The sun was setting over Konoha.
Konohamaru was still frustrated that he had failed to defeat even his sunglasses-wearing teacher.
He muttered, “I just wanted to earn that title that everyone recognizes as soon as possible!
Why is it so difficult?”
Naruto looked at Konohamaru and said, “It’s not that simple.”
Konohamaru looked up at him in surprise.
“What?”
“You have to become the strongest ninja in the village, someone everyone acknowledges, before you can earn the title of Hokage!”
A gentle breeze lifted Naruto’s hair.
“So before that, you need to be prepared.”
“Prepared?”
“That’s right.
Prepared.
If you want everyone to acknowledge you and earn a title as great as Hokage, there are no shortcuts.
You need the determination to shoulder that title.”
Seeing Naruto speak with such conviction, Konohamaru was deeply shocked.
His mind returned to the grand declarations Naruto had made earlier, and for a moment, he simply stood there in a daze.
When he finally came to his senses, Konohamaru turned his back and stubbornly muttered, “Hmph!
How dare you act all high and mighty and lecture me!
Fine!
I don’t want to be your subordinate anymore!”
He turned around again.
“We’re rivals!”
The two looked at each other and smiled.
“Sorry, but tomorrow I’ll become a ninja before you.
But…
never mind.
One day, I’ll earn the title of Hokage, become a Hokage acknowledged by everyone, and then I’ll have a showdown with you!”
Naruto smiled at Konohamaru.
“Then look forward to that day, Konohamaru!”
With that, he turned around, waved at Konohamaru, and headed home.
A man’s promise.
Today’s plan went perfectly.
Now it’s time to prepare for a new day.
Naruto thought to himself as he walked away.
Behind him, Konohamaru raised his hand in a salute.
Watching this scene from the shadows, the Third Hokage couldn’t help but remember that ninja who had once been like a little sun.
…
Night fell.
Lying on his bed, Naruto entered his memory space as usual.
The moment he returned, the ten Shadow Clones stored within the space dispersed one after another, and their memories flowed back into his mind.
“Ugh…
I haven’t even learned a single high-level technique?”
Naruto smiled bitterly.
The time he had possessed the Scroll of Seals was simply too short.
Even with the assistance of Shadow Clones, it was impossible to develop any significant combat power in such a short period.
Moreover, aside from the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, which was extremely compatible with Naruto, the other techniques either required accumulated knowledge, such as sealing techniques, or demanded years of practice, such as genjutsu and the few Wind Release techniques. Find the original chapter at g.com.
The Third Hokage’s calculations were pretty precise.
If this were the original Naruto, he’d probably only have the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to show for it.
Thinking about what the original Naruto had learned in the anime, Naruto suddenly felt fortunate.
Fortunately, he had the ability to replay memories.
Otherwise, he would have ended up in the same situation.
After all, there was simply too little time.
And after the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique came the Flying Thunder God Technique, a space-time ninjutsu that combined sealing techniques with the principles of summoning.
The original Naruto couldn’t even understand what he was looking at, let alone memorize and learn it.
The sealing techniques afterward were the same.
Without any foundation, they were nothing more than a pile of incomprehensible symbols.
Naruto scratched his head.
Even now, he still couldn’t understand them.
They remained nothing but a pile of symbols.
However, during the day, the Shadow Clones inside his memory space had already organized the basic knowledge related to sealing techniques from his memories.
All he needed to do now was memorize and understand it.
And that was something Naruto was particularly good at.
Looks like for the time being, my combat options are limited to the Basic Three Basic Techniques and Shadow Clones.
After thinking for a moment, Naruto began forming hand seals.
Two hundred Shadow Clones appeared.
One hundred immediately went to study the Flying Thunder God Technique and the fundamentals of sealing techniques, while the others were temporarily assigned elsewhere.
The Basic Three Basic Techniques consisted of the Clone Technique, Substitution Technique, and Transformation Technique.
Since Naruto now possessed the physical Shadow Clone Technique, the ordinary Clone Technique could already be eliminated from consideration.
That left the Substitution Technique and Transformation Technique.
In a certain sense, both techniques were extremely convenient.
They consumed little chakra, required few hand seals, and could be activated quickly.
That was why they were standard techniques taught to students at the Ninja Academy.
Recalling the various ideas he had encountered in his previous life, Naruto began devising different applications for the two techniques.
The remaining one hundred Shadow Clones were divided into ten groups and began personally testing Naruto’s ideas.
“Shadow Clone Substitution.
Group One, begin…”
“Failure!”
“Miniature Shadow Clone using the Substitution Technique.
Group Three, begin!”
“Failure!”
“Bang…”
Clouds of smoke appeared throughout the room, signaling another failed experiment.
Research on Rapid Substitution Technique Activation.
Research on the Effects of Shadow Clone Miniaturization.
Naruto watched the experiments while holding a notebook, carefully recording each piece of data.
Every failure provided him with valuable experience.
Shadow Clones really are ridiculously useful!
Naruto couldn’t help but marvel at the genius of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.
Creating such a practical technique was practically equivalent to creating the perfect assistant for experimentation.
Before obtaining the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, Naruto had spent those two months practicing the Substitution and Transformation Techniques.
Now that he had Shadow Clones, everything began progressing smoothly.
Not only could he observe techniques being performed from close range, but he could also receive the experiences accumulated by his Shadow Clones.
It was truly killing several birds with one stone.
As expected of Tobirama Senju.
The Second Hokage really is a god.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
Experience continued flowing back into Naruto.
His understanding of the Substitution and Transformation Techniques rapidly accumulated at an astonishing rate.
After conducting experiments for some time and gathering sufficient data, Naruto opened another space.
He once again created one hundred Shadow Clones and divided them into ten groups to conduct practical combat experiments involving the Substitution and Transformation Techniques.
Looks like I need to train my body from now on and work on my physical combat skills.
Naruto watched the Shadow Clones fight.
One explosive collision after another occurred throughout the space.
Their techniques were extremely crude.
They simply kept using Transformation Techniques to attack while using the Substitution Technique to evade.
Even though they weren’t his real body, watching the battles still made Naruto’s heart ache.
ninja generally had high attack power but relatively low durability.
Except for the Raikage family.
As for the Otsutsuki, they were aliens.
They weren’t even ordinary humans.
Although Naruto possessed the Uzumaki bloodline and the Nine-Tails, making his body considerably tougher than ordinary people, he didn’t mind becoming even more durable.
And my speed needs improvement too.
That needs training as well.
Naruto rubbed his chin and began considering possible training methods.
His mind immediately conjured up things like Iron Shirt, Golden Bell Shield, and the Cloud Stepping Technique.
Then he discarded them one after another.
They simply didn’t belong to the same system, and he didn’t even know the proper methods for gradually cultivating them.
Gradually, his thoughts began drifting further away.
He started thinking about things like Moonwalk and Iron Body.
Although they came from the same general medium of anime, his physical body was fundamentally incapable of being compared to the bodies of people from One Piece.
Knowing the training methods alone wouldn’t be enough.
Perhaps he could turn those techniques into reality someday.
His thoughts gradually shifted toward martial arts from his previous life.
Although the reputation of martial arts had been repeatedly challenged and criticized in modern times, they were still the product of thousands of years of accumulated wisdom.
The techniques themselves had considerable merit.
If he combined them with things like Muay Thai and Jiu-Jitsu, then supplemented them with chakra from the Naruto world, perhaps they could produce considerable power.
Once Naruto had an idea, he immediately acted on it.
He quickly entered the room he had named Room One inside his memory library.
He began selecting the various techniques scattered throughout his memories.
Before long, a comprehensive collection of martial techniques had been compiled.
All that remained was for him to learn them.
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