The Pain of Summer's Depression

Konoha, as the largest ninja village in the country of fire, is extremely bustling and lively during the day, and only in the middle of the night does it show a different tranquility and peace.

The black kimono on Naruto's body almost blended into the night, only his undisguised blond hair fluttered with the breeze in the night, sitting on the Hokage Rock and looking at the Konoha Village below, the curvature of the corner of his mouth was not a trace of camouflage.

As if sensing something, Naruto turned his head to look at the shadow, "Even come to Hokage Rock casually, you are too courageous, Itachi."

A young man wearing a red cloud with a black background and a bamboo hat on his head came out of the shadows, and took off the bamboo hat casually, revealing the young man's extremely delicate face, his eyes reflecting the moonlight seemed to radiate light.

Facing Naruto, he showed a stingy smile towards others, "Didn't you come too?"

Naruto looked at the young man who had already walked beside him, and for some reason felt Itachi's smile...somewhat inexplicably...bitter.

"What's wrong?" Itachi looked down at Naruto in a daze, and suddenly called out.

"Ah...no." When Naruto looked up, he saw his own reflection in Itachi's eyes. The distance between the two was so close that he could feel each other's breath. Naruto was taken aback, and subconsciously took a step back.

He lowered his head and changed the subject, "Is it really okay to come here? After all, this place is so close to Hokage."

"Don't worry." He pulled the young man beside him to sit down again.

The hand held by Itachi...is so cold.

It's better to say...Itachi's hands are so cold.

I hold my hand tighter, wanting to convey the warmth in my hand.

Sensing Naruto's small movements, Itachi didn't say anything, just smiled with gentle eyes.

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The next day

On the street, Naruto called out to the young man whom he hadn't seen for a long time because of the mission, "Neji...Neji."

The black-haired boy turned his head and saw Naruto, he greeted his teammates and teacher and ran towards Naruto.But Naruto could vaguely hear the conversation over there.

"Hey, who is that, a girl I've never seen before."

"Li, did you see it? That's youth."

"I see, Teacher Kai."

"Yoxi, let's run twenty laps around Konoha in our youth."

"Yes, Mr. Kai."

One person and one cat were thundered on the spot, and the cats were the result of being thundered by the pair of teachers and students who looked very similar in every way.Naruto was taken aback by Tian Tian's completely harmless compliment. [Please note: It is really not malicious at all! 】

Who is the girl, you are the girl. [He is a girl every day. 】

Neji held back a smile and looked at Naruto with a tangled expression, and tugged at his somewhat long blond hair.

Naruto came back to his senses, and looked at Master Hinata who was struggling with a smile in frustration.

"What's so funny!"

"Okay, okay, don't worry about it, Naruto. By the way, why are you wearing this kind of clothes?" Neji pointed to the kimono Naruto was wearing.

"...Uh, is it weird?"

"No." It would be better to say that it is unexpectedly suitable for the ninja suit.

"Could it be because of the kimono that..." Being recognized as a girl, such an oolong should not appear again.

"Uh... Maybe it's because of Naruto, your hair is a little long."

"Hey, but Neji, your hair is obviously longer than mine, isn't it?"

"Ah." Ning Ci put his right hand against his chin and made a serious expression of thinking. After a while, he tapped the palm of his right hand with his left hand and concluded, "Maybe it's because I'm more masculine." Very satisfied.

"..."

Naruto was silent for a long time, "It's so hurtful!!!"

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this." Neji suddenly saw something in Naruto's hand, "What is that?"

Holding the thing in his hand, he waved it in front of Neji's eyes, "The registration form for the Chunin Exam, Mr. Kakashi gave it to us just now."

"Chunin exam?" Neji snatched the registration form from Naruto's hand, his tone surprised.

"Well, why are you so nervous?"

"Didn't you just become jinnin? The zhongnin exam is not as simple as you imagined. In previous years, there were many jinnin who were injured or even died. We also took the zhongnin exam for the first time this year after practicing for a year. This is very dangerous for you, Kakashi, why..."

"Don't worry, Neji." Naruto interrupted the boy and took the registration form back into his hand, "It's okay, Neji, don't you believe in my strength?"

Neji also calmed down a little, "...ah, that's true." Although he didn't know Naruto's specific strength, Neji always felt that Naruto's strength had far surpassed his own.

"During the Chunin exam...be careful."

"Of course, Neji too, Chunin exam... let's work hard together."

"kindness."

A week later.

It was almost the last time, and Naruto appeared in the sight of Sakura and Sasuke holding his cat teacher who never left.

"Really, Naruto is so slow... You also wore a kimono for the Chunin exam, is it okay?"

"Uh...uh."

"Hmph, don't hold back the tail of the crane."

Naruto looked at Sasuke, didn't say anything but smiled.

Helpless, indeed helpless!

But it wasn't to Sasuke, but to Bing, who clearly told her that today was the Chunin Exam and she had to wear a ninja uniform, but C took out a more gorgeous outfit, the reason being that such an important occasion as the Chunin Exam should be treated with caution.

Yes, it is indeed necessary to treat it with caution, but don't you think it is the biggest indiscretion to wear such a kimono that is not conducive to activities to participate in the Chunin exam?

Naruto followed Sasuke and Sakura to minimize his presence, and walked slowly towards classroom 301.But after seeing the sign of classroom 301 in front of him, he felt a sense of disobedience.

Fantasy?

Such a simple illusion should be just to test the candidates, and the two people standing in front of the door obviously also used ninjutsu to change their body shape, they should be examiners or something.

But...the attack is really merciless, that... I remember it seems to be Neji's teammate!

When Naruto was thinking, Sasuke had already stepped forward, and his tone was as arrogant as ever, "Quickly undo this illusion, we are going to the third floor, Sakura, you should have already found out."

"Yeah, I saw through such a simple illusion right away."

Naruto waved to Neji behind the two of them, and Neji would also smile.

Maybe it was because Sasuke exposed his tricks, the two ninjas attacked Sasuke angrily, but they were blocked by the ninja who was beaten just now in strange green clothes.

"Hey, Li, this is different from what you said before. Didn't you say you should keep a low profile?"

"Ahem... I've changed my mind."

As he spoke, he looked in the direction of Sasuke. In fact, if he looked carefully, he could find that what he was looking at was actually——Sakura.

"Sakura, please date me."

"Absolutely not, the eyebrows are too thick!!!" This is Sakura who was hit.

"..." These are the people who were struck by lightning.

"..." This is the injured Li.

Naruto turned his head with difficulty and looked at Neji who came to him who didn't know when, "Has your companion always been like this?"

"Uh...yes." He admitted reluctantly.

Naruto put his hand on Neji's shoulder, "It's really... thank you for your hard work."

Neji looked at the sympathy in Naruto's eyes... speechless.

"Ah! You were from that day... Eh? Are you a man?" A female voice came to attract Naruto, and the girl with the bun was probably Neji's companion.

Naruto squeezed the flesh on the belly of the cat who was snickering in his arms, successfully making the expression on the cat's face extremely tangled.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, a man."

"Oh...my name is Tiantian." Tiantian's face was a little red, besides embarrassment, he was also a little shy, after all, Naruto could be cute when he laughed, although he didn't know it.

"Naruto, let's go." Sasuke's impatient voice came from behind, Naruto waved at Ningji and chased after him.

"I'll see you at the exam."

After walking a few steps, Naruto saw C standing not far away, waving at him.

"Um...Sasuke, Sakura, I still have something to do, I'll go first, don't worry I won't delay the registration...You guys go first."

"Really, hurry up."

Smiling apologetically at them, Naruto walked in the direction of B after the two had gone far away, and the two of them didn't stop until there was no one there.

"What's the matter C? Suddenly found here."

"Hey." C stuffed the thing he had been holding into Naruto's hand.

Looking at the piece of paper in doubt, "What is this?"

"Your first test paper!!!"

"Eh!!!"

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