I am the most popular character in Naruto!

Naruto crossed his legs, leaned back in his chair, and chuckled as he chatted with Sasuke beside him.

Sasuke glanced at Naruto and said indifferently, "Mind your own business, you bottom of the class. You're last again this time. Be careful Chiaki scolds you."

"Pfft, my godmother wouldn't scold me."

Naruto pursed his lips. He knew he was last in the class and didn't need to wait for Iruka to hand out the report card.

During the exam, Naruto found every task difficult to control, and even with all his efforts, he couldn't succeed, which made him quite upset.

This kind of result would definitely have gotten him a severe scolding from Kushina, but not from Chiaki. She didn't seem to care much about Naruto getting last place; on the contrary, she was quite satisfied.

"You don't care about the future, but do you yourself not care?"

Sasuke turned to stare at Naruto. "Sometimes I really envy you. Chiaki has put the most effort into you. If she had put that kind of effort into me, I might have been able to surpass my older brother!"

"If you're so capable, then don't use the Uchiha surname."

Naruto muttered to himself, scratching the back of his head. He did feel a little guilty; Chiaki had tried so hard to teach him, so why couldn't he do it?

"Hmph, the Uchiha are my pride."

Sasuke snorted coldly and turned away from Naruto.

His gaze, however, fell upon Sakura. So far, no more than five people in the entire Hidden Leaf Village knew that Sakura was Chiaki's disciple, but Sakura's outstanding performance was bound to attract the attention of many forces.

To be honest, Sasuke was also a little curious.

Sakura is just an ordinary girl from an ordinary family, with no bloodline. So why is she able to grow up so fast? Why is she able to catch Chiaki's eye?

Could it really be because of that long pink hair? No way, no way?

"Sakura, Sakura, do you really like Sasuke?"

Ino, having finished intimidating Sakura, asked her with a complicated expression.

"I do not know."

Sakura shook her head and said seriously to Ino, "Ino, that's not what I'm thinking about right now."

"So what are you considering?"

Ino secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked Sakura with a puzzled look, "Your grades are already very good, what else do you need to think about?"

"Yes, I still have so much to learn..."

Sakura sighed. She had initially thought that being the only disciple of the Goddess of Life was a good thing, but she gradually realized that it wasn't.

Chiaki's theoretical knowledge was too vast. After combining knowledge from two worlds with some content from the ninja world, what was originally easy to understand became obscure and difficult to comprehend. There was even a lot of content that Sakura simply could not understand, as it did not exist in this world.

That's very difficult!

Although Chiaki's first goal for Sakura was merely to expose her to some medical ninjutsu and develop her genjutsu abilities, it was still quite a difficult task.

Her medical ninjutsu is alright; she can ask Haruno Chika for help when she gets home. As for genjutsu...

forget it.

In Konoha, only members of powerful clans understand genjutsu, so Sakura, an ordinary person with no connection to them, can only try to figure it out on her own.

"...Last one! Naruto Uzumaki!"

Iruka shoved Naruto's report card into his hand and said earnestly, "Naruto, you have to keep it up! Don't let the Fourth Hokage down!"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

Naruto responded listlessly, while Iruka sighed helplessly and said loudly, "Everyone, take this report card home and get your parents to sign it! I'm going to check it tomorrow!"

"Eh!?"

Chapter 539 Taking it Home

"Sa...Sasuke...what should we do?!"

Naruto, with a long face, clutched his report card and walked with Sasuke and Sakura towards the Senju family mansion.

Every day after school, they would first go to the Senju old house and stay there for a while until it got dark before going home.

The main reason is that the Senju House is more interesting than other places.

With Otohime around, Naruto and the others won't be bored.

With Chiaki's presence, Naruto and the others were able to train in the courtyard under Chiaki's guidance.

If there is a future, they may even enjoy things that do not belong to this era or this world.

For girls, scientific gadgets from Earth are ultimately more useful.

In today's ninja world, there are no curling irons, straighteners, or full makeup sets. If you want to look good, you have to rely entirely on talent.

"What do you mean, 'what to do'? Just sign it."

Sasuke walked down the street with one hand in his pocket, in a pretty good mood. He was imagining his father's happy face after he gave him the report card.

This is number one! There's no better result than number one, right?

Sakura was also in a good mood. With Chiaki's careful guidance, it was quite easy for her to get good grades.

The Ninja Academy teaches mostly basic skills, but Chiaki focuses on developing Sakura's chakra control abilities. With strong chakra control, Sakura has absolutely no fear when it comes to basic ninjutsu.

Simple chakra transformations like the Three Bodies Technique, Small Fireball, and Small Water Splash are of no fear to him.

In the overall exam, Sakura was slightly weaker in shuriken throwing, but she was able to match Sasuke in all the other events.

There's nothing I can do; Chiaki really can't teach shuriken fighting, and she's not very good at it herself.

When it comes to shuriken throwing techniques, the Uchiha clan is the strongest in Konoha. They have unique advantages, natural talent, and the experience accumulated over generations.

Aside from the Uchiha clan, the strongest was Minato. Unfortunately, Minato didn't teach Naruto much, and his education was basically laissez-faire.

Most of Naruto's basic skills were taught by Chiaki.

Nevertheless, Naruto's shuriken throwing technique is still quite good, since it doesn't require chakra and he can control it perfectly, just like Minato.

If the other subjects hadn't been so terrible, Naruto wouldn't have ended up at the bottom of the class.

"Naruto, your report card is the best way to show yourself. I think you should take it and get the Fourth Hokage to sign it!"

Sakura said earnestly to Naruto, "The Fourth Hokage is so powerful. If he's willing to teach you, you'll definitely become incredibly powerful!"

"Tch, who needs him to teach them?"

Naruto clutched his report card, speaking insincerely.

Although he really wanted Minato to teach him, Minato told him that he wasn't the best teacher, and the best teacher was on his way.

Because of this statement, Naruto never resented Minato for not teaching him.

He knew what everyone was good at and what everyone needed, and he also knew that he was different from his father.

Chiaki provided Naruto with his basic education and the most fundamental training. Minato once came to visit Naruto and, after personally confirming that Naruto was not an agile ninja, questioned Chiaki in detail before leaving with regret to summon Jiraiya back.

Everyone's physical condition is different. Some people are born to be agile ninjas, like Sasuke, while others are not, like Naruto.

Given Naruto's chakra reserves and physical abilities, he is bound to be the kind of reckless berserker who goes all out.

"My godmother can teach me, and I'll let my dad focus on his work!"

Naruto adjusted his goggles, trying to compose himself. "Right! Since my godmother taught me anyway, I might as well have her sign it!"

A smile returned to his face. Chiaki had always been very tolerant of Naruto, and Naruto could feel his mother's gentleness from Chiaki.

Well, that means Naruto is like someone else's son to Chiaki. Look at Chiaki, she beats Naruto every time she sees him. That's what a real mother should be like.

"Okay! It's settled!"

Naruto clapped his hands and ran excitedly towards the Senju family mansion. "Haha, perfect timing! Dad's busy with work, so the teacher won't force me to get his signature!"

"Godmother! I'm here!"

Seeing Naruto running excitedly towards the Senju mansion, Sasuke and Sakura exchanged a helpless glance and had no choice but to follow.

As a result, when the two of them arrived at the entrance of the Senju mansion, they found that Naruto had been tossed up by Otohime with a tree branch and was being whipped on the buttocks while hanging from the tree at the entrance.

"I'll teach you to run around like that!"

"I'll teach you a lesson for your poor grades and running around like that!"

"I told you... what was it again... oh, you wanted me to impersonate Minato and sign something!"

"Qianqiu, what else?"

While happily smoking, Otohime turned around and asked Chiaki for the script for her reprimand.

"Never mind, just teach them a lesson."

Chiaki sat to the side, her face slightly flushed, tidying her clothes, while Mirai had long since hidden away in her room in embarrassment.

It seems that the main issue wasn't Naruto's poor exam results, but rather that he barged in and ruined someone's plans, which angered her and led her to seek revenge.

Chiaki had no idea that today was the day for the midterm exam results, and he never expected Naruto to come home early. He had miscalculated.

"Ouch... Otohime, be gentle! It hurts!"

Although Naruto was young, he still knew right from wrong. Every time, Otohime would raise the branch heavily and then let it fall gently, as if she was doing it to Chiaki. As Otohime was "one of his own," Naruto couldn't expose her.

"What's happening here?"

Sasuke and Sakura watched this farce with twitching lips, then respectfully greeted Chiaki before preparing to begin their usual training and instruction.

But Qianqiu seemed different today. Her face was still flushed, and she exuded a lazy and charming aura.

"We won't be teaching today. Since it's report card day, everyone should go home and celebrate."

"Of course, except for Naruto."

"Eh—no way—"

Naruto, hanging from the tree, drew out his words. Otohime glared at him, then whipped him around with a branch, yelling, "You dare talk back!?"

"Ow ooh..."

Sasuke and Sakura watched Naruto's antics with amusement, feeling quite pleased. They bowed to Chiaki again in farewell and then headed home.

Naruto, on the other hand, was being spun around in circles, seemingly because Otohime was in a good mood and was playing with him.

Chiaki calmed herself down a bit, her gaze falling on Sasuke who was leaving excitedly, her eyes narrowing slightly.