Chapter 12: The Great Clans' Reactions
Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned for a moment when he heard Naruto's words, then nodded with a chuckle and said, "I really do have such a Ninjutsu! It just depends on whether little Naruto can learn it."
"What kind of Ninjutsu is it?! I'll definitely be able to learn it, Grandpa Third, please teach it to me quickly! I'll definitely, definitely, definitely learn it."
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded with a chuckle and said, "I'll have someone send it over to you in a bit."
As Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke, he patted Naruto's shoulder, taking the opportunity to check the seal on Naruto's stomach.
Naruto also felt Hiruzen Sarutobi checking the seal on him and understood why Hiruzen Sarutobi used to pat him whenever he left.
"This is your living allowance for next month, little Naruto, you must use it sparingly!"
"Thank you, Grandpa Third, I will definitely save it."
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded with a chuckle and turned to leave.
After Hiruzen Sarutobi left, the expression on Naruto's face immediately changed.
"If it weren't to give the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu a reasonable origin, I wouldn't bother talking nonsense with you!"
Before long, Hiruzen Sarutobi indeed had someone deliver the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Naruto read the scroll once, and it was no different from the one Minato Namikaze had given him, so he closed the scroll again.
Naruto arrived at the library entrance and performed the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, creating fifteen Shadow Clones in addition to his original body.
After entering one by one, each picked up a book and started reading, making the library a spectacular sight. Sixteen identical people sitting together reading amazed many people in the library.
The Anbu monitoring Naruto saw this situation and quickly reported it to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was quite calm, he just hadn't expected Naruto to learn Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu so quickly. As for why he could create so many Shadow Clones, Hiruzen Sarutobi was well aware.
Uzumaki Naruto, after all, inherited a part of Uzumaki Kushina's bloodline, and the Uzumaki Clan's Chakra reserves were famously high in the Ninja World.
With the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu endorsed by the Third Hokage, Naruto became even more unrestrained. The library had six floors, and Narutocreated fifteen to twenty Shadow Clones on each floor, which became a unique sight in the Konohalibrary.
Naruto's grand actions naturally caught the attention of the Great Clans, but they didn't understand why Naruto was doing this, or what meaning it held.
Only Nara Shikaku of the Nara Clan, among the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, had a rough guess. However, once Nara Shikaku had a rough idea, he stopped guessing further. Naruto was, after all, the orphan of the Fourth Hokage, and it wouldn't be good if he inadvertently revealed any expressions.
In fact, for the Great Clans, they still held goodwill towards Naruto. The Fourth Hokage was a good Hokage, but he died young, and the Great Clanscould only bury this goodwill in their hearts.
One day, six months later, when Naruto still woke up early to train, he found that ordinary running no longer provided much benefit for his physical training.
He wanted to buy some weights, but he didn't have enough money.
Just as Naruto was at a loss, he ran into Might Guy, who was also training early.
Ever since their first meeting, Might Guy seemed to have been avoiding him. Naruto guessed what was going on and silently cursed Hiruzen Sarutobicountless times.
Although Might Guy had been hinted at by the Third Hokage, he had still been keeping an eye on Naruto. He knew that Naruto trained early every day, so he watched for the right moment to quietly observe Naruto's physical training.
According to Might Guy's observations, Naruto's current physical fitness was barely enough to open two gates.
However, Might Guy could also see Naruto's current predicament: he lacked weights. If he continued to train without weights, Naruto's physical training would only go so far. Unless Naruto added weights later, his current training could only maintain his physical fitness, and the possibility of breaking through his physical limits again was almost zero.
But by the time Naruto added weights, it would probably be after graduating from the Ninja Academy and starting missions, which would waste several years.
So, Might Guy appeared today with the intention of giving Naruto weights.
Naruto ran to the river where he usually stayed and saw a pile of things.
Naruto frowned, thinking that someone else had occupied the spot, and was about to turn and leave.
Might Guy saw this and became anxious, using exaggerated performance and clumsy acting to say, "These weights are completely useless to me now, I wonder if it's appropriate to just leave them here. Oh well, no one saw me anyway, if no one saw me, then I didn't throw them away."
After speaking, Might Guy seemed to use the Body Flicker Technique and disappeared in a flash.
Might Guy's performance not only made three black lines appear on Naruto's forehead, but even Kakashi, who was monitoring Naruto from a nearby tree, had a string of crows fly over his head.
However, Naruto still smiled and walked forward, preparing to tie the weights to his legs.
But to Naruto's surprise, even picking up one weight was difficult, let alone the twenty or thirty weights here.
While it was possible to take all these weights home, it would take several days.
Naruto looked at a tree, dug a pit under it, left two weights, and buried the rest in the pit. He made a mark on the tree so he wouldn't lose the spot next time he needed them.
Might Guy, watching Naruto's actions from a distance, felt a bit awkward. He had forgotten that Naruto couldn't carry all those weights back by himself.
Kakashi saw Naruto's actions, and his expression was unreadable. He shook his head and jumped onto the branch where Might Guy was standing.
"You shouldn't have done that!"
Might Guy, in low spirits, lowered his head and said, "Naruto is a good seed for physical training. Even if the Third Hokage doesn't agree to me taking him as a disciple, that shouldn't stop Narutofrom training his body! If the Third Hokage truly values Naruto as a good seed, how could he not know that what Naruto needs most right now are weights?"
Kakashi listened, silently lowering his head, saying nothing. He probably guessed what the Third Hokage was thinking, but he was insignificant, and there were some things he couldn't say.
Although Might Guy had a thick skin, his mind was quite delicate. Feeling Kakashi's low mood, he immediately reverted to his hot-blooded idiot persona.
"Kakashi, let's have a showdown! Youth cannot be wasted like this!"
Upon hearing Might Guy's invitation, Kakashiimmediately used the Body Flicker Technique to escape the scene.
Naruto needed some time to adapt to the weights, so he didn't go to the library. Instead, he wandered around the streets.