Chapter 8 Graduation Exam
These little girls are far too precocious. Listening to their cheers, Wuhe Lin yawned out of boredom and lay down on the table to catch up on her sleep.
In the following years, Naruto's situation improved. Among the boys' group, Shikamaru and Choji were the first to accept him, and Kiba and Chino, who were also ninjas from the same clan, joined him as well.
Among the girls, there were a few who didn't hate him as much as the others. First was Sakura Haruno. Although she couldn't say she liked Naruto, she didn't look at him with hatred like the others.
Ino, too, didn't particularly dislike Naruto, or rather, she completely ignored Naruto's existence.
The third is Hinata. She always silently watches over Naruto, but she is too shy, and the carefree Naruto doesn't notice.
Finally, there's Rin Itsuka. She treats Naruto the same way she treats everyone else; she doesn't treat him like a monster, nor does she get too close to him, as long as he doesn't disturb her sleep.
Rin Itsuka displayed extraordinary talent in physical combat, and she never lost a sparring match during a physical combat class.
However, she was far behind in the humanities, barely passing.
Iruka talked to her many times about this, but her grades didn't improve at all.
Actually, this was intentional on the part of Itsuka Rin. If she excelled in everything, she would easily attract the attention of the two old men, the Third Hokage and Danzo.
Although I am no longer afraid of them because of my current strength, it will affect my future plans.
"Now we'll conduct the transformation test! Everyone, come up to the stage in the order you arrive!"
Iruka's sudden shout startled Rin Itsuka awake. Looking at Naruto, who was tied to the ground, it seemed that the guy had gone to play pranks again.
At some point, Naruto started playing all sorts of pranks in order to get attention.
However, this only made the villagers hate him even more.
However, he himself didn't seem to realize it, or rather, the villagers disliked him, just like before.
The students glared at Naruto, then walked up to the podium and transformed into Iruka's likeness.
Iruka nodded in satisfaction, seeing that his students were all working hard and had become much like him.
Soon it was Naruto's turn, and he confidently walked up to Iruka.
Judging from his appearance, Iruka guessed that he must be proficient in using the Transformation Technique.
Unexpectedly, Naruto gave him a surprise in front of everyone.
"Transformation Technique!"
To boost his momentum, Naruto shouted it out, then transformed into a naked blonde girl and blew a kiss to Iruka.
puff!
Iruka coughed up two streams of blood from his nose and collapsed to the ground.
"Hahahaha, this is seduction! Now you know how powerful it is!"
Naruto burst into laughter, only to be punched on the head by Iruka, who had just recovered.
"You idiot! Don't create such boring ninjutsu!"
Rin Itsuka shook her head. To be honest, although it was somewhat unethical, this ninjutsu was indeed very useful.
It's important to understand that ninjas are professionals who specialize in assassination and intelligence gathering, so seduction and similar tactics are often necessary.
However, Naruto mostly used this ninjutsu for pranks, which was a bit of a waste.
After Iruka finished disciplining Naruto, Rin Itsuka walked to the podium, formed hand seals, and activated the Transformation Jutsu!
Bang! After a puff of white smoke, she successfully transformed into Iruka.
Magic can replace chakra, so Rin Itsuka has no problem releasing ninjutsu.
The next day was the day of the graduation exam. All the students arrived at school early in the morning, sat in their seats, and waited anxiously.
Naruto clenched his fists and prayed repeatedly, "Please don't test my Shadow Clone Jutsu! Please don't test my Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Perhaps due to the interference of the Nine-Tails' chakra, Naruto had no problem with the Transformation Technique and the Substitution Technique, but he could never master the Shadow Clone Technique.
However, the next moment, Iruka walked into the classroom and loudly announced, "Listen up! The test is on the technique of creating clones. Those whose names are called should go to the next classroom for the test!"
Clang! Naruto's head slammed heavily onto the table.
One by one, the students were called over, and they walked over happily with their headbands in their hands, while Naruto's face was covered in more and more sweat.
"Naruto, don't, don't be nervous..."
Hinata tried to comfort Naruto, but she was clearly more nervous than he was.
"Naruto Uzumaki!"
The moment of judgment finally arrived. Naruto took a deep breath, mustered his courage, and stepped out.
"Failed!!!"
Not long after, Iruka's shout could be heard in the classroom.
Naruto returned to the classroom listlessly and slumped onto his desk.
"Itsuka Rin!"
"arrive!"
Rin Itsuka walked to the next classroom and found that apart from three tables, everything else had been moved to the back of the classroom. Iruka and several teachers were sitting behind the tables, with ninja headbands neatly arranged on them.
"Itsuka Rin, use the transformation technique."
"oh."
Itsuki Rin nodded, formed a hand seal, and with a bang, two clones appeared beside her.
"Approved! Here's your headband, take it."
"Thanks."
After receiving the headband from Iruka, Rin Itsuka thanked him and turned back into the classroom.
Naruto quietly raised his head and looked at the headband in Rin Itsuka's hand, his eyes filled with longing.
"Lin, can I touch my headband?"
After a while, he finally couldn't help but speak.
"OK."
Rin Itsuka casually placed the headband in front of Naruto. Unlike the others, she didn't have such deep feelings for the headband.
"Thanks."
Naruto picked up his headband and gently stroked it, tears streaming down his face.
After a while, he returned the headband to Itsuka Rin, seemingly even more dejected.
When school was over, many parents came to pick up their children, and the children excitedly held up their headbands to show off, creating a joyful atmosphere.
Naruto sat alone on the swing, while the others continued to chatter.
"Is that the kid? The only one who didn't graduate this year?"
"Luckily he didn't graduate. What would have happened if he had?"
The Third Hokage and Iruka looked at Naruto through the crowd, neither stopping the others nor offering him any comfort.
After seeing Mizuki walk to Naruto's side, Rin Itsuka squeezed out from the crowd.
Anyway, no one's coming to pick me up, so I'm going home!
That evening, Naruto brought the Scroll of Seals to the cabin he had arranged to meet Mizuki, only to find that someone was already inside.
"Itsuka Rin? What are you doing here?"
"Naruto? I'm out for a late-night snack, want some?"
Wuhe Lin asked, holding a freshly roasted rabbit in her hand.
Itsuka Rin really didn't do it on purpose. The legacy of the Chunin Itsuka wasn't much, and the compensation given by Konoha had been almost spent in six years. In the past year, she had been a little short of money and couldn't even afford to buy meat.
Therefore, she would occasionally go into the forest to hunt some game to improve her life.
She passed her graduation exam today and decided to celebrate, so she went into the forest, hunted a rabbit, and roasted it.
End of this chapter...