Konoha.
Although the Fifth Hokage had been chosen, the atmosphere in Konoha had been rather strange lately.
At the very least, few people openly discussed the Third Hokage.
Throughout Konoha, many ninja clans were quietly investigating just how many members the Sarutobi Clan had.
How many of them had become ninja.
And among those ninja, which ones were experts.
Unfortunately, the Third Hokage had kept things tightly under wraps, and not everyone could uncover enough information.
Under these circumstances.
The class assignments at the Ninja Academy, which had been delayed because of the Fifth Hokage election.
Began today.
Thanks to Shamu, Naruto had been well-fed and warmly clothed every day since he was five, so his development had not fallen behind at all.
With Second Pillar, who never lacked money, pushing himself so hard, the Third Hokage had no choice but to keep increasing Naruto's allowance.
And after Tsunade came to the Uchiha, Naruto had even less reason to worry about money.
Disciplined training had given Naruto immense confidence.
Minato's excellent genes, combined with his healthy appearance and development that had not been held back.
Naruto, who had competed with Sasuke for first place in class year after year, had quite a few admirers as well.
So there were girls in the class secretly in love with Sasuke, and girls secretly in love with Naruto.
Everyone had learned about the class assignments beforehand.
So before class began, everyone was discussing them.
The girls all prayed to be assigned to the same team as Sasuke or Naruto.
Many people eagerly wondered who their future teammates would be.
But this clearly did not include Choji and Shikamaru.
Shikamaru lay sprawled across his desk, looking listless.
Having been smart since childhood, he knew full well that Ino-Shika-Cho would never be split apart.
So