"Naruto, stop right there!"
"No way, Iruka-sensei! You'll never catch me, so just give up!"
In bustling Konoha, two figures leaped from rooftop to rooftop.
The one in front was a boy dressed in orange, with short blond hair and a bucket of paint in his hand.
Close on his heels was a young man wearing a Konoha chunin uniform, a scar across the bridge of his nose and an exasperated look on his face.
These two were our protagonist, Naruto Uzumaki, and his teacher at the academy, Iruka.
Standing in the Hokage Office, Shin Uchiha watched the farce unfold without saying a word for a long time.
The scene was very familiar to Shin Uchiha, because it was the opening scene of Naruto.
It left Shin Uchiha feeling somewhat dazed, unsure what to think or say.
Just then, Tsunade, who was working in the office, sensed that something was off about Shin.
After taking a sip of tea, she looked at his back and said:
"Shin, what's wrong? What's going on outside? It sounds lively."
Sis Tsunade's voice snapped Shin Uchiha out of his daze. He turned to look at her, still as youthful as a twenty-year-old woman, and said with a smile:
"Who else but Naruto? He covered Hokage Rock in paint. Iruka's furious and wants to catch him. The two of them are playing hide-and-seek outside right now."
At Shin Uchiha's words, Tsunade gave him a coquettish roll of her eyes and said:
"Isn't this all your doing? As the Fourth Hokage's son, Naruto was already gifted. On top of that, he has Uzumaki Clan blood, so his chakra reserves are absurdly large.
Even with the Nine-Tails sealed tightly inside him, his strength keeps growing.
You taught him a few things while you were teaching Sasuke, too.