Naruto: With Favorabiltity System

Chapter 373: The Gift Sasuke Gave Naruto

While Haneda and Kakashi were chatting, Naruto and his group appeared near the school gate.

There were more people than Haneda had expected. He thought it would just be his own boys and Sasuke from next door, but the trio of Ino-Shika-Cho, along with Hinata and Neji, had also joined Naruto.

The new generation of charmers in Konoha was truly remarkable.

If Haneda hadn't been so handsome himself back when he was Naruto's age, the legend of the school heartthrob might have shifted to Naruto.

"Tsk, tsk..."

Hiding among the tree branches, Kakashi glanced at the group and teased, "That kid Naruto seems to have good popularity in his class. But compared to the two of us back then, he's still way behind. He's got a lot of work to do."

Haneda smiled and retorted, "No, Kakashi. It's not that he's behind—it's that he's nowhere close. Back when we were in school, girls would line up from the gate to the classroom, just to admire our dazzling looks."

Kakashi replied, "You're still as shameless as ever, Haneda."

"You're wrong again, Kakashi. That was just the truth!"

Haneda reminisced about the days before their graduation and laughed, "Do you remember how crazy things were after the graduation ceremony? That year, at least half the girls in school were lamenting, sighing, 'If only I were born earlier, or he graduated later.'"

Hearing this, Kakashi thought back to the love letters he received that year. It did seem to be the case.

The details of their graduation year had mostly faded from his memory, especially those he hadn't cared about much at the time. But thinking carefully, he realized that he and Haneda did leave quite a legendary impression back then.

Now, they'd become true legends—one a Hokage, the other the head of the Anbu.

Had Kakashi not declined Haneda's offer to pass the Hokage title to him, he might have been Hokage as well.

"You're right... Anyway, Naruto and his group are about to reach their classroom," Kakashi reminded.

Chatting with Kakashi, Haneda hadn't noticed the time. He glanced at Naruto's classroom in the school building and realized Naruto had already entered.

"Let's go! Let's see what gift Sasuke is giving Naruto!"

Haneda grabbed Kakashi and activated Ghost Phantom, making their bodies and chakra signatures vanish instantly.

When the school bell rang and the teacher entered the classroom, the two of them had already snuck in undetected.

Using Ghost Phantom, they couldn't phase through walls directly, so Haneda and Kakashi clung to the ceiling.

The two quietly moved along the ceiling, inching toward Sasuke's seat from behind.

Kakashi pulled Haneda into a private mental conversation channel, similar to how the Sage of Six Paths had communicated with Naruto and Sasuke.

Chakra was a force of the spirit, and using genjutsu, one could transmit thoughts. Only those mentally linked could hear each other.

Kakashi whispered, "Haneda, isn't it a bit inappropriate for us to eavesdrop like this?"

Haneda countered, "We're guardians. What's wrong with supervising the kids' education?"

"But Sasuke…"

"Sasuke is my brother Fugaku's son. I'm his uncle. Is it wrong to care about my nephew?"

"…"

"And besides, Sasuke is your subordinate Itachi's brother. Isn't it right to care about your subordinate's family?"

"…"

Kakashi admitted defeat. He couldn't out-argue Haneda. Haneda had always been good at reasoning, not quite full-on Naruto's level of persuasion, but convincing nonetheless.

"Fine… Wait! Sasuke's opening his backpack!"

As Kakashi spoke, Sasuke unzipped his bag in front of Naruto. The bag was nearly empty, containing only a few books lying quietly inside.

When Sasuke took out the books, Haneda and Kakashi's expressions turned odd.

"Learn to Make the Girl You Love Fall for You in One Book"

"1,000 Ways to Win Over a Girl"

"Master This Trick, and Goodbye Singledom!"

…

Haneda and Kakashi exchanged glances, then silently shifted their gazes away from Sasuke and onto Naruto.

Naruto, meanwhile, was grinning from ear to ear as he happily accepted the gift. He didn't care what the books were about.

After all, he wasn't one for reading.

However, under Sasuke's eager gaze, Naruto still opened one of the books and glanced through a few pages. His face lit up with excitement.

"Arigato, Sasuke-san! You really are my best friend. I love you!"

"Hmph, Naruto. I just couldn't stand how pathetic you looked around Sakura anymore."

Sasuke's tsundere attitude didn't affect Naruto, who was now engrossed in the book.

The boy who always said he hated reading was now sitting there, focused, holding the book like it was a sacred text.

This sudden shift in seriousness left the two on the ceiling speechless.

They knew Naruto far too well. Naruto? Reading a book?

What a joke!

Since when does a troublemaker care about books?

Kakashi, with a serious look, asked, "Haneda, since when has Naruto been in love? Who's Sakura? A classmate?"

"Sakura is…" Haneda paused. He couldn't exactly say that Sakura was Naruto and Sasuke's future teammate in Team 7, Tsunade's successor, and—most importantly—Sasuke's future wife, could he?

Now that Sasuke was practically handing his future wife to Naruto, Haneda was at a loss for words.

The truth was, Sasuke at this stage had no feelings for Sakura at all.

On the contrary, Naruto liked Sakura.

Wait a minute…

Didn't that mean Hinata, who secretly liked Naruto, was the real clown here?

Haneda recalled how, just this morning at dawn, Hinata had acted like she was meeting her in-laws when she saw him. Her face had turned so red it was steaming, and she had almost fainted.

"Ah… If Sakura liked Naruto, it'd be fine. But…"

Haneda sighed with a heavy heart.

Hearing him trail off, Kakashi couldn't help but press, "But what, Haneda? This concerns Naruto's future happiness!"

"But Sakura likes Sasuke. She doesn't have any feelings for Naruto. Her relationship with Naruto is purely to get closer to Sasuke."

"…" Kakashi's expression turned complicated as he looked at Naruto, feeling that Naruto was… a bit of a joker here.

Moreover, the dynamic between Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura felt strange—almost like some kind of love triangle… a slightly ridiculous one at that.

After a moment of silence, Kakashi asked quietly, "What do we do, Haneda?"

"I've never been in love. How would I know? But I think setbacks in love are normal, right? Obito faced constant rejection from Rin, but he kept trying."

At the mention of Obito, Kakashi suddenly had a realization.

Wasn't the relationship between Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura essentially a reflection of his, Obito's, and Rin's back in the day?

Naruto liked Sakura, Sakura liked Sasuke, and Sasuke had no feelings for Sakura. Naruto and Sasuke were friends.

Obito liked Rin, Rin liked Kakashi, and Kakashi had no romantic feelings for Rin. Obito and Kakashi were friends.

"So back then, Obito really was… kind of a clown."

Kakashi quietly mocked his old friend Obito.

Suddenly, his smile froze.

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