I Want to Kill That Uncle Who Hugged Me, and Crush All Spiky-Haired Guys

After the Third Hokage left, the Ninja Academy children went to their assigned classrooms according to the list.

The moment Naruto entered the classroom, he spotted Hinata sitting in the back row.

At this moment, quite a few students in the class also noticed Naruto.

They had heard the adults recount everything that had happened on the playground earlier.

All the children knew that this blond classmate was the Fourth Hokage's son.

Although they did not know about the Fourth Hokage's deeds, he was still the Hokage!

They had heard from the adults that he was also a great hero who had saved the village.

Naturally, they had a favorable impression of Naruto.

Come on, he was the Child of Hero!

If they became friends with him, they could even brag about it to others later.

"Naruto, sit over here!"

"Sit over here! I've got a newly bought manga."

"Naruto, sit here! I'll share my Snacks with you!"

Most of the students gathered around Naruto and chattered away. Some nearly started arguing over who would get to sit beside him.

Sasuke glanced at Naruto and gave a disdainful smile before turning to stare out the window in a daze.

The Fourth Hokage's son?

I'll definitely defeat you!

Seeing Sasuke's expression, Haruno Sakura excitedly grabbed Ino beside her and shook her as she shouted.

"So handsome! He's really so handsome!"

"Uchiha Sasuke is just too handsome!"

Ino took one look and likewise fell into a lovestruck daze.

Seeing how popular Naruto was, Hinata's gaze dimmed, and she buried her head in the crook of her arms.

He's so popular...

He must have forgotten me...

Hearing the laughter of the others and Naruto, Hinata somehow felt terribly miserable.

When Naruto saw Hinata lying on her desk, he perfunctorily dealt with the classmates around him before slowly walking over to her seat.

The seat beside Hinata was still empty. On her right sat the daydreaming Shikamaru and Choji, who was eating Snacks.

He reached out a finger, tapped Hinata's arm, and said with a smile.

"Hello, I'm Naruto."

Hinata looked up at Naruto and found that the smiling Naruto seemed to be glowing.

Three different figures appeared in Hinata's mind.

Naruto, who had taken her home when they were three; Naruto, who had stood up for her when they were five...

And Naruto, standing before her now.

The three figures overlapped, all saying at once: "Hello, I'm Naruto."

Lost in thought, she forgot to answer Naruto for a moment, and even forgot to be shy.

Seeing the little girl frozen in place, Naruto thought Hinata had forgotten him. He waved a hand in front of her face.

"Ah!"

"S-Sorry..."

"I... I... am Hyuga... Hinata."

Coming back to her senses, Hinata was so embarrassed that it took her a long while to force out her name.

Seeing Naruto sitting beside her, her vision suddenly went black, and she fainted straight onto her desk.

Umino Iruka entered the classroom with the student roster in hand, his face full of worry.

The moment he entered, he saw Naruto make the Hyuga Clan's eldest daughter faint...

He had already begun worrying about the next few years of his teaching career.

To be honest, he had mixed feelings about Naruto.

At first, he had learned from the Third Hokage that Naruto was the village's Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki.

And the Nine-Tails sealed inside this child was the very culprit who had killed his parents.

In the beginning, Umino Iruka had directly regarded Naruto as the murderer of his family.

But just now, Iruka had heard everyone on the playground saying that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage's son.

It had completely crashed his brain for a full three minutes.

Only afterward did he more or less figure out what Naruto's situation was.

The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and his wife had given their lives to stop the tailed beast and save the village, sealing the Nine-Tails inside their own son...

It could be said that their entire family had been Konoha's saviors.

Thinking of his attitude when he first learned about Naruto, Iruka felt terrible.

In short, he felt awful.

Iruka glanced at Naruto and decided to take him out for ramen after school today. That would ease the guilt in his heart a little.

But...

First, he needed to get acquainted with his students.

Iruka walked to the podium and smiled at everyone.

"Alright, class is starting."

"Let me introduce myself first..."

"My name is Umino Iruka. I like hot springs and Ichiraku Ramen. The food I hate most is Gai Jiao Fan. My dream is for all of you to pass your exams smoothly in the future and become ninja."

Naruto sat in the back row, listening until he grew drowsy.

At first, he had been somewhat interested in the Ninja Academy, but after truly experiencing it, he found it extremely boring and dull.

He had already entered society in his previous life, yet now he had to keep attending classes in the Ninja Academy...

If Hinata had not been sitting beside him, he truly would not have wanted to stay another second.

As everyone knew, relationships in the Hokage World had to be cultivated from childhood.

His own parents were proof enough.

Naruto immediately became incredibly conflicted.

At this moment, he felt like Supreme Treasure holding up the Golden Hoop.

If I skip class, I won't be able to build a relationship with Hinata. If I don't skip class, I'll have to endure endless torment in the classroom from now on.