Testing Abilities

"Don't be so bad-tempered. Getting angry makes you age faster and gives you wrinkles." Naruto looked leisurely at the Nine-Tails.

"What wrinkles? I'm a Tailed Beast. How could a Tailed Beast possibly get wrinkles?" The Nine-Tails looked at Naruto disdainfully.

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"What do you mean, no wrinkles? The wrinkles at the corners of your mouth have already appeared." Naruto looked at the Nine-Tails with the same disdain.

"What? Wrinkles at the corners of my mouth?"

The Nine-Tails was somewhat bewildered. It raised a paw and touched its mouth, then roared, "Those are my whiskers, damn it! Get lost!"

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"Oh, so they're whiskers."

"Of course they're whiskers." The Nine-Tails stared at Naruto with lifeless fish eyes.

"You're already growing whiskers at this age? How old are you supposed to be? It's obviously caused by your bad temper." Naruto jabbed at the Nine-Tails again.

"I had whiskers from the moment I appeared in this world. It has absolutely nothing to do with having a bad temper." The Nine-Tails grew angry, feeling that this brat was becoming increasingly infuriating.

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"I see. You were like that from birth, which clearly means you had such a bad temper as a child that it stunted your growth."

"The hell do you mean, stunted growth?!"

The Nine-Tails was furious. It desperately wanted to swat Naruto away with one claw, but Naruto was simply too good at provoking it. Its eyes had turned red with rage.

But with the seal in place, it could not hit Naruto. It could only curl up gloomily and ignore him.

"See? You have no comeback now, right? You should lose your temper less in the future. If you keep aging before you're old, you definitely won't be able to find a girlfriend." Naruto continued relentlessly after gaining the upper hand.

"Shut up!" The Nine-Tails could not help wanting to hit someone again.

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"See? You're losing your temper again. You need to learn patience and learn to keep an open mind. These are things you must learn while growing up. Otherwise, if you get angry every day, watch out for baldness."

"Get lost!"

The Nine-Tails exploded with anger, its fur standing on end. It had never expected Naruto to directly bring up "baldness." That was just too damn infuriating.

The enraged Nine-Tails raised a huge claw and pointed at Naruto. "When the seal is lifted in the future, I'll definitely beat you up good."

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"Oh? Is that so? I'm looking forward to it."

Naruto smiled without quite smiling. By the time the Nine-Tails got out, his strength might have reached some terrifying level. Who would be beating whom then was still uncertain.

Thus, Naruto was not afraid of the Nine-Tails at all. Instead, he switched into nagging mode and kept farming Experience Points.

Time trickled by. Only after the Experience Orbs around the Nine-Tails vanished did Naruto's consciousness return.

"Another 46 Experience Points earned. Adding the previous 5, I now have 51 Experience Points. Then let's continue exchanging."

As Naruto spoke, he unhesitatingly chose to exchange for Saiyan Blood.

[Ding! Exchange successful. Obtained 5 drops of Saiyan Blood.]

A warm current flowed through his body. Naruto ignored it and opened the Data Panel.

Ding!

Naruto: Pseudo-Saiyan

Blood: 65 drops of Saiyan Blood

Abilities: Enhanced Clone Technique, Multi-Shadow Clone Technique

Experience Points: 1

"Sixty-five drops of Saiyan Blood... I wonder whether I can extract Qi now. I'm really looking forward to it."

Naruto murmured as he closed his eyes and began extracting "Qi" again. He continued until morning.

The following morning, the sun shone brightly, while birds sang and flowers bloomed.

Fully prepared, Naruto left home and headed toward the academy. After extracting all night, he still had not managed to extract Qi. Instead, he had extracted a large amount of Chakra, but...

But Naruto vaguely noticed something unusual. It seemed that as his Saiyan Blood increased, he was beginning to show signs of being able to extract Qi. This delighted Naruto immensely.

He then decided to keep accumulating blood and strive to extract Qi as soon as possible. However, one thing surprised him greatly.

The ANBU who had originally been monitoring him had all left. Not a single one remained. It was very strange.

"Could it be that after yesterday's Mizuki incident, I gained the Third Hokage's approval? Or did the Third Hokage think I had become stronger and worry that I would discover the ANBU?"

Naruto frowned, unable to figure out what was going on. However, he could not be bothered to keep thinking about it and continued toward the academy.

Today was the academy's orientation meeting, where they would be assigned to classes and new teachers would specifically lead them. Naruto did not need to think to know that his new teacher would be Kakashi.

As an important character in the story, Kakashi surely had quite a few Experience Points on him. Naruto decided to use this opportunity to earn more Experience Points.

After all, he had already absorbed almost all the Experience Points from his classmates. After harvesting another round today, there probably would not be any left, and he would need to find new targets.

Kakashi was a very good target. Of course, the Third Hokage, Danzo, Might Guy, Kurenai, Asuma, and the others were also Naruto's targets.

"Right, it's time to test whether Shadow Clones can absorb Experience Points." Naruto spoke inwardly and swiftly formed hand seals.

Poof! Poof! Poof!

White mist spread through the air as several Shadow Clones appeared around Naruto, silently awaiting his orders.

"Go." Naruto waved a hand, and the Shadow Clones instantly vanished.

"Don't disappoint me."

Naruto muttered, then turned and walked into his classroom.

"Why are you here, Naruto? Today is the orientation meeting after Genin graduation. Didn't you fail to become a Genin?" Ino was puzzled to see Naruto enter and could not help asking.

The students around them were also curious and all looked over. Hinata, meanwhile, pricked up her little ears and listened secretly.

Only Sasuke appeared indifferent. He had originally thought Naruto was hiding his strength and was actually an expert, but he had not expected Naruto to fail even graduation. This truly disappointed Sasuke.

So he no longer cared about Naruto's affairs and merely crossed his arms, pretending to look cool.

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Looking at the flood of Experience Point notifications, Naruto pointed at his forehead protector. "Can't you see this?"

"Eh? A forehead protector? You actually graduated? How did you do it?" Sakura looked at Naruto in surprise, deeply curious about how he had managed it.

The students around them were equally curious. They had originally thought Naruto had been completely left behind by them, but in the blink of an eye, Naruto had graduated too. They simply could not understand it.

Sasuke, who had been acting cool, also turned his head and asked in confusion, "Naruto, have you mastered the Clone Technique?"

"No." Naruto smiled faintly.

"Then how did you become a Genin?" Sasuke frowned, sensing that something had happened without his knowledge.

"You guess." Naruto replied.

"I..." Sasuke was speechless and stopped talking.

Naruto did not continue interacting with them. Instead, he walked over and sat beside Hinata.

"N-Naruto."

Hinata looked at Naruto beside her, joy filling her beautiful eyes. When she noticed everyone looking at her, she immediately lowered her head shyly.

Looking at the adorable Hinata and the relatively large Experience Orb beside her, Naruto felt that he would not be able to absorb all the Experience Points at the academy today. However, he quickly came up with a solution and said,

"Hinata, come to my house today. I'll make you something delicious."

"Really?!"

The moment Hinata heard the words "something delicious," she immediately thought of the grilled fish from that day. Her little foodie nature suddenly emerged, and she rapidly nodded her little head.

"Something delicious? Naruto, you can cook too?" Sakura leaned over, looking at Naruto skeptically. In this world, few men cooked to begin with, much less a child like Naruto.

Therefore, Sakura's gaze was filled with obvious doubt, and the other students around them wore similar expressions.

"Naruto's cooking is really delicious, especially his grilled fish. It smells amazing and tastes even better than what professional chefs make." Hinata hurriedly explained, praising Naruto's cooking skills without hesitation.

"Is he really that good?" Sakura did not believe her, feeling that Hinata was exaggerating.

"He really is amazing. I absolutely love grilled fish." Hinata praised him, seriousness written across her fair little face.

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