Naruto, What's the Point of Being Hokage If You Don't Get Involved!

"Huh?"

"Go... go to Naruto's house?"

"Of course, there's nowhere else to go."

Hinata blushed, fidgeting with her fingers, but eventually nodded.

"Mm."

Her voice was as faint as a mosquito's hum.

Naruto, however, was overjoyed and shouted, "It's a deal then!"

"See you tomorrow!"

He clasped his hands behind his head and hummed a cheerful tune as he returned to his seat.

Hinata watched Naruto's retreating back, a gentle smile appearing on her flushed face.

Will I really be able to study with Naruto tomorrow?

That... that would be wonderful...

Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka saw this scene and couldn't help but exchange glances.

"Hinata, she actually... towards that Naruto..."

Ino Yamanaka gave a sly smile.

"Hey, Forehead Girl, looks like that guy Naruto is going to have a change of heart soon!"

"Hmph, what does that have to do with me?"

"That troublesome guy, I'd be happy if he stopped pestering me!"

Sakura Haruno crossed her arms, closed her eyes, and said with disdain.

After Ino left, she still couldn't help but glance in Hinata's direction once more.

She shook her head, cast aside these stray thoughts, and rested her chin on her hand, looking at Sasuke with a smile.

Shikamaru Nara and Choji Akimichi were dumbfounded.

"Is... is that really Naruto?"

"He actually took the initiative to ask someone to tutor him?!"

Choji Akimichi was stuffing his face with potato chips.

"Nom, nom."

"There are only two possibilities: either Naruto has gone crazy, or we're under a genjutsu."

Shikamaru Nara shook his head.

"There's a third possibility: I haven't woken up yet."

"I need to go back to sleep."

He yawned, walked toward his desk, and soon slumped over like a pile of mush, closing his eyes.

"You're so lazy, Shikamaru."

Choji Akimichi sat beside him, continuing to munch away.

Sitting in the back row, Kiba Inuzuka also frowned in disbelief.

Kiba Inuzuka actually had a very similar personality to Naruto.

Both were a bit unreliable, yet prideful and prone to boasting, but most importantly...

Both of them aimed to become Hokage.

"That guy Naruto, could he be trying to shake off the title of dead-last?"

"How is that even possible!"

A sinister voice suddenly sounded beside him.

"That's not necessarily true."

"If you're asking for a reason..."

"Anyone has the potential to change."

Kiba Inuzuka let out a yelp, nearly jumping out of his skin.

"Shino?!"

"When did you get here?!"

Shino Aburame: "...I've been sitting next to you for half an hour."

"I didn't feel you there at all!"

"..."

The bustling chatter in the classroom suddenly died down.

Umino Iruka strode into the room.

This sudden shift in atmosphere made Umino Iruka frown.

"What's gotten into you all?"

"N-nothing, nothing at all..."

Umino Iruka cast a casual glance at Naruto.

He was actually still refining chakra...

His earnest advice had been effective; while he was happy for the boy, but...

Wasn't this effect a bit too outstanding?!

Was this level of effort a little excessive?

Naruto, are you preparing for a postgraduate entrance exam or something!

Umino Iruka's mouth hung slightly agape as his mind wandered, only snapping back to reality when a student reminded him.

A faint blush crept onto his face.

Many teachers and students had warned him not to focus too much on Naruto alone.

Even the principal had subtly criticized him for it.

However...

Umino Iruka cleared his throat: "Alright, let's begin the lesson!"

[Detection in progress...]

Naruto interrupted System Bro: "Yeah, yeah, I know."

"Full concentration, right!"

He immediately widened his eyes, staring fixedly at Umino Iruka, his ears perked up like a fox's, terrified of missing a single word.

This posture didn't just unsettle Umino Iruka; the other students looked as if they had seen a ghost.

"That guy Naruto wasn't just acting on a whim yesterday; he's actually still persisting in listening attentively?"

"This is as abnormal as Sasuke suddenly running up to the podium to do a striptease..."

"Exactly, it's even scarier than Choji suddenly saying he wants to lose weight."

"Ah, I've got one too! It's as absurd as Sakura suddenly stopping her pursuit of Sasuke and falling for Naruto! Hahaha..."

Bang—

Bang, bang, bang!

Just as the group was giggling and whispering, Umino Iruka's chalk flew out like shuriken, snapping into three pieces in mid-air and striking each of the three students on the forehead with unerring accuracy.

"No whispering in class!"

"Yes, Umino Iruka-sensei..."

The trio rubbed their aching foreheads, grimacing as they lowered their heads.

Umino Iruka sighed: "Can't you all just listen to the lecture properly?"

"Look at Naruto, for instance..."

As soon as he said this, Umino Iruka's brain momentarily short-circuited.

Since when did Naruto become a model student?

This was the first time he had ever said something like that...

Everyone turned to look at Naruto.

Naruto remained solemn and meticulous, his eyes as determined as someone joining the party.

Umino Iruka felt a bit awkward.

"Ahem, Naruto, why don't you answer this question?"

He took the opportunity to steer the situation.

A chorus of schadenfreude rippled through the classroom.

Naruto was stunned for a moment, but he stood up immediately.

His brain began to spin at high speed.

It's the same type of problem as yesterday...

Combining Umino Iruka-sensei's lectures from the past two days with what Sakura said when she answered the question yesterday...

With Naruto's focus now heightened, his observation, memory, and analytical skills had also skyrocketed.

"5... 500 meters?"

Naruto answered cautiously, as if he were lighting an explosive tag.

Iruka-sensei stood there dumbfounded, as if struck by a curse seal.

Seeing this, Naruto's mouth slowly stretched into a grin that grew increasingly brazen.

"Ano sa, ano sa..."

"Iruka-sensei, did I get it right?!"

Iruka-sensei shook his head.

"No."

Naruto instantly wilted.

"Then what was with that look on your face just now!"

Iruka sighed: "I wasn't surprised because you got it wrong, but because you..."

"Were so close to getting it right."

"You were very near the correct answer, you just made a small, easy-to-make mistake—the kind that even Sakura might make if she were careless..."

"This is nothing short of a miracle."

Naruto clawed at his hair frantically.

"...Doesn't that still mean I didn't get it right?!"

Little did he know, the entire classroom had already fallen into a deathly silence.

Sasuke, Sakura, and everyone else were struck by a shock that bordered on fear.

Is this really...

That Naruto?!

Chapter 10 First Entry Reward! [Knowledge Absorption]!