Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

"That girl with the wide forehead is sitting with that guy?"

"So weird!"

"Exactly, freaks should stick together!"

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Many girls started bad-mouthing Haruno Sakura.

Naruto's hearing was exceptionally good, and he immediately snapped out of his daze, shouting at those girls, "Don't you dare talk bad about Sakura! Otherwise, I'll put caterpillars in your collars!"

Instantly, the murmurs disappeared.

However, Sakura lectured, "Naruto, you shouldn't do this. Perhaps people dislike you because you often play pranks, even though it does catch their attention, it makes them dislike you even more."

"Is that so?" Naruto laughed and scratched his head, already smitten with Sakura at first sight, unable to think straight whenever he saw her face.

Sun Wukong said, "The kids in this world sure mature early."

At that moment, Iruka tapped on the desk, "Alright, quiet down, class is starting. Let's review the multiplication table we studied yesterday, and then move on to division."

During the lesson, aside from Sakura and a few other students taking notes, the rest merely scribbled a few formulas in their notebooks before doodling.

At least they noted down some information.

Students from major families were even worse, doing whatever they wanted, especially Akimichi Choji and Shikamaru, who were quite the oddballs.

One lay on the desk sleeping, while the other tore open a snack bag and ate potato chips.

It could be said they each had their own "Divine Skills!"

However, unimaginably, these slackers were destined to be the elites of Konoha, while those who studied hard could only become beasts of burden.

When Sakura joined the Ninja School on the first day, she noticed this but merely found it strange without dwelling on it.

Before yesterday, she had gotten used to it, but now she began to wonder why this was the case, yet couldn't figure out a reason.

"Mr. Wukong, do you know why this is?" she asked Sun Wukong for the answer.

"Sakura, you need to find the answers on your own. Besides, you should think more with your brain. During the process of making friends, you will find the answers," Sun Wukong merely suggested, "If you have thoughts, you can share them with me, and I can provide guidance. But don't look to me for direct answers, that's not right."

"I understand," Sakura realized something, "I will enhance my abilities, all of them, and I won't let down Mr. Wukong's expectations."

The class soon ended.

The students in the classroom took out their lunch boxes and started eating, except Naruto who had brought nothing.

Sakura took out a pink lunch box containing a layer of rice, some shredded potato, a few greens, and two ribs.

The food was cold, but Sakura concentrated Chakra in her hands, covering the rice with warm energy uniformly, causing steam to appear.

"Can Chakra be used like this?" Ino was startled.

"It can," said Shikamaru, sitting behind Ino, "The essence of Chakra is a combination of bodily and spiritual energy and naturally releases heat. However, to use it to heat food requires great control skills, along with sufficient Chakra. At our age, we can't afford to waste Chakra like this. She must be an exception."

Even Jonin couldn't afford to waste like this.

"I never thought the little girl I once saved would surpass me," Ino said in astonishment.

"Yeah, if things go smoothly, she could become a powerful ninja," Shikamaru yawned, eating his cold meal, "I wish I could eat something warmer too."

"Uh, could you help me heat up my meal?" Akimichi Choji, with a lunch box five times bigger than usual, approached Sakura with a pleading look.

While Shikamaru was still considering asking Sakura for help, Choji had already taken action.

Shikamaru: "I think too much."

"No problem." Sakura helped Choji heat his lunch box.

"Thank you! I'll treat you to snacks later!" Choji was very grateful.

Following that, Ino and Shikamaru also approached, asking Sakura for a favor to heat their meals, and in doing so, Sakura gained the friendship of the new generation's trio.

Naruto seemed to realize something, jumped over the table, and went to Sasuke, who was surrounded by girls, grabbed his lunch box, and said, "Sasuke, you should admire me!"

Then, an overpowering burst of Chakra erupted from Naruto's palm.

And then—

Sasuke's food and the lunch box turned black.

Sasuke, with a gloomy expression: "Are you looking for a fight? Is it because you didn't bring your own lunch, so you don't want me to eat too?"

"Ah, that, I didn't mean to do it," Naruto mistakenly caused the mishap, so he wasn't defiant and accepted Sasuke's scolding.

However, Sasuke only scolded him a bit before leaving the classroom, heading towards the Uchiha clan territory.

As a young master of the Uchiha clan, he could naturally go home to eat.

"Sasuke left···"

"It's all Naruto's fault!"

"Scold him!"

The girls started blaming Naruto, making him somewhat despondent, his face devoid of brightness as he returned to Sakura's side.

"Sakura, do you think I was wrong?" Naruto Uzumaki hoped for Sakura's approval.

"Your intention was good, but you can't control your own Chakra," Sakura was also very surprised when she mentioned Chakra, because she felt that the Chakra Naruto released while trying to heat Sasuke's meal was unreasonably excessive.

It was just a lack of control."

Naruto was feeling down.

It seemed to him that Sakura also disapproved of his behavior just now.

He just wanted to try something.

As for why he chose Sasuke?

He wasn't sure, an idea of doing good for others just popped into his head, and the first person he thought of was Sasuke that guy, though he was so arrogant...

"Gurgle~"

Naruto's stomach growled.

"Shoot, I didn't prepare lunch, I'm going to be so hungry. Should I go to Iruka's place to mooch a meal again?" Naruto thought, but then saw a lid full of lunch pushed toward him by Sakura.

It turned out Sakura had put half her own rice into the lunch box's lid, along with half her portions of shredded potatoes and greens, and she even gave him a piece of rib.

"Here, eat."

"Thank you!"

Tears welled in Naruto's eyes as he took the chopsticks handed to him by Sakura and started eating voraciously.

The sweetness of the rice, the smoothness of the shredded potatoes, the tastiness of the greens, the crispness of the ribs.

"It's even better than Ichiraku Ramen!" Naruto sincerely exclaimed. (Datongmu Yile/typed: So, love will disappear, right?)

By now, Sakura had finished eating too, but she wasn't full.

"Thank you, Sakura." Naruto came over, took Sakura's lunch box and spoon, "Let me wash it for you."

Before Sakura could say anything, Naruto hurriedly took the lunch box and ran out of the classroom...

"That guy Naruto, he's actually quite cute." Although Sakura initially had some sympathy for Naruto's experiences, now she truly appreciated Naruto's personality.

"Here, Sakura, I've already washed it for you."

Naruto returned with the lunch box, meticulously dried, with not a single drop of water.

"Thank you, Naruto." Sakura stored away the lunch box.

"No, I should thank you." Naruto shook his head, indicating that he was the one who should be grateful, thankful for Sakura being willing to be his friend, willing to share her lunch with him.

"Um, Sakura, are we friends?"

In response to Naruto's anxiety, Sakura saw a reflection of her former self from yesterday, only that Naruto was more optimistic.

"Of course, we are friends." Sakura agreed.

"Yay!"

Naruto jumped up joyfully and shouted, "I finally made my first friend!" This content originates from M1VLEMPYR, My Virtual Library Empire.

"What's with all the shouting from that guy Naruto? So annoying!"

"Really, hanging out with a girl with a wide forehead and pink hair, he must be even crazier now!"

"Haruno Sakura is a freak too!"

Hearing the whispers around her, Haruno Sakura was slightly affected, but she didn't show despair, instead she thought, "Humph! Say that about me now, you'll see what happens later!"

Meanwhile, Iruka was called away by the Third Hokage during lunch.

"Iruka, how's Naruto doing?" the Third asked while puffing on his cigarette, smacking his lips, genuinely concerned.

Despite being Hokage with a crystal ball that monitored all of Konoha, which also required chakra, the elderly leader didn't have as much chakra as in his younger days.

Moreover, with many daily tasks of the Hokage, indulging in trivial issues consumed a lot of his energy, naturally, he had to conserve energy and use chakra on "critical" matters.

As for Naruto's situation, he almost asked Iruka for updates every day.

Although the rumors spread by Danzo had been suppressed by him, with orders that no one should mention them, it still affected Naruto's life, causing him to suffer cold violence from the villagers.

The fact about the Nine-Tails had already been leaked, and Naruto's identity as the Jinchuriki was something that could not be hidden from the ninja and high-ranking officials of the other four Great Ninja Villages.

However, Jinchuriki were typically seen as deterrents, and under normal circumstances, unless a large-scale war broke out, none of the Great Ninja Villages would make a move on Jinchuriki.

Because if you attack my Jinchuriki, my side can attack your Jinchuriki as well.

If one Bijuu goes out of control, no one benefits!

When it comes to sealing Bijuu, Konoha are the experts!

This is their confidence!

It's also an unspoken but broadly respected diplomatic and political principle among all the Great Ninja Villages!

Otherwise, no village would send their Jinchuriki out on missions beyond their village.

However, Naruto's identity as the Fourth Hokage's son must absolutely not be revealed, the renown of "Yellow Flash" was too prominent.

This was not because the Third was afraid the revelation of Naruto's identity would threaten the prestige of the Hokage—after all, Minato had to follow the Third's orders when he was alive.

It's just that if the other ninja villages knew Naruto was the Fourth's son, they probably wouldn't want another "Yellow Flash" to emerge, thus his identity as the son of the Fourth Hokage must be kept hidden until he grew up.

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that this was the best he could do given his old age.

As for the village's rejection—

He couldn't change the villagers' fear of the tailed beasts, other villagers' jinchuriki also had hard lives, he just hoped that Naruto could pull through.