Hokage, no one knows better than me how to cultivate talent.

Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, and several other girls immediately surrounded her after class.

They held various snacks and fruits in their hands and eagerly handed them to Sasuke.

"Sasuke-kun, these are rice balls I made, please try them!"

"Sasuke, have an apple, I washed it!"

"Sasuke-kun, this candy is delicious!"

Sasuke sat there motionless with a cold face, ignoring the enthusiastic feeding around him. His brows were slightly furrowed, and his face clearly showed that he was annoyed.

These girls seemed completely oblivious to his indifference, continuing to chatter on and on.

Naruto watched Shusui walk out of the classroom, hesitated for a moment, then quickly stood up and chased after him.

At the same time, a message popped up in front of Qiu Shui.

The talent development program has been completed, and its content is currently being evaluated.

[Evaluation Dimensions: Attitude, Depth, Interaction, Atmosphere]

[Test Results: You treat every talent equally, vividly presenting the hard-won peace through the deeds of your predecessors, effectively inspiring a sense of responsibility and mission in your employees. Your style is humorous and engaging, creating a lively atmosphere, resulting in high employee satisfaction.]

Overall Rating: A

[Receive a special skill reward - Quality Inspection Technique (Beginner)]

[Quality Inspection Technique (Beginner) Effect Description: Can be used to view general information about others; each use consumes 100 chakra points]

[First successful talent development achievement, earning a special skill reward – Talent Halo (Beginner)]

[Talent Halo (Beginner) Effect Description: When the halo is activated and in effect, it enables talented individuals to enter a highly focused and peaceful flow state when learning, practicing, or thinking, greatly reducing external interference and mental distractions; knowledge explanations, skill guidance, or experience transfers will be more easily understood and absorbed.]

[Note: This skill can be actively activated or deactivated. Its range is up to 100 meters, and it consumes an average of 1,000 chakra points per hour.]

[First successful completion of a talent development program rated A, earning an additional reward—Advanced Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation]

Qiu Shui looked at the pop-up message with great surprise. He never expected that giving lectures would earn him a reward. But then he thought about it and realized that this was indeed a way to cultivate talent.

Immediately afterwards, a flood of memories, far exceeding the advanced nature transformations of fire-style chakra, surged into his mind. These memories were incredibly real, as if he were truly an old-fashioned fire-style ninja who had cultivated for countless days and nights.

Qiu Shui looked at the two skills, Quality Inspection Technique and Talent Aura. The former could help him filter out talents who had been overlooked or had not appeared in the anime, while the latter was indeed very useful for him as a teacher. However, the fact that it consumed 1,000 chakra per hour made him gasp. At his current chakra level, it would only take three and a half hours.

"Teacher Qiushui".

A tense voice came from behind.

Qiu Shui turned around and saw Naruto Uzumaki jogging over, looking at him with a hesitant expression. The teachers and students passing by in the corridor subconsciously cast their gazes at him.

Shusui led Naruto to a large tree outside the teaching building. He looked at Naruto, who had his head down, his hands rubbing against his thighs, and his toes shuffling on the ground.

This protagonist, who should have turned evil the most, was wearing faded clothes, was thin, and shorter than his peers. At this moment, all he could think about was what pranks he should use to attract attention every day. He didn't look like a savior at all. He needed someone to guide him and give him warm care. Qiu Shui was happy to help him at this stage.

Qiu Shui waited a moment, and seeing him still rubbing the floor, she took the initiative to ask gently, "Is something the matter? Did you not understand something in class?"

Naruto quickly looked up, then quickly looked down again, shaking his head: "No, teacher, I understood everything you said!"

Qiu Shui was surprised and for a moment did not know whether he was telling the truth or lying.

If I remember correctly, Naruto's IQ doesn't seem to be very high. After graduation, he even referred to chakra as "chatonla," and he hadn't yet acquired the "talent halo" skill.

He wondered to himself, "Could it be that I actually have a talent for teaching and nurturing students?"

Naruto took a deep breath, looked up, and said apologetically, "Shusui-sensei, I'm sorry."

Qiu Shui was stunned for a moment.

"I shouldn't have played that frog prank on you in class," Naruto said, then lowered his head again.

In all his years, no one had ever stood up for him, no one had ever praised him, and no one had ever looked at him with such ordinary eyes. So when Qiu Shui said those words in class today, he was completely stunned.

So Naruto decided to go and apologize to Shusui.

Qiu Shui thought it was something serious, but he didn't take it to heart at all.

He knew that Naruto was not a bad person at all, but a very kind-hearted person with a sunny disposition.

Pranks are merely a desperate attempt to gain attention.

Because Naruto is more afraid of being ignored than of being insulted or ridiculed.

Shusui said gently, "Naruto, I accept your apology, but I can sense that you are a kind child. Can you tell me why you keep playing pranks?"

Although Naruto usually acts very carefree, he is actually very sensitive and perceptive. He can sense that the teacher in front of him speaks in a tone of voice and looks at him in a way that is completely different from others.

How can I describe this feeling?

It's like treating him as a normal, ordinary person.

Naruto was silent for a few seconds before finally speaking, saying, "I just want everyone to pay more attention to me."

Shusui could actually understand Naruto's thoughts. Having lost both his parents at a young age, he lived a very lonely life. Even when he was ostracized, insulted, or beaten by the villagers, he would only feel dissatisfied and angry. But what he feared most was being ignored. He just wanted to prove his existence in this way so that his life wouldn't be so lonely.

But this does not mean that this behavior is right.

Qiu Shui slowly said, "Naruto, there are many ways to get attention. The method you're using now might get you noticed in the short term, but what about in the long run? Think about it, if you had someone around you who was always causing trouble and creating problems for others, how would you feel about them?"

Naruto remained silent. It wasn't that he didn't understand these principles, but he didn't have a better solution.

Qiu Shui gave him the answer: "You'll get more and more annoyed with him, less and less willing to talk to him, and eventually you'll avoid him whenever you see him."

Naruto imagined the scene that Shusui-sensei had described and immediately became anxious, asking, "Shusui-sensei, can you tell me what method we should use?"