Chapter 180
Naruto, instead, showed a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth... "Hehe, it's been a long time since I've felt this kind of high-difficulty training!"
"It's like I've found that familiar passion again..."
Jiraiya frowned and said, "With such brutal training, I thought you'd complain?"
"You know, each of these three new techniques is extremely difficult. Training all three at once is practically cruel punishment, inhumane torture, and might even cost you your life..."
Naruto was overjoyed and said, "Isn't that perfect?!"
Jiraiya: "..."
"Naruto, you really are a masochist!"
He didn't need to say it... Naruto himself had suspected it for a long time... Of course, the greater possibility was that he had already gotten used to life-and-death training!
For him, it even felt like a warm return home... "Good!"
"Then, within ten days, master all three of these new techniques!"
Jiraiya was dumbfounded: "Ten, within ten days, master all of them?!"
Gamakiichi and Gamadatsu also shook their heads.
"What an arrogant little brat..."
Just then.
"[Host, please perfectly master Wind Release Vacuum Sword! Summoning Technique! Rasengan! simultaneously within three days!]"
Naruto: "???"
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Mastering three new techniques in ten days was already an impossible miracle!
Now, the System actually said... "Three days?!"
"Only three days?!"
Naruto couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
[Completing all three new techniques in three days will grant a random System reward; if you fail to achieve it, you will be subjected to the System's Lightning Release baptism!]
Naruto: "..."
"Alright, alright, so this is how you want to play, huh?!"
"Three days it is!"
Naruto immediately shouted, "Pervy Sage, and you two little toads!"
"Listen up, I, Uzumaki Naruto, only need three days!"
"To perfectly master these three new techniques!"
Jiraiya was instantly dumbfounded.
"Naruto, there's a limit to bragging..."
Gamadatsu and Gamakiichi also shook their heads.
"This guy has completely lost his mind..."
Naruto wanted to cry but had no tears. Who could know the helplessness behind his confident, even arrogant, declaration... "I don't care! It's three days, no matter what!"
Jiraiya shook his head: "It's good that you have this determination, but this isn't something that can be accomplished by determination alone..."
"Alright, I've taught you all the tricks. The rest is up to you."
He turned to leave.
Naruto immediately felt lonely again.
"Pervy Sage, aren't you going to train with me?!"
Jiraiya didn't look back: "Stop whining, Naruto. To complete your training, you ultimately have to rely on yourself."
Naruto, of course, understood this principle, but... sometimes he just needed someone to accompany him.
Although he felt downhearted, he still forced a loud laugh.
"Hahahahaha, of course I know that! Just you wait, I'll definitely finish it within three days!"
Jiraiya waved his hand, and his figure gradually faded into the distance.
"Good! I'll put all my determination into this, and completely shock the Pervy Sage, making him fully acknowledge my strength!"
Naruto bumped his fists together, full of confidence, and began his true training.
Gamadatsu and Gamakiichi watched from the side with interest... Three days, this was an utterly impossible task.
Even Naruto felt a long-lost sense of crisis and urgency.
"Rasengan..."
"The Pervy Sage said it was a technique invented by the Fourth Hokage..."
"Then I'll train this one first..."
"The first stage is..."
"Bursting the water balloon?"
...Just as Naruto was following Jiraiya to find Tsunade and diligently training.
Early morning, Konoha Village.
A sudden dense fog enveloped the entire world.
In the Village, which was rebuilding after the Konoha Crush Plan, early risers were everywhere, repairing things. The clanging sounds occasionally coming from the thick fog showed the resilient vitality and vibrant life of this Village.
Just then.
At the entrance of Konoha Village, two figures gradually approached through the morning mist, emerging from the fog.
"Hmm?"
The Ninja guarding the Village rubbed his eyes and slowly made out the newcomers.
Both were dressed in strange black robes embroidered with red auspicious cloud patterns, exuding a mysterious and cold aura. They wore hoods that obscured their faces.
However, that aura, though deliberately hidden, still made the Konoha Ninja guarding the gate tremble... "Who are you?"
Before he could finish speaking, these few people suddenly saw a pair of blood-red eyes... That was the last thing they remembered.
Soon, several gate-guarding Ninja collapsed to the ground, completely unconscious... "How convenient those eyes are..."
A sinister, ferocious, and somewhat playful voice came.
The other person said in a deep voice, "Unless absolutely necessary, there's no need to alarm the entire Konoha Village."
"After all, the mission the organization gave us is just to find that item."
"Indeed, but only you could pass through Konoha Village's barrier so smoothly..."
"You, who were once the Konoha Anbu captain."
The other person didn't answer, but simply found the entrance to the barrier, performed the hand signs and secret code, and smoothly passed through with his companion.
The two figures arrived on Konoha Village's towering walls, looking out at the entire Villagefrom afar.
"Aren't you a little nostalgic?"
"After all, it's your hometown..."
"Not at all."
The two quickly entered the interior of the Villageunder the cover of the fog.
"It seems quite damaged..."
"That scoundrel Orochimaru did it, he's such an unlikable fellow."
"Even though he left the organization, he's still just as annoying."
"I heard he left the organization because of you..."
"Mr. Itachi."
The other person did not answer the question.
"Let's first thoroughly search for our prey..."
"Kisame."
"Alright."
...At the same time.
Kakashi Hatake followed Jiraiya's words, on one hand keeping an eye out for enemy invasions, and on the other hand putting more effort into teaching Sasuke.
Of course, as the Jonin leader of Team 7, he couldn't just teach Sasuke alone.
That day, because Naruto went with Jiraiya for training and a mission, Team 7 didn't take on new missions, but instead trained in the Village.
Besides Sasuke, Hinata was also there.
Both of them were now Chunin, and theoretically could even lead their own teams on missions.
However, with Konoha Village in ruins and needing reconstruction, both of them remained in the Village.
"Kakashi-sensei, Naruto-kun, he..."
Kakashi smiled slightly: "What's wrong, Hinata? Without Naruto, do you not have the energy to train?"
Hinata blushed: "N-no..."
"Just a little curious..."
Kakashi said: "Don't worry, he's with Lord Jiraiya. If anyone in Konoha Village is safest to be with, it's Lord Jiraiya."
"Moreover, he's not just going to train, but also accompanying Lord Jiraiya on a mission."
"Alright, enough about him. With Naruto gone, we in Team 7 still have to train. We can't have him come back and find that he's gotten much stronger, while we've all fallen behind..."
Sasuke's heart stirred.
Before, he had trained with Kakashi, further enhancing his Sharingan's ocular power and mastering Chidori, his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds.
But unexpectedly, Naruto trained with Jiraiya and became even stronger, even defeating Gaara in one fell swoop and sealing the One-Tail Shukakuwithin him!
This already made Sasuke feel very unwilling.
Hearing Kakashi's words, his sense of crisis intensified.
"Hmph, then let's start too."
Kakashi smiled: "Alright."
The three trained for an entire morning, then prepared to go eat.