It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

The fact that the Book of Seals was stolen by Uzumaki Naruto did not cause much stir in the village.

This farce was originally a trick played by three generations.

Things ended as he had thought. After Kakashi brought back Mizuki and Naruto, the Third Generation issued a gag order to all those who knew about the incident that night.

Many people woke up one day and didn't even know that the Konoha Ninja Village almost experienced the Nine-Tails Rebellion again.

So when the Third Hokage, as an elder, defined the fact that Naruto stole the Book of Seals as a joke made by a junior who had no knowledge of the seriousness of the matter.

Naruto knew that his secret arrangements during the two years since he traveled through time - whether it was hiding his abilities or improving his attitude towards the village - finally bore fruit after the Sealed Book incident.

Naruto's dream of becoming Hokage was recognized by the Third Hokage.

The punishment for Naruto was just a verbal warning from the Third Generation, and the matter of the Sealed Book was settled.

Just like that, three days passed in a flash...

Naruto replaced the goggles he was wearing on his forehead with a Konoha ninja forehead protector.

Two days ago, on the day after the Book of Seales incident, Naruto passed the graduation exam and obtained the qualification of a ninja.

After various procedures and arrangements, the Ninja School's graduation briefing session finally took place today.

At the briefing session, graduates who have obtained ninja qualifications will be assigned to mission teams led by senior ninjas.

In other words, eleven or twelve years old, who would have just entered junior high school in their previous lives, has already started "working" in the world of Naruto.

However, this is not uncommon in the world of Naruto. The history of ninja is the history of war.

In the original story of Shippuden, the entire ninja world was only peaceful on the surface for more than ten years, and then Uchiha "Madara" immediately launched the Fourth Ninja World War.

Years of war have made people in the Naruto world mature much earlier.

As always, Naruto entered the classroom through the back door.

The graduates in the classroom were all familiar faces.

Except for Team 3 led by Might Guy, who graduated last year, all of Konoha's future Twelve Ninjas are present.

"Naruto, this is the graduate briefing."

Seeing Naruto walk into the classroom, Nara Shikamaru, who had tied his long black hair into a pineapple bun, gave a kind reminder.

"Of course I graduated too! Look!"

Naruto grinned and pointed at the forehead protector on his forehead.

"I see. Congratulations on your graduation then."

Shikamaru glanced at the forehead protector on Naruto's head, waved his hand, and interrupted the conversation without permission.

Shikamaru spoke weakly, with his eyes drooping and a very negative attitude.

If someone who is not familiar with him, they might think that Shikamaru is just being perfunctory, but this is actually due to Shikamaru's personality.

The fact that Shikamaru could say congratulations to Naruto already shows that he and Naruto have a good relationship.

"whee."

Naruto gave a silly grin as a response.

After traveling through time, Naruto did not deliberately contact Shikamaru, but just slightly restrained the original Naruto's thorny and violent temper.

The result of this was that the relationship between Naruto and Shikamaru went from being able to say a word to each other.

It has become like this now where we occasionally chat and our relationship is neither good nor bad.

But this degree is enough, and his relationship with Shikamaru will be fed back to Shikamaru's father, Nara Shikaku.

Nara Shikaku plays a role like a think tank and military strategist in Konoha.

Although it is not clear how much effort Nara Shikaku put into helping the Third Hokage protect Naruto from being coveted by Danzo.

But as long as he has the tendency to agree with Naruto, his attitude and opinions will greatly influence the Hokage's decision.

Such a character is irreplaceable for the indecisive Third Hokage nowadays, and can effectively prevent Danzo from inciting the Third Hokage and persuading him to take action against Naruto.

After finishing his conversation with Shikamaru, Naruto also began to scan the classroom.

Although everyone as a graduate still came to the classroom at normal class time, the official time for the Ninja School teacher to start the briefing session was around ten o'clock in the morning.

It was really boring to just wait during this period, so Naruto chose a seat that made him feel a little more comfortable and sat down.

"Naruto-kun..."

As soon as he sat down, a whisper like a whisper came into Naruto's ears.

The voice was really small, coupled with the noise of a bunch of excited graduates in the classroom.

If Naruto hadn't been paying special attention to the owner of the voice.

Naruto might not be able to hear this call.

"It's Hinata."

The seat Naruto chose was right next to Hyuga Hinata.

The little girl in front of me, with short black hair and unique pure white eyes without pupils, was rubbing her fingers shyly.

"Naruto-kun...congratulations on...your graduation..."

Being stared at by Naruto, Hinata, who was already extremely shy, spoke even more quietly.

Hinata shrank her neck, her eyes fixed on her hands, not daring to turn her head to look at Naruto.

"Oh! Thank you!"

Naruto, however, took the initiative to move closer and put his face into Hinata's sight.

"No, no, you're welcome."

When she saw Naruto's face, Hinata's entire face turned red, including her ears.

It felt like Hinata was going to faint if she continued looking at Naruto's face like this.

Naruto decided to stop teasing Hinata while he was ahead.

Naruto's prank on Hinata was just a spur of the moment act.

In other words, as long as he stays in Konoha, Naruto will continue to pretend to be harmless.

Naruto is not really interested in the current Hinata, even though he knows that the women among the Twelve Little Strongmen will grow up to be graceful and beautiful in the future.

But now they are all little girls.

Naruto's orientation is very normal, and he treats Hinata more like an adult teasing a child.

If I really have any other thoughts about Hinata, such thoughts will only appear in the future.

However, it is still unknown whether he will have any interactions with Hinata in the future.

After all, Naruto's mind is now full of how to successfully carry out his defection plan.

Naruto's defection plan has just started to get on track, and he has no time to fall in love with a little girl.

Falling in love is a carefree thing...

Naruto's gaze shifted to Uchiha Sasuke on the other side of the classroom.

This time, Naruto did not act like a fool and be jealous of Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke like in the original work.

So the situation on Sasuke's side was more interesting. Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino blocked Sasuke in the middle of the seats, one on each side, because Sasuke was making a lot of noise.

Matters like love should be left to these two carefree girls.

However, Yamanaka Ino and Haruno Sakura are still little kids who don't understand what love is.

She always pesters Sasuke, simply because she thinks Uchiha Sasuke looks good with his cool and handsome face.

"I prefer quiet girls like you Hinata."

Naruto retracted his gaze and teased Hinata again.

Compared to the noise from Sasuke, staying with the quiet Hinata allows Naruto to think carefully about the plans related to defection in his mind.

Hinata, whose blush had not yet subsided, suddenly heard Naruto's words.

The red face, which had faded slightly, suddenly became redder than before.

Hinata just felt dizzy and then she slumped over the table.

It seems that Hinata will not look up again before the briefing officially begins.