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"I... transmigrated?"
Liu Yan looked down at his young, delicate hands, then glanced at the unfamiliar surroundings. His eyes were filled with disbelief.
He didn't remember doing anything special. Last night… he just had a nice, peaceful sleep.
Maybe this was just a dream?
"Next, Uchiha Sasuke!"
Just as he was thinking that, a young man's voice suddenly called out from the front.
Liu Yan looked toward the source of the voice.
Standing by the front gate was a man wearing a Konoha forehead protector. He had a noticeable scar on his face and darker skin.
A cold-looking boy in a blue shirt and white shorts was walking toward him.
"Uchiha Sasuke?"
"A Konoha forehead protector?"
"Don't tell me… this is the Naruto world?"
"Then that man must be Iruka, right?"
Liu Yan pieced together the clues and guessed that he might've ended up in the world of Naruto.
But why would he suddenly be thrown into this world out of nowhere?
He pinched his arm. It hurt.
Didn't feel like a dream.
"Looks like I really transmigrated. And from the looks of it, I must be a student at the ninja academy now."
"In the same class as Uchiha Sasuke, huh? Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing."
The good news was that Konoha seemed pretty peaceful right now.
The bad news was… that wouldn't last long.
"I'll just take it one step at a time."
Liu Yan sighed to himself. "Sasuke just got called. What for?"
He looked around curiously, listening to the whispers around him.
It didn't take long for him to figure out why Sasuke had been called.
Graduation exam!
"I don't have any memories as a ninja. Forget ninjutsu—I don't even know how to do hand signs... How am I supposed to pass this exam?"
Liu Yan was starting to panic a little.
Just as he was debating whether or not to ask if he had some kind of system, Sasuke returned.
Right then, Iruka's voice rang out again.
"Next, Uzumaki Naruto!"
"Uzumaki Naruto!"
"Naruto! Iruka-sensei is calling you—what are you spacing out for?"
"Huh? Me?"
All the students around him were looking at him. Liu Yan froze.
He had thought he was just a random side character.
But he actually became the main character—Naruto.
What now?
He didn't know any ninjutsu!
Was he supposed to save the ninja world now?
"Sigh… whatever. One step at a time."
Looking helpless, Liu Yan stood up and walked toward the next room.
Whatever happened later, he had to deal with this exam first.
"Don't be nervous, Naruto. Believe in yourself!"
As soon as he entered the room, a voice encouraged him.
He turned his head.
It was a young man with blue-gray hair speaking to him.
That must be Mizuki?
"Mm."
Liu Yan nodded with a blank face.
He knew Mizuki's kindness was fake. He was only trying to use him.
When Mizuki saw Naruto's cold attitude, a flash of malice crossed his face—
But he quickly hid it so no one would notice.
"Let's begin, Naruto."
Compared to Mizuki, Iruka—who was supervising the exam—seemed more strict.
But Liu Yan didn't care whether the proctor was strict or not.
What really mattered now was... how do you even do hand signs?
Before transmigrating, he was just a regular person. Forget hand signs—he didn't even remember the storyline all that well.
"What's wrong, Naruto? Are you too nervous? It's okay. Just try your best," Mizuki said, thinking Naruto was frozen from nerves. He tried to encourage him again.
But what Naruto said next left both of them stunned.
"What were the hand signs for the Clone Jutsu again?"
"..."
Iruka and Mizuki's mouths fell slightly open, completely dumbfounded.
"Naruto, this is a test. Stop messing around! Didn't you say you wanted to become a ninja and be the Hokage?"
"Is this how you treat a test?"
Even though Naruto usually did badly, he still knew how to make hand signs.
So Iruka just assumed he was fooling around like always.
Liu Yan saw the look on Iruka's face that clearly said "I'm not telling you anything," and sighed. "Fine, I get it."
He planned to just throw out some random hand signs to get it over with.
After all, he was going to fail anyway—so whether he got the signs right or wrong didn't matter.
Just then, Mizuki quietly made a hand sign toward him and shaped his mouth to say something.
"Se~"
Liu Yan was a little surprised when he saw that, but then copied Mizuki's movement.
If he didn't already know Mizuki's true nature, he might have actually liked this teacher.
Too bad—he was a transmigrator!
"Se!"
...
The classroom went silent. Nothing happened.
Liu Yan had learned how to do hand signs, but he still couldn't control his chakra, so of course he couldn't actually perform any ninjutsu.
That meant there was no way he could pass this test.
"Naruto!"
"Get out. You failed!"
Looking at the furious Iruka, Liu Yan shook his head and walked out of the room, heading back to the original classroom.
Kids these days—so impatient.
"That loser definitely failed the test. He even made Iruka-sensei mad!"
"Even if he failed, there's no reason to get that angry. I bet that idiot pulled another prank."
"A prank during the graduation test? Gotta say, that takes guts!"
Iruka's voice had been so loud just now that everyone in the class heard it.
And since Naruto already had a bad reputation, the others naturally started talking behind his back.
But Liu Yan didn't care about any of it.
Just a bunch of immature brats.
He ignored them all and walked straight to his seat from earlier.
"Looks like I have to accept this new identity. Whether I like it or not, from now on, I am Uzumaki Naruto."
Liu Yan knew that sooner or later, he'd have to accept everything that came with being Naruto. The name was just the beginning—and not even the hard part.
"Guess I'd better get used to being called Uzumaki Naruto. Otherwise I won't even react when someone calls me."
Just as Naruto was thinking that, a sudden sound rang in his head.
Ding!
[Transmigrator detected! Binding random system...]
[Congratulations, transmigrator! You've received the AI-chan System!]
Ding!
[AI-chan System, at your service!]
A system?
AI-chan?
Naruto rubbed his ears to make sure he wasn't hearing things, then spoke in his mind: "AI-chan?"
[I'm here!]
"So there really is a system?"
[Please let this be my imagination... I don't want to believe this is real~]
"..."
"Turn off the music."
[Okay, Master!]
[Music turned off.]
Good news: he had a system.
Bad news: it was kind of silly.
Naruto took a deep breath and said to the system, "AI-chan, what can you do?"
[AI-chan can do a lot! Play music, watch movies, search stuff, chat...]
"Anything that can actually help me get stronger?"
[Yes, Master.]
[You have a starter gift package. Would you like to open it?]
"Open it!"
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