Chapter 81 - 11

Chapter 11: Many Wives, Much Fortune! The Ninja Academy Opens!Konoha, Year 54, Spring.The first day of the Ninja Academy was excessively sunny.Six-year-old Uzumaki Naruto stood at the academy gate, taking a deep breath.The Ninja Academy... it had finally arrived.Naruto felt a bit sentimental. Although the training intensity of Ivy had likely long surpassed this place, the standard procedures still had to be followed.Besides...He glanced to his side.On his left, six-year-old Hinata was nervously tugging at her clothes, whispering: "Naruto-kun... I'm a little nervous..."On his right, six-year-old Sakura Haruno was busy trying to tie her pink hair more neatly, muttering to herself: "I heard Iruka is very strict... I hope the theory class isn't too difficult..."Behind them, nine-year-old Uchiha Izumi smiled as she pushed them both forward: "Alright, alright, you two little ones, Big Sister is here. Besides..." She lowered her voice, "Don't forget, we are members of 'Ivy', so the regular curriculum will definitely be no problem."Naruto smiled and was just about to speak when he heard a lazy voice:"Yo, isn't this our great lover? Surrounded by girls on the very first day of school."Shikamaru walked over slowly with his hands in his pockets, followed by Choji, who was eating potato chips."Shikamaru! Choji!" Naruto waved happily. "Are you guys in this class too?""How unfortunate..." Shikamaru sighed. "To think I have to be in the same class as a troublesome guy like you for six years. I can already foresee how much trouble lies ahead."Choji smiled foolishly: "Naruto, I heard the nutritional meals at the Ninja Academy are delicious."In the original story, Naruto only gained these two friendships through standing in the corner as punishment, but now, due to a twist of fate, Narutohad long since become good friends with Shikamaru and Choji.Uchiha Izumi raised an eyebrow: "Hey, kid from the Nara family, watch your mouth. What do you mean by'surrounded by girls'?"Shikamaru raised his hands in surrender: "Sorry, sorry, Senior Izumi. But I'm just stating the facts." He pointed behind Naruto.Not far away, several girls from the same grade and even upper grades were peeking over, whispering:"Is that the son of the Fourth Hokage? His golden hair is so handsome...""I heard his mother is from the Uzumaki Clan, and he inherited excellent Chakra...""But... my dad said he is...""Shh! Don't say that at school!"Naruto's smile faded slightly. He knew exactly what those unfinished sentences were..."Monster Fox", "Calamity", "Murderer".Six years had passed. Although his parents were still alive, although Minato continued to protect Konoha through the'Sunflower' department, and although Kushina's 'Ivy' project had received secret support from the Five Kage, the average villager did not know this.They only knew that when the Nine-Tailedattacked Konoha six years ago, this child was born, the Nine-Tailed was sealed, and their families had died or been injured!In the official narrative, Naruto was the'son of the hero who sealed the Nine-Tailed'.But in the whispers of the taverns and alleys, he was the 'jinx that brought the Nine-Tailed' and the 'monster who survived using some evil method'."Don't pay attention to them." Uchiha Izumi shot a cold glance at those girls, her Sharingan faintly showing signs of activating. "A bunch of ignorant people.""It's fine, Big Sister Izumi." Naruto put his smile back on. "Let's go in."...The seating arrangement in the classroom was quite interesting.The young Iruka wore a smile, but the scar on his face was so striking!In the end, Uzumaki Naruto's seat was in the second to last row by the window, as if that were the classic 'protagonist spot'.To his left was Ino Yamanaka, and to his right was... Uchiha Sasuke.When Sasuke sat down next to Naruto with a cold face, the entire classroom went quiet for a moment.The genius of the Uchiha Clan, sitting next to the son of the Fourth Hokage.This combination was enough to make everyone concerned with clan politics let their imaginations run wild.Sasuke did not look at Naruto, just sat upright, his gaze fixed on the blackboard in front. But Narutocould feel that this boy, who was about the same age as him, was tense all over, like a fully drawn bow.Uchiha Sasuke...Naruto sighed in his heart. In this life, will your brother's burden be a little lighter? Can the fate of your clan be changed?"Hey." Sasuke suddenly spoke in a low voice, still not turning his head."Hmm?" Naruto was taken aback."You..." Sasuke's brow furrowed slightly. "Have a very strange feeling about you."Naruto was shocked inside.As expected of an Uchiha, is his intuition this sharp? Is it because of the Nine-Tailed, or because of... my soul as a transmigrator?"Maybe it's because my mother is from the Uzumaki Clan." Naruto played dumb. "Chakra from Sealing Jutsu clans is usually quite special."Sasuke glanced at him and didn't speak again.The first class was a theory class, explaining the basic principles of Chakra.For Naruto, Hinata, Sakura, and the others who had already started training, the content was simple to the point of being boring.But for most of the civilian children, this was brand new knowledge."Chakra is a mixture of spiritual energy and physical energy..." Iruka was drawing a diagram on the blackboard.Naruto rested his chin on one hand and looked out the window, his thoughts drifting away.The life energy circulation method that Grandpa Ashina taught him last night seemed to be combinable with Chakra theory..."Student Uzumaki Naruto."Naruto snapped back to reality and found the whole class looking at him.Iruka stood on the podium, his expression serious: "I just asked a question, what are the three basic changes of Chakra?"There was a slight snicker in the classroom.Several boys exchanged gloating glances."Look, the son of the Fourth Hokage is nothing special, daydreaming in the very first class."But the next second, Naruto stood up and answered fluently: "Nature transformation, shape transformation, and attribute conversion. Nature transformation changes the essential properties of Chakra, such as the 'burning' characteristic of Fire Release; shape transformation changes the shape of Chakra; attribute conversion allows one's own Chakra to simulate natural attributes, which requires extremely high control."After answering, he added: "Iruka-sensei, you missed one point just now. The 'quality' and 'quantity' of Chakra are two different things. Records of the Uzumaki Clan mention that some people are born with a large quantity of Chakra but it is coarse in quality, while others have less but it is refined. This determines the suitable development direction."The classroom was dead silent.Iruka opened his mouth, then smiled: "Completely correct. And a very good addition. It seems Student Naruto has prepared well. Please sit down."When Naruto sat down, he could feel Sasuke's gaze lingering on him for a few seconds.Sakura, sitting in the front row, turned back and gave Naruto a thumbs up.Hinata, on the other hand, blushed and whispered to her deskmate Ino: "Naruto-kun... is so amazing..."Ino looked at Naruto, then at the cold-faced Sasukenext to him, and suddenly fell into a difficult choice: "Eh... blond handsome guy and black-haired cool guy... so hard to choose... but, the young master is definitely still the most handsome!"