Nature Transformation

Elite Training Ground.

Night had gradually fallen over Konoha.

Everyone else had long since left. Only Jiraiya and Naruto remained by the pool.

Or rather—

Jiraiya was sleeping beneath a tree while Naruto trained alone on the water.

Splash!

Water sprayed into the air.

Naruto fell into the water again.

He poked his head out of the water and panted heavily.

After several hours of practice, he was already able to walk on the water.

But maintaining it steadily for half an hour was still extremely difficult.

Whenever he consumed too much chakra or let his focus slip even slightly, the balance beneath his feet would immediately break.

"Damn it!"

Naruto swam to the shore, braced his hands against the ground, and struggled to climb up.

His legs had begun to go weak.

The soles of his feet also throbbed faintly from gathering chakra there for so long.

Anyone else would have chosen to rest under these circumstances.

But Naruto sat for less than a minute before getting to his feet again.

"Wind Release ninjutsu!"

"As long as I learn water walking, I can learn Wind Release ninjutsu!"

He encouraged himself as he headed back onto the water.

Uchiha You stood on a branch some distance away and did not reveal himself immediately.

Naruto's talent was not bad.

It could even be said that in terms of chakra reserves, stamina, and recovery ability, he possessed advantages unmatched by anyone among the Konoha Twelve.

What truly limited him was his utterly atrocious chakra control.

Although the Nine-Tails had not actively lent Naruto its power in the past, it often disrupted the chakra within his body.

Coupled with the fact that no one had been willing to patiently teach him, that was how Naruto had become the so-called dead last.

Now, the