When Iruka finished narrating the history of the ninja world and the deeds of successive Hokage, the morning class came to an end.
He first sorted out the textbooks on the desk, then raised his eyes and looked at the entire classroom. At this time, most of the students' eyes had fallen on Naruto, who was sitting by the window.
This was to be expected. When Naruto's relationship with the Fourth Hokage was revealed, he would naturally attract attention.
"The morning classes are over. Everyone, remember to have a good lunch." Iruka chuckled before picking up his textbook and walking out of the classroom.
Before he even walked out of the door, some students had already stood up impatiently. Everyone's target was obviously Naruto's location.
Before Naruto could fully react, he was surrounded by students. The expressions in everyone's eyes when they looked at him were completely different from before.
"Naruto-kun, I didn't expect you to be the son of the Fourth Hokage!"
"Naruto, what is Hokage-sama like normally?"
"Your dad is so powerful, Naruto must be very strong too!"
Suddenly, the students around him asked questions in a variety of ways. They all looked at Naruto with bright eyes and expectant expressions.
This sudden change caught Naruto off guard. He looked a little panicked and didn't know how to deal with the situation.
More and more students surrounded him. In the classroom, only a small number of students remained at their desks, but many of them were still looking at the crowd surrounding Naruto.
"Sasuke-kun, you knew Naruto before, right?" Sakura did not move towards Naruto like most people did, but asked Sasuke who was beside her. She had observed Sasuke and Naruto arguing when they gathered at the gate of the ninja academy earlier.
Sasuke ignored her and turned his head slightly to look at Naruto, who looked flustered and surrounded by the crowd. There was a slight flicker in his eyes.
Nara Shikamaru also sat in his seat, his arms resting on the table and supporting his head. Ever since Iruka revealed Naruto's identity, he knew that this would happen. However, the target of those students wasn't really Naruto at all, but his father.
"Shikamaru, let's have lunch together." At this time, a very chubby boy walked to Shikamaru's seat, holding a bento of an exaggerated size in his hand.
Faced with the chaotic voices coming into his ears, Naruto quickly became anxious given his personality. But even in this situation, he couldn't get angry.
Fortunately, Naruto's current abilities were superior to these freshmen. He found an opening, jumped up on the spot, and landed outside the crowd with a flip. Then he ran towards the classroom door without looking back.
"Naruto-kun." At this moment, Hinata appeared in Naruto's escape route. She was holding a bento in both hands and spoke in her usual soft voice.
But Naruto had no time to respond to her. He simply walked around her and escaped from the classroom under the gaze of the crowd.
The teaching building and training ground were not safe at all, so Naruto simply jumped onto the roof and hid.
"Phew..." Naruto glanced down with lingering fear, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that no one had noticed him.
However, just as he turned around, he suddenly discovered another person on the roof.
"Why are you here?" Naruto's eyes widened in shock because the person next to him was Sasuke.
But given Sasuke's personality, Naruto knew he wouldn't get a straight answer to his question. Looking at the silent boy in front of him, Naruto had already gotten used to it.
"Grrr..." When he saw the sumptuous lunch in Sasuke's mouth, Naruto's stomach began to growl involuntarily. His lunch box was still in the drawer of his seat. He had been surrounded by too many people earlier, so he didn't have time to take it.
Sasuke, who heard the noise, turned his eyes slightly. Seeing this, Naruto turned his face away.
"Mom prepared too much food. I can't finish it." Sasuke suddenly placed the lunch box in the space between them and spoke casually.
Naruto looked back when he heard that. Sasuke had only eaten half of the bento, and the other half was still untouched.
Now, no matter how dense he was, Naruto could see that Sasuke had intentionally left half of the lunch box for him. But given Sasuke's personality, it was certainly impossible for him to say this directly.
Although the two of them had disliked each other since they were young, in Naruto's heart, Sasuke was his first friend. Naruto didn't know if Sasuke thought the same way, but now it seemed that he still regarded him as a friend.
Immediately, a smile appeared on Naruto's face. He turned around, picked up the half-eaten lunch box and started eating.
After a while, Naruto finished the food. "Thank you," he said as he neatly packed up the lunch box and placed it next to Sasuke, smiling slightly.
"You really don't act like your father at all," Sasuke said, staring at Naruto for a long time.
From the class earlier, they had gained a general understanding of Minato's past, and because of the relationship between their two families, Sasuke also had a certain understanding of the Fourth Hokage. Apart from certain features in appearance, Sasuke really couldn't see that Naruto was like his father in any way.
"Yeah." This time, Naruto did not refute Sasuke's words. He agreed and turned his gaze toward the Hokage Monument. From the roof of the ninja academy, he could see the faces of the successive Hokage carved into the mountain. He stared at the Fourth Hokage's face, his eyes trembling.
The two of them stayed on the roof until the afternoon class started, then they walked back into the classroom together.
After what Naruto had done earlier, some students noticed his reluctance and changed their approach. But there were still countless eyes staring at him, making him feel very uncomfortable.
When the day's classes ended, it was time to leave the ninja academy. After the teacher left, Naruto's situation improved slightly compared to noon, but there were still a few students surrounding him.
Children of that age certainly weren't snobbish yet. Although they surrounded Naruto because his father was the Fourth Hokage, these children were almost all motivated by curiosity. After all, the deeds of the Fourth Hokage seemed almost mythical.
Sasuke was in a similar situation as Naruto, with the only difference being that all the students around him were girls.
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