Time flies, and Naruto's days of training at Mount Myoboku pass in the blink of an eye.
Today, there are exactly three months left until Naruto's 16th birthday...
After years of training at Mount Myoboku, he has already mastered Mount Myoboku's Senjutsu.
In Sage Mode, his recovery ability, Chakra Reserves, speed, strength, and other attributes have all been comprehensively enhanced.
Naruto roughly estimated...
Sage Mode is even stronger than his usual Wind Release: Bloodburst Technique.
As for exactly how much stronger...
He feels that at the very least, a single Senjutsu: BijuKitsunehameha would be about five times more destructive than Pain's Super Shinra Tensei on Konoha.
Not only that, the Immortal Emperor Kurama's Senjutsu were also developed.
Though, according to a certain fox...
Although the strength of Kurama's Senjutsu is not as strong as the Mount Myoboku's Senjutsu in the early stage, there are absolutely no side effects during the training.
Unlike the traditional Mount Myoboku's Senjutsu, which absorbs Natural Energy from the surroundings, Kurama's Senjutsu involves storing Natural Energy within the body and refining it over time.
However, in the early stages, the amount of refined natural energy is still too small, and it required long-term training to gradually grow stronger.
But...
This technique can evolve!
And the most, most, most important part is…
The Senjutsu were divided into nine levels by Kurama. And every time a practitioner reaches a new stage, their lifespan increases significantly.
It can be said that if one practice it to the pinnacle, they may really be able to achieve immortality.
However…
Kurama isn't entirely sure about that yet.
After all, even he hasn't reached the later stages.
When Naruto first heard this, he was completely dumbfounded.
'Isn't this just a f***ing cultivation technique?!'
Finally, after a week-long discussion between Naruto and Kurama, they finally named the technique as 'Nine Revolutions Profound Art'.
…
"Hey..."
"Naruto, is this Senjutsu you're teaching me..."
"Actually reliable?"
Jiraiya, sitting cross-legged on the ground, opened his eyes and looked at Naruto suspiciously.
Because Naruto has been unreliable for a long time.
When he was in the bathroom with this kid a few days ago, Naruto suddenly slapped his thigh and declared that he was going to teach Jiraiya a super, super powerful Senjutsu...
Jiraiya was speechless at that time.
'Damn it!'
'What kind of lunatic develops new technique, especially a dangerous Senjutsu, while taking a shit?!'
If not for Naruto's insistence, Jiraiya wouldn't have humored him.
And besides...
Jiraiya couldn't shake the feeling that being taught a new technique by his own student was just weird.
He remembered the last time this happened was when Minato was teaching him the Rasengan...
'Damn it!'
'This brat isn't messing with me, is he?'
"Jiraiya-sensei, shut up!"
"Focus on your training!"
"If you don't get it right today, there's no dinner for you!"
Naruto held the black stick in his hand, his face stern, as if he was Jiraiya's teacher at this moment.
Then, he pointed at Hinata beside him.
"Look at you Hinata!"
"Then look at yourself!"
"She's almost got the basics down!"
"What about you!? Why is it so hard for you to absorb Natural Energy?"
At this moment, 'Uzumaki-sensei' kept praising his wife, while relentlessly scolding his own teacher, even going as far as accusing the old man of not putting in enough effort.
It was like he was reenacting the exact same script high school teachers used in his previous life.
Jiraiya even wondered if he had returned to the time when he was a child, when he was tied to a wooden post and scolded by an old man.
"Naruto-kun, I... I think I did it..."
Hinata opened her eyes and spoke in a timid tone, but she pounced towards Naruto very boldly, pressing her face just two centimeters from his, and kept breathing into the ear of the yellow-haired delinquent.
Over these past two years of good food and care, the little girl Hinata has lost her youthful appearance. Now, Naruto feels his face turn red whenever he looks at her for a few more seconds.
"Hi-Hinata... You're... too close."
Naruto stiffened, his back arching slightly.
He doesn't know if it's because he went too far in the past, but Hinata had grown bolder and bolder.
Hinata also seemed to realize her own lethality to Naruto.
She always wanted to crawl into Naruto's bed late at night. If it weren't for the fact that she was still young, Naruto wasn't sure he could hold back.
It is no exaggeration to say their roles have been reversed.
"Is… is that so?"
Hinata had an innocent look on her face, her tone still the same as before, but there was a faint smirk on her lips, and she seemed to really enjoy the way Naruto was being teased by her.
"DAMN IT!"
"Can you two at least tone it down a little?!"
When Jiraiya saw the two young couple being even more affectionate than Minato and Kushina, not only did he feel like he was about to vomit up last night's dinner, he also broke down on the spot.
He was seriously starting to suspect that he was just an unwilling side character in these two's lovey-dovey act.
But despite the old man's protests, the couple ignored him completely, still clinging to each other and whispering sweet nothings.
"I QUIT!!"
"I can't stay in Mount Myoboku for even one more day!"
"We're going back!"
"I want to go back to Konoha!"
When he saw that the couple were getting more and more outrageous, Jiraiya threw a tantrum and declared he was leaving.
Naruto glanced at the old man with disdainful look on his face.
It's not like he hasn't assisted the old man over the years, but the situation is basically…
Before confessing, Jiraiya would be brimming with confidence and ambition, and even said something like he would definitely succeed.
But the moment he actually saw Tsunade, he instantly turns into an innocent little boy, scratching his head, grinning foolishly, twisting his butt and rubbing the corner of his clothes, shrinking timidly, just like a little quail.
Just last week, he'd tried again, only for Tsunade to lose her temper at his pathetic display and beat him half to death.
If Naruto hadn't treated him, he would have had to go to the Pure Land directly to see Hiruzen.
"Fine, fine."
"It's about time we headed back anyway."
Naruto stood up, pulling Hinata with him. After training for what felt like two and a half years, he figured it was time to return to the village.
In addition, tomorrow is Sasuke's birthday, and he is planning to gather all of his friends in Konoha to celebrate the birthday of Konoha's Thin Ice Bro.
However, before leaving, Naruto made sure to remind Jiraiya not to slack off on his Nine Revolutions Profound Art training.
"Yeah, yeah, I got it."
"Since when did you become even more naggy than the old man?!"
Although Jiraiya's tone was impatient, the look he gave Naruto was full of relief.
Naruto, who is about to turn sixteen, looks exactly like Minato. Every time he saw the boy's back, it was like seeing his old student alive again.
'This kid…'
'He's really grown up.'
"Oi, old man, what're you spacing out for?!"
"Hurry up!"
Jiraiya: "…"
The emotions that had been built up with great effort were ruined by Naruto's words. Jiraiya was so angry that he chased after him, yelling like a child.
"UZUMAKI NARUTO!"
"FACE THE WRATH OF THIS TOAD SAGE!!"
…
Meanwhile, in a cave somewhere in the Ninja World.
Black Zetsu walked up to Obito with a bowl of medicine.
"Obito, it's time for your medicine."
"Cough... Just leave it there. I'll drink it later."
Obito was lying on the ground, coughing from time to time.
A few years ago, he fought with the white-eyed brat on the moon for three days and three nights, and ended up in a stalemate where both were severely injured.
It is unknown what kind of Ninjutsu the other party used, but even Black Zetsu couldn't fully heal Obito.
However, in that battle, he managed to consume all of the opponent's energy, which was about to be used to destroy the world, and the opponent's condition wasn't any better than Obito's.
"Obito..."
"You should retrieve Kakashi's eye."
"Only then can you regain your former strength."
These words seemed to have stepped on Obito's tail, making him shout agitatedly.
"I don't need it!"
"I can recover just fine if I become a Biju's Jinchuriki!"
Faced with Obito's stubbornness, Black Zetsu could only sigh, with endless worries in his heart.
'Hamura's descendant on the moon was still watching us like a hawk. If Obito didn't recover his strength soon, we'd all be doomed once that guy regained his power.'
"Sigh..."
"Wait a minute, I'll go inform Tobi."
"Tell him to urge Nagato to start capturing the Biju as soon as possible."