Naruto: Starting as Tsunade's Desk Mate

If An Yan were to obtain something that Orochimaru had painstakingly pursued for half his life so easily, he would probably be so angry that he would break his plasmolysis.

While pondering, An Yan had already returned home, stuffed all the vegetables, big and small, into the refrigerator, tied on an apron, and started cooking.

Meanwhile, Tsunade returned to the Senju clan's ancestral home, a place that was once thriving but is now somewhat deserted.

As the head of the Senju clan, the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju began implementing a policy of integrating the village and clans ten years ago. This involved intermarrying Senju clan members with ordinary civilian ninjas, breaking them down into smaller groups and integrating them into the entire village.

Today, apart from a few families from the main branch, only some elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people who have survived since the Warring States period remain in the Thousand Hands territory.

Tsunade pushed open the door and walked into one of the rooms.

"Grandma Mito, I'm back."

Hearing the commotion, the red-haired woman with a bun came out and hugged Tsunade, who was embracing her.

Although Mito Uzumaki is called "Grandma," she looks incredibly young, with skin as smooth as jade, appearing to be in her early twenties. A small diamond-shaped mark between her eyebrows adds a unique charm to her appearance.

Tsunade's mother is currently pregnant and has no time to take care of Tsunade, so Tsunade has been living with Mito Uzumaki during this period.

"Tsunade, did you meet any interesting people at school today?"

Carrying Tsunade, Mito Uzumaki walked into the inner room, where a meal was already laid out on the table. The food looked and smelled delicious, clearly made by Mito herself.

Gently placing Tsunade on the chair, Mito Uzumaki sat on the other side, smiling as she served Tsunade food.

"School is so boring, there's nothing fun about it, but Grandma Mito, I think I've discovered a genius."

Tsunade picked up a fried chicken leg from the table, took a bite, and answered Mito Uzumaki's question while chewing.

Mito Uzumaki watched Tsunade eat with a smile, and was not surprised by Tsunade's answer. She had seen too many geniuses in her life, from Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha to Tobirama Senju, who was a master of forbidden techniques. It was hard to find any geniuses who could catch her eye.

However, since it was Tsunade who brought it up, Mito Uzumaki went along with it and asked a question.

"Oh? What kind of genius is it? Is it like our little Tsunade?"

Tsunade swallowed the chicken in her mouth, scratched her head, and organized her thoughts.

"He must have come from a commoner ninja background, but he understood the ninja academy textbook after reading it once. He could easily perform some basic sealing techniques and genjutsu, and the Three Body Technique should be no problem for him either."

Mito Uzumaki was slightly surprised: "The Three Body Technique is simple enough, but can he really master something as complex as a sealing technique after just one look?"

"Yeah, he pressed his palm on my shoulder, and my chakra immediately stopped circulating. My whole body was paralyzed and I couldn't move."

Tsunade nodded, her face serious.

"I see. He does sound like a very talented young man. Bring him over for me to see sometime. If he's a good person, I might be able to teach him a few things."

Mito Uzumaki smiled and patted Tsunade's head. As the perfect Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, she possessed the Nine-Tails' ability to perceive evil intentions. If someone was indeed an outstanding young person in the village who had not yet been discovered, she would not mind helping and mentoring them.

Tsunade nodded seriously. The village was her grandfather's most precious possession, and she had long regarded it as part of her own family. She would spare no effort to help any outstanding talents in the village.

On the other side, An Yan simply made a large bowl of ramen and cracked two eggs into it. However, while he was eating, he suddenly noticed that his attribute panel was flashing continuously and his reputation was increasing, which had already exceeded 100.

An Yan quickly realized what had happened. His classmates had probably mentioned him when they went home for dinner and talked to their parents and relatives about interesting things that happened on campus. After all, he seemed to be the only one in the class who said he wanted to be Hokage, so his reputation points naturally increased.

In fact, it's not just this aspect. Teachers also talk about students among themselves, not to mention that the lists of ideals and wishes of each new student are compiled into data and submitted to the Hokage's office.

Anyway, once you have enough reputation points, you can pray for a lucky draw.

An Yan directly clicked on the system template, selected "Start Prayer," and in the CG animation of a shooting star streaking across the sky, a card depicting a bow and arrow appeared in the system panel.

System Introduction: Multi-functional Bow and Arrow Mastery

Skill Description: You can quickly craft bows and arrows using materials found in the wild, or modify special arrows as needed, including: fire arrows, poison arrows, explosive arrows, and rope arrows.

An Yan directly chose to use the cards, and a large amount of information appeared in his mind, including not only special bow and arrow making, but also various bow and arrow combat techniques, such as double shooting, dynamic aiming, environmental utilization, and weakness detection.

An Yan carefully sensed it for a moment and felt that if he combined his archery skills with his chakra, he should be able to deal with one or two low-level ninjas without any problem. Of course, the premise was that he would ambush them from the shadows. If it were a face-to-face battle, it goes without saying what would happen to an archer if an assassin got close to him.

Chapter 6 Why Our Hokage Is Different

Time flies like an arrow; a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Since acquiring Lara's multi-functional bow and arrow proficiency, An Yan quickly crafted several bows and arrows and stored a large number of special arrows using the system's built-in inventory space.

Explosive arrows are particularly difficult to obtain. There are no mines around Konoha Village, so gunpowder cannot be found. An Yan can only buy it from the village store. Moreover, gunpowder is not cheap and is also a sensitive commodity, making it easy for the guards to target him.

Fortunately, An Yan was a true Konoha native. He was only stopped and questioned by the Konoha Guard ninjas. After learning that it was for making special ninja tools, he was registered as a dangerous item by the Konoha Guard and then there were no problems.

As the saying goes, "He who possesses a weapon will naturally have the will to kill." With his skills, An Yan was itching to use them. He carried his bow and went into the forest surrounding the village. With his ninja skills and accurate archery, he was almost always successful in his hunts.

It's worth mentioning that when aiming with a bow and arrow, a cross will automatically be generated in the center of An Yan's field of vision, which can greatly assist An Yan in hunting.

An Yan's health was not good before. He was malnourished during the war. During this period, he improved his diet by hunting every now and then, using prey such as deer and rabbits.

After consuming a large amount of meat fiber to replenish his body's nutrition, An Yan's physique became slightly stronger than before. The system showed that his physical attributes had reached four points, which was close to the average level of adults in the ninja world.

During this time, An Yan was not idle. Although he came from an ordinary ninja family and his chakra was somewhat scarce, An Yan still managed to complete his Rasengan training, albeit with some stumbles.

After all, the unsealed ninjutsu is too appealing, and the original work has already clearly explained how to train the Rasengan. If you still can't train it, it would be a bit unreasonable.

Unfortunately, An Yan is too young and his body has not yet developed, so he doesn't have much chakra. He only has enough Rasengan for one shot, which is not suitable for regular combat.

Chakra is energy generated by the combination of mind and body. Currently, An Yan's mental attribute is 8 points and his physical attribute is only 4 points. As his body grows up and his physical attribute improves after adulthood, his chakra level will have a lot of room to increase.

Furthermore, having strong mental attributes has another advantage: it grants a high degree of control over chakra. For example, climbing trees and wading through water can be easily mastered with a little practice.

With his exquisite chakra manipulation, An Yan has even experimented with fingertip Rasengan these past few days. Unfortunately, the power he used was a bit lacking. When he touched a tree with his finger, he could only make a hole the size of a fist.

The damage from chakra without any attribute is still a bit low. The situation will probably change once you train and develop the various attributes of chakra.

During this month, An Yan discovered a pattern in the system: whenever his name was mentioned, he would gain reputation points, two to three times a day, with one point of reputation gained each time.

An Yan hardly did any activities, but he easily accumulated more than 400 reputation points in a month. He then participated in several more wish draws and obtained a few decent skills.

For example, the talent skill "Iron Bones" reduces the damage caused by enemy melee and ranged attacks.

An Yan could have been stabbed to death with one blow before, but now he needs to be stabbed again. How wonderful!

The second is also a talent skill - Heart of Stone, which greatly reduces the damage caused by enemy melee and ranged attacks.

The damage immunity from Heart of Stone and Body of Steel can be stacked, and An Yan gradually began to develop in the direction of a tank, with the skin of his entire body beginning to become resilient.

With these two talents combined, An Yan could probably withstand four or five knife blows from thugs in a street fight, making him an elite mini-boss. If he were in a Hong Kong variety show movie, he could become a double-flower red stick with these two talents.

However, in today's world, he's still not up to par. If a ninja were to launch an attack, An Yan probably wouldn't be able to withstand the damage from ninjutsu. Right now, he's just a bit thick-skinned and tougher than the average person.

As for Tsunade's monstrous fist, An Yan felt he wouldn't dare to provoke her now.

She's willing to fight, and she's willing to die.

The third skill is considered a minor god-tier skill at this stage.

Adrenaline: Unleashing your life potential when you're in dire straits.

If you are seriously injured on the battlefield, activating adrenaline might allow you to struggle a little longer and perhaps even turn the tide.

The fourth skill is rather sinister; it's called Corpse Trap Creation. It allows you to create traps using enemy corpses, which then unleash a large amount of poison gas when an enemy approaches to investigate.

An Yan didn't know why a small poisonous mushroom could instantly unleash a deadly gas that covered a radius of 3 meters. Don't ask, it's just a system skill.

After acquiring a large number of skills, An Yan finally felt a little safer in the face of this dangerous world.

After a month of living here, An Yan has gradually adjusted his mindset about being transported to this world. He is very grateful that he was born in Konoha, rather than in a small organization like Amegakure.

Although the world is not peaceful, there are still people to protect us, so we are not completely destitute.

An Yan receives a monthly allowance and can also go out every few days to hunt some wild game to supplement his nutrition, so he lives a pretty comfortable life.

The only downside is that An Yan still has to go to school. It's not that An Yan hates studying, it's just that the system is too powerful, allowing him to complete all the courses on his own at a very early stage. As a result, he can only listen to the teacher repeating the knowledge he has already learned, which feels like a waste of time.

An Yan didn't want to sleep in class, and unlike those from the ninja clan, he didn't know the Shadow Clone Technique. So he could only listen to the teacher's lectures in boredom every day. What surprised him the most was that Teacher Sato used the Will of Fire as the introductory textbook and had the students read and write each word one by one.

An Yan thought that The Will of Fire was just a brainwashing textbook, but he didn't expect it to be an introductory textbook. No wonder so many people are willing to do anything for The Will of Fire. It turns out that children are learning The Will of Fire from the time they learn to read.

An Yan was speechless at the educational environment of the entire ninja world.

No way, really? There really isn't someone who went to ninja academy and still can't read?

Shouldn't you have completed basic literacy training before attending ninja school?

Why is my Naruto different from other people's Naruto?

An Yan let out a silent cry, his whole being exuding an aura of despair, despite his young age.

Chapter 7 Other People’s Children

An Yan quickly found something to do.

He found the ninja school's library.

Many people think that the ninja school's library is for students, but that's not true. Children aged six to twelve have no interest in going to the library to read and study.

This library is for teachers to access materials and improve their skills; it is not open to students.

However, this was no problem for An Yan. He simply greeted Professor Sato and obtained access to the library.

There's no way around it. Although it's only been a short month, An Yan's image as a top student has already taken deep root in people's hearts, and top students can do whatever they want.

The Ninja Academy was established by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, so the books in the library are naturally all from the Second Hokage's collection. Although the books placed in the school library have been selected, they still bear many traces of Tobirama Senju.

The Mysteries of Space-Time Ninjutsu, How to Stimulate Limb Regeneration, Several Methods to Counter Dojutsu, The Possibility of Blood Transfer, The Effects of Yang Release Chakra...

An Yan glanced at it briefly, and it was as if he could see Tobirama Senju conducting human experiments in the darkness, and the unknown ninja lying on the experimental table had red light emanating from his pupils, which was the Sharingan.

The library has all kinds of materials, but the most numerous are books on biomedicine. An Yan even saw the software modification technology that Orochimaru had popularized.

An Yan decided to read through the entire library. He had a feeling that Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Hiruko's future achievements would all be inseparable from the knowledge contained in this library.

Before, when An Yan had nothing to do, he could play childish ninja games with his classmates. But when he had something to do, he would never waste time doing those boring things.

This made Tsunade very anxious.

Family members, who understands? Everyone else is playing, but your deskmate is secretly studying. How can anyone continue playing like that?

So Tsunade also started studying books on biomedicine and other related topics, and then Hiruko also obtained library access from Professor Sato.

Mr. Sato was very pleased to see this situation. As a teacher, he not only taught An Yan's class, but also had other classes to teach. With An Yan and others as role models, he became increasingly dissatisfied with the students in other classes, and he would often mention Tsunade and the other two.

"Look at how hard Tsunade, the princess of Class A in the first year, works. What right do you have not to work hard? An Yan has been working hard to achieve his dream of becoming Hokage. What about your dreams? Hiruko is from an ordinary background. She is under so much pressure being around two such outstanding people, but she has not given up on herself. What right do you have to give up on yourself?"

Mr. Sato's voice was forceful and his words were meaningful. An Yan and his two friends were suddenly seen as someone else's children, and were beginning to be isolated by the entire class and even the entire grade.

Hiruko was the first to realize something was wrong. He immediately changed his strategy, choosing to study late into the night and integrate into the group and mingle with his classmates during the day.