Naruto's Exam

Naruto was kneeling on the ground on a busy street, supporting an unconscious boy, a worried look in his eyes.

A doctor in a white coat came hurriedly.

Naruto seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be talking to the doctor.

"He's about the same age as Konohamaru..."

“Why did we experience these tragedies?”

Shiranui Genma said seriously: "This is the dark side of the city, Naruto. If you have experienced similar social unrest, you will understand."

"What turmoil! This is nothing but pushing the children into a brutal fight!"

Recalling how he had just witnessed the child being bullied by dozens of adults, Naruto burst into tears in anger and looked down at the boy's arm that could not be healed.

"Those people took out their anger on him because of their hatred for his father and brother. They could have just ended his life, but they tortured him and made him betray his family out of fear."

"He didn't give in to what those people wanted. He's tougher than me."

"Even if the arm is cut off..."

"Nor did he harm the bodies on the ground as they commanded."

Moonlight Gale called softly, "Naruto."

“…” Naruto felt unwilling and regretted not taking action earlier.

The injury to that arm was irreparable.

"Report!" The doctor who had completed the examination said anxiously, "It has been confirmed that no one survived nearby. They are not from Konoha City, and..."

"Ok?"

The doctor leaned close to Genma Shiranui and whispered something in his ear, and shock flashed across the other's face.

When Naruto was confused and didn't understand why he didn't return to Konoha as soon as possible to treat the child, Genma Shiranui looked embarrassed.

According to the ninja's report...

They may have traveled through time and space and arrived at the war-torn era at least seventy years ago.

This child is a ninja from the war era!

"What are you hesitating about?!" Naruto's voice was low and lost: "I don't want to regret it like I did just now..."

"If I had acted earlier, his arm wouldn't have been broken..." The blue eyes and the golden hair under the moonlight also revealed the same disappointment, "If I had acted earlier, his ninja career wouldn't have ended."

[Namikaze Minato: "Naruto..."]

On the side, Hashirama Senju was unable to calm down.

From the moment Naruto said, "Isn't it just sending a bunch of children to the battlefield?!", he saw the shadow of his youth.

[“The Third Shinobi World War? It seems like there are wars everywhere and at any time.”]

[Minato: "No, Satsudaime-sama, you have reduced wars and conflicts. It is our turn to continue the efforts. Peace will eventually come!"]

He looked at his son.

["At least, that's what Kushina and I both believe."]

……

After repeated hesitation, or rather Naruto's attitude and many observations, influenced the decision-making of Xuanjian, Hayate and others.

Finally, they took the seriously injured ninja boy and, under the guidance of the Toad Brigade, passed through the strange barrier and returned to Konoha City...

Shortly after they left, a young boy about Naruto's age walked out from the shadows of the woods.

He was wearing a retro high-necked kimono, his short black hair was fluffy like a hedgehog, and bags under his eyes were faintly visible.

The boy looked in surprise at the direction where everyone disappeared.

"these people……"

“Who on earth is that person?!!”

Konoha City?

The third medical team?

There are also rescue teams with various skills and ninjutsu...

Will these people become their enemies?

become……

Enemy of Uchiha? ! !

-

When Naruto woke up, it was still dark and he looked a little tired from last night's experience.

He yawned in his funny nightcap, completely unaware of the crisis around him.

I glanced at the alarm clock, "It's only half past six..."

Yesterday he returned to Konoha City with senior ninjas such as Genma Shiranui, Hayate Gekkou, and members of the medical team.

The mission report was handled by the senior ninja Genma Shiranui. He was asked to go back and rest, and he could go to the hospital to visit the ninja boy he rescued tomorrow.

But due to too many things happening recently, the content of the movie and the practice of Rasengan made him physically and mentally exhausted.

In particular, questions about the definition of peace, the nature of war, and why people cannot understand each other have been lingering in his mind until yesterday...

In order to test ninjutsu, Orochimaru made the five-year-old Yota into a puppet for Impure World Reincarnation.

The war nearly claimed the life of a child about the same age as Konohamaru, and watching those adults vent their hatred on a boy of six or seven years old.

These worries completely exploded in Naruto's heart.

He was even so annoyed that he ran to the place called "Deep Thinking" again to chat with the two big foxes.

[Yang Jiuwei snorted coldly: "Hasn't human beings always been like this? Finding some high-sounding excuses for their bad nature is just venting their dissatisfaction."]

Naruto was puzzled, "Venting your dissatisfaction? What dissatisfaction?"

[Kurouma looked at Naruto meaningfully: "Most things in the world go against expectations. People will be dissatisfied with things that cannot go as they wish."]

[“Everyone has different concepts and experiences. You need to judge for yourself, Naruto.” Kurama told him: “For example, in your experience, although there is darkness in your heart, it has not overwhelmed your justice. But if it were someone else, they might have the idea of ​​destroying Konoha.”]

For example, in his memory, there was the little kid who had accompanied him in the Limited Tsukuyomi - Uzumaki Menma.

Naruto tilted his head, clearly not fully understanding yet.

[“One day you will understand, but the premise is…”]

Jiu Lama paused for a moment and continued:

[“You need to have a sense of crisis!! Humph! Stupid kid!!”]

"???"

Suddenly ejected from his "deep thoughts", Naruto complained, "What's going on? Why are you suddenly angry?!"

A sharp kunai was pressed against Naruto's neck.

"Don't move!"

"Are you really a ninja? How did you survive until now with such a poor sense of crisis?"

Naruto was startled when he heard the voice beside him. He was half asleep and half awake in the early morning, and then he realized...

A kunai is pressed against his neck! ! ! !

"Ahhhhhh! You're trespassing!" Naruto yelled, "No matter what, put the kunai down first!!"

"Don't scream!"

"Who are you?!" Naruto tried to move away from the kunai, but was clamped by the opponent's arms and could not move.

"Don't move! Tell me where this is first!"

"This is Konoha City. How did you get here if you don't even know this place?! Aren't you from Konoha?!"

Naruto instantly became alert. Even though he was not very focused on his studies, he remembered the teachings of the ninja school in his heart. He must maintain the highest level of vigilance when encountering ninjas from other villages.

"Konoha? I've never heard of this place!" A young ninja with messy hair approached Naruto, the shuriken in his hand almost touching his neck: "Tell me, which ninja clan does this place belong to?"

"Which ninja clan?" Naruto looked at the black-haired young man of the same age as him in confusion. An inexplicable feeling emerged in his heart - that he was somewhat similar to Sasuke.

"Speak!" The shuriken left a light red mark on Naruto's neck, but did not cut the skin, showing that the young man had controlled the strength just right.

Naruto felt that the other party was inexplicable: "Konohagakure is a village with many families with different surnames living in it..."

"For example, the Hyuga family, the Nara family, the Yamanaka family, the Akimichi family, the Inuzuka family, the Sarutobi family, the Uchiha family, the Kurama family..."

"Uchiha?!" The black-haired young man was surprised: "You said there is an Uchiha clan here?"

The young man's expression was full of shock and suspicion.

Naruto carefully stepped back to keep the shuriken away from his neck. "Who are you?"

Perhaps because Naruto's eyes were too innocent, the black-haired young man hesitated for a moment, and finally answered: "For some reason, I cannot reveal my last name. My name is Madara."

"My name is Naruto, as for my last name..." Naruto didn't think there was anything wrong with it, he just thought what Madara said was very cool, so he replied: "For some reason, I can't tell you my last name either!"

Naruto's so-called reason: If you don't tell me, I won't tell you! Also, it's cool to say it this way...

In the same room, Namikaze Minato was shocked. Although he guessed that the other party might be a ninja from the Warring States Period who followed Naruto through time and space, but if his name was "Madara"...

I'm afraid it's only Uchiha Madara? Besides, he was particularly sensitive to the Uchiha surname just now.

"Master Shodai, what's going on?"

Hashirama Senju stared at Madara's childhood face, his eyes full of nostalgia.

"Madara!" He was only half a step away from the young Madara, but the other party couldn't see him, which made the God of Ninja feel lost.

Minato couldn't understand and asked, "Although it wasn't long, I was the Hokage and I know that Konoha is protected by a spherical sealing barrier. Once strange chakra enters, the sealing class will immediately notify the Hokage, but why..."

Hashirama scratched his head and smiled: "Because Madara is my friend, I marked him on the barrier after I left Konoha. His chakra can enter and leave Konoha at any time, and it will not be discovered by the Sealing Class or the Sensing Class. Don't tell Tobirama and Mito, they will be angry."

"......" Minato Namikaze was speechless and sighed for the Second Hokage.

The first generation and Madara were friends? This made him unbelievable.

"When I met Madara, it was not long after Kawarama died, so Madara probably doesn't recognize me now," said Hashirama.

Minato looked at the first generation's lost look when facing Uchiha Madara, and thought awkwardly: Even if he knew you, he can't see you and me like this now...

"Master Shodai, you seem to have a good relationship with Uchiha Madara? But the records show..."

"Madara was the revelation of my destiny..." said Senju Hashirama, "In the end, I killed him with my own hands."

Minato did not ask the reason, but the biggest question was why the masked man called himself Uchiha Madara.

"Master Shodaime, are you sure that Madara is really dead?"

"Absolutely true."

After hearing the Fourth Hokage mention that the masked man called himself Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama replied: "Back then, I killed Madara with my own hands. I pierced his heart with my knife. I was sure he was dead."

"Shodaime-sama..."

Namikaze Minato looked solemn.

"Have you heard of the Uchiha clan's forbidden eye technique - Izanagi?"

Hashirama: "!!!! You mean..."

“It’s just a possibility, but it cannot be confirmed for now.”

......

The young Naruto, who was completely unaware of the existence of Minato Namikaze and Hashirama Senju, confronted the young Madara. In the end, it was Madara's stomach growling that broke the silence.

Naruto: “…”

spot:"……"

Sighing, Naruto, unable to fall asleep again, got up and went to find cup noodles for breakfast.

"What flavor do you want? Soy sauce? Tonkotsu? Miso is also fine."

"I have military ration pills..."

The young Madara is thin-skinned and sensitive. Hashirama Senju, the God of Ninja, knows this well. They were like this when they first met as friends without knowing each other's last names. Madara looks smart, but it's also funny to see him growl and get angry every time he's teased by himself.

"Huh?" Naruto was puzzled: "Aren't military ration pills only eaten when on a mission?"

"Never mind that. This is for you." Naruto handed him a bucket of soy sauce flavored cup noodles, and took out the miso flavored soaking water and waited for three minutes.

Madara wondered, mimicking his actions.

"I don't know which village you are from, and why you came to Konoha. As a Konoha ninja, I will take you to see the Hokage, and he will decide whether you stay or go." Naruto bit into the ramen: "I still have a lot of things to do."

“A lot of things?”

Hokage?

He should be a clan leader, the leader of the ninja village, right?

Naruto was unprepared: "Of course there are many things to do. I have to visit the injured Yota and the boy I saved last night. I also have to continue my training and learn the Rasengan from Gosei Sennin."

"…" Madara just asked, but he didn't expect Naruto to really tell him, "You guys, you really don't have any defense at all."

“You asked me!”

Seeing the dissatisfaction on Naruto's face, Uchiha Madara almost choked on his own words.

"You asked me and I will answer! How could the leader called 'Hokage' allow a fool like you to be a ninja?! It didn't take long for the information to be leaked after the mission!"

[“…” Namikaze Minato watched the conversation between his son and Uchiha Madara, feeling both incredible and thinking that the legendary Shura of the Ninja World was not much more cunning than his son…]

"By the way, let me ask you," Madara imitated Naruto and tasted a mouthful of ramen...

“What is this? It tastes good! It would be even better if you add some sugar and vinegar!”

"Soy sauce ramen with sugar and vinegar? You are really creative..." Naruto's mouth twitched, but considering that it was rare to entertain guests at home, he still brought the seasoning for him.

“You are quite rich.”

Naruto was surprised to find that Madara would comment on him in this way. "Why do you say that?"

Madara calmly analyzed: "A fool like you can't complete any valuable tasks. Most of the money-making tasks are war missions. A kid like you will be killed in minutes on the battlefield!"

"You have your own place to live," Madara looked around the room. There were many things he had never seen before, "and you can eat such delicious food. You can even eat as much candy as you want."

[Hashirama Senju smiled and explained to Minato: "In the Warring States Period, candy and other items were considered luxury goods, and ninjas rarely ate them. Madara and I are both eldest sons, and even if we received rewards, most of them would be left to our younger brothers."]

Naruto looked at Madara: "I don't understand what you are saying at all, although it may be