The small room was dominated by a large tatami mat in the center.
This was a room specially prepared by Tazuna's family for Team 7 to rest in during their mission.
At this moment, the window was open, and the sea was just outside.
With a gust of wind, a salty, humid mist from the sea could be smelled.
This was the smell of the sea.
Naruto idly thought about eating seaweed.
Just then, Sakura's voice interrupted Naruto's thoughts: "Teacher Kakashi, if Kado, our employer, was killed by Zabuza, does that mean our mission is complete?"
"It should be,"
Kakashi mused, stroking his chin. "But to prevent any accidents, we still need to remain vigilant until the last day."
"You three... the two of you must not stop training!" Glancing at the three, Kakashi changed his requirement to two.
"Yes, Teacher!" ×2
"Mhm."
Kakashi looked at Naruto again, concerned. "Naruto, what have you been training recently?"
Me?
Naruto snapped back to attention.
What had he been training recently?
Come to think of it, ever since he discovered the special ability of his SSSSSS Talent, not only had his clones been learning various skills, but he, the main body, had also been using this bug, no, this trait, to learn more skills.
For example:
He played "Fight the Landlord" with the Nine-Tails six times every day to hone his Gambling Skill. In a few more days, he would reach max level in Gambling Skill—God of Gamblers.
In this vast ninja world, casinos were just ATMs.
Also, yesterday he had become fascinated with Wood Carving.
His experience points were increasing rapidly, and he would reach max level again in at most a month.
However, he couldn't mention any of these.
"Uh, Teacher Kakashi,"
Naruto said, carefully choosing his words, "I've been practicing Wood Release recently. Yes, I've been trying to fuse Earth Release and Water Release to see if I can awaken Wood Release."
As soon as he said this, the gazes of the three people snapped towards him.
Wood Release, that was the First Hokage's Kekkei Genkai.
Sakura: Is Naruto going to learn the First Hokage's Wood Release again? It was definitely the right choice for me to learn Medical Ninjutsu.
Sasuke: Damn it, is Naruto going to get stronger again? How can I learn Wood Release? I'll definitely learn it within three years!
These two were overly confident in Naruto.
They didn't understand how difficult it was to synthesize a Kekkei Genkai, let alone the rarity of Wood Release and the difficulty of its synthesis.
But Kakashi understood.
Upon hearing this, he could only sigh.
He had a friend, Yamato, who was a Wood Release ninja.
Only later did he learn how many sacrifices were made to produce a Wood Release ninja like Yamato.
The village had conducted experiments, resulting in many casualties, but all failed to synthesize Wood Release.
Orochimaru had also conducted related experiments in secret, sacrificing nearly a hundred children before finally having one successful subject, which was Yamato.
Since the founding of the village, Konoha had produced many astonishingly talented ninjas, but not a single one since had been able to synthesize Wood Release and become a Wood Release ninja.
Could Naruto do it?
Kakashi didn't want to deny it outright, but his rational mind told him the probability was close to zero.
"Keep it up, Naruto. Teacher believes you can succeed," Kakashi said with a smile, offering encouragement.
Naruto gave a thumbs-up, displaying his standard brilliant smile, his white teeth flashing.
"Don't worry, Teacher Kakashi, I will definitely succeed!"
"However,"
Suddenly, Naruto lowered his head with a troubled expression, as if facing a difficult situation.
"What's wrong?"
Looking up, Naruto earnestly requested, "There's something very important. If I can't do it, I will definitely fail! So please, you must help me accomplish it!"
"Oh?"
Kakashi was very confused.
What could possibly be so important that he needed my help to complete it?
"Heh!"
Sasuke sighed speechlessly at this moment.
He seemed to understand what Naruto was planning.
Sakura, on the other hand, gave him a confused look.
At this point, Naruto revealed his true intentions, "Teacher, after you go back, please meet with Sister Hana. She's a really wonderful woman, and I hope she can become our new teacher's wife."
Kakashi, Sakura: -_-||
Sasuke: Heh, just as I thought.
Seeing their expressions, Naruto was confused.
I'm really worried about you, Kakashi-sensei.
Do you guys want Kakashi-sensei to be alone for the rest of his life?
"Please, Kakashi-sensei, this is the one request I'll ever make in my life."
Sasuke and Sakura finally understood and looked at Kakashi with anticipation.
Stared at by three expectant gazes, Kakashi found it a bit much and replied helplessly, "Alright, since you've put it that way, I promise."
It's just a meeting, he wasn't going to die from exposure.
Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura: Great! This is going to be good!
Sasuke went off to train ninjutsu with Kakashi, while Sakura practiced medical ninjutsu alone in her room.
The training space could generate plants like trees and flowers, but it couldn't generate animals like birds and beasts.
So Sakura could only practice medical ninjutsu in reality.
This had its advantages, though.
Her Super Strength Taijutsu training at night wouldn't be affected. She could focus on one thing during the day and another at night. Both medical ninjutsu and Super Strength Taijutsu were her main focuses, which wouldn't hinder her from becoming a 'violent girl' at all.
And Naruto?
He was sitting on the roof, enjoying the sea breeze, but his mind was immersed in the Duel Arena, searching for someone!
"Uchiha, Uchiha... Uchiha... What was his name again?" Naruto muttered the name fiercely, browsing opponents in the training grounds.
A few days ago, when he found Uchiha Madara to vent his frustrations, he noticed an 'Uchiha Madara' in quotation marks and decided to pick him.
After entering, Naruto realized that this guy was not just similar, but identical to the 'Uchiha Madara' from the "Nine-Tails' Night" that the Nine-Tails had described.
So, Naruto went in and beat that person up.
This 'Uchiha Madara' had some strange Kekkei Genkai, a space-type ninjutsu, and he could also use Wood Release.
After removing the mask of the fake Uchiha Madara, a face appeared that Naruto didn't recognize at all and had never seen before.
He knew who the culprit was, but he didn't recognize the culprit.
This troubled Naruto greatly.
Trying to get information from NPCs in the Duel Arena through conversation was as difficult as climbing to heaven.
The NPCs in the Duel Arena weren't real people, but genuine AIs.
For example, this masked fake Uchiha kept shouting about 'Rin' and 'I want to create a world with you in it!'
It was utterly baffling.
So, at this moment, Naruto could only enter the Duel Arena again and start searching aimlessly.
On the character selection screen, he clicked the search bar and typed 'Uchiha'.
The search results showed over a thousand entries.
There were simply too many, and Naruto couldn't possibly look through them all.
But he had plenty of time, so it didn't matter if he looked through them one by one.
"Next... next... next. Hmm?"
Naruto's eyes narrowed. "Finally found you, you damn Uchiha Obito!"
The biggest regret in his life, recorded in his little notebook, finally had a target for revenge.
Excellent!
"Is the 'Fourth Mizukage Controlled by Genjutsu' special feature for the Land of Water coming out soon?" Naruto suddenly thought of this and quickly asked in the channel, "Media Tycoon Naruto."
The result came back: it was in the final stages of typesetting.
Change it immediately!
He had originally planned to have Uchiha Liutong take responsibility for this matter.
But now, it seemed this blame could be entirely placed on Uchiha Obito!
"Let the whole world see your true face, Uchiha Obito!"
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