The teacher stood at the podium, animatedly lecturing on the essentials of the Will of Fire.
Below, Naruto listened with a straight face, though he was actually on the verge of falling asleep.
Naruto had already realized that the only thing he could learn at Ninja School seemed to be the Three Body Technique.
That was, the Transformation Technique, Substitution Technique, and Clone Technique.
The Clone Technique was utterly useless to Naruto, who had secretly already learned the Shadow Clone Technique.
The Substitution Technique was nothing more than a trick to fool the eye. Anyone with sharper eyesight could spot something off.
As for the final Transformation Technique...
Naruto thought to himself, The Transformation Technique is somewhat useful. In certain situations, it might serve an unexpected purpose.
All in all, what Ninja School taught was very useful for civilian ninja.
Civilian ninja generally lacked ninja experience, and through study, they could grow quickly and narrow the gap with clan ninja.
But for Naruto, aside from the Transformation Technique being somewhat useful, everything else was purely a waste of time.
Still, he had not enrolled in Ninja School to study in the first place, but to fulfill his promise to Menma-nii.
"Even in this cruel world, there will always be people who shine. And what you need to do is become the light in their hearts, and then..."
Thinking of Menma-nii's words, Naruto inwardly sighed. If only Menma-nii would let me use Shadow Clones.
But it was only wishful thinking. After all, he knew that the origins of his Shadow Clone Technique were unclear.
If Third Grandfather discovered it, it would likely arouse his suspicions.
"Old people are such a pain. If the one who survived the Nine-Tails Incident had been the Fourth Hokage, would things have been different?"
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