Naruto World, Konoha Village.
"Eh? This video creator actually updated the video? So fast."
Kakashi looked at the multi-anime projection video with a rather surprised expression. Their Team 7 had already successfully returned to the Village.
Next, they were going to participate in the Chunin Exams. Originally, Kakashi felt it wasn't quite right for Naruto and Sasuke to participate in the Chunin Exams at this time.
But he couldn't refuse either, because this was an order directly issued by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
The reason was simple: the Chunin Exams held by Konoha this time were different from the past.
This time, all Five Kage would participate in the Chunin Exams. On one hand, they were bringing the elites of their Villages to compete; on the other hand, they wanted to test the strength of the two 'geniuses' on Konoha's side.
Currently, Naruto and Sasuke's strength wasn't as great as in the video. Hiruzen Sarutobi let them appear not intending for them to be too high-profile, but rather planning for them to perform a bit more low-key.
Of course, being too low-key wouldn't do either; it would easily inflate the morale of others. The various hidden Villages were not without Genin of terrifying strength.
Plus, Naruto and Sasuke were truly famous in the Ninja World now.
Right now they weren't particularly strong, especially Sasuke who still had the Two-Tomoe Sharingan. Although his ancestral Uchiha Fire Release was decent, he still lacked a one-hit kill move.
As for Naruto, his means of attack were almost non-existent; he could only rely on Taijutsu and Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu to fight.
Therefore, both of their strengths needed to be bolstered. Not asking for too much power, but at the very least, they should have the strength to defeat most Chunin.
The Genin of other Villages basically had cases of suppressed ranks, so this wasn't a simple Genin assessment. In a sense, it could be considered an exam at the Special Jonin level.
The Chunin Exams were now just a cover.
Kakashi was currently teaching Sasuke the Chidori.
Naruto, on the other hand, said he had met a 'Pervy Sage.' The other party claimed to be some kind of Sage, but in his view, he was just a perverted old man peeping at the bathhouse.
Upon hearing this description, Kakashi knew there was no need for him to teach Naruto.
With one of the legendary Sannin, Lord Jiraiya, teaching Naruto, there was no need for him to get involved.
As for Sakura Haruno... Kakashi felt she was just there to make up the numbers, but right now he had no way to guide her. Just guiding Sasuke already consumed most of his energy.
"Kakashi, what's wrong?"
At this time, Sasuke came over. Seeing Kakashi's dazed look, he asked curiously, "Did something happen?"
Generally, when preparing to start training, Kakashi rarely spaced out. Ever since that video played the battle between him and Naruto, he had been wholeheartedly teaching him how to become stronger.
And during this time, Sasuke indeed found that he had become much stronger, whether in refining Chakra, developing the Sharingan, or even in Taijutsu.
Sasuke felt he had improved a lot. On the contrary, Naruto was following some 'Pervy Sage' all day to the bathhouse to peep at girls bathing.
This made Sasuke both envious and disdainful. This Naruto was indeed still too slack, thinking about those things all day.
That battle indeed ended with his victory.
"That video has started playing."
Kakashi looked at Sasuke, having regained his senses, and continued, "It's the author of that high-energy video; he's made a brand new video."
"??????"
Sasuke wore a rather surprised expression, then he said decisively, "Let's finish watching the video first."
"I was thinking the same thing!"
At that moment, a familiar yet strange voice rang out, making Sasuke turn around with a look of curiosity.
He found Naruto approaching with a tall man.
This man wore a forehead protector with the character for 'Oil' on it. He had long white hair reaching down to his waist and red markings under his eyes, giving off a rather unreliable vibe.
"This man..."
Sasuke looked at the man, frowning slightly as if he had seen him somewhere before, but he couldn't quite recall where.
"Yo, Kakashi, so you're here." Jiraiya greeted Kakashi.
"Lord Jiraiya."
Kakashi was quite respectful toward Jiraiya, as the man was the master of Teacher Minato and one of the famous Legendary Sannin of Konoha.
"?!"
Sasuke understood now. He looked at the extremely unreliable-looking Jiraiya in front of him with shock.
This person was actually one of the world-renowned Sannin of Konoha.
The Sannin had mostly gone their separate ways shortly after Sasuke was born, but as a member of the Uchiha Clan...
He knew more or less that during the Third Shinobi World War, besides the rising star Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, the pillars of Konoha...
The most famous among them were naturally the Sannin.
They were Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru.
Privately, some people referred to them as Perversion, Gambling, and Drugs, though that was just a half-joking nickname.
Now Tsunade had left Konoha Village for parts unknown, Orochimaru had outright betrayed the village, and Jiraiya had been hunting him down.
This was the information Sasuke currently possessed.
"We came here to have you and Naruto train together and progress together, but the situation has changed. Let's finish watching the video first."
Jiraiya stated his original purpose for coming, but he had also received news of the multiverse projection midway, so he planned to watch the video before starting the training.
In the past few days, he had been pestered by Hiruzen Sarutobi, but even if Hiruzen hadn't bothered him...
Jiraiya would have come back to help Naruto anyway, because the boy's future scenes had been exposed.
Even with the threat of Uchiha Madara forcing the Five Great Ninja Villages to temporarily unite...
How long could that threat last? Once a few years passed and Naruto and Sasuke's strength increased, the other ninja villages would certainly not let them be.
These Chunin Exams were considered a 'honeymoon period' for the Five Great Ninja Villages, so during this time, Jiraiya would do everything in his power to increase Naruto's strength so he could protect himself in the future.
Unfortunately, over the last few days, the only Ninjutsu Naruto had mastered was the Summoning Jutsu; he hadn't even successfully mastered the Rasengan.
Strangely, while he used the Rasengan so skillfully in the video, when formal training began, the kid seemed to encounter unprecedented difficulties.
He couldn't use the Rasengan at all, which made Jiraiya suspect the Nine-Tailed was interfering.
Then Naruto told Jiraiya that the Nine-Tailed inside him said it wasn't his doing, but simply that Naruto himself had a problem.
Jiraiya's expression was quite spectacular then. What? You can communicate with the Nine-Tailed?!
Naruto naturally nodded and even said the Nine-Tailed was quite easy to get along with, just that he looked a bit fierce.
This made Jiraiya even more confused, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say. Rationally, he felt it was unlikely, because neither Kushina nor the previous Nine-Tails Jinchuriki had managed to make the Nine-Tailed submit.
Could Naruto make the Nine-Tailed submit in such a short time? Jiraiya naturally didn't believe it.
But in the video, Naruto and the Nine-Tailed cooperated quite happily, fighting side-by-side like good friends.
This led Jiraiya to temporarily suppress his doubts. Later, he heard from Kakashi that Sasuke was mastering the Chidori very quickly and would likely master its power before long.
This reminded Jiraiya of his own past experiences, so without a word, he brought Naruto to the place where Sasuke and Kakashi were training.
He intended to let the two spar, hoping that with Sasuke as a stimulus, Naruto might successfully master the Rasengan.
"Mm."
Kakashi was naturally aware of the purpose behind Jiraiya's arrival, as the two had communicated beforehand, but plans couldn't keep up with changes.
The video released by that author had to be watched immediately; otherwise, they might miss some vital information.
Who knew if the video's author had included information about the future world in the footage.
Regarding the future world, everyone currently remembered only a few people.
One: Uchiha Madara, one of the founders of Konoha, who supposedly obtained the Six Paths power.
Two: Might Guy, a Konoha Jonin, who crippled Six Paths Madara after opening all Eight Gates.
Three: Uzumaki Naruto, a Konoha Genin, who in his future peak surpassed the previous Hokages.
Four: Uchiha Sasuke, a Konoha Genin, who in his future peak surpassed the previous Hokages.
Five: Kakashi Hatake, a Konoha Jonin and the Copy Ninja, serving as a backdrop.
These five prominent individuals were all from Konoha, and it was because of that video that Konoha had become the most brilliant existence in the Ninja World.
In reality, the Konoha side was also quite helpless; they didn't want to be high-profile, but the video creator simply wouldn't let them stay low-key.
So at this moment, Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, and Jiraiya sat down. The four of them simultaneously opened the multiverse projection and began watching the latest video, hoping to gain more intelligence about the future from it.
Not just in the Naruto World, but people in other worlds also held similar thoughts as they opened the multiverse projection to watch the video creator's latest work.
Even Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was heading toward Sixth Singularity, opened the multiverse projection, even though her current environment wasn't particularly safe.
But both Mash and Da Vinci-chan beside her also opened the video with great tacit understanding.
Since the video was only about half an hour long and very likely contained information they needed, they had to stop and watch it.
First, it was still a black screen, followed by a line of text that caught their eyes.
No. 10: I'm not afraid of anything anymore.
This title left many people bewildered, not quite understanding what it was about. This title was different from the previous video, which had spoiler warnings.
Most people just scratched their heads and then watched the video carefully.
The first image to appear was a girl with blonde hair and curls on both sides. As soon as she appeared, she showed a gentle smile and looked at the screen, saying, "My name is Mami Tomoe. I'm a third-year at the same school as you, Misakihara Middle School."
"Bang bang bang—!!!"
Accompanied by the sound of countless gunshots, Mami Tomoe seemed to have eliminated something. She descended from the sky, turned around, and reached out both hands.
An extremely cute-looking creature jumped into Mami Tomoe's embrace.
She smiled gently: "And, I am a Magical Girl who has made a contract with Kyubey."
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