Looking at himself in the mirror , Naruto finally let the reality sink in and accepted his new life in the world of Shinobi .
Even though having memories of 2 lives , The life of 22-year life , experience and the worldview of both worlds , with the borderline obsession of becoming Hokage and to be acknowledged by everyone .
All of this made the new psyche a diffrent feeling .
Hearing the rumbling of his stomach that are not only protesting of hunger but also to start his daily morning-rituals , Naruto finally steps away from the mirror and steps up to Toilet.
Only then the 9-year old smells the stench in the bathroom , holding his breath he finishes the emergencies first , washing his face he finally gets out the bathroom and steps into this familiar and unfamiliar Apartment .
"Ughhh"
the groan escapes from his mouth voluntarily as his blue eyes survey his surroundings . Mottled walls , heaps of instant noodle Cups , unwashed dishes.
Definitly 5-6 days old maybe over a week , dust everywhere , uncleaned and dirty floors . dirty Orange monstrosities here and there .
" I really lived like this huh"
But despite facing this situation naruto doesn't feel ashamed but only little bitter.
Because the reason why he does not wash clothes was to have them smell , so which people can react and then Hokage grandpa will come and spend his time with him .
the reason he does not bath is to smell too , so which Teacher Iruka or Grandpa Hokage will take him to Hot-spring or bath him themselves.
Hot-springs is better because there he won't be lonely with a lot of people , who will not go away seeing him or the Keeper who will finally allow him inside with Iruka-sensei and Grandpa.
Doing laundry with someone , cleaning apartment with someone , eating ramen , anything in which he wouldn't feel lonely .
Also if he starts doing these things himself then what if one day Grandpa stops visiting or Iruka-sensei stops caring because if they think that he doesn't need their help anymore.
Knowing his previous thoughts the new Naruto first goes to side cupboard near entrance and starts gathering house's cleaning supplies to start cleaning .
Because Naruto knew that no matter what , he is not gonna live like this .
the supplies were sufficient because ofNever doing any cleaning by himself , whether the rag or detergent for cleaning clothes or floor .
As for Grandpa Hokage , he will come regardless after all whether his identity of the village's Jinchuriki or the identity of Fourth's orphan , he will have to check on him or the seal anyway.
Starting by collecting his laundry , Naruto notices the near identical clothes , orange jacket for attention and also not a single piece of clean cloth , collecting everything Naruto heads to the bathroom .
Naruto notices the overall apartment .
On paper it's just a 1 room apartment but whether the hall or kitchen even bedroom , they are all pretty big and ofcourse there are appropriate windows so which it should be easy to monitor Jinchuriki.
At least the situation is much better than he hoped , the villagers only shun him , they definitely fear him and keep distance but atleast there is no violence or anything else.
As long as he can remember , Gran-no The Third Hokage visits him twice a month .
At the beginning he visited twice per week but later when his situation changes and as he grow older and got into apartment it became once a week to now twice a month .
Giving him weekly dose of blazing will to monthly visits to hospital for every health checkup , which even now he just got a week ago , fishing in lake with will of fire speech and enjoying hotspring with appropriate Hokage dream .
Dinner with cultured morals seasoning , standing in front of washing machine Uzumaki Naruto bit his lips because he didn't know how to describe this feeling.
Whether because of this life or before , morally he should be thanking this elder figure for all his genuine care or should he hate this dark hand to brainwash and sculpt a 9 year old for his and this village liking .
" How Complicated "
Getting out of bathroom looking at the apartment , Naruto starts cleaning floors and walls to distract himself .
While cleaning he remembered the so called Accident , the white room and the karma that his parents entrusted to him , which he should have only enjoyed at an old age.
Reincarnation and the so called lottery , when he draw the lottery to be reincarnated as Uzumaki Naruto he never thought of it like this .
( To think this is the life that I was lokking forward to )
sitting on chair after tiring work he focused inside himself and saw a Bright Diamond and His so-called reward
The Sign-in System
Host - Uzumaki Naruto
Status - healthy
Skills - N/A
That's it , no stats or attributes or health bar , the sign in system doesn't come with any manual or explanation.
His memories of white room are also limited , except for these memories He doesn't remember anything , even though he still remember his life on earth.
Standing up from chair Naruto goes to nearby terrace to look at HIS masterpiece the Great Hokage Rock painted with beards and other rainbows and sunshine ,
The Hokage Rock is getting cleaned by workers now and ofcourse they are definitly cursing the culprit .
" hmm Just approaching will be hassle "
Having Sign in system , In Konohagakure , the first location naruto thought was of course the Hokage Rock but his past experiance tells him that the shinobi and ANBU will definitly not allow him near it for at least 5-7days .
He also doesn't want to face 'Hokage-sama' too soon . Naruto still need time to gather himself from his new situation .
Having memories from Konoha academy also tells him the basic courses just in these 3 years of academy , The courses also involved somthings like
Basic Infiltration , espionage
Basic camouflage , Disguise
Basic Surveillance , awareness
these courses are just not for show , the kids learn to blend , observe, and are really trained to be spies and assassin or maybe the apt word Shinobi.
He really feels fortunate to awaken at this time or year . especially when the acdemy is closed for the Holiday time period . The year is between 3rd year ending and 4th year beginning .
" This is in the middle of may and Academy starts at the beginning of July , give or take .......40 to 45 days "
muttering under his breath Naruto goes to bathroom to get laundry and to dry it up on terrace .
" yosshh at least 2 or 3 times like this and all the laundry will be finished "
putting the clothes on terrece , naruto remembers the iconic locations in Konoha like The Academy , Hospital , hokage office etc. but he doesn't want to take any risks under those much trained and seasoned ANBU .
One can explain cleaning your house but not those small little habits that these people had noticed and placed a whole file about it on Hokage's desk.
That's why he decided to change , little by little but to change so which it feels natural , children change much less like naruto on whims .
The Sign in system only allows Daily sign in , meaning once per day and Uzumaki Naruto has already decided Where he will sign his first sign in , it will be HERE his 'apartment' of course .
The place he has been living since he can remember , this place has the most memories and also his rebirth location
"*fuhhhh*"
breathing out inside the bathroom , where no one should be looking , Naruto focuses on the Diamond inside And whispers
"Sign in"
Ding !
Sign-in location - Uzumaki Naruto's apartment
Reward : Unique skill - Inner Strength
Inner Strength - The mental and emotional resilience that allows One to persevere through difficulties It is not Physical but Mental fortitude forged through Loneliness and Self-reliance . It allows you to manage emotions, stay focused on goals despite setbacks to Find ways to your success.
" Huh what's this nonsense "