The next day, training continued.
For once, Jiraiya got up bright and early, and followed Naruto to the waterfall in high spirits.
"Come on, Young Naruto. Sign your name on this scroll, and then I'll teach you the Summoning Technique!"
"That way, you'll gain another battle partner from the Summoning Beast Holy Land Mount Myōboku. With your Chakra, Naruto, you can even train in toad Sage Art and become a sage like your teacher here, greatly increasing your strength."
"My previous disciple, who was also your father, Minato Namikaze, was once a contractor of Mount Myōboku too."
Beside the waterfall, Jiraiya looked at Naruto, who was warming up after splitting off a pile of Shadow Clones, and took out the huge scroll he carried on his back, speaking with a smug expression.
At that moment, he was already looking forward to the worshipful, expectant gaze from this young disciple.
Reality, however, was that Naruto's reaction was extremely indifferent.
Naruto glanced at Jiraiya, brought out Kurama as a shield, pointed at his stomach, and said, "This guy is throwing a tantrum. He won't let me sign a blood contract with any other summoning beasts."
After a pause, Naruto entered Sage Mode and said, "And I already know Sage Mode. Kurama taught me."
With the knowledge his father Minato Namikaze and his mother Kushina had given him, as well as the entire accumulation from more than twenty years of Kakashi's and Guy's lives that he had emptied out, plus Kurama's daily guidance and the information he knew from the manga, Naruto did not need anyone else to guide his training.
What he needed was merely to grow stronger step by step.
He called Jiraiya his teacher out of respect, not because he truly wanted to learn anything from him.
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