That night, Naruto had finished washing up and was getting ready for bed.
“Tomorrow is the graduation exam.
Whether I can get the Scroll of Seals or not will depend on my acting tomorrow.
Hopefully, everything goes smoothly.” Lying on his bed, Naruto muttered to himself before his consciousness slowly sank into an unknown place.
Standing in an empty hall, the blond-haired Naruto repeatedly watched the first episode of Naruto, trying to memorize every movement and every tone of voice Naruto Uzumaki used during the exam in the original story.
This was the key to determining whether he could successfully play the original Naruto and, just as in the original story, get Mizuki to approach him.
After more than a month of repeated practice, he had already become thoroughly familiar with the process and could portray the character of Naruto Uzumaki almost perfectly.
As an accomplished young man from the twenty-first century, Naruto had no idea which great deity he had offended.
He had simply gone to sleep, only to wake up in this ninja world that looked full of youthful passion on the surface but actually revealed traces of a brutal world everywhere.
If he hadn’t slapped himself across the face, he might have thought he was still dreaming.
Fortunately, his transmigration hadn’t been for nothing.
On the second night after arriving here, he successfully gained his own cheat ability and entered this space, which he had named the Memory Library.
The original space had two rooms.
One room contained twenty-three bookshelves, with twelve rows of space on each shelf, representing the twenty-three years of memories from his previous life.
The other room contained the twelve years of memories belonging to the original Naruto Uzumaki.
After conducting several experiments, Naruto discovered that the memories here could be accessed at will.
After discovering this feature, Naruto successfully opened a third room, which was the hall he was currently standing in.
It contained only one bookshelf, on which he had placed all the episodes of Naruto that he had selected from his memories of his previous life, along with the original Naruto’s commonly used phrases from these twelve years.
It was precisely because of these things that Naruto, the transmigrator, could portray the original so well.
For example, during today’s Transformation Technique exam, he had perfectly recreated the original scene and had even successfully delivered that classic speech to Iruka at Ichiraku Ramen about becoming someone who would surpass all the previous Hokage.
After recording the memories for future reference, he began studying hand seals and the Three Basic Techniques in this space once again.
With twice the flow of time compared to the outside world, this space was undoubtedly the best cheat for learning.
He could even use ninjutsu here, and it could substitute for sleep.
With this space, the nights were still very long.
The next day’s exam soon began.
To avoid attracting the attention of the Third Hokage and the others, Naruto still behaved almost exactly as he had in the original story.
However, because he was nervous, he woke up slightly earlier than before.
He picked up a pair of brown goggles to cover his eyes, then hurried toward the classroom.
When he arrived, he found that only a few unfamiliar classmates were there.
The more familiar faces arrived at the classroom one after another a little later.
Before long, Iruka and the other examiners also arrived.
Iruka picked up a sheet of paper, glanced at the list, and said, “Everyone whose name I call, come to the other classroom!”
Everyone followed Iruka into the classroom.
Once they entered, Iruka announced that this exam would be on the Clone Technique.
Naruto appropriately put on a nervous expression.
Soon, it was his turn.
Naruto reviewed his performance in his mind before stepping forward.
He walked to the middle of the classroom and formed hand seals with both hands.
Chakra swirled around him, and the force of his technique was impressive.
With a loud shout, he called out, “Clone Technique!”
Although this followed the original story’s progression, seeing that limp clone still inevitably made him feel a little embarrassed.
The corner of his mouth twitched, and he gave an awkward smile.
“…”
At this moment, Iruka was also utterly speechless when he saw this scene.
The corners of his mouth twitched several times before he spat out one sentence.
“Fail!”
Seeing Naruto with his head hanging in dejection, Mizuki, who was standing beside him, spoke up.
“Iruka-sensei, actually, his physical skills and abilities are quite good.
He has at least managed to learn the Clone Technique.
Why don’t we count him as passing?”
Hearing this, Naruto immediately put on a delighted expression and looked at Iruka and Mizuki with hopeful eyes.
If I hadn’t watched Naruto, I probably would have believed that Mizuki was a good person just like the original Naruto Uzumaki did.
Now, all that’s left is to see Iruka’s performance.
As expected, Iruka still refused just as he had originally.
“Mizuki-sensei, at least everyone else can create three clones, but Naruto can only make one!”
After saying this, Iruka glanced at Naruto’s clone again and said in a low voice, “And it’s a completely useless one like this.
I can’t let him pass!”
“…”
On the training field, the students who had passed the exam were happily discussing how their exams had gone with their parents.
Naruto decisively followed the original course of events and sat dejectedly on the swing, because he knew that the Third Hokage and the others were watching him, and Mizuki should be coming soon as well.
“I passed the exam!”
“Well done!
Just what I’d expect from my son!”
“…….”
“Hey!
It’s that child.
I heard he’s the only one who failed the exam…”
“Hmph!
Serves him right…”
Several women were talking among themselves, their eyes filled with coldness as they looked at Naruto.
Naruto glanced at the crowd.
Hearing their words, he suddenly felt a wave of sadness for the original Naruto Uzumaki.
Just as he was immersed in that feeling, he sensed someone approaching him.
When he looked up, it was indeed Mizuki.
He left the training field with Mizuki and arrived at a rooftop.
Under the glow of the setting sun, Mizuki said to him, “Iruka-sensei definitely isn’t deliberately giving you a hard time!”
Naruto lowered his head sadly.
“Then why does he always target me?”
“Maybe he wants you, Naruto, to truly become stronger!
After all…” Mizuki’s voice sank as he reached this point.
Then he continued, “He’s an orphan just like you!”
Mizuki had known Iruka for many years and understood his friend quite well.
Precisely because he understood him, he felt jealous.
“So…
I must get that…” Mizuki tightened his hand, his fingernails unconsciously digging into his flesh.
Naruto lowered his head and sighed.
“But I really want to graduate!”
Mizuki glanced at Naruto, chuckled softly, and then said, “It’s not like there’s no way.”
Naruto appropriately turned his head and looked at him.
“What?”
Mizuki paused for a moment before looking at Naruto and speaking softly.
“Let me tell you a secret that only the teachers know!”
“A secret?” Naruto stood there with a slightly surprised expression.
“Yes, a secret.
And as long as you know this secret, you’ll be able to gain everyone’s recognition and graduate successfully!” Mizuki said mysteriously.
Naruto played along, looking perfectly confused and innocent.
The light of the setting sun fell across Mizuki’s face.
At this moment, he looked so sincere as he guided his student toward the right path…
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