This Naruto is a player.

Chapter 19 Whirlpool One Against Seven
Afternoon, outside the Hokage's office.

Shikamaru, Choji, and Naruto, who were being punished by standing in the corner, looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Choji smiled, revealing his one remaining front tooth, which made Naruto laugh even harder.

Besides that, both of them had bruises on their faces.

Choji was even worse; his eyes and mouth were swollen with large bumps. Shikamaru's face was slightly less bruised, indicating that he had been beaten less.

As for Naruto, his clothes were slightly dirty.

"Naruto, why?" Choji asked, mumbling as his lips swelled up.

"what why?"

"Why are we both like this, but you look perfectly fine?" Shikamaru said weakly, following up on Choji's words.

"Hahaha. I have my own unique tricks for fighting in groups, otherwise do you think I've managed to survive all these years by myself?"

There are no tricks to it, it all comes down to hard work and skill.

With his strength, dealing with a few children would be a piece of cake.
Seeing the two of them like this, Naruto was actually quite moved. He held up two fingers and promised, "Twice."

"Yay!" ×2.

"We didn't make this move just because of the grilled fish," Choji emphasized.

"Of course, because we're friends."

"Lord Hokage, he's a demon fox! He..." Suddenly, a sharp voice came from inside.

dong dong dong~
Before he could finish speaking, the loud noise drowned him out, preventing the three people standing at the door from hearing what was being said inside.

Demon fox?

This title stirred something in the three of them.

"Naruto."

Naruto looked up and saw the two of them staring at him with concern. He grinned and said generously, "It's okay, just ignore it."

I thought he was three or four years old. He's been used to it for so many years.

"Iruka, take them back first." The Hokage's voice came from inside the house again.

As the sound faded, Iruka emerged from inside.

"You three."

Iruka scanned the three people in turn, finally fixing his gaze on Naruto.

The discrimination Naruto faced by the people inside the room made him, an outsider to the incident, feel extremely uncomfortable.

Has Naruto faced this situation all his life from childhood to adulthood?
Yesterday's conversation with Kakashi reminded Iruka of his original intention to become a teacher in Konoha.

Therefore, even when facing Naruto, and the Nine-Tails inside Naruto that had killed his parents, the kind-hearted Iruka was still prepared to open his heart and try to face and accept Naruto.

Because Naruto was his student, and also the first major test he faced in his teaching career.

"Naruto, I apologize to you."

"Huh?" Naruto looked up and met Iruka's gaze.

In my perception, the coldness and indifference had long since disappeared, and I could even feel a bit of warmth.

"Why are you apologizing to me?" Naruto was quite puzzled; he didn't think Iruka had done anything wrong.

Choji and Shikamaru listened intently, equally curious.

“Because your teacher neglected you before, from now on I will definitely care about you more,” Iruka said sincerely. The teacher who taught him to be indifferent to Naruto was the same teacher who taught Itachi. But Itachi had already wiped out his clan and betrayed the village. Iruka didn’t want Naruto to do such a thing in the future.

Therefore, Iruka decisively changed his strategy and chose to educate Naruto in his own way—by exchanging sincerity for sincerity.

Show more concern? Well, maybe not.

Although it would be nice to have another person who cares about him, Naruto thought: Maybe I should just forget about the extra concern from his homeroom teacher.

"To show my sincerity, I've decided to take you out for ramen."

"Great!"

Before Naruto could make a move, Choji jumped up first.

"Not now!" Iruka suddenly switched from being a friend to a homeroom teacher, emphasizing, "Now! Immediately! Right now! Go back to class."

"Ugh!?" Upon hearing that they had to go back to class, the three of them hung their heads in unison, looking dejected.

School, Class 1.

The incident had already caused a sensation within the class, or rather, throughout the entire school.

Naruto Uzumaki's feat of taking on seven opponents single-handedly was quite remarkable, shocking a significant number of elementary school students and causing his popularity to explode overnight.

Unfortunately, Naruto Uzumaki did not achieve any victory; he was merely dealing with those seven people. Otherwise, it would have been an even bigger sensation.

But simply by virtue of being a first-year student, he was already quite remarkable in dealing with seven fourth-year students.

After this battle, Naruto instantly acquired many honorific titles.

Things like "one against seven in a vortex" or "maneuvering in a vortex".

However, Naruto was unaware of this.

Before afternoon classes even started, Naruto returned to his loyal Class 1.

As soon as he sat down, Naruto noticed something different; everyone looked at him with new respect.

As soon as get out of class ended, he was surrounded by a lot of boys, all of whom wanted to know about the battle.

Naruto looked around and saw that Shikamaru and Choji had all gone to the hospital to get bandaged and recuperate, leaving him as the only one of the three who knew the truth.

"I can tell your story, but those who sit close by have to buy a bag of potato chips and a bottle of cola." After collecting enough tickets, Naruto began his storytelling.

He glanced at Sasuke and noticed that Sasuke was secretly watching him. It seemed that even Uchiha Sasuke was looking at him differently because of the protagonist.

Naruto thought that this little matter would end there, and that the elementary school students' enthusiasm would only last a day or two at most, after which new gossip would emerge and steal the headlines from the ninja academy.

As it turned out, someone else actually challenged him.

"What did you say your name was?"

Looking at the guy in front of him with thick eyebrows and a manner that resembled Bruce Lee, Naruto was full of questions.

"You're the Whirlpool One Against Seven from Class 1, Grade 1?"

"I am Rock Lee, a second-year student, and I hereby challenge a genius like you!" Rock Lee assumed a starting stance, his gaze firm and his eyes resolute.

"Very well, you win."

After saying that, Naruto simply walked past him.

He was still waiting to eat Iruka-sensei's ramen; he didn't have time for another fight.

Moreover, this goes against his policy of keeping a low profile when going to school.

"Eh?"

Watching Naruto Uzumaki walk away, Rock Lee scratched his head in bewilderment.

Is something wrong with it?
Next time, next time I'll definitely attack directly first, so the other side won't have an excuse to run away.

The next day, during breakfast, Shikamaru asked his father about Naruto.

"Dad, I have a question."

"what?"

Why does everyone avoid Naruto like the plague? What did he do?

What are your thoughts on Naruto?

Shikamaru was stumped by his father's question. He thought for a moment before replying, "How...how do you see it? I haven't thought about it yet. But that guy is quite interesting. He's a very good fisherman, and his grilled fish is delicious, really, really delicious."

Originally, I wouldn't have ostracized him, but I didn't really want to be his friend either. However, after tasting his grilled fish, I decided I wanted to be his friend.

"I see. Just do what you want to do."

His father didn't say much, but he already understood what he meant.

"Is that so?" Shikamaru nodded, reaffirming his belief.

There are so many experts in the group! New books getting in daily can earn several hundred yuan – it's terrifying! How can a newbie like me, earning only a few dozen yuan a day, possibly compete?

Therefore, I have decided to add more chapters to support this.

From now on, any extra chapters will be at this time. I'm a newbie asking for support: recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, and investments are all welcome.

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