"Ah! The new transfer student is so handsome!"
"What transfer student? Don't you know Senior Aokawa? He's a famous heartthrob in the school."
"Really? Then I announce that Uchiha Toshihiko is crossed off my husband list and replaced by Aokawa."
"Fengling, you're so fickle."
"I can't help it, he's too good-looking. I can only say sorry to Toshihiko."
The girls in the class had shining eyes and were very happy.
"Tch! Whatever, another pretty boy."
"Exactly, I don't know what he's so smug about."
In contrast, the boys in the class cast hostile glances one after another.
For a moment, all sorts of voices arose.
Inoue Reigetsu thought to herself, "As expected," he started causing a stir as soon as he arrived.
The noise from below made her feel a surge of irritation; she picked up her ruler and slapped the podium hard.
"Alright, quiet!"
The noisy shouts below fell silent once more.
She turned to Aokawa and pointed to an empty seat in the last row.
"You sit there. Your desk-mate is also from your Hyuga Clan."
"Okay, thank you, Teacher."
Dodging several small hands trying to secretly slip him notes along the way.
Aokawa finally reached his seat, only to find that he had been assigned a female desk-mate.
She had her head buried under the desk, doing who knows what.
"Hello, I'm your new desk-mate, Aokawa," he greeted.
There was no response; she remained with her head buried.
Aokawa didn't mind. He sat down and picked up the stack of newly issued textbooks on the desk, flipping through them to see what the courses were.
Good grief, it seems everything from astronomy to geography has to be studied.
A full stack of eleven books.
But these were just the basic courses.
Besides these, there were other additional courses.
Things like "Information Gathering," "Wilderness Survival," "Tracking and Counter-Reconnaissance," "Emergency Treatment"... a whole bunch of them. No wonder these people of the Ninja World, who have superpowers and use Chakra as energy, are all complaining about the workload.
The most exaggerated one was the will of fire.
A single sentence from the First Hokage had developed into five or six books, including "Origins and History of the Will of Fire," "Future Development of the Will of Fire," and "On the Contemporary Will of Fire."
Having been full of confidence about performing well, he couldn't help but take a deep breath upon seeing so many courses.
After a moment, the female desk-mate finally made a move.
She peeked up cautiously, like a little mouse.
Like a rabbit emerging from its burrow, she revealed her jade-white eyes, blinking as she observed her surroundings.
Seeing someone suddenly sitting next to her, she was first a bit dazed, then sat up straight in a fright.
The cute animal pattern printed on the front of her clothes trembled along with her.
Her little cheeks, which had been stuffed full and were chewing happily, instantly froze.
Her eyes were wide and round, like a startled rabbit, very cute.
"I'm your desk-mate, Aokawa." Aokawa smiled and extended his hand.
Her eyes were clear, and her small head didn't seem to have reacted yet.
A moment later, she suddenly panicked and hurriedly stuffed the remaining half-piece of bread in her hand into her mouth.
She chewed haphazardly a few times, swallowed with difficulty, and then picked up her water bottle to take a huge gulp.
Finally, she wiped her hand on her clothes before cautiously reaching out to shake Aokawa's hand.
The female desk-mate was very beautiful!
Her skin was fair, her nose small and exquisite, and she looked very innocent and romantic.
As he lightly held her small hand, a sensation of smoothness and softness came from her fingertips, along with a hint of coolness.
"My name is... Hinata Ayane."
She gave an embarrassed smile, her eyes curving beautifully like crescent moons.
Only when she turned around did Aokawa realize he hadn't seen the whole picture earlier.
She was wearing a loose white T-shirt with cute little animals drawn on it.
Having inherited the excellent genes of the Hyuga Clan, her figure filled out the loose combat uniform perfectly.
It tapered into sharp curves at her abdomen, creating a strong contrast with her still-childish face.
Looking at her smooth, blackish-purple long hair draped casually over her shoulders, Aokawa felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
"Have we met somewhere before?" Aokawa asked.
Hinata Ayane was taken aback, a thoughtful look appearing in her eyes as if she were trying hard to remember...
After a moment, she shook her head and said, "I don't really recall."
Aokawa also felt he was overthinking: "Maybe I remembered wrong."
Hinata Ayane blinked her beautiful eyes and looked curiously at her new desk-mate: "When did you sit here?"
"I've been here from the start. I even greeted you just now, but you might not have noticed."
"Haha, sorry, I wasn't paying attention."
As she spoke, she seemed to suddenly remember something and turned her body sideways.
She whispered, "Um... do you want to eat this?"
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