Thanks to the design of the "Body Emptied Out", Jokichi chose to check its information first.
[Body Emptied Out: A beverage containing magical power. The more you drink, the worse your condition gets. Swollen eyes, puffiness, weak legs, and a dazed mind, as if your body has been hollowed out.]
"..."
Jokichi was a bit speechless.
It was clearly a bottle of slow-acting poison.
Why was the description written as if someone had jerked off too much?
This could easily cause misunderstandings, alright?
He put this reverse-nutritional drink into the system space.
Jokichi turned his attention to the remaining three items.
First were the two ID-like items.
[Pseudo-Expert: This is an expert's ID. No matter what your actual strength is, wearing it will give you the aura of an expert.]
[Pseudo-Protagonist: This is a protagonist's ID. Wearing it will make you look like a protagonist, regardless of what you originally looked like.]
"These two things can be used to show off."
"You can use them to bluff in certain situations..."
Jokichi pondered slightly, thinking of these two uses.
However, they were utterly useless to him.
He didn't need the aura of an expert because he was already an expert.
He didn't need to look like a protagonist either because he wanted to keep a low profile.
Therefore...
"Two more items to gather dust in the warehouse!"
Tossing the IDs into the system space, Jokichi cast his gaze on the final item.
A black raincoat-style cloak.
[Invisibility Cloak: A cloak capable of rendering the wearer invisible. Once draped over yourself, no one's eyes will be able to see you.]
"No one's eyes will be able to see..."
Jokichi noticed this sentence and chuckled today.
"Not even the Sharingan or Byakugan can see it?"
Saying this, he draped the cloak over his body.
Then he walked in front of the mirror in his bedroom. His reflection was still visible on it.
But with a shift in his thoughts, his figure gradually vanished from the mirror.
Jokichi activated his Mangekyo Sharingan, but still couldn't see his reflection in the mirror.
He raised his hand and waved it in front of his eyes, seeing absolutely no trace of it.
"Is it really this powerful?"
Jokichi pulled the hood down, exposing his head in the air.
If someone else were here, they would see a floating head flying through the air.
However, after observing for a bit, he still discovered the flaw.
That was the flow of air.
For those with sharp intuition, even if they couldn't see the person, they could sense the changes in the air currents.
And the Mangekyo Sharingan could intuitively see the changing flow of air.
In other words, it could only fool those with dull intuition or those without dojutsu.
Overall, it was a decent item that could be used in many situations, but it couldn't be called overpowering.
This was also very normal.
If Gekko Hayate's Transparent Escape Technique was really that badass, he wouldn't have been discovered.
Storing the item in the system space, Jokichi glanced out the window.
The moon hung right in the middle of the sky; it was already very late at night.
Drawing the curtains, Jokichi lay in bed and fell sound asleep.
The night passed silently.
The next morning, he woke up early.
He washed his face, brushed his teeth, ate breakfast, and then headed to the waterfall hot spring in the back mountain.
He had made an agreement with Naruto yesterday to continue teaching him the Rasengan here today.
When he arrived at the hot spring, Naruto had already started his training.
Looking at the sweat on his body, he had been training for quite some time.
Jokichi didn't use Jiraiya's method to teach Naruto.
Because that was the training method Jiraiya had figured out himself.
And Jiraiya was wandering around the hot spring street, likely to pass by here at any moment.
If he saw it, it would be hard to explain.
After all, others could potentially teach the jutsu, but it would be too much of a coincidence for the unique training method to be exactly the same!
Although Jokichi could just ignore him, it would inevitably invite some trouble.
Then came the problem.
Knowing that Jiraiya was wandering around the hot spring street, why did he still insist on teaching Naruto the Rasengan here?
Wouldn't going somewhere else be better?
Of course not.
He just wanted to attract Jiraiya over so Naruto could take him as his master.
This way, he could pass the task of teaching Naruto over to Jiraiya.
Unfortunately, it was a good idea in theory.
But after a full day of training, Jiraiya was not attracted over.
Jokichi did sense that Jiraiya had noticed this place and stayed to observe for a while.
Unfortunately, he didn't come over to ask about it.
Perhaps he already knew Naruto's identity!
The second day, the third day, the fourth day...
A week passed, and Naruto couldn't even condense chakra in his hand.
Jiraiya finally couldn't stand it anymore.
He jumped out from the shadows and spoke.
"I've never seen anyone with worse talent than you."
Naruto was startled by this uncle with white hair and red paint-like marks around his eyes.
His eyes widened.
"Who are you!"
"Hmph!"
Jiraiya snorted coldly, crossed his arms over his chest, and looked at Jokichi out of the corner of his eye.
"You too."
"Having such strength at this age, yet your teaching skills are an absolute mess."
"You uncle popping out of nowhere, what kind of nonsense are you spouting here!"
Naruto walked up to Jiraiya and questioned him loudly.
"I begged Jokichi to teach me. I won't allow you to insult him."
"Hehe, I couldn't tell you were quite loyal!" Jiraiya smiled. "Both of you watch closely and see how I teach people."
"Kid, do as I say, and I guarantee you'll learn the Rasengan before the third Chunin Exam."
"Huh?"
Naruto's face was full of question marks.
"Uncle, are you stupid? How could you possibly know a ninjutsu like the Rasengan!"
"It seems you still don't know who I am!"
Jiraiya bit his finger, preparing to use the Summoning Jutsu for a flashy self-introduction.
Jokichi suddenly interjected.
"He is one of the legendary Sannin, and also the master of the Fourth Hokage."
"The F-F-F... Fourth Hokage's master!?"
Naruto stared in astonishment at this unreliable-looking guy.
He didn't know what the legendary Sannin were, but he understood very well what a Hokage was.
And precisely because he understood the meaning of the word Hokage, he was exceptionally shocked.
"The Fourth Hokage's master, him?"
Naruto pointed at Jiraiya, his face full of disbelief.
Meanwhile, Jiraiya's face fell.
Naruto's words dealt him a massive blow.
"What do you mean 'him'?"
Jiraiya roared loudly.
"I am one of the legendary Sannin, the master of the Fourth Hokage."
"If you look down on me, I look down on you too, you brat!"
"What did you say!?"
"It seems you two are getting along well. Then I'll leave the task of teaching Naruto to you."
Jokichi suddenly chimed in.
After speaking, he turned and walked away slowly.
"Hey, wait! I don't want this guy teaching me. You should be the one to teach me!"
"Who wants to teach this brat! Get back here right now!"
Naruto and Jiraiya both shouted out one after another.
Jokichi just smiled, waved his hand with his back turned to them, and shouted back.
"Make sure you guys get along well."