The Ninja World

The next day, Naruto struggled to wake up early.

Three consecutive days of rest had made Naruto almost forget he was a ninja. In this world without mobile phones, where computers were unaffordable, there weren't many entertainment options.

Naruto couldn't understand why, despite the existence of electricity in the Hokage world. And this electricity wasn't generated by people's Lightning Release, but was actual civilian power.

This proved that the technological level of this world had entered the electrical age. Power poles were visible everywhere in Konoha village, and there were even televisions, refrigerators, and air conditioners, washing machines, and dryers.

Naruto's current situation was that of an orphan receiving welfare. He had no background, no money, and no abilities as a Genin.

The old refrigerator at home had broken down long ago, and after scratching his head for a long time, Naruto didn't know how to fix it, resulting in him getting a few bottles of expired milk on his first day after transmigrating.

However, Naruto's welfare was quite generous. As long as he didn't need to buy large items, it was enough to meet his normal living needs.

Generally, welfare payments would stop the moment Naruto became a ninja, and after that, he would have to rely on taking various missions to support himself.

After being in this world for more than half a month, Naruto had a general understanding of the technology in this world. The technological development of this world was relatively weak, feeling more like a skewed technological tree.

The emergence of ninjas drove technological development, while chakra, with its heaven-defying energy, hindered technological progress in certain aspects.

For example, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who possessed the five chakra natures, didn't need a lighter to light his cigarette, and only needed a crystal ball to monitor people.

The power and convenience of ninjutsu caused people's attention to be focused on territorial disputes and battles. Since the First Hokage, the God of Shinobi, established Konoha, countless Ninja World Wars had been fought.

Under war, technology could not achieve rapid development. Because ninjas were the protagonists in this world, technology was naturally developed around the needs of ninjas.

For this reason, communication devices within the village were developed for convenience, but cross-country and even cross-village communication systems were very outdated due to intelligence sensitivity issues.

When necessary, technology would yield to ninjutsu.

What concerned Naruto even more was not only the skewed technological tree of this world but also the level of weaponry in this world.

Ninjas almost exclusively used traditional cold weapons. At most, the more advanced ones used chakra short swords like the one used by Kakashi's father, the Konoha White Fang.

Or there were weapons transformed by summoning beasts, such as the Third Hokage's Ninja Beast Enma. Furthermore, there were the Seven Ninja Swords wielded by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist Village.

On the contrary, divine weapons like the Kusanagi Sword and the Ten-Tails Sword, and divine artifacts left by the Sage of Six Paths such as the Heavenly Dew Spear, Golden Rope, Seven Star Sword, and Red Gourd seemed a bit lacking.

By the time they appeared, they were no longer able to defeat the bloodline ability users running rampant everywhere.

But what about firearms?

It seemed that apart from Sasori, a member of the Akatsuki Organization from the Sand Village, who possessed powerful thermal weapons, and the Asura Path created by the puppet master Pain, which featured various tracking missiles and even laser cannons flying around.

The development of firearms seemed to rely on the puppet master community. And in the distant Land of Snow, high-tech weapons like Chakra Armor had appeared, as well as airships and steamships with characteristics of the steam age. However, limited by geographical location, cold weapons, led by large Kunai Launchers, were still prevalent.

The Sky Ninja Village even had aircraft, aerial fortresses, and carrier strike groups. Even though these carrier strike groups were not nuclear-powered, they still possessed a certain deterrent force.

Overall, up to this point, due to the factor of war, the major ninja villages had long-standing accumulated conflicts, making peace difficult to achieve.

Under this premise, ninjas, as the main combat force actively preparing for war, naturally had a higher status than technology. Technology was still very limited and could not develop independently of ninjas for the time being.

The emergence of ninjas changed the world's landscape, and the world's landscape in a state of cold war also restricted technological development.

After washing up, Naruto looked at his sleepy self in the mirror and couldn't help but yawn. He threw the toothbrush into the cup, ending his wandering thoughts in the bathroom.

He put on his clothes and went out. By the time he arrived at the Ninja Academy, there were already many people in the classroom. Naruto, who arrived late, still attracted some attention, but no one came forward to greet him.

Everyone was discussing who their teammates would be and which Jonin would be their team leader. Ninja teams were formed in groups of three.

After the Second Great Ninja War ended, the role of Tsunade, as a medical ninja among the Sannin, in a team was affirmed by the higher-ups.

To a certain extent, having a female medical ninja in the team would greatly increase the team's survival rate and mission completion rate. Since then, the tradition of a two-male, one-female combination was preserved.

Konoha stated this to the outside world, but Naruto knew that this was only part of Konoha's explanation. The more pressing reason was that Konoha had been depleted of people due to constant warfare.

Ninja villages were essentially militarized camps, and wars involved indiscriminate charges and battles. Having a female medical ninja in a three-person team was clearly unrealistic.

Therefore, when Tsunade proposed the idea of a two-male, one-female team, Konoha's higher-ups were unmoved. Some higher-ups even believed that this was an overly idealistic idea proposed by Tsunade due to excessive grief after her younger brother Nawaki's death.

However, years of war eventually forced the higher-ups to accept Tsunade's proposal. The excessively high casualty rate had left very few people in Konoha to be deployed to the battlefield, and eventually, even children in their teens had to go to war.

If medical ninjas were not equipped, it was feared that even the old, weak, and women would have to take up kunai and go to the battlefield.

"Naruto, aren't you curious about what your teammates will be like?" Choji nudged Naruto, who was staring blankly with dead fish eyes, and asked.

"Not curious, I'm not curious at all," Naruto said, holding his head listlessly. "Even if others are nervous, why are you three joining the excitement?"

As he spoke, Naruto's gaze swept over Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino.

"The village's Ino-Shika-Cho formation. If I were the Hokage, I definitely wouldn't split you up."

Hearing this, Ino snorted and complained.

"Teaming up with those two? So annoying!"

"Troublesome," Shikamaru mumbled.

"Hehe." Choji, on the other hand, seemed very happy. Perhaps this way, he wouldn't have to be separated from his childhood friends.

Perhaps because they grew up together, Shikamaru and Choji had never seen Ino as a girl.

And Ino's gaze seemed to be constantly on Sasuke, her straightforward personality like a little boy.