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Chapter 23: Choose to lie flat, refuse involution, and enjoy life!
The next day.
A message spread from Konoha Village.
Mizuki, a student at the Ninja Academy, developed a lust for the sealing scroll and has been imprisoned in the Konoha jail.
The villagers of Konoha were abuzz with discussion.
The lower reaches of the Nanga River.
Naruto held a fishing rod and leisurely fished.
"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have caught the color comic book 'The Secret Between Me and My Neighbor Girl'."
Naruto's eyes lit up, and he immediately lifted the fishing rod, then took the book off the hook, muttering to himself with a smile.
"I just finished reading the last comic, and this one has already taken its place. Not bad."
Naruto opened the book and began to read it carefully with a serious and attentive attitude.
Just half an hour after he started studying, he suddenly sensed someone on one side.
Immediately, Naruto tilted his head and glanced at it.
"Naruto, are you fishing here?"
An old man walked towards us.
"Hey, isn't this the third-generation old man?"
Naruto said with a smile.
"..." Hiruzen Sarutobi was originally greeting him with a smile, but after hearing Naruto's words, his smile froze, he rolled his eyes, and glared at him.
"Naruto, don't call me 'old man,' call me the Third Hokage or the Third Hokage."
"Definitely next time."
Naruto shrugged and said casually.
Seeing the boy's perfunctory attitude, Hiruzen Sarutobi's lips twitched.
Never mind, we need to get down to business.
He then approached Naruto, stroked his beard, and said with a smile, "Naruto, I have something good to give you."
"Something good?" Naruto tilted his head, curious about Hiruzen Sarutobi's mysterious look. "What good stuff?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi reached into his pocket and smiled confidently, "Don't worry, I guarantee you'll love it when you see it."
"But I'm warning you beforehand, don't get too excited."
After he finished speaking, he took the things out of his pocket.
"Give."
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a headband engraved with the Konoha symbol and handed it over.
"How about it?"
"You want it?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression held a hint of anticipation.
He really wanted to see Naruto so moved that he cried when he saw the Konoha headband.
however--
The imagination was wonderful, but reality slapped them in the face!
The moment Naruto saw the Konoha headband, his face darkened, and he decisively shook his head in refusal.
"I do not want."
Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned, his face filled with disbelief.
what's the situation? !
Why is this different from what I expected?
Naruto should be jumping for joy!
But what kind of expression is that now?
dislike?
You know, there are so many people who want the Konoha headband but can't get one.
But Naruto, on the other hand, showed absolutely no interest.
A gentle breeze blew by, and Hiruzen Sarutobi was completely disheveled in the wind.
He even wondered if he was hard of hearing.
"..." Hiruzen Sarutobi twitched the corner of his mouth, frowned, and asked curiously, "Naruto, don't you want to be a ninja who can stand on his own?"
"I don't want to." Naruto answered simply and decisively.
Now Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't know how to respond.
At this moment, Naruto thought for a moment and said again, "By the way, haven't I already become a repeat student? Can I still graduate?"
As he said this, he looked up at Hiruzen Sarutobi beside him, his eyes filled with intense suspicion.
"You wouldn't be doing this for me, would you?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression changed, and he waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no, didn't Iruka say yesterday that it was thanks to you that they caught Mizuki, who wanted to steal the sealing scroll?"
"Therefore, you have performed a great service, and I will make an exception and promote you to Genin!!"
Actually, there's something even more important that he hasn't said yet.
Naruto, despite being the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, is still a nobody.
He didn't want to see Naruto too weak, not even having the slightest ability to protect himself.
Therefore, it is necessary for Naruto to graduate.
While racking his brains trying to figure out how to get Naruto to graduate, the Mizuki incident gave him a breakthrough.
This gave them an excuse to let Naruto graduate without taking the entrance exam.
Naruto shook his head after hearing Hiruzen Sarutobi's explanation.
"You're making me a genin despite my exceptional background?"
"That won't do!"
"If I become a genin, I'll lose my monthly welfare payment."
"I am very satisfied with my current life. I go to school on weekdays and receive a minimum living allowance every month."
"Choosing to lie flat, refusing to compete, and enjoying life—that's the perfect life."
"Now let whoever wants to endure it do it, I'm going to just start doing it."
Hiruzen Sarutobi stared in disbelief at Naruto's explanation.
"This...this makes a lot of sense."
"Oh no!! I can't refute it!!!"
Taking a deep drag on his pipe, Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly regained his composure.
Good grief, Naruto almost dragged me into a ditch!
Only through involution can we find a way out!
This is the truth!
"Naruto, you need to put yourself in someone else's shoes."
"Being a junior ninja actually has many advantages, such as improving one's strength."
Upon hearing this, Naruto shrugged.
"Well, I don't even know how to transform or create clones. My life is bleak. I might as well just lie down and live off welfare. That would be more comfortable."
"..." Hiruzen Sarutobi was completely at a loss. He gritted his teeth and said, "Naruto, just name your terms. Tell me what it would take for you to become a ninja?"
Naruto understood why the old man in front of him so desperately wanted him to become a ninja.
If I don't agree today.
It seems that Hiruzen Sarutobi will continue to haunt him.
At that point, how could I possibly be in the mood to go fishing?
However, since the other party is willing to set conditions, I'm not an unreasonable person, am I?
He squinted, rubbing his chin, wondering what conditions he should set.
Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi stood by, his face dark, waiting quietly.
He could tell.
Naruto is probably trying to bleed himself dry!
At this moment, Naruto spoke up, saying, "I don't need much."
Then he started cracking his fingers.
"First of all, after I become a ninja, I must have my monthly welfare allowance."
Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi thought for a moment and nodded in reply, "That's no problem."
"Let me finish speaking first." Naruto said when he saw that the other party was eager to agree. "In addition, the monthly allowance I receive needs to be increased tenfold."
"What?!" Hiruzen Sarutobi nearly coughed up blood, exclaiming in astonishment, "Ten...ten times!!!"
Naruto nodded and said seriously, "Yes."
Seeing the boy's indifferent attitude, Hiruzen Sarutobi trembled with anger.
But he gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.