Chapter 261 Destined Friends

Question: What should I do if I travel to the high-risk world of Naruto?

Answer: Thanks for the invitation. I am studying Naruto. I am six and a half years old now and I am trying my best to run errands for my family.

Regarding Naruto, apart from the high-risk nature of the world, Haruko Zao only vaguely remembered that there seemed to be several protagonists, and the son of the Fourth Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto, whom she met at the beginning of the school year, was one of them.

As the protagonist, there are bound to be countless dangers lurking around her. She cannot get involved with the protagonist, otherwise she will die without knowing how.

But by coincidence, she and Uzumaki Naruto became classmates.

Uzumaki Naruto should be considered a sunny protagonist, always smiling, very enthusiastic, and often helping his classmates.

He looks like the protagonist who will be very popular in the book.

But for some reason, almost no one comes up to talk to him, and it is always Uzumaki Naruto who takes the initiative to talk to others.

Everyone seemed to be avoiding him.

Even though he treats everyone warmly, Uzumaki Naruto only has one friend.

Uchiha Sasuke is a genius boy from the prestigious Uchiha clan.

However, judging from the disdain and speechlessness Uchiha Sasuke showed towards him, he might not be very willing to be his friend.

This situation really puzzled Haruko Hayama until she accidentally heard gossip from her classmates.

"I'm going to be in the same group with Uzumaki Naruto in the next class. How unlucky I am..."

"Although his strength is a little lacking, it's not bad to be in a group with the Hokage's son, right? Maybe the teacher will give him a higher score!"

"No way, if the teacher took care of him, how could he get a failing grade in the last exam."

"That's right. Besides, there's a monster inside him. My parents told me to stay away from him."

"That's what my parents said too. He is a fox demon!"

Fox demon?

Haruko pondered for a while in the morning. Could it be the protagonist's special identity?

No wonder no one in the class took the initiative to approach Uzumaki Naruto. Even though he is the son of the Hokage, he is far less popular than the cold-faced Uchiha Sasuke beside him.

Not only in the class, the secret rejection of Uzumaki Naruto is even more obvious in the village.

For example now——

She had simply stepped out to run an errand, but she saw Uzumaki Naruto on the street, and before Haruko could hide in the morning, she could hear the chatter coming from the people passing by.

"That's not the Nine-Tailed Fox..."

"Shh, he's the Hokage's son after all, don't say anything careless."

"Although the villagers kept silent about him, everyone knew his true identity."

"He can only rely on his father being the Hokage, otherwise how can he run around the streets and talk to everyone? It's really scary!"

"That's right, it's really unlucky..."

Passersby gathered in groups of three or four, with expressions of disgust or fear on their faces.

The one who spoke the most unpleasantly was an uncle with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He pointed with his hands as he spoke.

Although he said scary words, his expression could not be described as fearful. Instead, a strange pleasure of belittling the son of the Hokage rose in his dark pupils.

It seems that the more exaggerated I say, the greater sense of superiority I can gain from it.

Scanning the contempt on these people's faces one by one, Haruko not only tightened the basket in her hand, but also silently looked at Uzumaki Naruto who was discussing a book with Uchiha Sasuke at the door of the store not far away.

At this distance, there was no way he hadn't heard it.

Even Uchiha Sasuke, who was impatiently listening to him, looked grim after hearing these gossips.

Is this the protagonist? Even though he is already the Hokage's child, he still has to endure these comments.

But, no matter what, it has nothing to do with her.

In the morning, Haruko came to her senses and walked forward in silence.

Over there, Uzumaki Naruto seemed to have lost interest in the self-promoting ninjutsu book, and walked shoulder to shoulder with Uchiha Sasuke in the opposite direction of her.

The sound of their quarrel came from far away.

"I'm not bad enough to need a big idiot like you to teach me ninjutsu."

"You're welcome, we are good friends!"

"When did I become your friend?"

"Here we go again, I'm obviously very happy!"

The streets here are not wide, and in the morning Haruko just passed them at a distance of half a person.

That moment was very short, yet it seemed to span several reincarnations.

"..."

For some reason, Haruko's pace gradually slowed down in the morning. She turned her head hesitantly and looked back at the yellow and blue figures walking away.

Then she turned her head and continued on her way.

In the ninja world where people are ready to sacrifice at any time, she must protect her own life.

So...it has nothing to do with her.

"Hey, hey! You're the morning classmate, right?"

The lively voice behind her startled Haruko Asagumi. She turned around suddenly and saw the smiling face of Naruto Uzumaki, who she thought had gone far away.

"I knew I was right!" Uzumaki Naruto raised his head proudly, "I am really powerful!"

Unable to bear his boasting, Uchiha Sasuke deadpanned and complained: "You're amazing to remember this after you've walked so far."

He choked and Uzumaki Naruto glared at him in displeasure.

After receiving a calm eyebrow raise from Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto coughed lightly and turned to talk to her.

"Are you out here running errands?"

The serious look on her face showed no sign of the embarrassment she had just felt.

"Ah...right."

Morning Haruko still hadn't figured out why the protagonist came to talk to her. The most important thing was that he actually remembered her name. How weird...

Uzumaki Naruto was quite concerned about the beautiful girl in front of him. After all, she was one of the few people in the class who looked at him without fear, disgust, or flattery.

Catching a glimpse of the tip of her basket sticking out, Uzumaki pointed at it and shouted excitedly.

"Oh! This! Is this the new bread flavor?"

Following his hand and seeing the bread coming out of the basket, Haruko Asagi nodded hesitantly.

"It looks like chocolate... No, I already have the chocolate flavor. I wonder what this tastes like..."

The sapphire eyes, shining like a golden retriever puppy, stared straight at the bread.

Remembering the comments of passers-by just now, Haruko took out bread from the basket and handed it to him.

"I'll give this to you to eat."

But when he heard that she wanted to give it to him, Uzumaki Naruto immediately stepped back, waving his hands and said, "No, this is yours. I'm not a bad guy who steals other people's bread!"

His tone was powerful, and might have been more convincing if his eyes had not been glued to the bread.

Uchiha Sasuke, who was waiting with his hands in his pockets, could see that he was not speaking the truth. "You idiot, stop drooling."

Uzumaki Naruto quickly raised his hand to wipe the corner of his mouth, but when he found nothing, he realized that he was being mocked and stomped his foot in anger.

"I'm not drooling!"

"Really? Your expression is hardly convincing."

"Damn Sasuke!"

The sudden sound of clear laughter stopped their quarrel. Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke looked at Haruko Asahi at the same time, but one was embarrassed and the other was cold.

In the morning, Haruko tried hard to suppress her laughter, but her slightly curved eyes were full of smile.

"Delicious food tastes better when shared with others, so take this!"

She stared blankly at the bread that was stuffed into her hand. Before Uzumaki Naruto could raise his head to thank her, the figure of Haruko Zaoma had already turned around and was a few steps away from them.

Uchiha Sasuke glanced at the bread in his hand and urged, "Go back, you idiot."

After a few seconds of silence, Uzumaki Naruto suddenly looked determined. He clenched the bread in his hand, and despite Uchiha Sasuke's stunned expression, he pulled him to catch up with the figure in front.

"Naruto what are you doing?!"

"Sasuke! I want to be friends with her!"

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