"Watch carefully, Naruto." Jiraiya crossed his arms across his chest, leaned his body against the hard wall, and warned seriously: "You still have a lot to learn."
The jinchuriki of each ninja village are often able to receive an extremely good education. Most of them are mentored by their predecessors. If an accident occurs, they will also be mentored by the powerful ninja in the village. Uzumaki Naruto did not become a ninja until he was twelve years old.
With Jiraiya coming forward to give guidance, he is actually an exception, which makes it still difficult for him to realize his potential.
"What..." Uzumaki Naruto lay almost half of his body on the guardrail, jealously looking at the candidates standing in a row in the field, sour breath rising from his mouth: "If you hadn't taken me out of the village, I wouldn't have done it now.
The one who should be standing there, with my talent, can definitely become a chuunin!"
Jiraiya chuckled lightly when he heard the words, shook his head in silence, and ignored Uzumaki Naruto's slightly childish words. He received news from Tsunade not long ago, and the other party explained the crisis that Konoha Village may be facing at present. He also
Unable to sit idly by, he took Uzumaki Naruto back to the Leaf Village, just in time for the third Chunin Examination to be held.
Not to mention Jiraiya and Uzumaki Naruto's masters and apprentices who have returned to Konoha Village, our protagonist, Nara Shikamaru, who has just been promoted to jounin, is leading two chuunin to entertain - or protect - the country of fire.
A famous representative of the Kingdom of Wind.
While Shikamaru introduced some of the candidates this year to Hideo Mita, a famous figure from the Land of Fire, and Takamasa Komura, a famous figure from the Land of Wind, he also briefly explained the rules of the competition.
The competition was a simple competition. Although there were three Taki-nins that Shikamaru was not familiar with among these candidates, they had watched surveillance videos during the previous exams and had some understanding of them. These two tasks were not difficult for Shikamaru.
"I heard that you have become a Jonin?" Hideo Mita said after hearing Shikamaru's introduction, looking for a topic.
"Yes." Shikamaru nodded. There is no need to be modest or concealed. Although this matter is not as sensational as the Chunin Examination, many people in Konoha Village are paying attention to it. Hideo Mita, who has only been here for a few days, can
He noticed that he was paying close attention to Shikamaru.
"Are you only thirteen years old?" Hideo Mita seemed to admire Shikamaru very much. He asked, and after receiving a positive reply from the other party, he sighed repeatedly: "Amazing, amazing..."
"It's nothing. Kakashi-senpai has already become a Jonin at the age of twelve." Shikamaru replied calmly. Although he did not practice training since his mother's womb, as a time traveler with a precocious mind, strictly speaking, the training time, etc.
They are countless times stronger than their peers, and there really isn't much to be proud of.
"There is no comparison between the two." Hideo Mita said seriously, and added: "Then and now are different."
This attitude made Shikamaru look at Hideo Mita in surprise. It was indeed as he said. Wartime and peacetime are of course different. In Hatake Kakashi's time, people who were less than ten years old could already enter the battlefield.
, and in Shikamaru's era, even if he ranked first in the ninja school for several consecutive years, he still had to wait until he was twelve years old to graduate.
This is determined by two periods, two needs, and two systems, and has little to do with personal talent. However, as a daimyo outside the Konoha system, Mita Hideo is not easy to understand.
Shikamaru felt that it was a pity that the envoy sent by the Fire Country Daimyo to the Water Country with the Konoha team had already arrived in Konoha Village. He only had to wait for the Chuunin exam to be over and several outstanding genin to be promoted to Chunin.
They formed a team to go to the Kingdom of Water. As an important member of the team, Shikamaru also met with the other party. The middle-aged man was impeccable in etiquette, but he seemed a bit rigid, far less interesting and kind than Mita Hideo.
Understanding of the Ninja Village system.
Maybe it's because of the so-called "nobles" atmosphere in this world that Shikamaru can't add his own influence to it.
"To this day, I still think it's a pity that you couldn't take over the position of captain of the Daimyo Guard." Hideo Mita smiled and said to Shikamaru: "I think with your talent, it won't take much time, and you will definitely be able to become a guardian of shinobi."
member."
"The Country of Fire is getting stronger and stronger, and the daimyo should be safe around him. I can do too little for him. On the contrary, in Konoha Village, I can do more for the Country of Fire." Shikamaru had to be polite.
: "An environment that is too comfortable is not what ninjas should pursue."
Compared with ordinary jounin, the guardian ninja has a somewhat detached status because he is responsible for the connection between the village and the daimyo, but it may not be beneficial to the competition for the Hokage. Just as Tsunade refuted the attitude of the three elders, Konoha
The village and the Country of Fire are both an inseparable whole and must maintain mutual lixing. Konoha Village must rely on the Country of Fire, but it cannot be completely controlled by the daimyo. There is only one person that all villagers need to truly loyal to and love.
The leader, that is the Hokage, not the Daimyo.
A guardian ninja who has served as a close confidant of the daimyo and is labeled as a daimyo of the Fire Country. Competing for the Hokage may not be able to gain the trust of the villagers and Konoha ninjas. They will be suspicious of the guardian ninja when fighting for the interests and rights of the Konoha village in front of the daimyo of the Fire Country.
Can you do your job with all your heart?
Sarutobi Asuma had also advised Shikamaru not to think about being a guardian ninja. Apart from Shikamaru's parents, he was the ninja in Konoha Village who valued Shikamaru's talent and ability the most. He had thought of Shikamaru a long time ago.
The goal should be Hokage, not other smaller positions.
"Indeed." Although he still declined politely, the compliment hidden in Shikamaru's words also made Hideo Mita's expression much more relaxed, and he focused on the game off the court.
In the competition field, after leading several candidates to receive cheers from the audience, Kato Shizune organized the first round of the competition, and the participants also aroused the enthusiasm of the audience.
The first round of the competition pitted Rixiang Neji from a well-known family against a Taki-nin candidate.
Shikamaru was not worried about the outcome of this game. Rixiang Neji's title of "genius" was worthy of his name. Not to mention the Taki-nin candidate, even a Jonin with weaker physical skills was defeated by Rixiang Ning from the beginning.
If you get close again, you can't regain the distance in the shortest time, and you may lose.
Talking about the match in the field, the Taki nin seemed to have learned some information about his opponent before. He knew that Rixiang Neji was good at taijutsu, and he had adopted a free-fighting stance since the beginning, not wanting to take advantage of Rixiang Neji.
Fighting with physical skills, constantly harassing opponents with kunai shurikens and other flying props, but unfortunately all of this is meaningless to the Riku Neji who has the Byakugan.
The game seemed to be descending into a chase, which made the noise in the stadium much louder. However, at this moment, Taki Ninja suddenly formed a seal and quickly used a fire escape technique. It seemed that he had planned it in advance, waiting for Neji to be sent flying.
If you are careless when paralyzing the props, catch him by surprise.
The fireball that emitted scorching heat covered a very wide area. When Taki-nin used it at the right time, it almost completely enveloped the figure of Rimu Ningci. Only the figure of Rimu Ningci could be vaguely seen from the firelight, which seemed to be shaking. The audience seat
Some of the mentally fragile ordinary people above had already closed their eyes, but the exclamations from the crowd later made them open their eyes again.
Baguazhang. Return to Heaven!
The chakra that is constantly emitted from the body rotates at high speed, forming a semi-circular blue sphere, like a protective shield, firmly protecting Rimi Neji, with burning flames attached to it, but in the blink of an eye
The light blue but rotating chakra quickly bounced away, and handfuls of flames splashed around irregularly, causing the Taki ninja to dodge in a hurry.
It's just that this Taki nin didn't notice that after using "Kaiten" to disperse the flames, Rixiang Neji's slightly weird starting move.
Riku Neji, who was wearing a plain kimono, put his right hand at his waist, his fingers tightly together like a hook, his palm facing Taki-nin, his legs in a horse stance, after holding his breath and concentrating, he suddenly pushed out his right palm, following him
The wide sleeves fluttered and rolled up in the wind, and chakra invisible to the naked eye erupted from his right palm like a high-pressure faucet.
Bagua empty palm!
Bang!
The long straight line swept by the Bagua Kong palm, the burning flames were extinguished one after another. The Taki ninja who was caught off guard was on the line. His body froze, and his whole body seemed to have been punched by an invisible enemy, and he rolled backwards.
It flew away and hit the trunk of a small tree hard.
When he finally stood up, Neji was already standing in front of him.
Dazzled, this should be the audience's truest thought when they saw Riku Ningji's Taijutsu. Taki-nin who was close to him suffered a series of dizzying blows from Riku Neji. However, in just a short breath, his whole body
The chakra points in important parts were sealed by Riku Neji, and he couldn't even stand up.
"I saw it, Naruto!" Jiraiya didn't know when he came to Uzumaki Naruto who was lying on the guardrail, patted him on the shoulder and said, "That boy from the Riku clan is not simple."
"What's the matter? That Taki ninja is too weak." Uzumaki Naruto said harshly.
"No, I'm not referring to that." Jiraiya said calmly: "If you think about it carefully, his final decisive blow and that move actually made up for his shortcomings very well."
"You should do the same thing as him, otherwise wouldn't it be unfair if you meet a ninja who is obviously not as strong as you in the future, but he pinpoints your shortcomings and defeats you?" Jiraiya saw Uzumaki Naruto thinking thoughtfully.
He nodded, with a smile on his face: "What do you think is your biggest shortcoming?"
"Not smart enough?" Uzumaki Naruto asked hesitantly.
"...That counts for a bit, but that's not what I'm talking about." Jiraiya curled his lips and said.
"Not high enough?"
"...Not really." Jiraiya sighed. Uzumaki Naruto probably didn't know how long it would take, so he said directly: "It's an illusion. You're very poor at illusions."
"Tsunade has entrusted me with a mission. I'm afraid I will have to leave the Land of Fire for a while. You have to stay in Konoha for the time being. I will give you homework about illusions." Jiraiya met Uzumaki Ming.
As soon as the person heard "genjutsu", he had a bitter look on his face, and his tone sounded a bit harsh as he reprimanded: "If you still want to get Sasuke back and become Hokage, genjutsu cannot be your Achilles' heel! Understand!"