Woman's Ninjutsu

Of course.

Naruto wanted even more to see how far his strength had progressed. He could use the other two as a benchmark when the time came.

"Let's go. We're setting off."

"Okay, Kakashi-sensei."

The group of five headed toward the Land of Waves. Along the way, old Tazuna kept drinking, his eyes constantly darting around as though he were worried about something.

Naruto knew exactly what was going on, but he did not bring it up. Instead, he turned to look at Sasuke.

He had noticed that Sasuke was in a much better mood than before and had become more confident as well.

"Why are you looking at me?"

Sasuke frowned under Naruto's gaze and asked why he was staring.

"Nothing. I just think a bald head suits you too."

"You..."

A vein bulged on Sasuke's forehead at those words.

The key was that he had indeed been practicing the Bald Training Method lately. Although he had mentally prepared himself for going bald, having it brought up now inexplicably made him feel depressed.

After all, no one wanted to turn their perfectly handsome hair into a bald head. Sasuke felt utterly stifled.

[Experience Points +1]

"Oh, right, Sasuke. Want to trade Ninjutsu? I'll trade for your Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu," Naruto suddenly said.

"Why?" Sasuke raised a brow, clearly unwilling.

"So I can start a fire when cooking." Naruto shrugged.

"Just for that?"

Sasuke glared at Naruto in annoyance. Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu was a signature Ninjutsu of the Uchiha clan, yet Naruto wanted to use it to start fires. That was infuriating.

"No. Absolutely not. Besides, this Ninjutsu belongs to my clan and will never be passed on to outsiders."

"Really? Never passed on?"

"Really."

"Then why do so many people know it?" Naruto raised a brow.

In his memory, Mitaraishi Anko, Ebisu, and even some nameless ninja knew this Ninjutsu.

Besides.

After living in this world for so long, Naruto had long known that this Ninjutsu was no longer exclusive to the Uchiha clan. That was why he had proposed trading Ninjutsu.

In fact, the proposal was very fair. Fireball Jutsu was only C-rank, and he was willing to trade Ninjutsu of the same rank for it.

Unfortunately, after hearing Naruto's words, Sasuke merely snorted and ignored him.

"Hey, are you trading or not? Learning one more Ninjutsu means gaining one more combat technique," Naruto said again.

"This..."

Sasuke felt that made sense too. Quite a few people did know Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu, but he still did not want to trade it.

"How about this? I'll trade you two Ninjutsu for it." Naruto seemed to think of something and suddenly smiled.

"Two Ninjutsu?"

Hearing that there would be two Ninjutsu, Sasuke felt that Naruto was indeed being sincere. If he refused, it would really be a little excessive, especially since Naruto had taught him the Bald Training Method.

"Since you're being sincere, then let's trade."

"Fine. Write them down now."

Naruto took two notebooks from his backpack. He tossed the notebook bearing a beautiful woman's picture to Sasuke, while taking a cartoon pig notebook for himself and beginning to write.

"Who is this girl? She seems very dignified."

Sasuke saw the black-armored beauty on the notebook, with her silver hair and golden eyes, and felt that she was no ordinary girl.

What surprised Sasuke most was the line of writing at the bottom of the notebook.

If gods truly existed, they would surely send divine punishment upon me--

Those words piqued Sasuke's interest, but there was no name in the notebook, so he looked at Naruto.

"I drew her. Knowing who she is won't help you. Hurry up and write the Ninjutsu."

Naruto replied as he wrote down two Ninjutsu in the cartoon pig notebook. While he was at it, he also wrote out the Bald Training Method and added annotations.

"Here. You can have this pig notebook." Naruto tossed the cartoon pig notebook to Sasuke.

"This..."

Sasuke finally realized what had happened. He looked at the cartoon pig notebook, then at the black-armored beauty notebook, and felt even more stifled.

"Ugh!"

With a sigh, Sasuke silently wrote down the Fireball Jutsu, then reluctantly returned the black-armored beauty notebook to Naruto.

Seeing Naruto hold the black-armored beauty notebook and study the Ninjutsu with great interest, Sasuke looked at his own cartoon pig notebook and felt even more depressed.

Fortunately, he had two Ninjutsu to learn, and his mood improved considerably.

Quietly opening the notebook, Sasuke began examining the two Ninjutsu. One was the C-rank Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, while the other was Wind Release: Flower Scattering Dance, whose rank was unknown.

Sasuke did not think much of a C-rank Ninjutsu, but he was rather curious about Flower Scattering Dance, whose rank was unknown.

And when he saw Naruto studying Ninjutsu, he too began rapidly learning from the notebook as if competing with him.

With his genius-level mind, he mastered Wind Release: Flower Scattering Dance in a very short time. Then, with a competitive mindset, he prepared to test it out.

However, just as he was about to use the Ninjutsu, he suddenly saw Naruto walk to the side of the group.

Then.

Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!

Boom!

A massive fireball formed and slammed into the trees at the side with scorching heat. In an instant, those trees crashed down amid the flames.

"This..."

Sasuke looked at that enormous fireball and its power, then thought of the tiny flame he had produced when he first trained as a child. His face suddenly felt a little hard to maintain.

Kakashi and the others were also somewhat surprised. Sakura in particular felt that Naruto had truly become stronger, and that his talent was far more impressive than she had imagined.

"He learned it after seeing it once. Naruto, are you really a dead last?" Sakura murmured, turning to look at Sasuke.

Naruto and Sasuke had learned it at the same time. Even Naruto, the dead last, had mastered the Ninjutsu, while Sasuke was still standing there blankly.

"I learned it too."

Unwilling to admit defeat, Sasuke strode forward and began rapidly forming hand seals under everyone's watchful eyes.

To make his Ninjutsu stronger, Sasuke deliberately mobilized a large amount of Chakra.

Wind Release: Flower Scattering Dance!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

A whirlwind spun around Sasuke, and beautiful petals gathered around him, making it seem as if he were bathing in a world of petals. It looked exceptionally beautiful.

"Wow, so pretty!" Sakura stared at the scene like a lovestruck fool and could not help crying out.

However.

Kakashi, Tazuna, and Naruto all wore strange smiles as they watched, because this Ninjutsu clearly leaned more toward women.

"Naruto!!"

Sasuke was furious. He had never expected the Ninjutsu to have this kind of effect. It was way too infuriating.

Annoyed, Sasuke hurriedly stopped the Ninjutsu, then quickly stepped in front of Naruto and glared at him angrily.

"Why are you glaring at me? Isn't this Ninjutsu good?" Naruto asked with a smile.

"Of course it isn't. I will never use a woman's Ninjutsu like this," Sasuke said angrily.

"Suit yourself."

Naruto shrugged. As he earned Experience Points, he also looked toward the center of the road ahead.

There was a small puddle there, where Rogue Ninja were hiding in preparation for an ambush. But Naruto did not make a move, because he noticed two tiny Experience Orbs beside the two Rogue Ninja.

Although the two Experience Orbs were very small, since he had spotted them, he could not let them go to waste. So Naruto walked onto the grass near the puddle.

"I'm hungry. Might as well cook something."

Naruto swiftly formed hand seals and created five Shadow Clones, then waved his hand.

"Go."