Utilization and Counter-utilization

What only Mizuki didn't know was that,

Just as Naruto left, at the very moment of turning around, the corners of his mouth curved slightly, revealing a faint mocking smile. Because in Naruto's heart, Mizuki was nothing more than an irredeemable fool.

Steal the Sealing Scroll?

How could someone come up with such a foolish plan? Without considering feasibility and success rate at all.

Just a guy completely immersed in his own ambitions, what else could he be if not a fool?

"Well, let me make good use of you, Mr. Mizuki! I hope you don't disappoint me."

Naruto, leaving the exam room,

Didn't pay any attention to the strange looks of his classmates around him.

Naruto was well aware of why these classmates were looking at him with such strange eyes. It was simply because they didn't see the Leaf Village ninja headband symbolizing qualification on him. Plus, the soundproofing effect in the exam classroom was not one hundred percent effective, and they had probably heard some of their teacher Iruka's voice coming from inside. Different from Naruto's low grades in the original story, as mentioned earlier, Naruto in this world was an honor student in the class, consistently ranking at the top, especially in theoretical knowledge, always in the top three, occasionally even first. In terms of practical results, he excelled even more, and in the whole class, only Uchiha Sasuke, who ranked first, could surpass Naruto.

Of course, they had no idea that Naruto was restraining himself for a reason. Otherwise, Sasuke who is currently unable to use his opened Sharingan (the night of the genocide was stimulated by his brother, and he has opened the single Magatama Sharingan, but he did not realize it), Naruto will be abuse him in a matter of minutes. Beat Sasuke violently.

However, from the perspective of these classmates,

Naruto should have had an easy time passing the graduation exam.

Even though it was true that Naruto had some difficulty and wasn't very adapted or smooth when he first learned the Clone Jutsu, so to speak, so much time had passed, and with Naruto's intelligence, he should have no problem now.

This was the view of almost everyone present.

However, the final result really surprised everyone.

Six years later.

Naruto Uzumaki, who had consistently ranked in the top five of the class, unexpectedly failed to graduate. It was no wonder that when Naruto came out, almost everyone present looked at him with astonishment, and among those present, there was only one person who looked at Naruto with a worried expression.

That would be Hinata Hyuga, the heiress of the Hyuga clan.

Different from the others' gazes,

At this moment,

Looking at Naruto's departing figure,

A look of extreme concern flashed in Hinata Hyuga's pure white pupils, and her hands unconsciously twisted together.

"Naruto-kun..."

Naruto, who had already walked away quickly, naturally didn't care about the opinions of his classmates behind him.

Naruto didn't leave the school directly, but instead went straight to the rooftop of the ninja academy, finding a relatively quiet spot and lying down very leisurely.

"What's next is waiting for Mizuki to come find me. If I remember correctly, it should be around the end of the exam, close to dusk, right? Well, it looks like I can take a little nap..."

Naruto placed his hands behind his head, gazing up at the blue sky and white clouds in the high sky, comfortably squinting his eyes and silently thinking to himself.

This is his golden opportunity.

Miss this village, and there will be no shop.

This time,

He couldn't afford to be as clueless as the original Naruto.

A scroll of such importance,

He had only seen the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu. This was one of the most precious records in the Leaf Village, containing almost all A-rank and above ninja techniques. Not to mention the Shiki Fuin (Dead Demon Consuming Seal) and Hiraishin (Flying Thunder God Technique), these two techniques were definitely essential for Naruto. The latter, developed by Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, and further improved by Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage, was an essential and significant space-time jutsu for Naruto. As for the former, it was purely out of Naruto's curiosity about this world; after all, he was curious about whether the Shinigami and Jashin described in the original story truly existed in this world. The Dead Demon Consuming Seal was one of the best mediums for that.

Aside from these two,

Any other advanced ninja techniques or forbidden jutsu,

As long as there was a chance,

Naruto planned to learn them, not necessarily mastering them immediately, but understanding the core of the jutsu and the hand seals, which he could study later on.

"This is the most important step..."

Naruto thought to himself.

And just as Naruto was pondering the first step of this plot,

Suddenly,

Naruto opened his eyes and sat up.

"No, if Mizuki doesn't act according to the original plot, what should I do?"

To put it bluntly, when he came to this world,

The concept of the original plot was something he could only use as a reference.

If he continued to treat the so-called plot as the standard answer, Naruto was certain he wouldn't even know how he died.

Will Mizuki follow the original plot and come find me? Most likely, he will.

However, five years ago, the Uchiha clan massacre had a slight deviation from the original plot, which made Naruto suspect whether there would be different changes in the Sealing Scroll plot this time.

It seemed like Naruto hadn't made any changes to the original plot so far.

But to be honest, when Naruto came to this world, whether through soul transmigration or rebirth, the most significant change was in the trajectory of his life compared to the original. Moreover, even though there hadn't been any major events, Naruto had a different childhood from the original Naruto. He didn't cause trouble or have a rough upbringing like the original.

In a way,

There were some changes.

So Naruto had every reason to doubt what he would do if the plot deviated from his expectations once again. The answer was, he couldn't do anything!

"If Mizuki doesn't follow the original plot and does something different, it will be really troublesome..."

After thinking it over, a bitter smile appeared on Naruto's face.

Because Naruto realized,

He really had no way to do anything.

At least, in this matter, Naruto was in a very passive situation.

Without Mizuki's instigation,

He lacked a legitimate opportunity to "act dumb" and steal the Sealing Scroll for learning.

And he had even fewer chances to graduate directly.

The former was better, as missing an opportunity to become stronger could be compensated for in the future.

The latter was the most crucial issue.

If he couldn't graduate this year,

It would lead to many other problems.

(End of this chapter)

______________________________________________________________

For advanced chapters and support visit : www.p@treon.com/NelsonN742 {replace @ with a}