Chapter 70 Little Secrets Between Girls

"Alright!!"

Iruka Umino patted Naruto's shoulder.

After distributing the Ninja headbands, the many graduates excitedly discussed them. No idiot asked where the Ninja headband should be worn. Logically, a headband is naturally worn on the forehead, but neither the Ninja Academy nor the officials had any mandatory requirements for the wearing position. As long as you don't go crazy and slash a knife on the Ninja headband, you'll be fine.

It wouldn't be fun if the Ninja Village judged you as a rogue Ninja.

Some people wore their Ninja headbands on their arms, some tied them to the side of their thighs, and some used them as belts.

Anyway, the main body of the Ninja headband is the iron plate engraved with the Ninja Village's emblem. As for the cloth strip, it's not important. You could take off the iron plate and sew it onto your underwear and wear it on your head, and no one would care, at most they'd give you an extra look and curse you as a pervert.

"Na… Naruto-kun…"

Hyuga Hinata, who wore her Ninja headband around her neck, protecting her fair, long neck, came before Naruto. In a public setting, she still couldn't help but feel shy, turning her head and whispering, "Shall we… go… take pictures… together…?"

Receiving the headband wasn't the end of it. Even if you were currently just an apprentice Ninja and hadn't officially become a Genin, you still needed to fill out a Ninja registration form and leave your personal information.

Filling out the Ninja registration form required a two-inch single photo.

In the original work, Naruto made an exaggerated red and white face paint, but of course, he wouldn't do that this time.

"Naruto, Hinata, are you going to take pictures? Let's go together."

Ino Yamanaka, surrounded by many boys and girls, saw Naruto and Hinata standing together. She parted the crowd and giggled with her small hands behind her back.

"Ya… Yamanaka-san…"

Hinata's cheeks turned even redder, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Ino Yamanaka took Hinata's small hand and enthusiastically said, "Why call me Yamanaka-san? Why be so formal? Just call me by my name."

"From now on, we'll be members of the same team, carrying out missions together, facing dangers and enemies together. This is a good opportunity to cultivate our relationship."

"Mhm, Ino."

Hinata nodded softly.

"Hehe, that's right."

Ino Yamanaka smiled confidently, then familiarly pulled Hyuga Hinata aside, whispering something. The two girls occasionally cast strange glances, and then Hyuga Hinata's cheeks became redder and redder.

Just girl talk.

Curious.

But there was no need to eavesdrop.

Naruto walked ahead with his hands in his pockets, heading to the photo studio to take pictures, while Ino Yamanaka and Hyuga Hinata followed unhurriedly behind, exchanging some little secrets that made the thin-skinned Hyuga Hinata blush with embarrassment.

But it had to be said that sharing some secrets indeed quickly brought people closer.

Next, they printed two-inch photos and went to the registration office in the Hokage Building to fill out the Ninja registration forms.

Konoha Village was still strong.

The Land of Fire was located at a vital crossroads, a key route connecting north and south. Its unique geographical location allowed the Land of Fire to gather a large number of talents and resources, becoming the most militarily powerful nation among the Five Great Nations.

And Konoha Village was the Ninja Village of the Land of Fire, the size of a city-state, prosperous and flourishing, representing the military strength of the Land of Fire, and one of the strongest Ninja Villages.

Many Ninja would accept missions from clients in the Hokage Building.

Arriving at the Hokage Building, Naruto's gaze swept over the bustling, endless stream of Ninja, clearly sensing the huge difference between the Adventurers' Guild and it.

There was simply no comparison.

Excluding the overpowered platinum-level heroes, without the interference of gods, Konoha Hidden Village could easily dispatch a few elite Jonin teams to take down the Adventurers' Guild.

Pushing aside the unimportant Random Thoughts in his mind, Naruto, Hinata, and Ino Yamanaka completed their Ninja registration forms and returned home to await the next day's meeting with their sensei.

They were the new Seventh Team.

In their three-person team, the original protagonist group's Sasuke and Sakura Haruno were no longer present, so he didn't know if their sensei would still be Kakashi Hatake.

With doubt and anticipation, Naruto returned to the Underground City.

…

In the Goblin Slayer World, Border Town.

The news of Naruto slaying the troll spread like wildfire, causing quite a stir in the Adventurers' Guild.

However, according to the Counter Lady, merely eliminating a troll was not enough for Naruto to become a Gold-Grade Adventurer.

Furthermore.

The promotion to Gold-Grade Adventurer required an assessment at the Adventurers' Guild in the Royal Capital or one of the four major capitals.

After the battle with the troll, the Sword Saintess, the Witch, and the Elf Archer also realized their own lack of strength and all wanted to advance.

Among them, the Witch had her own cultivation method, while the Elf Archer needed to return to the Elf Forest to sign a contract with a Wind Spirit, mastering more powerful magic to increase the power of her arrows.

As a priestess who believed in the supreme god, the Sword Saintess could go to the supreme god Temple in the Water Capital to further advance, thereby gaining more powerful miracles.

In the original work, she became the High Priestess of the supreme god Temple, one of the few Gold-Grade Adventurers in the Adventurers' Guild.

Naruto simply made a plan, confirming that the new dungeon, goblin's crown, was located in the Great Snow Mountain, north of the Water Capital, and then he and the Sword Saintess embarked on their journey again.

…

Konoha Village, Ninja Academy.

The students who successfully passed the graduation exam gathered again in the usual tiered classroom.

However, unlike before, they were no longer green fledglings.

Instead, they were young eagles ready to spread their wings and fly.

"I wonder who our sensei will be, I'm a little nervous."

"I hope they're not too strict. I heard that the difficulty of past survival exercises has been very high. If we encounter a harsh sensei, the pass rate will become extremely low."

"Genin, I must become a true Genin and change my destiny!"

"Whoosh—"

The classroom's sliding door opened.

A young man with a Ninja headband, whose childishness seemed to have faded a lot, becoming more sunny and handsome, appeared at the doorway.

The originally noisy classroom suddenly became quiet, then became boisterous again.

"It's the dead last… Konoha Academy's top student, Uzumaki Naruto!"

"It's incredible, he actually defeated Uchiha Sasuke, who had been the top student since he started school."

"Yesterday's battle was truly exciting."

"Before, I saw him liking pranks, only knowing how to be mischievous, and I even thought he was just a piece of rotten mud that couldn't be helped, but I didn't expect him to be so amazing."

"Was there some conspiracy yesterday? How could Sasuke lose to the dead last? Something's wrong, very wrong!"

"Wow, Naruto is so handsome~"

Facing the various gazes of admiration, doubt, worship, and skepticism, Naruto's expression remained normal. He walked directly to where Hinata was sitting.

Besides Hinata, Ino Yamanaka was also sitting next to her, officially joining this small group from this moment on.

"Naruto, good morning!"

Ino Yamanaka greeted him with a smile.

"Morning."

Naruto nodded, bringing his index and middle fingers together, holding them upright in front of his chest, and making a hand sign similar to the Confrontation Seal towards Hinata.

Hinata was slightly startled at first, then nodded.

"What… what kind of charades are you… playing?" Ino Yamanaka asked curiously.