Chapter 55: Skipping Class Only Happens the First Time and Countless Times After
"Kid!"
Little Nine-Tails sat on Naruto's chest, repeatedly patting Naruto's cheek with its short, sharp forelimbs.
"This old man is hungry, and you're going to be late!"
"What time is it, Kurama?"
Naruto sat up from the bed and rubbed his sleepy eyes. A two-tomoe flashed and vanished in his eyes, causing Little Nine-Tails, who was hanging onto Naruto's pajamas, to rub its eyes with a single claw in disbelief.
"Did Kushina have an affair after marriage, or did your Bloodline undergo a mutation? How can this old man feel that evil power of the Sharingan from you?!"
"Get lost!" Naruto pulled Little Nine-Tails off his pajamas and threw it out fiercely. "I'll tear that bastard fox's mouth apart sooner or later!"
Naruto jumped off the bed huffily. "Calling yourself 'this old man' all day long is annoying enough. You've lived for a thousand years and still can't cook, yet you have the nerve to shout that you're hungry!"
Naruto dressed extremely quickly. This scene, which felt like a lifetime ago, caused him a temporary moment of daze. However, after adding another 20 attribute points to the Mental Energyoption of his Five-Dimensional Attributes, this discomfort quickly disappeared.
Moreover, after Mental Energy reached 35 points, an implicit benefit manifested at this moment: the Sharingan, which had been influenced by Naruto, had already undergone Awakening the moment he woke up!
And it started in the two-tomoe state!
But Naruto quickly deactivated the Sharingan, deciding not to use the power of the Sharinganunless absolutely necessary.
One reason was Naruto's fear of exposure, and the second was that Uchiha Itachi, whom he had possessed, served as a cautionary tale.
Excessive use of the Sharingan or opening the eyes too quickly might grant greater power faster, but the overextension of the body is also immense.
He naturally had to take good care of his own body. Before his Foundation was firm, Naruto would not do something as foolish as killing the goose to get the golden egg.
"I estimate that Uchiha Itachi's body has already begun to develop internal injuries by now..." Naruto sighed inwardly. "In the game, I had no choice just like you do now, but now that I've returned to my own body, I have far too many options."
"And Itachi, will your choice be the same as mine was then, or is there a better option?" Naruto was very curious about how Itachi would choose. "But in the end, this will still lead to a tragedy, and Sasuke..."
Naruto was not a goody-two-shoes. Since the first life experience game, Naruto's life trajectory had already shifted, and his personality had long since aligned with reality, making him almost a complete egoist.
But Naruto knew how to hide it and, even more so, how to shape his own image. Furthermore, Naruto's essence was still similar to the original, just with a bit less naivety and a bit more brains.
"Since I made a promise, I will fulfill it properly. Although it was just a game, after living together day and night for over ten years, some feelings still remain!"
Because this life experience game was too closely aligned with the actual situation of Naruto's original world—even evolving from Naruto's world—it caused Naruto to be more or less moved.
But this slight touch only lasted for a moment before vanishing. After all, time flows constantly, Naruto's life must continue, and everyone must look forward.
...
"I'm sorry, Iruka-sensei, I'm late!"
After bowing to Iruka Umino and receiving Iruka's forgiveness and permission, Naruto walked steadily to Hyuga Hinata's side and sat down.
"Hinata, long time no see!" Naruto originally wanted to add "you're still as cute as ever," but fearing that Hyuga Hinata's threshold wouldn't be able to handle it, he simply omitted it.
"Naruto-kun... you... you... also... long time no see!"
Hyuga Hinata was stunned for a moment before her face suddenly turned red. Seeing her stammering incoherently was both interesting and heartwarming to Naruto.
"You idiot, did you oversleep?!"
Sasuke, sitting behind Naruto, couldn't take it anymore. He had just been harassed by Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka; how could he stand seeing these two in such a state? He immediately spoke up to find something to say.
"Are you looking for a beating?!"
It would have been better if Naruto hadn't spoken, but once he did, Uchiha Sasuke behind him immediately showed an arrogant look of "you're bound to lose."
"Humph! It's not certain who will beat whom! This time, I will definitely avenge my previous defeat!"
"You make it sound like you've ever won after saying that!"
Naruto had the mindset of teasing a child. After all, in this life experience game, Uchiha Sasuke had called him "big brother" for many years and was very clingy!
"Did you go home and act spoiled and cute, and then learn some new skills?!"
Naruto's understanding of the young Uchiha Sasuke was extremely deep; he even remembered clearly how many years old Uchiha Sasuke was when he still wet the bed.
"Are you scared?!"
"I would be scared?" Naruto scoffed. "Someone was still wetting the bed at two years old. Even though you're six now, you're still the same bed-wetting brat from back then!"
"Do you want to die! You bastard! Idiot! Stinky brat!"
After a brief moment of hesitation, disbelief, and questioning his life, Uchiha Sasuke's face quickly turned red, then from red to white, and finally from white to black. Immediately afterward, he slammed the table and stood up, ready to fight Naruto.
"What? Being..."
"Enough! The classroom is not a place for you two to mess around." Just as Naruto wanted to continue teasing Sasuke, the chalk in Iruka Umino's hand accurately struck both of their foreheads in succession. "Go stand at the door for me, and don't come in without my permission!"
On the second day of the Ninja Academy's opening, Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke, who were punished by being made to stand, not only broke the record for the fastest punishment in the Ninja Academy but also naturally became the focus of the entire school.
After all, as a member of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Sasuke's level of attention was very high. Among the students of the same year, Uchiha was synonymous with Genius, so receiving more attention was only natural.
As for Naruto's level of attention...
Aside from the whiskers on his face, there was nothing else special about him.
But Naruto still hated the feeling of being watched like a monkey. After all, an adult's sense of shame is somewhat low, but he couldn't compare to most children.
"Idiot! Bastard! Stinky brat! It's all because of you! Because of you!"
This was the 99th time Uchiha Sasuke had muttered. Unable to bear the shameful punishment of standing, Naruto decisively chose to skip class. After all, that's what an adult should do!
"Sasuke, want to skip class?"
"What?!" Uchiha Sasuke, receiving a response, couldn't quite react. "It's not good to skip class on the second day of school..."
"There's no 'good or bad' in skipping class, only the first time and countless times after. You'll get used to it as you keep skipping!"
"This..."
Seeing signs of Uchiha Sasuke wavering, Narutoquickly added fuel to the fire. "Don't you want to beat me? As long as you skip class, your wish can soon be fulfilled!"
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