Uchiha Mikoto was the fifth to be called. After standing up, she showed a hint of shyness but still spoke: "Hello everyone, I'm Uchiha Mikoto. My hobby is training with Kage, and my goal is to help Kage achieve his dream."
"So cute!" Many students couldn't help but exclaim upon seeing Uchiha Mikoto's appearance.
To be honest, the Uchiha clan was indeed a family that produced handsome men and beautiful women.
Among the girls in the classroom, Uchiha Mikoto's looks were definitely number one.
"Help Uchiha Kage achieve his dream?" Umino Heizo showed a strange expression. Are kids these days starting to date so early?
Umino Heizo, who hadn't even started dating yet, expressed his frustration!
However, to have a goal of helping someone else achieve their dream was something else.
After Uchiha Mikoto, it was the Ino-Shika-Chō trio's turn to introduce themselves.
Uchiha Kage listened silently to everything but didn't pay much attention. Most people's goals were to become the Hokage. They just didn't know that becoming the Hokage wasn't that easy.
But given the situation in this class, many people could become Jōnin or Elite Jōnin.
After all, this was an elite class!
After the self-introductions ended, Umino Heizo began to teach the group. However, these things were boring, and Uchiha Kage had learned them long ago. Therefore, Uchiha Kage silently placed his hands under the desk and began to practice the speed of his hand seals.
Although hand seals didn't seem to be of much use to the strong—after all, in the future, if you couldn't just clap your hands and shout, you'd be embarrassed to call yourself a super powerhouse—the use of Ninjutsu itself didn't require hand seals. It was just that Indra created hand seals to make it easier for everyone to use Ninjutsu.
When one's Chakra control reaches a certain level, hand seals can be simplified or just a clap of the hands.
However, in the early stages, the speed of hand seals was quite important. Uchiha Kage was happy to practice hand seals. After all, his current level was only about five seals in two seconds. This speed was fast for ordinary people, but compared to Kakashi and the Great Unfilial Son, the gap was quite large.
Uchiha Mikoto, who was beside him, saw Uchiha Kage's actions and showed a look of understanding. She also began to practice hand seals. After that, the other students also followed suit.
This scene made the corner of Uchiha Kage's mouth twitch. They're all learning it now. Are students these days so competitive?
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was evening. Just as Uchiha Kage was about to call Uchiha Mikoto to go home, Nawaki stopped him: "Kage, I told my grandma and sister that your cooking is delicious. My sister wants you to go to my house and cook a meal for grandma."
Uchiha Kage's eyes widened. Holy crap, since when did he become a professional chef?
If I go to your house just like that, wouldn't I lose face?
Moreover, he was from the Uchiha clan. If he went to cook for Uzumaki Mito so eagerly, wouldn't it make people look down on the Uchiha clan?
Besides, cooking for others is something that, once you do it once, there will be a second time. Won't he become a professional chef after that?
"We have beef at home today that is usually specially supplied to the Daimyō of the Land of Fire!" Seeing Uchiha Kage's reluctance, Nawaki explained, "It is said that eating it regularly can nourish and beautify the skin, and even enhance physical fitness."
Uchiha Kage showed a look of understanding. So they were sending him benefits.
He personally didn't care about such things. Although beef was good, was it better than Coconut Milk?
However, it was suitable for Uchiha Mikoto.
"Can I bring Mikoto along?" Uchiha Kage asked.
Nawaki showed a hesitant expression. His grandmother had indeed only invited Uchiha Kage. But after glancing at Uchiha Mikoto, he finally nodded and agreed.
Unlike what people imagined, Uzumaki Mito's residence was not in the most central area of Konoha. That area was instead the residences of clans like the Uchiha, Hyūga, and Sarutobi.
In terms of the best territory at present, it was actually the Uchiha clan. After all, the location of Konoha was originally the Uchiha clan's territory.
Poor Uchiha Madara, in order to support Senju Hashirama, had contributed the Uchiha clan's territory. In the end, he found that it seemed no one would acknowledge him.
The Senju clan was also initially located near the center. It was only later that the Senju clan gradually withdrew from the stage, and the houses in the center of the village were also distributed. Now, besides some commercial storefronts in the central location belonging to Uzumaki Mito and Tsunade, there were not many traces left by the Senju clan.
Uzumaki Mito's house was a not-so-large courtyard. If Nawaki hadn't led the way, Uchiha Kage would have suspected that he had been taken to the wrong place. However, he could sense that there were many ninja guards around.
This was understandable. After all, Uzumaki Mito was the Jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails.
If even the slightest problem occurred, the entire Konoha would be finished.