Naruto: Two opponents versus Naruto, Konoha panics!

Orochimaru: "For Naruto with the black-rimmed glasses, the little Nine-Tails is nothing!"

Kurama (Yang): "You stinking snake-maru, are you looking for death?!"

Kushina Uzumaki: "Hmm?"

Minato Namikaze: Hmm?

Nine-Tailed Fox shut up.

Forget it, there are too many chickens in the chat rooms.

[After becoming Naruto's guinea pig for all his experiments.]

[Shikamaru began to continuously practice meditation, summarizing its effects, and simultaneously analyzing his training in genjutsu, etc.]

[Shikamaru always sports a deadpan expression, giving off a sense of utter despair.]

Time flew by as Naruto diligently continued his various training sessions.

Another month has passed.

[Iruka reacts to Naruto like he's seen a ghost, and he's stopped doing things the usual way, jumping onto the roof as soon as get out of class is over.]

It's like Naruto is some kind of prehistoric beast.

Upon seeing that wisp of blond hair, without the slightest hesitation, they turned and ran.

Fortunately, Shikamaru gave Iruka a solution.

If we find some advanced ninjutsu and teach them to Naruto, we won't have to hide from him like this anymore.

【then!】

[Iruka declared complete bankruptcy after this semester.]

Ninjutsu isn't cheap.

[The ninjutsu that he himself had to spend a lot of time training with... Naruto learned in almost no more than two days.]

[Even when demonstrating it to Iruka, the level of proficiency he displayed made Iruka always think that Naruto had already learned it and was just teasing him.]

[Through Naruto's continuous efforts and attempts...]

Finally, the effects of meditation became apparent.

He heard the great fox's voice again.

As for why he actively sought out the big fox, it's simple: Naruto had already realized that the Ninja Academy had completely lost its purpose for him.

If it weren't for the protection he needed from the Ninja Academy, he wouldn't have even bothered sending his shadow clones.

On this day, Naruto was training in the back mountain.

[Send a shadow clone to the school to meditate while lying on a desk.]

Iruka didn't dare to cry out.

He was afraid that Naruto would ask him questions in class.

[Looking at Naruto slumped over the table, he even glared at the classmates near Naruto.]

[Nothing more than a warning to them not to wake Naruto.]

Iruka's feelings about going to class every day are like a rollercoaster ride.

Rock Lee: "I'm so envious... I wish I could use ninjutsu too."

Kakashi Hatake: "No, while Shadow Clones can be used for a lot of training, they don't include your training, Lee."

Might Guy: "That's not entirely true. If you're using it to train your reflexes in dodging various attacks, it can still be useful."

Naruto Uzumaki: "So that's what shadow clones are for!"

Naruto Uzumaki: "Why didn't I notice this before?"

Naruto Uzumaki: "I've decided, I'll train like this from now on!"

Many people nodded in agreement.

This is indeed a good idea.

But...it seems like a lot of chakra is being used up too.

In addition, there are memories and experiences that can withstand being transmitted back by shadow clones.

This is also a considerable challenge.

If you're not careful, you could actually be turned into an idiot by the massive amount of memories and experiences transmitted back by the shadow clone.

Uchiha Sasuke: "Idiot!"

Sasuke felt a little uncomfortable.

Naruto's ramblings were of great help.

The others had neither the aid of rambling nor a large amount of chakra.

They didn't even dare to use the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique lightly.

What's more, it involves cultivating with a large number of shadow clones?

It's indeed very easy for Naruto to pull ahead in the race.

Sasuke felt pressured by Naruto once again, his sense of crisis overwhelming him.

"Foolish brat!"

"What do you want with me, fox?!"

"Just stick to your ninja house game!"

"Get back here! That old man's here. If you don't want to be captured and used to reinforce the seal, don't contact me!"

[Tick-tock—]

Naruto glanced at the dimly lit sewer that flashed by.

The voice of the large fox kept echoing in my ears.

Unfortunately, the image of that dimly lit sewer only flashed through my mind.

But this also confirmed for Naruto that it was indeed the spiritual world.

[In the spiritual realm, one can meet the great fox sealed within one's body.]

The sound also came from there.

"It's because my mental strength isn't strong enough... that's why I was disturbed by the big fox and had to withdraw from my mental world."

"If my mental strength were a little stronger, even if the great fox wanted to interfere with me, it wouldn't be so easy."

Naruto took a deep breath.

The large fox sealed within her body seemed quite agitated.

But it seems to fear the seal being strengthened.

[Also... a ninja pretend game?]

[Is the big fox able to see or hear things through me?]

[“It might be trying to mislead me by saying that… What do you mean it’s not just ninja play? That it will be even more powerful? Is it saying this on purpose to make me subconsciously have these thoughts?”]

【...】

Naruto slowly opened his eyes, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"The cultivation has been successful."

"As expected, my third grandfather wouldn't lie to me. As long as I deeply understand the Will of Fire, I'll achieve twice the results with half the effort in everything I do!"

[Naruto deliberately added more firewood to the fire.]

Was it the smell of my grilled fish that attracted that old geezer?

[Whoosh whoosh whoosh—]

Now that he realized the other person was watching him, Naruto couldn't stay in meditation any longer. He stood up and placed his hand on his ninja tool pouch.

He took out several shuriken from his ninja tool pouch and flung them toward the direction of the sensed chakra.

【Da da da——】

In the blink of an eye.

All the shuriken struck the tree trunk.

The bullseye painted on the tree trunk were all pierced by hand swords.

【"hehe."】

【"very nice."】

"I can tell, Naruto, you've really worked hard."

[Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice rang out.]

But the sound came from the other side.

Naruto could clearly sense that the old man had just dodged using the Body Flicker Technique.

After coming out, he pretended that he had just arrived, no, he pretended that he had just passed by.

Naruto frowned slightly, but quickly recovered and smiled.

[“That old geezer…didn’t he get any information about me from when I was at the Ninja Academy?”]

[“He doesn’t seem to know that I’ve mastered quite a few ninjutsu... Does he think I’m practicing throwing techniques?”]

[The thought crossed his mind, and Naruto exclaimed in delight, "Grandpa Hokage~!"]

[A sense of joy was evident.]

Hiruzen Sarutobi's smile widened.

"Are you skipping classes to come here and train?"

Naruto was slightly taken aback.

"Looks like this old geezer really doesn't know what I did at the ninja academy."

[No, it's impossible that he didn't understand everything; he must have seen the report card.]

【"But why haven't you shown up to check on my cultivation progress for so long?"】

"Are you held up by something?"

"Thinking about it carefully, it seems like it started when the Uchiha clan stopped asking Sasuke for help... Is there any connection between that and something else?"

Orochimaru: "See? I told you, Naruto with the black-rimmed glasses really is omnipotent!"

Orochimaru: "So much information can be deduced just from Sarutobi-sensei's attitude."

Orochimaru: "The accuracy rate is also very high!"

Fugaku Uchiha: At this time... the clan does hold meetings every few days, but I didn't expect that the Third Hokage would already be planning how to deal with us.

Orochimaru: "That's Danzo's business. Sarutobi-sensei should be helping Asuma smooth things over and taking care of Asuma, who has just become a Guardian Ninja and is far away in the Daimyo's mansion in the Land of Fire."

Sarutobi Asuma: "Orochimaru, I became a Guardian Ninja not because of my father."