Finally, the first class ended.
Ryosuke's energy surged back instantly.
His gaze swept across the room and landed on Naruto Uzumaki sitting in the front row.
Yesterday it was Sasuke. Today, it's Naruto's turn.
Ryosuke thought to himself.
"Naruto, let's go to the bathroom!"
Ryosuke walked straight over and patted Naruto on the shoulder.
"Huh? Me?"
As the least popular kid in class, Naruto was somewhat flattered.
When boys go to the bathroom together, it's a sign of a good relationship.
It's actually similar to how girls do it.
"Shall we go?"
Ryosuke asked.
"Let's go! I need to pee too."
Naruto laughed and scratched his head, then quickly stood up and excitedly followed Ryosuke out of the classroom.
It wasn't hard to understand why he was so excited about just going to the bathroom together.
But considering how Naruto was usually treated in the village...
That explained everything.
Naruto is such a good guy...
Ryosuke glanced at Naruto, who was laughing and joking beside him, and sighed inwardly.
If it were me, I would've turned to the dark side long ago and been plotting how to destroy this village.
As for someone like Naruto, who sought the villagers' recognition and then dedicated himself to the village until his death?
Don't even think about it!
After using the bathroom.
Ryosuke smiled and casually draped his arm over Naruto's shoulder.
"Naruto, aren't we good buddies?"
Naruto looked at Ryosuke in surprise.
Honestly, their relationship was just so-so. Due to his upbringing, Ryosuke didn't hate Naruto like most of the other villagers. But because Naruto was isolated, they hadn't gotten particularly close either.
They'd occasionally been punished together by being made to stand outside the classroom, but most of the time Ryosuke stood with Shikamaru and the others.
As for Naruto, they were fairly familiar, but not exactly friends.
Naruto was actually quite sensitive—he could sense how his classmates treated him.
Most of them hated him.
Only a very small number were neither good nor bad toward him.
Ryosuke was one of those few who were neutral.
But now Ryosuke was suddenly talking about being good buddies, which confused Naruto a bit.
He even wondered if he was dreaming.
"Are we... good buddies?"
Naruto asked uncertainly.
"Of course! We're the Four Brothers of Punishment Duty!"
Ryosuke said very seriously.
The Four Brothers of Punishment Duty were him, Shikamaru, Naruto, and Kiba Inuzuka.
However, Kiba was punished far less often than the other three.
And Kiba was pretty arrogant—honestly, they weren't that close.
"Yeah, you're right!"
Naruto's eyes lit up when he heard what Ryosuke said, and he nodded enthusiastically.
"That's good. You can help me with cleaning duty today. I'll help you next time when it's your turn."
Ryosuke said with a smile.
"Okay!"
Naruto agreed without hesitation.
After all, we're good buddies!
Helping with chores is what buddies do!
But when a passing classmate witnessed this scene, the way he looked at Naruto was as if he were an idiot.
"You moron! Ryosuke clearly doesn't want to do his duty—that's why he's deliberately fooling you."
Was Ryosuke deliberately fooling Naruto?
Of course not.
He just didn't want people to misunderstand that he had some ulterior motive for deliberately getting close to Naruto.
Besides, he'd said he would help Naruto with his duties next time, and he definitely would.
"Alright, class is about to start. Let's hurry back to the classroom!"
Ryosuke said with a satisfied smile.
Of course, he wasn't happy because Naruto had agreed to help him with his chores, but because he'd just managed to snag a strand of Naruto's golden hair and stored it in his Biological Pheromone Warehouse.
Now, his conversion for today was definitely going to Naruto!
Naruto, you absolutely must not let me down!
We can't lose to that Uchiha brat!
Ryosuke returned to his seat, silently took out the hair from storage, and muttered, "Convert."
The next second, the golden hair in his hand vanished instantly.
At the same time, a brilliant golden light shone before his eyes!
Golden (Legend)!!!
Ryosuke's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, instantly settled back down.
It was so Good!
As expected of Naruto Uzumaki—he definitely has the presence of the male protagonist!
Ryosuke was pleased.
[Ding~!]
[Conversion Successful!]
[Congratulations, host! You have obtained the following talent attributes: [Master of Talk-no-Jutsu (Gold)], [Demon Fox Incarnation (Gold)], [Asura's Compassion (Gold)]!]
Good heavens!
He truly deserved to be one of the two male leads.
The talent attributes extracted from Naruto were exactly the same as those from Sasuke Uchiha—three golden legendary attributes!
Now, wouldn't that mean Ryosuke had activated seven golden legendary talent attributes?
I'll just ask you one question: Who else?!
Ryosuke felt himself getting a little cocky.
He expanded the descriptions of the three new talent attributes and looked at them carefully.
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[Master of Talk-no-Jutsu (Gold)]
[Description: Your words carry natural persuasiveness. The more genuine your opinion, the more easily others will agree with you. You are a born master of Talk-no-Jutsu!]
[Persuasiveness: +3000%!]
[Affinity: +1000%!]
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"Wow, not many attributes, but the numbers are so high?"
Looking at the information on the Master of Talk-no-Jutsu talent attribute, Ryosuke was astonished to find that its value reached as high as 3000%—a full thirty times multiplier!
This was something he'd never encountered before.
However, this talent attribute didn't directly increase combat power.
It increased persuasiveness and affinity.
The former made it easier for people to agree with what he said, giving them the feeling that "his words really resonate with me."
The latter made Ryosuke more approachable in the eyes of others.
To put it simply, it was about making a better first impression on people!
Of course, this affinity attribute probably wasn't very useful against people who particularly disliked or hated him.
After all, ten times zero was still zero!
And ten times a negative number... would be even more negative, right?
"Not bad, but I don't think I'm the kind of person who's naturally persuasive. I wonder if a thirty-fold increase will be enough to achieve the same effect as Naruto?"
Ryosuke thought to himself.
This talent attribute was just average.
It was good, but not enough to truly impress him.
So he looked at the next talent attribute: [Demon Fox Incarnation].