Humiliating! Utterly Humiliating

Naruto was the Chinese name of this book.

Beside it was Ninja World Common Language, which was called Japanese in another world.

And the English title, Naruto.

By now, in order to learn better, Naruto had already become proficient in the three commonly used languages of Chinese, Japanese, and English.

Naturally, he could not have mistaken the words on the book.

Naruto Chronicles!

At that moment, Naruto finally understood why the two-dimensional image on the book had seemed so familiar. It was clearly his own three-dimensional appearance turned into two-dimensional form!

It was just that the short stature, tacky clothes, and foolish expression of that two-dimensional image made Naruto feel extremely uncomfortable.

In reality, having just turned ten, he was already one and a half meters tall.

[The work was set in a world of ninjas.

The story began with the orphaned life of the protagonist, Naruto Uzumaki. In order to protect the village, the Fourth Hokage sealed the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox that had attacked the village inside him. Naruto was thus subjected to the villagers' cold treatment and could only desperately try to draw everyone's attention through all sorts of pranks.

Fortunately, Iruka cared about him, so Naruto's personality did not become twisted. He was always full of energy and exceptionally optimistic.

In order to gain the recognition of more people, Naruto's goal was to become Hokage. The entire story revolved around Naruto's struggles and growth, his companions, and the various conflicts and conspiracies in this Ninja World.]

After turning the page and seeing the work's introduction on the manga's title page, the discomfort in Naruto's heart grew even stronger.

Whether it was Naruto Uzumaki's utterly laughable dream depicted in the manga, or another fact brought by this manga, both made him feel intensely uncomfortable.

"So, the world I live in is a manga in another world?" Naruto murmured expressionlessly.

He continued flipping through the manga in his hands, and the official content of the first chapter began to appear.

First came the story of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox attacking the village. Then the scene shifted to Naruto Uzumaki, the prank-playing manga protagonist. The familiar Hokage Rock and streets confirmed Naruto's suspicions.

The joys and sorrows that happened in the world he lived in truly existed in another world in the form of a manga.

"Did an author from another world perceive what happened in my world and gain the inspiration to create this manga? Or did they draw this manga first, and then this world came into being?"

Speculation surfaced in Naruto's mind, but he had no spare thoughts to dwell on such matters now.

He kept flipping through the manga, watching the boy who shared his name and struggled toward the goal of becoming Hokage and gaining the recognition of everyone in the village.

He watched the boy wear goggles and an orange tracksuit, looking sloppy and tacky as he pulled pranks throughout the village and made himself hated by everyone.

He shamelessly used the Sexy Technique in public. His Clone Technique was horribly poor, and he could not even pass the childish graduation exam at Ninja Academy. He was even sweet-talked into stealing the Book of Seals...

He set a bad example for children, got beaten up for sneaking peeks at adult magazines in bookstores, got beaten for peeping into the women's bathhouse, called Chakra "Chadola," and was utterly uneducated...

After finishing the first volume, Naruto closed it and fell silent.

Having read through all that content, Naruto saw only two words.

Humiliating!

Utterly humiliating!

However, the anger that had just surfaced quickly dissipated.

At that moment, Naruto thought of himself in reality, who differed from the manga.

If not for the Learning Space, which had taught him everything from food, clothing, shelter, and travel to dealing with people, he would probably have been no different from the boy in the manga.

He lacked anyone to discipline him and was isolated by everyone in the village.

Wanting to attract attention and gain recognition, he resorted to pranks.

Not only did that fail to solve any problems, it only made people despise him even more.

Because of his financial hardship and his greed for convenience, he ate instant noodles with almost no nutrition nearly every day. He did not even know whether the milk he drank had expired.

With no one constantly urging him on, he did not study properly at school. He could even get basic ninja knowledge like Chakra wrong, and could not master basic ninjutsu like the Three Body Technique.

Although Kurama's interference was part of the reason, it was not an insurmountable problem. Having no direction was the true culprit behind all of this.

He had even lacked anyone to teach him a proper sense of right and wrong, to the point that he did not know stealing the Book of Seals was a capital crime. After a few casual words from someone else, he had gone and done it without hesitation.

Beyond that, he did not even know self-respect or self-love. Even though the girl did not like him, he still shamelessly clung to her.

That would bring no result other than making people loathe him.

With such a personality and such poor judgment, if not for his status as a Jinchuriki, he would have died countless times already.

"Heh, Third Hokage..." Naruto sneered.

At that moment, Naruto finally understood why, despite the Third Hokage being the only person in his life who had ever given him warmth, he had been unable to grow close to him from the bottom of his heart.

Although the Third Hokage had cared for him since childhood, Naruto's relationship with him was not even as close as his relationship with a fox he had only recently gotten to know.

Because instinctively, Naruto had sensed the scrutiny and wariness hidden behind that seemingly kind face.

Perhaps his care for Naruto had not been fake, but there was even more unpleasant vigilance beneath it.

At this moment, it was not difficult for Naruto to guess that the person responsible for his current difficult circumstances was precisely that seemingly kind and amiable "Third Hokage."

Although the first volume did not go into much detail about his background, Naruto had already read the information he wanted from those small details and from what he had learned in everyday life.

"My father was the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze? If that is true, then it makes sense that I look so much like him, and that I am Kurama's Jinchuriki."

No wonder the Naruto in the manga had been so mischievous and had done many things that ordinary ninjas would have been thrown in prison to reflect upon, yet received no punishment.

If Naruto was the orphan left behind by the Fourth Hokage, then being indulged was only natural.

In those circumstances, isolated by the entire village, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen was the only person he could grow close to as a Jinchuriki.

Naruto did not continue reading the manga. He took all the manga books out of the box, and also found the Naruto anime stored on a memory card, along with all its movies.

After casually flipping through the books, Naruto found the manga whose cover was marked Father and Mother: The Great Reveal of Naruto Uzumaki's Origins.

Then, with a thought, he entered the Sealing Space.