A month later, Mount Myōboku.
"Flying Thunder God Technique!"
Adam threw a kunai into the air, then sensed the Flying Thunder God jutsu formula, and his figure instantly vanished from where he stood.
When he reappeared, he was already at the location of that kunai.
"It finally worked!"
Holding the kunai suspended in mid-air, a satisfied smile appeared on Adam's face.
Although he could only be guided by Minato for an hour each day, perhaps it was his innate spatial talent, or perhaps his research into Apparition and spatial theory had yielded significant results.
In just one month, he had finally succeeded in casting the Flying Thunder God Technique.
From today onwards, he would no longer be restricted; as long as he left a Flying Thunder God jutsu formula in places he had visited, he could instantly teleport there by sensing it.
To put it bluntly, even if Naruto and Jiraiya ran into trouble, he wouldn't be afraid.
However, Mount Myōboku still couldn't have any problems; if all the toads of Mount Myōboku died, he wouldn't be able to be summoned from the Marvel World.
"Unfortunately, Apparition is still a bit off."
Compared to the Flying Thunder God Technique, a failed casting would at most leave him in place without change, but a failed Apparition would result in direct dismemberment.
Even with his current physical body, he couldn't withstand the tearing effect of that spatial power.
Therefore, his practice of Apparition was relatively cautious.
But he felt that he wouldn't be far from mastering Apparition.
Lord Voldemort's memory contained a complete experience of learning Apparition, and he had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, personally traversing space once, which greatly enhanced his understanding of space.
"Congratulations on mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique!"
In the mental space, Minato said gently:
"I have already taught you the Flying Thunder God Stage Two and Flying Thunder God Guided Lightning. You should be able to master them with slow practice in the future.
Today, I will teach you my strongest move."
"Strongest move? Rasengan? I already know it."
Adam was momentarily stunned.
Minato smiled and waved his hand:
"Not Rasengan, it's my ultimate technique developed based on the Flying Thunder God Technique. I've named it—Rasengan Flash Super Round Dance Howl Style Three!"
"Uh, that name... it's too embarra... cool."
Adam's mouth twitched upon hearing that.
During the month he spent with Minato, he also felt the personal charm of the Fourth Hokage, who had a very comfortable personality to be around.
Occasionally, he could also be a bit unreliable.
It seemed Naruto's personality wasn't just inherited from his mother; his father also had some influence.
"Once I teach you this, don't let me out again."
Finally, Minato let out a sigh.
Adam asked, somewhat puzzled:
"Why? Although I only come for an hour each time, you can still occasionally meet Naruto."
"I am dead after all. This is just a wisp of my consciousness, left behind back then to prevent the Kyuubi from breaking out of the seal and harming Naruto.
Now that I have seen Naruto, and he has grown up well, there is no need for me to keep appearing. The dead are dead and should remain where they belong.
This is also a good thing for Naruto."
Minato shook his head indifferently.
"If that is your request, then I respect your choice."
Adam thought for a moment and did not refuse.
Everyone has their own beliefs, their own choices; as long as it doesn't conflict with his interests, he naturally wouldn't stop them, even though he didn't quite understand Minato's choice.
Exiting the mental space, Adam found Fukasaku, who was strolling nearby:
"Lord Fukasaku, I think I can start training in Sage Mode!"
More than a week ago, Naruto, relying on his strong willpower and with the help of countless beatings and Shadow Clones, successfully mastered the perfect Sage Mode and returned to Konoha.
And in Konoha, due to his previous act of taking one of Nagato's Rinnegan, the incident of the Six Paths of Pain invading Konoha did not occur.
However, many other major events did happen.
Sasuke killed Itachi, then joined the Akatsuki Organization, leading his team to attack the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer Bee of the Hidden Cloud Village. Killer Bee's whereabouts were unknown, infuriating the Raikage, who sent Ninja to Konoha to inquire about Sasuke's whereabouts.
Naruto's new Team 7, led by Kakashi and Yamato, once again left the Village to carry out the mission of capturing Sasuke, assisted by Team 8, which specialized in reconnaissance and searching.
The Five Kage Summit was held in the Land of Iron at Tsunade's initiative, but it did not feature Obito announcing his identity and starting the Fourth Shinobi World War as in the original story.
Because of this, the formation of an allied army at the Five Kage Summit did not happen; it was merely agreed that because the Tailed Beasts of various Villages had been captured by the Akatsuki Organization, each Village would send an elite squad to jointly sanction the Akatsuki Organization.
Adam was not surprised by this.
If Obito and Zetsu temporarily had no plans to start a decisive battle, then they would not openly reveal their identity as Uchiha Madara, nor would they release the hundred thousand White Zetsu.
Kabuto, who inherited Orochimaru's mantle, similarly couldn't have used Edo Tensei on so many masters.
Without these threats, how could the major Ninja Villages go to great lengths against the Akatsuki Organization and truly take it to heart?
In the hearts of the Kage and Daimyo of the major Ninja Villages, the true threat was probably still the other Villages.
It could only be said that the strength Adam displayed in Amegakure earlier had truly frightened Obito and Zetsu; until they figured out Adam's true capabilities, they likely wouldn't launch a major war so quickly.
They had waited so many years; a few more months wouldn't matter.
"Good, let's go to the Toad Waterfall. First, we'll apply toad oil to you so you can sense and absorb natural energy."
Hearing that Adam was about to begin his Sage Mode training, Fukasaku was not surprised. He led him to the Toad Waterfall, had him take off his clothes, and began to apply the toad oil.
"Remember, the most important thing at first is to learn to control the entry of natural energy. Once too much natural energy enters and completely compresses and assimilates your Chakra, you will undergo toadification.
You saw Naruto training before; if you show signs of toadification, I will immediately disperse the natural energy within your body."
As he spoke, Fukasaku took out the large stick he had previously used to hit Naruto.
"Understood."
Adam sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to sense the omnipresent natural energy filling the World, following the method Fukasaku had taught him.
Because of the toad oil, he easily perceived the vast natural energy around him and slowly began to absorb it into his body through his skin.
Mount Myōboku is far from human habitation, and the concentration of natural energy is very high. Compared to the outside, one can sense natural energy better here; if this were a World of Training, it could already be called a blessed land.
If not for Mount Myōboku and the cheat device of toad oil, it would be very difficult to get started with absorbing natural energy even with the method, if one were outside.
"How can this be? This... could this be a natural Sage!"
A moment later, the stick in Fukasaku's hand suddenly dropped, and his already prominent toad eyes became even more bulging.