This Naruto is a player

"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.

"The three of you."

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

The discrimination Naruto faced by the people inside the house 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."

"Why!?"

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 this little matter would end there, and that the elementary school students' enthusiasm would only last a day or two before a new scandal 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.

"Huh?"

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; those who add new books to their library can earn several hundred yuan a day—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 and ask for your support.

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.

Chapter 20 Graduation Exam

Time flies.

Counting the days, the graduation exam is tomorrow.

Childhood!

On the rooftop, Naruto and his friends lay gazing at the sky.

Childhood is like sand; you can't hold onto it no matter how hard you try, and it slips away before you know it.

Fortunately, this childhood was much happier than my previous life.

"Naloo!"

Iruka-sensei's shouts came from below.

Naruto peeked out from the edge, followed by Sasuke, Choji, Shikamaru, Kiba, and others who lined up in turn.

For a moment, five fake dog heads plus one real dog head looked down.

Oh, right, I forgot Shino, we need to add him too.

"Come down," Iruka beckoned.

"Here it comes."

Without thinking twice, Naruto jumped down.

Naruto maintained basic respect for Iruka-sensei, who often treated him to ramen and genuinely cared for him.

This is the second adult, after the Hokage, to accept him.

"School's over, you guys should go home now," Iruka said to the others behind Naruto.

"Goodbye, teacher. See you tomorrow, Naruto."

"Goodbye Iruka-sensei~ Goodbye Naruto~"

Everyone greeted each other and said goodbye.

Seeing Iruka send the others away, Naruto suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Teacher, something's come up at home. Should I go back first..."

Naruto turned to leave, but Iruka stopped him: "Stop, Naruto! You've been caught, and you still want to run away?"

"What is it, Iruka-sensei?"

"You've forgotten what you yourself did?"

Forgot?

No, there are too many.

When I was a child and during my time at the Ninja Academy, the number of side quests was actually quite limited; they were mostly prank-related missions.

Who knew that as graduation approached, all sorts of side quests would pop up in unexpected ways.

There have been so many side quests I've done lately that I can't even remember them all.