Chapter 53: The Nine-Person Truancy Group

Since Sakura and her friends started supporting Naruto, no one in their class dared to gossip about him anymore. Iruka was pleased with this development. Before the start of the school year, the Third Hokage had talked to him about Naruto, and Iruka had once harbored some resentment towards Naruto, like many others in the village. However, after being counseled by the Third Hokage, his resentment had diminished significantly.

Life at the Ninja school was very dull and boring, with almost every class being a history or math lesson. For Sakura and her friends, who were obsessed with training, these knowledge-based classes were unbearable. So, they had to find another way.

"Where are they?!"

Iruka looked at the nine empty seats in the classroom, his face as black as the bottom of a pot. This was not the first time this had happened. One or two students skipping class was one thing, but nine students skipping together was too much. They really didn't respect him as their homeroom teacher.

"I don't know!" A group of students below were envious of Sakura and her friends for having the courage to skip class. They didn't dare to do such a thing, especially since they had worked so hard to get into the Ninja school. If they were expelled for skipping class, their parents would probably beat them to death when they got home.

"Let's start the class!"

Taking a deep breath, Iruka suppressed his anger. He was responsible for these students, and he would go find them after class.

Meanwhile, the students Iruka was worried about were training hard at the training ground.

"Sakura, what are you doing?!"

Kakashi was curious when he saw Sakura take out a pen and paper from her ninja tool bag and start writing and drawing in a corner after finishing her chakra training.

"Writing a book!" Sakura replied without looking up. "I'm planning to write a book about Konoha's history and spread the stories of Konoha's heroes throughout the ninja world!"

"A history book?!" Kakashi had a few question marks on his forehead. Weren't Sakura and her friends skipping history class? Why was she writing a history book now?

"It's not exactly a history book. I'm mainly writing about some events in Konoha's history and recording the deeds of Konoha's heroes, so that people won't forget them. That's what I want to do!"

Sakura looked up, her face shining with determination. It was as if she was doing something extremely sacred. But was that really the case?

There was a teacher named Yamada at Konoha Ninja School who taught history to freshmen. Yamada was a good teacher with a professional teaching style and a good personality. However, there was one thing about him that bothered Sakura. He was a die-hard fan of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju. In Yamada's mouth, Hashirama Senju was almost like an invincible god.

Well, all the other students were fascinated by Yamada's stories about the First Hokage, but Sakura couldn't stand it. She knew that Hashirama Senju was a bit of a goofball, and she couldn't accept Yamada's praise for him. She admitted that Hashirama Senju was indeed powerful, but his personality was too similar to that of a goofball, and he couldn't be compared to the wise and brave First Hokage in Yamada's mouth.

Finally, Sakura, who was annoyed, decided to take revenge on Hashirama Senju. That's why she had the idea of writing a book. After all, her past experience had taught her that a good literary work could last forever, and some of the plot points would be discussed by people for a long time. Even if it was fake, it could become real.

Of course, Sakura's book couldn't be considered fake. Most of the events in it were true. She just guided people's emotions a little.

"By the way, Uncle Kakashi, there's something I need your help with!"

Sakura suddenly looked up and smiled at Kakashi. "My novel needs some illustrations. It's easy for the others, but I need a picture of Uchiha Obito. Can you provide it?"

"Hey? What does Obito Uchiha have to do with this?" Kakashi suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Because Obito Uchiha is also a hero, especially for sacrificing himself to protect his comrades and for saying, 'Those who break the rules and regulations of the ninja world, we call them trash. But those who don't care about their comrades are even worse than trash'..."

Sakura lowered her voice and recited the words that Obito Uchiha had said before, then said to Kakashi, "Uncle Kakashi, don't you want more people to know about Obito Uchiha's story? Don't you want more people to recognize Obito Uchiha's ninja way?!"

"What kind of picture do you want? I only have a graduation class photo!" Kakashi instantly compromised. He wanted more people to understand Obito Uchiha's story and his intentions.

If Obito Uchiha were still alive, he would be happy that someone recognized him! Kakashi thought to himself. However, he didn't know that because of the photo he provided today, he would be hunted by Obito one day.

"I want you to correct Naruto's transformation jutsu!" Sakura pointed to Naruto, who was hitting a wooden stake, and said, "You just need to tell Naruto what Obito Uchiha looks like, and then correct the details. When we need illustrations, I'll just have Naruto use transformation jutsu!"

"Okay!" Kakashi nodded in agreement with this method. He had no choice. He only had a graduation class photo and no other photos of Obito Uchiha.

At this time, Obito Uchiha in the Hidden Rain Village still didn't know that he was about to become the protagonist of a novel, and a protagonist who moved countless people in the ninja world.

Sakura was writing quickly. She had researched a lot of information in the Konoha library and combined it with what she knew from her past life. The story with Senju Hashirama as the main character was quickly written. As for the illustrations needed in the book, she handed them over to Naruto. When it came to transformation jutsu, Naruto always had a mysterious talent.

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