June 25, I was shocked!
Today I bought a huge bag of water balloons and prepared to begin training the first stage of the Rasengan. I had originally planned to knead the orb with one hand, so I was ready for a long haul. But I succeeded in less than an hour!
As expected of me! (Just kidding. It was probably because I had practiced with Nine-Tails Chakra before.)
I was about to begin the second stage when Sasuke suddenly appeared from who-knows-where and started awkwardly asking what I was doing. He said he had been watching me for quite a while.
Was this version of Sasuke really that free?
I wanted to get rid of him quickly, so I casually said, "You should focus on familiarizing yourself with your Sharingan now and achieve the three-tomoe stage as soon as possible." Sasuke's eyes immediately widened, and he began bombarding me with questions about how I knew.
What could I say? I couldn't exactly tell him I had read the original work, right?
Then inspiration struck. I told him I had learned all this from reading Teacher Kakashi's book.
Kakashi was always carrying a book around, wasn't he? On the surface, it was a romance novel, but it actually contained notes on using the Sharingan. He had put the Icha Icha Paradise cover on it to avoid suspicion.
Sasuke left with a thoughtful look... Well, I hope the boss is all right.
On June 26, I "happened" to run into Hinata near the training ground. I enthusiastically invited her to Ichiraku for a meal, but on the way there, whenever I got even a little close, Hinata's face would turn bright red, and she looked like she was about to pass out.
What a headache! If we couldn't even have physical contact, how were we supposed to date? Looks like I could only take it slowly and gradually help her overcome her sensitivity.
Then she polished off more than a dozen bowls of ramen with great effort...
I wondered, Wasn't her huge appetite an anime-original setting? Does this ninja world follow the anime's setting? Or does it have both the anime and manga versions?
I'm out of here. I'd better go find my Tenten.
After finding her family's ninja tool shop, I first offered to help organize the ninja tools. Then came all the classic moments: accidentally touching her little hand while cleaning up, standing very close to her, and so on and so forth.
The Chinese girl's little hand was so smooth. I even got to touch it. Hehehe~
Tenten seemed rather shy, but she didn't resist too much.
It shouldn't take long to win her over, right?
On the way home that evening, I ran into Sakura buying groceries. She casually asked whether I wanted to come to her house for dinner, and naturally, I agreed immediately. I had a meal with her family.
Afterward, the two of us chatted for a while about how the plot would develop, and then she said she was feeling a little homesick.
Seeing how depressed she was, I told her, "Back then, you tried six thousand times before you could solo a Valkyrie at level one without taking damage. This little difficulty of feeling homesick should definitely be nothing to you!"
Then she corrected me. "It was 6,231 times..."
I'm tired. I went home. What a boring day.
On June 27, Kakashi finally recommended the three of us for the Chunin Ninja Exams. When I thought that Iruka might kidnap Moegi later, I tied up the entire Konohamaru trio in the wilderness first, then gave the assassin who came running over a thorough beating.
Huh? Why did I feel like the assassin had come to rescue them?
But Iruka's test should have been passed. Afterward, I told Konohamaru, "Looks like your ninja awareness still isn't good enough. If I had been a bad guy in disguise, you would have been done for today. As punishment, you're treating us to Ichiraku Ramen."
Konohamaru was furious with me, so I promised to teach him Shadow Clone and Harem Jutsu later. Only then did he let it go.
That evening, I ran into Iruka. He also said he would treat me to ramen, and during the meal, he kept asking about how I had been doing.
Ah, my Iruka, my true father!
Another day of free ramen~
On June 28, more and more outside-ninja visitors arrived in Konoha, so I consciously began taking Konohamaru and the others away from the village and ran to the forest to train instead.
I couldn't guarantee that another transmigrator wouldn't sneak in.
As for showing off in front of Temari... I'd save the chance to make a divine appearance in front of everyone for later.
During this period, I also observed Konohamaru. There was no sign whatsoever that he had been possessed. Could it be that all the transmigrators had entered the ninja world at the same time?
Or had the transmigrators come through in batches?
Sigh. I hoped it wasn't the second possibility.
After writing the final sentence, Naruto read through the diary from beginning to end. In the end, he tore it to shreds and scattered the pieces in different places.
July 1.
Naruto and Sakura met up fifteen minutes early near the Ninja Academy.
According to the original work, Ibiki was in charge of the first test. Naruto had originally planned to hand in a blank paper and pass easily, but Sakura poured a basin of cold water over that idea.
"You think Ibiki might not be the examiner for the first round?" Naruto asked in shock.
Sakura had faint dark circles under her eyes. In a serious tone, she said, "I only thought of it last night when I was almost asleep. Ibiki might have been busy interrogating Haku and Zabuza lately. He might not have time to oversee the exam."
"But... he might still have time."
"Yeah, I'm only saying it's possible."
Sakura paused, then continued, "Actually, I don't think it matters how the exam is conducted. In the end, Shikamaru will probably be the only one with a chance of passing. But that isn't the main issue. The main issue is the transmigrators."
"There's nothing we can do. Even Orochimaru managed to sneak into the Chunin Ninja Exams, let alone a transmigrator."
Naruto rubbed his faintly aching brow and asked, "By the way, has your right eyelid been twitching today?"
"No."
Hearing that, Naruto let out a sigh of relief.
He had only recently heard about the fact that whenever Sakura's right eyelid twitched, something bad happened.
"He's here. Be careful what you say."
Naruto followed Sakura's gaze and saw Sasuke approaching with a gloomy expression.
A few days ago, he had specifically gone to Kakashi to ask for Icha Icha Paradise, and Kakashi had even suspected that puberty had finally hit him.
The little brother gave up on revenge and started flying an airship instead?
Afterward, Sasuke had argued and pleaded with Kakashi for quite some time before Kakashi helplessly explained that it really was... that kind of... well, it was hard to explain!
In any case, it definitely had nothing to do with the Sharingan!
To keep Sasuke from returning empty-handed, Kakashi had still given him a few pointers on using the Sharingan and even told him about the origins of his eyes.
Sasuke slowly clenched his fists, but there was a trace of hesitation in his gaze as he looked at Naruto.
Should I beat Naruto up? Kakashi did share some useful information with me. But if I don't beat him up, it still feels irritating.
"Naruto, I'm looking forward to it," Sasuke said in a low voice. "To having a proper fight with you!"
Naruto tilted his head. "Sure. I won't use the Nine-Tails' power against you."
"You!" Sasuke felt that he was being mocked.
"Seriously. I can't exactly beat you to death, can I?" Naruto widened his eyes. "You're an avenger. What kind of avenger gets beaten to death by his teammate?"
Sasuke was so angry that he laughed, and immediately declared that he wanted to exchange martial techniques with Naruto.
However, before Sasuke could roll up his sleeves, a girl's delicate shout rang out from the distance:
"Naruto!"
Tenten, Neji, and Rock Lee slowly walked over. Tenten in particular had a smile in her eyes when she saw Naruto.
Naruto thought, This is bad.
He stiffly turned toward Sakura.
She stared coldly at him and pulled a pair of gloves out of her pocket.
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