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"Uncle, please teach me ninjutsu!"
A loud howl shattered the otherwise peaceful afternoon. The Chunin Exams, jointly hosted by the five villages, were drawing near. Naruto Uzumaki's parents were both busy with official duties and had no time to guide his training.
So Naruto Uzumaki set his sights on Uzumaki Kuming. How did that saying go? A maternal uncle was family for life; even broken bones remained connected by sinew. With that in mind, Naruto rushed to Uzumaki Kuming's home at once and begged him to train him.
In the study, Kuming looked at Naruto, who was clinging to his waist and pleading, and could not help feeling helpless.
"Naruto, it's not that your uncle doesn't want to teach you. It's just that I really have something to take care of this time."
Uzumaki Kuming was still holding a scroll in his hand. Before Naruto arrived, he had been in the study reading through Fuinjutsu scrolls.
"Uncle, you can't refuse to help me!"
"I know you're the headmaster of the Ninja Academy. I won't take up any of your other time—just spare some time to guide me during the academy holidays!"
Naruto raised his head, his eyes practically replaced by the words "pitiful," and looked at Kuming with a pleading expression.
"Your uncle really isn't brushing you off. I genuinely have things to do."
"The joint Chunin Exams held by the five villages this time have caused quite a stir."
"Not long ago, because of the village expansion plan, the outer walls near the village entrance were dismantled, and the village's barrier was damaged from within."
"Construction on the village expansion had originally stalled