"Women are really troublesome things."
A weak voice came from beside him.
Jokichi looked back and saw Shikamaru, whom he had just met yesterday, lying listlessly on the desk.
Seeing Jokichi looking over, Shikamaru took the initiative to greet him, "Good morning, Jokichi."
"How do you know my name?" Jokichi asked curiously.
"Ino told us."
A voice came from the front, mixed with crunching sounds, muffled and unclear.
Jokichi looked towards the voice and saw Choji sitting in the seat in front, eating potato chips in large mouthfuls.
"I see!" Jokichi understood.
The Ino-Shika-Cho formation requires high tacit understanding to exert its power, and the clan members get to know each other early on to cultivate this tacit understanding.
Shikamaru glanced at Sasuke in the front and said, "That guy is from the Uchiha clan. Their clan is all elites, so he is very sought after in the circle of kids who admire ninjas."
"So that is how it is." Jokichi suddenly realized.
He was wondering at first, they are both handsome guys, so why were there no girls screaming around him!
Now he understood.
Sure enough, it is not that I am not handsome enough, but that I am not a rich second generation.
But this is fine too, it saves trouble.
"My name is Nara Shikamaru."
"My name is Akimichi Choji."
The two extended their right hands to Jokichi.
"My name is Sakakura Jokichi."
Jokichi extended his right hand, shook hands with the two, and smiled, "We are all classmates from now on, please take care of me."
"Please take care of me," Choji said vaguely while chewing food in his mouth.
"Please take care of me."
Shikamaru withdrew his hand while lying on the desk, the expression on his face becoming even more listless, just like an office worker returning from a 24-hour overtime shift.
At this time, a yellow and a red figure burst into the classroom.
The few people looked closely and saw it was Ino and another little girl with pink shoulder-length hair.
They glared at each other with hostility for a while, then smiled in unison and began to flatter each other.
Shikamaru took a glance, then withdrew his gaze, muttering things like "women are really troublesome".
Choji nodded in agreement while eating potato chips.
Ino, who was at the podium, seemed to have clairaudience and heard Shikamaru's muttering. She ran over in a flash.
"Shikamaru, what did you say?" Ino grabbed Shikamaru by the collar, lifting him like a salted fish.
Then, Ino saw Jokichi to the side.
Her angry expression froze.
Ino looked at Shikamaru in her hand and hurriedly threw him away.
Then she stood up straight, put her hands behind her back, squeezed out a smile on her face, and pretended to be a lady, "Um... we really got assigned to the same class, what a coincidence, ahaha..."
"Yes, what a coincidence," Jokichi replied indifferently.
"I-Is that so."
Ino's pretty face blushed. She quickly lowered her head, placed her hands between her legs, and rubbed them together, feeling somewhat uneasy.
"There are only three classes in total, it is a one-third probability, okay!" Shikamaru stood up from the ground, covering the back of his head.
"Hmm!"
Ino frowned and glared over.
Shikamaru quickly waved his hands, "Don't, I didn't say anything."
That is more like it!
Ino's brows relaxed, revealing a smile. She squeezed to Jokichi's side almost ingratiatingly, asking about his well-being.
Seeing this, Shikamaru looked speechless.
Women are really troublesome.
At this time, Naruto walked over with a bruised and swollen face, looking aggrieved.
"Jokichi, why did they all beat me up? Did I say something wrong?"
Why...
Don't you have any idea yourself?
Jokichi was somewhat speechless.
However, if he told the truth, this guy would be very unconvinced and then argue with him!
Thinking of this, Jokichi smiled slightly and said earnestly, "People are always blinded by the illusions in front of them, and that is why they beat you up. You just need to show them the truth of what you said, and you will be acknowledged."
"Just like those villagers who look at me with strange eyes, right!" Naruto put his fist to his chest and said confidently, "Whether it is the villagers in the village or those guys, I will definitely make them clearly realize how handsome and strong I, Uzumaki Naruto, am. The future position of Hokage belongs to no one but me."
Naruto-kun...
Sitting in an inconspicuous seat in the front, Hinata lowered her head, poking her two index fingers together in front of her chest, a blush on her cute face.
Is this guy an idiot?
Shikamaru rolled his eyes while lying on the desk.
Choji ate his potato chips calmly.
Meanwhile, Ino stared at Jokichi in admiration.
As expected of Jokichi-kun, even casual words are so profound and unpredictable.
Feeling Ino's passionate gaze, Jokichi's expression became unnatural.
Who will tell me how to deal with a little girl's enthusiasm!
"Tch, speaking so profoundly. If you really have the skill, then show it to us fools blinded by illusions!"
A voice mixed with displeasure came from the seat by the window.
Everyone looked towards the voice and saw a classmate wearing a hooded fleece jacket, with messy hair and painted markings on his face, staring provocatively at Jokichi.
"What did you say?" Naruto stepped forward and glared angrily at that person.
"Did I say something wrong?"
That person opened his mouth, revealing sharp canine teeth, exuding the aura of a wild beast.
Naruto was frightened by this aura and took two steps back.
In the next second, he snapped back to his senses and felt angry at his own behavior of stepping back in fear.
Just as he was about to step forward to regain his face, he was pulled back by Jokichi from behind.
"Jokichi?" Naruto turned around and looked at him in confusion.
Jokichi shook his head gently. "He is not wrong. Although it is a misunderstanding, I was the one who caused it."
That person was Inuzuka Kiba, a guy with a somewhat casual and irritable personality.
Judging from what he said earlier, he had substituted himself into the role in Jokichi's words meant to brush off Naruto.
Although those were just words used to brush off Naruto, they did indeed act as an area-of-effect attack.
"I am very sorry. If my behavior brought you trouble, please forgive me." Jokichi stood up and bowed to Kiba.
Kiba opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but ultimately held it back.
Leaving only the words "It is nothing," he sat back down.
This guy is also a tsundere!
Jokichi sighed in his heart.
Afterwards, the few people chatted casually.
After a while, the bell rang, and they quickly found empty seats and sat down.
In the next second, Iruka walked in holding a folder.
He stood at the podium, looked at the students below, and nodded in satisfaction.
"My name is Umino Iruka, and I am your homeroom teacher." Iruka wrote his name on the blackboard.
Afterwards, he turned to face the students and said, "If you have anything you do not understand in the future, you can ask me. Now, let's start with self-introductions, starting from the first row on the left."
"My name is Yoshida Daisuke, 5 years old, I like..."
"My name is..."
Everyone introduced themselves in turn, ordinary and orderly.
When it was Naruto's turn, he stated his dream of becoming Hokage just like in the anime, and was then mocked and ridiculed by a bunch of people.
It seemed that everything was no different from the original.