"Don't get so worked up. A bad temper 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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"How can you say you don't have wrinkles? The wrinkles at the corners of your mouth have already appeared." Naruto looked back at the Nine-Tails with equal disdain.
"What? The wrinkles at the corners of my mouth have appeared?"
The Nine-Tails was a little dazed. It raised a claw and felt around its mouth, then roared, "Those are my whiskers, damn it! Get lost!"
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"So they're whiskers."
"Of course they're whiskers." The Nine-Tails stared at Naruto with dead fish eyes.
"You're already growing whiskers at this age. You must have aged terribly. One look tells me it was 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 was furious. This brat was becoming more and more infuriating.
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"I see. You were like this from the start, which clearly means you had too much of a temper as a child and got malnourished from being angry."
"Malnourished my ass!"
The Nine-Tails was livid. It desperately wanted to swat Naruto away with a claw. Naruto was simply too good at provoking others, so much so that the Nine-Tails' eyes had turned red with rage.
But with the seal in place, it could not touch Naruto. It could only curl up in frustration and ignore him.
"See? You have no comeback now, do you? You should lose your temper less in the future. If you keep aging before your time like this, you definitely won't be able to find a girlfriend." Naruto refused to let up.
"Shut up!" The Nine-Tails could not help wanting to hit someone again.
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"See? There you go getting angry again. You need to learn patience and learn to be open-minded. Those 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 rage, its fur standing on end. It had never expected Naruto to bring up "baldness." That was just too damn infuriating.
The enraged Nine-Tails raised a massive claw and pointed at Naruto. "Once the seal is released in the future, I'll beat you up good."
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"Oh? Is that so? I'm looking forward to it."
Naruto smiled faintly. By the time the Nine-Tails got out, his strength might have reached an unimaginable level. Who would be beating up whom then was still uncertain.
So Naruto was not afraid of the Nine-Tails at all. Instead, he switched into monk mode and began nagging, continuing to farm Experience Points.
Time passed bit by bit. Only after the Experience Orbs around the Nine-Tails disappeared did Naruto's consciousness return.
"Another 46 Experience Points. Adding the previous 5, I now have 51 Experience Points. Time to exchange them again."
As Naruto spoke, he unhesitatingly chose to exchange them 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 if I can extract Qi now? I'm really looking forward to it."
Naruto murmured as he closed his eyes and began extracting Qi once more. He kept at it all night.
The next morning, the sun was bright and the birds sang amid fragrant flowers.
Fully prepared, Naruto left home and headed for the academy. After extracting all night, he still had not managed to extract Qi. Instead, he had extracted a great deal of Chakra, but...
But Naruto vaguely sensed something unusual. It seemed that as his Saiyan Blood increased, he was beginning to show signs of being able to extract Qi. This delighted him greatly.
He then decided to keep accumulating blood and strive to extract Qi as soon as possible. However, one thing surprised him.
The ANBU who had been monitoring him had all left. Not one remained behind. It was very strange.
"Could it be that after yesterday's Mizuki incident, I gained the Third Hokage's approval? Or does the Third Hokage think I've grown stronger and worry that I'll notice the ANBU?"
Naruto frowned, unable to figure out what was going on. But 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 teams and receive new teachers to lead them. Naruto did not even need to think to know that his new teacher would be Kakashi.
As an important character in the story, Kakashi would surely have plenty of Experience Points on him. Naruto decided to take this opportunity to earn more.
After all, he had already absorbed nearly all the Experience Points from his classmates. If he absorbed another round today, they would probably be drained dry, and he would need to find new targets.
Kakashi was an excellent target. Of course, the Third Hokage, Danzo, Might Guy, Kurenai, Asuma, and the others were also Naruto's targets.
"Right, it's time to see whether Shadow Clone Techniques can absorb Experience Points." Naruto muttered inwardly, swiftly forming hand seals.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
White mist filled 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 entered his classroom.
"Naruto, why are you here? Today is the orientation meeting for Genin graduates. Didn't you fail to become a Genin?" Ino was puzzled to see Naruto enter and could not help asking.
The surrounding students were also curious and all looked over. Hinata, meanwhile, perked up her little ears to listen.
Only Sasuke appeared indifferent. He had originally thought Naruto had hidden his strength and was an expert, but he had not expected him to fail even graduation. Sasuke was truly disappointed.
So he stopped caring about Naruto's affairs and merely crossed his arms to look cool.
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Naruto looked at the flood of Experience Point notifications and pointed at his forehead protector. "Can't you see this?"
"Huh? 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 thought Naruto had been completely left behind by them, yet in the blink of an eye, he had graduated too. They simply could not understand it.
Sasuke, who had been acting cool, also turned his head and asked in confusion, "Naruto, did you master the Clone Technique?"
"No." Naruto smiled faintly.
"Then how did you become a Genin?" Sasuke frowned, sensing there was something he did not know.
"You tell me." 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, delight in her beautiful eyes. But when she noticed everyone watching her, she immediately lowered her head shyly.
Looking at such an adorable Hinata, as well as the relatively large Experience Orb around her, Naruto felt that he would not be able to absorb all the Experience Points at the academy today. But he quickly thought of a solution and said,
"Hinata, come play at my house today. I'll make you something delicious."
"Really?!"
The moment Hinata heard there would be something tasty, she immediately thought of the grilled fish from that day. Her inner little foodie abruptly revealed itself, and she nodded her little head rapidly.
"Something delicious? Naruto, you can cook?" Sakura leaned over and looked at Naruto skeptically. In this world, men who cooked were rare to begin with, let alone a child like Naruto.
Thus, Sakura's gaze was filled with obvious doubt, and the other students nearby wore similar expressions.
"Naruto's cooking is delicious, especially his grilled fish. It smells amazing and tastes even better than a professional chef's." Hinata hurriedly explained, praising Naruto's cooking without hesitation.
"Is he really that good?" Sakura did not believe it, feeling that Hinata was exaggerating.
"He really is amazing. I love grilled fish so much." Hinata praised him earnestly, her fair little face serious.
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