It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

"Inoboar! Stay away from Sasuke!"

"Hmph, stop pretending that you and Sasuke are so close. Sasuke won't like you with a broad forehead like yours, Sakura!"

The noise between the girls was so loud that it could be heard in the corridor outside the classroom.

The morning noise on campus is really the same in every world...

Thinking of this, Uzumaki Naruto opened the back door of the classroom.

In the last row of the tiered classroom, Yamanaka Ino and Haruno Sakura, who were originally jealous of each other, were slightly attracted by the sound of the door being pushed open.

After realizing that the person coming was only Uzumaki Naruto, the two of them glared at each other again.

Uzumaki Naruto didn't care about being ignored by the two of them. He walked straight past them and sat down at the innermost side of the last row, which was also by the window.

However, the black-haired boy surrounded by Yamanaka Ino and Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, stared at Uzumaki Naruto for a while.

As soon as Uzumaki Naruto sat down in his seat, the bell for class rang through the black speaker on the wall of the classroom.

The students returned to their seats when the bell rang.

As the bell rang, the homeroom teacher walked up to the podium and arranged today's class content: "Everyone will take the Ninja School graduation exam tomorrow, so study hard in the classroom today to prepare for the exam!"

"Yes! Mizuki-sensei!"

The students responded loudly to the words of their homeroom teacher Mizuki.

Uzumaki Naruto was one of the students who responded, but he ended up giving Mizuki a long look.

Noticing Naruto's gaze, Mizuki smiled gently at him.

Naruto immediately put on an expression that showed he was not good at dealing with the kindness released by others, turned his head away to avoid Mizuki's smile, and turned his attention from the classroom to the school playground outside the window.

But Naruto wasn't really admiring the view outside the window, but was thinking about the smile Mizuki had just given him.

It seems that just like in the original novel, Mizuki has already begun to include him in the plan to steal the Sealed Book.

Naruto's eyes flickered, finally something important matched his memory...

Counting the days, it has been two years since I traveled to the Naruto world.

Naruto still remembers clearly the shock he felt when he first walked into Konoha Ninja School and found that his homeroom teacher was Mizuki instead of Umino Iruka.

Unlike the original work, in the Naruto world that Naruto traveled to, Umino Iruka and his parents died in the Nine-Tails Rebellion twelve years ago.

In the original work, Iruka was the only light that was willing to take care of Naruto when he was a child.

Without Iruka's kindness, Naruto's heart became darker and his interpersonal relationships with people around him became even worse.

This led to Naruto being untrustworthy in the eyes of Konoha's high-ranking officials, and deepened their fear of Naruto.

Although they are called Konoha's top brass, they are more like the extremely hawkish ideas of Shimura Danzo...

In the original Naruto, Danzo Shimura did not begin to prepare to imprison and control Uzumaki Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and use him as a strategic weapon of Konoha until Tsunade, the fifth Hokage, fell into a coma during Pain's invasion of Konoha and finally ascended to the position of Hokage as he wished.

However, without Iruka, the original Uzumaki Naruto in this world was trapped in darkness and unable to escape. His strong sense of alienation from the Konoha Ninja Village actually made Danzo advance his plan to control the Nine-Tails.

And the implementation of this plan... happened two years ago!

Two years ago, Danzo tried to use Uchiha Shisui's eyes to control Naruto, turning him into a tailed beast weapon without his own personality who only knew how to obey orders.

However, something unexpected happened. Perhaps he was not able to control the cells of the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, or he was not proficient in the use of the Sharingan - in short, the original Naruto in this world died two years ago.

That is, when the original Naruto died, he, as a time traveler, became the new Uzumaki Naruto.

The person saved by the Third Hokage who arrived late to stop Danzo was the time traveler Naruto.

In his previous life, everyone said that Sarutobi Hiruzen was indecisive, but Naruto has now experienced it firsthand...

Danzo did not receive any actual punishment for his actions, and was only ordered by the Third Hokage not to attack Naruto again.

This made Naruto feel more than once that if he was just an ordinary Chuuriki with no background, not the orphan of the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze.

Given Sarutobi Hiruzen's old age, he might not even give Danzo a final order...

Therefore, Naruto does not trust the indecisive old Third Generation, and is always on guard against Danzo's possible hidden tricks.

It is impossible for the Third Generation to provide Naruto with any real protection.

And with Danzo's methods, since he has already attacked Naruto, he will definitely not let Naruto go.

Especially after the Akatsuki organization captured a large number of Jinchūriki, disrupting the combat power layout of the five major ninja villages.

The hawkish Danzo will definitely try to keep the Nine-Tails in his hands and use it to seize benefits for Konoha from the other four major countries in the event of an imbalance in combat power.

"There's still some time before the end of get out of class, so let's have another mock exam. Those who passed the last mock exam also need to take part!"

Mizuki at the podium suddenly spoke up, breaking Naruto's thoughts.

"Hey!"

The students all complained.

"It's no use being dissatisfied. Everyone, stand in front of the podium according to your student number and prepare for the exam!"

Mizuki showed his authority as a class teacher, picked up the scoreboard and waited for the students to gather.

So the students reluctantly left their seats and lined up according to their student numbers to take the mock exam.

Naruto also walked into the team, but a strange phenomenon occurred at this time.

In the long queue, all the students were huddled together, except for Naruto's position. No matter the people in front or behind him, they all tacitly kept two body lengths away from him.

The students' isolation of Naruto was extremely noticeable.

This is a situation that would never happen in the original work. No matter how the adults in the village ostracize Naruto, the students in the school are only eleven or twelve years old after all. Even if they are unwilling to pay attention to Naruto, they will not engage in such isolationist behavior that is no different from bullying.

Noticing his own situation, Naruto sighed slightly.

This situation is also related to the original Naruto. Without Iruka, Naruto's personality at that time was quite dark.

The interpersonal relationships he has now are already good enough. This is the result of his hard work during the two years of time travel. If he were still the original Naruto, he would not only be obviously isolated.

It's really depressing...

Naruto couldn't help but think so.

The village's top leaders want to use me as a weapon without personality.

The residents of the village were ostracizing him amid rumors after the Nine-Tailed Fox Rebellion twelve years ago.

After living like this for two years, Naruto, as a time traveler, could hardly hold on.

but……

Naruto lowered his head, pretending to be disappointed at being excluded by his classmates, but there was a gleam in his eyes.

I can get rid of such days soon.

As long as he successfully becomes a ninja, he can defect from the village in the name of "mission"!

Naruto raised his head again and looked at Uchiha Sasuke in front of the team. If Uchiha could be the traitorous ninja of Konoha, why can't I, Uzumaki? !