Naruto: Naruto Hosted by the System

Upon hearing that she was in the same class as Naruto, Sakura Haruno collapsed onto her desk.

Then, upon hearing that Sasuke was also in her class, she jumped up and shouted, "Yay!"

Naruto and Sasuke, on the other hand, showed little reaction throughout, creating a stark contrast with her.

After the classes were assigned, the instructors, Jonin, came one after another to pick up their students.

However, the Jonin instructor of Team 7 arrived exceptionally late, and Naruto and his two companions ended up staying until the very end.

"Why is this teacher so late? He's so unreliable," Sakura Haruno muttered boredly.

At first, he wanted to chat with Sasuke, but Sasuke always had a cold and aloof attitude, and no matter how he tried to change the subject, he couldn't get a response.

Sakura Haruno glanced at Naruto out of the corner of her eye again.

Normally, Naruto would do something like put the blackboard eraser on the door at times like this, but today he was unusually quiet.

No, it seems like Naruto has been like this for at least a year.

At that moment, Sakura Haruno suddenly realized that she was always hanging around Sasuke, just like Naruto used to hang around her all the time.

No, no...

She shook her head violently, trying to banish the thought from her mind.

Naruto may have high grades at the Ninja Academy, but he's a different story when it comes to actual missions. I just hope he doesn't hold me and Sasuke back.

Sasuke, on the other hand, was thinking about how to get stronger from Naruto.

Although he had seen Naruto train, he preferred to learn ninjutsu rather than taijutsu, especially the Sharingan, which the Uchiha clan was so proud of.

Naruto remained silent simply because the system was analyzing the ninjutsu in the Book of Seals, and Naruto was also absorbing the ever-increasing knowledge in the information database.

After a while, the classroom door was finally pushed open, and a silver-haired man walked in, his left eye covered by a headband and his nose covered by a mask, with only a small part of his face showing.

"Hmm... it seems you are the members of Team 7. Nice to meet you. I am your instructor, a Jonin."

Chapter 14 My Father's Student

"Okay, let's start with self-introductions. Tell us what you like, what you dislike, what your dreams are, your interests, and so on. Who wants to go first?"

The silver-haired man walked to the podium, looking listless.

However, Naruto and Sasuke remained silent, observing him intently.

Sakura Haruno couldn't help but say, "Teacher, you're the most suspicious one since you went first."

"Oh? Me? My name is Kakashi Hatake. I keep my likes and dislikes a secret. As for dreams... well, I don't really have any... As for interests, well, I have quite a few."

"What? They only told us the name..." Sakura Haruno muttered in dissatisfaction.

Kakashi Hatake glanced at her after hearing this, then pointed at Sakura Haruno: "Then you're next."

Sakura Haruno, whose name was called, slowly stood up, fidgeting and glancing at Sasuke every now and then. She also mentioned Sasuke in every word during her self-introduction.

Then there's Sasuke, whose self-introduction exudes intense hatred, vowing to revive the Uchiha clan and kill that man.

"Hey system, Sasuke sounds like he's serious. Who does he want to kill?"

[It's highly likely to be his older brother, the S-rank rogue ninja Uchiha Itachi, because Itachi's crime was the massacre of the entire Uchiha clan, with only Sasuke surviving.]

"Huh? What kind of twisted family relationship is this?"

While Naruto was internally complaining, Sasuke had already finished speaking, and it was Naruto's turn to introduce himself.

“My favorite thing used to be ramen, but now I like so many things; I used to hate the three minutes it took to get instant noodles to cook, but now I hate... all the complicated things in the village.”

"I have many dreams, but the two most important ones are becoming the best Hokage and the strongest ninja, and having a family."

Do you have a family...?

After listening to Naruto's self-introduction, Kakashi Hatake unconsciously lowered his head.

"Huh? What's wrong with the teacher? Are you pitying me?"

No, because he was the host's father's student.

Naruto was taken aback, recalling that he had indeed heard a lot about Kakashi Hatake from Might Guy, including the fact that his teacher was the Fourth Hokage.

Although Naruto and the system share the same database, it is not as easy for Naruto to retrieve information from the database or recall relevant memories as it is for the system. In addition, due to the difference in their thinking styles, there are sometimes cognitive biases between the two.

“My father’s student…” Naruto murmured, and when he looked up again, his eyes were noticeably brighter.

"Then he must know a lot about Dad. We can ask him about it! Speaking of which, I wonder how he views me, the child of a teacher. I guess my past pranks haven't spread far and become known to many people?"

After realizing their relationship, Naruto clearly became closer to Kakashi Hatake.

"I can ask him to teach me more of my dad's ninjutsu, although that might mean I won't have time to teach Sasuke and Sakura, which would be a bit unfair to them."

While Naruto was having a long internal monologue, anticipating his next interaction with Kakashi Hatake, Kakashi Hatake announced Team 7's first mission from the podium.

"Tomorrow we will carry out our first mission—a wilderness survival exercise."

Upon hearing that the first task was like this, Sakura Haruno was a little disappointed: "Why is it a wilderness survival exercise? We practiced it many times when we were in the Ninja Academy."

Kakashi Hatake noticed Sakura Haruno's disdain and let out a cruel laugh.

"Heh... This isn't an ordinary drill; your opponent is me!"

"To tell you the truth, out of the 27 graduates, only 9 will become genin; the rest will all be sent back to the ninja academy."

"Do you understand? It means that if you don't pass this wilderness survival exercise tomorrow, you won't become ninjas."

Sakura Haruno panicked upon hearing this.

Sasuke didn't react.

Naruto, however, was somewhat excited.

"Tomorrow I'll show Kakashi-sensei how powerful I am. I wonder if Kakashi-sensei is this strong at my age."

"That's all I wanted to say. See you tomorrow morning." With that, Kakashi Hatake turned into smoke and disappeared.

Sasuke was the first to leave; he planned to double his training today.

Sakura Haruno saw Sasuke leave and followed him.

Following the system's advice, Naruto went to his usual training ground.

……

The next day, the three arrived at the meeting point on time, but Kakashi Hatake never showed up.

"Is this teacher really reliable? He's been late twice in a row." Sakura Haruno paced back and forth in dissatisfaction.

"In that case, let's exchange some information about Kakashi-sensei first," Naruto suggested.

"Huh? Intelligence?" Sakura Haruno and Sasuke were both taken aback.

"Intelligence is the first battle for a ninja. You guys aren't completely unprepared, are you?" Naruto asked, pulling out three pieces of intelligence related to Kakashi while looking at them with suspicion.

Sasuke instinctively took the information.

"Kakashi Hatake graduated from the Ninja Academy at the age of 6, became a Chunin at the age of 7, and a Jonin at the age of 12. He was a renowned genius at the time. After receiving the Sharingan entrusted to him by his best friend before his death, he was known as the 'Copy Ninja'. He mastered thousands of ninjutsu and was skilled in Lightning Release."

Looking at the detailed information above, Sasuke felt a surge of resentment.

Damn it, I lost again. Why didn't I think of this possibility?

Wait, Sharingan...

When Sasuke learned that Kakashi Hatake had the Sharingan, he was initially taken aback, but his expression softened when he realized that it was his best friend's dying wish to entrust it to him.

"Naruto, where did you get all this information?" Although unwilling, Sasuke wanted to know Naruto's methods for gathering information.

"I went directly to ask the teacher with thick eyebrows. He was the Jonin instructor from the previous year, and he's a close friend of Kakashi-sensei." Naruto had a "it's nothing" expression on his face.

"What?! That weird guy in the green bodysuit is actually a Jonin?!" Sasuke exclaimed in disbelief.

But he quickly suppressed his shock.

Yes, I shouldn't judge a book by its cover. I didn't expect to learn two lessons from Naruto so quickly.

Sasuke looked up at Naruto, his resolve to find out how Naruto became stronger only strengthened.

"Hey, good morning!"

Kakashi arrived late at that moment.

"Naruto, you're pretty amazing. You managed to glean such detailed information from Guy's words, which were filled with youthful energy."

"Hehe." Naruto smiled shyly at the praise from his father's student.

“But that’s not enough.” Kakashi took out two bells and tied them around his waist, and then placed an alarm clock on a tree stump.

"The test was to find every possible way to snatch the bell from my hands."

"Why are there only two bells?" A sense of foreboding rose in Sakura Haruno's heart.

"Yes, that's right. This means that only two people can become genin. The person who doesn't manage to get the bell will be sent back to the ninja academy."

"Let me remind you again, you won't be able to steal the bell unless you're determined to kill me."

Naruto looked at Kakashi's lazy appearance, felt the Nine-Tails' chakra within his body, and scratched his head.

Um... then teacher, you might really die.

Chapter 15 Purpose of the Assessment

After Kakashi announced the start, Sakura and Sasuke immediately jumped away and hid in the shadows.

Naruto, however, remained standing in the same spot.

"Why don't you hide like them and wait for an opportunity to steal the bell?" Kakashi looked at Naruto curiously.

“Just getting the bell isn’t a problem.” Naruto shook his head. “What I want to do is showcase myself.”

Show yourself?

"Watch out, Kakashi-sensei, or I'll snatch the bell right away."

As soon as he finished speaking, Naruto formed hand seals and unleashed a ninjutsu.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"