Chapter 3: To Iruka's Surprise

After a fraction of a minute, a bowl of ramen were placed in a bowl beautifully.

Looking at the ramen in front of him, Naruto's eyes starred with delight, and quickly slurped down the bowl.

"Naruto, don't be so quick! You may choke!" Teuchi consciously warned.

"Its okay, I can handle it!" Naruto quickly finished the bowl and asked for seconds.

Naruto spend some time in the shop, paid the bill, and went to say goodbye.

Looking at his frog pouch, his remaining money seem to not be able to last until the end of the month, he needed to earn his own money.

The third Hokage may give him a stipend monthly, with his eating habits, that allowance will never be enough.

Aside from styling his hair like his father, he also made a mental note to find a job.

Looking at the view of Naruto slumping due to overeating, Teuchi couldn't stop laughing.

"HAHAHA, Minato's son has grown" Reminiscing a certain blonde boy with blue eyes, two faces appeared in Teuchi's mind.

"Good Morning!"

Crowds of people gathered and requested ramens.

Teuchi at this sight calmly replied and went back to the kitchen.

"All of you will be given your orders! Ayame, help me organize the orders!" Teuchi hummed joyfully.

Naruto went to the academy but soon stopped.

Remembering the disgusted eyes of the people as they look at him, bore resemblance to a dark shadow that constantly bothered him.

Looking at it directly, Naruto did not even flinch in the slightest.

"Whether they acknowledge me or not isn't actually a problem, only by doing something will it make someone revered by people," Naruto knows that this was quite a disillusioning practice but shook it off.

"It doesn't matter to me anymore, I just wanted to protect the people I love and not let them be hurt by any disturbances, anyone who tries to will receive my wrath" Naruto's bright blue eyes displayed a calm look that may terrify anyone that could see it.

He may be a go-happy luck person normally, but Naruto has a side that he desperately hides from people, a persona that formed after being scorned by the entire village.

It was a contrast to his always happy side, this hidden face is something that he only knows, a culmination of his negative emotions.

Only by suppressing it can he joyfully laugh but it sometimes goes out as a completely different version of him, mostly from situations where his friends are at risk.

Taking a deep breath, Naruto treaded to the doors of the Academy, he was met with Iruka.

"Naruto you are late! Quickly sit down, the test is starting!" Iruka shouted.

Iruka was a father-figure to him after his biological father died. He was an important pillar of his life. Glancing at him, he was met by a menacing glare.

Naruto scrunched from that terrifying yet caring gaze.

Remembering right just now what test he will be doing, Naruto hurried and was passed a piece of paper containing examination questions.

Looking around, familiar people are around him.

Sasuke, Sakura, Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Rock Lee, Neji, Tenten…

He was filled with nostalgia looking at these people, particularly Hinata.

Blushing, Naruto could remember the adult Hinata as his wife.

"Just how are Boruto and Himawari now, I hope they are eating alright"

To avoid getting sidetracked, he focused himself to do the questions and proceeded to think to converse with them after the test.

"Oh, this was easy, what can amplify the Fire elemental chakra from the other nature transformations?"

Naruto was immersed in the test. As a Hokage in the past, the knowledge about the whole village was managed by him. Looking at this piece of paper, he was shot by memories of bundled together to form stacks of paper mountains. It was a terrifying sight.

He was soon able to finish it.

Followed by its completion, Naruto handed the paper onto Iruka and stormed out.

The eyes of people soon scrunched up, bewildered by the events.

"Naruto! Are you sure you at least gave answers in this test?" Iruka can be clearly seen fuming from what Naruto did.

"I'm sure sir Iruka! Look at the paper and that may surprise you, HAHA" Naruto ran quickly as if running from something.

"That brat!" Iruka was irked and then sighed.

Looking at the sheet, Iruka scanned it genuinely, and what he saw distorted all the common sense he had.

"Is this really Naruto?" Iruka was thoroughly shocked.

The test questions were not just done quickly, what was most important was the deep insights Naruto wrote.

"How to perform water-walking Jutsu. It is a simple jutsu that focuses chakra in your soles and lets your feet sway with the buoyancy of the water, so it really does not let you walk on water but rather float in it. With more precise control, you can inject water into your foot pores and spin those to achieve a propeller-like act, pushing you forward or backward, this is my secret theory but if possible, particles of water can be further condensed into something more rigid, and thus enable someone to walk on it properly like soil but note that it will be slippery!"

Iruka was surprised with this clever answer and this careless answer Naruto left opened a new door of possibilities for him.

In the first place, what the hell is a particle?" Iruka was confused.

As science and technology still have not bloomed in this era, physical elements and sub-particles seem so foreign to them, and only through Naruto will Iruka understand what this so-called particle is.

On the other hand Naruto is perspiring after running very fast.

He suddenly remembered a calamity that will fall on a friend's clan, the Uchihas.

Currently, Sasuke and attended the Academy at the age of 5 and he was already two years in the academy and thus making him seven years old of age.

Sasuke's clan was massacred by his brother when he was seven so if his assumptions were right, the killing will occur at any time in this time period.