Chapter 26: Rich Harvest
Kakashi swallowed hard, a drop of sweat forming on his forehead.
Twelve years old…
One slash,
Instantly killing more than ten elite jonin!
Naruto's slash just now had truly shocked him.
[Naruto, it seems your talent is even greater than Teacher Minato's…]
Looking at the destructive power he had caused, even Naruto himself was a little surprised.
This was the power without Sage Mode enhancement. If he activated Sage Mode, wouldn't the strength of this Ninth Form almost catch up to the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion of the Tenseigan?
But at the same time, some ashes and scraps of clothing slowly drifted down in the vision of Transparent World.
A piece of torn cloth landed on his shoulder. Only then did Naruto suddenly realize that he had just taken more than ten lives.
In his previous life, he had never even killed a chicken.
Among those Root members, there might have been some kind-hearted people.
This feeling was difficult to shake off for a moment.
But then he thought again — in the cruel ninja world full of war and slaughter, and given his own situation, Naruto simply had no time to care whether his enemies were good or evil.
Only position, no good or evil — that was the life creed he should follow from now on.
After all, if they had taken him back to Root, his situation would probably have been a hundred times more painful than death.
Naruto could only comfort himself this way.
...
Root headquarters, located dozens of meters underground beneath Konoha.
The lighting was dim and the air was damp.
Danzo sat on the "throne" he had built for himself. The seat bore some resemblance to the Hokage's chair.
When he heard from his subordinates about the battle that had just occurred, his single eye turned extremely gloomy.
"Just one slash, and he instantly killed more than ten people?"
The cold aura he emitted made the Root ninja reporting the news tremble in fear and fall silent.
Losing more than ten jonin in one go — including elite confidants like Yamanaka Fū — caused even Danzo to feel genuine pain.
At the same time, he was amazed by Naruto's talent.
He guessed that Naruto had already touched the threshold of Kage-level strength.
[A twelve-year-old Kage-level shinobi, and he's also the Nine-Tails jinchuriki. What a perfect weapon. If I could make him mine, the position of Hokage…]
At this moment, Danzo's greed for Naruto had reached its peak.
His single eye, hidden beneath wrinkled skin, narrowed slightly, emitting a dangerous light. He began plotting something in his mind.
On the other side, in the Hokage Building.
After learning the full story of the incident, the Third Hokage's expression also became grave.
He felt that Naruto's growth had already far exceeded his control.
Thinking of his own gradually aging body, he couldn't help but wonder whether he could still guide Naruto onto the right path.
After thinking for a long time, he decided to assign more people to Kakashi.
Given Naruto's heaven-defying performance and Root's recent losses, Hiruzen Sarutobi knew that his old partner would definitely start scheming.
No matter what, Naruto must not fall into Danzo's hands.
After resolving all the trouble, Naruto returned home.
He opened the large sack. With a clatter, a huge pile of scrolls spilled onto the floor.
Among them, the Scroll of Seals was the largest and most eye-catching.
Besides the Scroll of Seals, there were also all the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan.
Such as the Eight Trigrams Seal, Four Symbols Seal, Five Elements Seal, Evil Sealing Seal, Storage Seal…
Sealing techniques seemed rather ordinary in the Naruto world.
But in Naruto's eyes, they were extremely practical techniques.
Finally, Naruto's gaze landed on a small red scroll.
The craftsmanship and material of this scroll were clearly much finer than the other sealing technique scrolls.
He picked it up and unrolled it. Only two techniques were recorded on it.
The first was Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
The second was Adamantine Sealing Chains!
These two were core secret techniques of the Uzumaki clan!
Only those with extremely pure Uzumaki bloodline had any chance of mastering them.
Mind's Eye of the Kagura was an ultra-wide-range sensing technique. When chakra was strong enough, its range could even reach dozens of kilometers in diameter.
Whether for finding people or escaping, it was extremely useful.
Adamantine Sealing Chains were even simpler and more brutal.
It summoned giant chains formed from chakra. Even the Nine-Tails had to avoid their edge.
Inside the sealing space, the Nine-Tails also saw Naruto's harvest from this trip.
When it saw Adamantine Sealing Chains, it seemed to recall some unpleasant memories and snorted disdainfully.
"Tch, brat, you're not really planning to waste time learning these useless things, are you?
Instead of that, you should think about how to help me remove all the seals. Once you do, I can just give you some chakra and you'll be able to walk sideways across the ninja world!"
Naruto paid no attention to the Nine-Tails' words.
Its chakra was powerful, but it was still an external force. Improving his own strength was the true path.
Besides, having more skills never hurt.
The numerous ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals, plus various sealing techniques, and all kinds of miscellaneous regular ninjutsu and secret techniques.
The harvest from this trip was so abundant that "rich" wasn't enough to describe it.
Fortunately, he had massive amounts of chakra and the help of Multiple Shadow Clones.
Otherwise, learning all of this would have taken who knows how much time.
...
The next day — the day after graduation.
After graduation, there was a short holiday.
Only after that would they return to the academy for team assignments.
After being placed in teams, they would begin taking missions under the leadership of their jonin sensei.
Before that, Naruto, who had been tense for a long time, decided to relax properly.
He started his vacation.
Before going out, he activated Transparent World and scanned the surroundings.
As expected, after yesterday's incident, nearly twenty Anbu were now monitoring him, with Kakashi still among them.
The place Naruto chose for leisure wasn't some club or entertainment venue.
It was the Death Forest.
Yes — this place full of wild beasts, sparsely populated, and without any Konoha civilians, actually brought him peace.
He carried a simple fishing rod over his shoulder, a dogtail grass stalk in his mouth, and strolled leisurely across the soft grass.
As he went deeper into the Death Forest, a massive figure appeared ahead.
It was a giant white wolf over three meters tall.
Its fur was as sharp as spikes, and its pupils emitted a wise light.
Unlike the giant wild boar from before, this white wolf clearly had high intelligence.
When it saw the human Naruto, it didn't attack immediately.
Instead, it stopped in place and watched Naruto warily.
Naruto also looked at it with interest.
After observing for a while, the white wolf saw that although the human in front of it didn't look particularly strong, the calm and composed aura he gave off made it feel cautious.
Moreover, it had just eaten recently, so there was no need to take risks for such a small mouthful of meat.
It slowly turned around, preparing to leave in the opposite direction.
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