Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too tsundere

"Hmm... [Multiple Shadow Clone Technique]... I see. It requires a huge amount of chakra to support it... If the user's chakra is insufficient and it is used forcibly, it will instantly drain the user's chakra, and may even cause irreparable damage or death? As expected... it is a very dangerous forbidden technique..."

Not far away, in the shadow of a large tree, Mizuki was crouching there, having heard Naruto's "talking to himself" clearly. Upon hearing Naruto recite the name of the technique and its risks, the feigned gentleness on his face vanished instantly, replaced by an uncontrollable greedy and ferocious smile.

But he immediately realized he had lost his composure, quickly composed himself, and put on his usual gentle mask again.

He jumped down from the branch and emerged from the shadows not far behind Naruto. "Yo, Naruto, looks like you got it! How about it? Aren't the ninjutsu recorded on it amazing?"

Naruto whirled around, his face instantly displaying a perfectly timed expression of surprise and excitement. "Eh?! Mizuki-sensei? What are you doing here... Ah, yes, yes!"

He nodded vigorously, "The ninjutsu on this is amazing! I never imagined you knew such a secret, teacher, you're truly incredible!"

Shui Mu maintained a "gentle" smile on his face, but his heart was filled with contempt and smugness.

He really is a brat, so easily fooled. He naturally took a few steps forward, extended his hand towards Naruto, and spoke with a tone full of "concern".

"I see. Seeing how motivated you are makes me feel relieved. However, Naruto, some of the ninjutsu on this are still a bit too early for you."

It can be very dangerous if you don't pay attention to the cultivation methods. Here, give the scroll to your teacher first, and let the teacher point out what you need to be especially careful about, so you don't accidentally hurt yourself.

...This guy's acting skills are such that it's a waste for him not to be an actor on stage, and it's such a waste for him to be a ninja.

Naruto inwardly cursed, but on his face, he wore a smile of immense gratitude and trust. "Really? That's great! Thank you, Mizuki-sensei!"

As he spoke, he deftly re-rolled the huge scroll and handed it to Mizuki's eagerly outstretched hand without hesitation.

Finally... finally succeeded!!

Shui Mu gripped the heavy, enormous scroll tightly in his hand, his fingertips trembling slightly with excitement, and the joyful shout in his heart almost burst out of his chest!

The plan succeeded! He no longer had to pretend to be a kind and approachable teacher and play those disgusting teacher-student pretend games with the kid he regarded as a "monster"!

"Hmph hmph hmph... Hahahahahaha!!!"

The long-suppressed hypocrisy and malice could no longer be contained. Mizuki suddenly raised his head and let out a twisted and joyful laugh. The carefully maintained mask of gentleness on his face shattered completely, leaving only naked greed and contempt. "What a complete idiot!!"

He impatiently pulled the Book of Sealing behind him, simultaneously leaping back several meters to create distance between himself and Naruto. His other hand swiftly drew a giant shuriken from behind his back, its sharp tip pointed directly at Naruto.

"Thank you so much, you fox spirit!"

Shui Mu's voice was full of sarcasm and smugness, "You obediently handed this 'gift' to me personally!"

Naruto stood there, his face displaying just the right amount of confusion and disbelief, and asked softly, "Hmm? Mizuki-sensei... why do you say that? Could it be... you've been lying to me all along?"

"Shut up!"

Mizuki interrupted him sharply, "You nine-tailed fox who killed Iruka's parents and destroyed the village! The teacher-student games I've played with you these past few years are disgusting! How could I possibly help you out of kindness? You're nothing more than a pawn I used to get the scroll!"

He stared intently into Naruto's eyes, trying to find collapse and despair, before viciously delivering the final blow. "Listen! In this village, nobody will accept you! Even Iruka hates you!"

After saying this, Mizuki looked forward to seeing Naruto break down in tears, so he could throw his shuriken and kill Naruto.

however……

The anticipated breakdown did not occur. Naruto showed no sign of pain; instead, he seemed to have heard something interesting, his face displaying a thoughtful expression of "I see," or "I knew it."

"I see... Is that the classic 'villain dies from talking too much' trope? But..."

Naruto's lips curled into a relaxed smile. "Looks like my mission is complete, right?"

This completely unexpected reaction stunned Mizuki, and a strange unease instantly gripped him.

"You bastard! What are you muttering to yourself?! What's so funny?!" he shouted, trying to sound tough but actually sound weak.

Naruto then refocused his attention on Mizuki. "Ah, this, Mizuki-sensei. I suggest you... open the 'Book of Sealing' in your hand now and check its contents yourself, okay?"

"Varied……?!"

Shui Mu's forehead instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

But Naruto's overly calm demeanor instilled fear in him. He abruptly pulled the heavy scroll from his back to his face, frantically untied the ropes, and unfurled it with a whoosh—

However, what came into view was not a scroll containing countless forbidden techniques at all...

Inside that enormous, blank scroll, only two incredibly glaring characters were written in huge, densely packed font—the entire scroll was filled with them.

【idiot】

【idiot】

【idiot】

【idiot】

……

Chapter 124: After completing a bunch of side quests, I entered the main storyline.

Finally, seeing Mizuki's face contorted with extreme anger and humiliation, his cheek muscles twitching and his entire face turning a liverish color, as if he really had a ridiculous red ball growing on his nose, a comical sight that could be used as a clown in a circus or printed on playing cards as the King and Queen, Naruto finally couldn't hold back his laughter any longer.

“Pfft…Hahahahahahaha!!!”

He laughed loudly, showing no restraint, at Mizuki's distorted and deformed face.

Sure enough, people become incredibly patient when they're doing bad things or pretending to be someone they're not... Once the pretense is torn off and their true colors are revealed, they become utterly ridiculous!

However, this mocking laughter completely irritated Shuimu's fragile nerves!

"asshole!!!"

Mizuki let out a roar of extreme shame and anger, and slammed the fake scroll in his hand, which was covered with the word "idiot," onto the ground!

He swiftly grabbed the heavy, giant shuriken once again, and this time without any hesitation or words, hurled it at Naruto!

"go to hell!!"

The giant shuriken, accompanied by a shrill whistling sound, spun and tore through the air, heading straight for Naruto's face!

however--

"boom!!"

A crisp and loud metallic clang suddenly rang out!

Naruto, who was laughing heartily just a second ago, suddenly calmed down and gripped a kunai in his right hand, then swung it up from below!

An incredibly precise parry! The massive, powerful shuriken was deflected from its trajectory by this attack, flying off at an angle with a mournful cry before embedding itself deeply into the trunk of a nearby tree with a "thud."

"What...?!" Mizuki's sinister smile froze on his face instantly, his brain not even having time to process the unbelievable scene before him!

And in that instant of his daze—

Whoosh!

The next second, Mizuki felt a gust of wind rush towards him! Naruto had already appeared directly in front of him as if by teleportation, using the momentum to complete a smooth spin in the air!

"Konoha Tornado!"

A powerful spinning kick slammed into Mizuki's chest and abdomen!

Mizuki instinctively tried to form the hand seals for the Substitution Jutsu, but his hand seal speed was so slow compared to Naruto's sudden and swift attack that it was like watching a slow-motion replay.

"Bang!!!"

A deafening, muffled thud exploded!

Naruto kicked Mizuki squarely in the chest! The immense impact exploded instantly, and Mizuki didn't even have time to let out a proper scream before he was sent flying uncontrollably like a broken sandbag hit at full speed!

His body traced an ugly parabola before crashing heavily, back to back, into the trunk of a large tree that required two people to hug!

"Crack!" The sickening sound of bone breaking was clearly audible.

The dust and fallen leaves generated by the impact fell in a flurry.

As the smoke and dust dissipated slightly, Shui Mu was seen slumped under the tree in a contorted position, her head tilted to one side, her eyes rolled back, blood flowing from her mouth and nose. She had completely lost consciousness and was unconscious.

Naruto landed lightly on the ground, looked at the muddy figure in the distance, and gave an extremely concise evaluation.

"...So weak."

After completely resolving the problem with Mizuki, Naruto didn't just wait for the Third Hokage and Iruka to arrive and clean up the mess.

He slowly walked towards Shuimu, who was slumped under the tree and completely unconscious.

He vaguely remembered that in the original work, this guy seemed to have also been given a cursed seal by Orochimaru. Just in case, to prevent this wicked guy from causing any trouble in prison in the future, Naruto decided it would be more prudent to take precautions in advance.

Although it would be easier to just kill this scumbag directly...

Naruto glanced at the unconscious Mizuki, but if he did that, Iruka-sensei and the Third Hokage would probably have a hard time accepting it and would look at him strangely...

He walked up to Mizuki and swiftly formed a series of hand seals in front of him. As chakra condensed, the patterns on his palms formed profound sealing runes.

"Gossip seal!"

Naruto gave a low shout, and his palm, covered with sealing runes, pressed precisely onto Mizuki's abdomen!

The next moment, those runes, as if they were living things, quickly spread from Naruto's palm and flowed rapidly throughout his body along Mizuki's meridian system!

The goal of these sealing techniques is to completely seal off all chakra points and meridian systems within the target's body! They precisely sever and block every path that can generate and circulate chakra.

At the same time, the sealing power quickly captured and entangled the cursed seal energy belonging to Orochimaru hidden in Mizuki's arm, suppressing, enveloping, and finally completely isolating it!

The entire process lasted about ten seconds. Once the runes had completely disappeared into Shui Mu's body, the spell was complete.

At this moment, Mizuki's entire chakra system was completely locked down. He could no longer extract even a trace of chakra; his meridians were like completely dried-up, abandoned riverbeds, where chakra could not flow at all.

He completely transformed into an ordinary person who could not perceive, refine, or use any chakra.

Naruto's Eight Trigrams Seal isn't something that can be easily broken with special herbs and talismans. Without Naruto's personal method of breaking it, or without a sealing technique far surpassing Naruto's skill, this guy will just live his life as an ordinary person.

After doing all this, Naruto walked to a clean, large rock and sat down, calmly taking out another small scroll from his ninja tool pouch.

He broke the storage seal on the scroll, and with a wisp of smoke, the real sealed book, containing countless forbidden secrets, appeared in his hand.

He unfurled the enormous scroll and, by the bright moonlight and the faint light of the forest, began to peruse the various powerful ninjutsu recorded within. While studying and researching, he quietly awaited the arrival of the Third Hokage and his teacher, Iruka, to prepare to "return" the mission objective.

Chapter 125 Gravity

The next day, inside the ninja academy.

Last night, after handing over Mizuki, who had been reduced to an ordinary person, to the Third Hokage, Naruto clearly noticed that Iruka-sensei was unusually depressed, shrouded in an invisible gloom.

Naruto completely understood Iruka's feelings. Mizuki, that complete bastard, had been lurking around Iruka as his "close friend" since childhood. His disguise was so skillful and his deception so thorough that it was outrageous.

He didn't genuinely care about Iruka; he was merely trying to attract the Third Hokage's attention by portraying himself as a model student who "cares for his orphaned companion."

What's even more disgusting is that Iruka's deepest pain—his parents, who sacrificed themselves in the Nine-Tails' attack and were hailed as heroes—became the reason Mizuki secretly envied Iruka!

Because in Konoha, the identity of a hero's orphan itself can bring a certain amount of attention and sympathy... Well, Naruto still has some complaints.

However, Iruka's current despondency stems not only from anger and sadness at being betrayed by a longtime friend. A deeper reason lies in self-blame.

After witnessing Mizuki tear off his disguise and utter those vicious words to Naruto, as well as the ferocious way he threw a giant shuriken without hesitation, Iruka was filled with lingering fear and guilt.

He hated himself for not seeing through Mizuki's true nature hidden beneath his smile sooner, which gave Mizuki the opportunity to manipulate Naruto and nearly put him in extreme danger. He felt he had failed in his duty as a teacher.

In the end, it was Naruto who took the initiative to comfort the dejected Iruka. He patted Iruka on the shoulder, "Alright, Iruka-sensei, don't be sad or blame yourself for that scumbag anymore. It's not worth it. See, I'm fine now, aren't I?"

Hearing his words of comfort, Iruka felt a little less heavy-hearted and guilty.

To dispel the oppressive atmosphere, the teacher and student decided to do something they were most familiar with and that brought them the most comfort before taking a complete rest—Naruto suggested with a smile.

"Let's go, Iruka-sensei, I'll treat you to Ichiraku Ramen! Consider it a late-night snack."

So, on the quiet streets late at night, the teacher and student walked toward the small shop with its warm lights, and a bowl of steaming hot char siu ramen marked the end of this night filled with betrayal, reversals, and eventual peace.

That's all that happened last night.

Now, all the graduates are gathered in the familiar classroom for the last time, and the air is filled with a complex atmosphere that is a mixture of farewell and excitement and anticipation for the future.

Today, we will announce a crucial matter that will determine their fate for a long time to come – the class assignment list.

The genin were excitedly discussing potential teammates and speculating about who the jonin instructor would be. Some boys couldn't help but steal glances at the quiet, black-haired girl in the corner of the classroom—Uchiha Satsuki.

But when they saw that Zuo Yue was still staying by the blond man's side almost every step of the way, they all let out a disappointed "tsk..." and turned away dejectedly.

At the same time, a sliver of wishful thinking crept into their hearts. Maybe... when the classes are divided, these two always-sticky guys will be separated? What if... what if I get grouped with Satsuki, and we spend all our time together, maybe my chance will come?

If Naruto could hear these thoughts, he would probably just sigh helplessly, "No wonder Sasuke's looks are so attractive..." Even though Sasuke has hardly spoken to them, his face alone is enough to keep these guys hooked.

At that moment, Naruto's attention was entirely focused on the girl beside him. He turned his head slightly and noticed that Satsuki seemed to be closer than usual, almost touching his arm.

Moreover... he caught a glimpse of unease in her slightly pursed lips and her occasionally fleeting gaze.

“Um… Naruto,” Satsuki’s voice held a hint of hesitation, “we’re about to be assigned to different classes… who… do you want to be in a group with?”