Naruto: I get stronger by drawing lots

"Of course I'd like to, but—"

Naruto lowered his head, looking somewhat dejected.

"Now, if you were given another chance, what would you choose?"

Naruto's eyes lit up, and he looked up at Mizuki's face, but he didn't notice the slight smile on Mizuki's face.

"really?"

Naruto was a little excited. Becoming a ninja was the first step towards becoming Hokage. If he didn't even take this step, he wouldn't be able to become Hokage.

"Of course it's true, would you like to hear it?"

Shuimu sat down on the spot, watching the excited red-haired boy.

Naruto nodded and sat down, looking at Mizuki. Then Mizuki began to talk about this so-called opportunity.

"Did you know? There's a Scroll of Sealing in Konoha. The ninjutsu inside is one of the strongest in the entire ninja world. If you get the Scroll of Sealing and learn the ninjutsu inside, you'll easily pass the graduation exam. Even Iruka will definitely pass you."

"Oh~~"

Naruto's eyes lit up.

"Then where is that Book of Seals?"

Shuimu's smile curved upwards slightly again.

"Let me tell you the location of the Book of Seals."

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夜晚

As the lights came on, the leaves turned a vibrant, colorful glow, and the aroma of food carried further and more intensely through the night.

That night, a small figure darted out from the Uchiha clan's territory.

It wasn't too late yet. Kushina and Mikoto were still helping out at the Happy Restaurant, and Sasuke had gone out to play with Itachi again. Naruto was all alone, which was perfect timing.

"Let me see, it looks like this way."

Naruto followed Mizuki's route, scratching his head, somewhat unable to understand the map Mizuki had given him.

"This should be the place."

Naruto didn't care about anything else in his heart.

In fact, quite strangely enough, they didn't get lost and just happened to walk towards the route of Shuimu.

"Nobody's here."

Naruto had no experience doing something like this for the first time, and he looked furtive, completely unaware that he was being watched.

Minato looked at the sneaky little guy. He had just finished work and had some free time to sit at Happiness Restaurant for a while, but he didn't expect a little mouse to sneak into the Hokage's office building.

As they got closer to their destination, Naruto became increasingly excited.

"The Book of Seals, the Book of Seals."

They're just kids after all; they don't have that many precautions.

"The Book of Seals?"

Minato watched Naruto from the shadows and began to think. The ANBU members around him had already been called away by Minato, leaving him alone to watch.

"Let me see who it is."

Minato quietly watched this unprofessional red-haired boy.

"Discover."

With all the obstacles cleared, Naruto easily obtained the Scroll of Seals. Now, Naruto happily carried the Scroll of Seals and headed towards the agreed-upon grove of trees.

Minato continued to follow, while simultaneously issuing the order that the Book of Seals, which had been stolen, needed to be retrieved.

This made the night in Konoha even more lively, with ninjas starting to move around, but no one went to investigate the grove where Naruto was.

Everything seemed so coincidental.

"Naruto, you did it! You did a really good job."

Naruto was still looking at the Book of Sealing with a headache; he was only looking at the first ninjutsu.

"Mitsuki-sensei, this ninjutsu is so difficult! Can you teach me?"

Naruto had not yet seen Mizuki's gloomy expression.

"of course can."

Mizuki smiled, and the next moment the shuriken shot out.

Naruto's fighting instincts were surprisingly good; he sensed the attack and dodged it perfectly with a backbend.

"What are you doing, Mr. Shuimu?"

Naruto paused for a moment, then stepped back while holding the Scroll of Seals.

"Excuse me, Naruto, please disappear from here. Give me the Scroll of Seals!"

Mizuki began to reveal his true colors, throwing away his previous mask without any attempt at concealment.

"Impossible, I absolutely won't give it to you."

Naruto yelled and threw the explosive tag kunai from his ninja tool pouch.

Mizuki was surprised by Naruto's decisiveness and narrowly avoided the attack.

boom!

An explosion rang out, and Naruto began to flee.

"That brat!"

Mizuki's veins bulged as he watched Naruto run away and gave chase!

Chapter 306: Congratulations on your graduation

"Didn't Naruto pass?"

During the day, not long after the ninja academy's graduation exams had just ended.

Minato sat in the Hokage Building reviewing the graduation exam materials for this year's exam. It was an annual tradition. As the Hokage, one of the things Minato cared about most was the future, and the Ninja Academy was the place that nurtured that future.

"That kid must be very sad."

Minato smiled and then looked out the window.

"This aspect still needs some improvement," Minato said casually.

Minato certainly knew about the Nine-Tails. In fact, Naruto's combat ability was already comparable to that of a genin. Because of his mischievousness and constant rivalry with Sasuke since childhood, his combat ability was quite good, even surpassing Sasuke's by a considerable margin.

"Sasuke is the best in the school, and he's also the strongest."

"And Naruto, that kid, is the most unpredictable."

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"You brat! Hand over the Book of Seals."

Mizuki chased after Naruto, but it turned out to be much harder to catch than he had imagined.

"Pfft, don't even think about it, you stinky guy, I'll treat you to dirt."

Naruto threw a ball made of mud at him.

Mizuki, who was completely focused on Naruto, didn't react at all, and the mud ball hit him directly.

"Hahaha, is it delicious?"

Mizuki stopped, Naruto looked at him with a mocking expression, and then immediately started running away again.

"I'm absolutely going to kill you, you brat!!!"

Mizuki's eyes turned red, filled with murderous intent as he stared at the red-haired boy in front of him.

"How lame! How lame!"

Naruto ran away laughing, and behind him came the sound of wind being cut.

Turning his head, he saw several shuriken and kunai flying over, their target clearly aimed at Naruto.

Naruto's eyes widened, but he reacted quickly, sliding in and ducking to avoid the attack.

"Hey, same trick again!"

Naruto looked at the explosive tags that had been inserted into the tree and were floating behind it.

After making a complaint, Naruto quickly started running.

He knew the range and power of the explosive tag very well.

Getting bombed is a serious matter; one's life is still quite precious.

"boom!"

"Wow!"

Naruto managed to dodge a bit further away, but he still couldn't escape the impact and was thrown into the air.

"Where else do you think you're going!"

Taking advantage of this moment, Mizuki rushed out and stabbed at Naruto.

Naruto shouted, but he was quite agile and dodged most of Mizuki's attacks.

"That was close! That was close!"

The movements looked quite strange, but they were able to dodge Mizuki's attacks.

"you!"

"Take the hit."

Naruto sprang to his feet and delivered a powerful kick.

Yes, Naruto's taijutsu skills are also quite good, even enough to deal with Mizuki now.

Mizuki was kicked out in pain.