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"I knew I felt a change in here. The last time that happened was when Minato's chakra construct fully materialised inside the mindscape.

But now, we have someone who is well past his life, clinging onto this world hopping from body to body." Hiroki commented as he walked deeper and deeper into the mindscape, before standing in front of a young man with brown hair and deep black eyes.

The figure wore a white kimono with magatama around the collar, all held together with a black sash around the waist.

"I can ask the same thing. What are the chances of meeting another reincarnate other than my brother in this world?" The figure responded back calmly as if the anomalous presence of Hiroki didn't bother him.

"You seem to be awfully calm. I thought you would end up attacking me the moment you saw an unfamiliar face living inside your reincarnation?" Hiroki continued.

"Unfamiliar, yes. But not unknown. I have been watching you since the day you got here. While I might have just been able to fully condense my chakra in this new reincarnation today, doesn't mean I wasn't here before. My chakra itself exists inside this child, always made by each cell in the body, while I wait for the right time and impetus to regain 'consciousness'." The figure replied.

"Well. Since you know what I am and what I am doing here, I believe introducing myself won't be necessary, but I still have my manners.

My name is Hiroki Uehara. I have been trapped in this body accidentally. You are?" Hiroki asked.

"Ashura Ōtsutsuki. Pleasure." The figure, now known as Ashura, replied back curtly.

"Very well, Ashura. I will be going back to my 'place' upstairs. You are welcome to drop by if you want, but if you prefer to hide out here in the dark, your choice. See ya." With that, Hiroki turned back and was about to walk away, just as Ashura stopped him.

"I know what you want. But it will be difficult to get it.

What you are trying to achieve will not only have moral restrictions, but also the hindrance from the sheer difficulty needed to achieve it. Are you sure you will be able to achieve your goal?" Ashura reminded Hiroki.

"I know you have lived a lot of lives and have a vast amount of experience from all your previous reincarnations, but there is something that you have to know about me.

I achieve everything that I put my mind to.

No matter how hard it is to achieve, I will always achieve my goals.

And my goal now is to get back my body, and for that to happen, I am willing to be the elder brother and a teacher that Naruto needs right now, so that he can grow up and return the help I have given him now." with that, Hiroki calmly walked away, his back slowly disappearing in the dark shadows of the underground, leaving Ashura to mull over the words.

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"This is so unfair ni-san. Why did I get the lowest marks in my exams this month? Literally, all of my answers were correct.

I even cross-referenced them with the source material in the library. What were those teachers thinking?" as soon as Naruto got home, he yelled in annoyance as he complained to his elder brother.

"What happened Naruto? Why… so… grumpy?" with a sadistic smile on his face, Hiroki turned towards naruto, horrible face paint on his face, as a movie about a rich emo dude running around playing dress-up with criminals played in the background.

"Ahhhh. What the hell? What the hell happened to your face?" As soon as Naruto saw the horrifying figure in front of him, he screamed and jumped back.

"Kurama and I were just doing a movie marathon. Right Kurama?" Hiroki asked behind him as a big red fox wearing a black mask and a blue cape just nodded.

"Hn."

"Well… anyway. I was saying. Those stupid teachers at the academy gave me zero marks for all of my monthly tests. Every single answer was wrong according to them.

And when I went to confront them about it, they just yelled at me asking if a mere academy student knew more than a full-fledged shinobi." Naruto vented, ignoring the two characters in front of him playing dress-up.

"Ah. That. Well, you remember how many people don't like you?" seeing naruto nod, Hiroki continued.

"It's because of that. They can't do much to you physically now that you are in the academy and under the watch of the Hokage, but they can basically only mess with you academically.

To be honest, its not really a big deal. You will still be able to pass the year easily and graduate the next year.

But this is the only way those narrow-minded fools can act out their frustrations towards you.

My advice, is just to go with the flow. You should not care about the opinions of these lowly beings. Just focus on the opinions of those that care for you.

Like me. I know you aren't a dunderhead that cannot even answer 2+2, right. So, why bother wasting your mental energy and your precious time thinking about these insignificant extras." Hiroki explained.

"Huh. So that's why.

I thought it was a ploy from those bastards you told me about. I thought they were targeting me by making me feel bad about how I'm not living up to my potential and how I'm not able to learn anything correctly at the academy and then they would swoop in and offer me a chance to become smart and strong by getting me into some program and become a weapon for this village's dark side." Naruto explained with a slight frown on his face.

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"..Damn. I didn't think you knew about that." With a stunned and speechless faces, Hiroki and Kurama just looked at each other, before gaping at Naruto with wide eyes.

"You ARE a Genius!!!!"

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