"That is……"
Training ground No. 4 caused such a huge commotion, and Sasuke, who was practicing the Thunder Release Ninjutsu in the nearby site No. 3, would naturally not miss it.
On the contrary, the moment the heavy object hit the ground and caused the ground to shake, his body reacted almost instinctively and looked towards the source of the loud noise.
Because there were layers of giant trees blocking the area, even though he could hear quite a bit of movement, Sasuke didn't know what was going on there.
Sasuke, who originally planned to take a rest now, was suddenly intrigued by this movement.
If he remembered correctly, Field No. 4 was where Naruto was.
Kakashi said that there was a Konoha ninja who was not inferior to him in strength and was giving Naruto private and secret instruction.
Judging from the movement in front of him, it was probably caused by some kind of terrible ninjutsu.
So, Sasuke jumped to the top of the giant tree in twos and twos, using a very slender branch as a support point. His body was like catkins, and he landed on the top of the tree lightly and steadily, and saw Site No. 4 in a distant place. movement.
The moment he looked at Field No. 4, Sasuke's eyes widened in surprise at the huge creature in the forest.
Because the distance was too far, Sasuke could only see that it was an extremely huge creature, but Sasuke was not sure what it was exactly.
"Psychic art?"
The moment he saw the huge creature, Sasuke understood what ninjutsu that powerful ninja was teaching Naruto.
Psychic art!
Indeed, there are only a few days. Generally speaking, no matter how talented a ninja is, it is impossible to change his body in such a short time.
Even if he has the Sharingan, he copied many players' taijutsu and ninjutsu in the qualifiers, but it still takes a long time to get used to it, and it is impossible to achieve it immediately.
If you have a training cheat like the Sharingan, if this is the case, then you can imagine the rest of the ninjas.
But mediumship is different.
This is a summoning ninjutsu.
It's easy to get started and has quick results. It can greatly enhance your combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
After all, psychic beasts are also part of the ninja's combat power.
Because the stronger the psychic beast, the more chakra it requires. Being able to summon such a powerful psychic beast means that the ninja itself is very powerful. It is a typical tactic of strong alliances.
The only drawback is that it requires a contract.
You need to make a contract with a powerful psychic beast, or a group of psychic beasts.
Sasuke himself signed a psychic contract with the Ninja Cat Clan, but most of the time, he did not summon Ninja Cats to fight. Only when he needed supplies or collected intelligence, he would entrust the Ninja Cat Clan to assist him.
but……
I saw the huge psychic beast in the distance. I visually estimated that it was as big as a hill, and in terms of height, it was slightly taller than the giant trees in this forest.
Such a huge creature does not need to use any ninjutsu. Just a slight movement can cause considerable destructive power.
Such help cannot be ignored.
But then came a wave of doubt.
That's the limit of mediumship.
What kind of psychic beast you want to summon depends on the chakra provided by the magician.
Naruto...has such a large amount of chakra?
Even a regular jounin might not be able to afford a psychic beast of that level.
Because summoning it means that the user's chakra has almost bottomed out.
At least Sasuke felt that it was absolutely impossible for him to summon such a powerful psychic beast.
Just when Sasuke felt confused, there was a slight movement next to him, and Kakashi didn't know when he appeared next to him.
"Where's Sakura?"
Sasuke didn't see Sakura.
"She went to buy a lunch box. After all, she needs special training at night. She can't do it without a full stomach."
Kakashi replied.
Sasuke nodded, not feeling any pain at all.
Rather, experiencing the feeling of getting stronger a little bit made him want to stop.
"what is that?"
Sasuke pointed at the huge psychic beast in the distance, and could even hear a vague panicked shout, which was very similar to Naruto's voice.
It was even more certain that this huge psychic beast was summoned by Naruto.
"One of the descendants of the two great immortals of Miaomu Mountain - Gamabunta."
Kakashi introduced the identity of the giant psychic beast.
"Miaomu Mountain?"
Sasuke was no stranger to Mt. Myoboku.
In the Uchiha clan's classics, some information about Mt. Miaomu has also been recorded.
One of the three holy places where you can freely control the magic of immortals.
It is said to be the paradise of toads.
The other two holy places where the immortal arts are passed down are Shigu Forest and Longdi Cave.
They are the worlds of slugs and snakes respectively.
"The person who taught Naruto is the same as Orochimaru who planted the curse seal on you. He is a Konoha ninja who is one of the three ninjas - Jiraiya. He is also the three disciples of the Third Hokage."
Kakashi glanced at Sasuke.
"Orochimaru……"
A cold look flashed in Sasuke's eyes, and he touched the curse mark on the back of his neck.
Although this power did help him a lot, the will imposed on him and the intention to use him to achieve some unknown things reminded him of the man he hated so much - Yu Zhi Wave weasel.
"The Sannin were once the heroes of Konoha's expansion, but later because of some things, Orochimaru betrayed Konoha, and the other two temporarily stayed away from the political center of the village. And the three of them are the inheritance of the three holy places. Those who can channel the psychic beasts in their respective holy places and fight for them.”
"Is this so? The three ninjas...the three holy places..."
Thinking of Orochimaru's ability to summon giant snakes at will, those snakes might be the psychic beasts of Ryūchi Cave.
But compared to the huge psychic beast in Mt. Myoboku at this moment, Sasuke knew that the snake summoned by Orochimaru that day was probably just a miscellaneous soldier from Ryūchi Cave.
And even such low-level soldiers caused the three of them to suffer a lot.
There are probably a lot of miscellaneous soldiers like this in the Holy Land.
"But I didn't expect that such a ninja would hand over such an important contract to Naruto for use..."
Sasuke frowned.
Speaking of jealousy... there is definitely some.
Even he would be tempted by the three holy places.
If he could get the support of one of the holy places, he would be more confident about killing Itachi in the future.
Because people in the Holy Land can use the magic of the immortal clan, which is also the magic of immortality.
It is said that it is a powerful technique that goes beyond ordinary ninjutsu and was invincible in ancient times.
Thinking of this, Sasuke couldn't help but look at Kakashi, the meaning was self-evident.
Kakashi rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "Don't look at me, I don't know how to sign a contract with the three holy places. Besides the three ninjas, there is only one person in this ninja world who has successfully made contracts with people from the three holy places. It’s just a contract signed.”
Although the three major holy places do not stipulate the entry level for signing contracts with them, everyone knows that such a powerful holy place will only recognize ninjas who are equally powerful, or have greater potential.
But even so, not every powerful ninja can sign a contract with the three holy places.
While achieving strength and potential, you also need to look at fate.
And something like fate is the most unreliable thing.
"who is it?"
"You have met that person before, Chiba Shiraishi, the Minister of Military Affairs of the Kingdom of Ghosts. Apart from the Sannin, he is the only ninja in the world who has signed a contract with the Slug Sage of the Shigebone Forest."
Kakashi said.
Sasuke was slightly disappointed, so to speak, it was probably impossible to find a way in this area.
Orochimaru is a rebellious ninja, and after Orochimaru attacked him last time, he is now a little disgusted with snakes.
Jiraiya seemed to value Naruto's potential more than him.
The last of the three ninjas is a medical ninja, and he... doesn't have any medical ninja talent.
As for Chiba Shiraishi, he is also a medical ninja and a person from the Kingdom of Ghosts, so it is even more impossible to introduce him to the people of the Three Holy Lands.
"Although this is inaccurate news, according to rumors, among the ninja cats you contracted with, there seems to be a ninja cat that can use senjutsu."
Kakashi dropped a bombshell, making Sasuke's eyes widen with disbelief.
Among the Ninja Cat Clan...are there any Ninja Cats who can use magic?
He had never heard of such a thing.
"Don't look at me like that. Even if this news is true, with your current chakra, you can't channel the other person."
Each of the psychic beasts that can use magic is terrifying.
Even if he is not the strongest in the ninja world, he is still a powerful being that can be ranked high in the ninja world.
If you want to summon a psychic beast of this level, the average jonin can only summon a ball of air even if the chakra is drained from the body. Maybe summoning a psychic beast that knows magic requires a medium of equal quality - magic chakra.
The stronger the technique, the greater the restriction. This principle applies even to psychics.
"Is that so?"
Sasuke's eyes flickered.
Seeing the huge noises coming from the distance, Sasuke knew that it was Naruto taming the psychic beast under him.
And once he is recognized by a psychic beast of that level, Sasuke knows that Naruto will be so powerful that even he cannot ignore it, and may even... surpass him!
Not possible, but certain!
Even imagining fighting such a huge psychic beast made Sasuke feel a little frightened and not very confident.
This is not at the same level of combat power as the giant snake that was channeled by Orochimaru.
So, do you hope that it can only be placed in the ninja cat clan's psychic beast that can use magic?
However, if this is the case, why is there no record in the family?
How did Kakashi know? What role did he play in it?
Although Sasuke does not look down on the Ninja Clan, it has never been recorded in the Konoha Uchiha Clan's classics that the Ninja Clan, which has been allied with the Uchiha Clan for generations, has the ability to pass on celestial magic.
Thinking this way, Sasuke felt a little more at ease.
For the rest, you need to ask the Ninja Cats of the Ninja Cat Clan later.
He thought he was just a ninja cat clan who was good at inquiring about information and doing business, but suddenly he had the inheritance of senjutsu, which made Sasuke feel annoyed that he was sitting on a treasure mountain without realizing it.
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I don’t know how much time passed, but the sun sank from the sky and it became dark.
In the forest of giant trees, there was only a huge shadow sitting there.
Even the gesture of doing it is extremely conspicuous in the dark night.
In front of the huge shadow, a young man with yellow hair lay sleeping quietly. From the sound of his breathing, it could be seen that he was sleeping deeply, and it was Naruto.
With steady steps, Jiraiya walked through the cracked earth. The surrounding trees were cleared away and turned into a wasteland. When he came to see the huge shadow, he smiled and said hello: "Hey, it's been a long time." Gone, Bunta."
He called out the name of the giant toad in front of him.
Giant Toad - Bunta took out the pipe from his mouth, exhaled a puff of smoke, lowered his eyes slightly, and locked on Jiraiya's body.
"Jiraiya, you bastard, you will try your best to find trouble for me. Moreover, the one who summoned me will be a kid... It must be a good thing for you."
"Haha, don't say that. Don't you admit Naruto's ability? This boy's perseverance is pretty good, right?"
Jiraiya smiled.
"Hmph, although I admit this kid's ability, you should know that letting a kid summon me may lead to death. Do you want to harm him?"
Wentai said dissatisfied.
Although psychic art is not a forbidden art, there is still a huge risk if the practitioner summons a psychic beast that exceeds the limits of his own chakra.
And Naruto is only twelve or thirteen years old at best. No matter how talented he is, his physical limitations are there.
Summoning a psychic beast of his level involves taking huge risks.
Therefore, in Bunta's view, Jiraiya's approach was too reckless.
It was Jiraiya's decision to hand over the contract scroll of Myoboku Mountain to others, and Bunta had no right to interfere.
However, in the art of channeling, one has to pay attention to the easy things first and then the difficult ones, starting from controlling the lowest level toad, instead of using him, a high-level person in Miaomu Mountain, from the very beginning.
"That child is not an ordinary guy, and do you think that an ordinary child can really summon you, Bunta? The power contained in his body even surpasses you and me."
"What?"
Mrs. Wen opened her mouth and didn't close it for a long time.
It knew that Jiraiya was careless, but it would never joke with him about this kind of thing.
However, how could a child...
Thinking of something, Wentai's eyes became even more shocked.
"Could it be that this child is..."
Jiraiya nodded, closed his eyes, and then slowly opened his eyes, flashing a look of determination, and said to Bunta: "As you think, this child may become the key to changing the ninja world in the future. "
"..."
Because the incident was so shocking, Wentai was speechless for a moment.
The child of prophecy is not too secretive news in Miaomu Mountain.
In addition to the two immortals, Wentai, as a high-level person, naturally also knows some secrets.
Although he also has a dubious attitude towards the so-called Son of Prophecy. Moreover, if he had to say it, if there really was a child of prophecy, he felt that the ninja who still had the same hair color but had already become a legend was more qualified to be the child of prophecy than this young boy who was still young now.
——The Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato.
Unfortunately, the other party is already dead.
Seeing Jiraiya's look that didn't seem to be fake, Bunta was silent for a long time and did not speak again.
"Is this so? Although I don't know whether your judgment is correct, I will try my best to help him in the future. That's it for today. My parents are still waiting for me to go back for dinner..."
Wentai took a puff of cigarette, and then with a bang, he disappeared without a trace in the spreading white smoke.
Seeing Bunta disappear, Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, the Son of Prophecy was of great importance, and even Mrs. Wen did not dare to make a casual conclusion. He had already expected this.
However, as long as Wentai can relax a little, the next thing will be much easier.
Controlling the Nine-Tails Chakra has taken the first step.
Next, Naruto needs to become stronger.
"Immortal magic... it's not the time yet..."
Jiraiya sighed.
It would be best if Naruto could master Senjutsu as soon as possible. Only in this way can he truly protect himself, the Nine-Tails in his body, and even Konoha.
However, learning magic requires a huge amount of chakra as a prerequisite.
Only then can you communicate with natural energy, and your chances of success will be greater.
With Naruto's current amount of chakra, although it is much stronger than his peers, it is still not at the threshold of learning senjutsu.
Although the magic of the three holy places is powerful, the threshold for learning is also very high.
Therefore, this plan cannot be implemented for the time being.
Picking up Naruto who had fallen asleep, Jiraiya looked at the messy scene around him and showed a troubled expression:
"Really, even though it's free to use, it's so damaged..."
Some compensation will probably be necessary later.
After all, the training area of the No. 4 training site was basically scrapped. It was damaged to such an extent that it was beyond the scope of 'free' use.
Jiraiya shook his head, hugged Naruto and disappeared instantly.
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open one's eyes.
Naruto blinked hard and realized that it was already bright.
"This is……"
"Are you awake?"
The voice came from the side. Jiraiya was crossing his arms and leaning against a tree. He turned his head and looked at Naruto with a smile.
"A lustful immortal?"
Drowsily, Naruto seemed to recall what happened at dusk yesterday.
"Ahhhhhhhhh! I remembered!"
Naruto suddenly pointed at Jiraiya, showed an angry expression, and asked:
"Did you push me off the cliff yesterday?"
Seeing that Naruto seemed to still remember this, it was no wonder. After all, he was facing the threat of death, so he was naturally impressed.
Jiraiya smiled and said: "Oh, don't say that, I did this to stimulate your potential. With my 'help', didn't you also successfully summon the giant toad? In the end, you also got the opponent recognition.”
"That's true, but what if I didn't summon it at that time?"
"There is no such 'what if', Naruto. The guy inside you doesn't want to die even more than you."
As long as Kyuubi is unwilling to die, no matter what happens to Naruto, Kyuubi will take action in the end.
This is the symbiotic relationship between the jinchūriki and the tailed beasts.
When the jinchuriki is in danger, the jinchuriki and the tailed beasts will temporarily give up their prejudices and join forces to fight. This is something Jiraiya has long expected.
And even if Kyuubi didn't help at that time, Jiraiya had already made proper arrangements, and it was impossible to push Naruto down without taking any defensive measures.
Naruto was speechless.
"Well, although you have gone through a lot of twists and turns, your ability to summon that guy Wentai in one day is still beyond my imagination. Originally, I planned to teach you only this psychic before the finals. The art. But now..."
"What? Will you teach me new techniques?"
Naruto immediately forgot about the excessive things Jiraiya did to him yesterday, and focused all his attention on the new technique Jiraiya was going to teach him.
"Don't worry, it's already the second day. You didn't eat last night or in the morning. Let's talk about the new technique after breakfast."
After Jiraiya reminded him, Naruto noticed that it was already the next morning.
My stomach was empty and I was very hungry.
Jiraiya picked up the paper bag next to him and threw it to Naruto.
Naruto took it successfully and opened it. Inside was hot hamburger meat, milk and other instant foods.
"I'm gonna start now!"
Without being polite, Naruto opened the wrapping paper and bit into the burger meat, showing an expression of enjoyment.
It took about ten minutes. Naruto quickly destroyed the food, then wiped the milk stains at the corners of his mouth with a tissue, and said: "Okay, Lustful Immortal, tell me quickly, what is the next technique to learn? I can’t wait to get up!”
"You are really impatient. Forget it, since you asked so, then I will teach you the second technique directly. The premise is that the difficulty of practicing this new technique is to reach the 'a' level. It is the same as the psychic technique. The difficulty of practicing the technique is completely different."
As long as the psychic contract is signed, the difficulty of performing the psychic technique will be a little more difficult than the ordinary cultivation of the clone technique. Although it is more difficult than basic ninjutsu training, it is also extremely limited and belongs to the category of C-level ninjutsu.
The higher-level B-level ninjutsu is a difficult ninjutsu.
It is a technique that can only be learned by chunin and jounin.
The more advanced A-level ninjutsu is the standard high-difficulty ninjutsu for jounin. It is also very difficult for ordinary chuunin to learn ninjutsu of this level.
"A-A-level ninjutsu!?"
Naruto's eyes showed excitement.
He didn't expect Jiraiya to be so enthusiastic that he would directly teach him an A-level super difficult ninjutsu.
In addition to mysteries, A-level ninjutsu is the highest configuration ninjutsu for ninjas.
The Thunder Release Chidori that Sasuke used, which he envied very much, was an A-level Thunder Release Ninjutsu.
It's a pity that he didn't develop the thunder attribute chakra and couldn't practice the Thunder Release Chidori.
Otherwise, it will definitely become the only focus of the game.
"Don't be too happy. This A-level ninjutsu places great emphasis on the user's control of chakra. It is completely different from the multiple shadow clone technique you learned from the seal scroll in the past."
Although the multiple shadow clone jutsu is difficult to learn, in the final analysis it is a product evolved from the B-level ninjutsu shadow clone jutsu.
The reason why it is a higher level is because the chakra required has increased a lot. In addition, excessive use of this technique will endanger the life of the user, so it is classified as a forbidden technique.
But it doesn't mean that practicing this forbidden technique is difficult.
The so-called forbidden technique only depends on the level of harm to the user, not the difficulty of practice.
and mystical types of techniques also exist in different categories.
"What kind of technique is that?"
Naruto asked expectantly, his enthusiasm undiminished.
"This is it."
Jiraiya opened his right hand, and a blue chakra ball instantly condensed in his palm.
"Uh...it doesn't look like much..."
Naruto looked at the mediocre blue chakra ball in Jiraiya's hand. It was just chakra compressed into a ball. Its appearance was far different from that of Chidori, and it didn't have the shocking effect of sound.
Jiraiya looked at Naruto speechlessly. It was indeed very difficult to teach a guy with such a poor foundation.
It is not an easy task to compress chakra like this.
In particular, it is even more difficult to make the chakra inside rotate at high speed all the time.
"This technique is called the Rasengan. It is an A-level ninjutsu developed by the Fourth Hokage. It is said that there are derivative techniques later. However, due to the premature death of the Fourth Generation, the subsequent derivative techniques have not been fully developed. However, even the original The destructive power of the Rasengan cannot be underestimated, let you see it."
With that said, Jiraiya bent down without ceremony and pressed the Rasengan towards the ground.
boom!
The moment the chakra ball came into contact with the ground, it exploded.
A spiral hurricane was generated, and a large amount of sand flew and spread.
In just an instant, a huge hemispherical pit was born under the attack of the chakra ball.
"Okay, so awesome!"
I thought it was just an ordinary ninjutsu, but I didn't expect that a small chakra ball could have such powerful destructive power.
He could see that the destructive power of the chakra ball, like the Chidori, was a concentrated attack type and would not spread its own power.
It can be seen from the extremely smooth surface of the hemispherical pit that it is very regular and complete.
If it hits the human body, the destructive power caused is more intuitive and effective than a large-scale ninjutsu.
Next, Jiraiya told Naruto the secret to practicing Rasengan, and let Naruto practice it alone.
Naruto directly used the shadow clone technique and split out ten shadow clones.
"Then, let's work hard together."
"oh!"
Seeing so many Narutos exploring and practicing the essence of the Rasengan together, Jiraiya couldn't help but be surprised even though he had already heard about it from Kakashi.
This is indeed a training method that is very suitable for Naruto.
Moreover, only Naruto who possesses the Kyuubi can use it.
Although the foundation is poor, after using this method, even if the foundation is poor, you can still grow rapidly.
"I didn't expect you to teach him this ninjutsu so quickly."
While enjoying the cool under the shade of a tree, Kakashi came over from the other side and saw Naruto, who was concentrating on practicing new ninjutsu under the sun, without noticing his arrival at all.
"There is still no clue about that organization. We must let Naruto grow up as soon as possible."
Even as a Sannin, he felt unprecedented pressure from an organization that targeted tailed beasts.
What's more, the attitude of the Ghost Country is also very ambiguous.
Although he had taken the time to secretly reveal some information to the senior military officials of the Kingdom of Demons, the other party did not seem to be interested in the organization that captured the tailed beasts, and directly stated that they would not cooperate with Konoha in this regard.
Jiraiya felt that the Demon Country's military must have some knowledge of this mysterious organization. After all, with such a huge intelligence agency, it was impossible to know anything about such an organization.
It's just that the other party's attitude was so determined, which Jiraiya didn't expect.
Not only the Kingdom of Oni, except for Sunagakure, Iwagakure and Kirigakure also have very ambiguous attitudes. They don't want to work with Konoha and have some grudges about tailed beasts.
Kumogakure, who had his second tail taken away, also firmly stated that the affairs of his village would be handled by his own people and there was no need to form an alliance with Konoha.
Ninja villages in big countries have extremely low trust in each other, and they basically fight on their own.
"But there are only less than four days left before the finals. Can we make it in time?"
Kakashi asked.
He was no stranger to the ninjutsu Rasengan.
Although it is a technique that has not yet been fully developed, its training difficulty has reached A level.
If changes in nature are injected into it, it is likely that the same secret level ninjutsu as Raikiri will be derived.
Such a difficult ninjutsu cannot be compared to psychic techniques.
"Who knows, I have never seen a guy who summoned Bunta on the first day of learning the art of channeling. Even Minato wasn't that powerful back then. In any case, this guy's potential is It’s unknown. Not just me, the third generation is also optimistic about his future. He might become a hero like Minato in the future.”
Jiraiya said with a smile.
It could be seen that he seemed to have full confidence in Naruto.
Although this was his first formal contact, he had already done all aspects of intelligence work before this, so it could be said that he knew Naruto well.
Kakashi looked at Naruto, who was sweating there and practicing ninjutsu seriously, and didn't know what he thought of.
A heroic figure...?
Most ninjas of this type end in tragedy.
Be it his father or the fourth generation.
Orochimaru aside, the other Sannin are also well-known heroes in Konoha, but they also chose to avoid the political center of Konoha when Konoha needed them most...
Things that you cannot accomplish yourself have to be forced on others.
Therefore, in Kakashi's view, such words are just an act of escaping by placing hope on others.
Kakashi knows that even a hero is not omnipotent. Heroes sometimes have to compromise.
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