With the battle over, Naruto seemed to return to normal.
Looking at Mizuki, who could only lie on the ground gasping for breath, he rubbed his head sheepishly.
“I think I might have gone a little too far.
Iruka-sensei, are you okay?”
“Ah!
I’m fine!” Iruka replied.
He remembered what Naruto had said to him while they were eating ramen and silently thought, He really is amazing!
Perhaps he really can surpass all the Hokage who came before him!
Thinking this, Iruka smiled and regained his spirits.
He waved to Naruto.
“Naruto, come over here for a moment.
There’s something I want to give you.”
…
Meanwhile, at the Hokage Building, all the ninja who had gone out to search for the Scroll of Seals had already returned, and a large group of people had gathered in front of the Third Hokage.
“Did you find Naruto?” one of the ninja asked.
“No!”
The ninja who was already having a hard time dealing with the situation sighed.
“Damn it!
This is bad!”
“There’s no need to worry about it anymore.”
The Third Hokage walked out while smoking his pipe.
Upon hearing his voice, all the ninja turned around and respectfully greeted him.
“Lord Hokage!”
The Third Hokage calmly exhaled a cloud of smoke.
“He should be coming back soon.”
…
In the forest, Naruto, who knew what Iruka intended to do, didn’t put his goggles back on his head.
Instead, he obediently closed his eyes.
In the darkness, he felt Iruka place a forehead protector on his head, but he didn’t hear Iruka say anything for quite some time.
After waiting for a while, Naruto finally couldn’t help asking, “Are you done yet, Iruka-sensei?”
“It’s done.
You can open your eyes now,” Iruka replied.
Naruto slowly opened his eyes and saw the moonlight shining across Iruka’s face.
At this moment, Iruka was smiling at him.
“Congratulations…
you’ve graduated!”
Although Naruto had already known the outcome, he still couldn’t help freezing for a moment.
While he was still stunned, Iruka raised his voice.
“All right!
To celebrate your graduation, let’s go eat ramen!”
Naruto knew that if he followed the original story and rushed over to hug Iruka while shouting “Iruka-sensei!”, it would be better for strengthening their relationship.
But after thinking about it, he still couldn’t bring himself to do something like that.
Instead, he excitedly jumped up.
“Thank you, Iruka-sensei!”
Seeing Naruto’s excitement, Iruka also laughed happily.
Under the moonlight, which seemed as bright as the sun at this moment, the shadows of the two stretched farther and farther across the ground.
…
After handing Mizuki over to the prison together with Iruka, Naruto was then dragged along to apologize to the Third Hokage and all the ninja involved in tonight’s operation.
Once all the procedures had been completed, Naruto finally allowed himself to relax a little.
He then went with Iruka to eat that meaningful bowl of ramen.
Let’s consider this a celebration of my new life!
Naruto silently thought as he ate his ramen.
Under the moonlight, Naruto parted ways with Iruka and dragged his exhausted body back to his room.
Looking at the messy desk, he didn’t dare clean it up carelessly.
He suppressed his excitement, took a shower, and then lay down on his bed, allowing his consciousness to sink into the space he had named the Memory Library.
“Let’s see what I’ve got!”
After entering the room belonging to this life, he brought up the memories from tonight.
He filtered out the memories that didn’t match the correct time, then clicked on one.
This is it.
The virtual screen projected from the book froze on the moment the Scroll of Seals was opened.
Naruto formed a cross with his hands, and the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique immediately took effect.
One hundred Naruto clones filled more than half of the room.
Seeing how cramped the space had become, Naruto started thinking.
He sorted all the ninjutsu into different groups, then had his original self study the Flying Thunder God Technique together with several clones.
He grew excited.
The Flying Thunder God Technique.
Here I come.
As one of the few techniques in the original story that carried the word “God” in its name, Naruto naturally attached great importance to it.
He carefully studied the contents of the Flying Thunder God Technique, from the arrangement and combination of the runes to the inscription and perception of the technique.
Although he couldn’t understand any of it, everything indicated that as long as one possessed an aptitude for space, this forbidden technique, which was essentially similar to the Summoning Technique, could be learned.
Of course, he needed time to verify whether he actually possessed such an aptitude.
Well, fortunately, I probably do.
Naruto looked at his spiritual space and then thought about his soul and his current body, secretly feeling rather pleased with himself.
Bang!
The Shadow Clones began disappearing one after another, and all the memories they had learned flooded into Naruto’s mind.
For a moment, he felt a slight swelling in his head.
Then he created another hundred clones and continued learning…
The next day, Naruto, whose head was aching terribly, covered the characteristic parts of his face with face paint before heading toward the photography studio.
Originally, Naruto wouldn’t have followed the original story and painted such heavy face paint on himself in such a childish way.
But when he thought of Konohamaru, he felt that he still needed to disguise himself somewhat, because forming a bond with the Third Hokage’s grandson at this stage would be very helpful to him.
Before long, Naruto finished taking his photograph and handed the documents over to the Third Hokage.
In the hall, the Third Hokage looked at Naruto’s ninja registration information in his hands and immediately fell silent.
Seeing the silent Third Hokage, Naruto rubbed his head awkwardly.
“I’m not very good at makeup.
I thought about it for a long time, but I couldn’t figure out what kind of look I should go for!
It took me three whole hours to make this!”
He scratched his head with a smile.
“But, but…
doesn’t it have a certain artistic quality?
And isn’t it pretty cool?”
The Third Hokage remained silent for a long while.
With an extremely solemn expression, he placed the document in his hand on the table and said calmly,
“Take another photo.”
Naruto protested, “Don’t be like that!”
His eyes stared defiantly at the Third Hokage.
The Third Hokage stared back at Naruto.
Between the Third Hokage and Naruto Uzumaki, the air seemed to freeze completely.
After a while, neither of them spoke.
Naruto felt that it was time to break the atmosphere.
He formed the Ram seal with his hands.
“Transformation Technique!”
A blonde beauty appeared, saying, “Don’t do this, Lord Hokage.”
For a moment, the Third Hokage was completely stunned!
His eyes widened, and two streams of blood suddenly shot from his nostrils.
The tremendous force sent him straight to the floor, where his entire body slowly twitched.
This was simply ridiculous!
Konohamaru, who was standing at the doorway, was completely dumbfounded.
That’s way too fake.
Naruto silently complained to himself while also pretending to be stunned.
Only after quite some time did he return to normal.
The Third Hokage got up from the floor, calmly coughed several times, then discreetly pulled out a handkerchief and wiped the blood from his nose.
“Sexy Jutsu?
What a boring ninjutsu!”
Naruto sat back down in his chair and awkwardly rubbed his head.
At this point, the Third Hokage no longer mentioned retaking the photograph.
Instead, he repeatedly examined Naruto, who was wearing his goggles.
After a long while, he finally asked,
“By the way, Naruto, where did the forehead protector on your head go?”
Naruto touched the place where Iruka had put the forehead protector and said, “I’m not going to wear it before the orientation!
I’m afraid I’ll damage it!”
As he spoke, Naruto continued touching his forehead, as though something extremely important to him was there and had to be cherished.
The Third Hokage looked at Naruto, feeling deeply gratified by his reaction.
After all, this was the Will of Fire he had believed in throughout his entire life.
But on the surface, he could only helplessly say, “This ninja registration handbook is highly confidential, and it’s also a very important document for you.”
The Third Hokage took a deep breath and picked up the document again.
“But what kind of expression is this?
I can’t even see your face!”
The Third Hokage was also somewhat speechless.
Naruto had inherited the Will of Fire quite well, but there was always something about him that made it seem as though his brain wasn’t working properly.
If it weren’t for that distinctive blond hair, he might have suspected that Naruto wasn’t Minato’s son.
Originally, he had been somewhat inclined to give up on the matter, but after looking at the photograph on the document once more and comparing it with Naruto, he immediately realized that he couldn’t stand it anymore!
Other than the hair, there wasn’t the slightest resemblance.
If the Third Hokage hadn’t known that Naruto was unaware of these rules, he would have suspected that Naruto had done it deliberately!
Naruto waved his hands around as he hurriedly explained,
“I didn’t even know there was all this stuff involved in registering as a ninja…”
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