Konoha: Starting with a sign-in for Hashirama cells

Naruto, now transformed into a girl with long, straight black hair, handed an envelope to Sakura. Without saying a word, he unleashed chakra from the soles of his feet and, with a few moments of leverage, easily leaped onto the roof.

Disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"What is this?" Sakura asked in confusion. Seeing that the thing was not sealed, she opened it a little and looked inside. She saw several banknotes mixed with a piece of white paper.

"I don't have many expenses myself, so I'll keep it and pay it back whenever I want. There's no interest."

Sakura blinked, hesitatingly thinking, "Being so nice to me, does she really not like me?"

Probably not.

Put yourself in her shoes; if it were someone she liked, she would never help that person go on a date with someone else.

After much thought, I believe the probability of Naruto liking me is very low. It's more likely that it's Naruto's personality; he's the kind of person who is gentle and considerate of others.

Having figured this out, Sakura was completely relieved.

She didn't intend to keep the money; she would return it to Naruto tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Naruto, standing on a high place enjoying the evening breeze, inadvertently glanced over the Uchiha clan's territory, thinking of the Uchiha clan massacre earlier this year.

He sighed inwardly.

There was no opportunity or reason to contact the Uchiha.

I wonder if the sign-in system is effective on corpses or single Sharingan users, or if it only works on living people.

If it's the latter, then it's a real shame that so many Uchiha clan members were missed.

After spacing out for a while, Naruto shook his head, clearing his mind of any unnecessary thoughts.

Thinking about things that are destined to have no outcome is no different from wasting time; you should spend that time on more meaningful things.

Back home, he continued to apply a cold towel to his face to clear his mind, and then buried himself in his task of memorizing.

No matter how tired or uncomfortable you are, after sleeping for two or three hours, you can immediately become energetic again.

Putting everything else aside, you can rest assured about this body.

"Body and mind, let me see where your limits are?"

Naruto concentrated intently and devoted himself to it.

Hokage's office.

Instead of going home, three generations of people smoke here, and worry creeps onto their brows.

Why do things always turn out so differently from what he expected?

His original intention was to make Naruto realize the difficulty of learning, and in order to get a reward, to ask his teachers and classmates for help, thus building bonds in the process.

did not expect…

It's a headache, and I can't think of a solution for the time being.

How to do?

The third generation of mouth-spitting rings, switching to the crystal ball screen to go to the bathhouse.

Watch something good to relax and unwind.

Chapter 15 Sense of accomplishment

With Sakura's private tutoring, Naruto's written test scores improved very quickly.

The Third Hokage didn't go too far; as long as Sakura didn't help him predict the exam questions, he wouldn't interfere too much with changing the questions.

This led to a result that left Sakura very frustrated, confused, and unable to figure out the reason no matter how hard she tried.

Whenever she was full of confidence and pointed out the key points for the exam, not a single question would appear on the actual exam.

But he keeps it to himself and never says it, yet he guesses the questions perfectly every time, with an accuracy rate of over 90%.

If Naruto weren't so unpopular that he had no friends, he wouldn't have gone to tell the teacher. Even if he had, the teacher wouldn't have believed him, and Sakura would have mistakenly thought that Naruto was playing a trick on her.

She worried that Naruto would leave her behind and run off to other girls, using Sasuke as a bargaining chip to get benefits.

As it turns out, Naruto does have a way to challenge Sasuke, and with Naruto's help, there is a great chance of defeating Sasuke.

Therefore, Sakura is eager to prove her abilities.

If we can't predict the exam questions, then we shouldn't try to predict them; we should just focus on learning.

Sakura sacrificed a lot of her personal time, devoting herself entirely to Naruto, helping him with his homework and tutoring him.

Gradually, even Sakura noticed that something was wrong.

On every exam, there are always a few obscure questions that Naruto hasn't learned or doesn't fully understand.

Without these questions, Naruto would have had a chance to make it into the top three. It was precisely because of these questions that Naruto missed out time and time again.

It gives the impression that someone is manipulating things behind the scenes and doesn't want Naruto to succeed.

This situation only changed after Naruto memorized and mastered all the knowledge points that could be included in the exam.

By this time, it was nearing the end of the semester, and the holidays were just around the corner.

"Top three! We made it into the top three! Yay!" Ryou cheered excitedly upon seeing the results.

Sakura's face flushed red, and she was too excited to speak.

It wasn't easy, it was extremely difficult.

After so much hard work, I've finally achieved my goal.

There were more difficulties than she had imagined, but after overcoming them, the sense of accomplishment brought her joy and satisfaction.

Unfortunately, apart from Naruto, this joy could not be shared with anyone else, much less be announced.

"Ninth place." Ino shook her head when she saw her ranking, not caring. She was surprised to see Naruto squeeze into third place.

"I don't know what he ate, he suddenly changed his personality. He used to always hand in blank papers."

Sakura unconsciously straightened up her washboard.

I taught them.

Awesome, right?

Although Naruto herself also put in effort, her contributions cannot be erased.

Hinata was also happy and excited about this. She wanted to say a few words to congratulate Naruto, but being too shy, she only dared to think about it and couldn't actually do it.

After school, Naruto rushed to the Hokage Building to collect his reward from the Third Hokage.

"Grandpa, I made it into the top three in the written exam this time! And I did it all within this semester. Does that count as completing the mission?" Naruto asked.

“Results don’t lie, alright,” the Third Hokage said. “This ninjutsu is yours.”

Naruto caught the scroll thrown to him by the Third Hokage, opened it, and found it was an Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall.

Okay, as expected, it's another defensive ninjutsu.

No problem. We can use the Water Formation Wall as a multi-functional ninjutsu that can be used for offense, defense, and support, so this Earth Flow Wall is no problem either.

Do not ask.

The answer is: lots of chakra, and I can be capricious.

"Because we need to catch up on the lessons we missed last year and keep up with the other students, the standards for the first year can be lowered," said the third generation.

"If you get into the top three at the last minute, you'll get a reward. But it won't be that easy after that."

"A semester has nine months, which means nine monthly exams. If you make a mistake even once during these nine months and don't get into the top three, your reward for that year will be canceled."

"And the missing year, the final extra reward, the key method for developing S-rank ninjutsu on his own, has also been declared a failure."

"I won't lie to you, this method can be obtained from a Jonin once you graduate and become a Genin, but..." the Third Hokage chuckled.

"The same technique can vary depending on the user's understanding and comprehension, and whether that understanding is deep enough. Undoubtedly, the reward I can offer will be somewhat better."

"Excuse me, does this S-rank only include one attribute, or all five?" Naruto asked.

“Of course there are five,” the Third Generation said casually.

If the appeal isn't strong enough, how can we get Naruto to obediently follow the mission?

"I understand." Naruto made up his mind to get his hands on it.

It is related to S-rank ninjutsu and involves five attributes.

If he is not mistaken, it must be a change in nature.

Nature transformation is an advanced application of ninjutsu and is extremely important.

Take Water Release as an example. Water Release without nature transformation can only be used when there is water present.

If one's ability to change nature is high enough, this rule can be completely ignored, and one can use Water Escape even in a place without water.

Wind, thunder, earth, and fire are, in principle, the same. The difference between having changes in nature and not having changes in nature is like the difference between heaven and earth.

Despite being known as the Copy Ninja who has copied a thousand ninjutsu, Kakashi's true trump card is only one...

Rachel!

You can ask Kakashi for advice on Lightning Release, but for others you'll have to find someone else.

Water Release and Earth Release are Yamato.

Wind Release can be used to find Asuma.

Fire Release is the best choice for Jiraiya.

Gathering all these people would be very difficult and would take a long time. Naruto couldn't accept that. Why not get them all together with the Third Hokage?

Seeing that Naruto had taken the bait, the Third Hokage secretly rejoiced.

He wasn't against Naruto becoming stronger; he just wanted Naruto to have bonds first.

Don't underestimate the power of bonds. Given Naruto's situation, if he weren't restrained by bonds, the probability of him defecting once he grows stronger would be terrifyingly high.

Even more so, it could be revenge against the village.

With more bonds, Naruto's heart can stay in the village. If his heart stays, why worry about him running away?

"Let's go, let's celebrate your good results. What would you like to eat? Grandpa's on the plate," the third generation said with a smile.