Sasuke Was a Little Irritated

Uzumaki Naruto looked at his former classmates as he walked toward his seat, smiling gently. "Everyone is acting so strangely today. I may have changed a little, but it shouldn't be that much, right?"

Hearing Uzumaki Naruto's words, every boy in the classroom twitched at the corners of their mouths.

We're the strange ones!?

What kind of joke was that? You were clearly the strangest one here! How had you become so handsome after just two days apart!?

Inuzuka Kiba had a short temper. He slapped the desk and stood up, shouting at Naruto:

"You're the problem!!!"

"What the hell did you do? How did you become so handsome?"

Uzumaki Naruto stopped and looked at Inuzuka Kiba in confusion.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand."

Inuzuka Kiba gritted his teeth and spoke with envy, jealousy, and resentment. "I'm asking how you became so handsome!!!"

Uzumaki Naruto tilted his head slightly and looked at his reflection in the window.

"Nothing's changed. At most, I changed into new clothes, grew a little taller, and gained a bit of muscle. How is that as exaggerated as you're making it out to be!?"

The boys in the class ground their teeth in frustration.

Damn it!

When everyone else was eating grass, it was bad enough that you were eating meat. But you even smacked your lips while doing it...

This was utterly intolerable.

Every male student in the classroom glared furiously at Uzumaki Naruto.

Uzumaki Naruto could only smile helplessly.

He had not said anything wrong. He really had not changed much. At most, he had simply become Uzumaki Naruto who had mastered Sage Mode ahead of time.

"Hey, Kurama, did I really change that much!?"

Uzumaki Naruto asked in confusion.

For once, the Nine-Tails did not argue with him. It growled, "You changed a lot. You especially resemble that father of yours."

Uzumaki Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"I look a lot like Minato Namikaze!?"

The Nine-Tails said, "Yeah. Especially your smile. It's exactly the same."

Amid the strange atmosphere,

Iruka entered the classroom. He sensed an odd mood in the class, but he had no idea where it was coming from.

Iruka soon began calling roll.

"Second Pillar!"

"Hyuga Hinata!"

"Haruno Sakura!"

"Nara Shikamaru!"

"..."

"Uzumaki Naruto!"

"Here!"

Uzumaki Naruto stood up.

Iruka stared at the standing Uzumaki Naruto in silence for a moment, then suddenly widened his eyes.

"Who are you!?"

"..."

After a great deal of explanation, Uzumaki Naruto finally convinced Iruka that he really was Uzumaki Naruto.

Iruka felt his mouth go dry.

His feelings were exactly the same as those of the boys in the classroom. "Could someone really change so much in just two days...?"

Fortunately, Iruka still possessed professional ethics.

After calling roll, he began the day's lesson, though he kept glancing at Uzumaki Naruto from time to time.

"Previously, we discussed the basic structure of the Clone Technique. Now, let's discuss the Transformation Jutsu, one of the Three Basic Jutsu..."

"The principle of the Transformation Jutsu is simple, but it can serve a major purpose at critical moments..."

"Whether in battle, espionage, or luring enemies in, this is an important ninjutsu. One usually transforms into another person, but it is also possible to become animals, plants, weapons, and so on..."

"..."

Iruka lectured for quite some time, only to discover helplessly that none of the students were listening. Not only were they whispering among themselves, but they also kept turning back to look at Uzumaki Naruto in the last row.

Were handsome guys really this popular?

Iruka complained inwardly. He truly could not continue, so he simply clapped his hands.

"Since everyone's attention isn't on the lesson, we'll go practice taijutsu today instead. Line up and follow me outside."

Iruka set off first.

More than fifty students followed after Iruka in a great rush.

Yet within three meters of Uzumaki Naruto, not a single student dared approach.

It was not disgust.

It was because they felt inferior.

Once they reached the training ground,

Iruka handed kunai and shuriken to the more than fifty students one by one.

Iruka demonstrated how to throw kunai at the front. Uzumaki Naruto took a single glance before looking away.

"Too weak."

Uzumaki Naruto shook his head slightly.

After three months' worth of memories from Weapon Mode, Uzumaki Naruto had completely transformed into a master of the Kunai Throwing Technique. With just one look, he could tell how unprofessional Iruka's technique was.

Still, Iruka could not be blamed for that. After all, he was merely an ordinary Chunin who was not skilled in combat. Otherwise, he would not have become a teacher.

"Little Hinata!"

Uzumaki Naruto strode toward Little Hinata, who was looking at him with a flushed face. A smile unconsciously appeared on his own face.

In all of Konoha, Little Hinata had been the first person to bring him warmth, like a beam of light in his life that illuminated his dark heart.

Hearing Uzumaki Naruto's voice, Little Hinata's face instantly turned bright red. She lowered her head shyly, her small hands rummaging through her pockets.

"Naruto-kun, I... I still can't afford to support you..."

Little Hinata shyly took out several dozen coins from her clothes, worth roughly tens of thousands of Ryo, and looked at Uzumaki Naruto expectantly.

Uzumaki Naruto did not know whether to laugh or cry as he looked at Little Hinata. "Little Hinata, do you really want to keep me!?"

Little Hinata was too shy to say anything.

Uzumaki Naruto affectionately rubbed Little Hinata's head. Then he took out the white lily he had hidden behind his back and smiled.

"Ta-da! Little Hinata, these flowers are for you. They smell wonderful, and they're white, just like the color of my favorite Little Hinata's eyes. Do you like them?"

Little Hinata's face instantly reddened like a large apple. She shyly covered her mouth.

"Na... Naruto-kun, do you like the color of my eyes?"

Uzumaki Naruto smiled and placed the lily in Little Hinata's arms, nodding firmly.

"Yeah, I like Little Hinata's eyes the most. They're white, as beautiful as ice and snow."

A glimmer of tears welled at the corners of Little Hinata's eyes. She covered her little mouth and held the flowers tightly against her chest.

This was the first time anyone had praised her white eyes as beautiful, and Naruto-kun had even given her flowers...

As she thought of that, Little Hinata's face grew redder and redder.

Uzumaki Naruto smiled and opened his arms, ready to wait for Little Hinata to rush into them.

Just then,

Second Pillar abruptly stepped in and blocked Uzumaki Naruto's way, giving Naruto a provocative look.

"Dead Last, instead of paying attention in class, have you already decided the Kunai Throwing Technique isn't worth your time!?"

Uzumaki Naruto's face darkened as he glared irritably at Second Pillar, who had ruined the beautiful moment.

"Did you take the wrong medicine?"