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In the yard.
The pure white Rasengan appeared in Akira Tsubaki's palm, illuminating the entire space.
This made Namikaze Minato speechless.
A genius?
Probably not.
In Minato's view, if Akira Tsubaki were a genius, his Three Body Technique and throwing skills wouldn't have been zero points upon graduating from the Ninja Academy.
"Is it because of the No-Attribute nature?"
He could only rationalize this possibility: that Akira Tsubaki's Chakra itself had no attributes, making it perfectly compatible with the Rasengan.
"Looks like even he's shocked himself."
Seeing the delighted look on Akira Tsubaki's face, Namikaze Minato understood his student's mood.
After all, for an ultimate Dead Last to suddenly learn an A-rank Ninjutsu must be exciting.
Akira Tsubaki was indeed excited.
He immediately abandoned the volume evolution path for the Rasengan and chose the path of Mass/Quality Evolution.
Ninjutsu: Rasengan (A-rank) [Mass Evolution]
After mastering this Ninjutsu, Akira Tsubaki listened to his Sensei's advice.
"You must remember that you only know this single Ninjutsu. It's best to save this technique for critical moments."
"I remember, Sensei."
Akira Tsubaki nodded in agreement.
He understood what his Sensei meant: hide his true strength!
On the surface, he looked like a mere Taijutsu Ninja, but he secretly knew powerful Ninjutsu.
"You've mastered the Rasengan quickly, but you still need to practice more."
Early Morning.
The crisp bird chirping came from the trees in the yard.
Akira Tsubaki got up and checked the Attribute Panel as usual.
Name:Akira
Age:12 years old
Strength:456-Super · Kage-level
Physique:288:Super · Kage-level
Dexterity:184-Kage-level
Spirit:160 (80*2)-Advanced Immunity
Chakra Amount:1088
Skills: None
Ninjutsu: Rasengan (A-rank) [Mass Evolution]
Comprehensive Strength Evaluation: Genin
"Spirit attribute doubled today…"
Feeling slightly disappointed, Akira Tsubaki's eyes scanned down the panel.
Then, he was speechless.
"I'm no longer a 'Trainee' for the strength evaluation? I've become a real Genin?"
"But, is this scientifically accurate?"
He was confused by the system's strength evaluation mechanism.
He understood why he was a Trainee Genin before mastering the Rasengan. But now that he knew an A-rank Ninjutsu, how could he still be just a Genin in terms of overall strength?
"My lowest four-dimensional attribute is Kage-level! Does that really match Genin?"
After complaining, he scrutinized the panel again.
Finally, his eyes landed on the [Skills] column.
"Perhaps it's because I haven't learned the basic Skills?" Akira Tsubaki guessed.
Skills, he understood, were things like Kunai and Shuriken throwing abilities.
He guessed the system was judging him harshly because the Skills column was empty, concluding he hadn't mastered the basic Ninja abilities.
He was like a top physics expert with a serious bias in his fundamental knowledge.
After eating breakfast slowly, he didn't receive any news about Team Minato's assembly.
"It seems Sensei managed to secure the rest period."
Just as Akira Tsubaki thought.
At this time, Namikaze Minato was standing in the Hokage's Office, engaged in a debate with Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"Hokage-sama, why do the other squads have a short rest period, but Team Minato does not?" Namikaze Minato reasoned.
"Minato, Team Minato has the genius Kakashi, so they cannot be treated as an ordinary Genin squad," Sarutobi Hiruzen explained.
"Even with Kakashi, even Jōnin squads have rest periods. Why not Team Minato?"
"Why did you come back again?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen had a headache.
To be fair, Minato was right! But since he was the Hokage, couldn't he claim some privileges?
Sarutobi Hiruzen would certainly not compromise if it were another Jōnin.
But Namikaze Minato was different.
Minato's Sensei was Jiraiya, and Jiraiya's Sensei was himself.
Furthermore, Minato's partner was Kushina, the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki.
This meant that Namikaze Minato's suggestions were critical, and even the Hokage had to consider them carefully.
Helplessly, Sarutobi Hiruzen could only approve a three-day rest period for Team Minato.
"Are you satisfied?" Picking up his pen, Sarutobi Hiruzen was ready to continue grading documents.
"By the way, Hokage-sama, please reimburse Team Minato the 500,000 Ryo," Minato added.
Slap!
Sarutobi Hiruzen's pen fell off the desk.
"Reimbursement? 500,000 Ryo?"
"Yes."
"Doesn't Akira Tsubaki of Team Minato own a bathhouse? Does he really need to be reimbursed for this?" Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned.
The value of that bathhouse was at least hundreds of millions. What was 500,000 Ryo?
"Hokage-sama, you don't know. Although the bathhouse belongs to Akira Tsubaki, he doesn't even have enough money to reopen it!"
"For the mission, the money he used to buy intelligence was actually his parents' pension."
Hearing this reason, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't refuse.
Because it involved a pension fund, failing to handle it properly would significantly damage his reputation.
After writing the approval note, Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand.
"Thank you, Hokage-sama." Minato bowed and left.
Bending his head to continue correcting documents, Sarutobi Hiruzen muttered to himself.
"I didn't expect that I, the dignified Hokage, would be tricked by a Dead Last!"
As Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen had handled countless intelligence missions, and no Ninja had ever requested personal reimbursement.
Only Team Minato!
"Pension?"
He didn't believe for a second that a Ninja would carry a pension fund while on a mission.
Clearly, Akira Tsubaki tricked me.
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know that Akira Tsubaki's primary motive for doing all this was to avoid missions and eventually be stripped of his Ninja status.
Unfortunately, things continued to backfire.
Training Ground Nine.
Namikaze Minato smiled.
Team Minato cheered collectively.
"Alright, I got the money back for you. Why haven't you collected it?" Minato was confused.
It stands to reason that this money, Akira Tsubaki's parents' pension, should be collected immediately. Why is it just sitting on the stone?
Especially since Obito's eyes are practically glued to the money, as if it were his parents' pension.
"Uh, I was so happy, I almost forgot."
Akira Tsubaki was a little embarrassed and quickly collected the money.
"Train hard these three days."
Dropping this final sentence, Namikaze Minato left.
"Quick, pay up!" Obito was impatient.
"Huh? Me too," Rin held out her hand.
"Is 50,000 Ryo per person too little?" Kakashi questioned.
"Hehe, if I hadn't complained to Minato-sensei, none of you would have seen a single Ryo," Akira Tsubaki glanced at Kakashi and said flatly.