Noon, in the patriarch's hall.
Masahiko stood in front of the eleven children with a dark expression.
He had just used various Wind Release and Fire Release to dry his bed sheet and was about to take a nap when he was called here by the patriarch.
Apart from Nanako, whom Masahiko had singled out, the other ten were recommended by various jonins in the clan. There were eight boys and two girls. The oldest was no more than ten years old, and the youngest was only six years old.
The patriarch looked at Masahiko's expression and said, "Second Uncle, are you not satisfied with these children?"
Masahiko came back to his senses and looked at the nervous faces of the children. The youngest girl was about to squeeze out two drops of tears.
"I'm not dissatisfied. It's just that I have a special selection method, and eleven is a bit too many. I'll eliminate a few. "
The patriarch heaved a sigh of relief. "No problem, it's normal to test them."
"In that case," Masahiko turned to the eleven children, "There will be three tests tomorrow. The first one is a physical test! Go back and prepare. Gather at the fourth training field tomorrow morning! "
The children responded one after another and went back to prepare. Nanako hesitated for a moment and stayed.
"Grandpa Masahiko, my … talent isn't very good. Tomorrow …"
"It's fine. There's no harm in taking the test. If it's not good, you'll be eliminated tomorrow. Go back and prepare … "Masahiko said with a smile," Show me the attitude you had when you poured a bucket of water on me! "
Nanako blushed and walked out awkwardly.
"Second Uncle, isn't it a bit unfair to test the strength of the younger ones and the three girls?" The patriarch asked doubtfully when he saw Nanako leave.
Masahiko rolled his eyes. "I know what I'm doing!"
"Go back and sleep. I'll fight whoever bothers me again!"
…
The next morning, Masahiko came to the fourth training field.
Eleven children were already waiting here. There were also many adults and children watching.
"It turns out that so many people are paying attention to me when I take in a disciple. I've finally found a respected elder …" Masahiko was elated.
But when he walked in, his face darkened.
"That's the legendary Masahiko Fujita. When I was young, my parents told me …"
"Leave these children to him …"
"Shh, he's the Patriarch's Second Uncle, and he's now the Great Elder …"
"Begin the test!" Masahiko shouted. Not only did the eleven children jump in fright, but the surrounding adults also jumped in fright.
Seeing that the surroundings had quietened down, Masahiko nodded in satisfaction.
"The first test is a test of physical strength. Shadow Clone Technique! "As Masahiko spoke, eleven clones appeared. "These doppelgangers of mine will supervise you when you do push-ups. You must do your best. The more, the better!"
The crowd was in an uproar.
"Sure enough, there's a gap in the age of these children, and two of them are girls. How can this be fair?"
Masahiko didn't care about this. He watched the children do push-ups under the supervision of the doppelgangers and nodded in satisfaction.
But after two minutes, Masahiko had a headache. The youngest girl, who was just six years old, only did 43 push-ups. She couldn't hold on anymore and burst into tears.
Masahiko scratched his head and hurried forward to comfort her.
A young man and woman rushed out of the crowd and pushed Masahiko aside to comfort the little girl. They were probably the little girl's parents.
Ten minutes later, the 10-year-old boy who did the most push-ups also stopped. He did a total of 1237 push-ups. And the little girl finally stopped crying under the comfort of her parents.
Masahiko glanced around and saw that all the children were sitting and panting. He nodded slightly.
"Rest for an hour. We'll proceed to the second half of the physical strength assessment."
The young couple hurriedly raised their heads. "Uncle Masahiko, our Iko is still young. The physical strength assessment …"
Before the two could finish, Masahiko interrupted, "The second half of the assessment is still push-ups! The final result will be based on the number of push-ups the second time compared to the first time. "
The crowd finally realized that it was a test of perseverance.
Several children who did more were regretful. If they had known earlier, they would have hidden their skills …
"Taking advantage of the rest time," Masahiko continued, "we'll proceed to the second assessment."
"The second assessment is a memory test. Look at my hand, remember the sequence of the hand seals, and arrange the results according to the order of the hand seals. "
"Yin – Mao – Si – Wu – Wei – You – Yin – Mao – Si – Wu – Wu – Wei – You – Xu – Zi – Sealing Technique – Evil Sealing Seal!" In just four seconds, Masahiko had made 20 hand seals.
"Did anyone remember?" Masahiko asked casually and prepared to make the second seal.
"Woo … I'll remember, woo, Grandpa Masahiko." The little girl who was still sobbing replied.
Sure enough, although the little girl's hand speed was not fast, she still successfully made the 20 hand seals.
Masahiko nodded slightly. No wonder such a young child was recommended. This kind of memory was very rare.
"Then let's continue …"
The other children returned to normal. It was not until the fourth time that people answered one after another.
The last to answer was Nanako, whose face was flushed. She felt very uncomfortable in front of these genius younger siblings …
"Well, almost an hour has passed. Your physical strength has almost recovered. Let's finish the first assessment."
Masahiko once again divided eleven shadow clones to supervise these children to do push-ups.
In the end, the winner was an eight-year-old boy. He had done 670 on his first try, and more than 800 on his second try … Apart from this, there were three other contestants who had negative scores: the boy who had placed first, and the six-year-old girl, Izuko.
There was also one person who was staring at Masahiko with gritted teeth. It was Nanako. She felt that Masahiko was completely retaliating against her bucket of water, making her so embarrassed in front of everyone.
Masahiko smiled at everything.
There was also a discussion around. The onlookers of the Maelstrom clan basically had no opinion on Masahiko's two assessments. They were all discussing what Masahiko's third assessment would be.
"The third assessment should be a test of actual combat. Although the age is different, the ninja still needs to have combat ability …"
"It should be Chakra's control ability …"
"It should be the Three Basic Body Technique assessment …"
Masahiko looked at these discussions and shook his head slightly. These people could not guess what he was thinking.
"The third assessment, the ability to think! There are a total of five questions. The more correct answers, the higher the ranking! "
"The first question: There are two buckets, one can hold three catties of water, and the other can hold five catties of water. The water can be used freely. How to accurately get four catties of water?"
"The second question: …"
"…"
"The fifth question: There are ten birds on the tree. Kill one with kunai. How many birds are there?"
What the hell is this?
Masahiko looked at the dumbfounded faces of the surrounding people and almost laughed out loud …
"See the logical thinking questions that make primary school students suffer!"
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