The movie continued.
A line of text flashed across the screen.
The day of the Genin orientation.
"Heh heh heh..." Naruto happily hummed a tune as he sprawled across his classroom desk.
"No way, Naruto, why are you here?" Uchiha Mion suddenly appeared and asked in surprise. "Aren't only those who passed the graduation exam allowed to attend the orientation?"
Naruto abruptly straightened up and pointed at the brand-new forehead protector on his head, saying smugly, "Damn it, look at this!"
"Please move aside." Just then, a cold, harsh voice rang out.
Then Rin Nohara appeared before Naruto with a fierce expression on her face.
"Whoa, it's Rin! Rin, you look so scary!" the surrounding students cried out.
The moment Naruto saw Sakura, his entire body froze as though he had been struck by lightning. His face reddened at a visible pace, his fingers twisting together unconsciously, while a foolish grin tugged at the corner of his mouth.
"S-Sakura..." he stammered, his voice filled with uncontainable delight.
"Obito, you look so creepy," the students said in unison with disgust.
"I-I'm acting! You know, acting!" Obito—who was now Uchiha Naruto—hurriedly defended himself, but no one believed him.
Just then, an introductory subtitle suddenly flashed across the projection screen at the front of the classroom: [Sakura, the girl who made Naruto's heart flutter.]
"Whoa!" The entire class immediately erupted into mischievous hoots. Several boys even whistled, while the girls covered their mouths and snickered.
Rin Nohara—no, Sakura's face instantly turned as red as a ripe apple. She lowered her head, wishing she could crawl into a crack in the ground. During filming, the director had only told her to act fierce. He had never said there would be such an embarrassing subtitle!
Naruto was already completely immersed in his own fantasy. He