The vacation for the medical shinobi learning class and the Ninja Academy was not the same.
After the New Year, Nonō quickly went back to class.
Natsuki returned to the Konoha Orphanage. After confirming with Director Mayū that no strange shinobi had appeared, he let out a breath of relief.
With Danzō's personality, after Natsuki defeated Minato, he would definitely come to make him join Root.
Now that things were abnormally quiet, there was only one reason. Hiruzen had stopped him.
Thinking about it carefully, that made sense.
The current Hiruzen was not the Third Hokage from the original work who excessively tolerated Danzō.
Of course, Danzō would not give up so easily.
There were not many things Natsuki could do. He could only improve his own strength as quickly as possible.
He quickly confirmed his training plan for this vacation.
Study in the morning, train in the afternoon.
Time soon reached the next day.
After Natsuki sent Nonō to Konoha Hospital, he arrived at the nearby training ground.
But what surprised him was that there were not only Tsunade and Nawaki on the training ground. There was also another girl.
She looked about the same age as Natsuki, had a slightly round face, and had a head of fiery red hair.
"Natsuki, let me introduce you. This is Uzumaki Kushina."
Tsunade took the initiative to say, "She'll be transferring to your class after school starts."
Natsuki thought, as expected.
When he saw that head of red hair, he had already guessed she was Uzumaki Kushina.
"Hello. I'm Uzumaki Kushina."
Kushina said with some restraint.
Right now, she was still not the fiery-tempered Red Hot-Blooded Habanero.
In fact, the reason she gained the nickname Red Hot-Blooded Habanero was purely because after being bullied by her classmates, she beat them until their faces were swollen.
"Hello, I'm Kira Natsuki. Nice to meet you."
Natsuki nodded and said.
"I prepared wooden ninja tools for you."
Tsunade crouched down and opened a storage scroll, taking out a pile of ninja tools.
Although she was there to treat Natsuki and Nawaki in time, if possible, injuries had to be avoided.
Natsuki subconsciously glanced over.
She was standing very close.
In addition, Tsunade was not wearing a shinobi combat vest today, so he could see a hint of snowy-white curves.
Although it had not yet reached the scale of the original work, it was already beginning to show its dominance.
"Natsuki, please guide me."
Nawaki quickly formed the Seal of Confrontation and said.
"Please go easy on me."
Natsuki took a wooden ninja sword from Tsunade's hand.
In the original work, Nawaki's strength could be summarized in one sentence. He died at twelve after being blown up by explosive tags.
As for how talented he was and what ninjutsu he knew, everything was unknown.
However, one thing was certain. His chakra amount was definitely not low.
The Senju clan and Uzumaki clan were both famous for having a lot of chakra.
Kushina looked at them with curiosity on her face.
She had just arrived in Konoha not long ago, so she was completely unfamiliar with Natsuki.
But she knew Nawaki.
"Be careful!"
Nawaki reminded him, then appeared in front of Natsuki in an instant.
He swung his fist, tearing through the air.
The words Body Flicker Technique flashed through Natsuki's mind.
It was too late for him to dodge.
He could only raise the ninja sword and use the blade to block Nawaki's fist.
With a bang, a tremendous force struck him.
Natsuki only felt his right hand holding the ninja sword go numb.
He looked down and found that the ninja sword had already cracked.
Natsuki had no time to think. His right leg shot toward Nawaki like lightning.
The leg wind struck his body, and Nawaki's body immediately swayed.
Nawaki uncontrollably took a step back, and a surprised expression appeared on his face.
Since childhood, he had followed Tsunade to learn taijutsu. He believed that no one among his peers could surpass him in taijutsu.
But Natsuki's Golden Right Foot made him suffer a small loss.
However, it was limited to that.
Nawaki took two steps forward again, and his right fist, carrying a sharp force, smashed out.
Reinforcement Magecraft!
A stream of chakra flowed toward Natsuki's legs.
His jumping ability immediately became astonishing. With one leap, he opened up the distance between himself and Nawaki.
"One-Sword Style, Thirty-Six Pound Phoenix!"
Natsuki's eyes focused.
The ninja sword in his hand turned into an afterimage.
Nawaki immediately felt a sharp pain in his forehead.
He hurriedly stopped, then quickly formed hand seals.
A stream of water rose in front of him.
The next second, a visible blue sword wave landed on the water wall.
A fierce impact was produced.
The water wall trembled and split open with a large gap.
"What sword technique is this?"
Nawaki felt lingering fear.
Fortunately, he had used Water Release: Water Formation Wall in time. Otherwise, if that sword wave had landed on him, it definitely would have opened a bloody wound.
The watching Tsunade also showed a surprised expression.
The power displayed by One-Sword Style, Thirty-Six Pound Phoenix was already not inferior to an ordinary C-rank ninjutsu.
"So strong!"
Uzumaki Kushina blurted out.
She had seen many geniuses in the Uzumaki clan, but none of them could compare to Natsuki and Nawaki.
"I call it One-Sword Style swordsmanship."
Natsuki took a breath and replied.
He did not have Nawaki's terrifying physique.
So he could only inject as much chakra as possible into One-Sword Style, Thirty-Six Pound Phoenix.
This one sword attack consumed one-third of the chakra in his body.
There was no way around it. He was too young, and he had no special bloodline, so his chakra was extremely limited.
"No wonder Minato lost to you."
Nawaki said in shock.
"With my chakra, I can still use one more sword technique."
Natsuki raised the ninja sword and held it in front of him.
Seeing this, Nawaki's expression became serious.
He immediately formed hand seals and used the strongest Water Release he had learned so far.
Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!
A huge water dragon roared as it flew out.
A normal Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique required forty-four hand seals, while Tobirama's Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique only required four.
Because what Nawaki had learned was the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique improved by the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.
At that moment, the sound of wind suddenly rang out.
"One-Sword Style, Iai, Lion Song!"
Natsuki's entire body turned into a sword light.
He cut through the water dragon in the air.
Water droplets scattered in all directions.
Nawaki widened his eyes.
That sword light had indeed weakened greatly, but it had not disappeared. It came straight toward him.
At the critical moment, he raised a kunai and blocked it in front of himself.
That light suddenly stopped, revealing Natsuki's figure.
"I lost."
Natsuki said decisively.
The first reason was that his chakra had already run out.
The second was that he had already used his two strongest sword techniques.
If they continued fighting, he would definitely lose.
Instead of that, it was better to admit defeat while he still held the upper hand. That way, he would have more face.
"You."
Nawaki opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Although he had won, the victory was not easy. Moreover, Natsuki was two years younger than him.
If they were the same age, and Natsuki had more chakra and sword techniques, then he would probably be the one to lose.
"What astonishing swordsmanship talent."
Tsunade could not help but praise him.
At the same time, a thought appeared in her mind.
Natsuki was very suitable to become Nawaki's teammate.
It looked like she had to find time to ask Orochimaru for a favor and have him serve as Nawaki's team Sensei in the future.
When the time came, adding Nonō would form a very perfect shinobi squad.
(To be continued.)
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