Naruto's Exam

In the bustling metropolis of Konoha, Naruto, a well-known entrepreneur, privately displays his demeanor which makes people around him feel sympathetic, including his good friends Sasuke and Sakura, new employees in the company, and even some senior department heads.

As for Naruto's adoptive father, Minato Namikaze, he was so heartbroken that he was speechless at the moment.

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["Naruto, you can't come over here!"]

[The golden youth who is on the social fringe is still struggling to fit in with the crowd, "It's okay, let's play together!"]

[“Look at this city, is there anyone willing to be with you?”]

[“Okay, let’s go and ignore him!”]

[He seemed to have an invisible barrier, and wherever he went, people would subconsciously avoid him.]

Watching all this, Gaara felt a deep resonance.

Naruto glared at the screen angrily, "That's enough! Why do they always show stories about my childhood? Can't they just show Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi-sensei and the others?!"

"Naruto, calm down." Kakashi soothed him, "It's not a big deal. You see, you already have a group of trustworthy companions now."

"Hmph!" Naruto turned his head away angrily, unwilling to watch any further, because he knew that the next scene on the screen would be an experience from his past in Konoha's commercial street.

With the prosperous development of the city, the number of residents and businesses in Konoha is increasing day by day. Although it cannot be said to be extremely lively, the streets and alleys are already crowded with people.

However, no matter where Naruto went, he could always feel those strange looks.

[Naruto, who was used to this kind of treatment, saw a fox mask accessory in a past video and fell in love with it. ]

[“Get out of here, you piece of shit!”]

[“Ah, it hurts…”]

[He was roughly pushed away by the shop owner, and even the mask he liked was thrown to the ground in disgust, as if anything Uzumaki Naruto touched would be cursed.]

[The young Naruto in the video tearfully defended himself: "I just wanted to see this mask..."]

[“We don’t sell things to people like you!” The boss glanced at the discarded mask and said disdainfully: “This mask is for you! Go away! Don’t bother me anymore!” Then he announced loudly to the store: “From now on, we will disinfect the entire store to exorcise evil spirits and get rid of bad luck!”]

[Faced with the sarcasm and endless malice around him, Naruto shouted out his doubts at that time:]

【“Why do you do this to me?!”】

[“I’m not a monster, nor am I a pest!”]

[Why are you looking at me like that? ! "]

When everyone saw this video, they finally understood why Naruto hated others exposing his past scars. He lived so tenaciously, yet so humble...

"Naruto..." As the son of a group, Uchiha Sasuke rarely got involved in society. He never knew that Naruto was in such a situation outside of school.

In his childhood, Naruto was just an annoying guy who would pick fights with him from time to time. It was not until his family was tragically wiped out that Sasuke truly experienced the bitterness of being alone.

Now, seeing Naruto being rejected by the whole village and suspected by the villagers, he felt the pain he had never felt before for the first time...

Sasuke couldn't help but ask himself, if he had experienced what Naruto had endured, would he have turned his back on this city?

Will he, or won't he?!

Not only Sasuke had such an idea, many high-level officials from villages all over the place were also watching this video.

"Hey! I remember there was a saying before that this guy is the reincarnation of the savior of the ninja world?"

“This is too tragic…”

"Nonsense! The Nidaime Hokage died decades ago. It must be Konoha's doing."

The Kage and Deputy Kage of the major villages were confused by this. If this was a conspiracy planned by Konoha, then it would be illogical to expose the dark side of their own village.

At this time, Minato Namikaze was staring at the screen, witnessing his son's suffering over the past twelve years. He was deeply trapped in self-blame and wished he could immediately travel into the screen to refute those who misunderstood Naruto!

He really wanted to tell everyone that his son was not a monster, let alone a pest!

He is the hero of Konoha! Just like the wife of the First Hokage, Lady Mito! Just like himself, Minato Namikaze, and the wife of the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, Kushina Uzumaki!

They are the silent and unknown heroes of Konoha!

[Just as the Fourth Hokage was in great pain and audiences around the world were still discussing it, the camera switched to the time when Naruto was completely isolated and forced to drop out of school. ]

Reliving the past, Iruka apologized to Naruto guiltily.

"Oh, Mr. Iruka, you misunderstood!" Naruto touched the mark on his forehead embarrassedly, "Mr. Iruka is the first person to recognize me after the Third Hokage!"

"Naruto-kun..." Hinata stood in the distance, wringing her hands nervously. Her voice was so soft that no one could hear it.

In fact, there has always been a girl who has been moved by Naruto's persistence and perseverance and has already accepted him - that is Hinata.

[Watching his son being bullied to the point of dropping out of school, Namikaze Minato couldn't control his grief. Even though he knew Naruto would eventually overcome the difficulties, he still couldn't help but blame the Third Hokage for his arrangement and complained about the teachers' indifference towards Naruto.]

[At dusk, after dropping out of school, Naruto stayed alone in Konoha Square, watching parents pick up children of the same age and listening to them talk to their children about the delicious food prepared at home...]

Naruto, both in his childhood and now, is extremely envious of this.

【At this time, the video shows Shikamaru's father, Nara Shikaku, coming to take Shikamaru home. 】

If you hadn't witnessed the video with your own eyes, no one would know that in a corner of a bustling city, before Naruto watched the Nara father and son disappear from his sight, his bright eyes were always fixed on a pair of hands of different sizes clasped together...

Because in his life, there has never been a man who can be called "father" who is willing to hold his hand like that and tell him that his mother is busy in the kitchen at home, preparing a sumptuous dinner and waiting for their return...

The bitter smile and lost look on Naruto's face in the video are enough to make the viewer sad.

After watching this video, the fourth generation Minato Namikaze, the heir to a large company, felt as painful as if someone was interrogating him harshly.

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[“Naruto, are you willing to join our company team?” In the video, several seemingly arrogant young city elites surrounded Naruto, “As long as you can meet our requirements, we will welcome you to join and become one of us!”]

"Hey, it's obviously a cover!" Shikamaru's lazy voice sounded, and he said to Naruto: "Boy, don't trust others easily, idiot."

In response, Uchiha Sasuke nodded helplessly. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the voice in the video:

[“Really?! That’s great!!” Naruto in the video was overjoyed to hear that someone was willing to accept him, and he didn’t notice the teasing in the other person’s words at all.]

"What an idiot! You can't even tell this is an obvious scam!" Sasuke shouted indignantly.

"That's enough, stupid Sasuke!" Naruto's smile faded and he retorted, "How could I have known so much at that time?!"

Witnessing the expectant look on young Naruto's face in the video, everyone around him knew that Naruto at that time would do his best to fight for even a glimmer of hope, just to gain the recognition and companionship of his colleagues.

Sasuke thought to himself, not only then, this idiot would always go all out. Although he was a new employee at the bottom of the company, he always brought new hope to people.

The Second Hokage held the same view, and during a business meeting, he felt that Naruto was even more reliable than his business partner, Hashirama, the head of the Senju Group!

He is not the only one who holds this view, nor is it limited to the "bigwigs" in the business world. When six former corporate executives used virtual reality technology to look back on the past, the senior leaders of the Konoha Group, Sand and Gravel Group, Thunder Group and Mizusawa Group all expressed curiosity about Naruto's life and unanimously recognized his value.

[However, that was only a memory of the past. In the video, the young Naruto was deceived by a workplace trap and taken to the mountains on the edge of the city.]

[And the day before, the Konoha Group's security forces clashed with corporate agents from other countries here...]

"Could it be the Takigakure Group who did it?" Sakura asked in surprise.

Shikamaru nodded. He and Choji already knew this news.

If it weren't for Manager Iruka's rescue at the critical moment, Naruto's fate would probably have been rewritten, and he would have fallen in loneliness and frustration...

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[“Mountain area! Mountain area!!”]

[“As long as we find the lost project files, we can take back that important victory!”]

【“I will be able to gain recognition from my colleagues!”】

Everyone watching the video frowned as they saw Naruto, who was extremely excited about being recognized by his colleagues, and they were unable to empathize with his joy.

Because everyone present, except Naruto in the video, could see clearly -

Those young elites who claimed to "accept him"

You're just making fun of him and making fun of him!

"This joke is too much..." someone commented.

Many people noticed something from the video, including the agents of the Takigakure Group.

"Hey, hey! Which group attacked Konoha back then? Are they still around?!!"

"I don't know! But I heard that Konoha Group has sent invitations for business talks to several other multinational groups!!"

"Then why don't we send someone over to participate?! After all, our new employees are taking the internal promotion assessment at Konoha Group!"

"What bad luck! Who could have expected that the young man back then would become such a famous figure in the future?!"

"It seems that he has close ties with the core members of other companies and future leaders of various industries! What if he unites these people to fight against us, or persuades the major groups to swallow up the Takigakure Group..."

"That's right..." The agents of the Takigakure Group seemed to have foreseen the tragic future of their company: "Let alone the nine key talents, it would be difficult for us to deal with just one elite who has mastered the Nine-Tails project! And if he uses the same method against our village as the one who turned a large area into a desert battlefield..."

Thinking of this, their hearts tightened and they couldn't help but hold their heads and cry!

But compared to them, the young talents of the same age as Naruto in the video are undoubtedly more miserable...

[In the video, they mocked Naruto after he left: "Look at how excited he is. He doesn't even know he's been fooled! What a fool!"]

[“Hehehe, who told me that no one paid attention to him?”]

[“Yes, we enjoy playing tricks on him. He should be grateful to us~”]

Such words are really despicable...

At this moment, Uzumaki Naruto, his colleagues in his department, and some justice-minded viewers in front of the screen all cast their eyes on the three young men who had teased Naruto back then, with contempt in their eyes.

Senju Tobirama frowned and said, "It seems that our investment in employee psychological counseling and orphan talent training has indeed been insufficient over the years! Has the concept of establishing an orphan vocational training center that I proposed earlier been implemented?"