Shiro's Wild Idea

"Shiro, we're heading back first. See you tomorrow."

"Yeah, see you tomorrow."

Although Shiro had no idea what Kushina wanted with him, he knew that no matter how important it was, if he dared to leave...

"Mm-mm-mm!" Shiro shook his head and gave up on that suicidal idea.

Besides, he had something he wanted to ask Kushina about too—whether that wild idea of his could actually work.

If Shiro had guessed correctly, the technique the Third Hokage and the others had mentioned was the Flying Thunder God. Otherwise, the Third Hokage would not have phrased it that way. After all, for a long time in the future, Minato's combat style would be Flying Thunder God—basic attack, Flying Thunder God—basic attack.

There were basically no other moves more effective than that.

So Shiro wanted to test it. If it worked, his ability to survive would increase by a lot.

Shiro wanted to try Projecting a Flying Thunder God kunai!

It was not because he wanted the Flying Thunder God's training method. Shiro knew his own talent well enough—he could not even learn simple C-rank ninjutsu properly, let alone the Flying Thunder God.

The reason Shiro wanted to Project a Flying Thunder God kunai was because he had read a novel in his previous life where the protagonist had mastered the Flying Thunder God using Lancelot's Knight of Honor.

Noble Phantasm Name: Knight of Honor

Rank: A++

Owner: One of the Knights of the Round Table under Britain's King Arthur, the Knight of the Lake, Lancelot.

Appearance: The embodiment of legend, without physical form.

Origin: Once, due to Phelot's strategy, Lancelot found himself forced to fight without his sword. He defeated Phelot with a tree branch. This Noble Phantasm was the embodiment of that tale.

Ability: It could grant the weapon in the user's hand the properties of a Noble Phantasm and allow it to be controlled. The limit of what Lancelot could use as a Noble Phantasm was anything he could recognize and classify as a "weapon." When Lancelot picked up a "weapon," it became a Noble Phantasm equivalent to D-rank. Noble Phantasms originally above that rank would fall under Lancelot's control at their original rank.

Therefore, Shiro wanted to try it too, to see whether he could master the Flying Thunder God through this method!

And if it did not work, no big deal. It was not like it cost money.

--------Hokage's Office--------

"Can you talk now, old man Third Hokage?"

"Hiss... puff..." The Third Hokage took a drag from his pipe before continuing, "The reason we handled things this way was because we discovered that Sunagakure had not promoted many ninja after the war ended."

"At first, we thought they wanted to temper those ninja for a while longer. So aside from having the Intelligence Squad keep watch, we did not pay much attention to it. But not long ago, Sunagakure suddenly requested a Chunin Exam."

"We can just not participate."

"No, we must participate. Because we are Konoha. This is the pride of one of the Five Great Nations. Besides, word has come from the Daimyo—they want us to win this exam no matter what!"

"I don't care. Minato can't be made to suffer for nothing."

"Sigh... Don't worry. I already have arrangements in place. I'll compensate them afterward."

"Mm, that's good. Oh, and there's no need to compensate Shiro. I'm going to teach him the Shadow Clone Technique. No problem, right?"

"If I disagreed, would you not teach him?"

"No!" Kushina replied bluntly.

"..." After a moment of silence, the Third Hokage said with a dark expression, "Then what was the point of asking me?"

"I was notifying you. Minato said I should ask for your approval."

"..."

So this was what asking for approval meant.

Still, the Third Hokage did not say anything. This was already pretty good, at least she had come to tell him. In the past, she would have taught it directly without even bothering to mention it.

"Fine, I understand. You may leave."

"Mm, I'm leaving then, old man Third Hokage."

The Third Hokage truly had no way to deal with this little madam. Besides, he knew Shiro's loyalty to the village was beyond question. Although his merits were still a little lacking, it did not matter. It was only the Shadow Clone Technique.

"Shiro, let's go. I'll teach you a ninjutsu first. You'll be taking the exam in a couple of days, so it'll make things safer."

"Uh, Boss Lady, what ninjutsu? You know that because of my secret technique, I can only use Wind Release among the five nature transformations."

"Mm, don't worry. I'm teaching you the Shadow Clone Technique. You can use it."

"Shadow Clone?" Shiro stopped walking when he heard that. "I can learn the Shadow Clone Technique too? Isn't that something only Jonin can learn?"

"Don't worry, old man Third Hokage already agreed. Hmph, you're my little brother. Would he dare stop you from learning it?"

Shiro looked at Kushina with her head held high and felt a little moved. Kushina had always been the one helping him, while he rarely had the chance to help her. His motivation to train increased once again. This time, Shiro absolutely would not let Madara's plan succeed!

Shiro had never considered preventing it by dealing with Obito. First, Obito had not gone dark yet. Right now, that guy was just a pure, unadulterated idiot. What if the future changed?

Second, killing Obito would be useless. Without Obito, there would be Runtu, Kurotsuchi—anyway, no matter what kind of "earth" it was, Uchiha Madara was still alive at the moment, and all these plans had been devised by him.

Therefore, he could only wait. Wait for the future. No matter what kind of "earth" came, as long as they dared show up, Shiro would use the Magecraft Workshop to teach them a lesson!

Smack!

"What are you thinking about? Why are you just standing there?" Seeing Shiro standing there in a daze, Kushina smacked the back of his head and asked.

"Hehe, nothing. Oh, Boss Lady, what was that technique you were talking about just now?"

"That technique? Oh, you mean the Flying Thunder God. Hehe, let me tell you, that's an advanced ninjutsu many people can't learn. We're going to Minato's place in a bit, and I'll have him demonstrate it for you."

Then, all the way there, she talked about how amazing Minato was.

The sour stench of love... Shiro shook his head and did not dare interrupt her. He simply listened the entire way.

A little while later, Shiro followed Kushina to a training ground.

"Minato!"

"Kushina, you're here."

"Mm, sorry to disturb you, Brother Minato."

"Forget that, Minato. Hurry up, let Shiro see your Flying Thunder God. Come on, use it once." Kushina looked at Minato with an excited expression.

"Brother Minato, is that okay?"

"Mm, of course. It's not some secret. Watch carefully."

As he spoke, he took a Flying Thunder God kunai from his pouch and threw it, pinning it into the ground some distance away. Then Minato instantly appeared there.

"Wow! That's amazing!" Naturally, Shiro was only playing along with Kushina, satisfying her urge to show off.

"Hehe, see? I told you Minato is amazing!"

Then Shiro Projected that Flying Thunder God kunai. He had no intention of hiding it from them. If it worked, it could, to a certain extent, explain where Shiro's Flying Thunder God had come from.

And if it did not work, then nothing would happen. They did not know that Shiro's Projection could also grant him experience and knowledge.

At Shiro's current level, the Flying Thunder God kunai was Projected in an instant.

Then Shiro discovered that it was completely useless.

At this point, Minato and Kushina also noticed the kunai in Shiro's hand. Minato asked curiously, "Shiro, what are you doing?"

Then Shiro explained his idea.

"..."

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