"Your team will be.. Team 3" Shino announced the last team of Genins towards the last three graduates.

"And i'm your new teacher" Laiz followed on with a wide smile plastered on his face.

He waved at the three new graduates before him. Specifically towards two of them.

"Laiz-san!?" Two of them shouts while the other looks at them in confusion.

"Yes?" With his finger on his chin and head tilted to the side, Laiz responded jokingly.

Boruto pointed his shaky hands towards Laiz and asked,

"You're a shinobi..?"

"Yup, i'm a Jonin" Laiz responded with an exaggerated nod along with a smile.

Boruto and Sarada stared at Laiz silently while, Mitsuki focused his confusion on Laiz.

Laiz being Laiz, he stared back unfazed and waved hello.

The teacher beside Laiz, Shino, swore they would have continued staring at each other with weirdly contrasting expressions had it not been for Sarada.

'Not now..'

Sarada shook her head and hardened her gaze.

"Sensei.." Sarada started as she grabbed a shuriken from her pouch.

She pulls her arm up and swiftly brings it down diagonally.

Laiz could only smile wryly after he finished calculating the trajectory and velocity of the slowly drawing shuriken.

It was painfully slow. Laiz didn't always perceive the world in this speed though, only when he wanted to or in shock would his perceptive of time slow down. That's the current power of his intelligence.

Laiz built a bit of air in his mouth. He then applied a pressure stronger than the atmospheric pressure through his chakra. Finally, he opened a tiny hole with his mouth and aimed it towards the shuriken.

The shuriken's trajectory quickly shifts to the right as a bullet of compressed air disperses into the air after colliding with the shuriken.

Laiz turned his head towards the green board behind him and stared at the shuriken firmly stuck on it.

Laiz focused back towards his new students and smiled wryly at Sarada "You could've killed someone"

While Boruto gaped at the scene and Mitsuki still staring confusingly, Sarada continued as if nothing had happened.

"We're supposed to put our lives in our team mates hands, right?" Not waiting for an answer, Sarada kept on

"If we're gonna do that, compatibility and balance are crucial. Just like a shuriken that flies straight due to balance" As another example, Sarada threw another shuriken at Laiz.

This time he doesn't show signs of moving and only followed the shuriken with his eyes.

His new vision gave him enough information to know what is gonna happen next.

And spot on he was.

Just as the shuriken reached Laiz, it did a smooth curve, now heading towards Shino. He simply leaned to his side, letting the shuriken hit the desk behind him.

"..You could've killed someone" Shino states flatly

Laiz bob his up and down in agreement.

"That's what makes it fun! You never know what might happen!" Boruto joined in only to look down at Sarada's seriousness.

Sarada snaps her head towards Boruto, upset at his nonchalant attitude.

"Shut up! I plan to be the Hokage.. I don't have time to waste!"

"Sarada, Boruto. Calm down" Shino looks at the two with passive yet haunting eyes. That shut the two immediately.

"Hmm.." Laiz put his hands on chin, putting his thinking pose for show.

His three students revert their eyes away from their frightening teacher, thankful for the opportunity.

They stared at Laiz quietly, hoping and waiting for the oncoming idea.

Laiz finally said his thoughts after a few seconds of silence.

".. If you can defeat me in a spar, i'll consider talking to the Hokage about a team change"

Sarada's expression immediately changes as she charges toward Laiz to hold his hand.

"Really!?" Sarada's eyes glittered in joy as she asked in anticipation.

Laiz smiles at Sarada's change in energy and flicked her forehead to remind her the conditions.

"Only if you guys beat me"

Paying her forehead a simple rub, Sarada puts on an expression showing her resolution

"We'll try!"

Laiz nods his head and switches his gaze to Mitsuki and Boruto

Not failing to read the unsaid question, Boruto responds first

"It sounds interesting" Boruto smirked and looked at Laiz daringly

"You can count me in" Mitsuki expresses his first words since Laiz's arrival to agree after seeing Boruto approve of the spar.

Laiz turns to Shino and smiles

"That's that, i'll inform you of the result later"

".. Alright" Shino could see how this will most likely turn out.

Many already knew of the 6th Hokage's involvement in Laiz's test. And to actually go straight to Jonin is a big deal. Especially if it was an Hokage's evaluation.

...

Laiz held out one finger towards the three Genins in front of him. They stared at him funnily.

"There's only one rule to this spar," Laiz looked at the three with his usual smile and started reciting the one and only rule.

"And that is to take this branch from me" To finish it off, Laiz pointed his hands where a branch of leaves was stuck out from his head. While ridiculous on it's own, it looked even more so when you see it taped around his head to get to actually stick there.

"So.. Are you guys ready?" Looking at their deadpan eyes seriously, Laiz asked coolly.. Well.. As cool as someone with a branch of leaves on their head can get.

"Umm, Before that.. Why do you have THAT on your head?" Boruto stood up and pointed at the branch, baffled at his absurd set up.

Sarada and Mitsuki nodded along, seemingly agreeing with Boruto.

".. It's part of the test?" Laiz looked at the three as if they were deaf and didn't hear what he had just said.

Mitsuki simply gave Laiz's the same gaze. While Boruto and Sarada fumed on the inside.

'Why the hell are you looking at us like that?! Why don't you look at yourself?!'

Seeing their different reaction, Laiz couldn't help but chuckle. Immediately after that, he held out three fingers.

Laiz smiled and said the next words lightly

"We'll be starting in 3 seconds, get yourselves prepared"

"..." The three seemed to have had a rough time processing Laiz's sudden words and stared at him quietly

"..3" Laiz didn't pause however and continued on

The ruffle of leaves quickly awakened everyone except Sarada, who had already left the open after hearing the countdown.

"..2"

That was enough to completely wake up Boruto. With clumsy movements, he ran the same way Sarada went while he quickly rushed Mitsuki to come with him.

"..1"

With the place clear and open with the exception of Laiz who had sat down in place after counting down,

Laiz closed his eyes and focused on his elemental senses.

"Time to wait"