“Ding!
Check-in complete!”
“Check-in Location: Konoha Ninja Academy.
Duration: 4 hours.”
“Check-in Reward: Second Hokage Tobirama Senju Random Skill Pack ×1, Lazing Points +25.”
The system notification woke Naruto up.
Only then did he realize that the teacher had already started the lesson.
It was Iruka’s class again that afternoon, and he was drawing something on the blackboard.
Naruto figured that if he hadn’t woken up in time, the piece of chalk he was using after finishing the drawing might have ended up hitting him in the head.
With a thought, Naruto opened the system interface.
Host: Uzumaki Naruto
Current World: Naruto World
Current Template: Genin
(Once all attributes reach 100, the host will automatically advance to the Chunin Template.)
Personal Attributes (3)
Physical Energy: 47
Chakra: 39
Mental Energy: 45
Lazing Points Remaining: 120
Buff: Eyes of a Slacker
Buff: Salted-Fish Check-In Device
Personal Item: Second Hokage Tobirama Senju Random Skill Pack ×1
Naruto’s dead-fish eyes finally lit up with a trace of excitement.
It had appeared.
His very first skill in this life.
“What could it be?”
Naruto was both curious and expectant.
Tobirama Senju was a legendary figure.
Although it was a little strange that a Hokage had somehow mastered an entire arsenal of water techniques, there was no question about his strength.
He had also mastered a series of forbidden techniques, including the Flying Thunder God and the Reanimation Jutsu.
If Naruto could get a forbidden technique out of this…
“Obtained Ninjutsu: Rank A Water Release: Water Shockwave, Level 1.
(Cannot be used.)”
“Requirement: Possess Water Release chakra.”
“Can be dismantled.
Dismantling it will grant 100 Lazing Points.”
“Reminder: Identical skills can be fused to increase their level.”
Not a forbidden technique.
Sure enough, salted fish weren’t allowed to have dreams.
The ninjutsu he had obtained wasn’t weak, but it was a Water Release technique.
To use it, he first needed Water Release chakra, or at least needed to master the nature transformation for Water Release.
Naruto didn’t rush to do anything.
He remembered that his natural chakra affinity was Wind, while his secondary affinity seemed to have a tiny bit of Earth.
Mastering Water Release chakra nature transformation…
It wasn’t completely impossible.
After all, he was the reincarnation of Asura.
What could he possibly not have?
It would just take an enormous amount of effort.
And in Naruto’s dictionary, anything that required too much effort was basically impossible.
But not being able to learn something didn’t mean he had no way of obtaining it.
He might be a salted fish, but a salted fish had a system too.
The system seemed to sell Water Release chakra nature transformation…
“Oh?
It’s only 100?”
That wasn’t expensive at all.
It cost about as much as a single-tomoe Sharingan.
Naruto glanced at his remaining 120 Lazing Points.
After thinking for a moment, he decided against it.
“Let’s leave it for now… I can think about it later.”
When in doubt, put it off.
He could always dismantle the skill whenever he wanted.
And if he accumulated several identical skills, he could even fuse them and upgrade them.
He could decide what to do later when he actually needed it.
After all, he had no use for it right now.
Learning Water Release and gaining Water Release chakra sounded pretty impressive.
But who was he supposed to show it off to?
The Third Hokage?
Let Hiruzen discover that he was actually a genius?
Then get himself shipped straight to the Root for experimentation?
Only an idiot would do that…
Naruto’s current goal was very simple.
Live safely and steadily.
Slack peacefully and securely.
Heaven rewards those who slack.
Just keep lying flat, and eventually, things will work themselves out…
“Ding!
Successful act of slacking.”
“Obtained 20 Lazing Points.”
The system sent its congratulations, apparently celebrating the fact that Naruto had finally figured things out.
“Alright, class!
Open your textbooks to the second page.
We’re starting the lesson!”
Iruka had also finished writing on the blackboard.
Drawn there were a kunai and a shuriken.
Iruka turned around and glanced at Naruto.
Seeing that he was already awake, he silently put down the chalk.
“Today, we’re going to learn about two basic ninja weapons.”
“They’re also among the most commonly used tools on the battlefield for killing enemies and protecting your comrades.”
“Everyone, pay attention.
Tomorrow, we’ll have practical training!”
Iruka began the lesson.
He explained the common uses of the two weapons and the situations in which they were used.
Naruto actually listened for a while.
But only for a while.
A person should know their own limitations.
Although these two weapons were common, mastering their use was far from simple.
The original Naruto was a perfect example.
Even by the time of the Boruto era, he rarely used them.
Besides, what serious ninja actually fought with these things?
Naruto listened for a short while before completely losing interest.
He couldn’t learn it.
He wouldn’t have much use for it anyway.
There was nothing interesting about it.
Ding!
“Check-in initiated.”
“Check-in Location: Ninja Academy.”
“Check-in Time: 14:11–18:11.”
The system’s voice rang out again.
Another round of check-in time—also known as nap time—had begun.
…
Naruto drowsily endured the final class.
When he looked at the clock, it was only five-thirty.
The dismissal bell had barely finished ringing when more than half of the students rushed out as if they had gone crazy.
In the blink of an eye, barely anyone remained in the classroom.
Aside from a few girls who leisurely packed up their things, there were also the students on cleaning duty who had already picked up their brooms and started sweeping.
Naruto silently walked to the front of the classroom and glanced at the class schedule and cleaning-duty roster.
His name was on it too.
Fortunately, not today.
His duty was Friday morning.
Every Tuesday and Friday, they only had classes for half a day, and those days were devoted entirely to practical training.
“Only one check-in on Friday…?”
Naruto raised an eyebrow.
Every salted fish was actually a master of time management.
They never arrived a minute early or left a second late.
The dismissal bell was their starting gun.
The moment it rang, they sprinted.
Unfortunately, Naruto had already embarrassed himself today.
He had been late to class that morning.
And now, after school, he had to wait for his check-in to finish instead of sprinting home at the first possible moment.
“More than half an hour…”
“Sigh.”
Naruto sighed.
These days, even being a salted fish wasn’t easy.