"Naruto! Nawaki! You two stop right there!"
Jiraiya, shirtless and holding a towel, darted between the houses of Konoha.
Naruto and Nawaki nonchalantly turned around, made a face, and then kept running.
Completely unleashed, Naruto and Nawaki, finding each other like birds of a feather, successfully formed the Konoha Double Trouble duo.
Putting chili powder in the Third Hokage's pipe, drawing turtles on Kakashi's books, yelling "pervert" when Jiraiya was peeping.
These were all small matters, but today, the two dropped mustard oil in Jiraiya's underwear, making him utterly furious!
"Just you two wait until I catch you!"
Seeing Nawaki and Naruto run towards Tsunade's house, Jiraiya completely despaired...
Since Nawaki's revival, Tsunade hadn't been going to gambling matches much. Gambling matches, can you imagine? Tsunade wasn't going much.
Instead, she was focused on learning how to cook and sew, and she was incredibly good to Nawaki.
Jiraiya wanted to punish Nawaki? No way he'd get the chance. Nawaki and Naruto were taking advantage of this to do whatever they pleased.
"Big Sis Tsunade, we're back!"
"Big Sis Tsunade, we're back!"
From the smoky kitchen, a little face, smudged with black, peeked out. "Oh, Nawaki and Naruto are back! Wait a minute, the sushi will be ready soon."
Nawaki and Naruto's faces immediately fell... How did their sister manage to make sushi that produced black smoke...?
"It's served! Try it, Nawaki, how does it taste?"
Nawaki looked at Naruto, then at the sushi. It looked okay?
Naruto blinked. "If it looks good, you go first."
"Okay... I, I'll dig in!"
Nawaki picked up a tuna sushi, swallowed hard, looking like he was going to his death.
Die if I must! Chomp!
Huh?
"It tastes good! Naruto, you try it too."
Naruto gathered his courage and tried it. "Chomp!"
Huh? It really tasted good.
Then what about the kitchen?
Naruto secretly peeked into the kitchen and saw a pot of burnt rice, with some rare uncooked white bits on top.
Tsunade really was a Chakra control master...
"How is it? Good, right, Nawaki?"
"Yeah, good."
Tsunade laughed happily. "Hahaha! Then I'll make it for you every day from now on."
"Um... Could I buy a bowl of Ichiraku ramen?" Naruto asked weakly.
"Huh?!" A murderous gaze stared at Naruto. One of the Sannin was truly terrifying.
Thinking quickly, he said, "I'm just afraid Big Sis Tsunade is too tired!"
Tsunade smiled, chillingly. "Naruto, you're such a good boy. If you dare not come tomorrow, I'll teach you medical Ninjutsu for Jiraiya!"
Naruto swallowed hard. Women were too scary. Hinata was so much better, gentle and weak, and she even brought him lunch.
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Hyuga clan
Hyuga Hiashi was surprisingly taken aback by his eldest daughter's request.
She hadn't been losing at all in her fight against Neji. She couldn't even win against Hanabi before.
"Father... I, I want to skip a grade!"
Hyuga Hiashi pondered. After a long time, Hizashi spoke, whispering in Hiashi's ear, "The Fourth Hokage's child, Naruto. Hinata has fallen for him."
"What?! When did this happen? How did I not know!" Hyuga Hiashi wasn't a doting father; he was just shocked that such an important marriage matter had been kept from him.
Hizashi smiled. "It must have been a long time ago, when she was captured by the Kumogakure Ninja spy."
"No wonder Hinata can even fight Neji to a draw recently. Neji is a year older than Hinata, you know. If this can help Hinata get over her shyness, that's not bad.
I agree! But Hinata, you can't slack off on your Gentle Fist, understand?"
Hyuga Neji winked at Hizashi.
Hizashi returned a smile.
Neji's talent was the Hyuga clan's strongest newborn, and since Hizashi hadn't died, he could now use Rotation and Palm Bottom at will.
Hinata hadn't overcome her personality; how could she beat him?
It was just a show they put on with Neji.
You have to know, Hinata's crisp, soft "brother" was incredibly lethal.
Hizashi suddenly said, "How about Neji skip a grade too, so he can take care of Hinata."
"Okay, Father."
With his father around, even with the Caged Bird seal, Neji's heart was still at peace.
He had known since childhood that he had to protect his sister. It wasn't the duty of the Branch family; it was the duty of a brother.
...
After eating the various types of sushi under Tsunade's murderous gaze, Naruto and Nawaki resumed their competition for the Hokage position.
They were truly men who wanted to become Hokage, so training was essential.
And every night, there was always an expert waiting for them at Training Ground Seven.
Teaching them Wood Release, which only the First Hokage could use.
"Master! Are you there?"
"I'm here." Ootsuki Hagoromo appeared behind them, rubbing Naruto and Nawaki's heads.
"How is it? Have you learned the Wood Release clone yet?"
"Who are you looking down on? We learned it a long time ago!"
They clasped their hands together. "Wood Release, Wood Clone Technique!"
The First Hokage's clone, even the Sharingan couldn't see through it.
It was the ultimate Ninjutsu for hiding himself. With this Ninjutsu, Naruto didn't use his Multiple Shadow Clones as much.
"Not bad. Then today I'll teach you a new Ninjutsu: Wood Release Adamantine Attacking Trees."
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Training Ground Eight
The same thing was happening at the same time.
Uchiha Sasuke, hiding it from his older brother, was learning Lightning Release Chakra mode from an expert.
And a Chidori seal.
"Master, are you there?"
"I'm here, little Sasuke. Let me see if you're adapting to the three-tomoe Sharingan?"
Ootsuki Hagoromo appeared from the front, picking up the unwilling Sasuke.
He gave him a friendly kiss.
"Let me go! Pervert!"
With a flash of lightning, Sasuke was surrounded by electricity, breaking free from Hagoromo's embrace.
"He really is just like Indra... Then today I'll teach you how to use your three-tomoe Sharingan to activate Susanoo!"
In the shadows
Jiraiya, Itachi, Shisui, and Tsunade all watched Swain with complicated expressions.
"Is that really the Sage of Six Paths? Why is he being so friendly with our Sasuke like a creepy old man..." Itachi was being tactful, but that was the general idea.
Jiraiya and Tsunade were shocked. "I tested Naruto's Chakra. He only has wind. How could he use Wood Release?"
"Nawaki doesn't have enough Yang Release Chakra; it's impossible."
Swain patted everyone on the shoulder. "You'll get used to it. He's just selling cheat codes, and official ones at that. What are you getting so worked up about? Even if Naruto and Nawaki use Top Transformed Buddha, and Sasuke activates the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan, I wouldn't be surprised."
He lingered on Itachi's shoulder for a moment. "Strictly speaking, Sasuke is also his son, so a couple of kisses aren't a big deal."
"Right now, I'm just wondering if Kakashi will get beaten to death during the graduation exam."
One three-tomoe Sharingan, Lightning Release Chakra, plus two Wood Release, Rasengan.
He definitely couldn't win in a straight fight. He probably wouldn't even read his book.
Jiraiya smacked his lips. "Probably not. Kakashi is full of resentment towards those two kids. If he knows they can take that much of a beating, he'll go all out."
Tsunade clenched her fists, making cracking sounds. "He better not! If Nawaki gets hurt at all, I'll make him stay in the hospital until he dies."
"Then how about we switch to Shisui?"
"Shisui?"
"Shisui?"
"Shisui?"
Itachi explained, "He said he has a mission tomorrow and went home to sleep."
Swain sighed. "Flying Thunder God is useful. Have you learned it, Itachi?"
Itachi shook his head. "My talent isn't in that area. I've only learned to accumulate power to the max. My focus is still on Ninjutsu and Genjutsu."
"That's like some blond guy saying he's not good at Sage Mode and then instantly opening near-perfect Sage Mode. Isn't that right, Jiraiya?"
Jiraiya's voice quieted down, but he stubbornly said, "He's still my student..."
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