Three Body Technique

Soul Skill?

Not just that—Self-Created Soul Skill?

Bibi Dong's mouth fell slightly open as her mind raced.

Naruto's palm was now completely open. Inside, a tiny clone with the same clothes and a big head and little body did a kip-up, then sprang to its feet, full of energy.

"Come on, say hello."

Jiang Naruto nudged the clone with his chin. Bibi Dong turned her attention to it again. Clone-type Soul Skills weren't uncommon on the Continent, but a self-created clone-type Soul Skill was a rare thing.

The Naruto clone, barely ten centimeters tall, scratched its head with a rather vacant look, then blinked. Its gaze seemed to pass through Jiang Naruto's body and meet Bibi Dong's inside the Sealing Space.

So weak...

But,

the tiny clone was pretty cute.

Bibi Dong folded her arms and took a couple more curious looks. Then Qian Renxue's figure appeared in her mind.

That annoying little brat would be much more agreeable if she were shrunk down. So how adorable must her own Xiao Xue have been as a child?

The thought suddenly flashed through Bibi Dong's mind, and she couldn't shake it. She frowned, then sank back helplessly into her Soul Power chair, covering her forehead as she searched her memories.

Qian Renxue seemed to have been taken away by a wet nurse right after birth. What had she been doing then, filled with fury? It seemed she'd gone to see Xiao Gang, then turned around and abandoned herself to the Slaughter City.

How old had Xiao Xue been when they next met?

Three?

Or four?

Bibi Dong sank into her memories. She could barely recall these painful moments anymore.

She only remembered that one day, a little blonde girl had suddenly stumbled out of the Pope Palace, calling "Mama, Mama" as she ran toward her. And she had drawn her dagger without hesitation and charged forward...

What a... failed life...

Bibi Dong lowered her eyes and glanced sideways at the brat still making a racket outside, and the clone bouncing around in his hand.

Things hadn't reached the worst point yet.

Perhaps this chance to start over was Heaven's way of compensating her.

Bibi Dong was still lost in sorrow when Jiang Naruto's eyes suddenly lit up. He had finally figured out how to control the clone. He made it slowly open its mouth and gather its breath in its dantian.

"Old hag..."

"What did he just say!?"

A sinister, terrifying burst of Soul Power exploded inside the Sealing Space like a cannonball. Jiang Naruto didn't dare look inside at all. A chill ran down his spine, and the Soul Power coursing through his meridians faltered.

Pop!

The Little Naruto in his palm turned into a puff of smoke in the blink of an eye and vanished.

As the saying went, blame the dog for being a dog. Jiang Naruto felt not a shred of shame. With a pale, stiff face, he explained righteously, "Well... this Soul Skill isn't very stable yet. I can't control what he says."

Only an idiot would believe that!

Bibi Dong's face darkened. Veins crawled from her swanlike neck up across her face. She flexed her arm and crushed the Soul Power armrest to pieces.

She took back what she'd said. This was probably Heaven punishing her!

"Clone Technique, Transformation Technique, Substitution Technique..."

Bibi Dong rested her chin on her hand, lowered her eyelids, and quietly repeated the names of these three self-created Soul Skills. Then she gave Naruto a deeply suspicious look.

Naruto sat up straight, looking smug.

Here, he wanted to sincerely apologize to the system. It really was useful after all!

The Ninja Academy Textbook in his hands was actually a Soul Power edition. Every part involving chakra had been replaced with Soul Power. If you set aside the sections about Konoha history and the Will of Fire, it was a textbook on the Three Body Technique.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Three Body Technique was only the most basic Ninjutsu. This was Douluo Continent, where the vast majority of Spirit Masters relied entirely on Soul Skills. They had as many Soul Skills as they had Spirit Rings.

In fact, our Grandmaster Xiao Gang had even summed it up with the bold claim: many souls, many bones, unleash your skills; few souls, few bones, turn tail and run.

That showed just how important the number of Soul Skills was.

"Not bad..."

After a long moment of deliberation, Bibi Dong finally spoke with a frown. In the corner of her eye, Naruto had already raised his head so high he looked ready to stick his tail in the sky. She said irritably, "These three Soul Skills don't have much offensive power, but as support skills, they're... passable..."

"Exactly."

Naruto didn't argue as Bibi Dong expected. Instead, he looked down on them.

"After all, they're just the Three Body Technique. They're hardly anything special—at best, they count as the basics."

How could Bibi Dong fail to understand? He'd started showing off.

"Fine, fine. The way you look now, you've got a slightly better chance of surpassing Tang San."

"What do you mean, slightly?"

"Hmph."

Bibi Dong merely scoffed without answering. She relaxed and leaned back into the Soul Power sofa, crossing her legs as usual and lightly swinging her toes. She seemed to be in a rather good mood.

Having gotten nowhere, Naruto withdrew his consciousness from the Sealing Space.

The classroom was fairly quiet. The dull routine of lessons had begun. The elderly teacher stood at the lectern, teaching them how to determine a Soul Beast's age.

Jiang Naruto spared some attention for the lesson,

while secretly keeping an eye on the system!

Come on, system! Give me Eight-Tails Gyuki so he can slap me right in the face!

This system was an idiot!

Jiang Naruto had never been so sure of anything. He propped his chin on his clasped hands and swept his cold gaze across the classroom.

First, the elderly teacher at the lectern. After a brief introduction, he turned to face the blackboard and droned on about the boring subject of Soul Beasts. Meanwhile, in Naruto's mind:

[Iruka-sensei, how do you choose between hatred and duty? The murderer who killed your father is right in front of you. Why are you doing nothing?]

Wait, what?

How had he become Iruka?

The system's blindness wasn't anything new. Naruto had put up with it for now.

But next, he shifted his gaze. The most eye-catching person in the classroom was a girl with a scorpion-tail braid.

That person was Xiao Wu. Notting Academy wasn't big, and it was lucky if enough new students enrolled each year to fill a single class. Jiang Naruto couldn't avoid her even if he wanted to. What was worse...

[The flutter of young love. Naruto loved Sakura, but Sakura loved Sasuke. Someone was bound to get hurt in this love triangle.]

Naruto sucked in a sharp breath, his face covered in black lines.

System, open your dog eyes and take a good look! Is this freaking Sakura? Where did this bloody love triangle come from? Don't insult people like that!

Jiang Naruto screamed in despair inside his head. The system said nothing, merely continuing to invent its own unofficial history.

His chest tight with irritation, Jiang Naruto skillfully blocked out the system's wild fabrications. Amid all the system's bizarre behavior, there was still the occasional good bit of news.

In the corner of his vision, after the [No Regrets Youth] tag, Jiang Naruto had gained another useful tag.

[Ninja Academy Student—As a Ninja Academy student, Uzumaki Naruto spent most of his childhood at the Ninja Academy. Equipping effects: 1. Keen Senses: Your little tricks are less likely to be noticed by teachers. 2. Heretical Genius: When doing something unrelated to the lesson in class, efficiency increases by 100%, focus increases by 100%, creativity increases by 100%, and success rate increases by 100%. 3. Sphincter Killer: Improves digestive ability...]

Uh...

Jiang Naruto hesitated, wanting to speak,

but there were so many things to complain about that he didn't know where to start!

To be fair, this was still good news. The Heretical Genius effect alone was worth trying.

He tentatively equipped the student tag and frowned. He felt nothing. Then he lowered his head and secretly pulled the Ninja Academy Textbook out of his desk.

He used to sneakily read novels in class just like this. The Ninja Academy Textbook had nothing to do with the lesson.

That should count, right?

The thought had barely risen in his mind when an invisible force snuffed it out. His heart and mind were filled with nothing but the Ninja Academy Textbook in front of him.

It was like how a boring novel became interesting when you read it in class. The obscure sentences in the book burrowed straight into Jiang Naruto's brain, and all the mistakes he'd made when using the Clone Technique earlier became crystal clear before his eyes!

What if Soul Power flowed this way instead?

Jiang Naruto looked cold as his hands unconsciously formed Hand Seals in accordance with the illustrations. The whole sequence flowed smoothly and naturally!

Not good!

My brain and hands are moving on their own!

In a corner of his consciousness, the last vestige of Jiang Naruto's humanity screamed.