Chapter 7
"123... Eggplant!"
"Good, it's taken!"
"Thank you."
Naruto took his photo, thanked the Mediterranean old man, and walked toward the Hokage building.
Yesterday, after receiving Iruka's approval, he successfully graduated, and this approval was not denied by Sarutobi Hiruzen.
This meant he could soon become an official genin of Konoha!
Entering the Hokage building, he filled out his graduation documents in an office, attached the photo, and then went to the Hokage's office to hand his documents to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Sarutobi Hiruzen took Naruto's file, looked at it, but did not stamp it immediately.
"Naruto..."
"Yes."
"Can I trouble you to come over for a moment?"
Naruto hesitated for a moment, then walked over.
When he got close to Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage pulled open his clothes and glanced at his stomach.
The seal was still there. The Nine-Tails' chakra could be clearly sensed!
This was indeed the real Naruto!
"Mm, it's fine now."
Sarutobi Hiruzen stamped the graduation document heavily and smiled at Naruto, "Congratulations on graduating, Naruto."
"Thank you."
Naruto thanked him politely and was about to leave the office.
At this moment, the office door was pushed open from outside, and a bun-haired, gap-toothed little brat suddenly rushed in.
"Grandpa, let's have a showdown!"
"The Fifth Hokage will be me, Konohamaru!"
"Ouch!"
Biu!
Beng!
"..."
Glancing at Konohamaru lying peacefully on the ground, Naruto looked completely speechless.
So this is Konohamaru?
"It hurts!"
"Damn it, is there a trap here?"
Konohamaru looked around vigilantly, trying to find the trap. At this time, Ebisu followed and blocked the doorway.
"Are… are you okay, young master?"
"And there's no trap there at all!"
Konohamaru didn't believe Ebisu's words at all. Covering his head, he turned and saw Uzumaki Naruto, immediately concluding that the trap was set by Naruto.
"So that's how it is. It was your trick!"
"..."
"Idiot."
"Id… idiot?"
Konohamaru pointed his thumb at himself and said: "Do you know who I am? You actually dare to call me an idiot?"
"This is the Third Hokage-sama's own grandson. You actually dare to call him an idiot?" Ebisu helpfully added.
Naruto glanced at Ebisu, then looked at the annoying Konohamaru.
This guy was probably thinking that he was the same kind of Sarutobi lackey as Ebisu.
"I don't care who you are. Get out of the way."
Naruto didn't want to waste words with Konohamaru and tried to walk around him to leave.
However, Konohamaru refused to give up and blocked Naruto's path again.
"Damn it, you insulted me. You have to apologize!!"
Naruto ignored Konohamaru and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Old man, if I hit him, you won't make things difficult for me, right?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen: "..."
"Hit me? I am the Hokage-sama's grandson. You dare to hit me?!"
Before Sarutobi Hiruzen could answer, Konohamaru provoked again!
This time, Naruto didn't hold back and gave him a heavy punch! He didn't use the Glint-Glint Fruit's ability, nor did he use full strength.
Less than 30% of his power, but it was enough to give Konohamaru a big bump on his head.
"Idiot."
Looking at Konohamaru who was knocked down by his punch, Naruto cursed again.
Then he looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen and said: "It's settled. Don't make things difficult for me, old man. If you do in the future, I'll pull out all your beard!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen: "..."
A genin who just graduated was threatening the Hokage. This was outrageous!
"Young… young master, are you okay?"
"Hokage-sama, is this really okay?"
Ebisu was extremely anxious beside Konohamaru, but he didn't dare to demand an explanation from Naruto.
After all, Konohamaru's own grandfather hadn't said anything, so he couldn't stand up for Konohamaru either.
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Naruto's departing back and sighed, "It's just kids fooling around. No need to mind it."
Although he was troubled by Naruto's lawlessness, Naruto's behavior just now had a shadow of the previous Naruto.
This also completely put Sarutobi Hiruzen's suspicions about Naruto to rest.
It was true that Naruto's changes in the past two days were too big. Even after confirming that the Naruto in front of him was the Nine-Tails jinchūriki, he was still uneasy.
Fortunately, it was all just his overthinking!
Naruto was still the same Naruto. It was just that the graduation exam had hit him too hard.
It seemed that in the future, he would still need Iruka and Kakashi to strengthen Naruto's ideological education!
Ebisu saw that Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't mind, so he didn't dare to argue with Naruto either.
However, after Konohamaru got up, he said a lot of bad things about Naruto.
Things like "You are the Third Hokage's grandson. A guy like Naruto is not worthy to be compared with you."
But Konohamaru didn't listen at all. He even secretly slipped away while Ebisu wasn't paying attention.
...
At this time, Naruto was walking on the way home.
Originally without memories, he didn't even know where his home was.
Fortunately, the ANBU later came and took away the Book of Seals and Mizuki, leaving only Naruto and Iruka.
Taking this opportunity, Naruto found an excuse and invited Iruka to go to his home.
As Naruto's teacher, Iruka naturally knew where Naruto's home was.
So, with Naruto deliberately slowing his pace by half a beat, Iruka successfully sent Naruto back to his own home!
"Xiao Ai, I've successfully graduated, right? Where's my mission reward?"
[Ding!]
[Congratulations to the host for completing the mission and successfully graduating to become a genin. Now awarding the reward: Max-level Swordsmanship! All Attributes *2!]
As Xiao Ai's voice fell, Naruto immediately felt a lot of understanding about swordsmanship appear in his mind.
Even though he didn't have a sword in his hand at this moment, he felt he could casually swing out a terrifying slash!
With such swordsmanship, when he used the Kusanagi Sword, it wouldn't feel like he was holding a glowing toy anymore!
Back then in Mizuki's wooden house, when Naruto first summoned the Kusanagi Sword, he had no idea how to use it at all.
He could only use it like a chef using a kitchen knife to chop around!
"Hm?"
Just as Naruto was feeling happy, he suddenly sensed something strange behind him.
Turning his head, he saw a strange stone on the road he had just walked past, and a pair of feet were exposed under the stone!
"..."
What a clumsy stealth technique!
This should be Konohamaru following him, right?
But originally, Konohamaru should have followed because Naruto used the Sexy Jutsu to defeat Sarutobi Hiruzen and wanted to learn from him.
Why was he following now?
Naruto walked to the stone where Konohamaru was disguised and lightly kicked it, saying, "Come out, I've found you!"
"Hmph hmph! I didn't expect to be seen through by you! As expected of the rumors!"
Konohamaru removed his disguise, stood up, and pointed at Naruto, saying, "I'm not unwilling to be your little brother!"
"..."
"Have you heard my story?"
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