Konoha's opening ceremony was as lively as ever... and boring. When it came to the Fourth Hokage's speech, the other children looked at him with shining eyes, but Naruto was dozing off, finding it utterly unoriginal.
The Fourth Hokage is just so-so, no need to get so excited, Naruto childishly thought to himself, playing Versailles in secret.
Oh, there was also a pineapple-head kid whose reaction was similar to Naruto's, looking like he was about to fall asleep.
After this speech, filled with beautiful words, rich content, a clear theme, and inducing sleep, the children left their parents and returned to their respective classes.
The Ninja Academy's classrooms were lecture halls with long, narrow desks, and the seats were already assigned, supposedly randomly.
There were thirty people in Naruto's class. Looking around, there were fat ones, skinny ones, blond ones, pink-haired ones, hedgehog heads with war paint on their faces, hooded ones wearing sunglasses, aloof and cool ones in the front row, and a Byakugan user next to him playing with her fingers with her head lowered... These people, plus himself, made up the nine rookies of this year.
Looking at the little loli next to him, Naruto decided to say hello, "Hello, I'm Uzumaki Naruto. I remember your name is Hinata, right?"
"Y-yes..." Hinata's face visibly flushed red, her mind filled with: He remembers me, he actually remembers me... the person who appeared when I was most helpless, the one who shouted 'Let go of that girl,' he remembers me...
Even though that aunt taught me to be brave, I can't even speak clearly now, Hinata thought to herself in frustration, lowering her head.
Naruto was baffled, Uh... how am I supposed to chat with you with this reaction?
Forget it, I'll talk to her later. I should think about why Iruka became a teacher. His parents didn't die in the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Rebellion this time, so why is that?
So, you can't even chat, you deserve to be single.
At this moment, Iruka wrote a few large characters on the blackboard with a flourish, and said, "From today onwards, I will be your teacher. My name is Iruka Umino, and I hope we can all get along well in the future!"
The children clapped politely. "Next, let's get to know each other. I'll call out your names, and you come up to the podium."
Iruka looked down at the list and said, "First, Kawahara Reki!"
"My name is Kawahara Reki..."
Someone I don't know, Naruto shook his head. The first one isn't Hannah Abbott, thumbs down.
Speaking of Kawahara Reki, does that name sound familiar? Is he an important supporting character? I can't remember.
"Next, Inuzuka Kiba."
Naruto perked up slightly and looked over. A hedgehog head stood on the podium, with fang-shaped war paint on his face, and a... huh? Why isn't there a dog? Where's Akamaru? Aren't these two inseparable?
Kiba had already started speaking, "I am Inuzuka Kiba, I like dogs, and my dream is to become Hokage, and then have everyone own a dog!"
Naruto watched this energetic young man step down from the stage and return to his seat, walking with a spring in his step, but he didn't see Akamaru anywhere.
Could it be that he hasn't been born yet? Possibly. It seems like there's no chance to pet a dog. I'll think of a way to pet my own fox later.
"Next, Uchiha Sasuke."
Sasuke's appearance on stage caused a small commotion among the little lolis in the class. This guy's looks were indeed top-notch.
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke, my hobby is training to become stronger, and my dream is to become as excellent as my brother." After saying that, he glanced at Naruto intentionally or unintentionally.
Naruto thought to himself, Does this kid think he's good again? Why doesn't he learn from his mistakes?
"Next, Uzumaki Naruto."
"I am Uzumaki Naruto, I like many things, and my dream is... world peace, I guess."
Naruto didn't know what to say. Say I want to protect the people I care about? It feels too embarrassing to say it out loud, so I'll just brush it off.
A few of the little lolis said Naruto was handsome, but more said he wasn't as handsome as Sasuke. Perhaps the little girls of Konoha preferred the aloof type like Sasuke.
No wonder so many people like to watch those sappy romance dramas where the male lead wears a perpetual frown. Naruto was definitely not jealous.
After observing the small fries in the class, Naruto tried his best to remember everyone's names. Even though they were all just extras, they would still see each other around.
Bored, Naruto looked at the schedule and found that the content to be learned was quite rich, including: the common language of the ninja world, the history of the ninja world, the geography of the ninja world, basic arithmetic, basic ninjutsu and taijutsu classes, and so on.
It felt like it didn't matter whether he listened to the class or not, and why wasn't there a Will of Fire theory class? Should he skip class? Forget it, he might get beaten if he skipped class and went home. He should just go chat with the fox spirit and bring that book on introductory sealing techniques tomorrow.
...
By the time Naruto finished telling the Great Fox an episode of Legend of Nezha, the class's self-introductions were already over.
Iruka started the first lesson, the foundation of ninjas using ninjutsu—Chakra.
"Chakra is from the 130 trillion cells in the human body... It is the foundation for ninjas to use various ninjutsu... Blah blah..."
"And to extract Chakra requires... Blah blah..."
Naruto tried it according to what Iruka said, but it didn't feel as useful as what his own mother taught him. Maybe his mother taught him her own special techniques.
Looking at the way these kids looked, it seemed like they were all learning smoothly. It seemed that extracting Chakra was not difficult for the people of this world.
As for the hand seals that Iruka talked about later, Naruto said that he had already learned them in his previous life. He even knew Chidori, Great Fireball Technique, and even the Water Dragon Bullet with 44 seals...
Unfortunately, Naruto couldn't release any of them now. If he could release ninjutsu just by knowing the sequence of hand seals, then wouldn't the Sharingan's copying ability become a joke? There must be some other coordination techniques involved.
For Naruto, the morning's classes were boring and tasteless. If it weren't for the fox spirit accompanying him, he would have fallen asleep long ago.
When he heard the word "class dismissed," it meant it was lunchtime. Naruto took out his bento and naturally sat next to Sasuke.
"What are you doing here?" Sasuke was wary. He didn't know why, but he always felt that Naruto wanted to make fun of him.
"I'm here to see what Aunt Mikoto made that's delicious." Naruto hinted with a smile that he wanted to freeload.
"Hmph." Sasuke opened his bento box.
"Wow, isn't this my favorite fried shrimp!" Naruto impolitely grabbed one and took a big bite. "Delicious!"
"You! This is my bento!"
"Don't be so distant. I'll give you my beef balls to eat." Naruto gave Sasuke a meatball and then grabbed another shrimp.
Aunt Mikoto's cooking was really good. She was indeed a woman who raised two children. Naruto smacked his lips contentedly.
After so many years, Sasuke still hadn't adapted to Naruto's shamelessness. This guy's every move seemed to conflict with the etiquette he had learned.
The Uchiha clan, as a large family, still paid attention to some rigid etiquette, although not as serious as the Hyuga clan, but definitely not as casual as Naruto.
Every time Naruto came to freeload, Sasuke felt that his peaceful dining table was turned upside down by Naruto, and this guy had similar tastes to him, always snatching the dishes he liked to eat.
Eating with him was like fighting a war. If it weren't for his brother often giving him food... Hmph, as expected, his brother was the best. Naruto, that kind of creature, should die ten thousand times!
The lunch was enjoyed by both host and guest, probably. Naruto wiped his mouth and put away the bento box: "Thanks for the treat, Sasuke!"
After speaking, he patted Sasuke on the back.
"Cough cough cough!" Sasuke hadn't swallowed his last bite of rice and was almost choked to death by Naruto's pat.
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