Chapter 396: Naughty
Masahiko thought for a long time before remembering that in the original story, the yellow-haired girl in Konohamaru's trio was named Moegi.
And looking at the appearance of the little girl opposite him, she was the same person as the one in the original story, which gave Masahiko way too many reveries in an instant.
Her father, Kazematsuri Senju, was 22 years old, born in Konoha Year 34. In the original story at this point in time, the Senju happened to be heading towards decline due to unknown reasons.
Perhaps Kazematsuri Senju, who was still an infant at the time, escaped a disaster?
"I've discovered everything Kishimoto didn't draw. As expected, if you live long enough, you'll see everything." Masahiko's face was full of smiles. "Moegi Senju, Konohamaru Sarutobi, and is there also an Udon Uchiha?"
These thoughts flashed through Masahiko's mind...
Okay, not flashed, he pondered over them for quite a while.
In the eyes of Nawaki and Dosan, after praising Moegi for being well-behaved, Masahiko froze in place, staring at Moegi and chuckling foolishly for five straight minutes.
They couldn't well interrupt him, right? Who knew if Masahiko had discovered something.
Moegi wasn't afraid of strangers either. She stared back at Masahiko intently, not even blinking.
It wasn't until Masahiko snapped out of it that this 'cross-generational staring contest' ended.
"Why are you staring at me?"
"Don't move, I haven't finished counting your hairs yet!"
Masahiko was stunned, rubbing his red hair. "Quite a lot, right? Great Ancestor has never lost hair..."
"Great-grandfather, please don't mind a child's words." Dosan quickly interjected. "What did you just see in Moegi?"
"See what?" Masahiko was startled. "Hmm... I saw that Moegi is quite cute. She'll definitely grow up to be a great beauty."
Dosan paused, then turned and said, "Moegi, we've been out playing for a long time. I'll take you home."
"I agree to you taking this little girl as your goddaughter, but don't forget to go and tell Hashirama and Mito!" Masahiko called out from behind.
"Understood! Thank you very much, Great-grandfather!"
Watching Dosan leave with hurried steps, Masahiko looked bewildered. He scratched his head and turned to Nawaki. Seeing him suppressing a smile, he immediately understood that he might have inadvertently 'made a fool of himself' just now.
"You brat, what's going on?"
Nawaki's expression tightened, and he repeatedly shook his head. "It's nothing... Eh? Why is it so noisy over there? I'll go take a look."
Masahiko's ears pricked up slightly, and a moment later he knew what had happened over there. The Young Clan Head, Itachi, returning completely drenched and looking miserable; how could it not cause exclamations among these Senju clansmen?
As the main culprit who splashed Itachi with water, it was better for him not to appear at this time. His skin was thin; he couldn't handle it.
...
This time, Masahiko was completely idle, willingly degrading himself to a human ultrasound machine and staying at Kushina's house.
Anyway, looking at Kushina's protective attitude towards the child in her belly, Masahiko figured he wouldn't hear anything he shouldn't hear while staying here.
Kushina's house only had two bedrooms. One was for her and Minato to sleep in, and the other... Masahiko stated he wasn't picky, squeezing in with Naruto was fine.
So every night, Naruto, who had an ungraceful sleeping posture, would be squeezed against the wall by Masahiko using repulsion, while he monopolized most of the bed.
With the 'bratty nature' Naruto usually displayed, being treated like this, he would have rebelled long ago. However, he didn't.
Because Great Ancestor personally guided his training.
To defeat Sasuke and Toneri, what was a little grievance!
Little did he know then that the real grievances were on their way, arriving soon.
...
Early August, Konoha Year 55, night, at Kushina's house.
After dinner, Ultrasound Uzumaki gave Kushina a slight nod, indicating the fetus in her belly was fine, and took Naruto back to their room.
"Great Ancestor, aren't we learning kunai throwing skills today? What you taught me was amazing! I feel like I'll surpass those two bastards very soon!"
Masahiko nodded. "I figure you're about to surpass them too, so today we're switching to learning something else!"
Naruto scratched his head, feeling something wasn't quite right, but his attention was immediately drawn by the new knowledge. His face full of excitement, "Hey, what are we learning?"
"Learning to form hand seals," Masahiko said casually, his hands tucked into his pockets.
"Hand seals? Isn't that just the Transformation Jutsu..."
Poof!
Naruto's eyes widened. He looked at Masahiko's hands tucked in his pockets, then at the extra Masahiko clone that had appeared beside him. "Hand seals... can actually be skipped?"
Masahiko shook his head. "It's just that I form seals too fast for you to see. Want to learn?"
Naruto paused, a scene rapidly emerging in his mind: The Clone Jutsu exam, he walks up to the podium, hands in his pockets.
Here, Iruka-sensei would roar, "Naruto! What are you doing! This is the Clone Jutsu exam, take your hands out quickly!"
He would then cast a mild glance at Iruka, and with a 'poof', a clone would suddenly appear beside him. Exclamations from the class below, Sakura going 'Wow', Sasuke in 'shock', Toneri...
"I want to learn, I want to learn!"
Masahiko nodded with a smile. "Then you'll have to suffer a bit. Hold out your hands."
Naruto ignorantly stretched out his hands. Masahiko extended his right index finger, turning into a blur, tapping every joint on Naruto's fingers...
Naruto stared blankly at his ten loose, drooping fingers for a long while. "Eh?!"
"Alright, start practicing forming seals!"
"It hurts so much, Great Ancestor! How am I supposed to form seals like this!" Naruto's face twitched immediately as he slightly moved his fingers.
"Are you learning or not?" Masahiko shot him a glance.
"I'll learn!" Naruto gritted his teeth.
Masahiko felt a bit gratified. This brat had his good points too; at least he could endure hardship.
Of course, he had other ways to make Naruto practice forming seals, it's just that doing it this way was the fastest.
Mm, it was really just because it was the fastest.
...
Mid-August, Konoha Year 55, a new element was added to Naruto's training.
Masahiko slightly unsealed a small portion of the Nine-Tails' seal on his body. Through friendly negotiations with the Nine-Tails, he had the Nine-Tails transmit chakra to Naruto at a rate of 1 chakra/second. Then... Masahiko used his fists and kicks to help Naruto accelerate the growth of his physique and chakra capacity.
Coupled with the 'Brat Physique' and Masahiko's level-eight medical skills, no matter how miserably Naruto was beaten, he could always recover immediately.
It wasn't that Masahiko didn't have other methods, it was just that this was the fastest... mm, the fastest.
...
Late August, Konoha Year 55, dinnertime.
Masahiko kept glancing at Naruto, considering how to implement tonight's new project.
Naruto, on the other hand, had a bitter expression. If it weren't for his strength indeed improving very quickly recently—even managing to occasionally headbutt Sasuke during sparring and making him look pathetic—Naruto would have "called the police" a long time ago.
With the way his days were going now, even the food his dad cooked didn't taste good anymore.
"Great-grandfather, is the little baby healthy today?" Kushina only cared about this now.
Masahiko smiled and nodded, finishing his last mouthful of rice. "Let's go, Naruto, time to start our new training for tonight... Hmm?"
A knock suddenly sounded on the door. Mikoto pushed the door open somewhat anxiously and went straight to Masahiko. "Great-grandfather, earlier Itachi and Shisui Uchiha went out on a mission together, but just now only Itachi returned alone. According to what he said, Shisui suddenly disappeared. The Uchiha cannot accept this explanation and have already come knocking on his door..."
"Suddenly disappeared?" Masahiko raised an eyebrow and sighed slightly. "How naughty..."
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