At the Ninja Academy, Naruto lay bored over his desk. Today was exam day, and no matter how he thought about it, it felt like a hassle.
To him, exams did not mean much.
Perhaps because of his parents' teaching, he had actually finished learning everything taught at the academy long ago.
But finishing it early was useless. It was not as though he could apply to graduate ahead of time.
Obviously, he could only think about something like that. None of his classmates had graduated early, and his parents would never agree to it.
What he needed to do now was make friends. His father had told him that personally.
Although Naruto felt there was probably some other meaning behind those words, at his age, he simply could not understand that much.
Still, making more friends and enjoying his school days were what his mother had told him. That explanation was much easier for him to accept.
The exam bell rang right on time. Naruto looked at the test paper handed to him and could not help frowning.
To be fair, the questions were simple. Most children who had come to take the exam had put in the effort; it was nothing more than basic ninja knowledge and common sense.
Naruto in particular was very familiar with all of it. Though he could not guarantee a perfect score, he would at least get an excellent grade.
Compared to the others, he could definitely be considered a genius. But he knew there were quite a few people in the class who were better than him.
"Sasuke can get a perfect score, and Shikamaru too." Naruto looked over the questions while thinking to himself, *But Shikamaru always deliberately keeps his score at sixty. According to him, one more point is a