[Ding!] [An unexpected development has occurred!] [A-rank Mom "Ino Yamanaka" and A-rank Mom "Hinata Hyuga" had their original life trajectories altered. Their strength had now reached Genin level ahead of schedule.] [Received an additional 40 Mom Coins!]
Near noon, after Ino finished her water-walking practice, Naruto received another 40 Mom Coins. Adding the 11 he had gained automatically today and the 153 he had saved before, he now had 204.
He could already draw twenty times.
Taking a deep breath, Naruto suppressed the urge to draw and looked at the two exhausted girls. Who would have thought that, tiny as they were, they could now be considered Genin?
That assessment gave Naruto a rough idea of his own strength as well.
Since the biggest difference between actual Genin and academy students was the foundation of chakra control, then with more combat experience and some offensive and defensive techniques, they could more or less be considered Chunin.
Naruto clearly possessed a high level of skill and mastery over his techniques, so he should be stronger than an ordinary Chunin. Perhaps he had even reached the level of a Special Jonin?
"Go home and rest. For the rest of the break, you don't need to learn anything new. Just consolidate what you already know."
Hinata Hyuga sat on her knees on the ground, taking shallow breaths, while Ino Yamanaka had simply collapsed flat on her back. It was obvious they had exhausted themselves today.
After hearing Naruto's words, they finally relaxed somewhat.
"Really?" Ino shouted excitedly, then immediately frowned and shook her head. "No, no. We haven't avenged Dad yet. We still need to keep training."
Hinata nodded as well. "I want to keep working hard too."
Few children truly loved training. They had only worked so hard because Naruto had tricked them into wanting to help him get revenge.
"Balancing work and rest is the most important thing."
Naruto refused them, then said, "Besides, if I keep guiding your training, my own progress will slow down."
"So leave the matter of revenge to me. Don't take steps that are too big. Focus on building up your foundations first."
Since Naruto had mentioned his own training, the two girls did not insist any further.
But when they looked at Naruto, there was a little more resolve in their eyes.
"Naruto-kun!"
Hinata said firmly, "In the future, I'll definitely work hard so I can help you."
"Me too!"
After thinking for a moment, Ino said, "I won't let Dad face everything alone!"
[Compared to the help you can offer now, evil Naruto Uzumaki would rather wait until you grow into curvy big sisters and help him while wearing black and white stockings. Preferably, one with a gentle expression and one with a disgusted expression.] [When the time came, Naruto Uzumaki would surely shout happily...]
Stop fantasizing!
Naruto stopped the system's lewd nonsense, then shook away the image of Ino's disgusted face in black stockings and Hinata's gentle face in white stockings that had appeared in his mind.
"I understand how you feel."
He stood up, verbally acknowledging their sincerity, then fed them the remaining rice balls one by one.
"Eat something, then you Moms should head home."
"Okay!"
They were very happy to be fed by Naruto. Their previous exhaustion was gone, leaving only smiles on their faces as they began chatting about amusing things that had happened over the past few days.
"Hinata, next time we meet, I'll definitely be stronger than you."
"We'll see!"
After finishing the rice balls, Hinata Hyuga and Ino Yamanaka left together amid their bickering. Naruto stayed behind on the excuse that he still needed to train.
In reality, he had no intention of training himself at all.
Too tiring.
He was just waiting for two people here.
Izumi Uchiha and Inuzuka Hana.
An hour later, a girl's indignant voice approached Training Ground 9.
"Izumi, you have no idea. I don't know what got into my mom. First she beat me up and lectured me, saying I wasn't allowed to associate with that little punk Naruto Uzumaki anymore. Then she went out, came back home, and inexplicably said I could interact with Naruto Uzumaki again."
"These adults really are impossible to understand."
"And Izumi, what's with your outfit today? It's so pretty!"
Naruto turned and saw Inuzuka Hana chattering nonstop. She wore a simple white T-shirt and a pair of denim hot pants, with black pantyhose covering her slender legs.
[Mom, Mom!]
The system cried out happily the moment it saw her outfit.
[This is the legendary bratty little Mom. Delicious~!]
Tsk~!
It really was nice!
Naruto rarely agreed with the system, but most of his attention was on Izumi Uchiha. Today, Izumi had finally changed out of the blue clothes bearing the Uchiha Clan crest. Instead, she wore a simple white short dress, while her thick, glossy black hair fell naturally over her shoulders.
Perhaps because the dress was somewhat tight, it outlined Izumi's still-developing figure. Naruto had not expected her to have such impressive proportions at such a young age.
Naruto thought back.
Although her legs and butt could not compare to Uzuki Yugao's, the small mounds at her neckline were no less impressive.
Compared to Inuzuka Hana, she completely overwhelmed her.
Among all the women he had met so far, only Mikoto Uchiha's top-tier figure held an absolute advantage over Izumi Uchiha's current one.
Damn it!
He envied that brat Itachi Uchiha. He had a Mom like Mikoto and a childhood sweetheart like Izumi.
Eating so well, it was only natural that he would go from Healthy Itachi to sickly Itachi.
Naruto took a deep breath, swiftly leaped in front of them, then, taking advantage of his status as their "father," pounced directly at Izumi and hugged her.
Then he rubbed his head against her chest.
"Ah... y-you-you~!"
Seeing Naruto appear out of nowhere, Izumi Uchiha, who had already felt embarrassed by her outfit today, became even more flustered when he rubbed against her chest.
Her cheeks swiftly turned red, the flush spreading toward her ears.
"Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing?!"
Seeing Izumi Uchiha frozen in shock, Inuzuka Hana hurriedly stepped in and pulled Naruto away.
"What?" Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Are you jealous because I didn't hug you first?"
At that, Hana's face turned red too, though it was the red of fury.
"Who would be jealous of a little pervert like you?!"
"What did you call me?!"
Naruto raised an eyebrow and drew out his tone, instantly extinguishing Hana's anger.
Pouting, she reluctantly called out, "Master~!"
"That's more like it!"
Naruto clapped his hands together and grinned. "Let's begin. I'll teach you ninja techniques."
A Shadow Clone immediately appeared beside him.
That brought the embarrassed Hana and the still-shy Izumi back to their senses, both wearing surprised expressions.
Too fast!
With just a clap of his hands, he had created two clones. If it were them, they could never cast a ninja technique so quickly.
His talent might be even greater than Itachi's! Izumi silently evaluated Naruto Uzumaki, feeling much less bothered by the hug from earlier.
Right now, she wanted to become stronger even more than Inuzuka Hana did.
Shisui Uchiha's disappearance and Itachi Uchiha's sudden changes had given her an urgent desire to obtain power and do something.
That was why she had followed Naruto's earlier instructions and worn white stockings and pretty clothes.
She had even decided that, even if Naruto Uzumaki took a little advantage of her, it would not be unacceptable.
"M-Master, please guide our training quickly." Izumi Uchiha had a proper attitude, respectfully bowing to Naruto.
Though she was not very willing, seeing Izumi be so respectful made Inuzuka Hana unwilling to seem too prickly. She bent over beside Izumi as well.
Two beautiful girls, one in black stockings and one in white stockings, bent over before him.
Wonderful, simply wonderful~!
[See? This time, I didn't describe Naruto Uzumaki's inner thoughts, but Naruto Uzumaki said them himself.]
???
Damn!
He had accidentally exposed himself. It seemed very necessary to kill the system and silence it.
[Nooo!]
After shutting off the system, Naruto looked at the respectful Izumi Uchiha and the seemingly respectful Inuzuka Hana, then nodded.
"No problem. Leave yourselves to me!"
Not only did they want to become stronger, Naruto wanted that too.
For Inuzuka Hana, Naruto hoped she would advance in rank.
For Izumi Uchiha, Naruto hoped she would have more ability to protect herself on the Night of the Massacre. He did not want her to be instantly killed again. He wanted her to hold on until someone came to save her.
Then survive and rewrite her ending.
A change from death to life should earn quite a few Mom Coins.
"Hurry, hurry! Teach me some powerful ninja techniques!" Inuzuka Hana said excitedly.
"Your fighting style isn't very suited to ninja techniques."
Naruto made his judgment about Hana. Her previous fighting style had involved close-range combat alongside her dogs. Taijutsu was obviously more suitable for her, and making her focus on ninja techniques would be putting the cart before the horse.
"Damn it, what are you talking about?!" Hana thought Naruto was looking down on her.
Naruto could not be bothered explaining. He simply chuckled. "If you don't believe me, let my clone fight you using taijutsu. If you can beat me when I use only taijutsu, I'll teach you ninja techniques. How about that?"
"Fine, it's a deal!"
Inuzuka Hana pounced directly at Naruto, only to be knocked to the ground in no time by Naruto's Shadow Clone using the Leaf Hurricane Series.
Afterward, she lay on the ground whining, "It's all your fault for making me wear black stockings! If I weren't wearing this annoying thing, you definitely couldn't beat me!"
Naruto was not fazed by her unreasonable complaints at all. He merely said softly, "Then I'll teach you that taijutsu from before. Do you want to learn it?"
"Yes!"
Inuzuka Hana immediately sprang back to life.
Izumi Uchiha, who had been watching from the side, unconsciously smiled too. She had been under tremendous pressure these past few days, but being with Inuzuka Hana and Naruto Uzumaki had instead become one of her rare chances to relieve it.
Next, Naruto had his two clones teach Izumi Uchiha Fire Release techniques and Inuzuka Hana the Leaf Hurricane Series taijutsu.
However, he was not completely idle himself. Whenever Izumi Uchiha or Inuzuka Hana encountered a difficult problem, Naruto would personally step in and teach them what to do.
Relying on the advantage of his system memories, he broke down and explained every detail.
Both Inuzuka Hana and Izumi Uchiha listened carefully, but Izumi was far more affected than Hana.
Before this, Hana had never been exposed to the Leaf Hurricane Series taijutsu, so she merely felt that Naruto's explanations were very thorough.
Izumi Uchiha was different. She had practiced Fire Release since childhood. Especially after awakening her Sharingan, the Uchiha Clan had sent quite a few teachers to instruct her privately.
Itachi Uchiha had also taught her several times recently, but every time, she had felt confused and needed to spend a great deal of effort figuring things out herself.
Yet now, this blond boy, who was much shorter than her, could pinpoint every detail, allowing her to immediately understand its meaning.
Izumi Uchiha felt that learning ninja techniques had never been this easy.
By the afternoon, after Naruto had made her practice everything repeatedly—from chakra gathering and hand seal details to attack details—Izumi Uchiha formed hand seals once more. Chakra erupted within her body, and she swiftly exhaled a massive fireball roughly five meters in diameter.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
Before today, when she used the Great Fireball technique—
the largest fireball she had ever made was probably only around two meters in diameter. Now it was five.
She used to need to complete every hand seal, but now she could reduce them to three.
Even its power was visibly fiercer than before.
[Ding!] [An unexpected development has occurred!] [B-rank Mom "Izumi Uchiha" had her original life trajectory altered. Her strength before death had improved slightly.] [Received an additional 10 Mom Coins!] [Current remaining Mom Coins: 214.]
Clap, clap, clap—!
Hearing the system's notification, Naruto happily applauded Izumi Uchiha. "That was such fast progress! You're amazing!"
"Not at all!" Izumi Uchiha smiled sweetly. "It's because Master taught me so well!"
At this moment, she truly felt that learning beside Naruto was better than learning beside Itachi.
When it came to teaching, Itachi truly was not as good as Naruto. As for emotional support, Naruto never hesitated to praise her for even the slightest improvement, whereas Itachi seemed never to have praised her at all.
Seeing Izumi Uchiha's happy expression, Naruto curled his lips into a smile and took the chance to pounce into her chest again. He hugged her pair of slender legs covered in white stockings, unable to let go.
Since she had just received Naruto's instruction, Izumi Uchiha felt embarrassed but did not resist too strongly.
She merely blushed and said softly, "Master, stop fooling around!"
But could she control Naruto?
Clearly, she could not.
[Ding!] [An unexpected development has occurred!] [B-rank Mom "Inuzuka Hana" had her original life trajectory altered. Her strength during her Genin period had improved slightly.] [Received an additional 10 Mom Coins!] [Current remaining Mom Coins: 224.]
By the time the system notification indicated that Inuzuka Hana had also made progress, the sky had already darkened.
Wanting to hurry home for the dinner Mikoto Uchiha had made, Naruto did not stay at the training ground any longer. After arranging a time to meet them tomorrow, he left first.
"Izumi, you've got to admit it. That brat may be unreliable, but I feel like he's even a little better than our team Jonin."
"I had the same feeling."
Izumi Uchiha nodded in agreement.
The crimson clouds on the horizon were about to fade, yet a blush appeared on Inuzuka Hana's face.
Izumi Uchiha saw her pouting as she kicked at pebbles.
"He's obviously still so young, so why is he such a pervert?" Inuzuka Hana glanced at Izumi Uchiha. "I saw him touching your leg for quite a while just now."
As soon as she said that, a faint blush quickly crept across Izumi Uchiha's delicate face.
"Idiot, why would you bring that up?!"
Izumi Uchiha hurriedly fled, quickly making her way back to the Uchiha Compound.
Unexpectedly, she ran into her childhood friend, Itachi Uchiha, at that moment.
Itachi Uchiha had been in an extremely irritated mood and hadn't wanted to speak to Izumi Uchiha, but he noticed that her outfit was especially different today.
Very pretty...
Very beautiful...
Before he realized it, his heartbeat quickened slightly, and he instinctively greeted her.
"Izumi, good afternoon!"
However, Izumi Uchiha, who had just been made extremely bashful by Inuzuka Hana's words, felt awkward at that moment.
Instead of responding to him, she lowered her head and rushed toward her home even faster.
"Izumi..."
Watching her fleeing figure, Itachi Uchiha's smile turned somewhat bitter.
Izumi dressed up so beautifully today... was she planning to see me?
She probably was. After all, he truly couldn't think of any other boy besides himself that Izumi Uchiha would deliberately dress up for.
"Izumi, I'm sorry..."
"Perhaps we'll never see each other again soon."
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