"He's already learned it?"
Even Kurama looked shocked at first, though he quickly realized sothing.
"Wait… then what Naruto used this morning was the Flying Thunder God Technique? But when did you teach him—"
Suddenly, Kurama understood.
"So that's it. Through sealing techniques?"
"Exactly."
Minato nodded before casually shaping a shuriken out of chakra and pointing toward the Flying Thunder God formula engraved upon it.
"The Flying Thunder God Technique is essentially a combination of Fūinjutsu and ninjutsu."
"The formula itself operates through sealing principles. By imprinting one's chakra onto a surface as a formula, it becos a marker capable of guiding the user's body."
"As for the later space-ti movent aspect of the Flying Thunder God, that falls under ninjutsu."
"And since we agreed not to teach Naruto ninjutsu too early, then in the eyes of outsiders, Naruto's Flying Thunder God formulas simply appear to be aningless doodles."
"Without sufficient ninjutsu training, he still can't perform any aningful long-distance movent anyway."
As Minato explained, Kurama finally understood.
No wonder nobody in Konoha had managed to truly master the Flying Thunder God Technique after Minato's death.
Even Minato's three personal guards had required all three working together just to barely perform it.
The true difficulty lay within the nearly lost art of sealing techniques.
The Flying Thunder God Technique demanded both exceptional mastery over Fūinjutsu and extrely advanced ninjutsu capability.
Almost no shinobi possessed the talent required for both.
Naruto, however, absolutely could because of his Uzumaki bloodline.
But…
Kurama suddenly recalled that in the future, Naruto had once attempted to recreate the Flying Thunder God Technique himself.
Unfortunately, Naruto had never systematically studied sealing formulas.
Simply researching the space-ti ninjutsu portion alone had naturally been insufficient.
No wonder…
Minato's mastery over sealing techniques had reached such astonishing heights.
That was why he could use the Flying Thunder God Technique with such godlike precision.
Even Tobirama Senju himself had not reached Minato's level.
"Was that explanation clear enough?"
Seeing Kurama still seemingly deep in thought, Minato spoke again.
"Did it help your understanding of ninjutsu?"
"Hm?"
Kurama looked toward him.
Those calm blue eyes carried a sharp intelligence within them, as though they had already seen through Kurama's intentions.
"Hmph. When did you figure it out, Minato?"
Kurama bared his teeth slightly.
"Not long ago."
Minato didn't hide anything.
"At first, I thought you were simply concerned about Naruto."
"But later I realized you always paid close attention whenever I explained anything related to ninjutsu."
Then Minato calmly t Kurama's slightly threatening gaze.
"If you simply want to learn more about ninjutsu, you can ask directly."
Kurama fell silent.
He was thinking.
The Tailed Beasts were natural chakra lifeforms—
The strongest beings in existence, born with absolute mastery over chakra itself.
Whether it was Shukaku or the other Tailed Beasts, all of them were the sa.
Because of that, they shared a flaw that barely even counted as a flaw.
They had never truly studied human shinobi arts.
In fact, they fundantally could not fully understand or reproduce the countless strange techniques humans created.
Most of those techniques were insignificant before a Tailed Beast's raw power…
Yet their principles were not simple.
Kurama and Naruto were actually standing at the sa starting line in this regard.
Kurama was learning too.
As for why he wanted to learn these techniques…
Kurama didn't know whether he should reveal the truth to Minato.
The mont that possibility crossed his mind, he imdiately dismissed it.
This matter could not be revealed to anyone.
Because…
That goal might be sothing humanity itself could never accept.
"I'm rely curious."
Kurama snorted dismissively.
"Besides, even if you don't want this old man secretly learning, there's nothing you can do about it. This place belongs to , after all."
"How could that matter?"
Minato smiled warmly.
"If you wish to listen, then naturally I don't mind."
"Although the Flying Thunder God Technique is considered a forbidden technique recorded within Konoha's Scroll of Seals…"
Minato paused slightly before continuing with a gentle smile.
"But the current you…"
"Aren't you also a mber of Konoha?"
"...Tch. I'm only on Naruto's side."
Kurama imdiately sneered at Minato's overly kind personality.
"That's enough for ."
Minato answered as though it were only natural.
Fortunately, Kurama didn't pursue the topic any further, allowing Minato to quietly relax internally.
Naturally, Minato knew Kurama had his own goals.
After nearly a year together inside Naruto's ntal world, Minato understood Kurama far better than before.
But Kurama wasn't the only one hiding intentions.
Minato himself had selfish motives for teaching Naruto sealing techniques first.
Deep down…
He still wanted to leave Naruto with a trump card.
The conversation between Kurama and Minato ended there.
For them, that was perfectly normal.
During this past year inside Naruto's inner world, aside from discussions about Naruto and the future awaiting them, the two of them spent most of their ti in silence.
Yet it wasn't because they lacked things to discuss.
On the contrary—
There were many topics both sides deliberately avoided despite understanding them perfectly well.
For example—
Uzumaki Kushina.
And the chakra she had left behind within Naruto's ntal world.
...
"Tonkotsu ran coming right up!"
Along with Teuchi's enthusiastic shout, the final steaming bowl of ran was placed in front of the eagerly waiting Naruto.
"Yahoo!"
Naruto cheered excitedly before imdiately grabbing a mouthful of noodles.
He didn't even bother blowing on them before loudly slurping them down.
A second later, the heat scalded him badly enough to leave sweat pouring down his face, yet he still refused to stop eating.
Several empty bowls were already stacked high before him.
From afternoon until evening, he had been eating like a starving ghost reborn into the world.
Watching Naruto devour ran so boldly, the little girl sitting beside him blushed furiously.
She didn't even dare look directly at him, only occasionally sneaking tiny glances before hurriedly lowering her head again.
"Th-that… um…"
Hinata timidly held out a handkerchief toward Naruto with both hands.
Her eyes remained fixed on her own feet as she spoke in a soft, trembling voice.
Slurp slurp.
"Hm? Ah, thanks, thanks!"
Naruto thanked her unclearly while stuffing noodles into his mouth before casually taking the handkerchief and wiping the sweat from his forehead.
Finally, he lifted the giant bowl and drank the remaining soup in one gulp.
"Pwahh! I haven't had ran in soooo long! I'm completely satisfied!"
Naruto rubbed his round stomach happily before grinning toward Hinata.
"Thanks for treating !"
"You should hurry and eat too! It's really delicious!"
Hearing his words, Hinata stared blankly at the giant bowl before her, which looked several tis larger than her own face.
By now, the noodles had already swollen from sitting in the soup too long.
It was as though Hinata hadn't heard Naruto at all.
She rely nodded faintly to herself while tightly clenching her little hands, seemingly trying to gather courage… or perhaps ntally encourage herself.
Naruto tried speaking to her several more tis, but Hinata remained completely silent.
He scratched his head in confusion.
Then suddenly, the corner of his eye caught sight of a figure outside.
Naruto imdiately stood up and hurried away.
After a long while, Hinata finally gathered enough courage to speak in a voice softer than a mosquito's buzz.
"Um… Naruto-kun…"
"Th-thank you… for today…"
"A-and also… h-happy… happy…"
"Eh?"
When she turned her head—
Naruto had already disappeared at so point.
Hinata stared blankly at the now-empty seat beside her, looking utterly dejected.
"Little girl, how do you know Naruto?"
Teuchi glanced at the untouched bowl of noodles in front of Hinata before looking at the obvious disappointnt on her face.
The flas of gossip imdiately ignited within him as he curiously asked the question.
Read 50 chapters ahead on P@treon -> [email protected]/AiraTales7
(change @-> a)
User Comments
0 comments from readers