Chapter 16: Change

"Today's classroom is really quiet."

Ten minutes later, Iruka, who had returned from a break, sighed while drinking water.

After opening the door, he saw a whole class of students lying down, and he was a little dumbfounded. Iruka blinked hard, then rubbed his eyes. The things in front of him were still the same as before, he really didn't see it wrong.

"Release!"

He made a seal to release the genjutsu, but the surrounding environment did not change at all. Could it be... all the students were controlled? Who on earth is it!

"Puff.."

In the quiet environment, Iruka quickly noticed a student's slight movement. He looked at the side face of the guy holding back his laughter and his slightly trembling body. Then he looked at all the students in the entire classroom and suddenly realized.

"Class is starting! get up!!"

Iruka roared angrily.

....

After school at noon

"I don't understand why Iruka-sensei is so mad. I just took a short nap. Is it really necessary to keep such a close eye on me? It's quite bothersome."

Ino walked and complained to Sakura.

"Haha, maybe... is he in a bad mood? Ahahaha." Sakura laughed.

She actually knew why, because she also lay down when she in the class . Though she didn't know what had happened in the classroom, the sight of so many people resting their heads on the table silently indicated something was amiss, so she joined them.

And when Sasuke saw this scene, he just murmured, 'Is it a hidden exercise?'

Then she blended into the environment and hid together.

"Is that so?"

Ino was somewhat confused. She felt Sakura knew something, yet didn't want to share. In that case, she didn't continue to ask.

"By the way, when you came.... did you come to school with Naruto?" Sakura asked again.

"Yeah, I just met him in the street"

Ino replied honestly.

"Just met..."

Sakura thought for a while and then sighed: "Could it be that guy also pestering you? Not only is he noisy all day long, but he also feels good about himself. He is really a super troublesome guy."

"Ha...haha...it's not that exaggerated."

Ino's expression was a little unnatural, but she still said as high EQ as possible.

"How can it not be? If you are too good to him, maybe he will pestering you the next day and then cling to you tightly. It's really annoying. So I still suggest you stay away from him." Sakura continued to say by herself.

Ino's expression began to change. She not only remembered what Naruto said softly when she had breakfast with her in the morning. If you feel uncomfortable, you can stay away from me a little bit, I won't mind.

She couldn't believe that the Naruto who spoke such gentle words to her would be the troublesome guy Sakura mentioned. Was the Naruto from before really like that? Only after getting to know him did she realize he wasn't exactly as he appeared on the surface. He was gentle, mature, and possessed unique abilities.

What kind of person is Naruto?

"Are you listening?"

Sakura waved her hand in front of Ino. She felt that Ino seemed to be distracted.

"Sorry, I'm a little tired today."

Ino said after coming back to her senses.

"Is it? Speaking of it, you seem to be really tired today. You slept for a long time in the morning. Did you not sleep well last night?" Sakura asked with concern.

"Yeah"

"You have to rest well then."

After uttering a few more words, Sakura promptly shifted back to her own subject and went on, "Yesterday, Naruto merely managed to hit the target through sheer luck. Today in class, he gave me that irritating triumphant look and waved his hand. It's so annoying..."

"Is it..."

Ino's expression was already abnormal. She didn't want to continue listening to Sakura's nagging here anymore. Speaking ill of Naruto would leave her feeling uneasy.

"Ah, it's Sasuke! Sasuke-kun!"

Soon after, Sakura saw Sasuke who had brought his lunch box out for lunch and ran over excitedly. She was also happily thinking about whether Sasuke would like her new cuisine.

"Sasuke! Sasuke."

At first Ino was also very excited but when she looked at Sasuke surrounded by a group of girls she found out that she didn't seem to like Sasuke as much as before.

It's weird...

She turned her head and looked at Naruto who was sitting cross-legged on the other side of the playground with empty hands and closed eyes quietly practicing elemental power.

Naruto's house has no ingredients and can't make anything to eat and he doesn't want to go out and buy food.... mainly because he doesn't want to deal with those villagers. Although he dared to do it, he didn't like to do it.

If it is not necessary to eat, he will not take the initiative to buy food. He doesn't want to cause trouble for himself and doesn't want to contact those prejudiced people.

And practicing elemental power can feed back the body and not eating a meal is nothing.

"Naruto, did you forget to bring your lunch?"

Ino took the initiative to come over and asked with a smile.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if I don't eat."

Naruto slowly opened his eyes and said.

After hearing his words, Ino thought about Naruto's treatment again and couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic so she said: "By the way, I brought a little more lunch today. If you don't mind, I can share some with you."

"This.."

Naruto looked at Ino opening the lunch box and couldn't help feeling moved. He just can not eat and use elemental power to replace some consumption but this does not mean that eating is of no benefit to him.

Practicing elemental power can strengthen the body while the nutrients gained from food support and complement this process.

"What do you like to eat..."

Ino, who had just unpacked her lunchbox, raised her head and began to speak, but two fingers pressed against her forehead, interrupting her. A cool sensation spread through her mind, and the fatigue caused by excessive mental exertion quickly dissipated.

This feeling.... it's so comfortable!

"This is my return gift."

Naruto said indifferently.

Ino touched her head blinked and asked with an inexplicable expression: "Wait, just now.... what did you do just now? What is that feeling?"

"It's nothing, just helped you recover some energy." Naruto simply said.

"That's amazing, it feels so comfortable."

Ino continued to ask: "By the way, the Spiritual Perception State should be a state opened by stimulating the brain with chakra. How did you let me enter the state of spiritual perception yesterday? It's incredible."

"It's very simple, just pour my power into your brain once to trigger it. Otherwise how can you personally feel and understand the Spiritual Perception State." Naruto said as a matter of course.

"Pour your power into my brain to trigger? This...this..."

Ino was startled, her expression showing extreme shock.