After leaving the medical room, Naruto was in no hurry to return to the apartment.
He walked slowly along the streets of Konoha, with the clear sky above his head and a few clouds dyed pale gold by the setting sun hanging above Hokage Rock.
He planned in his mind the training for the next month.
Flying Raijin Second Stage has been put into preliminary practice, but it still needs further polishing. There is room for improvement in the accuracy of teleportation and the speed of continuous switching.
Now that Golden Body Mode has complete control, you can try practicing disaster-level moves like Tailed Beast Bomb.
Naruto was mentally prioritizing while turning down an alley. When he looked up, he happened to see a wisp of orange-red clouds on Hokage Rock.
He stopped and looked up at the four huge stone faces gilded by the sunset, and suddenly wanted to change his perspective.
Thinking about it, Naruto's knees bent slightly, Chakra condensed on the soles of his feet, and his whole body bounced off the ground, landing lightly on the nearest roof.
Then he jumped quickly along the layered roofs of Konoha, the wind blew past his ears, and the hem of his clothes was pulled by the wind and made a sound.
Hokage Rock gets closer and closer with every jump and fall.
When Naruto stood on Minato Namikaze's forehead, the whole Konoha spread out under his feet.
The setting sun dyed the entire Konoha in warm orange, and the criss-crossing streets were lit up with dots of lights.
The evening breeze blew from the top of Hokage Rock, blowing Naruto's golden hair and the hem of his white windbreaker flying backwards.
Naruto spread out Good and Evil Perception involuntarily.
Suddenly, the entire Konoha turned into tens of thousands of light points within his range of perception.
There are meatball suppliers who are closing their stalls, housewives carrying their children home, Genin who is still practicing on the training ground, and ANBU who is squatting in the Hokage Building archives and looking through information.
Naruto looked at the lights and murmured, "One day, I will also leave my face on this rock wall."
At this moment, two strands of Chakra quickly approached from the position directly below Hokage Rock.
Under Good and Evil Perception, the two shares of Chakra are not hostile at all.
Naruto put away Good and Evil Perception calmly, adjusting the expression on his face to one of surprise and innocence.
"Naruto, what are you doing here alone?"
At this time, an old and kind voice came from behind him.
Naruto turned around and saw Hiruzen Sarutobi standing on the edge of the stone steps at the top of Hokage Rock, with a kind smile on his lips.
Behind him was a guard wearing a ANBU mask. After seeing Naruto, ANBU retreated silently into the shadow of the distant rock wall.
"Hokage Grandpa? Why are you here!"
Naruto opened his eyes slightly, and his tone was filled with genuine surprise.
He didn't expect Hiruzen Sarutobi to come to Hokage Rock himself.
During this period of time, Hiruzen Sarutobi should be busy dealing with various diplomatic affairs of Chunin Ninja Exams. The changes at Sunagakure also required his personal intervention. Suddenly he pulled away and ran to Hokage Rock. This can only mean one thing. He came specially to see him.
"Little Naruto After becoming a ninja, grandpa hasn't had a good look at you for a long time."
Hiruzen Sarutobi walked slowly to Naruto holding a bamboo hat, and stood side by side with him on the edge of the top of Hokage Rock, overlooking the village below them that was dyed red by the sunset:
"How does it feel to become a ninja?"
Hear the words
Naruto returned his gaze to Konoha at his feet, thinking in his tone, "I have seen a lot of things after becoming a ninja."
"When I was in the Ninja Academy, I felt that I was an adult after graduation and could take on any tasks and earn money to eat ramen."
"But after returning from the Land of Waves mission, I realized that the world of ninjas is completely different from school, and I am still very weak."
"So you changed your clothes, changed your hair style, and went to a ninja shop to customize a special ninja?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi answered with a smile.
"Because I don't want to be the weak me before."
Naruto raised his right hand and clenched it into a fist, looking away into the distance. "I want to become Hokage."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Naruto's cheeks reddened by the sunset and those blue eyes for a moment in silence.
He held the bamboo hat in his hand, put his hands behind his back, and slowly spoke while facing the entire Konoha.
"Will of Fire, Konoha's First Hokage Hashirama Senju once said that Will of Fire is not the will of one person, but the light passed down from generation to generation."
"Wherever leaves are flying, fire will burn."
"Will of Fire will light up the village and make new leaves sprout."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice is old and calm, like opening an old book that has been turned over countless times, but new things can be read every time.
Naruto stood next to him and listened quietly without interrupting or getting distracted.
His expression was focused, as if he was listening to a very important lesson, not because what Third Hokage said was so new to him, but because he knew that Hiruzen Sarutobi was about to die.
This Hokage who has been in power for more than ten years in Konoha, this Hokage who made him suffer a lot in his childhood but also sacrificed his life for his life at the last moment, will die in Four Violet Flames Formation in another month.
No matter how thick the account book between them is, Naruto is willing to listen to this final farewell.
"Naruto..."
After Hiruzen Sarutobi finished talking about Will of Fire, he turned around, slowly took out two Kunais from his arms, and handed them to Naruto.
The handles of the two Kunai are longer than the standard length, the blades are widened, and the dark metal surface reflects the unique luster of Chakra-Conductive Metal in the setting sun.
Naruto recognized at a glance that these were the two Flying Thunder God Kunais he had customized at the Tenten furniture store, and they were exactly the same as the order specifications he gave to Tenten.
Because there are no Flying Thunder God Formula marks on the handles of these two Kunais.
"Grandpa Hokage, isn't this my customized Kunai? Why is it here with you?"
Naruto took Kunai, looked over it twice, and frowned slightly.
"I learned that someone used Chakra-Conductive Metal to customize Kunai, which is the same model as Fourth Hokage, so I brought it over for you. The balance payment has been paid."
Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up the bamboo hat and put it on again. His tone was still that of a kind old man, but his sharp eyes, sharpened by time, observed every subtle expression on Naruto's face without blinking:
"What do you plan to do when you customize this Kunai?"
"As expected, I came here to ask this."
Naruto snapped his fingers in his mind, but the expression on his face looked like he was slightly embarrassed after having his little thoughts exposed.
He looked down at the Kunai in his hand, touched the handle with his right fingers back and forth twice, then raised his head and looked at the Hiruzen Sarutobi with eyes that were a bit naive and a bit serious.
"Thank you, Grandpa Hokage. During this time, I have been thinking about why I was so weak when fighting Zabuza and Bai. I was so weak that I almost couldn't protect Sasuke and Sakura."
"I discovered that I have a big flaw in my attacks. I only know Shadow Clone Technique and basic Taijutsu, and I can't throw Shuriken accurately. Once Shadow Clone Technique is broken, I can only fight in close combat."
"So I thought, could I condense Chakra on Kunai, and use the high conductivity of Chakra-Conductive Metal to increase the attack power and range of Kunai by a notch."
"Ordinary Kunai Chakra has such poor conductivity that Chakra cannot adhere to it after being condensed for a long time. After finally attaching it, it falls apart as soon as it is thrown out."
"That's why I went to Tenten's house to customize these two weapons, but they were too expensive. The rewards from the missions I had saved for so long were only enough to customize two weapons."
Hiruzen Sarutobi fell silent after listening.