Chapter 83: We are Different
Kurama, who had shrunk to a size similar to Naruto's, held the cards and laughed with extreme arrogance.
For some reason, his luck was exceptionally good today.
It was so smooth that he had already achieved a seven-game winning streak.
"Kurama."
Naruto coughed.
He had put in a lot of effort to let this guy win.
The Taiwan novel tracker app is really useful.
Even if it was intentional, a seven-game winning streak wasn't exactly easy.
"I recently learned a Ninjutsu."
"What does that have to do with this old man?"
Kurama was immersed in the joy of victory and didn't care at all about what he was saying.
"I want to try it out here."
Naruto restrained himself from looking at him, lest he leak any malice.
"Try it if you want, no one's stopping you."
Kurama said casually.
This generation's Jinchuriki was quite to his liking.
Besides, trying out a Ninjutsu was no big deal.
Even if Naruto exerted all his strength, it was impossible to hurt him.
The strongest Tailed Beast was just that confident.
"Alright."
Naruto smiled and quickly formed hand seals.
Before Kurama could react, several large, thick chains had already entangled him.
???
His face was full of question marks.
These familiar chains and technique—could it be your mother's Adamantine Sealing Chains?
"Brat! What are you doing?"
Kurama struggled dissatisfiedly, "Hurry up and release your Ninjutsu."
This thing was his natural nemesis.
Moreover, Naruto's current strength was not inferior to Kushina's; it would be a bit troublesome for him to break free on his own.
He actually didn't get angry.
Naruto had originally prepared himself for the fox's loud voice.
He hadn't expected this.
Is this the benefit of high favorability?
One could do whatever they wanted.
Could he start the next step of the plan—petting the fox?
Naruto retracted the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
He knew this Ninjutsu was very powerful in the original work, but he wasn't sure how it was in reality, so he used Kurama to test its strength.
The result was naturally very satisfying.
Even though Kurama hadn't been serious.
But if he could have broken free instantly, he naturally wouldn't have told him to withdraw the Ninjutsu.
"Did you do that on purpose?"
Kurama finally realized.
"No."
Naruto said with a smile, "Let's continue playing cards."
Kurama looked at him repeatedly but didn't see any flaws.
Coupled with the fact that he was happy about his winning streak, he soon put it out of his mind and accepted Naruto's card challenge.
Three hours later, he spread his paws and looked up at the sky: "I'm not playing anymore!"
Play my foot.
He barely won a few hands.
He must have used up all his luck earlier.
Naruto smiled.
This is your normal level, okay?
"Alright then, goodnight, Big Fox."
Naruto exited the Sealing Space.
"Hmph, how many times have I told you, this old man's name is Kurama."
Kurama fell asleep immediately, and a few seconds later, a 'goodnight' sounded.
The next day.
Naruto went to Cat Grandma's shop and bought two bows.
He renovated the original training ground a bit, turning it into a simple archery range.
He drew the bow and nocked an arrow—whoosh—the fletching hit the bullseye.
There was no difficulty.
After all, his current constitution would be that of a literal superman in his previous life.
Since he could hit a hundred targets out of a hundred with shuriken, he could naturally do the same with a bow and arrow.
And these were stationary targets.
Of course, Naruto didn't intend to change classes to an archer.
An ADC can't save the world.
He still preferred the pleasure of fist-to-flesh combat or saturation fire strikes.
He bought the bow for Hinata.
To see if he could activate the Moon Goddess Character Card.
After shooting a few more arrows, Hinata hadn't arrived, but Jiraiya appeared first.
"Naruto, what are you doing playing with a bow?"
Jiraiya picked up an idle longbow from the ground.
Ninjas rarely used bows as weapons.
shuriken, Kunai, senbon, and the like could completely replace them.
And the draw time was shorter.
Bows were mainly used by ordinary soldiers in war.
"I saw Neji use one quite well last time, so I wanted to try it out."
Naruto released his hand, hitting the bullseye.
Actually, this didn't mean much.
But when combined with the Byakugan or Kagura Minds Eye, it was quite good.
After all, it would literally be an arrow from eight hundred kilometers away.
Kakuzu should have deep experience with that.
Although he used shuriken, the number of Ninjas who survived the First Hokage Senju Hashiramacould be counted on one hand.
"Oh."
Jiraiya didn't know much about Neji. He pulled the bowstring and asked, "Why don't we compete to see who can shoot the furthest?"
"..."
Naruto's mouth twitched, "Forget it. Didn't you say you'd teach me a super move today that would make me invincible in the Ninja World?"
"Fine."
Jiraiya had intended to cultivate their master-disciple bond.
But since Naruto said that, he would skip the process and get to the main topic.
"By the way, what about what I mentioned yesterday?"
Jiraiya's face showed an expectant expression, "You know, that thing."
"Oh. That, I've already prepared it."
Naruto immediately shouted toward the peach blossom forest, "Liu Er."
Led by Liu Er, a group of macaques stood in a line in front of Jiraiya.
"What you wanted: round, very moist, and quite red too."
Naruto pointed at the monkeys' butts and said.
???
Jiraiya was dumbfounded.
You understand my foot!
"I wanted people, not monkeys!"
Jiraiya complained.
A human can't... at least, they shouldn't.
He shouldn't have held any expectations.
"Let's just get to the training."
Jiraiya said quickly; he was actually a little scared.
Liu Er looked at Naruto.
"What a pity."
Naruto shrugged, and Liu Er disappeared with the group of female monkeys.
Jiraiya wiped away cold sweat.
What are you pitying?
This guy is not right.
"Back to the topic, do you know about Sage Mode?"
As expected.
Apart from Sage Mode and Senjutsu, Jiraiya's other Ninjutsu had long since been squeezed dry.
Naruto was quite curious whether he could still learn Mount Myōboku's Sage Mode after learning the Water Curtain Cave's Sage Mode.
Some Senjutsu were still quite good.
Moreover, his Shadow Clone had caused trouble many times while using the Water Curtain Cave's Sage Mode.
If he used it frequently himself, his cover would eventually be blown.
"I don't know."
Naruto answered honestly.
Indeed, someone of his age shouldn't know about Sage Mode.
After Jiraiya explained for a bit, he said, "I'll take you to Mount Myōboku."
Naruto shook his head: "Let's just do it here."
"Mount Myōboku's Natural Energy is more abundant, making cultivation much easier."
Jiraiya felt that he was being arrogant due to his talent.
The difficulty of Sage Mode far exceeded S-rank.
Even he had only learned half of Sage Mode.
"It's fine."
"Alright then."
Jiraiya understood these geniuses; they wouldn't change until they suffered a loss. "Take off your clothes."
"Why take off my clothes?" Naruto asked subconsciously.
"To apply the oil. It helps you absorb Natural Energy."
"No need."
Naruto shook his head; he didn't need the Toad Oil.
Jiraiya frowned, somewhat dissatisfied.
No matter how talented this guy was, he shouldn't ignore his advice.
Hmph, just wait, you'll see what happens.
Ten minutes later, Jiraiya fell into a state of self-isolation.
"This isn't scientific!" he cried out.
"But it's very 'Ninja'."
Naruto stood up and looked at his reflection in the water, seeing the iconic eyeshadow. "It was easier than I imagined."
"..."
Jiraiya suddenly understood a truth.
We are different.