Shin Wanted to Drop Out

Nishinodera began educating Shin and Nawaki. "I know, as a teacher, that kids these days mature early..."

"Making friends, well, I've been through it too."

"Who would ever be friends with someone like him?!" ×2

The way Shin and Nawaki glared at each other was filled with deep killing intent.

Uchiha and Senju becoming friends?

Asura thought it was pretty good and gave it a like.

Indra remained expressionless, opening his mouth to fire off an ancestral Great Fireball.

As a transmigrator, Shin felt that given how thoroughly these kids were discussing gossip, by tomorrow morning at the latest, all of Konoha would know about his relationship with Nawaki—after it had been twisted beyond recognition.

That great conspirator who had always disliked the Uchiha would probably find another excuse to suppress them.

And once people had decided something was true, no amount of explanation would help.

They just wanted to feast on gossip and watch the show.

What you said was the truth? But I just didn't believe it.

That was how most people thought.

All he could say was that the truth was not important. Most people only believed what they wanted to believe. Other people's affairs had nothing to do with them—did the truth matter to them?

Even if all the evidence proved otherwise, those who loved gossip would only go further, continuing to smear others with rumors.

What could you do then?

Rumors stopped with the wise. What you saw was merely what others wanted you to see.

Nawaki felt utterly wronged. Sure enough, nothing good ever happens when I run into Uchiha Shin...

That damned Senju Nawaki. Did he infect me with his bad luck or something...?

Shin made up his mind that he would never speak to him again in this life.

"Everyone, I have something to say." A chubby little boy in red, snacking beneath the stage, raised his hand to indicate that he wanted to speak.

Facing the classroom's two centerpieces of attention, he earnestly shared his great wisdom. "If you like something, you should pursue it boldly. I like grilled meat, for example. If I go a day without eating it, I feel awful all over!" [The last sentence was said in Brother Strength's tone.]

It's over!

Even if a certain transmigrator hired the top PR team from his previous life, there was no way they could clear this up.

At first, the chubby boy's words did not seem to have any problem, but upon careful thought...

As an adult, Nishinodera, even though he had been single for over thirty years, still thought of something else.

"Ahem..." After easing the atmosphere, he drew the students' attention back to himself.

"Students, there isn't much time..."

Turning to Nawaki, who stood at the classroom door with a flushed face, he instructed, "Be more careful next time. Classes at the Ninja Academy begin at eight in the morning..."

"Now, hurry and take your seat."

Nawaki was like an angry mountain, his gaze fixed viciously on Shin.

After hearing Nishinodera's words, he strode toward the person in the corner with mountain-like steps.

To put it in the chubby boy's words, "Not even my dad's weight could produce such an imposing walk."

Shin frowned at Nawaki before him. "What are you doing?"

"Humph!"

Nawaki plopped down in the empty seat beside him, the killing intent in his eyes growing even stronger.

"..."

Shin simply could not find the words to describe how he felt.

The only thing left in his mind now was the incredibly tempting idea of dropping out.

Yes, the transmigrator whose reputation had been ruined on his very first day of school only wanted to go home now.

There was no reason for him to stay at this Ninja Academy.

Seeing Nawaki so fixated on Shin, Nishinodera found it awkward to say anything more.

"Then, everyone, please introduce yourselves first. The content..."

He looked toward the corner and continued with a headache, "There are no restrictions. Say whatever you like."

Soon, a student from the first row below stood and walked to the podium. She was a girl with quite exceptional looks and temperament.

She wore white, with neat bangs across her forehead and long, smooth black hair cascading to her waist.

The ends were tied with a white ribbon, while her pale eyes were clear and bright, like a full moon hanging high in the night sky.

The girl stood gracefully at the podium and gave the students below a slight bow, every inch the image of a refined young lady.

"A girl from the Hyuga clan..." Shin did not feel any hostility toward her.

"Good morning, everyone." A somewhat cool voice came from her lips.

"My name is Hyuga Nao..." There was not the slightest emotional ripple in the girl's gaze. "My interests and hobbies are nothing special..."

"I dislike people weaker than me. My dream is to become Konoha's strongest."

After giving a slight bow, Nao leisurely returned to her seat.

Good upbringing. A colder aura isn't bad either... Shin gave his internal assessment. She's an ice princess.

He continued making a very detailed analysis of Nao's personality. She dislikes the weak, which means she'll be especially difficult to get along with...

When he turned his gaze to Nawaki beside him, he immediately felt that she should be easier to get along with than him.

Thus, Shin began to drift off.

A long while later.

It was the chubby little boy in red's turn to step forward and introduce himself. "I'm Akimichi Heiji. Grilled meat is my favorite..."

"What I hate most is spiders, and my dream is to have endless grilled meat to eat!"

Shin came back to himself a little.

Although he had not been paying much attention just now, with his abilities, he had not missed everyone's introductions.

There was simply no need to care about extras.

Freshmen flowed on, but Ino-Shika-Cho remained eternal.

That sentence was deeply etched in his mind.

Very soon, the new generation of Ino-Shika-Cho had all finished introducing themselves in turn.

Next was Shin's future sister-in-law, Uchiha Mikoto.

She wore the same black Uchiha coat. After stepping onto the stage, she even gave her classmates a slight smile.

"I'm Uchiha Mikoto. What I like may seem strange to you..."

"Um..." After pausing for several seconds, she smiled again. "It's doing housework."

"My dream is for the village to remain peaceful forever."

Shin finally understood why the "stupid older brother" at home had married Mikoto and why they had always been so loving.

Same world, same dream.

The next person to go up and introduce himself was Shin.

As Shin slowly rose to his feet, he immediately drew the attention of everyone in the classroom.

Damn it, why are you all looking at me? You didn't react like this when Hyuga Nao went up...

With only dropping out on his mind, he did not believe that the Ninja Academy could tolerate him if he threw out a few harsh words and acted like a delinquent.

If he stayed here for five years, what the hell would his reputation become?

Having decided to go all out, Shin activated the Uchiha clan's ancestral skill: Acting Skill.

He even adopted the swaggering, "disowning all relatives" gait of Conor, the famous UFC fighter from his previous life, and strode toward the podium with imposing momentum.

If "See It Again" started playing right now, it would definitely feel even more intense.