The Ultimate Rat In The World of Ninjas!

Perhaps today was the novice protection period, Naruto's harvest was not bad, catching four or five fertile carp. Then he saved one into the system, so he won't have to go fishing often in the future.

Of course, he could also put them all in, and use the system as a backpack to store food without worrying about the food going bad. But Naruto found that no matter how many things he put in, only one of the same category could generate income.

That was to say, if five fish were saved, only one fish could pass through ten days and get rewards, and the other four fish could not.

Rat treasure seemed to be unique.

Naruto made a rough calculation. He saved a little Chakra, and he would get 100 points after ten days. After one year, he could get 3650 points. This was at least a Chūnin's Chakra amount.

In this case, Naruto did not need to practice at all, even if he was lying down, he could gain the strength of Chūnin in one year if he saved all his attributes! And it seemed that a year later Naruto would only be six years old, the age when he would enter the ninja academy.

Putting aside the combat experience, his strength would basically reach the level of Chūnin. Of course, this premise was to add all the attribute points he obtained.

"Thinking about it this way, I seem to have the qualifications to take it easy. If so, why don't I take it easy from now on?"

"Save Konoha? Then who will save me? If it weren't for becoming a ninja, Kakashi, and Jiraiya wouldn't have appeared in Naruto's world at all."

"From the beginning to the end, he was always alone."

"Before I fully grow up, I just need to take it easy. Anyway, six years is enough for me to become stronger."

"If only I wasn't Nine Tails Jinchūriki..."

Naruto sat by the fire, watched the grilled fish slowly turn golden brown, and silently determined his next path and direction.

Naruto, who figured it out, was relieved.

As long as he thought about being laid back, Naruto wouldn't have to think about what the Third Hokage was going to do, how Danzo was going to deal with him, as long as he didn't let Nine Tails go berserk, then his safety could still be guaranteed, even if Danzo wanted to control him, it also depended on whether the Third Hokage was willing or not.

Although Hiruzen and Danzo were old teammates and he let him take charge of the root, the Nine Tails is a strategic weapon that could endanger the village and his Hokage position after all so he would definitely want to firmly grasp it in his hand.

Therefore, without showing any sign of rebellion, he will be safe for the time being under the Third Hokage's watchful eyes.

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"Mmm~ Although there is no seasoning, fortunately, the taste is not bad."

Naruto blew on the grilled fish in his hand, tried it, and nodded with satisfaction.

He came out in a hurry today and did not bring a knife, which caused him to take a long time to process the fish. He had to remove the scales and internal organs of the fish, which was very troublesome. Fortunately, there were bamboo trees around, and after grinding it on the stone, it could be regarded as clean.

"Oh~ it smells so good~"

Naruto was working hard to cook when he heard a voice next to him, and when he turned his head, he was startled by the old face who suddenly approached him.

It was the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

It had to be said that the character of the Third Hokage that was set in the original book in the early stage was still very good. He was a kind grandfather, and he had successfully become a light in the heart of Naruto when he was young.

After all, in the darkest days of Naruto, only the owners of Ichiraku Ramen and the Third Hokage didn't hate him.

This undoubtedly gave the previous Naruto a lot of courage and motivation, and then under the brainwashing of the will of fire, Naruto was inspired to become Hokage and prove to everyone that he was not a demon fox. He wouldn't destroy the village! Instead, he would protect the village.

However, if the previous Naruto knew the environment he grew up, the reason why the villagers loathed and disliked him was that Danzo used his root to instigate rumors about him, and led the hatred of the villagers who had just experienced the Nine Tails attack and had not yet recovered to him. Or Even if the Third Hokage told the identity of Naruto's parents, especially his father, his life wouldn't be so miserable.

And the so-called only light was the cage specially set up by the Third Hokage for Naruto, and only he was allowed to enter, except that it was an accident that he met Teuchi, but he also passed the review of the Third Hokage and he determined that there was no threat before letting him go.

Otherwise, Konoha's other ninjas, the old subordinates of the Fourth Hokage, knowing Naruto's identity, why didn't they lend a helping hand, even if only a little bit?

Look at Namikaze Minato's disciple Hatake Kakashi, didn't he care about his master's child?

It was not that the Third Hokage banned Kakashi from approaching, and also called that this was for the good of Naruto.

Then Kakashi, who respects the Hokage and had not yet come out of the pain of losing Obito and Rin, believed the words of the Third Hokage and thought it was for the good of Naruto.

There was also Jiraiya, who was indeed tired of the war and left the village, and he had embarked on a wandering road to find the so-called child of prophecy.

But did he forget that his dear disciple had a child? Did he forget to check out Naruto? Of course not.

If the Third Hokage hadn't intervened, saying that it would protect Naruto and take good care of him, and Jiraiya believed the lies of his master - Sarutobi Hiruzen, otherwise he wouldn't be so relieved and left irresponsibly for many years without coming to see him and take a look at him.

Danzo was the one who handled the knife, and Hiruzen acquiesced to it. He not only watched Danzo's actions with cold eyes, but also robbed Danzo of the fruits of victory after this series of actions, and let him succeed in taking the blame once again.

And the Third Hokage standing in the light was still clean.

That was why Danzo was so angry when he talked about Nine Tails.

Danzo worked so hard to plan everything, and he just took the credit without doing anything!

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"Who are you?" Naruto regained his composure after being surprised.

Although meeting this old man was a curse, not a blessing, it was a disaster that couldn't be avoided.

"I'm just an old man passing by. This fish looks delicious. Can I eat it?"

Hiruzen said as he reached out to pick up a fish that was still grilling, and was about to eat it.

"Twelve ryō a piece, no bargain."

"Hiss..." Hiruzen, who was shocked by Naruto's words, was scalded by the fish.

"You still need money?" Hiruzen looked at Naruto suspiciously. Through observation, he was not like this before this.

Naruto, who was three or four years old before, endured those piercing eyes, and to attract everyone's attention, he liked to play tricks everywhere. The more they looked at him, the more unhappy he was, and the more Naruto wanted to play tricks on them!

Anyway, they can't do anything to him.

And that kind of Naruto, on the contrary, reassured Hiruzen, so at this moment, he felt that Naruto seemed to have changed.

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