What on Earth Did My Teacher's Wife Give Birth To?!

"Seriously, this is so weird!"

"Why can't I find that uncle...?"

Naruto sat atop the Fourth Hokage's stone head, his little face full of confusion.

He had searched the village for an entire week, yet he still hadn't found Might Guy.

He had clearly run into that Green Watermelon Rind at the School Gate before.

Naruto swung his legs, propped his chin up with one hand, and looked down over all of Konoha.

From this angle, the village's scenery actually looked pretty nice.

The children's laughter, the vendors' cries, and the cooking smoke drifting in the distance—it was full of everyday life.

He seemed to be getting used to life here.

After watching for a while, Naruto sighed.

"What a peaceful sight..."

But he knew the peace before his eyes was only temporary.

In a few years, Konoha would welcome Shinobi World Rice Carrying Master Nagato. When that time came, the entire village would get to experience pain together.

Afterward, Konoha would even have to be rebuilt inside a giant crater.

As Naruto recalled the memories in his mind, a sense of crisis rose within him.

He might have become much stronger than in the original story, but Pain was only an early-game mini-boss. Later, the Uchiha Group and the Otsutsuki Rabbits would appear in the shinobi world one after another.

Without enough strength, he would probably fall before he could even finish growing.

"Where the hell did that uncle go?!"

Naruto gritted his teeth, thoroughly irritated.

Since he was bored anyway, and today's training was already over, he might as well take a stroll around Konoha.

Whoosh—

Naruto leaned forward from where he sat on Hokage Rock and jumped straight down, shouting, "Woohoo—!"

The Third Hokage stood at the Hokage Building and watched Naruto leap from Hokage Rock, nearly tearing out his beard in fright.

This kid was only six years old!!

He might have mastered Chakra, but he was still just a child.

And Hokage Rock was a full hundred meters above the ground!

An ordinary child would be scared half to death just standing up there, but Naruto had jumped straight off without using any technique to cushion the impact...

This kid couldn't just rely on his freakish Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki physique and mess around like this!

Even Kakashi hadn't been this reckless when he graduated early!

The Third Hokage felt that if this child kept going like this, something big would happen sooner or later.

Bang—

The sound of something heavy hitting the ground rang out below Hokage Rock, followed by a cloud of dust.

Naruto gritted his teeth, covered his butt with his right hand, and limped out of the dust cloud.

"Hiss—"

"That hurt..."

He had been too absorbed while sitting on Hokage Rock and forgotten that he wasn't in the Sealing Space at all.

He had only realized it after jumping.

The instant he landed, Naruto seemed to hear the sound of his bones breaking.

Fortunately, the Uzumaki Clan's vitality plus the Nine-Tailed Chakra boost had prevented anything too serious from happening.

The fact that he could still walk now proved there was no problem.

Kurama looked at Naruto's miserable state and immediately began mocking him without mercy.

"Brat, you're far too weak!"

"If it weren't for this old man, you'd have fallen to your death just now!"

If this kid really fell to his death...

Kurama felt that Naruto would make him lose all face.

The strongest Tailed Beast Jinchuriki in existence, falling to his death...

It sounded utterly ridiculous.

Naruto had no desire to pay attention to the Big Fox in his stomach.

He was already in such a miserable state, yet this Big Fox ate his food every day without even a shred of gratitude!

If Naruto died, would the Big Fox be any better off?

Naruto dragged his injured body slowly along Konoha's streets. After walking for a few minutes, he realized his body did not seem to hurt as much anymore.

As expected of me!

If this had been his previous life, that fall would have probably turned him into a pile of mush with a splat.

"Naruto?"

Kakashi had just come out of the Konoha Bookstore when he turned and spotted the child.

Seeing him limp along, Kakashi thought about it and decided to step forward and show some concern.

"What happened to you?"

Kakashi walked up to Naruto with his dead-fish eyes.

"White-haired uncle..."

"It's nothing... I got hurt jumping down from Hokage Rock."

"It should get better in a little while."

Kakashi:?

Wait?

What did this kid just say??

He had fallen from Hokage Rock!?

Kakashi was completely stunned.

A child this small could fall from that height and still live??

Even a normal shinobi would need to recuperate at Konoha Hospital after falling from up there!

Kakashi was so shaken that he could barely maintain his dead-fish stare.

Then he thought of his teacher's wife...

And recalled what this kid had just said: "It should get better in a little while."

What on earth had his teacher's wife given birth to?!

Kakashi was rendered speechless by a six-year-old child.

At that moment, Naruto realized that his sprained ankle seemed to have recovered as well. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered that Kakashi seemed to know the Eight Gates too, right?

Since his dad had been Kakashi's teacher, Kakashi should at least take care of him a little.

Naruto thought it over, but then noticed a problem.

How was he supposed to ask Kakashi to demonstrate the Eight Gates for him directly...?

The Third Hokage was still monitoring him with the Crystal Ball. If he asked outright, it would be far too suspicious.

After thinking for a long time, Naruto looked up at the white-haired man who was still spacing out.

"White-haired uncle, can you teach me some taijutsu?"