Naruto held his head and woke up from the pain.
Now, there was no need to worry about the Nine-Tails resting inside him.
Otherwise, if Naruto fell into a deep coma, the Nine-Tails would definitely go wild like in other Jinchūriki.
The main reason Naruto wanted to break the seal quickly was not to become a perfect Jinchūriki.
What he really wanted was to awaken the remaining chakra of Namikaze Minato and Kushina.
After all, what teachers could be better than those two? Even Jiraiya couldn't compare.
In the original story, Jiraiya spent three years only teaching him how to control the Nine-Tails' chakra.
And that was exactly what Naruto needed right now.
As for the Rasengan, Sage Mode, and summoning, his "cheap father" was far better than Jiraiya. Not to mention Flying Thunder God and other advanced techniques.
Once he mastered them, he could reach the level of the "Yellow Flash."
On top of that, Kushina's sealing techniques and the Uzumaki bloodline would give him great survivability.
It was just a pity that his "cheap father's" seal was too troublesome. Even after three years of training and combining the power of two lifetimes, he could only barely use the Two-Tails state.
But it wouldn't be long before Minato's seal would be broken.
Naruto stood up, brushed the dirt off his clothes, and muttered:
"So he used the chance to awaken both Sharingan during the night of the clan's extermination? Looks like Sasuke might enter my sealed space once he reaches three tomoe…"
— Naruto, Naruto…
A soft voice suddenly came from behind.
Naruto turned and saw Hinata, holding a bento, her face red.
"Eat…"
Hinata pushed the bento into Naruto's hands and turned to leave.
But Naruto smiled mischievously and pulled her into his arms.
"Where are you going? Let's eat together. Come on~ ah~"
He opened the bento, picked up a piece of sushi, and brought it to Hinata's lips.
Her eyes widened, and she instinctively opened her mouth.
Naruto pushed the sushi into her mouth.
"Nice!!"
Their lips touched slightly, and Hinata froze for a second before jumping away like a scared rabbit.
She ran off without even looking back, her face completely red.
Naruto licked his lips and laughed strangely, then looked at his body with regret.
"Still too small…"
Not far away, two branch family guards responsible for protecting Hinata were watching.
Time passed quickly, and more than half a year went by.
Under Hiruzen Sarutobi's actions, the conflict between the Uchiha clan and the villagers kept growing.
Every day, some "troublemakers" were caught by the Uchiha police and sent to prison.
The lower-class villagers complained a bit, but it didn't affect the ninja much.
Inside the Ninja Academy training hall,
six students who skipped class were playing cards.
Unlike the original, Ino and Naruto had also joined them.
"Kiba, that guy Sasuke is getting more and more annoying. You can see how arrogant he is. Five six!"
Kiba complained.
"So what? His clan came first. Naruto, aren't you going to teach him a lesson? I remember he was scared of you at the start. Five tens! Open!"
Shikamaru said lazily.
Ino suddenly widened her eyes and slammed her cards down.
"Open? Impossible! Five Aces! Hahaha! I win!"
Shikamaru looked at his empty hand and sighed.
But Naruto suddenly threw his cards.
"Five twos! Burn cards! Big prize! Hahaha, I win!"
Ino froze.
"Why do you have so many cards!? You're cheating!"
Then she shouted at Chōji:
"Smash him! Beat him! Don't let him run!"
Chōji looked at his cards helplessly.
Ino angrily threw her cards away.
"I'm not playing anymore! Shikamaru and Naruto are teaming up!"
Outside, an Anbu watching everything felt disgusted.
At first, they were worried about these "next generation ninja princes."
But later, they realized these kids were just skipping class, eating, and playing all day.
What they didn't know was—
while playing cards, Naruto and the others were secretly exchanging intelligence.
After that, they calmly went home when class ended.
Learning how to gather information was the first lesson for future ninja.