"Me?" Naruto said, "The hero I admire most is Senior Matt Dai."

"Konoha Daily" is divided into many sections, and there is a special section dedicated to introducing the endless heroes of Konoha, named "Konoha Heroes".

There aren't many ways to entertain the children, let alone this group of homeless orphans.

"Heroes of Konoha" is children's favorite story.

The heroic deeds above made them yearn for it, and they cherished the heroes who appeared above.

However, no one is interested in a hero like Matt Dai who has been practicing hard in physical skills and has remained unknown.

They prefer Konoha White Fang who makes the ninja world fearful, Namikaze Minato who protects Konoha from being destroyed by the Kyuubi, the first generation who suppresses the entire ninja world, and the second generation who develops countless ninjutsu and forbidden techniques.

In front of these dazzling heroes, Matt Dai, who specializes in physical training, is really unable to attract the children's attention.

Sasuke glanced at Naruto in surprise. He thought Naruto would say that the hero he admired most was his father, the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato.

Unexpectedly, it was Matt Dai, a little-known hero among all the heroes.

Naruto's friend asked in disbelief: "Hey, is it true?"

"Of course it's true." Naruto said seriously.

"Why? Although Senior Matt Dai is also a hero, he is not dazzling at all compared to other heroes."

"It's just that a ninja who only knows taijutsu always feels too stupid."

"Ninja, if you don't know all kinds of cool ninjutsu, can you still call yourself a ninja?"

Sasuke listened to the discussion of these children and felt unhappy for no reason.

In just a few words, they erased Matt Dai's achievements.

After getting along for a while, Sasuke barely became familiar with these people.

He said frankly and heartily: "What qualifications do you have to comment on Senior Matt Dai in such a tone?"

This is a range of AOE damage.

"What? Don't we even have the right to speak?"

"Humph, you stinky guy."

Naruto followed Qianye's example, his face darkened, he lowered his voice, trying to make his voice sound calm:

"Okay, stop arguing. If you don't accept it, go to the training ground to practice after dinner!"

Whoever has the biggest fist in the west courtyard can speak the most effectively.

Sasuke, who had awakened his Magatama Sharingan, faced these children and wanted to deal with them easily.

Among so many people, only Naruto can be Sasuke's opponent.

Although Naruto's strength is not as good as Sasuke's, his life experience resonates with everyone.

The most important thing is that Naruto is not like Uchiha Sasuke, who has a cold face all day long and looks down on all of them.

Putting these factors together, Naruto's words are quite weighty among the children in the West Campus.

“I want to ask you two questions. Senior Matt Dai is the developer of ‘Eight Gate Dunjia’.

Before this ninjutsu is developed, it is unknown whether it will be successful.

He endured the ridicule of the outside world and walked alone for decades for this unanswered goal. Which of you can do this?"

Everyone fell silent and shook their heads.

They want to get rid of that strange look more than anyone else.

Sometimes it's not just the sword that can hurt someone.

Words and eyes are also weapons that can hurt people.

"Can any of you ignore the weather, no matter how windy or rainy, no matter how cold or hot the weather is, and continue to exercise your body every day?" Naruto repeated word for word.

Everyone shook their heads in silence again.

"Senior Matt Dai did it."

"His son, Metkai Jounin, also did it!"

The children were silent.

They suddenly realized how powerful Matt Dai was!

Inner strength.

The children in the west courtyard have roughly the same background, and Naruto really wants to talk to them about his true feelings.

"We are all the same ordinary people. Maybe you will say in your heart: 'Uzumaki Naruto, what qualifications do you have to say such a thing? Your father is the Fourth Hokage, your mother is the princess of the Uzumaki Country, you and us

are different'."

Naruto paused, looked at everyone seriously with his blue eyes, and asked: "Is this really the case? Is this really what you think?"

"You know my situation better than anyone else," Naruto took a deep breath, laughed at himself, and said, "The monster in everyone's eyes, the nine-tailed demon fox, the tail of the ninja school."

"At least you still have playmates, but I'm different. No one wants to get close to me. My existence is a mistake for the village!"

"I once wanted to attract everyone's attention by playing pranks," Naruto scratched his head and pretended to smile lightly, "but obviously this plan failed."

"This feeling, this feeling..." Naruto pursed his lips, lowered his head, and clenched his two small hands into fists. His voice became choked, like a cub full of holes:

"This feeling is actually very uncomfortable."

The joys and sorrows of people are not the same.

But except for Sasuke, the children in the west courtyard are all homeless orphans.

They mature earlier than their peers.

Is it because they are born precocious?

No.

Just because of suffering.

Because of this, everyone can understand Naruto's current mood better than others.

"Naruto, um, I'm sorry." Many children apologized to Naruto.

"Naruto, please stop crying. If you cry, we really want to cry too." A girl sobbed.

"Humph, take it to wipe away your tears." Sasuke took a deep look at Naruto, took out a square cloth from his pocket and handed it to Naruto, then turned his head and murmured in a low voice.

"Thank you, bastard Sasuke."

Naruto took the square towel handed by Sasuke, wiped away his tears, raised his head, raised the corners of his mouth in a slight arc, and continued:

"I am not the 'prince' in everyone's eyes. I am an orphan like everyone else."

"I know who my parents are, and everyone in Konoha also knows that I am not a monster. This is obviously a very happy thing, but for some reason, I just feel uncomfortable lying in bed."

"When I was helpless, Hokage-sama appeared with a newspaper."

When Naruto talked about the newspaper, he raised his arm to indicate that this newspaper was the one Qianye brought him.

"Na na, Naruto, what did Hokage-sama tell you?"

The memory of that day is one that will never fade away in Naruto's mind.

He grinned, showing his white teeth: "Lord Hokage, Naruto, have you read today's Konoha Daily News?"

"Naruto, how did you answer?" the children asked impatiently.

Naruto put down the newspaper and said his answer at that time in front of everyone's expectant eyes: "Brother Hokage, I didn't read it."

Qianye asked: "Is it because you still can't recognize all the words on it?"

For the first time, Naruto felt ashamed for not studying well in school.

If he could take the class seriously, he might be able to proudly tell Brother Hokage that he has read it.

Naruto nodded honestly and apologized with low self-esteem: "I'm sorry, Brother Hokage, I didn't do well in class before and I often made trouble."

"It doesn't matter." Qianye laughed dumbly and reached out to rub Naruto's listless hair: "Now that you know this, you can correct it in the future."

Naruto looked at Qianye in surprise. He thought Qianye would criticize him severely.

After all, if you are naughty and make trouble in class, you really are not a qualified good student.

Facing Naruto's gaze, Qianye smiled gently:

"The most fearful thing in life is not making mistakes, but not knowing how to correct them after making them."

"Naruto, I'm looking forward to how you grow up. I believe that like other children, you will definitely become an excellent ninja in Konoha!"

Phew~

A gust of breeze blew by, and the curtains rolled gently in the wind.

Naruto nodded heavily: "Brother Hokage, I will definitely become an outstanding ninja in Konoha! I swear!"

"I trust you."
To be continued...