Walking outside the door I went towards the gate. After getting permission from the guard to go outside with a strict warning to be inside by evening I went on my merry way. Looking above I concluded that I have around three hours to roam as the sun was already above my head.
As soon as I crossed the street my senses went haywire seeing so many people walking down the road,carts moving by the side with shops lining on both side i went flabbergasted.
Indeed konoha was a prosperous village. I started walking with occasionally smiling at the pedestrians who were walking by my side.
To my shock they smiled at me in return.It was hard to believe that Naruto was treated coldly by these villagers. Looking at them;I don't blame them. They were normal villagers with pretty simple and common lifestyle.Seeing a massive fox destroying your home and the same fox being sealed within the same village would automatically incur the wrath of simple folks.
After reaching the village cross section I started looking around and saw to my left the academy along with the hokage tower; must be together due to safety reasons i thought.
Looking towards the west I saw the hokage statues which gave me goose bumps.
From right to left were hashirama senju followed by his brother tobirama senju followed by their student hiruzen sarutobi foolwed by his grand disciple Minato namikaze,all of whom were legends on their own rights.
Peeling my eyes of the statues I started to map out the important locations on my mind like the village library, shops and weapon stores. Satisfied and seeing the sun going down the horizon I started moving towards the orphanage to start a new journey of my life to be the best version of myself.