Konoha.
Ninja Academy, Training Ground 911.
"Ah~ Didn't we graduate? Aren't they supposed to assign us team instructors now?
Why are we being brought to some training ground instead?!"
Naruto rested both hands behind his head, looking at the surrounding classmates and the environment around them.
He didn't understand.
He was already looking forward to life as a Genin.
He even proudly adjusted the forehead protector on his brow.
"You actually became a Genin. Did the Third Hokage pull some strings for you?" Shikamaru asked beside him after hearing that.
He truly couldn't believe that Naruto had managed to graduate with his theoretical grades and clumsy Three-Body Technique.
Naruto raised his head at that. "Don't you know? Turns out I'm the Fourth Hokage's son. It's only natural that I'd have this kind of talent."
"..."
Shikamaru was speechless.
What did that have to do with him graduating?
Wasn't that still pulling strings?
Choji crunched a potato chip. "Naruto becoming a Genin must have been approved by Lord Hokage. Don't worry, Shikamaru."
"I don't have a problem with it, but don't put me on the same team as him. He'd be a pain to deal with."
Shikamaru said disdainfully.
Naruto's personality was far too troublesome.
"Tch, I don't want to be on your team either. I want to be on the same team as Sakura."
Naruto looked in Sakura's direction, a blush appearing on his face.
But the girl he liked was looking at another man he hated.
Please don't let me be on the same team as Sasuke, Naruto prayed inwardly.
"They're here."
As everyone chatted among themselves, a figure suddenly appeared.
Other figures followed shortly afterward.
Swoosh, swoosh!
Kakashi, the Third Hokage, Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma, Iruka, and the others.
There were other Jōnin as well.
And the main figure