Just after my third birthday.

Naruto Uzumaki, who completed literacy according to the requirements of his grandfather for three generations, finally got permission to go out.

Having long had enough of the loneliness of being alone, Naruto rushed out of the door with a strong desire to find a friend to play with.

On the street, whether it was pedestrians or shops, everything was so new to Naruto's eyes.

"That's the little ghost incarnated by the nine-tailed demon fox, right?"

"The nine-tailed demon fox eats people, right? I remember that he killed four generations of adults. ”

"How could three generations of adults let him stay in the village, this is too dangerous, we will be killed by him sooner or later."

"Plague God."

It's just that as Naruto walked by, there were whispers behind him, and disgusted eyes appeared at the same time.

Although Naruto was still young, he could clearly feel the strong malice in the eyes of the adults around him.

Moreover, this is not an extremely isolated phenomenon, Naruto found that almost everyone is hostile to him.

He went to look for those friends who would often appear near his house to play, but they refused without hesitation, and their parents did not let them have contact with Naruto.

Occasionally, there are young and ignorant children who don't know this, and they will quickly be pulled away by their parents to educate them.

Soon, the children looked at Naruto's gaze with a deep sense of disgust.

Even if he wanted to buy some daily necessities with the pocket money given by his grandfather for three generations, he would not hesitate to refuse, and then drive him out of the store.

Young Naruto didn't understand why they were targeting themselves so much.

Obviously, he didn't do anything wrong.

Perhaps, what is the misunderstanding in this?

Since there is a misunderstanding, it is good to say that it is open.

On the street, in the face of the hostile and disgusting gazes cast by those adults, Naruto opened his mouth and retorted loudly with all his strength: "I'm not a demon fox, I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" I won't eat people either! ”

Naruto felt that as long as he explained it carefully, he would be able to improve the situation.

It's just that...

It's just in vain.

Day after day passed, Naruto didn't change anything, and people still looked at him with intense anger and disgust, and it became more and more intense.

On a new day, after eating instant noodles, Naruto came out into the street again, and he wanted to explain to people again.

It's just that, out of nowhere, eggs and cabbage flew in and smashed at him.

In the face of this overwhelming attack, Naruto couldn't dodge, and in an instant, he was drowned, and his whole body became dirty.

In the crowd, I don't know who threw a stone and smashed it on Naruto's head, causing his head to hurt and a large bag bulging on his forehead.

"Kill this nine-tailed imp."

"Everyone, revenge for the four generations."

"How can such a little ghost be qualified to live in our Konoha."

Someone shouted with red eyes and rushed towards Naruto with a weapon in his hand, with a cold killing intent.

Naruto looked at the hideous and twisted faces that were constantly approaching him, and at the same time, his heart was a little blocked with fear in his eyes, and tears couldn't help but drip from the corners of his eyes, and he shouted loudly: "I'm really not a demon fox, I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" ”

However, no one listened to Naruto's defense.

A long stick, with the sound of breaking wind, struck him on the head and in the face.

Naruto was so frightened that he closed his eyes.

However, the expected pain did not come, and two ninjas wearing masks stood in front of Naruto, one of them blocking the surging crowd, and the other hugged Naruto.

"I'll take Naruto back first, you stop them."

...

The time is approaching evening.

The third generation of Hokage Ape in Konoha Hidden Village pushed open the door of Naruto's house.

Walking into the living room, I saw Naruto sitting at the dining table in a daze, his expression was down, obviously thinking about what happened during the day.

At this moment, Naruto had already taken a shower and changed his clothes, but the large bag on his forehead that had not yet melted clearly showed that what happened today was not an illusion.

"Naruto."

A soft voice sounded, Naruto looked up, and when he saw someone coming, his eyes couldn't help but light up, it was the third generation of grandfather!

For as long as Naruto can remember, the three generations of Hokage would come to see Naruto once a month to care about his life and bring him living expenses for the next month, he always had a kind smile on his face, and he was an amiable person in Naruto's eyes.

Naruto has no family, and he considers the three generations of Hokage to be his closest people.

Seeing him, Naruto couldn't help but ask aggrievedly, "Three generations of grandfathers, am I really a nine-tailed demon fox?" ”

Sarutobi said gently: "Naruto, you are not a demon fox, I have ordered that everyone is not allowed to talk about this matter, today's incident will not happen again in the future, you can rest assured that you can go out." ”

Naruto wasn't very interested, and although Sarutobi gave him a definite answer, it was inevitable that he would doubt the truth of the villagers' words in his heart.

Isn't he really a demon fox?

So, why do they hate themselves so much?

"Naruto, don't think too much, you are you, not a demon fox, eat something, get a good night's sleep, you will be fine when you wake up tomorrow morning, grow up quickly, and then you can go to the ninja school."

You'll be able to meet a lot of friends when you're so depressed, but no one wants to play with you. ”

Sarutobi saw the hesitation in Naruto's heart and comforted him gently.

"Okay, I'll go eat." Naruto suddenly became happy, opened the refrigerator and took out instant noodles and milk, and began to boil water.

He's been here for as long as he can remember, and although he's still young, he's already learned to take care of himself.

Seeing this, Ape Feiri smiled and took out his pipe and lit it, and then turned to leave.

After Naruto finished eating, he lay down under the covers, and it didn't take long for him to fall asleep in a daze.

Then, Naruto found himself in an empty space.

At this moment, he is sitting on the ground.

In front of him, there was a book.

The cover of the book is illustrated in color.

In the cover illustration, there are some square fonts, and when you turn the pages of the book, there is a more dense font than the cover.

This is the kanji.

The words were very similar to some of the ones he had just learned, but they weren't exactly the same, and Naruto, who had just learned to read, looked at them confused, completely unaware of the meaning of the words.

This book, as if sensing Naruto's embarrassment, began to change the font on it.

After a while, these square fonts were completely replaced with the common characters of the ninja world that he could understand.

At this time, Naruto finally understood the meaning of the words written on the book.

"Three Character Classic"!