Chapter 43 Sealing Book Obtained

"Let's go, Sealing Book is not here!"

The Third Hokage stood up and walked out with Sakura.

When they arrived outside the room where the Sealing Book was kept, Sakura's eyes flashed with understanding. As expected, Naruto's ability to obtain the Sealing Book in the original story was definitely intentional on the part of the Third Hokage. Furthermore, the so-called Sealing Book was likely fake. As for the reason, Sakura could sense dozens of soul fluctuations surrounding the room. These people were guarding the Sealing Book, and with so many people guarding it, how could Naruto, who had just graduated from the Ninja school and hadn't even mastered the basic three techniques, obtain the Sealing Book? Moreover, only the Hokage and the guards knew where the Sealing Book was kept. How could Mizuki, a Chunin from the Ninja school, know where it was?

The most crucial point was that in the original story, Naruto opened the Sealing Book and the first ninjutsu he saw was the Shadow Clone Technique. This was clearly not right. The Sealing Book contained countless ninjutsu, secret techniques, and forbidden techniques. How could Naruto, with his overflowing chakra, coincidentally see the Shadow Clone Technique, which was most suitable for him to use, as soon as he opened the book? Sakura also didn't believe that the Sealing Book didn't have any security measures. Danzo knew to use the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing to take his enemies down with him in a critical moment. How could the Sealing Book be so easily opened?!

The Third Hokage stood in front of the door and quickly formed several hand seals. He then slapped the center of the door with his palm, and small tadpole-like runes spread out from his palm. After the runes disappeared, the Third Hokage pushed open the door.

"This is the Sealing Book!"

The Third Hokage led Sakura into the room, and apart from a giant scroll placed in the center of the room, there was nothing else inside.

"So many sealing techniques on one scroll? Is it necessary?"

Sakura's mouth twitched slightly. Tadpole-like runes were carved on the walls, ceiling, and floor of the room. Sakura carefully sensed the faint energy fluctuations emanating from these runes. Countless runes seemed to be scattered, but they actually formed a whole. Once one rune started working, all the remaining runes would be activated instantly. As for the specific effects, she was not sure.

"This is not an ordinary scroll. It is the Sealing Book that was made by the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju. It records almost all of Konoha's ninjutsu, secret techniques, forbidden techniques, and sealing techniques. In principle, except for the Hokage, no one can view it at will. If you hadn't resolved the war with the Hidden Cloud Village, you wouldn't have had the chance to come here and see it!"

The Third Hokage said with a smile, continuously forming hand seals. The numerous complex hand seals made Sakura feel dizzy, so she simply turned her head away.

Even with the Third Hokage's speed, it took him more than ten seconds to finish forming the seals. As the Third Hokage slapped the wooden shelf where the Sealing Book was placed and placed his hand on it, all the runes in the room began to move and shrink. Soon, all the runes disappeared into the wooden shelf.

"This is a bookshelf specially made by Hashirama Senju to hold the Sealing Book. Unless the seal is lifted with a special hand seal, the room's techniques will be triggered and instantly kill anyone who approaches it."

Upon seeing Sakura's curiosity, the Third Hokage explained.

"No wonder!" Sakura nodded in understanding. It seemed that the wooden bookshelf was specially made by Hashirama Senju using Wood Release, and the techniques in the room were probably derived from the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju or Hashirama's wife, Uzumaki Mito.

"Okay, you can go ahead and look at it, but you can only do so here. You can't take it out!" The Sealing Book was naturally not something that could be taken out, which further confirmed Sakura's suspicion that the Sealing Book Naruto obtained in the original story was fake.

Sakura walked up and controlled the Sealing Book to open itself. The scroll was too large, much bigger than her body.

As the scroll opened, Sakura quickly scanned through it. She didn't need to understand everything written on it immediately, nor could she. She just wanted to remember everything and study it slowly later.

After flipping through the Sealing Book, several hours had passed. Sakura put the Sealing Book back on the shelf and rubbed her temples. Forcing herself to memorize so much in a short amount of time made her brain feel a little swollen. If it weren't for the Soul Gem constantly nourishing her soul, she wouldn't have been able to achieve the effect of photographic memory.

"Have you found what you were looking for?" the Third Hokage asked.

"I've memorized everything!" Sakura pointed to her head and said, "Next, I want to borrow three people from you!"

"Who?" The Third Hokage raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Kakashi-sensei, Guy-sensei, and Shisui-niisan!" Sakura smiled. "Kakashi-sensei is known as the Copy Ninja and is very proficient in ninjutsu. Guy-sensei's personality may be a bit strange, but he is a top-notch expert in taijutsu in Konoha. As for Shisui-niisan, his genjutsu is very powerful. With the three of them, there should be no problem for Naruto and the others to learn any kind of knowledge!"

"Okay, Kakashi and Guy are currently recuperating and cannot go on missions. Let them teach you. As for Shisui, just talk to him yourself!"

The Third Hokage agreed with Sakura's idea of bringing everyone together to practice. He wanted Naruto to have more bonds in Konoha so that he could feel more at ease in the future. As for letting Kakashi teach, that was even better. Kakashi was his disciple's subordinate and a staunch supporter of the Hokage faction. The Third Hokage had always had the idea of grooming Kakashi to become the Fifth Hokage, and this was even more to his liking. After all, Ino, Shikamaru, and the others were all the future clan heads of their respective families. With this teacher-student relationship, it would be easier for Kakashi to become the Fifth Hokage in the future.

"However, some of the Forbidden Techniques in the Sealing Book cannot be taught casually!" The Third Hokage reminded Sakura. The Sealing Book recorded various Forbidden Techniques, such as the Reanimation Jutsu, which was prohibited by Konoha. If it were to be leaked, it would be troublesome.

"Don't worry, Grandpa Third Hokage, I understand!" Even if the Third Hokage didn't say it, Sakura wouldn't teach recklessly. The reason she memorized the Sealing Book was to find suitable techniques for Naruto and the others. Everyone had a different style, and learning unsuitable ninjutsu would never lead to peak performance.

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