Konohagakure no sato :
Uzumaki apartment :
Waking up the next day , Naruto starts his day by using Shadow Clone jutsu , One Clone heads to the Kitchen and another clone takes Simba and other pets for an outing . Naruto heads to his Bathroom and readies himself for his Morning run.
Naruto meets Lee in the Park and they both start their morning workout together .
" yosh , Naruto-kun let's burn our Youth together "
" Good Morning Lee , how did the exams go "
" ........oh . I even did one thousand push-ups, two thousand sit-ups, when I couldn't write anymore "
" isn't the results already out "
Lee hears Naruto and smiles broadly
" Even If I fail… then I will simply train ten times harder! "
" ....is that so , well as long as you don't give up "
Naruto decided to drop the topic and they both started to train . . Around the park , The people around were already used to Naruto and Lee's weird Training .
Naruto finishes his 1 hour of morning training and heads home . Getting inside Naruto is treated by Simba 's greeting . Picking up Simba , Naruto heads to Bathromm to bath together .
The Clones are busy with preening the Birds Feathers . Now that Naruto has clones , he an save a lot of time with these things .
Naruto finishes his bath with simba and heads to kitchen and finds the breakfast prepared by his clone . Naruto finishes his breakfast and heads out for the Hokage Office building .
( The Academy sign-in is over , and there is no follow up to genin )
it's been a month since Naruto's growth skill Academy Student reached it's limit , Naruto heads to the Hokage building and heads inside to the Mission Assignment area .
( Sign-in )
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Ding ..!!
Sign-in Location : Hokage Building - Mission assignment Office
Sign-in Reward : Growth Skill - Genin
Genin - An Average Genin with 3 body Technique , Chakra Contorl ( Tree walking ) , Taijutsu , basic fitness , Bukijutsu ( Kunai , Shuriken ) , Wire traps , Basic Tactics and awareness .
An average genin trained, dangerous to civilians, but not yet a true battlefield shinobi.
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Naruto reads the information about the Genin Skill .
( Growth type just like Academy Student ..... This one also need to be signed in to level up )
Naruto looks around the Office , which seems to be little deserted .
( Well it's hardly 8 in the morning )
Naruto walks back to his apartment , While thinking to himself .
( This place couldn't be signed in before , but after Academy student , it's finally able to sign-in )
Naruto had visited this location once before, but the system's response had been limited. A single Genin-rank skill had appeared—greyed out, inaccessible, and locked behind requirements.
That was the first time the system had notified him of a prerequisite: Academy Student — incomplete. Unlock condition not met.
Ever since receiving that message, Naruto had been waiting for the right moment. Only now was he finally able to sign in and acquire the skill.
( The Mission Office serves genin, chūnin—heck, even jōnin . That means the Growth Skill should scale all the way up to jōnin......…Hopefully . )
Naruto walks back and heads to the Konoha Archives , Before Naruto was only able to visit here once a week .
The delay had been unavoidable—between the Academy and Hattori-sensei's training, there had never been enough time. Now, with the holidays finally here, Naruto decided to visit during regular Academy hours and properly look through everything.
Naruto presents his Archive Card and steps into the Archives Library. After Visiting this palce for months , Naruto already is familiar with it also it's importance .
Naruto also thinks it's importance to himself
( A proper excuse for my canon Knowledge .......and also more interesting things that even I didn't knew )
Rows upon rows of shelves stretch before him, each section meticulously organized. Records detail the Great Lands—Fire, Wind, Lightning, Water, and Earth—their geography, culture, and the origins of their names .
Beyond that are the Hidden Villages themselves: Konohagakure, Kumogakure, Kirigakure, Sunagakure… their specialties, military doctrines, and the philosophies that shaped them.
There are entire sections dedicated to smaller villages and minor shinobi settlements.
Takigakure, the Hidden Waterfall. Its shinobi favor ambushes, terrain concealment, and rapid disengagement. Their missions often involve escort work, infiltration, and information theft. Notes warn that Takigakure operatives rarely fight fair—and never fight alone.
Kusagakure, the Hidden Grass. Sparse records, most of them intelligence fragments. Their ninja are adaptable, favoring disguise, traps, and chakra suppression techniques.
Many entries mention Kusagakure shinobi working as mercenaries, changing allegiances depending on survival.
Amegakure, the Hidden Rain. The archives here are heavier. Constant rainfall, collapsed infrastructure, and a history of being a battlefield for larger nations.
Their shinobi specialize in endurance, urban combat, and fighting while exhausted. Many reports end with a simple note: Do not underestimate Rain-nin.
Yugakure : the Hidden Hot Water. Officially neutral. Unofficially a haven for spies, missing-nin, and information brokers. Their shinobi focus less on combat dominance and more on gathering secrets—often selling them to the highest bidder.
Hoshigakure, the Hidden Star. Experimental chakra training methods centered around a mysterious meteorite. The archives include warnings—rapid power gain at the cost of long-term health.
Several shinobi are marked as medically unstable.
Otogakure, newly formed, its methods experimental and poorly documented, yet already flagged as dangerous.Even lesser settlements—border outposts, mercenary enclaves, and shinobi-for-hire villages—are cataloged with notes on reliability, combat style, and political alignment.
Villages without Kage.Villages without armies.Villages that survive by being useful—or forgotten.
There are histories here—official records, war reports, and even scattered anecdotes preserved from different eras. Some are dry and factual, others personal and unsettling, offering glimpses into how shinobi once lived, fought, and died.
There are no jutsu scrolls in the library.
But there is an overwhelming amount of information about jutsu.
Names, classifications, chakra natures, tactical applications, known weaknesses—and most importantly, the shinobi who made those techniques famous.
One section draws Naruto's attention immediately.
Kumogakure's Lightning Chakra Mode.
The archive details its usage and effects: the violent stimulation of the nervous system, the immense boost to speed and physical power, and the near-constant strain it places on the body.
There are notes on countermeasures, survival recommendations when facing a user, and the risks involved .
Listed beneath are the previous wielders of the technique—and the current ones.
Elsewhere, Naruto finds records on Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen, each blade documented with its abilities, combat doctrine, and the shinobi who once carried it.
Another section explains Sunagakure's Puppet Techniques—their evolution, battlefield roles, poison usage, and how the style compensates for physical weaknesses with preparation and precision.
Iwagakure's archives emphasize endurance, overwhelming force, and terrain control—Earth Release techniques designed to dominate battlefields, collapse formations, and turn the land itself into a weapon.
Each village entry lists common tactics, psychological profiles, betrayal risks, and typical mission outcomes. Victory is rarely clean. Survival is never guaranteed.
( All those mission reports feed this place… from the founding of the village to the present .........Every success, every failure… all of it )
The deeper Naruto reads, the clearer it becomes.
This library doesn't glorify power. It records reality.
This place isn't meant to teach jutsu.
It's meant to teach how shinobi fight—and how they die.
And Most importantly about War .
The Hidden Leaf Archives were usually silent, save for the occasional rustle of ancient parchment. Lately, however, a new sound had joined the ambient noise: the rhythmic clack-clack of a plastic stick against teeth.
Naruto sat buried behind a fortress of scrolls, surrounded by three Shadow Clones.
Keen Eyes tracked every stroke of ink, Reading Skill processed the linguistic patterns , and at the center of it all, Mindhub acted as a processor, categorizing and storing the data with sharp focus .
A few clones were dispersed throughout the archives, each assigned to different sections. Whenever one dispelled, its gathered information flowed back into Naruto, stacking knowledge faster—but also multiplying the strain on his mind.
Narutos eyes darting with unnatural speed. He wasn't just reading , Naruto was weaving three distinct abilities together in a grueling mental symphony.
The strain was immense. Still, Naruto already knew how to handle it .
His solution rested tucked into the corner of his cheek—a bright red cherry lollipop. Naruto had discovered that by flooding his system with glucose while simultaneously circulating a precise thread of chakra toward his temples, the sugar helped supplement his brain, .
The effect was surprisingly good—mental fatigue slowed, focus sharpened, and information stuck more easily.
Before long, Naruto always had a lollipop with him.
His friends noticed quickly. Choji noticed first. Soon enough, the two of them began exchanging snacks—chips for lollipops .
Time slipped by unnoticed.
Naruto only got up when he finally checked the time.
It was 1:00 PM, right around lunchtime , leaving the clones , Naruto got up and headed out towards his training ground .
( Hattori sensei should arrive at 2 Pm )
Naruto soon arrived at the training ground and was greeted by one of his shadow clones, which handed him a lunchbox before dispersing.
With food in hand and his body finally at rest, Naruto lets the pressure in his head drain away, the mental strain from the archives gradually loosening its grip
Hattori-sensei arrives not long after.
Naruto rises to his feet and walks over. Noticing that Naruto is already present, Hattori's attention settles fully on the blond as he addresses him.
"Naruto. How were the exams?"
"First place, sensei."
"Hoh?"
Hattori's gaze drifts around the training ground, landing on the two shadow clones standing nearby.
"Those are Shadow Clones?"
"Yeah. Grandpa Hokage taught me as a reward for placing first."
"Hoh… is that so?"
Hattori's eyes narrowed slightly. Grandpa Hokage, huh? He saw the scheme clearly now—Hiruzen was keeping Naruto close, ensuring the boy didn't graduate too early despite his talent.
Shaking off the political implications, Hattori pushes those thoughts aside and refocuses on training.
"In just two months, your taijutsu has already reached a solid level."
"Thank you, sensei."
"Hmm. Now, we begin your combat training."
Naruto blinks."Combat? Are we going to spar?"
Hattori shakes his head.
"Combat is far more complex than sparring. Environment, terrain, enemy intent, incomplete information—real fights are chaos. You fight again and again until your reactions become instinct."
"Oh…"
Hattori's voice hardens.
"At its core, combat is simple. You knock the opponent down—temporarily, or more often… permanently."
"......"
The serious shift in tone made Naruto quieten down. He swallowed hard, feeling the sweetness of the candy settle in his throat.
"But that comes later. For now, you'll train battlefield intuition."
"Intuition?"
"We'll start with taijutsu only. I will attack—"Hattori emphasizes the word,"—and you will try to defend."
Naruto notices the stress on try.
"Try…?"
Hattori smirked. Between the Hokage's schemes and Naruto's casual relationship with the village leader, a bit of frustration had bubbled to the surface.
Remembering his failed graduation plans for Naruto, the Hokage's schemes, and Naruto casually calling Hiruzen Grandpa Hokage, Hattori smirks—just a little.
"This isn't sparring. Technically, it's a beatdown."
"......Did I do something wrong, sensei?"
"No. This is about intuition. The more you get hit, the faster your body learns to respond to danger without thinking."
"......"
"Most shinobi develop that instinct on the battlefield, through missions over years."
"......"
"You already have sharp senses. So You should reach a satisfactory level quickly."
"Quickly?"
"Hmm… let's say two months of INUITION TRAINING "
Naruto freezes."…Two MONTHS of getting beaten up?!"
"Hoho. That's right."Hattori grins."So? What do you say, Greatest Hokage of All Time?"
Naruto exhales slowly and bit down on his lollipop, the hard sugar cracking between his teeth. He spat the plastic stick aside and dropped into a low stance, his blue eyes burning .
"...Bring it on."