Chapter 138
But since Naruto was so confident, Kakashi didn't mind knocking him down a peg or two.
Honestly, learning ninjutsu always takes time and patience.
Mastering something just by watching once? That's what geniuses do.
Even Kakashi himself thought the same—if he didn't have the Sharingan, the number of ninjutsu he could master would be very limited.
It was time to make Naruto realize that learning ninjutsu wasn't so simple.
Right now, Naruto's strength had already exceeded Kakashi's imagination.
Achieving so much at such a young age was truly impressive, but it also brought huge influence on Naruto.
After all… mindset.
So this mindset issue would be corrected by him—Hatake Kakashi—for Naruto.
"Watch closely."
Facing the endlessly talking Guy, Kakashi raised both hands to form seals: "Earth Style—Double Suicide Decapitation Technique!"
Bang~
Kakashi's body suddenly sank into the ground. Moments later, a hand burst out from under Guy's feet.
Thump~
Guy was buried underground by Kakashi, looking completely confused at him: "Kakashi, what are you doing??"
Kakashi said to Naruto: "The principle of this technique is to spread chakra across the ground surface, making the surrounding material make way for your body, then sneak underground beneath the enemy and deliver a fatal strike from below. It's a very useful surprise attack ninjutsu."
"At the same time, the attack methods include—but are not limited to—pulling the enemy underground."
"So… did you understand… hm?"
Before Kakashi finished speaking, he noticed Naruto's figure had disappeared.
While he was puzzled, Naruto's voice came from below.
"Earth Style—Double Suicide Decapitation Technique!"
Naruto's hand appeared under Kakashi's feet. Caught off guard, Kakashi was pulled underground by Naruto. At the same time, the surrounding earth piles became natural ropes binding Kakashi.
At that moment, the system voice sounded in Naruto's mind.
"Ding~ Reminder: Congratulations to the host for learning ninjutsu: Earth Style—Double Suicide Decapitation Technique."
"Ding~ Reminder: D-rank rating progress complete 5/5. Mission completed."
"Ding~ Reminder: C-rank rating progress activated. Current progress: 5/10."
…
The shocked Kakashi came back to his senses. Using the same characteristics of the Double Suicide Decapitation Technique, he made the surrounding material give way for his body and easily escaped Naruto's jutsu.
Meanwhile, Might Guy was still asking why Kakashi attacked him…
However, neither Kakashi nor Naruto paid any attention to Might Guy.
Left with no choice, Guy shouted loudly: "Eight Gates… Gate of Opening! Open!"
Kakashi: "…"
Naruto: "…"
To escape the binding of Earth Style—Double Suicide Decapitation Technique, the king of taijutsu actually used the Eight Gates.
Ignoring this overly enthusiastic guy Guy, Naruto continued to Kakashi: "Next one."
"Hm?" Kakashi said to Naruto: "Naruto, your talent is very strong—even I have to admit you're probably the strongest genius in Konoha's history."
"But ninjutsu isn't about quantity. The ninjutsu that can actually be used in battle and that you can flexibly apply—that's your true combat power."
"So next, you should focus on mastering Earth Style—Double Suicide Decapitation Technique first."
Hearing Kakashi's words, Naruto immediately felt Kakashi was being a bit long-winded.
Everything Kakashi was saying had already been taught by Iruka in class.
Naruto didn't think that after learning Earth Style—Double Suicide Decapitation Technique, he would have many opportunities to use it in the future.
Right now, Naruto was learning these ninjutsu only to complete the system mission.
Naruto's fighting style ultimately wouldn't be like the Second Hokage or Hatake Kakashi—calculating every detail.
Naruto's fighting style would be closer to Senju Hashirama…
After all, the conditions Naruto had now were almost identical to those Hashirama had back then.
"Is that so? I understand. Then can you teach me the next ninjutsu?"
Naruto didn't speak to Kakashi in a commanding tone. Though he had the Third Hokage's order and the right to do so.
But after all, this was Kakashi—someone who had been good to him.
Kakashi sighed and formed hand seals again: "Water Style—Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
A thick water dragon formed behind Kakashi and crashed toward the forest ahead.
Rumble rumble~
A tree trunk was smashed by the massive impact force. The whole tree collapsed with a boom, water splashing everywhere.
After performing the ninjutsu, Kakashi explained: "The key to Water Dragon Bullet Technique is to spread chakra around, condense chakra outside the body into water, then guide the technique's attack direction with chakra…"
Naruto listened to Kakashi's words and imitated his hand seals. At the same time, the chakra inside his body moved as if alive, following Naruto's will.
"Water Style—Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
An identical water dragon formed, and Naruto successfully performed it again.
Kakashi was already too shocked to speak. Water Dragon Bullet had many hand seals—Naruto remembering them in one go was already ridiculous, let alone performing it successfully on the first try.
You have to know—Water Dragon Bullet had considerable power, so its learning difficulty was high, close to A-rank standard.
But Naruto had mastered it just by watching Kakashi perform it once.
If Kakashi didn't know Naruto was from the Uzumaki clan, he might have suspected Naruto also had the Sharingan!
"Ding~ Reminder: Congratulations to the host for learning ninjutsu: Water Style—Water Dragon Bullet Technique."
"Ding~ Reminder: C-rank rating progress 6/10."
However, what shocked Kakashi even more was yet to come.
Naruto didn't stop learning ninjutsu. He kept demanding Kakashi demonstrate new techniques, and then… instantly mastered them!
…
"Ding~ Reminder: Congratulations to the host for learning ninjutsu: Wind Style—Great Breakthrough."
"Ding~ Reminder: C-rank rating progress 7/10."
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"Ding~ Reminder: Congratulations to the host for learning ninjutsu: Lightning Style—Chidori."
"Ding~ Reminder: C-rank rating progress 8/10."
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"Ding~ Reminder: Congratulations to the host for learning ninjutsu: Fire Style—Great Fireball Technique."
"Ding~ Reminder: C-rank rating progress 9/10."
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"Ding~ Reminder: Congratulations to the host for learning ninjutsu: Body Replacement Technique."
"Ding~ Reminder: C-rank rating progress 10/10. Mission completed."
"Ding~ Reminder: B-rank rating progress activated. Current progress: 10/15."
…
Time passed minute by minute. Not only Kakashi—even Guy dropped his hyperactive personality and stared in shock at Naruto.
And Kakashi had already gone numb to Naruto's ability.
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