Early the next morning, Naruto returned from his memory space at the time he had calculated.
He removed his sleeping cap, washed up quickly, and took out the instant noodles and milk that the original Naruto had treasured for a long time.
Of course, none of it was expired.
After all, he had already been here for two months.
How could he possibly continue eating expired food like the original Naruto had?
Besides, today was the ninja orientation.
Getting diarrhea like in the original story would be incredibly embarrassing.
Out on the streets, Naruto walked along after eating his fill, the forehead protector Iruka had given him securely tied around his head.
He hadn’t gone far when he noticed a camouflage setup along the roadside that looked completely out of place.
“Fight me!”
Before Naruto could even reach it, Konohamaru excitedly threw off the camouflage cloth and charged toward him.
He didn’t make it more than two steps before tripping over the very camouflage cloth he had just removed.
Are you seriously here just to make people laugh?
Naruto stared blankly at Konohamaru as countless curses raced through his mind.
“What are you doing, Konohamaru?” Naruto asked, pretending to be confused.
“As expected of Big Brother Naruto!
As expected of the person I chose!
You managed to knock me down instantly!”
Konohamaru slowly pushed himself up from the ground, staring at Naruto.
Naruto looked at the boy lying on the ground and wasn’t sure whether he should correct him.
After a moment of silence, he could only state the obvious.
“I didn’t do anything.”
Konohamaru hurriedly got back to his feet and formed the Ram Seal.
“Come on!
Let’s have a serious showdown!”
“Sorry, but I have to go to the orientation soon.”
Naruto scratched his head and deliberately sounded regretful.
“Orientation?”
Konohamaru’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“I’m a ninja starting today!
Didn’t I tell you about this yesterday?”
Naruto pointed to the forehead protector on his forehead.
Then, while Konohamaru stood there dumbfounded, Naruto walked past him.
…
At the same time, at the Haruno residence on the other side of the village, a girl with long pink hair was standing in front of a mirror, carefully fixing her appearance.
She had tied her forehead protector around her head like a headband.
Looking at her reflection, she struck a pose and nodded in satisfaction.
“Sakura, weren’t you going to leave early?”
A voice urging her came from outside.
Sakura reluctantly stopped posing.
“I was just about to leave!”
Yet another voice echoed inside her mind.
Damn it!
Stop treating me like a little kid all the time!
…
Out on the streets, Sakura Haruno had already left her home.
That’s right.
I’m no longer a student at the Ninja Academy.
From today onward, I’m a kunoichi of Konoha, Sakura Haruno!
As she walked down the street, Sakura clenched her fist and silently encouraged herself.
“I’m leaving!”
At that moment, a blonde girl with long hair also walked out of her house.
She happened to run into Sakura.
“Good morning, Sakura!”
Ino Yamanaka greeted her first.
“Good morning, Ino!”
Sakura’s expression changed immediately as she walked toward Ino.
The moment the two met, they instantly entered battle mode.
“I can’t believe you actually graduated.”
Ino wore an expression of disbelief, but her words were painfully blunt.
Sakura pretended not to care.
“That has nothing to do with the past.
Starting today, we’re all independent ninja!
I’ll never lose to you again, Ino!”
Sakura walked ahead of Ino as she spoke.
Ino naturally refused to back down.
The two continued arguing as they headed toward the classroom together.
…
Inside the classroom, Naruto was one of the first to arrive.
He was lying across his desk, his consciousness immersed in his memory space.
Meanwhile, his physical body wore a faintly perverted smile, making anyone who saw him feel that something was seriously wrong.
“Hmm?
Why are you here?
Today’s orientation is only for graduates!”
Shikamaru Nara passed by Naruto, noticed him lying there, and shook him awake.
Naruto blinked as his consciousness returned from the memory space.
He looked at Shikamaru.
“You, you…
didn’t you notice this forehead protector on my head?”
Naruto pointed at it before continuing.
“I’m already a graduate now.
And I’m different from the old me!”
Shikamaru looked at Naruto’s confident expression suspiciously.
He did feel that his friend had changed somewhat recently.
Still, he didn’t say anything and simply walked away.
Behind him, Hinata Hyuga looked at Naruto, a faint blush appearing on her cheeks.
“Naruto graduated too…”
At that moment, two voices shouting, “We made it!” attracted everyone’s attention.
It turned out Sakura and Ino had squeezed through the classroom entrance while arguing with each other.
Both were breathing heavily.
Ino looked at Sakura and spoke first.
“I won again, Sakura.”
Sakura immediately retorted.
“What are you talking about?
My foot crossed the entrance one centimeter before yours!”
“Yeah, right!
Are you blind?”
Ino’s voice rang out.
The two immediately began arguing again.
Naruto turned his head toward them.
It’s been several days, and they’re still this noisy.
He kept that thought firmly to himself and instead put on an expression of pleasant surprise.
“Sakura!”
Naruto called out loudly.
A faint blush unconsciously appeared on his face.
Sakura looked around before finally turning toward Naruto.
Fool yourself before fooling anyone else.
When Naruto saw Sakura seemingly looking in his direction, his eyes began wandering involuntarily, and the blush on his face deepened.
Why are you looking at me?
This is exhausting.
Naruto screamed internally.
Sakura looked over and then gave him a sweet smile.
She immediately ran toward him.
Even the surprised Ino behind her couldn’t stop her.
Naruto watched Sakura approaching and glanced at Sasuke sitting beside him.
Pretending not to notice anything, he subtly shifted his feet to the side and prepared himself.
“G-Good morning, Sakura!”
“Move.”
Sakura grabbed Naruto and pulled him aside without hesitation.
Naruto went along with the motion and ended up in the aisle.
From a distance, Ino watched Naruto’s smooth maneuver and was slightly surprised.
This guy…
did he suddenly change his personality?
She didn’t think too much about it, however, and quickly followed after Sakura toward Sasuke Uchiha.
“Naruto-kun…”
In the corner of the back two rows, Hinata looked at Naruto with a bright red face and quietly murmured to herself.
“G-Good morning, Sasuke!”
Sakura placed both hands in front of her chest and nervously greeted Sasuke.
Sasuke didn’t respond.
He merely rested his chin on his hands.
“Can I sit beside you, Sasuke?”
She had barely finished speaking when Ino came running over.
“Good morning, Sasuke-kun!”
Ino arrived right behind her and casually squeezed Sakura aside.
“I told you, the seat beside Sasuke is mine.”
Ino looked at Sakura with absolute determination.
Sakura glared back.
“First come, first served.”
“I entered the classroom first.”
“I did!”
“No way!
I was first!”
…
The two girls’ argument grew louder.
Gradually, it attracted the other girls in the classroom who had crushes on Sasuke Uchiha.
Sasuke merely glanced at them with disdain.
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