After some questioning, Iruka-sensei actually didn't believe in Naruto's strength.
Heh,
a single bowl of ramen wouldn't be enough to mend his fragile heart.
At least ten bowls.
After much persuasion and extorting five bowls of ramen, Iruka-sensei was ready to leave.
He was in a hurry to extend a warm welcome to the other new genin.
Watching Iruka-sensei walk away, Naruto could only wish his fellow classmates good luck.
He also hoped Iruka-sensei wouldn't encounter Sasuke. His strength was a bit too high, and he didn't have Naruto's sensory abilities.
He just hoped Sasuke wouldn't be too heavy-handed.
But it didn't matter; Xiaoyao Pills would handle it.
"Boss! Game! Game!"
His three little brothers shouted in unison, asking Naruto to join their game.
Seeing their expectant eyes, Naruto felt a little bad, but he didn't want to play.
"Forget it, I'll take you guys to eat Laoganma."
"Awesome!" x3
No kid could refuse Laoganma fast food and soda.
Naruto and the Konohamaru Squad went to eat Laoganma fast food. While queuing, they unexpectedly ran into Chōji. If he remembered correctly, Chōji was a regular here, and also the highest-tier VIP.
As expected of you, Chōji!
Not a single gram of fat on him was gained for free; it was all eaten bite by bite.
Looking ahead at the seemingly endless queue, Naruto felt a growing despair.
There seemed to be an unusually large crowd today.
It wasn't even Thursday, so why were there so many people?
Upon closer inspection, he noticed that many people in line were wearing headbands from other ninja villages.
So that was it.
Just a moment ago, Naruto had also seen ninjas checking in at the Hokage Rock.
Had Laoganma also become a check-in spot?
"Did you hear?"
"About what?"
"This is the main branch of Laoganma Fast Food. The fried chicken here is personally made by the founder, Wanliang, and tastes the best."
"Really? Then I have to try it."
As he watched, two more outsiders joined the back of the queue.
Naruto: -_-||
After finishing his fast food, Naruto strolled around the village and found that it wasn't just Laoganma with long queues.
The grilled fish shop was packed.
The Xiaoyao Pill shop was packed.
Many ninjas from other villages were queuing overnight to buy Xiaoyao Pills.
Because Konoha's Xiaoyao Pills were the cheapest.
Xiaoyao Pill No. 1 in other regions started at least at 50,000 ryo, some even at 100,000, while in Konoha, it was only 20,000 ryo.
No choice, he, Naruto, truly loved the village too much.
It definitely wasn't because the initial pricing was too low.
Absolutely! Not!
Over the next few days, more and more ninjas from other villages arrived. There were strong ones and weak ones, and Naruto even marked a few interesting chakras.
Until, Naruto discovered that Uchiha Roku had actually come to the village.
There were too many clones. Naruto wouldn't synchronize their data in real-time unless it was important news; he wasn't a quantum brain.
Otherwise, just synchronizing data from hundreds of clones would be enough to give him a headache lying in bed every day.
So, communication with the clones was usually done through channel chat.
Naruto asked in the channel and only then learned that Uchiha Roku was actually here to do a special report for the "Ninja World Daily."
In the coming days, the daily intelligence from Konoha's Chūnin Exams would be serialized in the Ninja World Daily.
To facilitate this, Konoha would even pay to purchase ad space.
Heh, interesting.
The village is paying me to promote myself. Winning big!
Five days passed in a flash.
Team Seven agreed to meet at the school gate; the registration location was there.
Early in the morning, Naruto and Sasuke had already arrived.
"Sorry, I'm late." Sakura's face was unhappy, as if she hadn't slept well, and she greeted them listlessly.
Naruto was muttering, Sakura isn't still lacking confidence, is she?
Should I provoke her a bit later?
"Sasuke-kun, good morning." Even though Sakura wasn't feeling well, she didn't forget her original intention of greeting Sasuke separately.
"Mm." Sasuke nodded, and the three walked inside.
As soon as they reached the second floor, they saw a crowd of people huddled together.
Pushing through the crowd to the front, Naruto found two Chūnin using Transformation Jutsu to block everyone, and two people had even been beaten by them.
Naruto was somewhat familiar with the two who were beaten. That bowl-cut hair clearly belonged to a younger Might Guy, who seemed to have challenged him back in the Ninja Academy.
The other girl's attire had a distinctly Chinese style.
As for their other teammate, with his Byakugan eyes, he was undoubtedly from the Hyūga clan, seemingly the genius of the previous generation—Hyūga Neji.
They had also exchanged greetings back in the Ninja Academy.
Looking at the scene, Naruto disdained to act. Did he really need to deal with such a trivial matter?
"Sasuke, go, show them a good time."
Sasuke's face darkened at these words; Naruto's remark clearly wasn't kind.
However, he still stepped forward, "Hurry and move aside. Let us go up to the third floor. This barrier created by genjutsu, quickly dispel it."
The gatekeeper, transformed from Konoha's Iron Man, Kotetsu Hagane, wasn't surprised by his words. Is this from the Uchiha clan?
He replied aloud: "Oh? So you've seen through it? But merely seeing through it, right?" The implication was that they still needed to fight.
He moved, preparing to attack, when he suddenly saw a change in Sasuke's eyes.
The crimson Three-Tomoe Sharingan made its dazzling debut before everyone.
"Damn it." Just as he thought this, Kotetsu found himself completely unable to move.
'It's genjutsu!'
"Let's go!" Seeing Sasuke succeed, Naruto directly led the way through the door.
Through training and with the blessing of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, Sasuke's illusion attribute average had reached around 90. While he couldn't deal with Naruto's 400+ attributes, it was an instant kill against Chūnin whose genjutsu average was 50-60, or at most 60-70.
Seeing the other Chūnin still trying to block them, Naruto glared at him.
With his 400+ attributes, his power was far more terrifying than Sasuke's.
The ninja transformed from Izumo Kamizuki stood rooted to the spot, unable to move. Even if he reacted and frantically channeled chakra to try and break free, it was useless.
Pure statistical overwhelming dominance.
After a glance at Izumo, Sasuke also walked past him. He had long known the depth of Naruto's genjutsu mastery, but he hadn't expected the effect to rival his Sharingan.
'Good thing Naruto doesn't have the Sharingan. When I grow stronger, my genjutsu will definitely surpass Naruto's.'
"This... this..."
Rock Lee stood dazedly in place, unable to utter the next sentence for a moment..
Neji stepped in to finish for him, "This is genjutsu."
Neji had some understanding of the other major clan that had always been as famous as the Hyūga. However, he truly hadn't expected this young Uchiha to already possess the Three-Tomoe Sharingan at such a young age.
He remembered their last race was neck and neck; it seemed he had grown stronger again during this time!
He also seemed to be only twelve or thirteen years old, right?
As expected of the Ninja Academy genius, a formidable opponent.
"Lee,"
Tenten worried for Lee, "These genjutsu users are the strongest counter to taijutsu users like you. You must be careful."
"Of course,"
Lee wasn't discouraged; instead, he was full of fighting spirit, ready to unleash his youth at any moment, "I just need to avoid looking into his eyes!"
Everyone passed through the corridor and entered the third floor, leaving only the two gatekeepers still trapped in genjutsu.
"Released!" Kotetsu used chakra to break through Sasuke's genjutsu, finally regaining his freedom.
He turned his head and saw Izumo fixed in place, unable to move.
"Hey, Izumo, you..."
His symptoms were exactly like his own, but it shouldn't be, Izumo's anti-genjutsu ability was stronger than his.
Kotetsu infused chakra and finally released Izumo Kamizuki from the genjutsu.
"Hahaha, I had already broken free from the genjutsu. That Uchiha's genjutsu actually trapped you for so long?"
"Not the Uchiha, it was that brat Naruto." Izumo Kamizuki explained helplessly.
Now it was Kotetsu's turn to be surprised, "He can use genjutsu too?"
Both fell silent.
"So this is the brat Kakashi has been hiding? He's truly terrifying." Izumo Kamizuki sighed.
"Indeed, this year's exams will be interesting."