Chapter 01: Naruto's Life

LifJust after his third birthday.

Uzumaki Naruto, who completed the literacy required by the Third Hokage, finally obtained permission to go out.

He had been tired of loneliness for a long time, and he eagerly set out with the strong idea of finding a friend to play with.

On the street, whether it was pedestrians or shops, everything seemed so fresh in Naruto's eyes.

"That's the demon child, right?"

"Yes, it's him!"

"How could the Third allow him to stay in the village? This is too dangerous. Sooner or later, he will kill us."

However, as Naruto passed by, whispers gradually came from behind him, as well as repugnant eyes that appeared at the same time.

Although Naruto is still young, he can clearly experience strong malice in the eyes of the adults around him.

Furthermore, this is not a very isolated phenomenon, Naruto found that almost everyone was hostile towards him.

He went to look for friends who often appeared near his house to play, but they refused without hesitation.

Their parents did not allow them to contact Naruto.

Occasionally there are small and ignorant children who do not know, and soon their parents would take them away to educate them.

Then, these children would start to feel a strong disgust towards Naruto.

Even if he wanted to buy some daily necessities with the pocket money given to him by the Third Hokage, he would be rejected without hesitation and then kicked out of the store.

Young Naruto didn't understand why he was being attacked so much.

Obviously, he didn't do anything wrong.

Perhaps, what is the misunderstanding in this?

Since there is a misunderstanding, let it pass.

On the street, faced with the hostile and repugnant gaze of those adults, Naruto spoke and exhausted all his strength to loudly refute, "I'm not a demon, I'm Uzumaki Naruto! I don't eat people!"

Naruto felt that as long as he explained carefully, the situation could improve.

But...

This is in vain.

Days passed and nothing changed. People still looked at him with intense anger and disgust, and it became increasingly intense.

On a new day, after eating instant noodles, Naruto went back to the street and once again wanted to explain to people.

But, from somewhere unknown, eggs and vegetable leaves flew and crashed into him.

Faced with this overwhelming attack, Naruto couldn't help it, he flinched for a moment and his whole body got dirty.

Among the crowd, a stone was thrown and hit Naruto's head, causing pain in his head and a large bump on his forehead.

"Kill this demon child."

"How can a child like this qualify to live in Konoha?"

Someone shouted with red eyes and ran towards Naruto with a kunai.

Naruto looked at the horrible and distorted faces that constantly approached him.

As terrifying emotions appeared in their eyes, his heart was slightly blocked, tears dripping from the corners of his eyes, and he shouted, "I really am not a demon, I'm Uzumaki Naruto!"

However, no one heard Naruto's excuse.

Naruto was so scared that he closed his eyes in front of the people who were approaching him to harm him.

However, the expected pain did not come.

Two masked ninjas stood in front of Naruto, one of them grabbed the man who was trying to harm Naruto by the collar while the other took Naruto and pulled him away.

"I'll take Naruto first, you take care of them!"

He told his companion.

"Yes, I am going to teach a lesson to this insolent scum who knows nothing at all. I don't know what Hokage-sama is thinking to allow such treatment to the child!" replied the man as he tightened his grip around the neck of the man who tried to kill Naruto.

"Don't get into trouble!" said the other before disappearing with Naruto.

...….

Night approaches.

The Third Hokage of Konohagakure, Sarutobi Hiruzen, opened the door to Naruto's house.

When he entered the living room, he saw Naruto sitting dazed at the dining table. His expression was low and he was obviously thinking about what happened during the day.

At this moment, Naruto has showered and changed clothes, but the large bump on his forehead that hasn't disappeared yet clearly shows that what happened today was not an illusion.

"Naruto."

With a gentle voice, Naruto lifted his head and when he saw the person coming, his eyes lit up.

It was the Hokage grandfather!

Since Naruto can remember, the Third Hokage has come to visit Naruto once a month to worry about his life and cover his living expenses for the next month.

He always has a kind smile on his face. In Naruto's eyes, he is a kind person.

Naruto has no family and considers the Third Hokage as his closest person.

Seeing him, Naruto couldn't help but ask offendedly, "Jiji, am I really a demon?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen said gently, "Naruto, of course you are not a demon. Today's incident will not happen again in the future. You can go out with confidence."

Naruto is not very interested, although Sarutobi Hiruzen gave him a definite answer, but his heart will inevitably doubt the authenticity of the villagers' words.

Am I really not a demon?

Then why do they hate me so much?

"Naruto, don't think too much, you are just you, eat something, sleep well, wake up tomorrow morning and you will be fine, soon you will grow up and then you can go to ninja school!"

"By then, you will be able to meet many friends!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen saw the hesitation in Naruto's heart and comforted him.

"It's okay, I'll eat." Naruto suddenly became happy, opened the refrigerator, took out instant noodles and milk, and started boiling water.

Although he is still young, he has already learned to take care of himself.

Seeing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and took out his pipe to light it, then turned and left.

After Naruto finished eating, he lay on the blanket and after a while fell into a dazed sleep.

Then, Naruto found that he had appeared in an empty space.

At this moment, he is sitting on the ground.

In front of him was a book.

There are colorful illustrations on the cover of this book.

On the illustration of the cover, there are some square fonts written, and when the page is opened, there are denser and denser fonts than the cover.

These are Chinese characters.

These words were very similar to some of the words he just studied, but they were not exactly the same. Naruto, who had just learned to read, was confused and didn't understand the meaning of these words.

This book seemed to sense Naruto's embarrassment and the font began to change.

After a while, these square fonts were completely replaced by universal characters in the Ninja world that he could understand.

At that moment, Naruto finally understood the meaning of the words written in this book.