Chapter 34: Team Division

"Yo, good morning."

Naruto said politely.

Greeting is a form of elegant etiquette. Regardless of whether he likes Sakura or not, he wouldn't skimp on the necessary greetings.

"Ah… hello."

Sakura's voice was a bit stuttering, her heart pounding rapidly. She asked somewhat shyly, "Um, my name is Haruno Sakura. May I ask your name?"

"Hehe…"

Naruto suddenly laughed. His laugh was elegant and dignified, making people feel as if they were bathed in a spring breeze. He laughed with an arrogance that came from his bones and even his soul. Finally, he said, "My name is… Namikaze Menma."

"Namikaze Menma?"

Sakura thought for a moment and then enthusiastically smiled and said, "I've heard of the surname Namikaze. The Fourth Hokage's name was Namikaze Minato. Your surname is the same as the Fourth Hokage's, and you both have handsome blond hair… It's as if the Fourth Hokage has been resurrected."

"Ah, thank you for the compliment."

Naruto said with a smile.

In fact, he always knew that when Sakura faced a handsome guy with high looks, her ability to speak would become very good. She was particularly willing to consider the other person's feelings and her personality would be more enthusiastic and proactive than usual.

If Naruto were to be honest, Sakura would definitely be shocked and then regret it so much that she would want to die. She wouldn't dare to say a word to Naruto and would sigh silently and shed tears.

Hence, the thoughtful Naruto chose to conceal his true identity, and changed his name to Namikaze Menma. He planned to chat with Sakura like this for a while, let her feel comfortable for a while, and waiting for the opportune moment to reveal his true self during the inevitable roll call.

Naruto's gentleness ends here.

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"Now, let's start team division."

Iruka walked into the classroom and began to read from the list:

"Team 10: Akimichi Choji, Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru. Your guiding Jonin is Sarutobi Asuma."

As soon as these words came out, there was no surprise on Choji and Shikamaru's faces. Ino just sighed with her chin propped up. She understood the matters of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio. They needed to be together from a young age to cultivate feelings and practice cooperation. This has been the case for all generations of Ino-Shika-Cho.

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"Team 8: Haruno Sakura, Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino. Your guiding Jonin is Yuhi Kurenai."

Upon hearing Iruka's words, Sakura instantly became like a soulless body. She didn't get Sasuke or Menma, and her teammates is the one who played with dogs and one who played with bugs. She didn't like to get along with such people.

She turned her head and looked at Menma with pitiful eyes as if seeking sympathy. However, he just smiled faintly without saying any superfluous words. 

...

"Team 7, Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuga Hinata, Uzumaki Naruto, your guiding Jonin is Hatake Kakashi. Alright, today's team division ends here. Goodbye, my dear students," Iruka said with a friendly smile.

Uzumaki Naruto? Didn't that guy fail the ninja school exam and didn't even show up?

At this moment, Sakura was a bit confused. She looked around the room and didn't see Naruto. The more she thought about it, the more puzzled she became. But soon, she thought of another question, why didn't Menma have a team? And he just happened to sit in Naruto's position, and like Naruto, they both have blond hair?

"Gulp."

She swallowed and gradually began to realize what was going on. She slowly turned her head and looked at the blond handsome boy on her right. She found that his face shape really looked a bit like Naruto, except there was no whisker on his face.

This... this can't be the same person

"What a coincidence, Naruto. Let's have another battle this afternoon. I've made some new progress and want to test it with you," Sasuke suddenly said at the right moment.

"Eh?"

Sakura turned her head in confusion and looked at Sasuke who was about to leave. Her heart stopped.

"Alright, see you this afternoon."

Naruto also stood up and walked out of the classroom with Sasuke, one on the left and one on the right, leaving Sakura with a puzzled face, her eyes shifting left and right, and her expression dazed.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered that she had once stopped Ino from confessing to Naruto. Her face was almost green with envy. She stiffly turned her head and looked at Ino on the other side, slowly raising her hand to greet her.

And Ino just moved her lips with a forced smile and then left directly.

Damn...

At the edge of the classroom, Hinata crossed her hands together, a faint blush appeared on her face, she lowered her head unconsciously and laughed.

"Naruto-kun... together with me... hehe..."

...

"Would you like to have dinner together?"

Sasuke asked directly without turning his head.

"Yeah, let's do it."

Naruto replied, walking side by side with Sasuke.

At this time, Sasuke was focused on revenge, and Naruto was very strong and could make him stronger. So it was natural for him to respect Naruto.

"What do you want to eat?"

Sasuke continued to ask.

In fact, he wasn't simply asking what Naruto wanted to eat. He was guessing what Naruto ate to become so strong. If he ate the same thing as him, could he become as strong as him and then surpass that man for revenge?

"Ah, let's eat Ichiraku Ramen. I haven't eaten it for a long time. I kind of miss it," Naruto casually said.

Although he has good and evil perception, good and evil perception only perceives good and evil. Sasuke has a purpose but he doesn't have any malice towards Naruto. Without malice, Naruto's good and evil perception won't feel abnormal.

"Then let's go eat together. I'll treat."

Sasuke said straightforwardly.

According to his understanding of Naruto, this guy doesn't have much money. So it's best to say directly that he will pay for it. Although he changed his clothes and hairstyle and looks good now, this guy might have spent all his remaining money because of these things. In order to continue to become stronger in the future, a little bit of expenditure is worth it.

"Then thank you."

Naruto was slightly stunned and replied with a smile.

He felt that Sasuke was not bad. Although he was a bit tsundere on the surface overall he was as pure and kind as white paper without any disgusting prejudices. He would make a really good friend.

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Some time later

"By the way, where did you learn that training method? Can you reveal it?" Sasuke casually asked pretendingly.

"Do you think anyone else besides me would know this training method?" Naruto retorted.

Sasuke frowned slightly but didn't say anything.

He didn't quite believe that Naruto at this age could create such an amazing training method.

"Forget it, let me tell you honestly, I entered another world in a dream once, this is the training method I learned in that other world, how about it isn't it amazing?" Naruto crossed his arms over his chest and said with the most sincere eyes.

"Hmm, really amazing."

Sasuke answered lightly.

He turned his head and continued walking without asking where Naruto learned from anymore, just assuming that Naruto didn't want to say.

But this... is the truth...

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