What if Naruto was a transmigrator—who knows exactly how the story is supposed to unfold?
And after learning what’s coming, Naruto, the transmigrator, comes to one simple conclusion: “Why work hard when I already know the plot?”
He just wants to follow the story, stay out of trouble, slack off, and avoid hard work at all costs.
Sounds easy enough…
Except Kakashi can apparently hear his inner thoughts.
Now, every time Naruto thinks about slacking off, Kakashi somehow finds a way to push him harder.
Our lazy protagonist just wants to live peacefully…
But Kakashi refuses to let him be lazy!
Think you know where the story is going?
Think again.
Alright, enough with the introduction.
Dive into the story, enjoy every twist and turn, and let the journey surprise you!
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The sun was already high in the sky.
Naruto lay on his old, worn-out little bed with both hands behind his head and one leg crossed over the other.
His face was filled with melancholy as he could not help but let out a long sigh.
“Ah~~ Although I was mentally prepared, aren’t these days a little too difficult? It’s only been three days. How am I supposed to get through the days ahead?”
Naruto had originally thought that, with his identity as a transmigrator, he would be able to live a somewhat better life during his childhood.
At the very least, he would not be as miserable as he was in the original work.
Yet, it had only been three days since he transmigrated here, and he had already spent all his money.
There were only a few cartons of expired milk left in the refrigerator, and he did not even know where to get lunch.
Thinking of this, he could not help but glance out the window.
Through it, he could vaguely see a masked ANBU crouching on a tree not far away.
Although he was wearing a mask, his upright white hair had already exposed his identity.
This ANBU was obviously Kakashi.
When people were troubled, they tended to think more.
Seeing Kakashi, Naruto could not help but sigh inwardly.
[Tsk! What a pity. You, Kakashi, had such a good foundation, yet because of Madara Uchiha’s scheme, Rin had no choice but to commit suicide using your hand, causing you to lose the heart to become stronger. In the end, you became some damn Copy Ninja. What a waste of talent.]
Kakashi was crouching on a tree branch, reading his favorite novel, when Naruto’s earlier thoughts suddenly echoed in his mind.
He instantly put away the novel, held a kunai in his hand, and shouted in a low voice.
“Who!”
He then looked around, trying to find the source of the voice.
However, the voice had sounded as though it had come from inside his mind, making it impossible to determine its direction.
“What’s going on? Could this be a secret technique of the Yamanaka clan? But why would someone from the Yamanaka clan tell me these things? Could they be feeling sorry for me? Did they make up this nonsense because they want me to pull myself together again?”
Just as Kakashi was uncertain and suspicious, the voice in his mind sounded once more.
[Ah~~ What a pity about that Sharingan. If Kakashi picked up swordsmanship again, with such powerful talent and a Sharingan, not to mention surpassing Konoha’s White Fang, he could at least become the second White Fang. That brat Obito really should have appeared earlier and taken back the Sharingan. Unfortunately, Obito is also a stubborn fool, saying that he would never take back something he had given away.]
‘Obito?
Appeared?
What’s going on?
Could Obito not be dead?
This voice sounds like…
Naruto!’
At first, Kakashi had focused most of his attention on figuring out whether he had fallen under a technique from the Yamanaka clan, so he had not carefully distinguished the voice itself.
Now that the voice appeared again, he immediately noticed that it sounded very similar to Naruto’s voice.
‘No, I have to go and confirm this!’
Kakashi fixed his gaze on Naruto and, in a flash, crouched on the windowsill beside Naruto’s bed.
At this moment, Naruto was still sighing inwardly when Kakashi’s sudden appearance gave him a fright.
He immediately sat up from the bed and put on a panicked expression.
“Y-you, who are you? What do you want?”
[Holy shit! What’s gotten into Kakashi? Why did he suddenly come over and approach me? Wasn’t his order to monitor me from the shadows? Then again, I am his teacher’s son. It wouldn’t be strange for him to make a little contact with me without revealing his identity.]
If Kakashi had still been unable to confirm it before, hearing that voice again now allowed him to confirm that the source of the voice was Naruto.
He could also confirm that this was not a secret technique of the Yamanaka clan.
For some unknown reason, he could hear Naruto’s inner thoughts.
Although Kakashi had only recently been assigned to monitor Naruto, Naruto’s growth had always been under strict surveillance.
ANBU watched him every day, and all the information was written into reports and submitted to the Hokage.
Kakashi had read all of those reports.
Naruto had never come into contact with anyone from the Yamanaka clan in all his life, much less learned one of their secret techniques.
Now, Kakashi no longer had the time to think about why he could hear Naruto’s inner thoughts, because he had been completely shocked.
What’s going on?
Naruto already knows his identity?
Damn it!
Who leaked the information?
No, there are fewer than ten people in all of Konoha who know this information, and among the ANBU, I am the only one who knows.
It’s absolutely impossible for it to have been leaked, but why…
There were too many questions in Kakashi’s mind.
From the moment he arrived at the window, he had not said a single word, leaving Naruto completely confused.
[What the hell is Kakashi doing? He came over to approach me but isn’t saying anything. Now I don’t know whether I should sit or lie down. Can you please just leave already if you have nothing to do?]
Kakashi snapped out of his thoughts because of Naruto’s inner voice.
He removed his mask and stared directly at Naruto.
“You’re Uzumaki Naruto, right? Nice to meet you for the first time. My name is Hatake Kakashi.”
Naruto grumbled inwardly, but on the surface, he put on an innocent expression.
“You know me? Everyone else calls me the Fox Demon. Very few people call me by my name. May I ask why you came to see me?”
[Holy shit! Holy shit! What is going on? An ANBU taking off his mask? Is that even in accordance with ANBU rules? And you still have a face covering underneath the damn mask. Just how much do you not want people to see your face?]
After hearing what Naruto said aloud and then what he said in his heart, Kakashi’s face was instantly filled with black lines.
However, he did not want to bother with such trivial matters right now.
The reason he had broken the ANBU rules and removed his mask was because he desperately wanted to uncover the truth.
He had always believed that both Rin and Obito were dead, and that Rin had even died because of his own mistake.
Yet Naruto’s inner thoughts had just overturned all of that.
But he could not directly open his mouth and ask about these things.
Judging from Naruto’s earlier inner thoughts, Naruto seemed unaware that Kakashi could hear them.
“It’s nothing. I just wanted to come over and get to know you.”
Upon hearing this, a trace of disappointment flashed across Naruto’s face, but he immediately revealed a broad smile.
“I see… It’s already great enough that someone is willing to get to know me!”
[So you really came here because you were bored and wanted to mess with me? You’ve got an easy job monitoring me, but I don’t. I haven’t even figured out where my lunch is coming from today. Who has the time to chat with you? Damn it, now that I think about lunch, I’m starting to get hungry. I need to find a way to get away from here and see if I can go to the river and catch some fish to eat.]
Even Kakashi could not help but twitch the corner of his mouth beneath his face covering when he heard that voice.
He had not expected Naruto’s inner and outer selves to be so different.
But on second thought, a child growing up in such a dark environment would probably find being different on the inside and outside to be the best protection for himself.
Kakashi could not help but feel sorry for Naruto again.
“By the way, Naruto, I was just about to have lunch. Since this is our first meeting, how about I treat you to some ramen?”
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