Little boys were all mischievous.
Liumu knew that perfectly well.
If asked what the difference between boys and girls was,
Liumu would definitely say,
little boys grew up to be goofballs, while little girls grew up to be troublemakers.
That was an eternal truth.
Naruto was no exception.
Naruto stealing the Forbidden Book was bound to cause a commotion in Konoha.
Fortunately, Liumu and Minato had discovered it in time, and nothing irreversible had happened.
But actually...
Naruto felt a little guilty.
After all, although he hadn't stolen the book as a child, he had copied down every ninjutsu in the Forbidden Book.
Wasn't that worse than the mistake Naruto had made now?
So...
"Oh, right, I haven't congratulated you on graduating and becoming a real Konoha Ninja yet."
Liumu ruffled Naruto's hair.
"How about it? What present would you like? Tell Uncle Liumu," he asked.
Naruto's eyes were filled with regret.
He shouldn't have let Mizuki talk him into it.
Otherwise, things wouldn't have come to this.
Faced with Liumu's question,
Naruto shook his head.
Liumu frowned slightly at that.
"That won't do. But since you haven't thought of anything, I'll come up with something especially for you."
Naruto in the original story really did know quite a lot.
Multi Shadow Clone, Rasengan, all sorts of Big Ball Rasengan, and even Senjutsu and Nine-Tails Mode.
But aside from the first three, Liumu had little he could teach him.
Besides, Liumu's control over chakra still wasn't very proficient, and the Rasengan was Minato's signature technique to begin with.
So Liumu...
Huh?
That's right!
Liumu suddenly stood up and asked Naruto excitedly,
"Want to learn Multi Shadow Clone? This ninjutsu isn't very high-ranked, but it's incredibly useful in practice."
Naruto: ???
Almost before Naruto could refuse,
Liumu pulled him to his