In Konoha, Naruto lies down

Hinata lost herself in the sound of "Hinata-chan" and whispered while holding the wooden door.

"See you tomorrow, Naruto-kun."

Chapter 4 Not a Son of Man

With a creak, the door of the apartment was opened from the outside.

The dim light from the corridor shone into the entrance hall like a knife blade. Naruto's shadow was elongated and cast on the shoe cabinet, looking as ferocious as a monster.

Lower your head to change your shoes and turn on the light.

Naruto stood on the balcony, enjoying the breeze, his instant noodles steaming on the small table behind him. He had originally wanted to buy some vegetables, but was too late and was kicked out in disgust.

If there were more people, or if Naruto went earlier, perhaps the boss wouldn't have such a gloomy look on his face.

He wasn't sure if there were any Anbu watching him now, and whether what he said during the day would reach the ears of the Third Hokage.

After all, the Jinchūriki is the village's strongest weapon, and if their attitude towards the village changes, terrible things are likely to happen.

But Naruto didn't care. He didn't think about revenge against the village. He didn't even have any dark thoughts in his mind. He just wanted to lie down.

Lying flat is cool, okay? With the system by my side, I am the reincarnation of Ashura. Since the power of the system is greater than that of the Nine-Tailed Fox, and perhaps even greater than any other power in this world, why not take the easy way out?

In order to gain everyone's recognition, he wants to become Hokage even if it means risking his life, and protects those who discriminated against and bullied him, just to gain their recognition.

This is too ridiculous. People live in this world to show their own value, not to gain value from others.

When people look at you with disgust on the street, you feel inferior and sensitive, and you feel guilty and lost. This is a people-pleasing personality type, who wants to be recognized and accepted by others.

Naruto is no longer the Naruto of the past. He knows that being a good person will only make others look down on him. There is no need to gain the approval of others, but to learn to reconcile with himself.

Be an ordinary ninja and live a fulfilling life.

They are the ones who are wrong, those who want to benefit from the Nine-Tailed Fox but don't want to pay the price.

It is called protection, but it is actually PUA.

Being a Hokage is not Naruto's dream, but the dream of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the ambition of the higher-ups. They hope that Naruto will serve the village like the Fourth Hokage did.

The summer night's moonlight was gentle, shrouding Konoha. The night breeze blew across the balcony, ruffling Naruto's hair, and his vision gradually became clear.

He doesn't want to be a Hokage, nor does he want to be recognized by others. He just wants to live a mundane life and become stronger.

The instant noodles were a little cold, but Naruto still ate them without changing his expression. After washing up, he lay down on the bed and slowly closed his eyes.

The next day.

Soon after Naruto went out, he met a naughty kid wearing a big white hat and a blue scarf on the road. He was none other than Konohamaru, the grandson of the Third Hokage.

Konohamaru was standing by the wall wearing a camouflage cloth. Seeing Naruto staring at him, he started shouting wildly.

"What are you looking at? Can't you see that I'm practicing Ninjutsu here? My grandfather is the Hokage! Get out of here!"

Konohamaru stared at Naruto, who was stunned by his scolding, feeling a little disappointed, thinking that this person was no different from others.

As soon as he hears that I am the grandson of the Hokage, he will definitely listen to me and do whatever I say.

However, Naruto smiled, took out a few hundred-ryo banknotes from his pocket and handed them to Konohamaru with both hands.

Konohamaru showed a disappointed look on his face and waved his hand impatiently.

"Go away! I don't want your money!"

"This is your medical expenses and nutrition fee. You kid... are dead!" After saying that, Naruto started beating him up.

While beating him, he cursed at me.

"Having the Hokage's grandson is amazing! Who doesn't have a Hokage relative?"

At the Ninja School, Naruto sat in the back row with a pale face and yawned.

No one bothered him today, but when he walked into the classroom, he still received some disgusted looks.

At the podium, teacher Iruka put away the lesson plan and said with a cough.

"Tomorrow is the graduation exam. In the morning, there's a review exam for transformation techniques. In the afternoon, there's an outdoor class and a review exam for practical classes."

As soon as the words fell, the classroom suddenly became lively. The boys and girls whispered to each other, some excited and some nervous.

"Transformation jutsu, I'm good at it. Do you think I can get a Transformation jutsu in tomorrow's graduation exam?"

"I'm not sure. The exam involves randomly selecting one of the three body techniques. The probability... hehe, probably about one in three."

"The first place must be Sasuke again. He has excellent grades in all subjects."

"That must be the last one! Haha!"

"That's true. He doesn't seem to have any brains and always likes to do annoying things! I heard he's already had a two-year extension, so he probably won't graduate this year."

"A person like that wouldn't be able to become a ninja after graduation, right?"

"I've failed wherever I go. It's truly a sad and bleak life. If I were him, I'd rather die. I wouldn't be able to live in this world.

Iruka, who was sitting at the podium, also heard some of the gossip and looked unhappy. But he couldn't do anything but knock on the desk to get the whole class to quiet down.

"Everyone go outside and line up, one by one!"

While waiting in line boringly, Naruto yawned again, which was noticed by Shikamaru, who asked in confusion.

"Where did you go last night?"

"The instant noodles are expired and I have a stomachache." Naruto said.

"Hey, you guy, can't you cook something yourself?" Shikamaru rolled his eyes at him. "At our age, we should be able to cook some simple dishes."

"Don't take it for granted that you can do it so easily, you bastard!" Naruto bumped into Shikamaru, "At least the owner of the instant noodle shop doesn't give me a hard time."

"It's troublesome to draw attention to something like daily grocery shopping, okay?"

Hearing this, Shikamaru was slightly startled. He suddenly realized the cold stares Naruto usually received. What seemed simple to him might not be so simple to Naruto.

"Sorry, Naruto."

"You guy... why are you apologizing so politely?" Naruto glanced at Shikamaru without comment, and then shifted his gaze to the girl with long pink hair who was taking the exam.

Sakura Haruno is cuter in real life than in the comics, and her skin looks very fair among all the girls.

The sound of potato chips breaking could be heard. Choji stood behind Shikamaru, his small eyes sweeping over Shikamaru and Naruto, taking in everything that had just happened.

The blonde Ino stood one body length in front of Naruto. When she turned around to look for Sasuke, she happened to see Naruto's gaze sweeping over Haruno Sakura, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up.

"Naruto, what are you looking at?"

Hearing the sound, Naruto turned around and saw the wanton and gossipy smile on Ino's face.

"Sasuke doesn't like women."

"What?" Ino's face fell instantly, and she stared at Naruto with wide eyes, her heart instantly hit hard!

"Damn it! What did you say?"

"Hey! Ino, calm down!"

"Let go, Ino! Naruto will die!" Choji didn't even have time to eat his potato chips before rushing forward to stop the fight.

"Let me go! I'm going to bite that bastard to death! Damn it!" The furious Ino was held by Choji, and she tried desperately to beat the foul-mouthed Naruto to death.

Seeing this, Shikamaru hurriedly separated the two. At this moment, Iruka's angry voice was heard in the classroom.

"Everyone outside please be quiet!"

"Next! Uchiha Sasuke!"

Chapter 5: Shackles of Fate

"Uchiha Sasuke gets full marks!"

As Iruka's voice of approval rang out, the students crowded around the door and looked inside.

"As expected of Sasuke!"

"That's the Uchiha kid, perfect score!"

"That's awesome!"

Voices of praise continued to be heard, and everyone's eyes were focused on the young man with a cold face. His eyebrows were cold, his nose was high, and his facial lines were very clean.

There was a spiky hairstyle behind the sideburns on both sides of his face, and a familiar aloofness in his eyes.

Naruto was also looking at Sasuke, leisurely examining his future teammate.

"Next, Uzumaki Naruto!"

When the name was called out, everyone started to murmur. While discussing something in low voices, they would occasionally glance at Naruto out of the corner of their eyes.

"The last-place guy, are you going to use your seduction skills again?"

"Hahaha!"

"That's how he was kicked out by Iruka-sensei last time."

"That's so obscene! Anyone using that kind of ninjutsu is so disgusting!"

The discussion made Uchiha Sasuke, who was leaving, turn around and stare in that direction. Naruto happened to enter the classroom and turned his head to look back, and found Sasuke's gaze.

The test was very short, barely more than a minute. Sasuke didn't leave, but simply stood there waiting.

There was silence in the classroom for a while, and then Iruka's voice came out, with a hint of hesitation.

"Uzumaki Naruto, full marks!"

Full marks? Surprisingly, it was also full marks!

The people gathered outside the door were suddenly surprised, and the surroundings fell into silence. Someone who had always been at the bottom of the class actually got a perfect score on the exam.

Even though the Sanshinjutsu didn't represent the final overall score, it was a key subject for the ninjutsu exam. A perfect score in Sanshinjutsu meant... graduation was guaranteed.

The door opened at this moment, and Naruto walked out of the classroom. His eyes swept over everyone, and finally stopped at Uchiha Sasuke in the distance.

Sasuke's expression didn't change. He looked at Naruto and turned away.

Naruto smiled and didn't take it to heart. Naruto was indeed very tsundere.

After resolving the chakra disorder, he quickly mastered the Three Body Technique. This might also be due to the inherent talent of this body, as it was the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan.

Mastering the Three Body Technique also means not having to worry about graduation exams.

After the mock exam, you can leave directly. Naruto didn't stop and walked straight out.

When passing by Hinata, Naruto remembered that Hinata helped him out yesterday, so he stopped and said thank you.

"I left in such a hurry yesterday, so... I'm sorry I'm only thanking you now."

"Thanks for helping me out, Hinata-chan."

Hinata's cheeks flushed noticeably when she heard Naruto call her Hinata-chan again. She seemed a little embarrassed, but also a little happy.

"I didn't really help much...Naruto-kun, you don't have to thank me specifically."

Hinata looked extremely cute when she spoke like this. She was wearing a long-sleeved training suit that covered her fair arms, with short hair that reached her shoulders behind her ears, and her skin was as plump and shiny as if it had been filled with milk.

No matter how you describe it, Hinata's presence alone easily reminds people of the dignified posture of the eldest daughter of a large family.

It is precisely this dignified yet slightly shy look that makes people feel even more stunning. This is probably the so-called eldest lady character.

"Nothing happened, thanks to Hinata-chan," Naruto said, noticing that Hinata's expression was becoming increasingly embarrassed.

Only then did he realize that more eyes seemed to be focused on him. Naruto understood that he and Hinata were not very familiar with each other at the moment.

If he continued to pester Hinata, it might lead to rumors, so he knew it was time to retreat.

"I'm going to go now, Hinata-chan. Anyway, thank you."

Naruto waved back as he turned around and slowly left the corridor of the ninja school.

He thought to himself that he should go back and prepare a gift and give it to Hinata the next time they meet, so that it wouldn't seem too out of place.

[Strategy for Hinata, Nine-Tailed Fox's approval 2.2%]

The sudden mechanical synthesized voice in his mind startled Naruto.

The Nine-Tails had always been a source of worry for him, and while gaining its power was certainly beneficial in the short term, it was only a ball of stronger chakra, essentially a temporary boost of power.

Since it was a power, it was easy for others to covet it, whether it was Konoha who wanted to use him as a weapon, or various forces who wanted to capture the Nine-Tails in the future.