Chapter 596: The Shinobi World Five Years Later

"Naruto!"

"Sasuke!"

On a nameless patch of open ground, a yellow and a black figure constantly collided, passionately shouting each other’s names.

The terrifying energy unleashed by their collisions left the ground in complete disarray.

"Don’t Naruto and Sasuke get tired of this? They have to fight every day." Seeing that the aftershocks of their attacks were too powerful, Choji put away the potato chips in his hand, took out a piece of candy, stuffed it into his mouth, and complained.

"Because they want to become stronger, right? It’s precisely because they work so hard that they’re so strong." Ino said as she hugged Yurika beside her. "Yurika, you agree, right?"

"As far as working hard goes, there’s nothing wrong with that." Yurika cleverly broke free from Ino’s arms and said calmly.

She acknowledged Naruto and Sasuke’s efforts. After all, Uncle Nagasawa’s training was not easy.

"Troublesome." Shikamaru slightly furrowed his brows, feeling that he shouldn’t have come to report today. No, he shouldn’t have enrolled in Ninja University in the first place.

"Naruto-kun..." Hinata looked at Naruto with some concern.

Hinata’s strength was inferior to Naruto and Sasuke’s. In her eyes, the two were practically attacking each other with the intent to kill, and every strike could cause tremendous destruction, so she was worried that Naruto would get injured.

"Watching them makes my hands itch. Shino, how about we fight too?" Kiba watched the two freely sweating under the sunlight, feeling somewhat eager to give it a try.

Shino lifted his sunglasses and calmly said, "If we don’t go now, there should be a lot of people reporting in later."

Because the Shinobi World Alliance had been established, the Shinobi Villages had developed far more than before. The admissions of Konoha Ninja University were not limited to Konoha but were open to the entire Shinobi World.

Konoha was the first to establish a Ninja University, and Konoha Ninja University was also the strongest Ninja University, recognized throughout the Shinobi World as number one. Therefore, many ninja from other Shinobi Villages applied to Konoha Ninja University.

What attracted ninjas most to Konoha Ninja University was the opportunity to study under the principal, who was also the strongest person in the current Shinobi World, Nagasawa.

Therefore, even the Kage of the various villages encouraged the geniuses of their own villages to enter Konoha Ninja University to study.

"Such an intense battle so early in the morning? This is youth!" Lee, who was preparing to return to school, couldn’t help exclaiming when he saw Naruto and Sasuke engaged in an intense battle.

Just then, Lee happened to see Neji standing beside Hinata, and his eyes instantly lit up.

"Neji, let’s have our five hundred and ninety-ninth battle on this morning of the new school term!" Lee instantly appeared beside Neji and shouted excitedly.

"I refuse!" Neji rejected Lee’s challenge without hesitation.

Lee’s smiling face, full of youthful enthusiasm, immediately fell. Unwilling to give up, he asked, "Why? Are you afraid you’ll lose to me?"

"I have to see Teacher Nagasawa later. I don’t have time to fight you." Neji said calmly.

Although Lee’s strength was inferior to his, the explosive power of the Eight Gates was still formidable. It would take some effort to win, and he didn’t want to go see Nagasawa covered in dust.

"That’s enough." Seeing the two becoming more and more energetic, even using Breathing Style and Haki Fruit abilities, Yurika spoke up.

"Do you really want to be made an example of by Uncle Nagasawa on the very first day? The university isn’t far from here."

Hearing this, Sasuke and Naruto instantly stopped, withdrawing their attacks with extreme tacit understanding at the same time.

They knew Nagasawa’s personality. Although he was very close to them, he would still deal with them when they caused trouble. Sometimes, because of a sudden malicious sense of fun, he would even make them do strange things, such as wearing women’s clothes while working or something...

Seeing the two stop, Choji chewed and swallowed the candy in his mouth, then happily took out his potato chips and continued eating.

After Naruto and Sasuke tidied themselves up a little, the group quickly walked into the Ninja University.

The Ninja University had been established five years ago at Nagasawa’s proposal.

At that time, Nagasawa had obtained some information about the Otsutsuki Clan from Kaguya and learned of the Otsutsuki Clan’s strength.

In order to deal with the possible crisis that might arrive, Nagasawa had done everything he could to increase Konoha’s prosperity, obtaining more points to improve his strength. Establishing a university was one of those measures.

In the Shinobi World before this, if someone wanted to become a powerful ninja, they either needed heaven-defying talent or a clan inheritance.

And the university established by Nagasawa provided everyone with a platform to advance further. It contained various Ninjutsu and Secret Techniques accumulated by the Shinobi World over thousands of years and contributed by the various Shinobi Villages. It also contained various powerful Secret Techniques developed by Nagasawa himself. Even Senjutsu had been included, and it was one of the compulsory courses for upperclassmen.

This would have been impossible in the Shinobi World before.

Because of the frequent wars, let alone middle school or university, it was difficult to even complete six years of education in the Shinobi World. Children as young as eight or nine years old had to go to the battlefield to fight.

It was absolutely impossible to ask the various Shinobi Villages and clans to contribute their ultimate Ninjutsu and Secret Techniques, because those were their very lifeblood.

Nagasawa somewhat suspected that if there hadn’t been a threat from the Otsutsuki, some Shinobi Villages or clans might not have wanted to hand them over willingly.

Even though many of their so-called Secret Techniques were already outdated.

When Naruto and the others entered the Ninja University, they attracted the attention of a large number of students.

There was no other reason than that many geniuses who had already made a name for themselves throughout the Shinobi World were among them.

The Shinobi World Alliance had greatly strengthened the connections between the Shinobi Villages. Not only had jointly held Ninja Exams become frequent, but various ninja competitions were also often held. As long as one had the strength, they would quickly become famous.

"That’s Hyuga Neji, the first-place winner of the previous Shinobi World University League, right? What an impressive aura!" someone exclaimed upon seeing Neji.

"Quick, look at that blond-haired guy. He looks like the Fourth Hokage!"

"Idiot, that’s the Fourth’s child, Naruto Uzumaki. He was almost unbeatable in all kinds of competitions during middle school and is one of the most highly anticipated new-generation ninjas!"

Hearing someone discussing him, Naruto subconsciously straightened his back and proudly smiled at Sasuke, as if saying, "I’m awesome, right?"

"Wow, the one beside him is Uchiha Sasuke, right? I heard that his brother, who is only a few years older than him, is already a senior member of the Special Combat Forces, and he’s also one of the most highly anticipated new-generation ninjas!"

"Tch, as if I’m not one of the most highly anticipated new-generation ninjas too." Sasuke curled his lips.