At ten o'clock, the students who had listened to the Third Hokage for a whole hour went to their classrooms under the leadership of their respective teachers.
After Shikamaru walked into classroom 301, he went straight to the back row, followed by Chōji and Ino.
But when he came to the place he was looking for, he realized that there was actually a person sleeping on the table.
"When did he come in? Did he sleep when everyone came in? But I didn't see him..."
While guessing, Shikamaru stepped forward and patted Naruto.
"Wake up, it's time for class."
"Huh? Yawn~"
Naruto, who was awakened, opened his eyes and found that it was a kid with tied hair, and this kid seemed familiar.
"Is it time? What time is it?"
Naruto sat up, and at the same time looked up at the clock hanging on the podium, it was past ten.
"Are you a student in this class?"
Shikamaru sat down next to Naruto. At this time, he had already guessed Naruto's identity. The discussions of the parents at the academy gate made him understand the reason why Naruto was here at this time. However, it seemed that they were in the same class.
"Probably."
"If your name is Uzumaki Naruto, then we are in the same class. Hello, I am Nara Shikamaru, and they are my friends."
"Akimichi Chōji."
"Yamanaka Ino."
Chōji and Ino also looked at Naruto curiously, and like Shikamaru, they recognized his identity through the whiskers on his cheek.
After all, they were part of the big clans of Konoha, and they knew secrets that many civilian ninjas did not know.
Including Naruto being the Nine Tails Jinchūriki.
So they didn't look at Naruto with disgust like those civilians.
"Uzumaki Naruto, hello."
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"It's him... We are actually in the same class!"
When Hinata saw Naruto, she instantly recognized the person who helped her home on a snowy night, and her heart couldn't help jumping for joy.
"Okay, is everyone here? Now we're going to introduce ourselves."
Umino Iruka glanced around and paused for a moment on Naruto.
His heart was a bit complicated, but as a qualified teacher, he suppressed the emotions that appeared in his heart and began to do his duty.
"My name is Umino Iruka. I am 22 years old. I am a Chūnin. I like Ichiraku ramen. I hate bibimbap. My hobby is hot springs. What I want to do is to continue to be a good teacher. You follow my format and introduce yourself one by one. Let's start from you."
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke, I am 6 years old, and my favorite is..."
"I'm Inuzuka Kiba..."
"I'm Nara Shikamaru..."
"I am Hyūga Hinata..."
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"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, I am 6 years old, I like Ichiraku ramen, I hate expired food, my hobbies are sleeping, sitting at home, what I want to do, I don't want to go to the academy."
Naruto stood up and said lazily.
"Sitting at home? Don't want to go to the academy? Ah, I want to do that too." Shikamaru nodded in agreement.
"Hmph!" Sasuke smiled disdainfully.
"..." Iruka was speechless, didn't want to go to the academy? Why didn't he want to go to an academy at his age? Still sitting at home, was he really going to waste his time by just doing that?
If Naruto could hear what Iruka was saying in his heart, he would agree very much that he still wanted to laze around till the time he graduated from ninja academy.
"This child...however, it seems to be a good start."
Peeking at Naruto through the crystal ball, the Third Hokage, who knew Naruto's temperament at this time, didn't have any reaction, but he was very satisfied to see him chatting with Shikamaru, at least Naruto did not refuse to communicate with others and behaved like other normal children, and Hiruzen was quite relieved about this.
In the class, Iruka talked about the course schedule, class time, and some rules. After distributing the teaching materials and notifying them not to be late for the class tomorrow, Iruka dismissed the class. After all, it was the first day.
And it was noon.
Parents who knew the process of Ninja academy for a long time came to the door again to pick up their children from the academy and go back to eat.
But when they saw one of the figures, their expressions became ugly.
"Why is this kid in the academy?"
"Did he come in by himself?"
"It should be arranged by Lord Third Hokage."
"What was the Hokage thinking?!"
"Katori, remember to stay away from that kid."
"Yes, Nakamura, don't play with him either, who knows what he will do?"
...
The parents pulled their children to warn them, and then quickly moved away.
At this moment, they even regretted that they enrolled today, and wondered if the Hokage would agree to drop out now...
"Naruto..."
Shikamaru frowned listening to the adults' discussion and looked at Naruto beside him.
"See you tomorrow."
But Naruto waved his hand indifferently, bid farewell, and left.
"You are already used to it? What a drag, let's go too."
"Naruto-kun..."
...
"Huh? Strange, were they just following up now? Could it be that the Third Hokage has let go of his surveillance on me in the academy?"
Naruto, who was walking on the road, felt that since he left the academy, there were three figures following behind him, but when he was in the classroom, he did not perceive them.
"Using the teacher instead for monitoring...Forget it, let's go home first, it seems that the rewards have arrived today, but I don't know what will I get today, I am really looking forward to it~"
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