Rasengan (1/3)

"Hana, you traitor! I specially came to help you today, and this is how easily you threw away all the trust I had in you!"

"I had no choice, Izumi. Use that clever head of yours and think about it—if I hadn't done what he said, he definitely wouldn't have let us leave."

"That doesn't justify your betrayal!" Izumi Uchiha, now freed from her ropes, was particularly furious.

"Just forgive me this once." Knowing she was in the wrong, Inuzuka Hana did not argue back.

But she felt that what she had said was the truth. In that situation just now, if they had kept stubbornly resisting, Izumi Uchiha might really have remained tied up.

Of course, she also had a little selfish motive of her own. Having such a complicated relationship alone would feel awkward, but having it together with her best friend felt much more comfortable.

The degree to which she could accept it soared straight upward in her heart.

"All right, all right, I get it." Izumi Uchiha sighed helplessly, then added, "But I don't want to keep this relationship going for long."

Being his mom was one thing.

But being a ninja dog... she really could not stand it!

How could there be such a perverted child in this world?!

As she grumbled inwardly, Izumi Uchiha glanced in the direction Naruto Uzumaki had left. The psychological shadow he had just left on her was simply too large, making her too afraid to say those words aloud.

"Don't worry. Didn't he say it? As long as we beat him, it'll be over." Inuzuka Hana was brimming with fighting spirit.

"But do we really have any hope of beating him?" After hesitating for a moment, Izumi Uchiha still voiced her concern.

"How will we know if we don't try? After today, I'll work twice as hard. I'll definitely defeat him."

Inuzuka Hana patted Izumi Uchiha on the shoulder and encouraged her, "I can save us. I will save us!"

Izumi Uchiha thought for a moment before finally nodding. "I'll work hard with you too, Hana. There are two of us, after all. If we work together, there will always be hope."

And besides...

Izumi Uchiha was not entirely without a trump card. She still had Itachi Uchiha, her genius childhood sweetheart. Before today, she had never cared much about training, so she had never sought Itachi's advice in that regard.

She had decided. To escape this absurd relationship sooner, she would join Sasuke in receiving Itachi's guidance.

But she absolutely could not tell Itachi the reason.

She and Itachi liked each other now. If Itachi learned that she had become someone else's ninja dog mom...

The image was too beautiful to imagine.

[Ding!]

[An unexpected situation has occurred!]

[B-rank Mom "Izumi Uchiha"'s original life trajectory has changed. Izumi Uchiha, who died at the age of twelve, originally had no interest in training until her death. Yet now, for a period before her death, she has become extremely diligent.]

[Obtained an additional 10 Mom Coins!]

When Naruto returned to the main road and saw this message, he could already imagine Inuzuka Hana and Izumi Uchiha discussing how to defeat him.

But compared to Izumi Uchiha, Naruto was looking forward to Inuzuka Hana more. The designation of "Mom" was not determined solely by strength; it was also based on status.

Izumi Uchiha was just a Konoha civilian with nothing special about her, while Inuzuka Hana had the potential to advance to A-rank. That was why Naruto hoped even more that Inuzuka Hana would grow stronger.

Just as he was thinking that, Inuzuka Hana's share of Mom Coins arrived as well.

[Ding!]

[An unexpected situation has occurred!]

[B-rank Mom "Inuzuka Hana"'s original life trajectory has changed. Inuzuka Hana, a young woman of Konoha, had originally held little interest in battle. She was more passionate about medicine and veterinary medicine, until twelve years ago, when she was about to graduate from the Ninja Academy and was defeated by a boy named Naruto Uzumaki. From then on, she resolved to make herself stronger.]

[Obtained an additional 10 Mom Coins!]

[Current remaining Mom Coins: 56!]

Without further ado, he directly started a five-pull.

[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the C-rank reward "Front Lotus".]

Huh, a good start today? He got a taijutsu technique on the first pull—not bad.

As countless memories related to the Front Lotus flooded into his mind, Naruto was delighted. Even if the next four pulls were all D-rank, he would already be satisfied.

Then he continued drawing.

[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the D-rank reward "5 Explosive Tags".]

[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the D-rank reward "5 Explosive Tags".]

[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the D-rank reward "1 Ninja Tool Pouch".]

He had now stockpiled nearly a hundred Explosive Tags, and Naruto could not help laughing. Maybe in the future, he could consider training in the hundred-billion Explosive Tags Konan had used in the original story.

He wondered whether his speed at stockpiling Explosive Tags could surpass Kakuzu's speed at making money.

Just as he was joking about it, the final reward was drawn.

[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the B-rank reward "Rasengan".]

[Current remaining Mom Coins: 6. Unable to continue drawing. 48 draws remain until the guaranteed A-rank reward.]

?!

Holy shit!

The instant he saw the name of that ninjutsu, countless iconic scenes from the anime surged into Naruto's mind. After all, this move truly counted as one of Naruto's signature techniques.

In the original story, Naruto had trained for quite some time before barely learning this move under Jiraiya's guidance. Even then, it was incomplete, and for a long time, he needed a Shadow Clone's help to use it.

But Naruto now could clearly feel that as long as he wanted to, he could cast it instantly.

Just like the technique's creator, Minato Namikaze.

He did not know whether the old Third was watching him right now, but it did not matter even if he was not. Uzuki Yugao would tell him everything anyway.

Noticing the leaves on the tree behind him rustling, Naruto extended his right hand and felt chakra gathering. In an instant, he created a rapidly spinning ball of chakra, then slammed it hard into the ground, blasting a sizable crater into the flat earth.

Fast enough, powerful enough!

At that very moment, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, happened to be bored and was using his crystal ball to observe Naruto. He witnessed that shocking scene.

The Rasengan was the signature ninjutsu of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. As far as Hiruzen Sarutobi knew, only the deceased Fourth and the absent Jiraiya currently knew this technique.

Jiraiya had not returned to the village, so the Fourth must truly have taught this move to Naruto.

"Minato, should I say that your teaching skills are exceptional, or that Naruto's talent is simply too strong?"

"How old is he? And he can already learn the Rasengan."

That kind of talent was too outrageous.

His values, though...

Forget it. With Minato's guidance, Naruto surely would not cause any major trouble.

He just liked looking for moms. How serious could that possibly be?

Over the past few days, Hiruzen Sarutobi had originally planned to go teach Naruto a lesson because of Inoichi Yamanaka's complaint. But since even Minato, Naruto's biological father, had not done anything about it...

Then he would not interfere blindly either.

After all, Naruto had truly lived a repressed life these past years.

He should wait until Tsunade returned and let her guide Naruto instead.

At the thought of Naruto possibly clinging to Tsunade and calling her Mom, Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to laugh.

"My dear disciple, your teacher has found you a grown son. You can't just leave the village whenever you please anymore, can you!"

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