Chapter 179
Jiraiya said, "Naruto, this time I'm going to teach you two Ninjutsu at once."
"Either of these, if mastered, can greatly enhance your own strength."
"Of course, the difficulty is also extraordinarily high!"
Naruto was full of anticipation, his eyes shining as he asked, "What, what, what kind of amazing Ninjutsu is it?!"
Jiraiya said, "These two Ninjutsu, one is Summoning Technique, and the other is..."
"Rasengan!"
This was the result of Jiraiya's careful consideration.
Summoning Technique goes without saying, he had already planned to teach it to Naruto.
As for Rasengan, although Jiraiya previously thought it wasn't very suitable for the current Naruto.
But he had come to a realization... Naruto, this guy, has high talent and trains so diligently; he's practically working himself to death!
Since that's the case, he doesn't need to overthink it; he'll just let him learn everything he can, and he'll eventually find the path that suits him best!
Naruto was overjoyed: "It sounds incredibly powerful!"
"That's natural!"
"I'll teach you Summoning Technique first, watch closely..."
Jiraiya bit his finger, then formed hand seals and slammed his hands onto the ground.
Immediately, a complex and obscure summoning array instantly appeared.
"Summoning Technique!"
Bang—
Following a loud bang and a huge puff of white smoke... a gigantic toad appeared before Naruto's eyes!
And Jiraiya, with his arms crossed over his chest, stood proudly on top of the giant toad's head!
Naruto's eyes widened: "So, so big!"
Jiraiya laughed heartily: "This is a great toad from Mount Myōboku. As long as you can master this Jutsu and sign a summoning contract with them, you can summon them anytime, anywhere in battle to fight alongside you!"
"If you had this Jutsu, you would have had a lot of help when you were dealing with Gaara and Shukaku!"
"Of course, your ability to unleash Adamantine Sealing Chains was an unexpected bonus..."
Naruto immediately became eager to try: "Okay!"
"Then I'll give it a try too!"
He learned the hand seals, array, and method of Chakra manipulation and activation for Summoning Technique from Jiraiya, then copied him, biting his finger, drawing with his blood on his palm, and then... "Summoning Technique!"
Bang—
After a puff of smoke, what appeared in Naruto's expectant gaze was... a tiny red toad.
"Ahhh—"
"Why is it so small!"
Naruto was dumbfounded, unable to resist complaining with his hands on his head.
"Hey, hey, you little brat are the small one!"
"I thought some important person was summoning me, Gamakiichi!"
"Hmm? This toad can talk? And it has a name? Gamakiichi?"
"Of course! The toads of Mount Myōboku are smarter and stronger than you humans!"
Naruto couldn't help but say, "Really or fake?!"
Jiraiya chuckled: "That's actually true."
"After all, Mount Myōboku is one of the so-called Three Great Holy Lands!"
"It even existed during the era of the Six Paths Sage..."
Gamakiichi said proudly: "Indeed, the adults are more knowledgeable!"
"You little brat don't understand anything!"
Naruto retorted angrily: "Hey, hey, I'm the one who summoned you, shouldn't you obey my commands?!"
Gamakiichi snorted: "The toads of Mount Myōbokuare not ordinary summoned beasts!"
"We are equal to you Ninja!"
"Whether or not we help depends on whether you're worthy!"
Naruto turned to Jiraiya and asked, "Pervy Sage, is that true?!"
Jiraiya nodded helplessly.
Naruto couldn't help but pout: "Hmph, then I'll prove my strength!"
"Besides, a small toad like you can't help much. I'm going to summon a toad even bigger than the Pervy Sage's!"
Gamakiichi said, "Can you really do that, you little brat?"
"I don't believe it!"
"Then you just wait and see!"
The human and the toad quickly started bickering.
Jiraiya rubbed his forehead: "Why argue with a toad from Mount Myōboku..."
But Naruto didn't care and quickly started another summoning.
Bang—
After a puff of white smoke.
"Ah, Brother Gamakiichi!"
Gamakiichi was startled: "Gamadatsu?!"
"Why did you come out too?!"
Gamadatsu smiled innocently: "Because I was so bored, and I wanted snacks..."
"Hey, can you give me delicious snacks?"
"If I'm full, I can help you fight..."
Naruto: "...What the heck is this now?!"
Jiraiya laughed heartily.
"That's why I said, Summoning Technique isn't that simple..."
"If you don't activate it with the utmost resolve and maximum Chakra, it won't possibly succeed."
In reality, Naruto was already performing much better than in the original story.
At least on his first and second tries, he summoned Gamakiichi and Gamadatsu.
Unlike in the original, where he summoned tadpoles one after another... "Alright, within three days, I will definitely summon a toad even bigger than the Pervy Sage's!"
Jiraiya interrupted him.
"Wait a moment, Naruto, I'm also going to teach you Rasengan."
"Huh? Why? I haven't even mastered Summoning Technique yet!"
Jiraiya said, "With your talent, training only one new Jutsu at a time is a waste; it's better to train two at once!"
Naruto, however, saw through his thoughts.
"What the heck!"
"You're praising me on the surface, but in reality, you want to teach me both Jutsu and then run off to carouse, right!"
Jiraiya laughed heartily: "Naruto, you're quite good at seeing through people's hearts!"
Naruto: "..."
Jiraiya took out the prepared water balloon, rubber ball, and ordinary balloon.
He first demonstrated the power of Rasenganhimself.
"Watch closely..."
He didn't need to form hand seals; he extended his right hand, and powerful Chakra began to rapidly condense in his palm, rotating furiously and erupting with a brilliant blue light!
The extremely compressed Chakra rotated wildly, condensing to its peak!
"Rasengan!"
Jiraiya violently swung his arm, and the Rasenganslammed into the trunk of a large tree.
It directly blasted a perfect spherical hole within it!
"So, so powerful..."
Gamakiichi and Gamadatsu also watched with great interest.
Jiraiya then chuckled: "This move is called Rasengan. To fully master it, you need at least three steps..."
"Naruto, the first stage is this water-filled balloon; you need to burst it with rotating Chakra!"
"This is the first training, rotation!"
"The second stage is this rubber ball, which is a hundred times harder and not filled with water; you also need to burst it with Chakra!"
"This is the second training, power!"
"As for the third stage, it's this ordinary balloon. You'll do the opposite: after mastering the mysteries of Chakra rotation and power, you'll maintain the Chakra within a certain space, compress and condense it, concentrating the power into a single point to unleash its strongest potential!"
"Do you understand?"
If it were the old Naruto, he wouldn't have understood and grasped it all so quickly.
But now, he immediately understood its secrets.
"Oh! I understand, Pervy Sage!"
"Hahahahaha, truly a genius Ninja! Then begin your training!"
"Including your Wind Release Vacuum Sword, and Summoning Technique, Rasengan..."
"You must train them all together!"
Naruto immediately felt immense pressure!
These three new Jutsu were completely different paths!
Wind Release Ninja Body Technique!
Summoning Technique!
Rasengan!
Kakashi-sensei making him train Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and Wind Style: Wind Cutter Technique simultaneously was already enough to make him feel split... Now he had to train three new Jutsu at once!
Moreover, each one was at least ten or even a hundred times more difficult than back then!
This was simply... superhuman training!
A torment like living hell!
However...