The simulated battle in his mind was broken as Sasuke frowned and looked down.
A not-so-familiar figure ran quickly toward the direction of the school, seeming to intentionally avoid him.
Just as Sasuke wanted to chase after him and make some threats, Naruto's voice came from behind at that moment.
"Who is that? Shouting and yelling, so impolite?"
"Hmph, just an unfamiliar classmate."
Sasuke originally wanted to tell Naruto that the classmates in class had already discovered her here, but on second thought, she was only Naruto's short-term fake girlfriend, so what did those people's remarks have to do with him?
With that, Sasuke walked past Naruto toward the stairwell.
"Wait for me, I'll be right down."
Naruto didn't care that the classmates knew Sasuke was at his house; perhaps this matter could make it even easier to execute his plan.
Soon Naruto was fully dressed and headed downstairs, going out with Sasuke.
Along the way, Naruto took out the last 110 silver taels and asked Sasuke to buy two breakfasts.
However, Sasuke refused.
"What's wrong? Didn't you refuse the Third Hokage's financial aid?"
Naruto asked, looking at Sasuke with confusion.
"Hmph, he came to find me again last night."
Sasuke didn't seem to want to say more details, but Naruto guessed roughly what happened.
"Well, knowing how to adapt to circumstances is a good thing."
Naruto didn't know how much financial aid the Third Hokage gave Sasuke, but it definitely had to be more than his own. "Those moneys originally belonged to the Uchiha Clan, so you can take them with a clear conscience."
Passing by a breakfast stall, Sasuke casually bought two breakfasts.
The two ate all the way, walking side by side.
The closer they got to the Ninja Academy, the more classmates they met on the road. After yesterday's events, all the classmates were guessing about the relationship between Sasuke and Naruto.
But those were just guesses.
And this morning, as the first classmate who saw Sasuke on the second-floor balcony of Naruto's house returned to the classroom, the entire classroom instantly suffered an earthquake.
The male classmates who liked Sasuke were so close to grinding their teeth to dust, all thinking of finding an opportunity to teach Naruto a good lesson.
This also allowed Naruto to easily reap a wave of Negative Emotion Points and Shock Points.
As Naruto and Sasuke just walked into the campus, they felt gazes coming from various positions.
Seeing this, Naruto couldn't help but sigh at the maturity of the children in the Naruto World.
Just how old were they, yet all day long they only knew about romance and affection.
"Sasuke, can you lend me 100 taels? I'll pay you back after school."
He originally thought Sasuke would publicly refuse him to avoid suspicion.
However, to Naruto's surprise, Sasuke took out a stack of silver tael banknotes from his pocket almost without hesitation, pulled out one of them, and handed it directly over.
Seeing the stack of banknotes in Sasuke's hand, Naruto couldn't help but curse inwardly that the Third Hokage was no human-damn it, they were both orphans, why treat them so differently?
"Thanks, um, you go on back first. I'm going to set up a small stall here to make some extra cash."
Hearing this, Sasuke furrowed his brow slightly.
Because of reaching the cooperation, she was now Naruto's temporary girlfriend. She originally thought that arriving at the class together today, Naruto would announce this matter to the classmates publicly, but who could have expected...
"Got it."
Sasuke let out a soft huff and paced toward the location of the classroom.
Seeing this, Naruto reminded, "Don't forget the dialogue I taught you, remember to say it, or else I won't be able to pay you back after school."
"Mm-hm."
Seeing Sasuke cooperate so much, Naruto also revealed the smile of an old schemer.
However, just as he wanted to set up his stall right on the spot, he found that because he went out too hastily, he forgot to take out the paid sign he had written in advance.
Just as he was struggling with a dilemma.
At that moment, a chubby little boy who looked at him with cowardice and timidity walked straight toward him from the front.
Wasn't this precisely one of the three grass-patch stooges he dealt with yesterday?
"Yo, isn't this my dearest deskmate? Here so early? Have you eaten yet?"
Naruto looked as if he had seen a savior, taking a step forward to block the chubby little boy's path.
"Naruto, y-you, what are you going to do? I'm warning you not to mess around here, this is the school, believe it or not, I'll go complain to Iruka-sensei?"
Looking at Naruto's bright and sunny smile, the chubby little boy was very nervous. Yesterday noon, he and his two older brothers had wanted to teach Naruto a harsh lesson, but who could have expected that Naruto was actually so powerful, not only beating the two older brothers to a pulp but also dragging him down into it.
"Oh? Going to complain to Iruka-sensei?" Naruto smiled faintly, "Then can't I also tell Iruka-sensei that you led two upperclassmen to block me at the school gate yesterday?"
Hearing this, the chubby little boy was visibly stunned. "Y-you, what do you want?"
Seeing the chubby little boy show timidity, Naruto waved a hand. "We're all classmates, there's no need to blow things out of proportion, don't you think?"
"Right, what you said is correct, I think so too."
The chubby little boy hurriedly nodded in agreement, even squeezing out a smile that was uglier than crying.
"Well... so take out your pen and book?"
"Pen and book?"
The chubby little boy was stunned. Although he didn't know what Naruto was actually going to do, last night because of Naruto's affair, he and his brother had already been severely beaten by their mom and dad; not wanting to cause any more trouble, he immediately took out the books and pen from his school bag.
Taking the book, Naruto found a blank page and tore it off directly, then picked up a pen and scribbled a few large characters on the paper: [Paid Shogi Match]
After writing, Naruto handed the pen and book back to his unsightly-faced deskmate and smiled. "There, this matter is written off."
The chubby little boy, who was originally on the verge of going berserk, heard these words, immediately suppressed the fire in his heart, took the book and pen, and walked angrily toward the direction of the classroom.
Obtaining the desired item, Naruto took out the portable folding shogi he had already exchanged for from the canvas bag, laid it out neatly on the ground, and then set up the first relatively simple endgame puzzle.
After finishing, he pasted the temporarily written sign onto a nearby tree, finished the small stall, and just waited for a financial backer to come patronize.
At this moment, Naruto instantly transformed into Jiang Taigong, and many students from other classes who looked over curiously sneered upon seeing the stall's sign.
These people were not Naruto's targets, so he remained indifferent upon hearing everyone's mockery.
Actually, ordinary children of their age didn't have much pocket money, but those children from major families in the class were different.
Among them, Choji, Shikamaru, Ino, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino, and Sakura were either heirs of major families or their families did business, making their pocket money relatively abundant. These people were his targets to reap.
Meanwhile.
As Sasuke paced into the classroom, several girls immediately crowded around Sasuke and asked curiously.
"Sasuke, I heard you came to school together with Naruto... You two...?"
"Yeah, yeah, Sasuke, what on earth is your relationship with Naruto?"
"Ahem... I heard classmates say you appeared on the second-floor balcony of Naruto's house today... Heh heh, Sasuke, are you really dating Naruto?"
In the past, because of Sasuke's absolute temperament and appearance, she suppressed the other girls in the class so much that they could hardly breathe; although they were jealous, they didn't dare to target Sasuke in front of all the boys in the class. But ever since the two of them publicly went to the playground on a date yesterday, it was different.
At this time, many girls in the class swarmed Sasuke with a gossip-filled expression and directly questioned her.
Those boys who liked Sasuke down to their very bones, such as Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka, were looking at Sasuke nervously. If Sasuke publicly admitted her relationship with Naruto, they wouldn't have a shred of hope left.
Surrounded and questioned by a bunch of eyesores, Sasuke frowned, originally wanting to directly ignore them and leave, but immediately thinking of the cooperation with Naruto, she organized her words slightly and announced:
"Naruto's excellence surpasses everyone of you. I appreciate such a person. If possible, it is not unacceptable."
Sasuke's cold and clear voice instantly reached the ears of every classmate in the classroom.
Instantly, the boys who liked Sasuke felt as if they had been struck by lightning.
"No..."
"How could this be?"
"A dropout is actually stronger than all of us, hmph... I don't believe it!"
Ino seemed unable to accept this fact, roaring in a low voice.
"Where is Naruto stronger than me?"
However, facing the passionate questioning of numerous boys, Sasuke acted as if she had just completed a mission, returning to her seat with a cold face.
"Sasuke... if I defeat Naruto, can you reconsider?"
"Right, Sasuke, don't be fooled by Naruto's false facade, okay?"
Hearing this, Sasuke sneered and turned back to look at the most agitated Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno.
"If you can defeat him head-on, I can reconsider."
Seeing that Sasuke actually took the initiative to respond to them and the others, Ino and Sakura were immediately flattered, instantly feeling like they had been hit with a shot of adrenaline as their cosmos almost exploded.
"Where is Naruto?"
"I want to challenge you, Naruto!"
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