By contrast, after Sasuke and Naruto arrived at Naruto's home, Aunt Bubin could hardly stand to look at the place.
This... barely looked like a home at all...
The fridge was full of expired milk and bread.
The shelves were piled high with expired instant ramen.
This was a child's home!
Was this really what the boy usually ate!?
Forget whether it met the needs of a growing boy; just surviving while eating this expired food for so long was already a miracle.
As a professional cook, she naturally had her own standards and professional pride.
And Uchiha Fugaku was paying her far too well.
She had to do her job properly.
"Young Master Sasuke, Young Master Naruto."
"I'll take care of tidying up the house."
"You can go play for a while and come back at lunchtime."
Aunt Bubin looked at the two of them with affection.
The two little ones were polite and not at all spoiled.
After only a few days with them, Aunt Bubin had already grown fond of the boys.
So she spoke to them quite warmly.
"Okay."
"Sasuke, I'll take you to my secret hideout."
"It's really fun."
Naruto took Sasuke by the hand, dashed out of the house, and ran toward the distant forest.
Sasuke naturally knew about the secret hideout.
But after training for so long, he was glad to go relax with Naruto.
Even an adult's mind grew tired sometimes.
Now that the mission was nearly complete, there was no harm in taking a break.
After catching fish and shrimp, the two didn't return to Naruto's home until evening.
The moment Naruto opened the door, he froze in place.
"This..."
"Where's my collection of instant ramen?"
"What about the milk and bread the old Hokage gave me?"
"And where are all my [new] clothes?"
Naruto stared at the tidy room. All his "treasures" had vanished without a trace...
For a moment, his mind simply shut down.
"Naruto, no matter how much you like something, you can't keep it forever!"
"Those things had been expired for a long time. They're bad for you."
"Auntie prepared some fresh food and new clothes for you."
"And dinner's ready, too. Hurry and eat."
"Wash your hands first. You can't sit at the table all dirty."
Aunt Bubin remained as warm and gentle as ever.
"What does expired mean?"
Naruto looked at Sasuke curiously.
"Expired... means the food has spoiled and isn't safe to eat."
Sasuke was at a loss.
How had this guy even survived until now?
Maybe it was because of the Uzumaki Clan's constitution.
An ordinary person eating this stuff every day at his age would've been done for ages ago.
"But I've never felt like there was anything wrong with it."
"Although, sometimes I did get a stomachache..."
Naruto looked a little embarrassed.
But he still stubbornly defended himself.
After all, this was the strongest talk-no-jutsu in the Ninja World.
"All right, go wash your hands and eat. Then you can try on your new clothes."
As he spoke, Sasuke pushed Naruto toward the bathroom.
At the same time, he gave Aunt Bubin an appreciative look.
This... was the perfect assist!
Sasuke had still been figuring out how to make Naruto realize these things on his own, but Aunt Bubin had just come right out and told him.
Children's joys and sorrows came and went quickly.
After trying on his new clothes, Naruto had already forgotten all about being sad over his "treasures" getting thrown away.
Once Aunt Bubin had prepared dinner, she left.
In Naruto's room.
Sasuke looked at the progress, which had reached [981/1000], and once again got Naruto to train with him.
Sasuke had now gained complete control over his chakra and no longer leaked any.
So even with Anbu watching outside, he wasn't worried about being found out.
And with Uchiha watching over the area, he felt even more at ease.
[ Ding, congratulations, host. You have completed 1,000 rounds of tempering your body with Lightning Release Nature Transformation chakra. ]
[ Reward: Thunder God Mode. ]
[ Mission completed with distinction. Additional reward: Special Bonus Pack. ]
As the system's notification rang out, the chakra in Sasuke's hand came to a stop.
"Naruto, you've already mastered the chakra refinement technique I taught you, right?"
Sasuke let go of Naruto's hand and asked with a smile.
"Mm-hm!"
"Are you going to have me try training on my own tonight?"
Naruto nodded earnestly.
"That's right."
"But first, let's get something to eat and keep our strength up. Then we'll train."
"Tell me how it feels tomorrow."
Sasuke nodded and spoke seriously.
"Okay..."
Sasuke had no trouble fooling Naruto.
After seeing Naruto begin his chakra refinement training, Sasuke opened his status panel.
"System, open the Special Bonus Pack."
As he sensed the changes in his body, Sasuke opened the Special Bonus Pack.
[ Ding, opening Special Bonus Pack. ]
[ Obtained Three-Tomoe Sharingan. ]
Just as Sasuke was about to examine the Thunder God Mode he had been rewarded with, the system's notification rang again.
At the same time, a strange force surged into his eyes.
His black eyes vanished in an instant.
They turned blood-red, and three tomoe appeared around his pupils.
His vision, observation, perception, and mental strength all surged at once.
"So this is... the Sharingan?"
Sasuke no longer needed to deliberately activate his senses to clearly detect the Anbu outside.
He could even make out the immense flow of chakra inside Naruto's body.
And the terrifying red chakra deep in his abdomen...
"Three-Tomoe Sharingan at five years old!"
"Maybe awakening the Mangekyo by the time I graduate from the Academy won't be a problem either."
He was already looking forward to the Dojutsu his Mangekyo would grant him.
He closed his eyes slightly and deactivated the Sharingan.
Now wasn't the time to draw attention to himself.
With Thunder God Mode and his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, he should be able to handle an ordinary Jonin now.
That was what it meant to be a cheat!
With cheats, you really could do whatever you wanted...
Next, he needed to find a chance to learn genjutsu and Lightning Style...
With Uchiha Fugaku as his great dad, getting those things wouldn't be a problem.
With that thought, Sasuke continued to examine his Thunder God Mode.
The night passed quickly.
The next day, after eating breakfast together, the two headed to the Ninja Academy.
As soon as they arrived, they saw a notice.
[Hokage Speech]
Looking at the information on the bulletin board, Sasuke narrowed his eyes slightly.
That old Third Hokage really couldn't sit still any longer, could he?
Meanwhile, in the Ninja Academy principal's office.
Hiruzen Sarutobi had already obtained the enrollment records of all the students.
This was Hiruzen Sarutobi's calculated move.
Any family in the village might produce a genius.
But what he intended to do was use the Will of Fire to indoctrinate them, making those geniuses wholly serve the village!
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