Chapter 9 The Book of Sealing
Glug glug...
Naruto hadn't eaten dinner yet, but the aroma of meat made his stomach rumble.
"Don't be shy, here, have some."
Wuhe Lin smiled, broke off a rabbit leg, and handed it over.
"Thank you, I'll treat you to ramen next time."
Naruto chuckled as he took it and began to eat it in large mouthfuls.
Because he was eager to learn ninjutsu, Naruto stopped eating after eating two rabbit legs. He wiped his hands on his clothes and opened the scroll to read.
"Why is the first one the clone technique?"
Despite grumbling, Naruto still focused on learning.
Rin Itsuka didn't take the opportunity to look at the scroll. She wasn't very interested in the ninjutsu on it, and besides, the Third Hokage was looking at it with a crystal ball, so there was no need for her to cause trouble now.
Moreover, even if he wants to watch it later, he can wait until Naruto becomes Hokage. With the friendship between classmates, he believes Naruto will not refuse.
After eating about half a rabbit, Iruka suddenly appeared behind Naruto.
"Naruto! And Rin Itsuka? What are you doing here?"
"Iruka-sensei! You came so fast, I've only just learned one ninjutsu."
Naruto scratched his head and smiled.
"I was having a late-night snack when Naruto suddenly showed up. Iruka-sensei, would you like some?"
As Wuhe Lin spoke, she lifted the remaining rabbit meat up a little higher.
"No, you eat it yourself."
Iruka, exasperated, refused.
"Naruto, why did you steal the Scroll of Seals? And why are you learning ninjutsu here?"
"It was Mizuki-sensei who told me. He said that if I learn the ninjutsu here, I can graduate. He also told me about this place."
"Mizuki!"
Iruka was startled and suddenly sensed danger behind him, so he pushed Naruto away.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Several kunai flew over, and Iruka, unable to dodge in time, could only use his arms to shield himself.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
The kunai collided with the flying wooden stick and fell to the ground.
It turned out that Rin Itsuka had thrown over the spare firewood when she saw that Iruka was in danger.
Although not as sharp as a kunai, firewood is larger and can still block Mizuki's kunai without any problem.
"Teacher Shuimu?"
Naruto stared blankly at the scene before him, not understanding why Mizuki would attack Iruka.
"Mizuki, was it you who told Naruto to steal the Scroll of Seals?"
Iruka lowered his arms, and a kunai appeared in his hand.
"Tsk! Annoying little girl!"
Mizuki glared at Itsuka Rin before looking at Iruka.
"I'm surprised you found this place. Well then, I guess I'll just have to kill you."
"Mr. Shuimu, why?"
Naruto was still staring blankly at Mizuki.
"Naruto, give me the scroll quickly."
"We can't give it to him! Naruto, this scroll contains many dangerous ninjutsu techniques. Mizuki just wants to use you to steal it!"
"What?"
Naruto stared blankly at Mizuki.
"Naruto, let me tell you the truth."
"Shut up!"
Iruka guessed that Mizuki wanted to provoke Naruto, and yelled as he threw a kunai at Mizuki.
However, Mizuki simply tilted her head slightly and dodged it.
"Naruto, you must have heard about sealing the Nine-Tailed Fox twelve years ago, right? Since then, there has been a rule in the village."
"Regulation?"
Naruto repeated it blankly.
"Stop talking!"
Iruka lunged at Mizuki.
Instead of fighting Iruka, Mizuki jumped onto a nearby tree and circled the cabin, keeping his distance from Iruka.
"That rule is something only you, Naruto, don't know: you absolutely cannot mention that you are the Demon Fox!"
Mizuki dodged Iruka's lunge once more and finished speaking with a cold smile.
'Break out, break out already, you damned fox demon brat!'
He kept thinking to himself, and seeing Naruto's body trembling uncontrollably, he couldn't help but laugh.
'I'm a demon fox? I killed the Fourth Hokage? I killed everyone in the village?'
Naruto has fallen into deep self-doubt.
"Naruto! Don't listen to Mizuki, you are Naruto now!"
Iruka tried to persuade Naruto, but his words seemed to confirm that what Mizuki had said was true.
"Stop nagging, Naruto, are you still going to eat the rabbit or not?"
Suddenly, Rin Itsuka walked over and asked Naruto about the rabbit meat.
"No, don't come any closer, I, I'm a fox spirit..."
Naruto took a step back, his body trembling even more violently.
"Tch, Naruto, we've been classmates for years, and I've never heard of you eating people."
"I..."
Naruto thought about it carefully and realized that he really had never eaten a person.
No, no, why would I think about cannibalism? I've never thought about cannibalism, okay?
"You troublesome brat!"
Seeing that Naruto had calmed down again, Mizuki took the two sealing shuriken from his back and threw them at Rin Itsuka and Naruto.
A cold glint flashed in Itsuka Rin's eyes. With a sweeping palm strike, the two shuriken seemed to encounter a gale, tumbling and falling to the ground as if blown by the force of her palm.
The next moment, Mizuki appeared in front of Rin Itsuka, thrusting the kunai in his hand toward her chest.
I'll kill you first!
Rin Itsuka spends every day in the dueling arena, and her combat experience is already incredibly rich. Holding a roasted rabbit in one hand, she gently taps Mizuki's wrist with the other, deflecting the kunai. At the same time, she takes a step forward, and the hand that deflected Mizuki's wrist continues forward, landing in front of Mizuki's chest.
Falling Flower Palm!
Bang!
Mizuki's body flew backward, crashing into a tree before stopping. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and a greasy handprint appeared on his chest.
"Damn it! I'm going to kill you, kill you!"
He was filled with impotent rage, roaring as he stood up and staggered toward Itsuki Rin.
"Who do you want to kill? I'll kill you first!"
At this moment, Naruto also recovered, roared, and formed hand seals.
Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!
Bang bang bang! Smoke and explosions rang out continuously as Naruto unleashed the newly learned Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, creating hundreds of clones that surrounded Mizuki.
"How...how is this possible?"
Mizuki was so frightened that he lost his will to fight, and was subsequently given a sound beating by Naruto. Well, he did indeed gain a lot of weight after the beating.
"Looks like I've gone a bit too far, hahaha..."
After defeating Mizuki, Naruto calmed down and returned to his usual cheerful self.
"Naruto, you did a great job."
Iruka, who had only played a minor role, praised Naruto profusely and then took off his headband and put it on Naruto's head.
Rin Itsuka couldn't help but take a step back. How long had Iruka been wearing that headband? It probably smelled of greasy hair by now.
"Alright, you two did a great job today. I'll treat you to Ichiraku Ramen!"
Iruka announced with a smile.
"Okay! I want two bowls!"
Naruto cheered loudly.
"Okay, let's take the rabbit meat with us."
Wuhe Lin was also very happy; why not take advantage of a free meal?
Since Rin Itsuka had already eaten quite a bit of rabbit meat, she only ordered half a bowl of ramen. Naruto, on the other hand, ate two large bowls and finished off the rest of the rabbit meat.
Iruka also ate a full bowl. Today, he not only witnessed Naruto's progress, but also successfully defeated his former self and completely moved on from the past.
End of this chapter..