, and Ichiro shook his head. Could it be that this was arranged by the teacher himself? Speaking of which, the assessments of the Twelve Little Strongmen seemed to be different. After carefully recalling the original work, I reluctantly came to this conclusion.

"Um, is it true that we have to go back to the Ninja School to retake the course?" Nobuko couldn't believe it. They had already been delayed for a year. If they were sent back to retake the course, they would have to graduate with classmates who were three years younger than them. Thinking of this, Nobuko felt hopeless. She absolutely, absolutely could not retake the course.

"Ichiro, you must not rebuild it, otherwise you will die." Nobuko pulled Ichiro's arm and shook it madly. Ichiro staggered and nodded in agreement. He didn't understand what was going on yet. He needed some time to think about such a serious problem.

Seeing that Ichiro was slow to react, Nobuko turned to Kazama again: "Kazama, you don't want to retake the course, is there any way to pass the test?"

Looking at Nobuko who clasped her hands together and closed her eyes to beg, Fengjian gave a thumbs up to his acting skills. Not bad, deep and heartfelt, worthy of encouragement. "As far as I know, the so-called assessment is actually a survival exercise. It is very likely that the team leader will personally go down and do it with us to understand our strength and character. As for the assessment criteria for substitute teachers? I don't know about that. Different people have different requirements. Some people look at the basics, some look at talent, and some look at team chemistry."

"Huh? Is it that complicated? Then how are we going to do it? Beat the teacher?"

Fengjian curled his lips and said, "You really dare to think so. Three newly graduated Genin want to defeat the elite Jonin. Do they think too highly of themselves or do they look down on the elite Jonin of Konoha?"

"Don't even think about defeating the substitute teacher. Think about the teachers in the ninja school. Can you beat them? You can't. Our team leader is an elite jonin. He can beat more than ten jonin teachers in the ninja school." There is no way to describe how powerful a jonin is. We can only use the ninja school teachers as a unit of measurement. This is a way that the two companions can understand.

"Wow, then aren't we definitely eliminated?"

"That's not the case. If we are eliminated after losing to a substitute jonin teacher, then students of the ninja school should forget about becoming ninjas. I think it should be through our confrontation with the teacher that the teacher can see our strength and talent clearly and think that we have some qualities that the teacher can appreciate. If we meet these two points, we can pass the assessment even if we lose."

"I see. So what should we do? I think we should fight against the teacher. The teacher is so powerful. He can defeat us with just one ninjutsu."