The dismissal bell rang.
As soon as Yoshinaka Yuki left the classroom, several people immediately surrounded Toki.
The first to greet him was a girl sitting in front of Kakashi: "Hello, my name is Rin Nohara, and my dream is to become a female Ninja like Lady Tsunade."
"I am Uzumaki Toki. Do you want to learn Medical Ninjutsu?"
Rin Nohara nodded: "Yes, yes, I want to save my injured comrades."
She was a very gentle person.
So Toki sincerely blessed her: "Go for it, I believe you will succeed."
Immediately after, the boy with goggles next to Rin Nohara continued: "I am Uchiha Obito, and I am the man who will become Hokage!"
Uchiha, Toki had just flipped through the history book. This was the Clan that established Konoha along with the Senju.
Toki extended his right hand: "Hello, Obito, it's nice to meet you."
Obito was stunned for a moment, seemingly still not reacting, until Kakashi couldn't stand it anymore and reminded him.
"Idiot, this is a handshake."
"Who are you calling an idiot! Of course, I know! It's just that this gesture is less common, so I didn't react immediately!" Obito's reaction was quite intense, seemingly hating being called an idiot.
Immediately after, Obito extended both hands and looked at them, then, after a moment of hesitation, extended his right hand.
Kakashi took in his pause and couldn't help but sigh: "He really is an idiot."
Just then, a boy in a green jumpsuit clapped Kakashi on the shoulder: "Yo! My rival! Do you want to race me this afternoon? The first one to run fifty laps around the track wins!"
"Cough cough!"
Toki, who was drinking water, choked and asked directly: "How long is one lap of the school track?"
Might Guy grinned, revealing a mouthful of healthy white teeth: "It's eight hundred and twenty meters. I measured it with my own feet, absolutely no mistake!"
"Then fifty laps… Hiss~" Toki couldn't help but gasp, and quickly asked, "Is this how Ninja train?"
Kakashi glanced at him and explained: "Don't misunderstand, only Might Guy is like this."
"Might Guy?" Toki looked at the boy in the green jumpsuit.
He sensed Toki's gaze, swung his arm in a wide circle, and finally gave himself a thumbs up: "Might Guy! I will become the strongest man!"
"Amazing!" Toki clapped his hands.
"Everyone has goals and dreams, but it's truly remarkable to take actual steps towards them. If you can keep at it, you might truly succeed."
Although hard work doesn't always guarantee success, for those who dare to put in the effort, drawing a picture of success can be an effective motivational tool.
It's just… this kind of motivation seemed a bit excessive.
Might Guy's tears immediately flowed, and he placed his hands on Toki's shoulders, slightly tightening his grip and holding him in place.
"You are the second person to believe I will succeed. I declare that from today onwards, you are my best friend, um… what was your name again?"
Feeling the immense force on his shoulders, Toki's expression changed slightly: "Uzumaki Toki, and… can you let go of my hands? I can't quite bear it."
"My deepest apologies!" Might Guy immediately let go, stood up straight, and bowed to apologize, almost bending ninety degrees.
Compared to a handshake, this was a more common etiquette among Ninja.
Toki quickly waved his hand: "Uh, it's okay, I'm too weak, it has nothing to do with you."
Rin Nohara immediately comforted him: "No one would directly say they're weak, Toki, you need to be more confident."
Seeing Rin so gently comforting others, Obito felt a slight pang of jealousy and slapped the table.
"It's okay, from now on, I'll protect you. I'm a genius who extracted Chakra in just three days!"
"It would be good if you, the dead last, had half of Toki's humility." Kakashi mercilessly exposed him.
In fact, Obito, as a member of the Uchiha Clan, was not stupid; it was just that his theoretical grades were very poor, dragging his overall ranking down to the bottom.
"Heh, I won't argue with you." Obito's voice gradually weakened. He knew that Kakashi had only taken one day, so he couldn't win.
Rin, how could he compare himself to her?
Might Guy… forget it, comparing himself to him would be even more demeaning.
Hey, I've got it!
Obito cleared his throat and asked: "Um… Toki, have you extracted Chakra?"
Toki was organizing the textbook Table of contents and arranging the reading order. Hearing someone call him, he looked up and replied.
"Yes."
"How long did it take you to extract Chakra for the first time?" Obito continued to ask.
Toki recalled the situation from last night: "A few seconds, I guess."
"Mm-hmm, I knew it, don't be discouraged… Wait!" Obito suddenly opened his eyes wide, his hands propped on the desk, looking as if two brass bells were about to pop out of his eye sockets.
Every single word was wrong!
"How… How much?!"
"A few seconds."
Toki's voice was as calm as if he were talking about what he ate last night, completely unaware of how much shock his words had brought to the others.
Kakashi took a deep breath, calmed himself, and asked: "Was that your first time extracting Chakra?"
Toki nodded: "Last night at dinner, the teacher taught me how to extract Chakra at the dinner table, and I tried it and succeeded."
Kakashi remembered that the Hokage-sama had been mentioned in their previous conversation. Now that he thought about it, Toki must have been eating with Hokage-sama last night, so his teacher must also be a very famous Ninja.
"Teacher? Who is your teacher?"
Toki closed the textbook in his hand, his expression serious: "My teacher is Tsunade. She brought me back from the battlefield in the Land of Rain."
Rin Nohara clasped her hands in front of her, then bowed slightly: "Land of Rain… I'm very sorry, I saw your surname was Uzumaki, and I thought you were from the Land of Whirlpools."
Upon hearing this, Toki was immediately puzzled: "The Land of Whirlpools has already been destroyed, before this war started, didn't you know?"
"Ah?!"
Everyone around them was quite surprised, including the usually calm Kakashi.
Seeing their reactions, Toki instantly understood.
Lady Tsunade had mentioned before that the Land of Whirlpools was an ally of Konoha, but Konoha only received the delayed news after the Land of Whirlpools was destroyed.
It seemed that the higher-ups of Konoha had concealed the news of their ally's destruction from the ordinary villagers to minimize the impact on this war. Perhaps it would only be announced after the war ended.
So Toki immediately added: "Don't spread this news; just you guys know."
The few of them hadn't yet recovered from the news they had just heard, and upon hearing Toki's instruction, they only nodded mechanically.
Just then, the class bell rang, and everyone returned to their seats.
Before sitting down, Rin Nohara looked back at Toki. His expression was very calm, and his attention was focused on the book in his hands.
'He's talking about his homeland being destroyed, yet he seems so calm, as if he's talking about an unrelated matter. Toki… his tears must have already dried up.'
'Oh, I'm so foolish. If only I hadn't brought up the Land of Whirlpools…'
Thinking this, Rin Nohara suddenly felt her cheeks flush, and she couldn't help but cover her face with her hands and bury her head.