In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"Well, since you've apologized, I'll forgive you." Naruto scratched his head and said, "I'm also wrong about this matter... Well, how about I treat you to barbecue?"

Ino looked up and stared at Naruto for a long time with complicated eyes, then asked.

"You really want to treat me to a barbecue?"

"Yeah." Naruto nodded.

“Barbecue is expensive.”

"I've saved a lot of money from doing missions these days. Anyway..." Naruto said, "You don't have to worry about this."

"Okay then." Ino nodded and said, "Since you sincerely invite me, I will mercifully agree to your invitation."

"But I'm still very rich. I'll treat you, idiot."

Chapter 26 Brocade Clothes

Watching Ino turn around and walk into the Yamanaka Flower Shop, Naruto tilted his head at the big blue tree in the distance, thinking that he really had money but nowhere to spend it.

She wouldn't misunderstand anything, would she?

fool?

Naruto shook his head, looked at the brightly lit Yamanaka Flower Shop for a while, then turned and left. A barbecue meal was nothing to him now.

A drop in the bucket? Probably not.

The system transferred all the savings accumulated by Cardo's shipping company from years of illegal trading activities, with a wealth value of approximately 800 billion taels.

Even Naruto was dumbfounded when he saw such a long string of zeros for the first time. It seems that he was poor before crossing over, but became extremely rich after crossing over thanks to the system dad.

It's a pity that wealth cannot be shown off, just like wearing fine clothes at night. It's really uncomfortable, but for now I can only pretend to be good at grilling meat.

Mountain flower shop.

Ino handed the cat back to a middle-aged woman dressed like a noble lady. Yamanaka Rino was wearing an emerald green long dress and an elegant red headband ornament on her head.

At this moment, he was holding the cat in one hand and stroking the white and soft fur of his master with the other hand, and asked.

"Ino, that boy is Naruto, right?"

"Um... yes." Ino said evasively, but finally nodded, "I just happened to run into him, and he accepted the task of finding the cat."

"I see." Yamanaka Rino nodded and said calmly, "I don't object to you falling in love, but..."

Having said that, Yamanaka Rino lowered her eyebrows and slowly looked at her daughter.

"Naruto is different from the others. Mom doesn't want you to misplace your love and end up with a sad result."

"Mom, what are you talking about?" Ino said in a panic, "You misunderstood, there's no way I like that annoying guy Naruto!"

"Ino." Yamanaka Rino looked at her daughter softly and said, "The Yamanaka family crest is the purple Lespedeza flower. Do you remember its meaning?"

"Growing vigorously, being positive..." Ino was a little lost for words, "A positive love."

"Mom is just giving you some advice." Yamanaka Rino turned and went upstairs, leaving behind a sentence, "Go to bed early, Ino."

"Okay, Mom."

After washing up, Ino lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze. The events of the night and her mother's words kept replaying in her mind.

If her mother hadn't mentioned it, she wouldn't have thought about it that way. That's Naruto, she couldn't like that guy no matter who she liked.

He likes to play pranks and is lazy. Although I don't know why Naruto has made rapid progress recently, I still can't stand his look.

The two hadn't gotten along since they were little.

But........

Ino put her palms over her eyes, the light piercing through the gaps between her fingertips. She couldn't help but half-close her eyes, and couldn't help but recall the scene in the bamboo forest.

The slight heat on her neck made Ino feel irritated, and the girl's heart suddenly became as complicated as the green vines climbing all over the courtyard wall.

Ichiraku Ramen.

The half-noren curtain at the door of the store was lifted, and Shouda Yile glanced at the visitor with his small eyes, then threw a piece of ramen into the pot.

"Still the same as always, huh? Naruto."

"Yes." Naruto hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say the words "give me the most expensive one" that were stuck in his throat.

A moment later, steaming hot ramen was placed in front of Naruto.

"The Chunin Exam will be here soon, right?" Ichiraku Tada asked with a smile, standing at the counter, squinting his small, mung bean-sized eyes.

"Really?" Naruto was slightly stunned.

"Well, the teachers from the ninja school who came to eat ramen recently have been talking about this matter. You will naturally know it after hearing it more." Shouda Yile said.

"Naruto, you should also take part in the Chunin Exam, right? Do your best!" As he said this, Ichiraku handed over the fried tempura beside him.

"It's a gift, work hard, young man!"

Looking at the simple smile on Teda Ichiraku's face, Naruto couldn't help but smile as well and nodded in response.

"I certainly will!"

The Chunin Exams and Genin graduation seemed to be very close together, but the Chunin Exams were mostly just a formality.

Generally, any Genin who has reached the required qualifications and is still alive can become a Chunin. Ultimately, it is the amount of missions that can add points to the Chunin exam.

If it is a new generation of ninja class like Naruto's, taking the Chunin exam without any qualifications, it will be more difficult to become a Chunin.

At the same time, Naruto also knew that he was just there to run for the Chunin Exam. The three major families of Ino, Shika, and Chou, plus the Hyuga clan of Konoha.

How could this have anything to do with a Jinchūriki like me, a down-and-out member of the Uzumaki clan?

The determination of Chunin is not only based on the opinions of Jonin, but also depends largely on the opinions of the Fire Nation nobles. This is a bit like an unspoken rule.

The Nara family has always been the backbone of Konoha and a staunch supporter of the Third Hokage. At the same time, the Nara family has close ties with many nobles in the Land of Fire.

After all, as a major deer-raising family, their deer antler medicinal material business is spread all over the Land of Fire. How could their influence be confined to the Konoha Ninja Village?

If nothing unexpected happens, it is a foregone conclusion that Shikamaru Nara will be promoted to Chunin.

After returning home, Naruto immersed himself in the brand new bathtub he had just bought while thinking about the upcoming Chunin Exam.

There is no doubt that this major drama in the early stage of Naruto will definitely stimulate the system's options.

In the original work, Naruto was just rushing forward with passion, but in the end, after the Chunin Exam, he got nothing except a body covered in injuries.

Since he knew it was impossible to obtain the title of Chunin, there was no need to spend time on the competition. How to maximize the benefits was what Naruto should consider.

The Chunin Exam was like a magic mirror, exposing all the things that Konoha Village tried hard to hide in broad daylight.

The slave branch of the Hyuga clan, the bloody genocide of the Uchiha clan, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and the few descendants of the Uzumaki clan.

After all, the truth will eventually come out, and all the filth will be exposed to the public.

Naruto thought about it and wanted to take this opportunity to leave the village. However, the identity of Jinchūriki was too conspicuous, and it was impossible for him to escape the village as easily as Sasuke did.

Besides, Nagato had the Rinnegan and was so powerful, but he still couldn't build the Hidden Rain Village that could fight against the five major countries.

Can you do it alone?

The only one who can fight against the ninja world on his own is the dancing Uchiha Madara. It is better to forget about the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. The safest way is to stay in Konoha and take it slowly.

From now on, I can only travel on business trips, which is a bit frustrating.

But there are benefits too. After all, I am not short of money. It would be great if I could get in touch with the gold exchange. If I am not convenient to do something, I can ask others to do it.

To revive the Uzumaki clan, besides gathering the clan members scattered in the ninja world, the only thing left to do is to expand and spread out as soon as possible.

Chapter 27 Hinata (Seeking follow-up reading)

The next day.

Naruto's days were still spent on a large number of D-rank missions. Sakura listened to Naruto's advice and discussed with Kakashi how to start the training path of a medical ninja.

Kakashi found a medical teacher for Sakura to heal her.

Yutaka is a medical ninja from the same period as Kakashi, who was part of Konoha's Golden Generation. Although the survival rate of medical ninjas was very high during that period, Yutaka is considered one of the best medical ninjas to have survived until now.

Although not as famous as Tsunade, in the current situation, Kakashi would not be able to know where Tsunade is. As a jonin, Yu is more than capable of teaching Sakura.

"Kakashi, is this your disciple?" asked Yu, who was wearing a medical ninja uniform.

Sakura looked nervously at Yu, a man in his early twenties, about the same age as Kakashi. He was wearing a white medical ninja uniform and a large medical ninja hat.

There was a big red cross printed on his chest, and there were several medical ninjas in the same uniform beside him who looked at Kakashi.

"Nice to meet you, thank you for your kindness," Sakura said, bowing timidly. "My name is Haruno Sakura, please guide me."

"Hey, Kakashi, your apprentice is much more polite than you," another medical ninja, Han Fang, said jokingly as he stepped forward.

"Stop nagging." Kakashi showed his classic dead fish eyes.

"I heard that Kakashi is here with his disciples?" Another voice was heard in the medical department, and a medical ninja wearing a white square hat came out after hearing the voice.

"She's a cute girl, so rare." The square-faced medical ninja Yuton also walked out of the clinic.

"Are you coming to our medical team?" Two medical ninjas carrying a stretcher stopped and turned to ask.

"That's great." The ninja Baicao on the other end of the stretcher said with a smile, "We're short on manpower lately, so this is a real help."

"Eh?" Sakura blushed. She didn't expect so many people to come up and talk to her. She looked at Kakashi at a loss.

Kakashi comforted Sakura and said, "Don't be afraid, those guys are always like this. I've been injured so many times that I've become familiar with the medical team."

Sakura nodded and began her medical training journey in a daze.

However, Kakashi really didn't have that much time to take care of three disciples. Sakura was handed over to the medical team, and Naruto was still doing a D-level mission, so he didn't need to be considered for the time being.

The only person he is currently training is Uchiha Sasuke. Perhaps because they are both users of the Sharingan, Kakashi pays more attention to Sasuke.

After all, there are not many people in the world who have exclusive Sharingan users. Obito's eyes are registered remotely on Kakashi, so he can still use them.

At present, Sasuke is the only one who can be called Kakashi's most beloved disciple.

......

While almost all the members of Team 7 were busy training, a person who had escaped the education of the Will of Fire was sleeping soundly in a hammock set up in the Konoha Forest.

After returning from the mission in Wave Country, Naruto paid the price for his recklessness and had to complete twenty D-level missions by himself before he could return to Team 7.

Up to now, including the task of finding a cat for Mrs. Yamanaka in the bamboo forest last night, he has only completed a total of 5 D-level tasks.

Then, he lay down.

"How long will it take to do it twenty times? Why not just pay someone to do it?" Naruto muttered to himself while lying in the hammock and looking at the sky through the gaps in the leaves.

He did exactly that. He found a D-rank job picking up trash in the Hokage Building and spent 50,000 taels to hire a ninja in school to take his place.

"Well, helping poor ninja school students with a part-time job, I am really a great philanthropist of Konoha today." Naruto stretched and continued to curl up in the hammock.

He's completely giving up now, and doesn't care if Konoha's higher-ups know his secret of using the Melt Release technique. This can't be hidden, and Kakashi would have reported it long ago.

Of course, he was too lazy to hide the fact that he was rich.

He didn't care if there were any Anbu watching him, he just let himself go. The village couldn't do anything to him, and all of Cardo's treasures were stored in the system warehouse.

Even if the village wanted to investigate, there was no way to find out. Making a small fortune while on a mission was commonplace in Konoha Village.

Otherwise, with the income from mission rewards, except for the elite ninjas of Konoha, those low-level ninjas could not rely on that little money to support their families.

I have to say, the days of playing badly are really comfortable.

Naruto squinted his eyes slightly, and after an unknown amount of time, he slowly opened his eyes and vaguely saw a figure standing in front of him.

"Hinata? When did you come?" Naruto was startled and coughed violently.

The girl in the lavender hooded windbreaker was also startled by Naruto's reaction. She looked at him at a loss, then looked away.

[Nine-Tailed Fox's approval 2.3%]

A mechanical synthesized voice sounded in his mind, and Naruto was stunned for a moment. This time he did nothing.

Why has the progress of the favorability strategy increased?

"I returned to the village yesterday. Teacher Kurenai Yuhi said that we will not accept any missions during this period and asked us to practice and prepare for the Chunin Exam on our own." Hinata said with a red face and her eyes tightly closed.

The thin body was trembling slightly, and he seemed very nervous.

"Oh, so that means freedom?" Naruto asked with a smile.