Ring ring ring...
The bell for the end of morning classes rang. Gojo Yoru stood up and walked out of the classroom through the back door.
Seeing this, Uzumaki Kushina, who had already received her textbooks and was copying Gojo Yoru's notes, immediately stood up and followed him.
Along the way, Uzumaki Kushina's small mouth never closed.
What did she see?
Wherever Gojo Yoru passed, whether it was boys or girls in front of him, they all stopped and moved out of the way.
Some boys who were closer even turned to face the wall, afraid that their eyes would meet Gojo Yoru's.
Even so, a few male students encountered in the corridor couldn't escape their fate.
Just because Gojo Yoru was passing by that section of the stairs, a male student facing the wall had his hair grabbed by Gojo Yoru and his face rubbed against the wall, not daring to let out even a muffled groan.
Seeing this, others hurriedly squatted down and curled up into a ball, lowering their presence even further.
Only the female students were not treated specially by Gojo Yoru.
Taking in the scene of Gojo Yoru actively looking for trouble, Uzumaki Kushina was dumbfounded.
She finally understood why those people in the class were all afraid of Gojo Yoru.
So this guy really was a delinquent!
"Why are you following me?"
Walking out of the teaching building, Gojo Yoru suddenly stopped, turned around to look at Uzumaki Kushina who was secretly following him, and frowned slightly.
Uzumaki Kushina was startled by the look in Gojo Yoru's eyes and subconsciously averted her gaze.
Immediately, as if thinking of something, she suddenly bravely looked straight at Gojo Yoru and said righteously, "Teacher Yuya asked you to take care of me, so I want to follow you to learn about the school."
Staring at Uzumaki Kushina for a few seconds until she looked guilty and her eyes darted away again, Gojo Yoru slowly said, "If you are afraid of being bullied, you just need to beat them into submission like I do, beat them until they are afraid of you."
"I still have to go train. I don't have time to take care of you."
After speaking, Gojo Yoru walked towards the outside of the school.
Uzumaki Kushina stared blankly at Gojo Yoru's retreating figure, the confusion in her heart instantly dispersing like dark clouds.
So that was it!
No wonder she felt such a sense of incongruity.
It turned out that Gojo Yoru wasn't actively looking for trouble, but if he didn't do so, as a maverick, he would be bullied.
Rather than being bullied by others, it was better for him to bully others first so that everyone would be afraid of him!
Did he help her because he saw his past self in her?
At this moment, Uzumaki Kushina got goosebumps all over her body, feeling the excitement of finding a kindred spirit.
Thus, Uzumaki Kushina caught up with Gojo Yoru again, following him closely.
Gojo Yoru acted as if he hadn't noticed Uzumaki Kushina behind him. After leaving the school, he arrived at an abandoned training ground in the forest and began his Body Flicker training.
As the swish swish swish sounds of breaking air reached her ears, Uzumaki Kushina became dumbfounded again.
In her vision, a black blur was like a pencil scribbling on the training ground diagram—horizontal strokes, vertical strokes, diagonal strokes—black lines crisscrossing everywhere.
This showed just how fast Gojo Yoru was.
And this was merely the tip of the iceberg for Gojo Yoru.
Five minutes later, Gojo Yoru, having finished warming up, appeared next to a wooden training dummy in the clearing. He rolled up his pant legs and untied the weighted iron plates strapped to his calves.
Tossing the weighted iron plates aside, whether intentionally or coincidentally, they happened to hit the wooden training dummy not far away.
The next second, the wooden training dummy shattered abruptly as if hit by a charging wild boar.
After bouncing on the spot a few times, Gojo Yoru turned into a blur and disappeared again.
This time, there were no crisscrossing black lines on the training ground.
Without using the Sensing Technique, only someone with powerful eyesight could barely catch a glimpse of a blurry afterimage.
Even more incredible was that the previous blurs stirred up fallen leaves on the ground, creating harsh sounds of breaking air.
But now, the flickering of this blur made no sound at all, like a ghost flashing by.
"Such Body Flicker is truly unbelievable... Is he really just a fourth-year student?"
These words did not come from Uzumaki Kushina's mouth. At this moment, the girl was already staring blankly, too shocked to speak.
The person who said this was an Anbu member hiding in the woods using the Hiding Technique, responsible for secretly monitoring and protecting Uzumaki Kushina.
As special forces directly under the Hokage, what every Anbu member excelled at was never Ninjutsu, but assassination and reconnaissance.
Among these skills, the Body Flicker Technique was one of their specialties.
Every Anbu member had already practiced the ordinary Body Flicker Technique to perfection and incorporated the five elemental attributes, developing Five Elements-type Body Flicker or Taijutsu-type high-speed movement.
They believed that practicing the ordinary Body Flicker Technique to their level was already the limit.
But now, he saw a much more advanced Konoha Body Flicker Technique on a child much younger than him—something even they couldn't achieve.
That ghostly speed and soundless footwork all demonstrated powerful Chakra control and reaction ability.
"A Body Flicker genius?"
This Anbu member and Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was still observing Gojo Yoru, both murmured involuntarily.
Gojo Yoru did not discover the Anbu hiding in the dark.
But he could guess that he might have already entered Sarutobi Hiruzen's sights.
Today was Uzumaki Kushina's first day of school, and Sarutobi Hiruzen must be paying close attention.
Especially Gojo Yoru, who became her desk mate, must also be on the watch list, and perhaps all of Gojo Yoru's intelligence had already been investigated.
Therefore, Gojo Yoru deliberately brought Uzumaki Kushina here to train during the lunch break, with the aim of displaying his talent, which was not yet shocking to the world.
In an era before Shisui of the Body Flicker was born, Gojo Yoru successfully attracted Sarutobi Hiruzen's attention and regard by relying on an ordinary Body Flicker that surpassed limits, earning himself the label of a Body Flicker genius.
And this was just the beginning.
To gain Sarutobi Hiruzen's tacit approval and investment, Gojo Yoru still had to prepare more surprises for this Third Hokage.
After practicing Body Flicker for another ten minutes or so, Gojo Yoru finally stopped.
While picking up and putting on the weighted iron plates, Gojo Yoru looked at Uzumaki Kushina not far away and frowned slightly, "Why did you follow me again?"
"I... I..."
Uzumaki Kushina, whose mind was still blank, stammered and couldn't speak.
"Forget it..."
Gojo Yoru gave her an out in time and asked, "Do you know how to fight? Want to be my sparring partner?"
"Is... is that okay?" Uzumaki Kushina's eyes lit up immediately, and she nodded like a chick pecking at rice. "I know how to fight. I'm really good at fighting!"
As if to prove herself, Uzumaki Kushina rolled up her sleeves and made a pose flexing her muscles, looking extremely cute.
"Then don't cry later."
The corners of Gojo Yoru's mouth curled up, and then he charged towards Uzumaki Kushina.
A boy and a girl, two children, began to fight hand-to-hand without any gender reservations.
"So that's how it is..."
Seeing this scene through the crystal ball, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but smile, his eyes filled with appreciation.
He originally thought Gojo Yoru was a problem child with some character flaws due to the death of both parents.
Now it seemed he was just a good child who was good at protecting himself, cold on the outside but warm on the inside.