Chương 1: The Glorious Villagers

The Naruto world, Konoha Village, Ninja Academy.

"Yang Cheng, tell me, what lesson did the story I just told you teach you?"

He was called upon by Iruka Umino, the model teacher at the Ninja Academy.

A boy who had been yawning in the back row reluctantly stood up.

Choji still isn't quite voluptuous enough...

Even though he tried his best to hide behind the other person's round back, he was still called out by Iruka-sensei.

Because he had been dozing off, Yosei didn't hear a thing about the story that Iruka-sensei had just told.

However, just as he was looking at Iruka's increasingly unpleasant expression, and guessing that he might be punished again by having to stay and clean the classroom today, he realized that he was in trouble.

A girl with blonde hair tied in a ponytail secretly moved a small note towards his spot.

After quickly skimming through the contents of the paper, Yang Cheng answered the question just before Iruka-sensei was about to issue his ultimatum.

"The story of the Third Hokage teaches us that if you can take action, try to talk less. After all, villains often die from talking too much, right?"

When he saw that Iruka-sensei's expression was visibly turning displeased because of his answer, Yang Cheng quickly tried to salvage the situation by giving a belated reply.

"That means if you can gang up on someone, never try to have a fair fight with them."

After all, these days, when you're out in the game, you have to consider your background and influence.

Of course, I don't mean to say that the Third Hokage was a shameless scoundrel who lacked ninjutsu; I mean that the other party..."

Upon hearing Yang Cheng's answer, many of the other students sitting in the classroom couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Meanwhile, Umino Iruka, the teacher in charge, spoke with a livid expression: "What kind of nonsense is this?"

The story of the Third Hokage teaches us that as long as we don't give up, miracles can definitely happen!

Furthermore, what ultimately enabled the Third Hokage to defeat the enemy was not simply a matter of superior numbers, but rather the bonds of Konoha Village—the "Will of Fire"!

"What bonds? Aren't there still more people from Konoha..."

Upon hearing Yang Cheng's mutterings, Iruka finally couldn't hold back any longer.

So he walked straight up to Yang Cheng and tapped him on the head with the thick textbook in his hand.

"Honestly, your grades are usually pretty good, so why do you always think about all sorts of random things every day?"

Sleeping in class and giving random answers, so you're being punished by staying behind to clean the classroom today. Also, go back and copy "The Will of Fire" twice, and hand it in to me tomorrow at school.

Staying behind to clean the classroom was a punishment he had expected, but what the heck was "The Will of Fire"? Was this book even in their textbooks?

"Um... Iruka-sensei, do we have the book 'The Will of Fire'?"

"Those are the words that the Third Hokage said at the opening ceremony before you started school."

Upon hearing that the so-called "Will of Fire" was the brainwashing scripture that the Third Hokage had given to him at the beginning of the school year, Yang Cheng's face immediately fell.

Because if he remembered correctly, the Third Hokage had talked for almost half an hour back then...

"Also, don't expect other classmates to help you. As your teacher, I am quite familiar with your handwriting."

As Iruka spoke, he glanced meaningfully at Ino, who was sitting next to Yosei.

"Yangcheng, what's wrong with you? I rarely see you dozing off. Did you not sleep well last night, or did you get infected by Shikamaru?"

After Iruka left, Ino quickly came over and asked in a low voice.

"It's nothing, I just went to bed a little late last night."

When asked by his childhood friend Ino, Yang Cheng forced a smile and replied.

However, in reality, he didn't not sleep well last night; rather, he went to a mysterious space last night.

In that space, he also met two other versions of himself and learned from them about the cheat codes he possessed as a transmigrator.

That's right, Yang Cheng isn't from the village... he's a time traveler.

When he transmigrated to this world, both his parents had already passed away, perfectly fitting the background template of a chosen one.

Unfortunately, he only had the destiny of a chosen one, but not the extraordinary qualities and potential of one.

To put it simply, aside from being handsome, which gave him some sense of identification with the character, he was just an ordinary, unremarkable orphan in the Naruto world.

Eleven years ago, the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha resulted in his parents being among the ninja who perished in the disaster.

Thanks to the pension provided by the village and the care of the Yamanaka family, Yosei has been able to grow up to where he is today and even enter the current Konoha "elite class".

The Second Hokage founded the Konoha Academy, but that doesn't mean all children in Konoha are qualified to become ninjas.

Especially his current class, which consists of either the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, or the Ino-Shika-Cho clan, the Inuzuka clan, the Aburame clan, and other well-known ninja clans of Konoha.

Among the entire class, he and Sakura were probably the only ones with relatively ordinary backgrounds.

However, Sakura is a top student, while Yosei got in almost entirely through connections.

The main reason why Yang Cheng's father sacrificed himself during the Nine-Tails' rampage was because he saved Ino's father, Yamanaka Inoichi.

The two were originally good friends, and Yang Cheng's father died to save him, which led to the Yamanaka Inoichi couple treating Yang Cheng as their own son.

Because of their elders, Yosei became Ino's childhood friend.

Of course, Yang Cheng believes that the main reason why Ino likes to follow him might be because she is attracted to good-looking people.

After all, the Ino-Shika-Cho clans are old friends, and Shikamaru and Choji are Ino's childhood playmates. However, Ino's attitude towards them is completely different from her attitude towards Yoshinori.

Because he had traveled from another world, Yang Cheng knew how dangerous the Naruto world was.

Being an ordinary villager isn't impossible, but who knows, one day some rice-carrying fellow might suddenly land on your head and make you feel pain too.

Or perhaps one day, you, who are just an ordinary passerby NPC, will be hung on a tree by some chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) and become nourishment for the divine tree.

Yang Cheng didn't want others to control his destiny. Even ants try to survive, and having finally transmigrated, it would be a disgrace to the transmigrator army if he didn't put up a little struggle.

However, while perseverance and determination are good, reality is often quite cruel.

As the saying goes, the destination you strive for is often just someone else's starting point.

In the Naruto world, talent is extremely important!

A commoner ninja who doesn't have conjunctivitis, cataracts, is not in a vegetative state, doesn't have bone hyperplasia, and doesn't even have ordinary bloodline limits or family inheritance, really has a hard time surviving in this world.

Because of his mature mind, Yang Cheng began cultivating earlier than most people.

At the beginning, he was indeed hailed as a "genius," but when those "second-generation ninjas" started to exert their strength, their progress began to catch up with him at an alarming rate.