Ti had co to March again.
For the Ninja Academy, March was the season for graduation and promotion.
Sixth-year students were about to graduate and beco Genin.
anwhile, second-year Natsuki was promoted to the third year.
His age consequently went from seven to eight.
The day before registration for Third Year Class A was the graduation exam for Sixth Year Class A.
Natsuki arrived at the Ninja Academy playground early in the morning.
He did not wait long before he saw Uchiha Mikoto.
"Good morning, Mikoto-senpai."
Natsuki greeted her with a smile.
He and Mikoto were people who had gotten to know each other through fighting.
Plus, he had helped her before, so the two had beco friends.
Over the past year, they had t, sparred, and eaten together many tis.
"Good morning."
Mikoto said softly, "You didn't need to make a special trip."
"I wouldn't call it a special trip."
Natsuki shook his head and asked, "Have your team leader and teammates been decided yet?"
"They have. I will join the Konoha Police Force after graduation."
Although the Konoha Police Force started with the na Konoha, it was actually a departnt managed by the Uchiha Clan.
Its duties were sowhat like a weakened version of the Anbu, managing and maintaining the security of Konoha.
From its inception, it had been assigned to the Uchiha Clan by the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.
His intentions were manifold.
First, the Uchiha Clan had made great contributions during the founding of the village, so Konoha had to show so appreciation.
Second, it was Tobirama's test for the Uchiha Clan.
If the Uchiha Clan could integrate into Konoha through the Konoha Police Force, then everyone would be happy.
But conversely, the Uchiha Clan would offend all of Konoha because of it.
This trend was already appearing, and many villagers had complaints about the Konoha Police Force.
"That is to be expected."
Natsuki casually took out a summoning storage scroll and said, "Mikoto-senpai, this is a graduation gift for you."
"Thank you."
Mikoto was slightly taken aback, but she did not refuse.
She took the summoning storage scroll and looked inside, discovering that it was filled with blue healing potions.
"This is too valuable, and I can't use this many blue healing potions."
Mikoto handed the summoning storage scroll back.
Nowadays, the blue healing potion had beco a necessity for the shinobi of Konoha.
Especially when going out on missions, they would all carry a few bottles.
After all, they could save lives in critical monts.
"I'll tell you a secret."
Natsuki did not take it and said, "The blue healing potion was invented by , so I didn't spend any money."
"What?"
Mikoto asked in a surprised tone.
Konoha had not made the inventor of the blue healing potion public.
One reason was the worry that shinobi from enemy villages would target Natsuki. A Ninja Academy student who invented such a potion would definitely be captured if discovered.
The second was the worry that Natsuki's life would be affected.
"What a surprising secret."
Mikoto said with self-awareness, "I won't tell anyone else."
"Mm."
Natsuki nodded and said, "Good luck with your exam. Co find to hang out when you have ti."
"Thank you."
A gentle smile appeared on Mikoto's face.
She put away the summoning storage scroll and turned to walk toward Sixth Year Class A.
Natsuki did not stay long.
After leaving the Ninja Academy, he arrived at Orochimaru's residence.
As soon as he entered, he saw a flowing stream of water in the courtyard. It was Senju Nawaki, who had arrived early and was practicing Water Release.
Having spent a long ti with Nawaki, Natsuki understood his strength.
Simply put, he was a copy of Tobirama who could not use forbidden techniques.
He had plenty of chakra and was skilled in Water Release, and he was learning Tobirama's Water Release.
Of course, his taijutsu was also good. After all, his sister was Tsunade.
"Nawaki-senpai."
Natsuki asked with a smile, "When are you free? Let's have a proper fight."
"Sure!"
Nawaki imdiately said happily, "I've long wanted to know exactly how strong you are!"
"How about right now?"
Orochimaru's voice suddenly rang out.
He had walked to the doorway at so point.
"I think that works!"
Nawaki said imdiately and enthusiastically.
"That works too."
Natsuki thought about it and agreed.
He had originally wanted to talk to Orochimaru about the Shadow Secret Technique he had created, but on second thought, using it directly in combat would be more intuitive.
"Watch out, Natsuki!"
Nawaki warned, "I've improved a lot during this ti!"
" too."
Natsuki said, not to be outdone.
Although they mostly trained together, that did not an they did not have hidden strength.
Body Flicker Technique!
Nawaki moved first.
He lunged forward, leapt into the air, and brought his right leg down from the sky.
Golden Right Foot!
Natsuki subconsciously raised his leg.
But when their legs collided, he imdiately sensed sothing was wrong.
A huge force struck him, making his right leg go numb.
At the critical mont, he imdiately used Reinforcent Magecraft and retreated.
Boom!
Nawaki's right foot landed, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the ground.
Natsuki imdiately recognized this as Tsunade's Heavenly Foot of Pain.
Although Nawaki's Heavenly Foot of Pain was far inferior to Tsunade's, it could easily handle his Golden Right Foot.
Nawaki did not get complacent because he had gained the upper hand in the first exchange.
He seized the opportunity and ford hand seals.
Water Bullet Technique!
Water spheres like bullets flew continuously toward Natsuki.
Shadow Space!
Natsuki raised his hands.
A large number of kunai and shuriken flew out from his shadow, swarming toward the dense water spheres.
"What is this?"
Nawaki could not help being stunned.
"Shadow technique? Did Natsuki actually succeed?"
Orochimaru, who was watching the battle, had a look of surprise on his face.
A year sounded like a long ti, but for creating a ninjutsu, it was actually very short.
Especially since this Shadow Secret Technique was at least at the level of a B-rank ninjutsu.
It was common for a B-rank ninjutsu to take several years to create.
For example, in the original work, Namikaze Minato spent three years creating the Rasengan.
Although the Rasengan was an A-rank ninjutsu, Minato was a genius among geniuses. For anyone else, it would be slower.
Water splashed everywhere.
Kunai, shuriken, and water spheres collided fiercely.
Natsuki did not wait for them to decide the winner before taking out a wooden sword from the Shadow Space.
One-Sword Style: Thirty-Six Pound Phoenix!
He slashed out, and a sword wave attacked Nawaki.
Nawaki was very focused, and the mont he saw the wooden sword, he ford hand seals.
Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!
A huge water dragon flew out and collided with the sword wave.
Combined with the previous kunai, shuriken, and water spheres, the courtyard seed very lively for a mont.
Nawaki breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously looked at Natsuki.
But his expression could not help changing, because he did not see Natsuki.
He quickly looked around, but still found nothing.
Natsuki seed to have vanished into thin air.
Only Orochimaru lowered his head, looking at the rapidly moving shadow on the ground.
Did he actually create this shadow technique too?
Creating two shadow techniques in one year?
If this were said out loud, all shinobi in the shinobi world would be surprised.
Nawaki sensed a crisis.
He had never seen Shadow Assassin, and coupled with the aftermath of the previous ninjutsu, he had not noticed Natsuki's shadow.
At the critical mont, he gritted his teeth and imdiately ford hand seals.
Water Release: Water Formation Wall!
A normal Water Formation Wall could only block one side, but Tobirama's Water Formation Wall could block all four sides.
A stream of water flowed rapidly around Nawaki, and just as it was about to surround him, a sound of breaking through the air rang out.
Nawaki subconsciously turned his head, and a flash of a blade stung his eyes.
It was Natsuki's One-Sword Style, Iai, Lion Song.
Nawaki reacted quickly and kicked out.
But no matter how fast he was, he was not faster than the blade's flash.
Nawaki's body shook, and the wooden sword had already struck his abdon.
Natsuki sidestepped to dodge his kick.
"You... you ca out of the shadow?"
Nawaki asked, eyes wide.
At this mont, what shocked him most was not that he had lost to Natsuki, but the Shadow Assassin used by Natsuki.
"This is a shadow technique I created, called Shadow Assassin."
Natsuki explained with a smile, "It allows to hide within my shadow."
Nawaki wanted to say sothing but hesitated. For a mont, he did not know how to respond.
No wonder he had not found Natsuki. It turned out he was hiding in his shadow.
And such a powerful Shadow Secret Technique was actually created by him?
[Congratulations, host, for unlocking the Uzumaki Naruto Template's Ability Four, Chakra Reserve.]
Natsuki imdiately felt chakra surging within his body.
So much that he was not used to it.
(To be continued.)
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