When he didn't get the Sage Mode Body, Kenjiro felt a bit disappointed.
However, getting the Uzumaki Clan Bloodline was already quite lucky.
This bloodline, like the Senju, Uchiha, and Kaguya clans, is a branch of the Otsutsuki family.
As descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, both the Uzumaki and Senju clans possess an incredibly strong vitality and an enormous amount of chakra.
Additionally, the Uzumaki clan, besides being skilled in sealing techniques, also possesses three powerful, unique abilities.
These abilities are: the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Healing.
The Mind's Eye of the Kagura is one of the most powerful sensory techniques in the ninja world.
Adamantine Sealing Chains are a combination of attack and defense, also capable of creating barriers and using sealing techniques. Even the tailed beasts have difficulty escaping it.
Healing allows the user to consume chakra to heal themselves or others, with extremely powerful effects.
All three of these abilities are top-tier auxiliary skills.
However, just like how not every Uchiha awakens the Sharingan, not every member of the Uzumaki clan can awaken these three unique abilities.
In the original story, Naruto Uzumaki didn't awaken any of these abilities until he earned the Nine-Tails' recognition.
After gaining the Nine-Tails' approval, Naruto did awaken the same type of good-and-evil perception as Uzumaki Mito.
Other abilities remained dormant, either because the original Sage Body was too powerful or simply because the author didn't want to give him too many advantages.
Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that Naruto Uzumaki not only has the Uzumaki bloodline, but as a reincarnation of Asura's chakra, the purity of his bloodline is also very high.
Now, Kenjiro has obtained the Uzumaki bloodline from Naruto, and if he is lucky, he may awaken one of the three unique abilities.
If, like Karin, he manages to awaken all three, whether it's perception, sealing, or healing, he will reach the top level in the ninja world.
Even if none of the abilities are awakened, Kenjiro will still inherit the powerful vitality from the Sage's legacy, and that's already a huge gain.
With a pleasant mood, Kenjiro closed the status screen and continued watching the ongoing battles.
As the rounds of hand-to-hand combat quickly ended, the physical combat trials wrapped up.
Next came the final exam: the survival exercise.
But before the survival exercise began, Iruka Umino took the students to the infirmary for treatment.
Afterward, he led them to the equipment room, where Kenjiro and the others picked out their tools.
These tools were all essential for using the Stealth Technique.
Unlike the basic ninja exams where students fight for bells, the survival exercise in the ninja school is mainly a game of hide-and-seek, testing the students' mastery of stealth techniques, body flicker, and transformation jutsu.
Those who performed well received high scores or even perfect marks.
Those who performed poorly were given a second chance, and if they still couldn't improve, they would be pulled out just like in the Chunin Exams.
This kind of test posed no difficulty for Kenjiro, who had already mastered the three jutsu long ago.
Without any suspense, he coasted through to the end of the time limit, once again scoring a perfect score.
Although the results wouldn't be officially announced until the new semester in April, the title of Top Student was already his.
"Hinata, see you tomorrow at our usual spot."
"Mm!"
After school, Kenjiro and Hinata parted ways at a street corner, making the same plan as usual.
Even though he wouldn't take Hinata to the abandoned training ground before the destruction of the Uchiha clan, Kenjiro didn't stop training with her.
The only difference now was that their practice venues had changed from the abandoned training ground to the school playground or the yard at Kenjiro's house.
The Nine-Tails Chaos didn't destroy Kenjiro's home.
Among the inheritance left by his parents, who were both ninjas, there was a two-story independent house with a small yard.
In contrast to Naruto Uzumaki's inheritance being completely confiscated, with even the scarf left by Kushina Uzumaki thrown into the storage room to gather dust, Kenjiro's situation was exceptional.
Fortunately, both his parents were ordinary ninjas, and the village's greed wasn't too excessive.
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The ninja school has three terms per year, with the summer vacation being the longest, and all other holidays being quite short.
Before anyone knew it, it was April 1st.
The new academic year at the ninja school had begun.
The sixth graders had graduated, and the genin approved by their instructors had started executing missions.
Those who had not been approved were either retaking courses, specially recruited by other departments, or had dropped out, feeling they were not cut out to be ninjas and returned to live normal lives.
The first to fifth graders moved up a grade and began shifting classrooms.
The newly emptied first-year classrooms welcomed the new students who had passed the entrance exam.
On this day, the bulletin board was surrounded by students.
The first-year students were checking their assigned classrooms.
The students from other years were checking the results of their final exams.
"Hey, hey… Kenjiro-kun, have you checked the results on the bulletin board?"
"Wow, Kenjiro, you became the Chief Student of our year!"
"Of course, it's Kenjiro. Even Sasuke couldn't beat you."
"Kenjiro is the Chief Student, and Hinata is second. You two top the class together. You're so strong!"
"..."
As soon as Kenjiro entered his new classroom, he was surrounded by classmates, both boys and girls.
Kenjiro didn't get annoyed, instead, he stood there smiling, chatting with them for a long time.
From their conversation, he learned that he had become the Chief Student and that Hinata had ranked second.
This didn't surprise Kenjiro.
Hinata had always been at the top in cultural subjects.
In the original Chunin Exams' first test, of the twelve young ninjas, she and Sakura Haruno were the only two who didn't need to cheat.
With his help, Hinata had learned how to climb trees and walk on water in the first year. Her personality was no longer shy, and she had become decisive in battle, thinking less about others. If she were to fight Sasuke, she would definitely be able to hold her ground.
Sasuke should count himself lucky he didn't face Hinata in the taijutsu combat trials; otherwise, he wouldn't even make it to third place.
After chatting for a while, Kenjiro finally returned to his seat as class was about to start.
"Good morning, Kenjiro-kun."
"Morning, Hinata."
Hinata was always the first to arrive.
After exchanging greetings, they began chatting casually.
"Kenjiro-kun, congratulations on becoming Chief Student."
Hinata had clearly checked the results herself.
Kenjiro smiled and said, "Congratulations to you too for securing second place. Your father will definitely let you go out more now."
"Mm-hmm…"
Hinata nodded repeatedly, a bright smile on her face.
Clearly, she had realized that her father had long figured out their plans.
But Hinata hadn't been grounded and could go out freely, indicating that her father had silently approved of her relationship with Kenjiro.
Thinking about how she'd practiced walking on water at home and had been caught multiple times without being interrogated, Hinata felt that it had something to do with her progress.
Now that she had placed second in the grade and her mentor, Kenjiro, had become Chief Student, she felt that if her father knew, he would definitely approve of Kenjiro even more.
With that thought, Hinata couldn't help but feel a sense of joy deep in her heart.
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