The sixtieth year of Konoha was the day Naruto’s class graduated.
Naruto arrived at the academy early in the morning.
He wasn’t worried about failing to graduate, unless the Third Hokage forced him to take a written exam.
If he really dared to do that, Naruto would dare to make the Third Hokage die from excessive blood loss.
Soon, the others arrived at the classroom one after another.
Once Iruka saw everyone was present, he announced the content of the graduation exam.
Just like in the original story, the test was the Clone Jutsu.
Naruto casually created two Shadow Clones and passed.
As for Mizuki?
None of his business.
When receiving his Ninja headband from Iruka, Naruto bowed solemnly to Iruka.
“Thank you, Iruka, sensei.
Thank you for taking care of me all these years.”
“You must work hard in the future, Naruto.
I believe you will definitely become a powerful Ninja.” Iruka patted Naruto on the shoulder, his eyes full of gratification.
“Alright, I’ll be going now.
Goodbye, sensei.”
“Don’t forget to come to the classroom tomorrow for team assignments.”
“Okay.”
Leaving the exam room, Naruto went to the rooftop, the place where graduating Ninja took photos for their Ninja profiles.
Hinata was already waiting for him there.
“Hinata-chan, have you been waiting long?” Naruto jogged over to Hinata and said with a smile.
“No, I just arrived too.” Hinata tucked her hair back and smiled gently.
“Let’s go, let’s go take the photo.
After that, we’ll go to my place, and I’ll make you something delicious.” As he spoke, Naruto took Hinata’s hand and began to line up for the photo.
This time, Naruto didn’t paint his face in a flashy, chaotic way like in the original story, but he didn’t do anything normal either.
“…Student, this is a Ninja ID photo, you need to show your real face.” The photographer looked at the blonde, twin-tailed Uzumaki Naruko in front of him, feeling completely numb.
Yes, Naruto had transformed directly into Uzumaki Naruko, fully clothed, while blowing a kiss and winking at the camera.
“Hurry up, mister, this pose is really tiring, you know!”
The photographer’s mouth twitched, but he still chose to press the shutter.
“Naruto, why did you take the photo like that?” On the way home, Hinata looked at Naruto’s profile and asked.
“Hehe, it was just a simple prank.” Naruto smiled and ruffled Hinata’s hair as he spoke.
He wasn’t worried about failing; the original Naruto passed even when he looked like a mess, so what was wrong with just transforming into a girl?
It could even confuse spies.
As the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, what was wrong with hiding his identity?
Was there a problem?
At most, the old Third Hokage would call him in for a talk, so he wasn’t panicked at all.
Besides, since he’d come to the Ninja world, wouldn’t it be a waste to just take a boring, honest ID photo?
That wasn’t his style either.
Soon, Naruto’s ID photo was delivered to the Third Hokage’s desk.
Looking at the blonde girl blowing a kiss and winking at the camera, the Third Hokage couldn’t help but pop two more blood pressure pills.
Sometimes he really doubted whether Naruto’s brain was normal, but there was nothing he could do.
He knew that with Naruto’s personality, if he called him in for a talk, he might end up having to endure a few more rounds of pranks.
In the end, the Third Hokage could only, extremely reluctantly, let Naruto pass this hurdle.
On the other side, just as Naruto was preparing to take Hinata home, he was stopped by Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka.
“Naruto, Hinata, do you have time later?” Ino Yamanaka spoke first.
“Nothing much, just going to my place to eat.
Why?” Naruto asked curiously.
Hearing Naruto’s answer, Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka exchanged glances and then said.
“We’re planning to get together.
We’ve already notified everyone else; you two are the last ones.”
“Sasuke is going too?” Naruto asked, surprised.
“…Because Nara Shikamaru said you would definitely go, so Sasuke agreed.”
Hearing Naruto’s nickname, both girls had black lines on their foreheads.
They were silent for two seconds before speaking up.
“Fine, let’s go together.
It just so happens I have some new dishes, you can all try them.” As he spoke, the four of them walked together toward Naruto’s training ground.
This place was originally just an ordinary forest with a stream, an excellent spot for fishing.
However, because Naruto often trained here, the Third Hokage, fearing Naruto might accidentally hurt someone, fenced off the area, making it Naruto’s exclusive territory.
When Naruto was free, he built a villa here; after all, the materials in the system space were just sitting there.
For this, he specifically asked the Third Hokage to run cables and connect water lines.
His original house was left vacant, and Sasuke shamelessly moved in as well.
For this, Hinata was jealous for quite a while, and it took Naruto a long time to coax her.
Afterward, Sasuke was beaten up by Naruto several times, but he refused to leave no matter what.
Naruto, feeling helpless, could only let him stay.
This gathering was held here.
Naruto created a few Shadow Clones to start working.
Because he was experimenting with new dishes, all the ingredients were from the system space.
Plus, considering the effects, all the work had to be done by Naruto alone.
This meant the others could only watch from the side, and the bored group could only chat.
Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno were still chattering around Sasuke.
Although Sasuke wasn’t as cold as he used to be, he was still annoyed by this.
Even after training together for two years, he still couldn’t get used to it.
But as a companion, he couldn’t get angry and could only silently endure it.
Nara Shikamaru was lying on the grass, staring blankly at the sky.
Akimichi Choji was sitting beside him, occasionally looking toward Naruto, his mouth involuntarily watering.
Inuzuka Kiba was feeding Akamaru some raw beef given by Naruto, while Shino Aburame was observing the insects in the forest.
Hinata was pulled away by Hyuga Hanabi to play in the water, while Hyuga Neji and the other two had left the village on a mission.
At this moment, the Third Hokage was watching this scene through a crystal ball.
Standing in front of him were Kakashi Hatake, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi.
“Are these the students we are going to lead?” Asuma Sarutobi said, biting on his cigarette while looking at the scene in the crystal ball.
“They are all very energetic children.” Kurenai Yuhi said with a light smile.
Kakashi Hatake stared with dead-fish eyes, saying nothing, only sighing inwardly that the teacher’s child had grown up.
“The reason I called you here this time, besides letting you see your future students, is to remind you not to underestimate them, especially you, Kakashi Hatake.”
The Third Hokage said with a serious tone, his hands folded in front of his mouth.
“Well, regarding that, I have a rough idea.” Kakashi Hatake scratched his head and said in a lazy tone.
Seeing Kakashi Hatake like this, the Third Hokage knew he hadn’t taken his words to heart.
He rubbed his forehead with some helplessness, but he didn’t intend to give any more warnings.
Taking a tumble with these kids was better than taking a tumble outside.
Thinking of this, the Third Hokage stopped speaking and continued to watch the crystal ball quietly.
Asuma Sarutobi exchanged glances with Kurenai Yuhi and then shrugged, not saying anything.
Kurenai Yuhi, however, had a serious expression.
As a female and Genjutsu-type Ninja, she had an advantage in observing things and people.
She had seen the Third Hokage’s expression just now.
At the same time, she had heard quite a lot of news about Naruto and his group.
Throughout the six-year confrontation, the teachers had mostly been losing.
After all, the main goal was to catch the three of them, and it could almost be said that the failure rate was as high as ninety-eight percent.
Although it became catching six people in the following two years, the win rate dropped directly to zero.
As for why it was six people, it was because the three of them would just clock in in the morning and then run away; sometimes they wouldn’t even show up.
Iruka Umino went to complain to the Third Hokage, but the Third Hokage knew Naruto was researching Breathing Style, so he just told Iruka Umino not to worry about those three anymore.
After all, on the Hyuga side, Hiashi had already given up.
This kind of loss rate was actually quite outrageous.
The school teachers, at their worst, were still solid Chunin, and many had even been on the battlefield.
Under these circumstances, they still couldn’t catch this group.
Their strength definitely wasn’t as simple as ordinary Genin.
It seemed she would have to pay more attention to these children during the test.
Thinking of this, Kurenai Yuhi couldn’t help but glance at Kakashi Hatake.
Two of the trio, and the two strongest ones at that, were assigned to Kakashi Hatake.
Although Kakashi Hatake looked lazy and indifferent, he would probably still be somewhat vigilant, right?
But this had nothing to do with her; she should just think about how to test her own students.
Withdrawing her thoughts, Kurenai Yuhi continued to stare at the crystal ball.
On Naruto’s side, he wasn’t sure if the Third Hokage would bring the Jonin team leaders together to peek at their students like in the original story.
Even if he did, he didn’t really care.
With that old salted fish Kakashi Hatake, even if he wasn’t too slack, at least he wouldn’t take it too seriously.
He knew exactly how many Anbu were around him.
He didn’t know if the Nine-Tailed had eaten too much and evolved, but its sensory ability had improved by a large margin.
Besides sensing malice, it had gained the ability to sense Chakra, somewhat similar to the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura, but it was a passive skill, just like the malice sensing—the kind that couldn’t be turned off.
However, the Nine-Tailed had a lot of Chakra, and this thing didn’t consume much; the daily consumption wasn’t even as much as what the Nine-Tailed recovered from eating a bite of meat.
Naruto expressed his dissatisfaction with this.
He was the authentic half-Uzumaki Clan member; if the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura was to be awakened, it should have been on him.
Why give it to the Nine-Tailed?
For this, he was depressed for a long time, and the Nine-Tailed mocked him for half a month because of it.
However, when Naruto learned that he could use this ability through the Nine-Tailed’s Chakra, he was immediately happy.
Whose it was didn’t matter; as long as he could use it, that was fine.
After all, he and the Nine-Tailed were one; they shared glory and shared ruin.
From then on, the Nine-Tailed could sense whoever was around Naruto.
Although it hadn’t seen them and didn’t know exactly who they were, it could distinguish Kakashi Hatake’s Chakra, which was constantly leaking due to the Sharingan, at a glance.
Since he started school, Kakashi Hatake had never appeared around him again, so he could be certain that Kakashi Hatake didn’t know his true strength.
So he planned to discuss it with Sasuke in the evening and ambush Kakashi Hatake when the time came.
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