The next day, grouping.
Because Uchiha Sora and Uchiha Itachi graduated with the upperclassmen, they were naturally the two youngest Genin among the graduates.
However, the two were not assigned to the same team but were separated into different groups.
Uchiha Itachi had his teammates, and Uchiha Sora had his own.
Graduation grouping actually places great importance on background and lineage.
Although Uchiha Sora was of the Uchiha Clan, both his parents were dead, and he had no powerful background, so his teammates and Jonin instructor also lacked powerful backgrounds.
The Jonin teacher was named Jōzuka Masaki, and the two teammates were one male and one female, named Hirai Mitsuteru and Yūgao Uzuki.
Both teammates were twelve years old, five years older than the current Uchiha Sora.
Uchiha Sora was not familiar with Jōzuka Masaki or Hirai Mitsuteru, but he was very familiar with Yūgao Uzuki.
This Female Ninja would later become an Anbu elite, skilled in Kenjutsu, only her lover would die young...
Because Uchiha Sora was the youngest and also a member of the Uchiha Clan, his teammates and instructor were very interested in him.
There was no such tradition as the bell test. After the grouping was completed, the Jonin teacher Jōzuka Masaki took the three of them out for a big meal, which counted as getting to know each other well before carrying out missions.
Jōzuka Masaki was an experienced Jonin, already over forty years old. He was quite balanced in all aspects but didn't have any outstanding strengths.
Hirai Mitsuteru was skilled in Water Release and also knew a little bit of Medical Ninjutsu. Yūgao Uzuki was skilled in Kenjutsu. Uchiha Sora didn't have anything he was particularly good at, but one could say he was good at everything. However, when he introduced himself, he said he was skilled in Taijutsu and Fire Release.
After the four of them got to know each other briefly, they started carrying out Genin missions the next day.
Genin missions were very simple, nothing more than helping people find lost pets, helping old folks in the village move, or escorting some goods to nearby towns.
They were basically D-rank or C-rank missions, with no danger, very relaxing.
Regarding this, Uchiha Sora was not in a hurry. After completing a few missions and saving up his first sum of money, he went to the weapon shop to buy a refined iron short sword, intending to practice Kenjutsu.
When they saw Uchiha Sora gathering with a short sword on his back, both teammates noticed it. Yūgao Uzuki asked curiously, "Sora, do you want to practice Kenjutsu too? But do you have any foundation in learning Kenjutsu?"
Uchiha Sora shook his head and smiled, "No, but I have you! I'll be asking you for a lot of advice in the future!"
Yūgao Uzuki was stunned and couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, "Aren't you afraid that a regular Genin like me will teach a genius like you from the Uchiha Clan the wrong things?"
"What genius or not, to me, you are a genius at Kenjutsu!" Uchiha Sora affirmed.
Upon hearing this, the corners of Yūgao Uzuki's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly. Clearly, being praised by a genius like Uchiha Sora was something she quite enjoyed.
However, out of a girl's reserve, she still quietly straightened her expression, nodded, and said seriously, "Since you plan to practice Kenjutsu in the future, as your teammate, I will definitely practice sword fighting with you when I have time."
Hirai Mitsuteru, who was on the side, watched as Uchiha Sora coaxed the goddess in his heart into agreeing to practice with him in just a few words, and couldn't help but secretly give Uchiha Sora a thumbs-up.
In his view, this guy Uchiha Sora, who had no foundation in Kenjutsu, suddenly buying a short sword to practice Kenjutsu was definitely aimed at Yūgao Uzuki!
After all, Yūgao Uzuki's appearance was definitely among the top among the girls of the same batch, she was a very famous little beauty!
The matter of practicing Kenjutsu was settled just like that.
Uchiha Sora was of course not really aiming for the beauty Yūgao Uzuki; he just felt that if Kenjutsu was learned well, it would definitely be very cool, and compared to ordinary Taijutsu, Kenjutsu had greater lethality.
With the automatic cultivation mode, Uchiha Sora took the opportunity to spar with Yūgao Uzuki to establish Kenjutsu as a project and enter the automatic cultivation mode.
And during the first sparring session with Yūgao Uzuki, his Kenjutsu very consciously underwent an accelerated training session.
As a result, Uchiha Sora's Kenjutsu could be considered to have truly entered the door, and it was steadily progressing every moment.
And their Jonin teacher Jōzuka Masaki would also usually instruct them in many Ninja knowledge and skills.
For example, basic skills like tree climbing and water walking.
During one instruction session, Jōzuka Masaki tested the three of them for Chakra attributes.
Hirai Mitsuteru was found to have the Water attribute, Yūgao Uzuki the Earth attribute, and Uchiha Sora the Fire attribute.
"I didn't expect you to only have the Fire attribute, Sora. I thought you should have at least dual attributes!" Seeing the test results, Hirai Mitsuteru said with some disappointment.
Because the more talented a person was, the more natural attributes they would have. Uchiha Sora's attributes clearly didn't match the talent he had shown.
Uchiha Sora of course knew why he only had the Fire attribute, because he wasn't a genius at all; all his cultivation relied on automatic processes!
"Ding! Your physical talent has been questioned. Feeling very unwilling, you have awakened a new Chakra attribute: Wind!"
At this moment, a system prompt sounded.
Uchiha Sora was slightly happy.
The system was indeed powerful; even physical talents could be automatically awakened! Did that mean there would be opportunities to awaken new Bloodline Limits in the future?
"It seems that if there is a chance, I must go find Yamato to spar properly. Maybe it will make my physique feel envious, and it's possible to awaken Wood Release!" Uchiha Sora thought to himself.
Time passed day by day, and Uchiha Sora carried out Genin missions while sparring with Yūgao Uzuki in Kenjutsu.
Whenever he had free time in the evening, he would go to Uchiha Izumi's house to eat.
Life was fulfilling and warm.
If there weren't so many crises in the future, this kind of life would be quite good. Even if he were a Genin for the rest of his life, he could still be happy.
Time flew by, and before he knew it, Uchiha Sora had been a Genin for almost a year.
In this year, he carried out quite a few Genin missions, and his abilities in all aspects had grown significantly. Because his physical training project was constantly cultivating automatically, his height had caught up to his two teammates who were five years older than him.
Since Uchiha Sora had never shown his true strength, his two teammates only knew that Uchiha Sora should be the strongest among the three, but they didn't know exactly how strong he was.
And on this day, a piece of news made Uchiha Sora alert.
"Uchiha Itachi has awakened his Sharingan! The reason is that while he was on a Genin mission, he was attacked by an unknown enemy, and his teammates were killed!" After gathering, Hirai Mitsuteru said nervously, "I think our squad needs to be a little careful when carrying out missions..."