"Woohoo~ Yo, Naruto, I finally found you bastard." Iruka panted and appeared in front of Naruto who had been waiting for a while with a look of "I'm going to teach you a good lesson later".

However, although Iruka had a "I want you to look good" expression on his face at this time, he was greatly relieved at this moment, because he saw that Naruto was not only fine, but the Book of Seals was also carried behind Naruto intact.

The worst outcome of the heart path has not happened yet, there is still room for things to turn around, what to do now is to press Naruto, the little bastard, back and admit his mistake as soon as possible, at the same time, Iruka is ready, if Hokage-sama is held responsible, he will stand up and take responsibility, and he will keep Naruto no matter what.

"Iruka-sensei, you're here, that's just right, I've learned the art of the Book of Seals, bring it." Naruto pretended to be surprised at the moment and said happily.

Naturally, he had already spotted Iruka, who was approaching at a rapid pace.

“…… What did you say? What to bring? This sudden conversation made Iruka stunned for a moment, and then asked in confusion.

To Iruka's surprise, Naruto not only did not look like he had been caught in the slightest, but instead stretched out his hand to him with a smug look.

"Huh? Iruka-sensei, what are you pretending to be confused, forehead guard, didn't you say that if I learn the ninjutsu in the Book of Seals, I will graduate? Naruto continued with a slight guilt in his heart.

While speaking, Naruto secretly raised his body senses to the maximum, ready to deal with Mizuki who didn't know when he would appear.

"Graduation? This...... Who told you that? "What the hell is a ninja, Iruka instinctively sensed that something was wrong in an instant, and hurriedly asked.

He originally thought that stealing the Book of Seals was Naruto's extreme act of not wanting to go to the extreme because of today's failed exam, but at this moment, judging from Naruto's performance, things may be far from being so simple.

"Huh? Didn't you ask Mizuki-sensei to inform me of the 'secret graduation exam', and Mizuki-sensei said it was your test for me. Naruto continued to talk nonsense with an innocent look on his face.

Anyway, Mizuki's role seems to him to be over, and it's over if he pushes the basin hard.

"What?! It's Mizuki! Iruka was shocked when she heard this, and at the same time, her mind subconsciously began to recall the details of the past two days.

"Mr. Mizuki, it's the two of us who are in charge of the graduation exam, thank you for your hard work, are the exam questions ready?"

"Get ready, Iruka, take a look."

"Hmm...... It's a doppelganger technique again......"

"What's the matter, Iruka-sensei, what's the problem?"

"Ah...... Well, no, it's good to take this test, hehe......."

All this, coupled with Naruto's performance before, seems to have everything been connected, and Iruka, who thinks he is close to the "truth", is sad and relieved at this time, sad that Mizuki, a colleague he has always respected, actually coveted the forbidden art of the village and achieved his dirty purpose by deceiving the students.

Fortunately, Naruto didn't go to the extreme as he thought, but was just used by Mizuki, so Naruto shouldn't be punished excessively.

However, no matter how complicated the mood is, Iruka also understands that the most important thing at this time is to return to the village with Naruto and the Book of Seals first, since Mizuki instigated Naruto to steal the book, he must have a plan for the future, and if he stays any longer, Naruto will definitely be in danger.

After thinking about it, Iruka said to Naruto, "Naruto, let's go back first, I'll tell you...... Be careful! ”

Before he could finish speaking, several air-piercing whistles came from behind him, and he subconsciously wanted to turn around and block Naruto.

However...... Naruto's movements were faster.

"Ding, ding, ding!"

Seeing that at the critical moment, Naruto pulled Iruka away in front of him, and at the same time did not forget to take out a handful of kunai from the kunai bag tied to Iruka's leg, and danced extremely fast in the face of the dark arrow that came from him, blocking all this wave of kunai rain.

"What people!" Naruto let out a shout of apparent alertness.

However, what he thought in his heart was that Mizuki was finally here, and he could finally end this boring puppet show.

To be honest, he was a little numb after the initial nervousness, excitement, and later disappointment tonight, and now he just wanted to finish early and go back to take a shower and sleep, at this time Mizuki would not come again, his patience was really running out.

"Oh, you're a genius in a practical training class, and your reaction is really fast, and if you have half the talent in physical arts, you won't be able to finish it, Naruto." Standing on a tree not far in front of Naruto, Mizuki said with some surprise.

Before, he was really rushing to take the lives of the two of them, but he didn't expect Iruka to react but was stopped by a guy who couldn't finish school.

"Mizuki, it's you!" Seeing Mizuki appear, at this moment, Iruka no longer cared about educating Naruto about the dangerous behavior just now, and just looked at his colleague with a serious expression.

"Do you know what you're doing, Mizuki." Iruka assumed a fighting posture at this time and asked Mizuki seriously.

He already understood that when things got to this point, I am afraid it would be difficult to be good, whether as a ninja or a teacher, he had to protect Naruto and the Book of Seals today.

"What to do? Hmph, stupid question, you're still the same old Iruka. Mizuki on the tree smiled contemptuously, as if he was too lazy to say superfluous words to Iruka, turned his head to look at Naruto, and said with a gloomy face, "Naruto, give me the scroll on your body." ”

"Don't give it to him! Naruto, Mizuki used you before, don't be fooled. Without waiting for Naruto to speak, Iruka hurriedly spoke.

He had now confirmed that the man in front of him was indeed going to betray the village.

"Hehe, it's all this time, are you still pretending to be a 'teacher' Iruka." Mizuki sneered when he heard this, and then said to Naruto, "You don't know yet, but it's actually ......"

"Actually, I'm the demon fox who attacked the village twelve years ago, right?" Without waiting for Mizuki, who had a frenzied face, finished speaking, Naruto directly interrupted him and said.

To be honest, although he tried his best to endure it, it really made him a little disgusted to see Mizuki as if he was revealing some shocking secrets, and he really didn't have the patience to listen to Mizuki talk about it here with information that he didn't know how many hands.

"You know?" Mizuki looked at Naruto in surprise.

"Naruto, you ......" Iruka was even more shocked at the moment.

"If you don't even know the truth, you can put away your rotten rhetoric, and you are still a demon fox?" Speaking of this, Naruto sneered, "Listen to me, I'm not a demon fox, but a human pillar power that seals the nine-tailed demon fox in my body, the ninja Naruto Uzumaki of Konoha!" ”

Ignoring Iruka, who was surprised that his jaw was about to fall off at this time, Naruto continued to look at Mizuki and said, "You went to great lengths to trick me into stealing the Book of Seals and came here to say this?" Sorry to disappoint you. ”

Naruto interrupted Mizuki's storytelling, and at the same time, he was deliberately performing to show the three generations of Hokage who didn't know where to peep with the [Telescope Technique], not that he didn't want to solve Mizuki, but such a good opportunity, not to show "loyalty", I feel a little sorry for tonight's effort.

By the way, it can be regarded as showing the village that he already knows about the Nine-Tails, and he can save himself from worrying about what happens in the future.

As for how he knows? Please, the Nine-Tails is in his body, isn't the final explanation for this kind of thing on him?

“……”

Naruto's words fell, and the scene was silent for a moment, but Mizuki finally broke the silence.

"yes, in that case, I really don't need to be ""! The word nonsense was almost uttered by Mizuki through gritted teeth, and Mizuki took the giant shuriken off his back and threw it violently in Naruto's direction.

"Naruto be careful!"

This time, Iruka didn't let Naruto take the lead, and before Naruto, who was greeting the shuriken, could make a move, he quickly came to Naruto, clenching his hands in an attempt to resist the giant shuriken that was spinning at high speed.

"Boom!"

There was a loud sound of metal clashes, and Iruka did block the shuriken, but this was not an ordinary shuriken, but a giant shuriken magnified dozens of times, the shuriken was too fierce, even if it was blocked, it was still spinning at the moment, and the suffering in his hand burst out countless sparks, and pushed him back continuously.

But at this moment, Mizuki on the tree instantly appeared in front of Naruto, holding kunai in Naruto's surprised gaze, and stabbed Naruto's chest fiercely.

"You're so naïve Iruka, my real target is this demon fox imp!" Seeing that he was successful, Mizuki laughed presumptuously with a wild face.

"No ——!" Iruka, who saw Naruto's chest pierced with her own eyes, couldn't help but shout in despair at this time.

But—

"Bang!"

Something unexpected happened to both Mizuki and Iruka who were smiling wildly and Iruka in despair, only to see that Naruto, who was supposed to be killed by Mizuki, suddenly turned into a cloud of ethereal white mist in front of their eyes, and then, Naruto's voice appeared behind Mizuki.

"What's so happy, Mizuki-sensei, can you make me happy too?"

"What?!" Mizuki's face suddenly turned pale.

"Poof!"

However, before he could turn around in horror, with Naruto's playful tone, a handful of bitterness as thin as a cicada's wings leaked out of his chest, bringing up a handful of bright blood flowers.

"What...... What the? Mizuki looked down in disbelief at the blade that came out of his chest, and looked back a little bit in the pain to look at Naruto, who had already been killed by him.

"Shadow Score...... Body? What are you ...... Wow! Mizuki asked in disbelief, but before he could finish asking, the injury on his chest made him can't help but spurt out a mouthful of blood, and his body collapsed.

This poor puppet who thinks he has a perfect plan, but is actually just at the mercy of the village and Naruto, has finally come to an end with endless unwillingness.

"When? Hehe, it's always been a shadow clone. Naruto chuckled, put away his soon-to-be-broken kunai, and walked over to Iruka to check if he was hurt, without looking at the guy on the ground again.

"Naruto...... You, when are you? Here, Iruka, who had just scrapped a kunai, looked at Naruto incredulously at him, stumbling and asking the same question as Mizuki before.

Naruto, who originally thought he was killed by Mizuki, suddenly fought back? And Naruto before has always been a shadow clone? Naruto, who couldn't even master the ordinary doppelganger technique, could actually use a shadow clone that created an entity? The ups and downs of this time made Iruka a little confused about whether it was reality or phantom at this time.

"Uh...... How to say it. Naruto scratched his head, "I thought it was a test for Iruka-sensei, so I let the shadow clone stay here, thinking that I would appear again to scare you, but I didn't expect it to come in handy." ”

"Now this situation ......" Naruto spread his hands a little embarrassed, and looked around at the kunai stuck in the ground, the giant shuriken embedded in the trunk of the tree, and Mizuki who was dying on the ground not far away......

"Trial...... Oh no, can graduation still be counted? Naruto asked Iruka rather embarrassed at the moment.

“……”

There was silence for a long time, but Iruka suddenly laughed with relief, and reached out to untie his forehead guard and handed it to Naruto.

"Congratulations on graduation, Naruto."