In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"so what?"

"How is it? You don't even know this, do you?" Naruto looked at Nijima calmly, "Do you know what the power of cooperation is?"

"I don't need a companion." Sasuke gave Naruto an indifferent look and wanted to leave.

"Sasuke..." Sakura was caught in the middle and reached out to grab Sasuke.

"Don't worry about him." Naruto said, "He's just a self-righteous brat. If you don't want to become stronger and just want to waste time, just leave."

“Always be a loser.”

"Say that again?" Sasuke turned around suddenly and grabbed Naruto's collar.

"I've said it ten thousand times." Naruto also stared at him, "I thought you were a smart man, but you're just an idiot."

"You!" Sasuke's face turned cold.

"Naruto, Sasuke, stop it." Sakura stepped forward and grabbed their hands, trying to separate them.

"Aren't we companions?"

"He doesn't consider you as a companion at all. He only cares about himself." Naruto said, "How can such a person have companions!"

"I told you, I don't need any companions!" Sasuke said, "I am enough on my own. A companion would only be a burden."

"Sasuke." Sakura, who was sandwiched in the middle, forced a smile and gently persuaded, "Naruto just suggested a dinner together. Maybe he has something he wants to share with us."

"Naruto has suddenly become stronger recently. He must have some good training methods. It would be nice to go over and listen to them."

As the words fell, a hint of hesitation flashed across Sasuke's face. After struggling for a moment, he finally let go of Naruto.

Naruto didn't care about anything. He just wanted to provoke Sasuke so that he would come with him to have dinner and talk about things.

Just as Sakura said, he had information he wanted to share with the two of them.

For a long time to come, the three of them will carry out dangerous missions together, risking their lives.

Avoid any pitfalls that can be avoided in advance.

Suffering is not a treasure, and suffering is not a blessing, but it is unavoidable. The end of all suffering is despair.

The three of them came to a barbecue restaurant and ordered a few plates of barbecue and juice.

Sakura seemed to be grilling meat for the first time and was a little awkward in front of Sasuke. Sasuke had a cold face and folded his hands, as if he was just there to listen.

Relying on his experience of dinner parties before the time travel, Naruto skillfully brushed a layer of oil on the baking tray, and then brushed a layer of cheese on it.

The grilled meat covered with cheese exudes a milky aroma that makes people's appetite increase just by smelling it.

"Naruto, do you often eat barbecue?" Sakura was slightly surprised.

"Well... I don't have that kind of money. I just go hunting a lot so I have some experience in grilling," Naruto said modestly.

The grilled meat was then placed on Sakura and Sasuke's plates, and the next plate was placed on the grill in the same way.

"Thank you." Sakura blushed for a moment.

"Thank...thank you very much." Sasuke said awkwardly.

After eating a plate of barbecue, the atmosphere between the three of them instantly relaxed a lot. Sasuke ate the barbecue quietly. Although his face was still as cold as ice, his frown had relaxed.

"Delicious." Sakura took a sip of juice and exclaimed with satisfaction.

Naruto saw that the time was almost right, so he didn't keep the secret any longer. He wiped his mouth and stared at the two of them for a long moment before speaking.

"Do you know the inside information about this class division?"

Sakura said, shaking her head.

"This is something that the Hokages have decided. It might have something to do with grades."

Sasuke asked disapprovingly.

"What does this have to do with us?"

"Of course it is related." Naruto said, "The most important part of a ninja's mission is to gather intelligence. Knowing yourself and the enemy is the key to victory."

"Maybe we'll cooperate with other classes or even compete with them in the future. After all, there's still the Chunin Exam, right?"

"That seems to make sense." Sakura nodded dazedly, "Naruto, do you know the inside story of the class division?"

"Of course." Naruto said with a nod.

"The members of Team 8 are Konoha's scouting family, the second generation of the scouting department. They track the Hyuga clan with their vision, the Inuzuka clan with their scent, and the Aburame clan with their insects.

This grouping should be the result of a discussion among Konoha's top management, and the classes will be divided based on each person's characteristics and personality."

Chapter 12 The cruel truth

"What's the point of knowing this?" Sasuke asked, but his tone was no longer as aggressive, just inquiring.

"Of course it makes sense. As far as I know, there is a female ninja among the Jonin who is good at illusion." Naruto said, "It is very likely that she will lead Team 8 this time.

"Genjutsu?" Sasuke frowned. "According to what you said before, the management should want to train Team 8 in the direction of a reconnaissance team. Why did they choose a female jonin who is good at genjutsu to lead the team?"

"Oh, right? It seems that illusions are not necessary for reconnaissance, right?" Sakura asked, also a little confused.

"Hey, Iruka-sensei will be introducing the teachers who will lead the jonin in the classroom this afternoon. But I secretly went to the office and stole the class list!!"

As he said that, Naruto pulled out a form from his pocket.

It clearly showed the division of the four ninja classes, and at the head of Class 7 was a name, Hatake Kakashi.

"Is he our teacher?" Sakura stared at the name curiously. "I'm really looking forward to it. I wonder what kind of person he is."

Sasuke just glanced at Team 7 before fixing his gaze on the name of the teacher leading Team 8.

Sunset red.

It's a name I've never heard of before, so unfamiliar.

There are many large and small families in Konoha. There are some powerful families such as the Hyuga, Ino-Shika-Cho, and some small families that you have never heard of, such as the Yamashiro, Aoyama, and Yabi.

Naruto did not respond to Sakura's words, thinking that your future teacher will be the apprentice of my cheap father, the most reliable future Hokage, and the sixth generation Hatake.

"Who is Kurenai Yuhi?" Sasuke asked.

"The girlfriend of Asuma, the teacher in charge of Team 10." Naruto didn't know if the Sandaime was watching him through the crystal ball while eating.

But thinking that the Sandaime wouldn't be so perverted, and not noticing the scrutiny, he didn't take it too seriously.

"Asuma?" Sakura was puzzled, but quickly found the name on the class list. "Sarutobi Asuma, the same last name as the Hokage?"

"Yes." Naruto glanced at the two of them, "Team 10, led by Asuma, consists of the second generation of the three major families in the village, Ino, Shika, and Chou, namely Shikamaru, Chouji, and Ino."

"So, the six families of Hyuga, Inuzuka, Aburame, Yamanaka, Nara, and Akimichi are all disciples of Hokage-sama's family."

"And these six families are all staunch supporters of Hokage-sama, so this division of classes is not surprising."

"Naruto, how do you know so much information?" Sakura looked at Naruto in panic. It was her first time dealing with these adult matters and she felt a little overwhelmed.

Sasuke seemed much calmer, still not forgetting his original purpose. He looked at the table thoughtfully for a moment, then looked up at Naruto and asked.

"So you're saying there's an ulterior motive behind assigning us to the same class?"

"Congratulations, Sasuke-kun, you got it right." Naruto snapped his fingers. "Nobles are in the same class as nobles, and commoners are naturally in the same class as commoners."

Hearing this, Sasuke's eyes turned gray and he stared at Naruto and said.

"That's it?"

"Of course there's more than that." Naruto suddenly smiled.

Sasuke felt a little numb from being stared at, and asked unhappily.

"What do you see me doing?"

"Uchiha Sasuke." Naruto said with a smile, "The Uchiha clan is very powerful in combat, and I happen to be from the Uzumaki clan."

"You may not have heard of it, but it doesn't matter. You just need to know that the people of the Uzumaki clan are also very strong."

"and......."

Having said that, Naruto glanced at Sakura with a dazed look on her face and Sasuke with dizzy pupils, paused for a few seconds and then lowered his voice and spoke.

"Unfortunately, all my people have perished."

"Our class is not called the Commoners Class, nor the Down-and-Out Nobles Class, but the Rare Bloodline Class." Naruto said, "Except Sakura, of course."

He did not directly tell the story of the Nine-Tailed Fox, as it was not appropriate to do so now.

Sakura stood there in a daze, her hands trembling slightly on her legs. She felt a little lost. She had originally thought that the class reassignment was just a stroke of luck.

At the same time, she also has her own little pride. Although her ninjutsu and practical performance are not as good as Naruto and Sasuke, her theoretical score is first and her comprehensive score is third.

Although there is a certain gap between her and the other two, as long as she works harder, she will definitely be able to...

But when the naked truth was laid before her, her self-esteem and pride all melted away silently.

It turns out that she is just a foil, an ordinary person. In Team 7, she is the one who has no special features. Whether it is Sasuke or Naruto, she...

The huge sense of gap made her lose her appetite. She felt like she had fallen into an ice cave, and her stomach involuntarily cramped and she wanted to vomit.

"Sakura."

Suddenly, a hand was placed on Sakura's shoulder, snapping her out of her emotions.

She raised her head suddenly, and saw Sasuke and Naruto looking at her. For some reason, the two people in her sight became increasingly blurry.

"I'm fine," Sakura said, but the trembling in her voice betrayed her.

She could only force a smile to hide her embarrassment. She wanted to say something else, but was startled by her own tears falling on the table.

Something unusual happened at the dinner party, and the information sharing was stopped.

After leaving the barbecue restaurant, Sakura calmed down. She apologized to the two men for her recent misbehavior, and they said it was okay, which helped improve the relationship between the three of them.

"Let's make this information sharing activity a regular activity from now on. It will benefit us all." Naruto suggested, "But the content must be kept absolutely confidential to outsiders."

"I agree," Sakura raised her hand in agreement, smiling brightly.

"Yeah." Sasuke nodded, which was considered as his agreement.

Such information sharing was indeed beneficial to them. Not only did it give them a deeper understanding of the village, but it also increased the three people's sense of identity with the small group.

Naruto felt that if the three of them could have more trust and fewer messy troubles, their future lives together would be much smoother.

Just as Sakura was about to turn around and leave to go back to the classroom, she had only taken a few steps when Naruto suddenly called out to her to leave.

"Sakura."

"Hmm?" Sakura turned to look at Naruto in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Naruto didn't say anything, but just pouted at Sasuke who was as cold as an ice cube beside him.

"Master Sasuke has something to tell you."

When Sasuke heard Naruto calling him "Young Master", he gave Naruto a cold look.

"Sasuke?" Sakura suddenly became nervous.

Sasuke turned his face away proudly and spoke after a long time.

"We are companions."

Sakura stood there in a daze. It took her a long time to react, and her eyes suddenly turned red again.

"Don't cry, Sakura." Naruto smiled and comforted, "Master Sasuke is right, you are not ordinary, you are our companion."

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with being an ordinary person. If we had a choice, he and I would both want an ordinary life, but..."

Said, Naruto spread his hands helplessly.

“You know, it backfired.

Chapter 13: Choose between Molten Release and Wood Release

Afternoon, classroom.

The three of them sat in the classroom bored and waiting for the instruction of the senior ninja. Naruto knew Kakashi's habit of being late, so he fell asleep on the table early.

Sasuke sat by the window, his bony fingers crossed on the table, his eyes wandering over the lush treetops outside the window.

Sakura lowered her head and stared at the desk, looking a little lonely.