It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

Chapter 53: One of the Three Ninjas, a Certified Ninjutsu Genius

There is a deeper reason why Naruto doesn't like Toads.

The three great sacred places in the ninja world are the White Snake Sage of Ryuchi Cave, the Slug Sage of the Wet Bone Forest, and the Toad Sage of Myoboku Mountain.

Only the toads of Myoboku Mountain are deeply involved in the politics of the ninja world.

Although Myobokusan has an equal relationship with Konoha, it usually does not pay attention to humans other than the contractors.

But the great toad sage who can predict the future seems to be guiding the toads to have a good impression of Konoha.

Naruto didn't want to wait for him to defect and summon toads to fight in the future. As soon as the toads returned to Myoboku Mountain, they would pass his information to Jiraiya or Konoha.

Or simply be possessed by the toads using the reverse spiritualism technique.

In the original work, Naruto was summoned to Mount Myoboku to eat live insect food before he could even react.

Although the talent of time and space is an inevitable requirement for the art of psychic communication.

But for a ninja with such talent, the difficulty of the summoning technique is not in the technique itself, but in the origin of the summoned beast.

The coverage of summoned beasts is actually very wide, and ordinary wild beasts are also considered as summoned beasts - for example, the huge beasts in the Death Forest.

Of course, such summoned beasts cannot be used as the main combat force like the summoned beasts of the Three Ninjas, but only play an auxiliary role.

The three ninjas of Konoha each signed a summoning contract with the three great sacred places.

This is already the limit of the summoning beasts that a ninja with strong background can choose.

Naruto does not pursue the power of summoned beasts. As for the summoning technique - there are too many people who can do this kind of ninjutsu, so there is no need to learn it from Jiraiya.

Instead, he learned summoning techniques from Jiraiya but did not contract a toad. It is very likely that Jiraiya would notice something.

It would be better to make your attitude clear from the beginning so that Jiraiya won't think too much about it.

After all, humans and animals have their own preferences.

Don’t Parker and Sakura use the same shampoo?

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Naruto was stunned.

Wait, why am I suddenly using this incident as an example?

It was at the moment when Naruto was stunned that Jiraiya, who was ignored by Naruto, caught up again.

"Wait! Wait a minute!"

Jiraiya ran up from behind Naruto and stretched out his hand to block Naruto.

"Haven't you heard of my name, Toad Immortal!?"

Jiraiya looked at Naruto in surprise.

He still hoped that Naruto would give him the reaction he wanted to see.

"Across from the yakiniku restaurant where my ninja friends and I ate last time, there is a bullfrog restaurant called 'Bullfrog Sage'."

"You are so rude! How can you confuse the toads of Myoboku Mountain with those bullfrogs!"

Jiraiya glared and yelled at Naruto.

But Naruto's expression did not seem fake, as if he had never heard of the name of Toad Sage.

Jiraiya never expected that after he had been famous in the ninja world for many years, after returning to the village, even the little kids nowadays didn't know his title.

"Hey! Little ghost, listen carefully, I actually have another name..."

Jiraiya coughed lightly, adjusted his emotions, and was about to say the name of his Sannin.

Naruto suddenly said to him, "Are you the tout for that bullfrog restaurant?"

The momentum that Jiraiya had been building up was instantly lost.

"Uncle, you are so weird. We have never met before. Why are you pestering me like this?"

Naruto narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiraiya. Jiraiya could see Naruto's speculation about him from his eyes. Then Jiraiya heard Naruto continue to speak: "If you want me to compensate you for the telescope, don't think too much. You were the one who framed me first."

"Am I such a petty person in your eyes?"

Jiraiya hurriedly stopped Naruto from talking and asked him to finish his words first: "I'll talk to you after the joke, listen carefully, kid! In addition to the name of Toad Sage, I have another name that is well-known to everyone in Konoha - one of the three legendary ninjas of Konoha - Jiraiya!"

"Well, you must know this name, right?"

Jiraiya shook his head, his long hair fluttering, already anticipating Naruto's surprise and worship when he witnessed the legend with his own eyes.

"know."

Naruto's tone was neither humble nor arrogant.

Jiraiya clenched his fists and clenched his teeth - what an unpleasant brat!

"Don't you believe it?"

"I believe it. The amount of chakra you just summoned with the toad is enough to prove your strength. You are very powerful."

Naruto did not question Jiraiya's identity. The play would only be most realistic if it was performed just right.

But his vigilance always disappeared step by step. Naruto said, "But why did the legendary Sannin - as I just said - pester me for no reason?"

"That's because I suddenly noticed that the great toad sage of Myōboku Mountain predicted to me that when I was collecting materials, I would meet someone who would become my disciple! You fit the prophecy perfectly!"

When Jiraiya was asked by Naruto, he couldn't think of any good reason for a moment.

Jiraiya knew that too many excuses would make Naruto wary again, so he could only use the prophecy of the Great Toad Sage as an excuse.

In Jiraiya's opinion, if Naruto believed in his identity as one of the Three Ninjas, he would naturally believe in his identity as the Toad Sage.

Naruto didn't say anything, but he had a clear understanding of why Jiraiya was pestering him.

As expected, when Jiraiya returned to Konoha, he actually cared more about Naruto than Orochimaru.

He spent his entire life searching for the Great Toad Sage's prophecy about the "Son of Prophecy", and in his early years he regarded Nagato as the Son of Prophecy.

After hearing the news of Nagato's death, he embarked on a journey to travel the ninja world according to the new prophecy of the Great Toad Sage - and unknowingly witnessed the original owner of the Six Paths of Pain.

Now, knowing that his best friend who had gone astray was preparing to take action against Konoha, he also discovered that the invisible hand of the ninja world was preparing to reach out to the orphan of his disciple - Uzumaki Naruto, who was also recognized by Jiraiya as the "Son of Prophecy".

Jiraiya finally fulfilled the Great Toad Sage's prediction about his travels in the Ninja World and returned to Konoha to protect Naruto closely.

"You're paying attention to the wrong thing."

Naruto was silent for a moment, denying Jiraiya's words.

"No, no. I have learned about you in advance according to the prophecy, Uzumaki Naruto, a member of the ninja team 7 led by Hatake Kakashi."

It is not a simple matter for the three ninjas to check the information of the Genin. Jiraiya continues to use the reason of the prophecy of the Great Toad Sage to strengthen the authenticity of his words.

"No, I said I don't like toads."

Naruto refused.

"In addition to the summoning technique, I have other ninjutsu to teach you. I checked your information and it says that you admire the fourth Hokage who is a hero who protects the village. I have a unique ninjutsu developed by the fourth Hokage!"

As he spoke, Jiraiya spread out one hand, and the next moment a high-speed rotating chakra ball condensed in the palm of Jiraiya's hand.

"The name of this technique is 'Rasengan'! It is a powerful ninjutsu with a difficulty level of A-level!"

Jiraiya covered his hand again and the Rasengan disappeared from his hand.

After all, this is the streets of Konoha, and Jiraiya has no way to demonstrate the power of the Rasengan.

But Naruto can see the amount of chakra in the summoning technique, so he should be able to see the amount of chakra contained in the Rasengan.

"It's not that bad. It's just about condensing and compressing the chakra and making it rotate."

Naruto replied, lightly explaining the principles of the Rasengan.

Naruto also stretched out his hand, and a small ball of chakra also appeared in Naruto's hand.

Zilai's face was full of surprise.

"I didn't expect you..."

Jiraiya stared intently at the Rasengan in Naruto's hand, which was not even as big as his palm. Although this size was not enough for use in actual combat, the Rasengan was not easy to learn. Naruto was able to use it just by looking at it from him.

Jiraiya thought again about the information about Naruto after he officially became a member of the Ninja Team 7 led by Kakashi.

Naruto, who was originally the last in the ninja school, made rapid progress in earth escape ninjutsu under Kakashi's guidance...

"…He's actually a ninjutsu genius!"

After hearing Jiraiya's comment, Naruto looked at Jiraiya and dissipated the chakra that condensed the Rasengan.

With Jiraiya demonstrating the Rasengan to him, he was finally able to display the Rasengan, Shadow Clone, and Earth Release in public.

This way, when he defected, even if he used the Rasengan, Konoha would be able to find a "reasonable" source.

Flying Thunder God might be exposed by then, but since Naruto has read the Book of Seals, Konoha can trace the source, so it won't be a big problem.

Flying Thunder God and Rasengan are the ninjutsu that Naruto is willing to reveal at the appropriate time.

As for the Sage Mode, Naruto plans to keep it hidden as a trump card for a while.

It is not only to guard against Konoha, but more importantly to guard against the "Akatsuki" organization.

"Then I'll be leaving first."

Naruto greeted Jiraiya, he had no intention of becoming Jiraiya's apprentice.

Naruto was not worried that if he took the initiative to cut off his connection with Jiraiya, he would be pushed back into the surveillance of the "Root".

Even if Naruto ignored Jiraiya, given Jiraiya's current attitude towards Naruto, and Naruto's various identities to Jiraiya - disciple orphan, Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, child of prophecy - Jiraiya would still pester him.

As long as Jiraiya can stay with Naruto for a while, the threat of "Root" strengthening surveillance on Naruto will not be revealed.

Naruto was not worried that Jiraiya would keep pestering him. When Orochimaru launched his plan to destroy Konoha, Jiraiya would naturally go to protect the village.

Naruto wanted to go home and spend the rest of the day thinking about the deeper meaning of the Root's surveillance of him, and try to infer what Danzo might do next regarding him.

As for Jiraiya, we'll deal with him tomorrow.

But...the opposite happened.

"Isn't that Naruto?!"

Ino's voice came from a distance.

Naruto looked in the direction Ino was shouting.

All three members of Team 10 are here, including Sakura.

"What are you going to do?"

Naruto asked with the usual pleasantries.

"The preliminaries are over, and we're going to have dinner. Do you want to join us?"

Shikamaru took over and answered Naruto's question.

"No problem at all!"

The one who answered Shikamaru's question was not Naruto, but Jiraiya who had been listening.