Crushing a Legend, the Mystery of Flowers
The Fourth Hokage spent three years developing this, Jiraiya's proudest A-rank Ninjutsu.
"Did you see that?"
Jiraiya, holding the Rasengan, regained some of his superior confidence. "This is called the Rasengan! Your father's A-rank Ninjutsu, the ultimate in Chakra transformation! Absolute destructive power without Hand Seals —something a brat like you who only knows Taijutsu can never achieve—"
Naruto stopped in his tracks.
He turned around and stared with great interest at the fist-sized blue orb of light in Jiraiya's hand.
Then, he slowly pulled his right hand out of his pocket.
Fingers slightly spread.
Buzz--!!!
A buzzing sound, ten times more violent than the Jiraiya, and resembling a sonic boom, exploded instantly!
A dazzling blue Chakra ball materialized out of thin air in Naruto's palm!
There were no Hand Seals, and no Shadow Clone to assist.
One-handed instant cast!
Even more terrifying is that this Rasengan was more than twice the size of Jiraiya's!
The Chakra on its surface was as dense as a solid sapphire, with not a single trace of Chakra leaking out.
Perfect compression, ultimate stability!
Perfect version· Big Ball Rasengan!
Two Rasengan lit up simultaneously. The one in Jiraiya's hand, compared to Naruto's Big Ball Rasengan, was like a cheap glow stick encountering a blinding searchlight; its light was instantly squeezed out and dimmed.
"This--!!"
Jiraiya's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets, his smug expression instantly crumbled, and his mouth gaped open wide enough to fit a watermelon.
"How is this possible?!"
His voice trembled as he spoke, his worldview utterly shattered. "You... you actually used one hand? No Shadow Clone? Such a massive amount of Chakra, such density... Big Ball Rasengan?! You're only fifteen, how could you possibly—"
The sheer volume of information caused Jiraiya's brain to completely shut down.
Naruto did not answer his question.
He simply looked at Jiraiya, and casually pushed the Big Ball Rasengan in his palm to the side.
Boom--!!!
A deafening roar.
Three meters away, a solid Granite boulder, two stories high, was Chakra into dust the instant it came into contact with the Rasengan, leaving not even a fragment behind!
All that remained was a smooth, mirror-like semi-circular crater, the air thick with the pungent smell of rocks carbonized by the high temperature.
The entire ground was shaking.
The Rasengan in Jiraiya's hand dissipated with a "poof".
His chin nearly hit the ground, and he froze on the spot like a stone statue.
It is more than twice the size of the original, more than three times more powerful, and perfectly intact.
Is this Minato's son, the one nicknamed "the loser"?
What the hell kind of monster is this?!
"Did you see that?"
Naruto withdrew his hand, put it back in his pocket, and said in a flat tone, as if stating a fact, "Your thing is too rough."
"I told you, you're too weak, don't waste my time."
After saying that, Naruto turned around and, without any hesitation, swaggered out of the village.
The legendary Legendary Sannin were left standing barefoot on the gravel road, soaked to the bone, their hair still dripping wet, staring blankly at the vanished Granite crater, cold sweat drenching their backs.
"Minato..." Jiraiya muttered to himself, his voice hoarse, "What... what kind of thing did you give birth to...?"
After leaving the hot spring town, Naruto did not go straight back to his mansion.
He strolled to the outskirts of the village and turned into a secluded grove of mixed trees.
This is the place I made an appointment with Hinata before. Hinata said she had something to show him.
The forest was so dense that it blocked out the sun, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves that rustled underfoot.
This place is extremely remote, perfectly avoiding even the Anbu Kakuzu of surveillance in the shadows.
Naruto stopped at the entrance to the woods.
"Come out."
He called out softly.
There was no response.
The wind has stopped.
The woods were eerily quiet; even the chirping of insects and birds had vanished without a trace.
The air seemed to have frozen into a solid.
Naruto raised an eyebrow slightly.
[Mind's Eye of the Kagura] automatically unfolds, and mental perception radiates outwards like ripples on water—ten meters, fifty meters, two hundred meters.
There was no Chakra response from a living person.
However, his Perfect Uzumaki Sage Body's Biological Radar issued an extremely slight warning at this moment.
He glanced down at the ground.
The fallen leaves beneath my feet... are changing color.
The originally withered yellow leaves gradually turned a bewitching pale pink at the edges, and then the entire leaf turned a bright red.
One after another, they spread outwards like dominoes.
It's not that the leaves are changing color; all the fallen leaves are turning into pink petals.
Petals rose backward from the ground, slowly swirling around Naruto, filling the air with a cloyingly sweet floral fragrance.
There was no trace of Chakra fluctuation, nor any Hand Seals for Ninjutsu activation.
The Great Evolution Divine Soul Art's defensive network also failed to issue a warning.
It's as if sight and touch have been artificially altered.
Every hair on Naruto's spine stood on end in excitement.
"Interesting."
He wasn't flustered; instead, a cold, sharp smile curled at the corners of his lips.
"Long time no see, little one from the Uzumaki Clan."
A voice, incredibly gentle and sweet as honey, came from deep within the shower of petals.
Androgynous, possessing a captivating charm that can easily penetrate the heart.
Genjutsu.
Moreover, it is an extremely bizarre, high-level Genjutsu that hijacks the five senses.
Are you trying to perform magic for me here?
Pink petals swirled around Naruto, their cloyingly sweet fragrance filling his nostrils.
Naruto didn't move.
Hands in pockets, head tilted slightly.
[Mind's Eye of the Kagura] automatically spreads out a mental perception network—within a range of two hundred meters, there is no sign of life from another person.
But these petals and this fragrance truly altered his five senses.
The Great Evolution Divine Soul Art's defensive network didn't activate.
Chakra fluctuation?
Zero.
Not a single detail could be detected.
"He's got something."
Naruto's neck hairs stood on end.
It wasn't out of fear—it was out of excitement.
Genjutsu at the level of hijacking the five senses, without Chakra fluctuations or Hand Seals animations, directly rewrites the sensory input.
You could count the number of people in Hidden Leaf who would do something like this on your fingers.
"Who taught you to act like a ghost or spirit?"
He shouted at the shower of flower petals, "Come out! Stop hiding!"
The petal paused for a moment.
"Oops, we've been spotted?"
That androgynous voice has changed.
It changed to a female voice.
She was languid, playful, and possessed a unique magnetism characteristic of mature women.
The pink petals suddenly exploded and dissolved into countless points of light.
The grain of the tree trunk began to twist and writhe.
A figure slowly emerged from the trunk of the old locust tree.
Black, wavy hair cascades down to her waist.
Black shorts paired with a fishnet top accentuated her stunning curves.
Her red eyes stood out against the dappled shadows of the trees, and her dark red lip gloss made her the very embodiment of the term "mature and sophisticated woman."
Naruto raised an eyebrow.
He recognized that face.