Naruto in Konoha: The Ultimate Slacker
Chapter 231

They Can't Be Spoiled! Four Symbols Seal!

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There was a knock on the bathroom door, followed by the sound of Hanabi.

"Sister, are you inside?"

"Huh?" Hinata's heart skipped a beat. Lost in thought, she felt as if someone had suddenly seen through her. "Yes, what's wrong?"

"It's okay. Do you have a mission tomorrow? I'd like to ask you to go shopping with me."

"No need, I'll be right there." Hinata pushed herself up and then fell back into the water. "Um Hanabi, could you wait for me a bit?"

"What's wrong?"

"Taking a shower takes a little time."

Although the Hanabi outside the bathroom were puzzled, they didn't say anything, glanced down at the shoes, and hummed in agreement.

Hinata blushed, sighed softly, and silently sank into the water, bubbling away.

"Ah! That feels good!" Naruto surfaced, spitting out a mouthful of water. The water was rushing around him. "Pervy Sage, isn't it dangerous to bathe in the river?"

Mount Myōboku, where stars hang low over the vast plains.

Jiraiya the water, "You're really demanding. There aren't any women here, why bother taking a bath? Why worry about your appearance?"

"Wouldn't it be great to squeeze out this little bit of time to cultivate?"

"Didn't I train during the day?" Naruto swam ashore, soaking wet, stood there with his pendulum swinging, tilted his head and bounced around, shaking the water out of his ears.

Jiraiya rolled his eyes. "Didn't you eat during the day? You're still hungry at night, aren't you?"

"Don't even mention what I ate for lunch, it makes me nauseous," Naruto said as he put on his clothes. "It was all bugs! I had to swallow it whole!"

"We still have to eat." Jiraiya came ashore, dressed, and said seriously, "Who told you to practice Senjutsu?"

The night sky is dotted with stars.

Naruto lay down on the grassy riverbank with a thud, looking at the starry sky and complaining.

"But we can't eat insects, can we? Besides, didn't we fail in our daytime cultivation? All the Natural Energy we inhaled has been expelled, so there's nothing we can do."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Jiraiya said, sitting down beside him. "Let's try again tomorrow and see if we can find the problem."

Naruto's eyes flickered slightly as he glanced at Jiraiya.

"Whatever you want."

"Seriously, you little brat, at least show some effort! Damn it!" Jiraiya snapped. "Who's learning Senjutsu, me or you?"

"There's nothing we can do about it," Naruto explained lazily. "I told you long ago that I'm incompatible with Natural Energy, now you believe me, right?"

"What nonsense!" Jiraiya sat up, took out his notebook and began to conceive a novel.

Naruto glanced at it again without showing any emotion, and asked, pretending to be completely unconcerned.

"Hey, Pervy Sage, your manuscript looks pretty thick. Are you almost finished writing it?"

"What? You're interested too?" Jiraiya paused, turning to ask, "Haven't you always said my writing is boring?"

"It's Kakashi-sensei. He really likes your book. He's helped me a lot. If you finish writing it, I'm thinking of sending him two unpublished copies of Make-Out Paradise."

"Oh, it's Kakashi. It's alright," Jiraiya said casually. "More or less, maybe it'll be a while. As for two books, I haven't asked why two?"

The next day.

Sage Fukasaku, stood before the Toad Oil Waterfall, gripping his iron rod. The waterfall roared incessantly, its sound like muffled thunder. Jiraiya stood solemnly to the side, watching.

"That's Toad Oil. Applying it to your body can attract Natural Energy to seep into your body." Sage Fukasaku dipped a finger in Toad Oil and rubbed it in circles on the back of Naruto's hand.

"Didn't we already try it yesterday?" Naruto helplessly, feeling the Natural Energy enter the back of his hand, and then being bounced away with a soft thud.

"What's going on?" Jiraiya stepped forward, picked up Naruto's hand, and examined it from all angles. "This is strange. Logically speaking, absorbing Natural Energy should at most turn his hand into a frog's hand."

"How could it pop out like that? I've never seen anything like this before."

"Let's try again," said Sage Fukasaku. "Perhaps it was just an accident. Try applying it to other areas."

Upon hearing this, Naruto rolled his eyes.

At the same time, he secretly thought that this was probably related to the erasure of Asura Chakra. After all, there was no longer any influence from Asura in his body, so his compatibility with Natural Energy was basically zero.

Failure is not hard to understand, but as for the rebound, he himself is unclear about it and too lazy to think about it in detail.

The absence of Asura Chakra actually made him feel at ease. No matter how much the Sage of Six Paths tried to deceive him, he was still an Otsutsuki, a stranger in a foreign land just like him.

The biggest difference may be that Naruto comes from a higher-dimensional world.

Senjutsu are indeed valuable, but there's nothing one can do if they can't cultivate them. This is the price—the price of soul transmigration. Everything he has now is basically given to him by the system.

"It failed." Fukasaku shook his head, looking at Jiraiya. "Jiraiya, did you see anything wrong?"

"No." Jiraiya also looked frustrated.

On the contrary, Naruto, who was involved, was more optimistic and Sage Fukasaku and Jiraiya.

"It's okay, maybe it's because I don't have the qualifications."

He had been mentally prepared, and when he learned the result, he actually felt relieved. Putting aside the system, he was just an ordinary ninja, and that was good enough.

Jiraiya looked at Naruto speechlessly, "Without Senjutsu, how are you going to face the Akatsuki Organization? Just one Itachi Uchiha would be enough to give you trouble."

Upon hearing this, Naruto thought for a moment and said, "I know Sealing Jutsu."

"When did you learn Sealing Jutsu?" Jiraiya was slightly taken aback, then turned to look at Naruto. "You mean Sealing Jutsu?"

"Mm." Naruto nodded.

"After the Uzumaki Clan was wiped out, the existing Sealing Jutsu are extremely rare," Sage Fukasaku sighed. "If it's just an ordinary Sealing Jutsu, it's better to learn Senjutsu."

"Even if we can't find the problem right now, there's no need to be too anxious." It said with its Jiraiya behind its back, "You two can stay at Mount Myōboku without worry. You can train for as long as you want."

"Enough food!"

"What?" Naruto gasped, immediately recalling the terror of being dominated by the insect feast.

Those plump, white worms, with their greenish-blue juices, made my stomach churn. No! If I stay here any longer, I'll completely ruin myself.

"Thank you Fukasaku," Jiraiya said with a bitter face.

Although he didn't want to eat insects every meal, he didn't want to give up so easily either. He returned to Konohagakure to take Naruto to Mount Myōboku to learn Senjutsu.

Jiraiya didn't care about any prophecies. Even if his fate was changed, or if tragedy was destined, a settled ending after a life of wandering was not so bad.

He lost almost everyone important, whether disciples or masters. He trusted the Toad Sage's prophecy completely, but he was unwilling to accept this fate.

Moreover, once he returns to Konohagakure, he will begin his investigation mission in the Land of Rain. If Naruto didn't have Senjutsu Mode to rely on, he really wouldn't feel comfortable taking him along.

"That's enough for today," Jiraiya said, shielding his eyes from the sun. "Naruto, take a rest and continue your training tomorrow when you're feeling better."

Upon hearing this, Naruto couldn't sit still any longer. If they continued to linger here, his taste would definitely spoil.

"Wait, I think we can still try to save it."

"Hmm?" Jiraiya turned to look at Naruto, a puzzled expression on his face. "How do we save him?"

"Shall we try again?" Sage Fukasaku asked, a smile appearing on his face. He thought to himself, "As expected of Jiraiya's disciple, he has a resilient character."

"Yes!" Naruto stripped down to his underwear, turned around, and jumped into the Toad Oil Waterfall with a splash.

"Are you crazy!" Jiraiya's pupils dilated, and he rushed over.

"Quick, get him out of there! Little Jiraiya!" Sage Fukasaku reacted quickly, grabbing the iron rod that could dispel Natural Energy. "If his whole body is covered in Toad Oil, he'll explode from the sheer amount of Natural Energy!"

Although it was known that Naruto's body rejected Natural Energy, it was still a small amount. A large quantity can cause a qualitative change; the influx of massive amounts of Natural Energy into the body is no joke.

Naruto was eventually pulled out by Jiraiya, his whole body covered in Toad Oil, but he was still full of energy.

"I can't absorb it," he said dejectedly, wiping the Toad Oil off his clothes. "Does this stuff even work?"

"You little brat, you almost scared me to death!" Jiraiya slapped Naruto on the back of the head. "Of course it's useful. I used to absorb Natural Energy by using these Toad Oil back then."

"Everyone's situation is different, so we can't generalize." Naruto stood up, his face flushed. He could roughly sense the presence of Natural Energy, but he couldn't draw it into his body.

Jiraiya sighed, "Let's come again tomorrow."

Sage Fukasaku was also quite frightened. He looked at Jiraiya and said, "Jiraiya, your disciple's condition is truly rare. It seems that he is completely isolated from Natural Energy."

"So be it, let's just leave it as is." Naruto wiped his face dry, gritted his teeth, and said, "I can clearly sense the Natural Energy, but it's just on the surface and won't come in."

"Even if you get in, you'll be ejected!"

Upon hearing this, the Sage Fukasaku seemed lost in thought, suddenly recalling the towering soul within Naruto. He glanced at Naruto solemnly, unsure of what to say.

Jiraiya had already said that she was his only disciple, so he couldn't just abandon her. The Old Master Toad also nodded, and besides, there was the connection with Minato.

Just as Sage Fukasaku was pondering other solutions, he heard Naruto shouting and yelling, seemingly extremely angry.

Has his mentality collapsed? Sage Fukasaku didn't seem to care too much, which is normal for a beginner.

However, the next second, Naruto's angry voice came through clearly.

"They just won't come in! They're just teasing me. We can't keep indulging these kinds of things! Damn it! If they won't come in, I'll seal them in."

"Four Symbols Seal!"

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