Two o'clock in the afternoon.

In the forest of giant trees located in the No. 4 training site, a powerful voice immediately sounded:

"Psychic art!"

As his palm hit the ground heavily, a large piece of smoke immediately erupted from the spot, blocking his vision, and a black shadow loomed in the white smoke.

When the smoke disappeared, the black shadow revealed its true form.

It is a toad less than half the height of a human being.

Although this toad's limbs and body were relatively strong compared to ordinary toads, Naruto's face was obviously depressed when he saw the toad he summoned.

Because there is a huge gap between a toad of this level and the huge toad that Jiraiya summoned when he demonstrated the psychic technique in the morning.

Moreover, he remembered that what Jiraiya summoned was the iron wall toad of Mt. Myoboku. He wore hard armor on his body and had strong resistance to strikes and close combat capabilities...

The toad he summoned at this moment was not only smaller than the Iron Wall Toad, it also did not wear any protective gear on its body. In addition to looking larger, it basically had no fighting ability.

"What, why do all the toads I summon come out after a long time?"

Naruto felt seriously dissatisfied with the results of his half-day training.

Regarding Naruto's complaints, Jiraiya also listened to his ears and said with a smile: "What are you thinking about? Although the psychic technique is easy to learn, but if you want to make good use of it and summon your favorite psychic beast, you can't.

It’s not a simple matter.”

"Then do you have any tips, Toad Immortal?"

"How is this possible? The art of channeling is different from other arts. It is a technique that summons a contractor to assist you in fighting. If I have to tell you the secret..."

Jiraiya paused and seemed to be thinking about something.

Naruto's eyes lit up and he asked hurriedly: "How is it?"

"Speaking of which, it's not impossible. If it were someone else, it might be a bit troublesome, but if it were you, you might be able to master the art of channeling faster in another way and summon the powerful Miaomu Mountain.

Psychic beast.”

"any solution?"

"I should have told you before about the basic rules of psychic art."

Jiraiya asked.

"Yes. To put it simply, before you can use psychic skills, you need to establish a contract with a psychic beast. Without a psychic beast contract, if you abuse psychic skills, you may be thrown into unknown time and space.

It’s full of uncertainty. In addition, there is the so-called timeliness of summoning psychic beasts. And... and..."

Naruto tried hard to recall the various things Jiraiya said when he first taught him the art of channeling.

"What else? Don't you remember? He is indeed a simple-minded guy. And the most important point is that when performing psychic techniques, the more chakra used, the greater the amount of chakra summoned.

, the more powerful it is. On the contrary, if a very small amount of chakra is used, then it will be impossible to summon a powerful psychic beast."

Jiraiya said.

"But...Kakashi-sensei said that my chakra capacity is relatively large among my peers."

"But your efficiency in converting chakra into ninjutsu is very low. Although you have learned to climb trees and tread water, you are still suspected of wasting chakra. In other words, your proficiency in ninjutsu, under normal circumstances,

It will be slower than the average person. According to this progress, it is estimated that you will not be able to summon your favorite psychic beast before the finals."

Jiraiya said seriously.

"Ah? What should I do? I don't want to be left behind by Sasuke."

Naruto was a little panicked.

"Haha, don't worry, don't worry. Now that I have told you your problem, I will definitely help you solve it."

Although he planned to teach Naruto himself, as one of the three ninjas, he was also a busy man and could not stay with Naruto all the time.

"You should be able to feel that there is another chakra in your body, right?"

Jiraiya coughed and asked intentionally or unintentionally.

Naruto was startled, he knew what Jiraiya was referring to.

There is also a terrifying monster nine-tailed demon fox hidden inside him.

"What's going on?"

"Although it is only unconscious, your body has gradually adapted to another type of chakra. Your current chakra is not enough for you to summon a powerful psychic beast. If you want to summon an iron wall toad, or

With a stronger toad, you can only channel another stream of chakra from your body."

For now, even a little bit of Nine-Tails chakra is stronger than Naruto's own chakra.

Although he was not in Konoha Village during the Nine-Tails Rebellion and had never seen the true rage of the Nine-Tails, it could make many Konoha ninjas helpless. In addition, with the experience of fighting against other jinchuriki, Jiraiya understood the tailed beasts.

They are all a group of unreasonable chakra creatures.

And when the tailed beast is fully used by the jinchuriki, the jinchuriki and the tailed beast will explode with power far beyond their own, becoming a meat-grinding machine that is difficult to match head-on on the battlefield.

Naruto also has this potential.

Jiraiya hopes that Naruto can have some ability to protect himself before danger comes.

And this kind of self-protection power can only be achieved by relying on the Nine Tails.

Although he didn't want to admit it, the Kyuubi was indeed the foundation for Naruto to save his life.

There are too many powerful ninjas in this world. In the eyes of these people, Naruto, who has not yet grown up, is no different from a three-year-old child wandering the streets with gold bars.

"Then how to guide it?"

Naruto raised his head and looked at Jiraiya with a blank expression.

Jiraiya chuckled and said, "Speaking of which, I have something to do now."

"What? What about my training? Since you agreed to Kakashi-sensei, you must be responsible to the end!"

Naruto pointed at Jiraiya.

"Of course I know, but you must be a little tired after practicing for a long time. You just want to accompany me to the shrine to collect materials and relax."

Jiraiya dusted off the wrinkles in his clothes.

"Materials? What materials?"

Naruto was confused.

"In fact, in addition to being a ninja, I am also a well-informed person. Look, this is what I wrote."

Jiraiya mysteriously took out a book from his arms.

There are several words on the cover of the book.

"Ah! That is"

Seeing the book that Jiraiya took out from his arms, Naruto suddenly screamed loudly, as if he had seen something that shocked him extremely.

"So you knew it too? Did you take a peek?"

Seeing Naruto's reaction, Jiraiya smiled ambiguously and gave him a flirtatious look.

"No! That's not a serious book at all!"

Naruto blushed and defended.

He wouldn't secretly use the transformation technique to become an adult because Kakashi always couldn't put it down, and went into the bookstore to read a few times.

"As expected, he is an ignorant child who doesn't understand the fun of adults at all. After all, I am also a world celebrity."

Seeing that Naruto seemed to be a little disdainful of him, Jiraiya had a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

"You are not a Toad Immortal at all, but a pervert Immortal!"

"I'm not as knowledgeable as a child. Now I'm going to collect materials. If you want to follow me, just follow me. A combination of work and rest is helpful for spiritual practice. I heard that there are natural hot springs on the mountain of the shrine."

Jiraiya said, putting it in his arms and walking towards the edge of the field.

"Hey, wait, don't leave me, you big pervert!"

Although he was a little dissatisfied with Jiraiya's responsible behavior, Naruto also knew that the other party was really capable, so after hesitating for a moment, he caught up with Jiraiya.

After climbing over the barbed wire fence at Site 4, we came directly to the bottom of the mountain near the nearby shrine.

Looking at the winding path that extended to the top of the mountain, Naruto could not see the end at a glance.

"so high!"

Naruto opened his mouth wide.

It was the first time for Naruto to come to a place like the shrine, and he was surprised and curious.

"Yes, although the industry of the Kingdom of Ghosts is extremely developed, the shrine still retains the ancient system, and when you appreciate it, it has a unique ancient charm."

Jiraiya smiled.

Naruto nodded, being here really made people feel a kind of physical and mental tranquility, as if the body and soul had all returned to nature.

"The most important thing is that the shrine maidens are not only clean physically and mentally, but also as beautiful as flowers. For a man like me, it is a paradise-like place."
To be continued...