Сhapter 19

- Successful students can skip several classes at the academy. - Iruka calmly began to explain, confirming my own thoughts. - Of course, you have some problems in history and caligraphy... - the teacher added, not looking at me too contentedly. - But what you just showed me is quite enough to jump right into the fifth or even sixth grade in a year of study. Moreover, you also show yourself well in combat training classes," the man said very enthusiastically. - You can become a shinobi much earlier than your classmates. - He immediately added, apparently to give me more motivation.

Although, I already perfectly understood the prospects for such a development of events. The prospect of becoming a full-fledged Shinobi in just a few years did not inspire me so much. I really wanted to become a shinobi, and my financial problems will have to go away with the appearance of a full-fledged job… But a few things still confused me in this sensei's proposal. However, all of them are somehow connected with the canon of the history I know, and therefore I was not going to discuss my doubts with Iruka. It's better to just ask him better about the opportunity.

- And what do I have to do to jump through several classes? - Demonstrating all my excitement and motivation to work, I asked the teacher. - Surely you will have to take all these stupid tests again... - I added a little less joyfully and enthusiastically. Although, something, but I certainly wasn't afraid of tests. If I wanted to... if I really wanted to, I would even be able to learn local history. Still, the experience of studying in medical has not even been erased from my memory by years… I remember, it was during my studies at the university that I began to go bald…

- You're right, Naruto. You will have to take a lot of tests… But if you can handle it, you can become a Shinobi earlier… And other Shinobi will treat you with respect. Still, it is rare for anyone to finish the academy earlier than expected. Sensei continued to motivate me. Although, his words meant little to me. I myself understood the situation quite well and, I would even say, the dilemma…

After all, my own development was on one side of the scales, and taking up the accelerated development of the academic program, in any case, I will begin to develop much faster because of the banal abundance of incoming information. It was also possible to add the speedy acquisition of financial independence by me and a dozen smaller advantages of the same plan. Still, the current Shinobi have quite a lot of privileges in the village… But another bowl of imaginary scales spoils everything somewhat.

After all, if I graduate from the academy earlier than expected, it will inevitably lead to changes in the history I already know. Because of this, I automatically lost some of my advantage over other inhabitants of this world. And I, again, will not be able to pass the canonical path of Naruto, which creates an additional risk to my life and health…

Yeah, in the end, everything comes down to the question: will I decide to take an additional risk in order to get more profit for myself, or will I prefer stability and predictability in my life? The answer to this question will not be given immediately... Too much will depend on my answer. So it's worth thinking about the current situation properly, thoroughly and slowly. It will even be possible to reread my own notes with a retelling of a well-known part of the plot of the fatal story for me. Maybe I'll come to some thoughts about this whole adventure.

In the meantime, you should just give your consent to Iruka-sensei. It's definitely not worth getting out of the image now, and even if I still don't want to jump through classes, it will always be possible to mow down a fool that can't cope with passing standards and tests… Of course, such behavior is unlikely to do without consequences for me, but in this case this is the best option I can see.

Therefore, Iruka-sensei still received my consent to transfer from one class to another. Well, more, at the moment, was not required of me... I was sent home to think my own thoughts and weigh all the pros and cons… Strangely enough, even hunger did not overtake me that day, even though I spent almost the whole day in my own thoughts and reflections. Even my past notes, which I made in the first months of my stay in this body, I was not too lazy to reread in order to look at my situation from the outside…

After that, I had a very long brainstorming session, a cast-iron head and several flashes of not the brightest emotions, but it was still a pleasure to feel at a crossroads. At some point, I almost physically began to "get sick", driving myself into the depths of my own fears and experiences. Yes, I screwed myself up a lot then… It seems that even the fox's chakra has stirred in me…

But in the end, the decision was still made by me. And the very next day I went to the academy with a firm confidence to finish that in the next few years… Yes, I still decided to take this step, sending my own fears and doubts to hell… I thought about it as if it was easy to do, although even in the evening I was ready to climb the wall without any chakra in search of at least some confidence in my own decision. Well, it's not the point, the main thing is that I still decided to abandon the non-acute part of my post-knowledge, in which I still could not be at least somewhat confident, in favor of my own development.

And in general, if you look objectively, my further actions are unlikely to be able to affect the story I know in global terms. The Uchiha clan has already been cut out, Akatsuki, most likely, have already existed for quite a long time, which means they will have to start hunting for me sooner or later. It's the same with many other key events of the anime I know. It is unlikely that the fact that I will not get into team number seven, having graduated from the academy a few years earlier than the same Sasuke, will greatly affect the attack of the village of Sand and the village of Sound on Konoha. Orochimaru, if my knowledge is correct, will in any case want to kill his own teacher and attack his native village.

And therefore, I should not worry about all this canon. It's better to think about the power that I need to get to that moment to be ready for a collision with Akatsiki. I don't want to die young because of their plans at all… Which, in fact, is now the main motivation for me to give up quietly studying at the academy and start my own race against time… It will be in any way better than knowing exactly the next actions of your opponent, but not being able to somehow interfere with these actions due to a banal lack of strength.

That's how I reason... and even if it still doesn't save me much from the fear of the unknown. Still, you should not forget about the "butterfly effect" either ... It is not yet known how the story I know will behave in the end if the main character of this story disappears at the very beginning. But my knowledge has already fulfilled its role in any case. I know in advance about the possible danger to my life. And I have time to prepare for this danger... Which means that my future fate and survival in this world depends only on myself…

Although, I'm already somewhat overreacting with the solemnity of the moment. Even if my decision yesterday, for sure, will seriously change my future fate, but in any case, for the next couple of years I will have to do the same thing that I have been doing for the past two years - study at the academy and put all my strength during my training. Now, however, the pace of these trainings and training is likely to change significantly, but I will somehow cope with this…

The experience of my past life and the possibilities of my current body will help me in this…