Chapter 14: Simple Training with Rock Lee! Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket!!!
Just looking at the bowl cut in front of him and his desperate training appearance, Naruto was already scared pale.
When he heard the system say "You just need to work a tiny bit harder than him"...
It was as if he saw the gates of hell opening!
"Ar-Are you kidding me!"
"That guy simply doesn't care about his life!"
[Please start Taijutsu training immediately, Host, and work a tiny bit harder than Rock Lee.]
[Warning, Lightning Release Baptism countdown, 5...]
Ten thousand alpacas instantly galloped through Naruto's mind.
He helplessly pushed aside the bushes, revealed himself, and greeted Rock Lee who was training desperately.
"H-Hello..."
It was rare for Rock Lee to hear someone initiate a conversation with him.
He temporarily stopped his arduous cultivation, looked back, and his eyes instantly burst with fierce flames!
"Oh! It's Naruto!"
Naruto didn't ask why the other party knew him.
Strangely enough, although no one liked him, it seemed everyone knew him...
He scratched his head and laughed dryly: "Aha, it's me."
"What's your name?"
"Rock Lee!"
"As expected..."
The corner of Rock Lee's mouth suddenly rose, and he gave Naruto a thumbs up.
"Naruto! I saw it!"
"What?"
"Of course, your handsome and heroic figure training desperately!"
"Ha-Handsome and heroic figure?"
"Exactly! Whether going to school or leaving school, you are doing weighted frog leaps or walking on one hand, training hard all the time. You are simply a model for our generation!"
Naruto was stunned, but a trace of pride also emerged.
"Aha, that, just a small thing, a small thing!"
Rock Lee instantly got fired up.
"Oh! Well said, Naruto!"
"Indeed, the training on the way to and from school every day is just a small thing. The real training has just begun!"
"How about it, want to join and burn our youth together?!"
Naruto didn't want to join.
But did he have a choice?
"...Oh, about this, it's exactly what I want!"
"Lee, I absolutely won't lose to you!"
Rock Lee laughed loudly: "That's the attitude!"
"Come on, Naruto!"
Naruto laughed dryly with a guilty conscience and stood shoulder to shoulder with Rock Lee.
"So, what are we training?"
Rock Lee clenched his fists.
"Very simple!"
"Kick the wooden stake 3000 times consecutively!"
"Then punch the wooden stake 4000 times!"
"Then jump rope 3000 times!"
"Push-ups 3000 times!"
"If you can't do it, walk on your hands around Konoha Village 30 times!"
Naruto instantly burst into tears.
"N... No need to be so extreme, right?!"
Rock Lee smiled confidently.
"What are you saying, Naruto! This is just the beginning!"
"You and I are both people with dreams. We want others to acknowledge us, want to prove our worth. Since that's the case, this training is nothing!"
"Nothing! Absolutely nothing, okay!"
Rock Lee smiled brightly, revealing sparkling teeth.
"Come on, Naruto!"
"Burn our youth with me!"
Rock Lee wasted no more words and immediately threw himself into the exaggeratedly terrifying special training again.
Bang—
Bang bang bang!
His left leg kicked out fiercely, a ruthless side kick landing on the hard wooden stake.
Then without stopping, his right leg immediately followed up with a continuous kick, landing fiercely on the other side!
Instantly, wood chips flew from the stake.
Naruto had a mournful face, his eyes full of helplessness.
"What else can I say..."
He took a deep breath, then similarly kicked fiercely at another wooden stake.
Bang! Bang! Bang—
Two hot-blooded dead lasts began their devilish special training, hellish cultivation under the summer sun!
...
"1263!"
"1264!"
"1265!"
It was also the first time Rock Lee encountered someone training together with him. He was moved and also felt a bit of inexplicable competitiveness.
He trained even harder than usual.
Naruto, who hadn't undergone this level of arduous cultivation, was far inferior to Rock Lee in explosive power.
However, he also had his own advantages.
Good endurance, tenacious vitality, and strong recovery ability!
So, although he was already exhausted beyond words, Naruto gritted his teeth and could still persist.
"2110!"
"2111!"
"2112!"
"Keep going, Naruto, hope is right in front of us!"
Naruto: "...I don't believe a word you say!"
"Didn't you say kicking the stake is just the beginning even after finishing it?!"
Rock Lee laughed loudly: "That's true too!"
Naruto: "..."
Panting heavily, he had no strength to bicker with Rock Lee and could only persist with all his might.
Sweat poured down like rain, dripping onto the ground of the Konoha Training Ground, and soon disappeared.
"2997!"
"2998!"
"2999..."
Naruto was panting heavily like a dog, his tongue hanging out.
But just as Rock Lee said, he finally saw the dawn...
"3000!"
Naruto gritted his teeth for the last time and kicked the wooden stake. With a thud, wood chips flew.
"Fi-Finally finished..."
He instantly collapsed completely on the ground, wriggling like a reptile.
Rock Lee also finished at the same time, panting heavily, wiping the sweat from his face.
"Naruto, this is just the beginning, cheer up!"
Naruto waved his hand weakly: "N... No can do..."
"I need to rest for a while..."
[Detected that the Host has not completed the Taijutsu training goal. About to receive a Lightning Release Baptism.]
[Warning, countdown 5...]
Naruto: "Huh?!"
"I clearly finished it!"
[Please note, Host, your training goal is to work a tiny bit harder than Rock Lee. Now you have only completed the same amount of training as him.]
Naruto: "...Damn it!"
"Are you really trying to kill me?!"
[Countdown 4...]
"Okay, okay! I know!"
Naruto struggled helplessly to get up, swaying, seeing double images of the wooden stake in front of him.
But to avoid being struck by lightning, he could only grit his teeth and kick the stake again.
"3001!"
"Fi, finished..."
Who knew.
Seeing this scene, Rock Lee couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
"Naruto, what are you doing?"
"Oh! I understand!"
He punched his palm, his eyes burning with fervent flames.
"You mean to say, we cannot indulge in the past, we must surpass ourselves and set more difficult and stricter training!"
"I understand, Naruto, you want to motivate me in this way!"
Rock Lee instantly got fired up, lunged into a stance, and then fiercely kicked out again.
Bang—
"3001!"
Naruto's eyeballs almost popped out!
"Lee... Lee! What are you doing! Do you really want to kill me?!"
Rock Lee grinned: "Of course responding to Naruto's effort and passion, continuing to burn our youth!"
"N... No!"
Rock Lee actually kicked out again.
"3002!"
"How about it, Naruto, I kicked one more time than you again!"
"It's your turn!"
Naruto looked at Rock Lee with a look of irreconcilable hatred.
"D-Damn it!"
He could only clench his fists and kick out twice more.
"3002!"
"3003!"
Rock Lee: "Oh oh! As expected of Naruto!"
"3003!"
"3004!"
"Aaaaaahhhhh! Stop kicking!"
Naruto covered his head and pulled his hair desperately, reaching a hysterical level.
"3004!"
"3005!"
Rock Lee was about to continue chasing, but Naruto really couldn't take it anymore and hugged Rock Lee's thigh with a thud.
"Lee! Lee! Spare my life!"
Rock Lee scratched his head: "What do you mean, Naruto?"
Of course, Naruto couldn't tell him his difficulties.
He could only rack his brains, desperately thinking of an excuse.
"Ah, well... victory or defeat can't be decided in a moment, let's leave it for later to continue competing!"
Rock Lee's eyes lit up.
"Well said, Naruto!"
"Cultivation is originally a marathon, not a sprint!"
"Let's start the next stage immediately..."
"Punch the wooden stake 4000 times!"
Naruto tremblingly gave a thumbs up.
"Good... Good..."
"Thank you so much! Lee!"