Uzumaki Menma and his friends followed Iruka into the classroom.
At the podium, Iruka had already finished introducing himself.
"Next, please introduce yourselves one by one. Tell everyone about your likes, dreams, and so on, so we can get to know each other better."
The other students' introductions were fairly normal, but once it came to Uzumaki Menma's friends, aside from Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Hinata, and Shino, everyone else's introductions suddenly took a strange turn.
Kiba went first. "My name is Kiba Inuzuka! My dream is to become Hokage before Naruto does! To become the Fifth Hokage! Naruto, you can stand behind me!"
Naruto slammed his hands onto the desk and stood up indignantly. "Kiba, stop dreaming! I'm definitely going to be the Fifth Hokage!"
Kiba and Naruto pressed their foreheads together, both brimming with fighting spirit and unwilling to yield to the other.
Worried that the two would start fighting, Iruka hurriedly tried to smooth things over. "Wanting to become Hokage is a good thing, but before that, you must first become qualified ninjas. So you need to study hard at the Ninja Academy. All right, Naruto, it's your turn to introduce yourself."
Naruto planted one foot on his chair and the other on the desk, pointed his right thumb at himself, and declared energetically, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, the man who will become Hokage in the future!"
Then Naruto pointed at Menma and the others smugly. "From now on, you'll all be underlings of me, the Hokage!"
Thinking of the day when his friends would surround him and call him Lord Hokage, Naruto started laughing happily.
Other than Kiba, Uzumaki Menma and the others had no interest in paying attention to Naruto, who had already lost himself in his fantasies.
Next was Sasuke.
Sasuke stood up from his seat,