"Someone trained here. These trees are so damaged. Could it be Exploding Tags?"
"No, it wouldn't look like this after an Exploding Tag explosion. It must be some kind of ability. Look at this hole," Asuma said, pointing at the hole in the small stone mountain.
"Judging by the marks, this appeared recently. Look at the depth, two meters! Leaving a two-meter hole in this hard stone mountain is no easy feat."
Asuma explained seriously. Even his Chakra Blade, with a full-power strike, couldn't leave a mark this deep, not even a tenth of it. This made him very cautious.
The Ino-Shika-Cho team looked surprised. They carefully examined the dark hole on the small stone mountain.
"Asuma-sensei, do you think someone dug this hole? Or was it caused by Exploding Tags?" Ino asked tentatively.
"No, look at the edges of the hole. It's clearly not dug, and it's not from Exploding Tags," Asuma continued to explain.
"What could have caused this? Ninjutsu? It doesn't seem like any ninjutsu I know of," Shikamaru Nara said, carefully observing the scene.
"Yes, it should be ninjutsu, but among the ninjutsu I know, none can create such a mark. If I'm not mistaken, a new ninjutsu has probably been developed," Asuma frowned.
"A new ninjutsu? What kind of new ninjutsu?" Ino asked again.
"I don't know, but this ninjutsu is very powerful, capable of shattering hard rocks. It must not be underestimated."
Asuma's expression was solemn; he felt that this large hole might be related to people from other villages.
"This…"
The Ino-Shika-Cho didn't speak, secretly guessing what kind of ninjutsu it was.
"Let's go. This matter needs to be reported to the Hokage to see if there have been any suspicious people from other villages recently."
Asuma finished speaking and hurried away with Ino-Shika-Cho, leaving only a scene of chaos behind.
Hokage's office.
Naruto waited quietly. He had originally been preparing to go home when he suddenly received information from the Anbu, asking him to fill out his ninja number and take a photo. He had appeared here as a result.
"Naruto, from now on, you are a ninja. Be careful when you go out on missions," the Third Hokage said with a kindly smile.
[Experience Points +3]
"I understand," Naruto nodded, carefully looking at the experience orbs around the Third Hokage. These experience orbs were not that big, smaller than Kakashi's, but the experience points added were +3. This made Naruto curious.
He vaguely felt that the increase in experience points was related to age. As for why the Nine-Tailed Fox, who had lived for so many years, was also +3, it was likely because the upper limit of experience points was +3. Of course, this was just a guess, not a hundred percent guaranteed. Now, he was more concerned with earning more experience points.
"Naruto, is there anything you're lacking? Feel free to ask for anything, like Ninjutsu, for example."
The Third Hokage continued, sounding very gentle.
He knew very well that Naruto wasn't good at hand seals, so his words were just polite.
However.
After he finished speaking, a voice suddenly rang out.
"I lack a lot of things. Water Release, Fire Release, Lightning Release, Wind Release, the more powerful the better, preferably Forbidden Jutsu."
Naruto said this on purpose, hoping to gain Experience Points while also considering whether the +3 Experience Points were related to age.
"Ahem."
The Third Hokage coughed twice, feeling that things were developing a bit differently than he'd expected.
He'd spoken politely, and he remembered that Naruto wasn't particularly skilled with Ninjutsu. So why did Naruto become so enthusiastic the moment he heard the word "Ninjutsu"?
And what was with wanting Forbidden Jutsus? This caught the Third Hokage off guard, leaving him feeling a little stifled.
"Naruto, Forbidden Jutsus are too dangerous for you. How about this, I'll have the Anbu deliver a Ninjutsu to you later." The Third Hokage tried his best to maintain a smile.
[Experience Points +3]
"What Ninjutsu? One Ninjutsu isn't enough. I need at least ten or eight Ninjutsus." Naruto continued to try to get experience points, the Ninjutsus were just an excuse.
"Ten or eight?"
The Third Hokage was speechless, feeling that Naruto was still as naive as before, with no concept of Ninjutsu at all.
"Naruto, you have to learn Ninjutsu one by one. Being greedy won't help your growth." The Third Hokage explained patiently.
[Experience Points +3]
"Is that so?" Naruto asked, feigning ignorance.
"That's right. You should only learn other Ninjutsu after completely mastering one."
The Third Hokage smiled, feeling like he was finally about to persuade Naruto.
"It doesn't matter. I'm not afraid of not growing up well. Give me a few more Ninjutsu," Naruto said loudly.
"This..."
The Third Hokage was speechless, feeling like his previous words were wasted.
To dispel Naruto's ideas, the Third Hokage began to earnestly advise him, explaining a whole bunch of big principles to Naruto.
Naruto occasionally said unexpected things, which frustrated the Third Hokage. Fortunately, after a long period of persuasion, he finally convinced Naruto, although the Third Hokage felt like his voice was hoarse.
He even felt that persuading Naruto was more troublesome than going to the battlefield.
"Here's a Ninjutsu scroll, just go."
After convincing Naruto, the Third Hokage finally breathed a sigh of relief and even picked up his pipe to smoke.
"Okay, let's talk again next time."
"Cough cough, don't come again. I have a lot of things to do."
The Third Hokage quickly refused. Continuing to talk with Naruto like this would probably ruin his voice, so he didn't hesitate to refuse.
[Experience Points +3]
Watching the Third Hokage's surrounding Experience Points get absorbed, Naruto happily left the Hokage's office and headed home.
Along the way, he continuously searched for new targets through his sensing ability, preparing to gain some more Experience Points.
Huh? Isn't that Konohamaru? It seems like the plot has changed a bit.
Naruto detected Konohamaru in his perception, and also saw the Experience Points around him. He then walked over with a smile.
On the other side.
Hyuga Clan's residence, Hinata's home.
Boom boom!
A full set of weighted equipment appeared in front of Hinata. These included weighted shoes, a weighted vest, weighted leg wraps, weighted wristbands, and so on – a very complete set.
Hinata lifted the lightest of the weighted wristbands, and after finding it incredibly heavy, looked at her father in surprise.
"Father, this is too heavy. I struggle to lift just one. If I wear the whole set, I'll be crushed."
"You can have Naruto wear one first, and then slowly get used to wearing the whole set. After all, he's from the Uzumaki Clan, and his physique is very strong." Hyuga Hiashi waved his hand, saying.
"I see. But even one is heavy enough. I can't even wear the lightest weighted wristband." Hinata lifted the wristband, saying.
"Alright, alright, you can't lift this. I'll have some clan members help you carry it."
"Okay!"
Hyuga Hiashi beckoned, calling over two clan members to help.
Not long after, Hinata, accompanied by the two clan members, went to Naruto's house. Unfortunately, no one was home. Hinata could only have the clan members put down the weighted equipment and send them back.
But.
Looking at how tired her clan members were, Hinata started to worry about Naruto, preparing to tell him to only wear the lightest weight training equipment.
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