Simultaneous traversal: All Abyss difficulty.

Chapter 376 Where did I come from? Is this still Konoha?
Outside the Sound Village, in a large open space, Jiraiya stood with his hands on his hips on a boulder, his long white hair fluttering in the wind.

Not far away, young Naruto and Sasuke found a fallen wooden stake and sat there, staring intently at the legendary Sannin.

"Listen up!" Jiraiya held up one finger. "The essence of the Rasengan lies in the control of chakra!"

Before he finished speaking, a sphere of azure chakra bloomed in his palm!
No hand seals are needed; you can do it simply by raising your hand.

This is a normal Rasengan, much stronger than the Rasengan that Naruto, who only watched from the sidelines, later had to rely on clones to create.

Uchiha Yu stared at the rapidly spinning energy ball in Jiraiya's hand, the golden tomoe in his Sharingan spinning at high speed!
In fact, even before asking Jiraiya for advice, he had already secretly practiced with water polo on his own.

When he witnessed Jiraiya's Rasengan firsthand, he basically understood how to use it through the Mangekyou Sharingan.

The blue ball of light in Uchiha U's palm suddenly emitted a piercing buzzing sound, startling Jiraiya so much that he leaned back: "Hey! I haven't finished yet! Wait a minute! Where did you learn that Rasengan from?"

In Jiraiya's mind, he believed that among all the living people in the world, only he knew the Rasengan.

But Kakashi can do that too.

Uchiha U ignored Jiraiya and stared at the Rasengan in his hand. He could clearly see the complex flow of chakra inside the sphere, but he always felt that something was missing.

"Too easy." He suddenly crushed the ball of light. "Just teach me how to add property changes."

Jiraiya nearly slipped off the rock: "Are you kidding me! Even Minato didn't have that back then!"

Uchiha U ignored Jiraiya's rambling.

As he reassembled his chakra, an unusual emerald green light emanated from his palm!

This is the Wood Release chakra nature transformation he mastered during his training in the True Thousand Hands.

"Wait!" Jiraiya's expression changed drastically. "Chakra nature fusion requires..."

It's too late.

Emerald green energy coiled around the blue sphere of light like vines, and the training ground fell into an eerie silence the moment the two chakras came into contact.

"boom!!"

A dazzling green light exploded, and a violent energy storm ripped the ground beneath Fang Yu's feet! Countless wooden spikes burst forth from the center of the explosion, like a bomb being stuffed into the mouth of a porcupine, leaving Fang Yu covered in spikes!
Jiraiya used Earth Release: Earth Wall to protect Sasuke and Naruto at the edge of the training ground, but the two young ninjas were still knocked to the ground.

After the smoke cleared, Uchiha U stood in the center of the crater, his right sleeve torn to shreds. He stared at his still-smoking palm. "So that's how it is. The activation properties of Hashirama's Wood Release disrupt the Rasengan's chakra balance? Is that it?"

Jiraiya stepped forward and shook his head helplessly: "Kid, instead of incorporating Wood Release nature transformation into the Rasengan, you should first seriously study the principles of the Rasengan."

As he pulled out the thorns, Uchiha Yu nodded, "Okay, Jiraiya-sensei, please teach me Sage Art: Super Giant Rasengan."

The afterglow of the setting sun spilled onto the training field, its orange-red light casting a warm hue over everything.

Naruto and Sasuke sat on the bench, gazing at Jiraiya and Uchiha U in the distance, and remained silent for a moment.

Naruto braced himself with his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky, and suddenly asked, "Sasuke, do you think we can become as strong as them someday?"

Sasuke crossed his arms, his gaze fixed on the dissipating chakra orb in Uchiha Uchiha's hand, and whispered, "Of course, not only that, I'll surpass them!" Naruto turned his head, looked at Sasuke's profile, and grinned, "Haha, I knew you'd say that! But I won't lose to you!"

Sasuke snorted, but the corners of his mouth turned up slightly: "You loser, learn a decent ninjutsu first."

Naruto puffed out his cheeks in dissatisfaction: "Hey! I'm going to be the Hokage! You'll have to listen to my orders then!"

Sasuke glanced at him and said indifferently, "We'll talk about that when you become Hokage. Before that, I'll kill that man first."

When "that man" was mentioned, Sasuke's eyes instantly turned cold.

Naruto noticed the change in atmosphere, put away his joking expression, and said seriously, "Sasuke, whatever you want to do, I will support you. After all, we are friends."

Sasuke was silent for a moment before saying in a low voice, "You don't understand."

Naruto scratched his head, somewhat annoyed: "I don't understand! But I do know that the road you walk alone is always much lonelier than the road you walk with someone."

Sasuke paused for a moment, then looked back at the training ground in the distance. The light of the setting sun shone in his eyes, igniting a faint warmth.

"Hey! Sasuke!"

Uchiha U's shout interrupted Sasuke's thoughts. He looked blankly at the head of the Uchiha clan, "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong? What are you daydreaming about! Study! And Naruto, don't slack off either. Starting today, you two need to seriously learn the Rasengan!"

Sasuke suddenly became incredibly excited, "Rasengan! Can I...can I learn it too!?"

Jiraiya suddenly interrupted Uchiha U, "Kid, it's true you're exceptionally talented, but what about these two kids who are even younger than you?"

Uchiha U patted Jiraiya on the back, "They are the hope of the ninja world, and it's all thanks to your guidance, Jiraiya-sensei!"

Jiraiya scratched his head, looked at the two eager kids in front of him, and sighed: "You two are really too impatient. The Rasengan isn't a ninjutsu that can be learned in just a few days!"

Naruto jumped up impatiently, gesturing wildly with his hands: "Perverted Sage! Teach me! I want to learn right now!"

He mimicked Jiraiya's earlier action, haphazardly gathering a crooked ball of chakra in his palm, which then vanished into thin air with a "poof".

Sasuke was much calmer, but the glint in his Sharingan betrayed his urgency.
As the sun gradually set, the sound of water balloons bursting and Naruto's unwilling shouts echoed across the training ground.

Sasuke's forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat, but the determination in his eyes remained undiminished.

Jiraiya leaned against a tree trunk, watching this scene, and a smile unconsciously crept onto his lips: "What a nostalgic scene."

Uchiha Yu, standing under the tree, interjected, "They're not like Nagato and Konan, those ungrateful beasts."

Jiraiya was somewhat surprised that Uchiha U knew all this. He frowned slightly, about to say something...
Suddenly, Jiraiya and Uchiha U simultaneously turned towards the bushes to the west!
Uchiha U, with his keen Observation Haki, sensed something amiss and turned to Jiraiya in a low voice, "It seems our training has attracted too much attention."

Jiraiya jumped down from the tree trunk. "Such a powerful aura! Who is it?"

Uchiha Yu glanced at Sasuke and Naruto in the training field, then at the bushes, "Two... very familiar scents."

(End of this chapter)