Why do you want to learn? I'll teach you.

"What was that hand-signless jutsu of yours, that small blue typhoon that appeared out of thin air in your palm?"

"To think it could pierce through this towering tree in a single strike."

Sasuke swallowed hard.

He possessed an infinite thirst for strength right now.

Even if someone asked him to swing a blade, he would be willing!

As long as it could make him stronger, what did swinging a blade even matter?

He would even be willing to turn into Sasuko Uchiha!

How savage...

Seeing that his goal was achieved, a smirk curled onto Naruto's lips. He held the masterpiece that Jiraiya had spent years of heart and blood writing in his hands.

"What, want to learn? I'll teach you."

The expectation in Sasuke's eyes was impossible to hide.

"Naruto, teach me quickly!"

"I can teach you, but you have to call me Boss."

Naruto said. Things that are easily obtained are usually not cherished by people. If he didn't add a little difficulty for this Second Pillar, the guy would think he was just a pushover handing out free experience.

Sasuke came to a sudden halt. Call him Boss??? Naruto seemed to be younger than him. Besides, he had been the class dead-last every single year. Let me, a genius ninja, call him Boss? The situation was stronger than the man; Sasuke found it hard to accept the fact that Naruto had become more impressive than him.

Since when did Naruto possess such formidable strength? Or was it that from the very beginning, this guy had been deliberately acting like a dead-last to trick and disgust a top student like him?

Whenever he displayed his strength in front of his peers—throwing shuriken or using ninjutsu they couldn't master—Sasuke always felt a sense of pride, more or less. This was the pride of the Uchiha clan.

But what about Naruto? The damage caused by a single Rasengan from Naruto was far more impressive than his Fire Style: Great Fireball. One was group AOE, the other was single-target damage. If the enemy was far away, use Fire Style: Great Fireball; if they were close, use Rasengan directly!

Humiliation? Was it more humiliating than having his entire family and clan slaughtered without a single survivor, living every day in the gloom of wanting revenge but lacking the strength to achieve it?

"Bo... Bo... I can't say it."

Sasuke bit his lip, his tone carrying a final trace of stubbornness. That was the last shred of dignity he held as an Uchiha.

I cannot let anyone trample on me ever again.

Naruto glanced at him.

"Do you have any idea how much effort it took to get my hands on this authentic training manual by Jiraiya, one of the Konoha Sannin? It cost me hundreds of gold coins."

"I haven't asked for a single cent, and I even shared such a massive secret with you."

"Now, you won't even call me boss. What do you think I'm after?"

Naruto spoke with righteous indignation.

His tone was firm and powerful!

It made Sasuke feel completely embarrassed.

Naruto spent so much money to get this authentic training manual.

And he gave it to me for free.

If I don't call him boss, it would truly be cold-hearted.

Sasuke bit his lip, acting like a girl, and said in a weak voice, "Bo... boss."

"Huh? I didn't hear you clearly."

"Alright, stop talking nonsense, just give me the book!"

Sasuke shouted with a blushing face.

It was so damn shameful.

It was one thing to shout it at Naruto.

If it were anyone else, he would rather be killed.

"What a pain, take it."

Naruto tossed the book to the little guy.

Sasuke took the book happily, feeling delighted inside.

Am I finally going to become stronger?

Itachi Uchiha, just you wait!

I will definitely kill you with my own hands!

"Eh..." Sasuke's gaze drifted toward a black bag lying by Naruto's feet, containing something unknown.

He asked curiously.

"Naruto, what's inside this?"

"Kids don't need to know too much."

"Aren't you a kid too?"

"I am on the outside, but not on the inside. I am already a true man who has weathered the storms and seen through everything in this world."

As Naruto spoke, he used his foot to pull the cloth covering the bag back into place.

Sasuke blinked, looking from the book in his hand to the black bag.

For just a split second.

He had seen what was inside.

It looked remarkably similar to the training manual he was holding.

That's absolutely ridiculous!

Could it be that the bag is also filled with Jiraiya's training manuals?!!

"Naruto, hurry up and let me see what's inside."

Sasuke tried to force his way in.

He didn't know where he found the strength.

He tried to snatch the bag from Naruto's hand.

But how could the frail Sasuke be a match for Naruto?

It is no exaggeration to say.

Naruto could knock this little guy down with a single finger.

"Stop nagging!"

"Each book costs hundreds of gold coins; my money doesn't grow on trees, how could I afford to buy so many?!"

"Get lost and go train, I'm leaving."

Naruto kicked the bag off the ground and caught it in his hand.

With an elegant side-step.

He dodged the Second Pillar, who was lunging at him like a hungry tiger.

Little brat.

Trying to play the bandit without the skills to back it up?

Go practice some more.

"Give it to me now, or I'm not training anymore!"

"Whether you train or not is your business. Someone doesn't want to get stronger and take revenge, I guess. Always talking about revenge, how embarrassing."

"You..."

Watching Naruto walk away.

Sasuke was fuming.

He gripped the book in his hand tightly.

Snap—

(⊙o⊙)...

He slammed it hard onto the ground.

Even if I, Sasuke, train until I die, until the very last drop of chakra in my body is drained!

I will never ask you, Naruto, for anything!

However, that book with the pink cover on the ground.

It seemed to possess an endless, magical allure.

Especially those two characters: Heaven!

Is it a Heaven for condensing chakra?

Or does this book mean that the highest realm of cultivation leads to Heaven?

Less than a minute later.

Sasuke succumbed to the law of "true fragrance."

He picked up the book from the ground.

He brushed the dust off it.

"Hmph, although that guy usually acts like a slacker, he never lies when it comes to serious matters."

"I'll believe you just this once, don't let me down..."

He flipped through a few pages.

Sasuke's brows furrowed slightly.

What the hell is this written here?

It's so strange.

Could it be that one has to train according to the contents of this book?

In Konoha, before the advent of the internet or television.

The customs were simple and honest.

Even children of thirteen or fourteen.

Had little understanding of matters between men and women.

Besides, what family didn't focus on raising their children to be excellent ninjas?

Learning basic knowledge and practicing ninjutsu with chakra.

Already took up enough time.

Who had the spare energy to study this?

Fortunately, the publishing house for Jiraiya's books had a conscience.

They included a few illustrations.

That was the only reason the entire Konoha could continue to produce offspring, generation after generation, endlessly.

Bang—

After reading a third of it.

Sasuke's face flushed red as he slammed the book shut!

"Where is the cultivation stuff? Or am I supposed to practice according to the hand seals in here?!"

"Damn you, Naruto, come back here! You haven't taught me how to cultivate yet!!!"