Drawing Flying Thunder God

"Too ugly!"

Second Pillar stared fixedly at the Diary. Thinking of how he had nearly committed suicide in the Diary video, he felt utterly ugly.

How was such a cowardly self supposed to kill Uchiha Itachi and take revenge?

The killing intent emitted by an Elite Jonin like Zabuza alone had nearly driven him to suicide. What if it were Uchiha Itachi, who was even stronger than Zabuza?

At that time, forget revenge—just standing in front of him would probably require every bit of courage he had.

"Is the gap really that great?" Second Pillar clenched his fists tightly.

He knew there was a great age gap between himself and Uchiha Itachi, but none of that mattered, because he was the avenger—the Uchiha Clan's last hope.

"No, I have to become stronger. I need more training!"

Second Pillar closed the Diary, which was no longer updating, changed into training clothes, and prepared to begin his extra training for the night.

Meanwhile, Kitahara Kaede had just finished writing today's diary. He had no idea that today's Diary video had caused such a huge shock to Hatake Kakashi and Second Pillar.

Having just washed his hands, he sincerely began today's lottery draw.

"Lottery draw!"

As the translucent roulette wheel spun rapidly before him, the pointer finally stopped after Kitahara Kaede called for it to stop.

Flying Thunder God (Beginner)

When he saw what he had drawn this time, Kitahara Kaede could not help but laugh. It was actually Flying Thunder God.

This was one of the rare space-type ninjutsu in the world of Hokage. It had been developed by the Second Hokage and later fully brought to prominence by the Fourth Hokage. With this technique, the Fourth Hokage became Konoha's Yellow Flash, his fame resounding far and wide.

He had even relied on the prestige earned through it to successfully become the Fourth Hokage.

However, after integrating the Flying Thunder God, Kitahara Kaede understood why it had been labeled beginner-level. This beginner-level Flying Thunder God was only enough for him to learn how to carve Flying Thunder God marks onto kunai and throw them somewhere for travel. He could not truly use it in actual combat.

His hand signs were simply too slow. Only after reaching mastery could it possibly be used in battle.

Still, being able to use it for travel at critical moments was already pretty good.

Kitahara Kaede recalled the knowledge of Flying Thunder God that had appeared in his mind. Overall, the logic behind its formula was not complicated, but it was like the Heavenly Rank Techniques and Qian Xuesen's Mechanics Manuscript he had seen in his previous life.

One look was enough to understand why major sects loved geniuses so much. If you could not understand it, you simply could not understand it.

The Flying Thunder God formula was the same. Those without talent for space ninjutsu could not even make sense of it. Minato Namikaze had passed Flying Thunder God down to members of his Shadow Guard, yet the result was that they could only perform a half-finished version by joining forces.

Learning Flying Thunder God required not only talent for space ninjutsu, but also one crucial condition: extreme reaction speed.

Flying Thunder God's fighting style often involved erasing the enemy's neck in an instant, but the enemy was not stupid. They could see your kunai flying toward them too. If they struck after you did and your reaction speed was not fast enough, you might be killed instead.

Only with this condition could one be considered capable of using it in combat.

Unfortunately, Kitahara Kaede had neither. He had neither talent for space ninjutsu nor extreme reaction speed, so a divine technique like Flying Thunder God could not display its full power in his hands. He was not much stronger than those members of Minato Namikaze's Shadow Guard.

And he could not use it openly either, since he currently had no way to explain where he had learned Flying Thunder God.

An ordinary Chunin should have had no means whatsoever of learning Flying Thunder God.

But he was not in a hurry. He might not have talent for space ninjutsu or extreme reaction speed now, but did that mean he would not have them in the future?

As long as this Diary Lottery System existed, he refused to believe he would not draw them someday!

Kitahara Kaede immediately began testing it. First, he carved a Flying Thunder God formula in a hidden place inside his home. From now on, whenever he wanted to return home, he could simply use Flying Thunder God to return directly.

Next, he tested the range within which he could sense Flying Thunder God. It could cover roughly a ten-kilometer radius.

It seemed that beginner-level Flying Thunder God could only achieve this much. Although the range was not small, it was still far from what Kitahara Kaede wanted.

Still, he had nothing to complain about. After tidying up, he prepared to go to sleep.

Several days later.

At Ichiraku Ramen, Kitahara Kaede, having just completed a mission, was eating ramen. As one of the famous foods in Hokage, the ramen at this shop was indeed quite good. Kitahara Kaede liked coming here for a meal whenever he had the chance.

"Aaaah! How could it be gone? I remember putting the coupon in my pocket!"

A noisy voice came from nearby. It belonged to a boy around eleven or twelve years old, with blond hair and dressed in orange.

He frantically searched through his pockets and discovered that his Ichiraku Ramen coupon was gone. It was as if the sky had fallen.

This was none other than the protagonist of this world, Uzumaki Naruto.

Kitahara Kaede could not help shaking his head. When he had seen this scene in the anime before, he had only found it funny, a bit of comic relief amid the tense plot. But now, this was reality.

That meant this was the Fourth Hokage's orphan—the Crown Prince of Konoha.

Yet look at how Uzumaki Naruto was treated, then look at how Konohamaru Sarutobi was treated. The difference was like heaven and earth.

"Boss, put his meal on my tab," Kitahara Kaede said.

After all, he knew this was the protagonist of the next twenty years. There was nothing wrong with getting on his good side early.

But he also knew he could not get too close. The moment he said that, he sensed several gazes falling on him.

Were those Anbu agents monitoring the area?

"All right!" the owner of Ichiraku Ramen quickly replied, then went to prepare Uzumaki Naruto's meal.

This was not Uzumaki Naruto's first time here. Although everyone else treated him as the Demon Fox and disliked him immensely, Ichiraku did not think that way. As long as Uzumaki Naruto struggled a little more, he would have been willing to pay for him.

After all, not everyone appreciated his cooking skills so much.

"Ah, big brother..." Uzumaki Naruto froze. He had never imagined that someone would actually be willing to treat him to ramen.

There had not been many people who treated him well as he grew up. Even something as small as being treated to a bowl of ramen was enough to leave him confused and touched for a long time.