9: Chapter 9, Class 7: The Actors AssembleClass 9, Class 10.
Iruka Umino's voice echoed in the classroom, each name uttered accompanied by cheers and sighs.
Naruto Uzumaki rested his chin on his hand, utterly bored, and ignored everything.
"Class Seven!"
Iruka paused for a moment, as if this combination was giving him a headache as well.
"Naruto Uzumaki!"
Sakura Haruno's body stiffened instantly.
"Uchiha Sasuke!"
Sakura Haruno's body instantly came back to life, and an unnatural blush appeared on her face.
".and, Sakura Haruno."
A world of extremes.
Naruto could even hear the sounds of Sakura's inner world violently trembling.
"The Jonin instructor is Kakashi Hatake."
After Iruka finished reading, he closed the list.
Naruto remained completely unmoved.Team 7, Kakashi Hatake—everything was exactly as he remembered the script.This was the most secure part of his plan; joining the protagonist's team was the only way to maximize his access to the core events of this world.
The plan is running perfectly.
In the afternoon, in the special assembly room for Class 7.
Sasuke Uchiha sat by the window, arms crossed, eyes closed, radiating an aura of "keep away." Sakura Haruno sat as close to him as possible, hands supporting her chin, her face filled with infatuation.
Only Naruto continued to play his impeccable "idiot" role.
He moved a chair over, stood on it, and carefully, on tiptoe, wedged an eraser covered in chalk dust into the crack of the half-open door.
"Naruto!What are you doing, you idiot!" Sakura Haruno finally snapped out of her fantasy about Sasuke and scolded him in a low voice.
"Hehe, this is a gift for that teacher who was late!" Naruto grinned, revealing an utterly foolish smile.
Sasuke didn't even bother to lift his eyelids, only letting out a soft, disdainful snort from his nose.
"Tch, boring."
[Ding!You have received 50 "Disdain" from Sakura Haruno!]
[Ding!You have received 80 units of [Contempt] from Uchiha Sasuke!]
Even a mosquito's leg is meat.Naruto jumped off the chair with satisfaction, dusted off his hands, and stared expectantly at the door.
Time passed second by second.
One hour.
Two hours.
Just as Sakura's patience was about to run out and she was about to explode, a series of unhurried footsteps finally came from outside the door.
Squeak.
The door was pulled open.
Snap.
The blackboard eraser, stuck in the door crack, fell precisely and hit the newcomer's signature silver-white hair, instantly scattering chalk dust everywhere.
The classroom was deathly silent.
Sakura Haruno has already started brainstorming a hundred ways to apologize.
Naruto opened his mouth wide, making an exaggerated "prank succeeded" expression, ready to face the teacher's wrath.
However, the expected outburst of anger did not materialize.
The silver-haired man simply stood there, letting the chalk dust fall onto his shoulders.
The next second, his figure suddenly disappeared.
"A fine trap."
A languid yet slightly dangerous voice echoed softly behind the three of them.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura froze, turning around abruptly.
Kakashi Hatake had appeared behind them unnoticed, one hand in his pocket, the other holding a blackboard eraser, which he tossed lightly.His single eye curved into a crescent shape, as if he were smiling, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.
"Unfortunately, it's too slow."
[Ding!You have received 100 units of [Fear] from Sakura Haruno!]
[Ding!You have received 150 [Warning] items from Uchiha Sasuke!]
"A good start," Naruto thought."This Kakashi is much more shrewd than the lazy person I remember."
The wind is strong in Konoha Forest.
Kakashi leaned against the tree trunk and announced that cruel rule.
"From now on, we'll begin a survival drill.The content is simple: snatch these two bells from me." He shook the two tinkling bells at his waist."The time limit is noon.Those who fail to snatch them will not get lunch, and."
He paused for a moment, his single eye sweeping over the three of them.
"They'll be tied to a stake and sent back to the Ninja Academy to repeat their studies."
The pressure was pushed to its limit in an instant.
"Drill, begin!"
The moment the words left his mouth, Sasuke was the first to disappear from the spot.He chose to act alone, to prove that he was far superior to others.Sakura Haruno hesitated for a second, then chased after the direction Sasuke had disappeared in, her mind filled with "Sasuke-kun, wait for me!"
Only Naruto walked unhurriedly to a large, leafy tree, climbed up in a few quick movements, found a comfortable branch, adjusted his posture, and even closed his eyes, emitting steady breathing sounds.
He seemed to be asleep.
At the other end of the training field, the battle began quickly and ended even faster.
Kakashi didn't even take out his precious little yellow book; he simply dealt with Sasuke's taijutsu, which was considered quite impressive among his peers.
After a feint attack, he appeared behind Sasuke, his hands forming a tiger seal.
"The Hidden Techniques of Konoha!"
"Thousand-Year Kill!"
Sasuke's screams echoed throughout half the forest.
Once one was dealt with, the other was even easier.With a simple illusion, Sakura Haruno saw Sasuke lying on the ground, severely injured.She screamed and immediately fainted.
Kakashi clapped his hands.Two now.
He appeared under the big tree where Naruto was, looking up at the blond boy who was snoring evenly.
Is she really asleep?
That's incredibly audacious.
Kakashi, somewhat exasperated, prepared to jump up and wake up this unqualified student.
However, just as he crouched down slightly, preparing to exert his strength, a sudden change occurred!
The thick tree branch that Naruto was "resting" on suddenly exploded into three pieces without warning.White mist!
Bang!Bang!Bang!
Three identical Naruto Uzumaki figures, arranged in a triangular formation, attacked him from above, below, and in the middle, each wielding a kunai, with a resolute air!
Meanwhile, the "Naruto himself," who was fast asleep on the tree branch, turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared.
It's a shadow clone!
A hint of surprise flashed in Kakashi's single eye.
He easily dodged the three men's attack, but the moment he landed, the ground beneath his feet suddenly softened!
A golden head popped out of the ground—it was Naruto!
"Earth Release: Heart-Slaying Technique!"
Kakashi reacted extremely quickly, using a substitution jutsu to easily escape the moment his body sank in.
When he reappeared a few meters away and looked at Naruto crawling out of the ground, the laziness on his face finally subsided a bit.
This kid.isn't sleeping.
He was planning from the very beginning.
Naruto climbed out of the pit, patted the mud off his body, and looked annoyed at his failed prank.
Only he could see that Kakashi's battle data was being rapidly analyzed on the system panel.
[Target: Kakashi Hatake.Taijutsu style: Assassination-style, precise and efficient.Chakra nature: Wind, Lightning, Water, Fire, Earth.]
[Weakness Analysis: A significant deficiency in chakra reserves; the fighting style heavily relies on the Sharingan for prediction and copying, favoring quick victories and unable to sustain high-intensity attrition warfare.]
The conclusion is in.
A genius who excels in only one subject but is severely unbalanced in another.
Naruto turned and ran, showing no intention of lingering in the fight.
He needs to find another "power".
Not long after, he found Uchiha Sasuke, who was tightly bound to a wooden stake with ropes and whose face was full of humiliation, in a clearing in the forest.
When Sasuke saw Naruto, he was taken aback at first, then turned his head away, his face full of stubbornness that said, "Don't come and laugh at me."
Naruto didn't laugh at him, or even say anything.
He simply walked over, drew his kunai, and with a swift stroke, precisely cut the ropes binding Sasuke.
The rope fell to the ground.
Sasuke was stunned; he had never expected Naruto to do that.
"You can't win in a one-on-one fight." Naruto sheathed his kunai and looked at him calmly."You crave power, don't you?"
Sasuke didn't answer, but his body was already tense.
"Then let's first learn to make use of all the resources available around us."
Naruto extended a finger and tapped his chest.
"Including me."
These words don't sound like something a loser would say.
Sasuke looked into Naruto's calm, unwavering blue eyes, eyes devoid of sympathy or pity, filled only with an almost cold rationality.For the first time, his perception of this "idiot" began to waver.
Just then, Naruto suddenly turned his head and gestured with his chin toward another grove of trees not far away.
He pointed in that direction and said to Sasuke:
"Look, Kakashi-sensei's biggest 'weakness' has arrived."
Sasuke looked in the direction he was pointing.
Just a few dozen meters away, under a tree, Kakashi Hatake was leaning against the trunk, holding a small orange book with an ambiguous cover, reading it with great interest, exuding an aura of complete relaxation and utter unguardedness.
The book is called "Intimate Paradise".
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