The next day, at the end of the holiday, Xia Ji's shadow clone came to the school. As usual, he walked towards his seat. He belonged to the little transparent class and sat next to Naruto Uzumaki, and generally no one would find him.
And Xia Ji was so happy that he silently absorbed all kinds of knowledge every day. Now he has not finished reading the textbooks taught by the school. After reading, he will go to Mr. Iruka to ask for some other books to read.
As a ninja teacher, Iruka should know a lot of useful books for ninjas. Although they are not teaching content, they must be there.
"Good morning, Xia Ji!"
However, at this time, a shout came from Xia Ji's ear, which made him stop and turn his head to see Ino, who was waving to him and smiling.
"Good morning, Ino." Xia Ji nodded to Ino and also smiled. Even if he was happy to be a little transparent, it was also a good feeling of being cared about.
The people around were a little surprised to see this. When did the two have such a good relationship? But although they were surprised, they did not do anything unnecessary.
Xia Ji walked to his seat and sat down. He looked at the empty seat next to him and sighed. In fact, Naruto Uzumaki should probably say hello to him.
However, the question is, a guy who is often late—can Xia Ji expect the other party to come earlier than himself? Generally speaking, he and Naruto Uzumaki were the opposite.
As expected, today's Naruto Uzumaki also stepped in right on time. Looking at the other party's panting appearance, it was estimated that he had gotten up late again.
"Soon." Xia Ji turned the pages of the book. When Naruto sat down, he spoke without raising his head. It's not that he didn't look up, but that this was better at present.
"Soon!" Naruto looked very happy. After all, few people really treated him like this. In fact, he also wanted to get closer to Xia Ji, but watching him reading and studying so seriously every day, he didn't want to disturb him because of his own little things.
Soon, today's course began. Xia Ji had already learned the progress taught by the teacher himself, but he still listened with a trace of attention.
Sometimes when he heard a different understanding from his own, he would also divert his attention from his books, and if he heard better insights, he would write them down carefully.
These were all inevitable growths on the road to becoming stronger. Although he knew the original work and understood a lot of high-end ninjutsu, those were temporarily empty pavilions for Xia Ji.
What Xia Ji was doing now was filling in the foundation of that pavilion. One day, when it was completely solid, it would bring him unimaginable gains.
Today's class ended soon. It was time for extracurricular activities, usually supervised by Iruka. At this time, Xia Ji also closed the book and walked down from his position.
Naruto Uzumaki next to him also walked alongside him, but this time Xia Ji's route seemed a little different.
"Xia Ji, where are you going? Extracurricular activities are over there." Naruto, following behind, looked a little confused.
"I'm going to the bathroom. You go first." Xia Ji replied, feeling a little headache. If Naruto kept following him, how could he switch with the real body? At least he had to go to a place where there was no one to release the shadow clone.
"Oh, okay." Naruto scratched his head and agreed, which made Xia Ji breathe a sigh of relief.
Finally, after arriving at the bathroom, Xia Ji checked that there was no one else around before he released the shadow clone, which vanished in a puff of white smoke.
Soon, Xia Ji's real body easily found a hidden place and entered the school. At this time, he felt quite good.
Sure enough, practice was the only truth. There was even a surplus in the shadow clone survival time. Xia Ji had originally wanted to come earlier, but later he noticed the sweat on his body and had to rush back home to clean up before returning.
At this time, Xia Ji also received all the harvests of the shadow clone today. He saw Ino from its perspective and noticed the feeling of being greeted. The shadow split body felt it, and so did the real body — in essence, they were the same person.
Xia Ji walked to the place of extracurricular activities in a happy mood. The attempt with the shadow split had been a great success.
In fact, Xia Ji had no particular thoughts about Ino — at least not now. After all, he was a soul in his twenties. Looking at the six-year-old Ino felt like looking at a child. How could he have extra thoughts?
Moreover, in his previous life, he had been a blhx player, and things like Loliquan were completely irrelevant to him.
As for whether Xia Ji's current body could keep up with extracurricular activities?
Xia Ji said that the intensity of extracurricular activities could actually be considered a rest for him, so there was no problem at all.
"Xia Ji, you're finally back. Why so slow?" Naruto couldn't help but say when he saw him return.
"Well, I felt a little unwell." Xia Ji turned his head. How could he tell the truth? When he got more proficient, it would be faster.
"If you're not feeling well, you should rest more." Suddenly, Ino appeared from the side.
"Well, I know." Xia Ji nodded.
"It's good to know." Ino nodded with satisfaction, then ran off when her small group called her over.
Naruto Uzumaki looked at Xia Ji with some envy.
"Don't envy me. In fact, there are still a lot of people in this class who aren't malicious toward me, but you don't interact with them." Xia Ji glanced at the other students.
"Is that so?" Naruto scratched his head and looked around. Even if Xia Ji said so, he still wasn't confident.
Xia Ji sighed. In fact, it was just that they weren't malicious — many of their parents had probably told them not to have too much contact with Naruto. Understandable, given the circumstances.
If it were Xia Ji, would he let his child be close to Naruto without knowing the plot? The answer was obvious.
However, Xia Ji spotted a lazy figure and said, "For example, that guy."
"Him? He seems to sleep a lot in class." Naruto had noticed Shikamaru before, sitting nearby.
"Yeah, you can try talking to him." Xia Ji nodded. Shikamaru was too smart not to see the truth of things.
Therefore, Shikamaru likely had no special opinion about Naruto. With his lazy personality, he probably didn't bother making trouble, so it was worth Naruto taking the initiative.
Xia Ji vaguely remembered that in the original work, Shikamaru often ended up in the penalty group because he slept in class. He had always had a good relationship with Naruto, though Naruto himself hadn't noticed.
Once Naruto connected with Shikamaru, befriending Choji wouldn't be hard, and Kiba was approachable too. Sasuke was a bit trickier, Shino was quiet, but as long as Naruto reached out, talking to them was possible.
Therefore, as long as Naruto found the right starting point, it would be easy.
As for Xia Ji himself — why would a working adult need to make that many friends?
After guiding Naruto, Xia Ji went back to his own activities. Extracurricular periods were called breaks, but there were still things worth doing during that time. Time was too precious to waste.
(End of this chapter)