Chapter 17: A Great Harvest, The Forbidden Jutsu Harvester!!
After all, Hiruzen Sarutobi was already prepared for Naruto to steal it.
"Okay, no problem! When the time comes, I'll just say I stole it!!"
After learning the plan, Naruto immediately declared with a sense of loyalty.
Since Byakuya was helping him like this, he definitely couldn't let Byakuya down.
"So when do we start? Now?"
Naruto asked excitedly.
Byakuya shook his head.
"No, today isn't quite right."
Byakuya naturally wasn't foolish enough to go steal it at this moment.
Naruto came to his house, and then they immediately went to steal the scroll of seals?
Hiruzen Sarutobi would definitely suspect him.
"You can go back. Wait until Teacher Mizuki comes to find you. That evening, go to the General Store near the Hokage Building. I'll be waiting for you there!"
Byakuya had already thought everything through.
When the time came, Naruto wouldn't have to do anything; he could just lie back and relax.
"Got it, got it!"
Just thinking about finally passing the exam and becoming a Genin, Naruto couldn't help but hum a little tune.
"Alright, be careful!"
Then Naruto left Byakuya's house again.
Byakuya took the chance to sense the surroundings when opening the door. Sure enough, there were at least three Anbu members monitoring the area.
"Nightingale, why did the Hokage-sama suddenly assign you to protect Uzumaki Naruto?"
On a distant rooftop, one of the Anbu asked another with purple hair.
Previously, the Hokage-sama had always assigned the two of them to protect Naruto.
"The Hokage-sama said Naruto might take some action during this period, so he sent me to monitor him alongside you."
Nightingale, being the Third Hokage's trusted aide,
knew a little about the Hokage's upcoming plan.
"Completely unnecessary. A kid who's not even a Genin, how could he possibly escape our tracking?"
The other Anbu laughed upon hearing this.
They had been responsible for monitoring Naruto for several years and had never encountered anything unexpected.
"Better safe than sorry."
Nightingale didn't say much more, instead keeping a close watch on Naruto as he returned home.
"It seems the kid Naruto is still brooding over the graduation exam."
Hokage Office.
Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Naruto go to Byakuya's place to "learn the Clone Jutsu" and felt quite gratified.
At least, that's what he saw.
"In that case, perhaps I don't need to be so cautious."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the scroll of seals beside him.
He had just been considering putting out a fake scroll of seals for Naruto to steal.
After all, the real scroll of seals involved far too many jutsu.
Time moved to the next day.
Naruto had originally planned to hole up at home all day, but Teacher Mizuki actually came looking for him.
"This... is Byakuya a prophet? He even predicted this!"
Naruto was utterly shocked because this matched exactly what Byakuya had said.
Everything that followed happened exactly as Byakuya had told him.
Mizuki actually tried to persuade him to steal the scroll of seals.
What Naruto didn't realize at all was that their secret plotting was now being broadcast live.
Through the crystal ball, Hiruzen Sarutobi took in the entire scene.
"Naruto is still too naive. How could he believe Mizuki?"
The current Hiruzen Sarutobi believed Mizuki was merely operating at the first level.
While he himself was on the second level!
"Send the order. Withdraw all Visible Sentries near the Hokage Building and have the Anbu take over covertly!"
To accommodate Naruto, Hiruzen Sarutobi specifically had everyone withdrawn, replaced by Anbu conducting secret surveillance.
"This way, the plan should be seamless!"
In the crystal ball, Naruto sneaked to the General Store.
Poof! In the image, Naruto suddenly vanished.
Hiruzen Sarutobi:???
"What's going on?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi hurriedly tapped his crystal ball. Did the signal suddenly cut out?
It was a live broadcast; how could he suddenly not see Naruto?
Meanwhile, near another street by the Hokage Building...
"Hmph, I bet the Third Hokage is utterly confused right now."
Byakuya used his External Incarnation to mimic Naruto's appearance.
The real Naruto had been isolated using Wood Release.
Not even a sliver of his aura could leak out.
Hiruzen Sarutobi thought he had Mizuki perfectly figured out, but little did he know, Byakuya was the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the orioe behind.
"Forbidden Jutsu: Instant Shadow Killing Array!"
Byakuya merged into the shadows, leaving only a faint, indistinct shadow in his original spot.
There were nearly twenty elite Anbu members around the entire Hokage Building, yet not a single one detected Byakuya.
Thus, Byakuya moved as if entering an unguarded place.
A shadow simply extended towards the scroll of seals and then vanished instantly.
"Whew, this Instant Shadow Killing Array is quite useful!"
Byakuya remarked, feeling it sometimes even rivaled the Flying Thunder God.
After completing everything, he returned to the spot where he had initially left his shadow.
Possessing Heaven-Defying Comprehension, Byakuya immediately began examining the various Forbidden Jutsu recorded on the scroll of seals.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique? No need!"
..."Won't open?"
After reading over a dozen A-rank jutsu, the following content actually wouldn't open.
The key was that only the later contents of the scroll of seals were truly remarkable.
The jutsu at the front, called forbidden techniques, weren't really that, like the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
Byakuya's goals were certainly not limited to these.
"But the Third Hokage didn't think this could stop me, did he?"
Byakuya wore a calm expression. Don't forget he still had the golden Trait for Heaven-Defying Comprehension!
In less than a breath's time, Byakuya had thoroughly analyzed the later seals.
With a few quick moves, he opened the subsequent seals.
"Four Symbols Seal!"
"Exploding Tag Multiplication!"
"Reaper Death Seal!"
"Edo Tensei!"
"Eight Gates!"
After packing away all the Forbidden Jutsu he was interested in, Byakuya didn't forget to find the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique that Naruto was so fixated on.
"Can't let that kid Naruto lose out too much!"
Even though Naruto hadn't done anything, Byakuya clearly wasn't going to shortchange him.
Byakuya also grabbed a few A-rank jutsu for Naruto.
Never mind if Naruto could use them or not; just give them to him in one go.
Anyway, he himself didn't care for these jutsu!
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