This Naruto is a player.

Chapter 27: The protagonist is actually myself?
We're back to where we started, at the third training ground.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura stood, sat, or leaned against a tree trunk, listening to Kakashi-sensei's instructions.

Kakashi stood upright with his arms crossed.

Kakashi glanced at the three people, each with a different appearance and expression, and instructed them, "Meet here again at 8 o'clock tomorrow. Bring your ninja tool pouches, don't forget."

After saying that, he touched his chin, as if recalling something.

"Well, that's all."

Naruto got up from the ground and asked curiously, "What kind of mission is it tomorrow, Kakashi-sensei?"

"Practice battles."

"Oh."

Naruto muttered to himself, "This is probably the real test for today, but I messed it up."

Practice battles?

This is definitely necessary.

Otherwise, teachers won't understand the students' fighting spirit, and students won't understand the teachers' abilities.

Forget about trust, even cooperation will become a problem.

Is this good? This is not good.

"Alright, that's all for today. Now, dismissed!"

After saying that, he turned to leave.

But Naruto didn't want him to leave so easily. He had offended the abbot and now he wanted to run away?
"Wait for Kakashi-sensei."

Naruto called out to Kakashi, who was about to leave. Naruto looked pained and staggered toward Kakashi, clutching his stomach with one hand and grabbing at Kakashi with the other.

"Teacher, I'm so hungry, I want to eat Ichiraku Ramen."

Kakashi dodged Naruto's hand that was grabbing him and watched his performance expressionlessly. "Eat if you want."

"But I have no money."

Naruto gestured to the two people behind him and said miserably, "Besides, Kakashi-sensei said yesterday that I would throw up today, so I didn't eat yesterday and I even ran 500 laps this morning."

As he spoke, he swayed a few times, leaving no doubt that he might fall over at any moment.

"Kakashi-sensei, I feel like I'm about to faint from hunger."

Sakura came up to help him and said, "Kakashi-sensei, I want to eat ramen too."

This was her second chance to have dinner with Sasuke, and she was determined to make the most of it.

Upon hearing this, Kakashi looked at the third person.

"Sasuke, what about you?"

"Ramen is fine too." Under Naruto's prompting and Sakura's pleading gaze, Sasuke changed his mind.

"Alright, then I'll treat you to ramen."

"That's great!" Sakura almost jumped up.

"I want to eat 10 bowls!" Naruto shouted.

Night, at home.

Naruto went home with a burp.

Lying in bed, I first checked the title I had just received today.

[Title: Genin

All attributes +5%
Chakra × 120%
Chakra recovery ×120%
+5%, +20%, +20%.

Wow, is this the power of a title?
This was the first time Naruto had ever witnessed such a massive increase in power.

The other badges are 0.1% and 0.2%.

This title directly translates to 5% or 20%.

别看数字不大，但以他300-400左右的属性值，5%就是15-20个属性点。

And the most outrageous thing is the chakra increase, a 20% boost, which directly adds more than 200 million chakra to him.

Two million chakra, that's about the same as Shukaku.

A bit exaggerated.

No wonder it's a main quest that takes six years to complete.

Moreover, if the title of 'genin' is this strong, how strong must the titles of 'chunin' and 'jonin' be?
Is there an even stronger title like 'Hokage'?

At that moment, Naruto suddenly felt a little covetous of the Third Hokage's throne.

As you know, becoming Hokage has always been my dream, Naruto Uzumaki.

Close the interface. Naruto first goes to the training space to greet Kurama.

Upon closer inspection, it appears that the Nine-Tailed Fox has become round again.

Perhaps it's because of the word "orange" in its color, or perhaps it's because it drank too much cola, but Nine-Tails has gained some weight recently and is showing signs of turning into a big orange.

I wonder how this collection of chakra got so fat?

Does drinking cola and eating fried chicken increase chakra?
With questions in his mind, Naruto prepared to explore the game's final feature.

Duel Arena!
[You have entered the duel arena]
[You can challenge opponents and participate in the ranked ladder here. Top-ranked players will receive fixed rewards.]
As soon as he entered, two large buttons appeared in front of Naruto.

[Matchmaking]/[Ranked]
Try clicking [Match].

[Searching for matches.]
It keeps showing "Searching".

As expected, everything was going according to plan.

Fortunately, no opponents could be found, otherwise Naruto would have had to check if there were any other players in the entire ninja world.

Clicking on [Rankings] will yield the same result.

This seems to be a useless feature.

After searching for a while, Naruto found a list.

The four lists are: [Heaven, Earth, Man, and Yellow].

These four correspond exactly to: Genin, Chunin, Jonin, and Kage.

Naruto was curious about what the reward would be, but no one was playing ranked matches against him, so he didn't have any results and couldn't get onto the leaderboard, let alone anything else.

isn't it?
After waiting for 9 years, is this all the [Duel Arena] is?

Naruto was speechless.

Is it just another useless thing?
Unwilling to give up, Naruto explored for a while longer and discovered a new mode that seemed to be accessible.

[Training Mode]
click to enter.

Suddenly, the screen switched to another interface, with a 5-minute countdown at the top and thumbnails of the characters below.

[Please select training target]
Although the thumbnail is a bit small, Naruto still recognizes several familiar faces in it.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi

Kakashi Hatake

Are these all targets that can be challenged?

It must be an NPC from this world, right? It's also a relatively well-known character from the original story.

That being the case.
Where is my Naruto Uzumaki?

Someone like me, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, certainly deserves to be mentioned, right?
Naruto started searching himself, and several results appeared in succession.

Naruto Uzumaki (Genin, 12 years old): That's exactly his current age; he should have just graduated from the Ninja Academy.

Naruto Uzumaki (Genin, 16 years old): Wait, I'm still a genin at 16? Oh, so you're the Naruto from the original story. Never mind then.

Naruto Uzumaki (Genin, Six Paths, 17 years old): What does Six Paths mean? The Sage of Six Paths?

Naruto Uzumaki (Seventh Hokage, 32 years old): Wait? I'm the Seventh Hokage?
Naruto was increasingly confused. How did he become Hokage? Wasn't he the main villain?

wrong.

This work is called Naruto, so Naruto is definitely the main character.

Am I the protagonist?
What about Sasuke?

Uchiha Sasuke (Genin, 12 years old): Yeah, no problem.

Uchiha Sasuke (Rogue Ninja, Team Taka, 16 years old): Huh? Rogue Ninja?
Uchiha Sasuke (Akatsuki, 16 years old): What is Akatsuki? This outfit looks familiar; the people I just saw were wearing the same clothes.

Uchiha Sasuke (Six Paths, 17 years old): It's Six Paths again?
Uchiha Sasuke (World Traveler, 32 years old): Huh? Retired?

Naruto thought he already knew a lot about this world, but he didn't expect that he was still too shallow.

They don't even know who the main character of this world is.

Naruto had always guessed that the protagonist of the Naruto world was most likely Sasuke, and that he was a villainous big boss.

The speculation stems from the fact that Naruto Uzumaki is hated by the entire village, and he also has the Nine-Tails, a tailed beast that could potentially lead him to destruction at any moment.

And what about Sasuke?

He was born as the young master of the Uchiha clan, and he suffered the fate of having his entire clan wiped out—no, his entire clan was wiped out.

This is definitely the treatment of a main character.

So you're telling me that Sasuke actually defected and became a rogue ninja, and that he's the future Seventh Hokage?
what?
So, it turns out that I, Naruto Uzumaki, am the real protagonist?

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