Ninja Academy

The next day, when Chen got up, he found that Itachi was already gone. He had probably gone off to carry out another mission, while Sasuke was still asleep.

After breakfast, Chen told Fugaku Uchiha that he wanted to enroll in the Ninja Academy.

"You want to attend the Ninja Academy?" Fugaku Uchiha looked at Chen and asked.

Even Mikoto Uchiha, who had been clearing the table, stopped what she was doing and stared at Chen in surprise.

"Can you tell me why?" Fugaku Uchiha asked.

"Because staying at home is too boring, and I'm already old enough to go to school, aren't I?" Chen answered as he looked at Fugaku Uchiha.

"I see. The Ninja Academy will be accepting new students in a couple of days. When the time comes, I'll take you and Sasuke there." Fugaku Uchiha said to Chen.

"Alright, then I'll head out first." After bowing to Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha, Chen walked toward the door.

"Fugaku..." Mikoto wanted to say something, but Fugaku Uchiha waved his hand.

"There's no need to say it. I know what you want to say. The two children are already six years old. They really are at the age to attend the Ninja Academy, and besides, he asked for it himself." Fugaku Uchiha said to Mikoto Uchiha.

"This is the first time Chen has ever asked anything of us." Mikoto softly said as she watched Chen's back view gradually disappear, her eyes filled with affection for him.

Once Chen stepped out of the house, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, completely replacing his previous indifferent expression.

"In two days, I'll be able to go to the Ninja Academy. Then I'll get to see all those young rookies from the Original Story."

Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, Yamanaka Ino, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, Hinata Hyuga.

One familiar name after another from his previous life flashed through his mind. I'm actually looking forward to it.

"I should train first. I still haven't tried out the Finger Gun I got yesterday. Let's find somewhere to test its power." With that, he headed toward the place where he usually trained in secret.

Chen arrived at a patch of forest behind the Uchiha Compound. He had discovered it a year ago while wandering around. Since the forest was close to the Uchiha Compound, people from Konoha never came here, and few members of the Uchiha Clan came either. It was ideal for cultivation, so Chen had always trained here.

Though he called it training, there was not much Chen could actually practice. He had not even learned the most basic Chakra extraction, so he could only do simple Physical Strength exercises and Shuriken throwing.

Having only acquired the skill Finger Gun yesterday, Chen could hardly wait to see how powerful it was.

"Finger Gun!" Chen gathered all his strength into the index finger of his right hand and thrust it at a large tree before him.

"Pfft!" His finger pierced straight in, effortlessly punching a hole through the Tree Trunk.

"Not bad. It pierced through the Tree Trunk so easily. If it hit a person, it definitely wouldn't feel good." Chen said with satisfaction.

After that, he trained as usual, only dragging his exhausted body home when it was time for dinner that evening.

Two days later.

"Are you ready? We need to go." Fugaku Uchiha said to Chen and Sasuke inside the house.

"Chen, Sasuke, you're going to the Ninja Academy today. Make sure you get along well with your classmates." Mikoto Uchiha crouched before the two children, straightening their collars as she spoke softly.

"Got it, Mother." Chen answered flatly.

"Tch! I'm going to become a genius like Itachi-niisan someday. I don't care about those weaklings." Sasuke said disdainfully.

Having been indoctrinated since childhood with the warped belief that the Uchiha Family was the strongest, Sasuke saw the Uchiha Clan as Konoha's strongest family. Everyone outside the Uchiha Clan was nothing more than a weakling who could only hold others back, and he looked down on them from the bottom of his heart.

Idiot. Chen sneered inwardly.

Back when he watched Naruto in his previous life, Chen had always found Sasuke Uchiha, this spoiled young master, unbearable. He had no real strength yet shouted about revenge all day long. He had barely any ability, but was always putting on airs.

"Still, I have to admit that this Second Young Master Sasuke had absurdly good luck. First, he got everything Orochimaru had. Then he obtained Uchiha Itachi's eyes and became the second person to possess the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

"And that wasn't even the end of it. In the end, it turned out this guy was Indra's reincarnation. He effortlessly reached heights that ordinary people could never attain even after striving for an entire lifetime. That protagonist's halo is really enough to make anyone jealous."

"Alright, let's go." Fugaku Uchiha said as he headed toward the Konoha Ninja Academy, with Chen and Sasuke immediately following behind him.

"We're here." After walking for a while, the three arrived at the school gate. Fugaku Uchiha spoke to Chen and Sasuke behind him.

"So this is Konoha's Ninja Academy? Just like in the Original Story." Chen thought as he looked at the academy before him.

Konoha's Ninja Academy had been founded by the Second Hokage. At the time, war was raging, and in order to ensure stable and efficient combat capabilities and education, establishing a school was an urgent necessity.

The Ninja Academy was the most fundamental stage of every ninja's training. After receiving basic instruction at the Ninja Academy, ninjas would be assigned to different teams to train with their Teacher and take on missions of varying ranks suited to them.

At the same time, the Ninja Academy was also where all ninjas first met one another.

"I'll take you to find a Teacher first, then he'll bring you to the Classroom. Follow me." Fugaku Uchiha said as he walked into the academy, and Chen and Sasuke consciously followed.

The three arrived at the school office, where several teachers were resting. Among them, Chen saw Mizuki, the first villain to appear in the Original Story.

"Lord Fugaku." The teachers all rose to greet Fugaku Uchiha.

"Lord Fugaku, is there something you need?" Mizuki asked as he approached with a smile.

"Yes. Please take these two children to their Classroom." Fugaku Uchiha said calmly to Mizuki.

"Understood. These two must be Lord Fugaku's children. They must be two more geniuses." Mizuki looked at Chen and Sasuke with a gentle smile. "Come with me. I'll take you to the Classroom." The smile on his face made him seem like a sunny, tolerant, kind-hearted man.

Only Chen, who had watched the anime in his previous life, knew that he was actually a sinister and despicable villain.

"Go with him. He'll take you to the Classroom." Fugaku Uchiha said to the two brothers.

"Yes, Father. We'll be going now." After Chen and Sasuke bowed to Fugaku Uchiha, they left with Mizuki.

"You two are a little late. The other students should already be in class by now." Mizuki, walking ahead of them, turned around and said to Chen and Sasuke with a smile.

"Mm." Chen answered casually, while Sasuke did not even spare him a glance and simply kept walking.

"Hehe!" Seeing that neither of them had any intention of paying him attention, Mizuki could only laugh awkwardly, a trace of gloom flashing through his eyes. After that, he said nothing more.

Mizuki led the two of them to a classroom and stopped in front of it.

"We're here! Wait here for a moment. I'll go call your teacher."

Mizuki walked to the classroom door and said to a teacher who was lecturing from the podium, "Teacher Iruka, could you come out for a moment?"

That teacher was none other than Umino Iruka.

"Oh, Teacher Mizuki." Upon seeing Mizuki, Iruka called out to the students, "Self-study, everyone." Then he walked out of the classroom.

"Teacher Mizuki, what is it?" Iruka asked Mizuki, though his gaze fell on Chen and Sasuke behind him.

"Teacher Iruka, two new students just arrived, so I brought them over," Mizuki said with a smile.

"These two, right?" Iruka looked at Sasuke and Chen and smiled. "Hello. I'm Umino Iruka, and I'll be your teacher from now on."

"Teacher Iruka, please take care of us," Chen said politely.

Chen had also admired Iruka in his previous life. He was an ordinary yet great Chunin schoolteacher. Though he did not possess great strength, he gave Naruto tremendous spiritual encouragement. It was precisely because of his recognition and care that Naruto did not go down the wrong path.

Just then, a burst of laughter suddenly came from the classroom. Iruka, who had been about to say something, immediately darkened.

"Those brats. Sorry, Teacher Mizuki, I need to go back to the class," Iruka said apologetically to Mizuki beside him.

"Hehe, it's fine. Go ahead and take them to class, Teacher Iruka," Mizuki said, waving a hand to show that he did not mind.

"Alright, come into the classroom with me first." Iruka turned and walked inside.

When Iruka returned to the classroom, he saw a blond-haired child drawing something on the blackboard while the entire class stared at it and laughed.

"Naruto, you idiot! Get back to your seat!" Iruka immediately roared at the blond-haired child.

That blond-haired child was none other than Naruto Uzumaki, who liked to use pranks to attract attention when he was young, and the protagonist of this Hokage anime.

Naruto was currently drawing a monkey wearing a Hokage hat and a Mitarai robe on the blackboard. Hearing Iruka call out to him, he put down the chalk in his hand and muttered as he walked toward the protagonist's seat, "Tch! So boring."

After calming himself down, Iruka returned to the podium and said to the students below, "Everyone, quiet down. Two new students have joined our class. Let's all welcome them."

The students below all looked curiously toward the door.

"Uh, new students?"