"Next, Naruto Uzumaki......"

Hearing his name, Naruto slowly walked down from the last row, looking at his classmates in the classroom, who had already walked a lot.

Walking into the exam room next door, the examiner was very familiar, and Iruka and Mizuki were his teachers.

"The content of the assessment is the doppelganger technique, let's get started." Iruka looked at the boy not far away, and his heart was mixed.

He was also a child who had experienced bitter cold, and he could better understand Naruto's feelings, but he also understood why the villagers would 'persecute' a child like this, because he had also attributed the death of his parents to this child.

But he understands better that the nine-tailed demon fox is a nine-tailed demon fox, Naruto Uzumaki is Naruto Uzumaki, and he teaches Naruto Uzumaki, an innocent child.

To be honest, he was also worried that this child would not be able to withstand the suffocating rejection, and he was not sure that an adult could resist it.

But Naruto's child's growth was completely unexpected.

As if plum blossoms were born from bitter cold, the harsh living environment seemed to have become his nourishment.

Mature, steady, persevering, kind...... These words, which should have been applied to adults, are used in children without being obtrusive.

Of course, there is also a little bit of shortcoming, and there seems to be a little bit of a problem with the child's language skills.

But every time he thought of Naruto's living environment, Iruka could only sigh helplessly.

"Is it okay? Teacher? Naruto asked again, Iruka was the only one among all the teachers who was not prejudiced, and he was more respectful, but the thought of the exam scene was deserted, which was more or less unreasonable.

"Huh?! Yes, you passed. Iruka turned around, looked at the two identical Naruto, coughed lightly and nodded slightly, "Come and get your forehead guard." ”

Iruka stood up and personally brought the forehead guard to Naruto's head, looking at the big boy in front of him, he nodded with satisfaction, "Naruto, you've grown up." ”

Naruto looked at the big sunny boy in front of him, his lips opened a few times, and in the end he could only find two words from the nearly dry thesaurus, "Thank you." ”

"From now on, I'll be a ninja on my own, let's go!" Iruka patted him on the shoulder.

After Naruto went out, seeing that Iruka's gaze still hadn't been withdrawn, Mizuki couldn't help coughing lightly twice, and reminded, "Iruka-sensei, shouldn't we continue the assessment?" ”

"Oooh! It's rude Mizuki-sensei! Iruka smiled awkwardly.

"It's okay, Iruka-sensei seems to like that kid very much, there are so many people, you only helped that kid with a forehead guard, although Naruto's grades are good, but it doesn't seem to be the chief student, right?"

"Other children have their parents to help them, and Naruto is the only one with me."

"He is an excellent teacher."

"Excuse me, call the next student in."

"Next ......"

……

When I returned to my apartment where I lived alone, it was already noon.

After a few quick meals, Naruto sat cross-legged on the bed and began his daily compulsory lesson—meditation.

Meditation is a habit in the previous life, the profession of ninja needs to maintain a high concentration at all times, the slightest mistake is a loss, meditation can make his mind more concentrated, so that the brain to maintain a state of clarity.

Tick!

When he opened his eyes again, he was in a dark sewer.

[Came in again.] 】

Aside from a little surprise when he first came in, Naruto was almost familiar with the place.

For example, if you go a few more ways and turn left, you will see an iron fence several meters high, and the nine-tailed demon fox locked in it will slap the fence and yell at him whenever it sees him:

"Imp! Come here, let me tear you to shreds! ”

At the end is a stop children crying at night.

Of course, there will be different times, such as now, Naruto patted the iron fence and yelled at the fox resting inside:

"How do you sleep at your age?"

Bang!

The Nine-Tails slammed its claws against the iron fence so hard that it admitted that this lump was the most disgusting thing it felt.

"Little ghost, believe it or not I'll tear you to shreds!"

"Ho! The ability is not big, and the tone is not small! Naruto grinned, for some reason, his mouth was particularly strong in the face of this fox.

"Today, let's just stand here, if you can move a single hair of my hair, count me as losing!"

"Come on! You're two steps ahead! Nine-Tails' tone was like a demon crawling out of hell, if the eyes could kill, I believe that the fox's eyes had tortured him hundreds of times.

After the daily saliva spray each other, one person and one fox took an intermission.

"Hey! Big fox, we've been arguing for so many years, and we haven't gotten to know each other, what's your name? Naruto patted the fence and asked inside.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki...... It should be this name at the moment, and it should probably be this name in this life. ”

“……”

"Hey!!" Naruto stood up and slapped the fence hard, "Don't be so faceless, we've known each other for so many years!" ”

“……”

"It won't be nameless, will it?" Naruto raised his eyebrows and waved his right hand, "It doesn't matter, the name is just a code name, do you want me to pick one for you?" ”

“……”

"Hey! Do you want it, you just say?! ”

“……”

"Squeak!" Kick on the fence.

“……”

Naruto: "......"

After making sure that there was no harvest as usual, Naruto sat cross-legged and continued to meditate.

What he didn't notice was that the moment he closed his eyes, the Nine-Tails also raised his eyelids slightly, and his huge vertical pupils quietly stared at the boy outside the column.

An hour later.

Naruto finished his meditation today and looked up at the Nine-Tails, who were still closing his eyes, and was about to withdraw from the mental space.

"You're not afraid of me?"

"Rare," Naruto paused, looking at the big fox in front of him in surprise, seeing that he was about to blow up his hair, he quickly answered his question.

"Who are you and I? Afraid? ”

Joke, he hasn't seen any big scenes, the thousand-year-old white snake, the big one can entangle the mountain, it's terrifying enough, he cut it down; The divine dragon born from the cherry tree can give people the power of immortality, and the cow is not beaten by him to shed tears; What kind of shrew in the aquatic village, there are many people and ghosts, and they really don't want to be frightened by a fox that has grown a little bigger.

And seriously, in addition to having a bad temper and a poisonous mouth, this big fox has a very good overall beauty.

Zila!

There was a sound of fried goosebumps, and following the reputation, it turned out to be Nine-Tails grinding his claws.

"Is there anything else?" Naruto asked.

"I'm leaving!"

“……”

"I'm leaving!"

“……”

"I'm really leaving!"

"Get out!"

"Great!"

Looking at the disappearing figure, Nine-Tails also slowly closed his eyes.

Realistically, Naruto opened his eyes and smiled slightly, arguing with the Nine-Tails was one of the few pleasures he had at the moment.

"It looks like we're running out of ingredients, and it's time to go stock."

Get up and put on your clothes, and go to the door.

But the direction he was walking was not a commercial street, but a forest outside the village.

It's not that he can't go to the commercial street, people are always forgetful, because of his long time of self-sufficiency, he has not shown up for a long time, and the people on the street have almost forgotten what he looks like, at most they only remember this person.

These things weren't his guesses, and no one recognized him the last time he went to buy spices.

But he still tries to avoid going into crowded places.

In case he is recognized, the other party is upset, and he is not happy.

It's really good to pick wild vegetables in the wild, and I've been here for so many years, and I haven't seen him starve to death outside.