Ch 15: Roar of a single dog

To what extent can a commoner ninja achieve? One can understand this by looking at Orochimaru and Jiraiya.

Born as commoners, they later became two of the Sannin of Konoha.

And Minato before us is also a good example.

His parents passed away early. Neither of them were ninjas, and Minato only entered the academy by chance through a test.

Before that, he had no knowledge of ninjutsu. He had been exploring and training on his own.

As everyone knows, the Ninja Academy only teaches the Three Basic Body Techniques. The rest is ninja theory, basic taijutsu, shuriken practice, and physical training. The academy does not teach other advanced ninjutsu.

This undoubtedly puts commoner ninjas at a disadvantage compared to clan ninjas during their student years.

However, Namikaze Minato forcefully broke this notion.

In the class, his strength is currently only inferior to Tatsumi and Nawaki.

Standing in front of him is a child of the Sarutobi clan.

Minato quickly took out several shurikens with his right hand and threw them at Sarutobi Me with very tricky angles.

Then Minato also rushed towards Sarutobi Me quickly.

While running, Minato threw several more shurikens at Sarutobi Me, who had begun to dodge.

Bang.

Sarutobi Me directly turned into a log in mid-air!

Seeing his opponent turn into a log, Minato didn't panic. He suddenly stopped and threw a punch behind him.

Sure enough, Sarutobi Me's attack had already arrived.

Minato threw a punch, aiming directly at the opponent's face.

Sarutobi Me leaned back slightly, dodging Minato's attack. Minato took advantage of this opportunity to shoot a kunai at his opponent, forcing Sarutobi Me back.

After creating some distance, Sarutobi Me looked at his opponent with a very solemn expression. He didn't expect to feel somewhat tricky when facing a commoner ninja.

"Huff!"

In just a moment, Minato and Sarutobi Me collided again quickly. The sound of kunai kept coming from the air, and the two figures flashed rapidly, not giving way to each other.

Jiraiya showed a surprised expression under the stage, looking at Minato on the stage.

Finally, when Minato limped off the stage covered in wounds, Sarutobi Me on the stage had already fainted.

"Not bad, not bad. You're very good." Jiraiya patted Minato's shoulder appreciatively, apparently very optimistic about Minato.

"Go find Tsunade to heal you, you're walking a bit unsteadily."

"Okay, thank you, Lord Jiraiya."

The next two matches were uneventful. Soon, it was the fourth match, when Tatsumi entered the arena.

"Tatsumi, do your best." Mikoto, with her fists clenched, was adorably cheering for Tatsumi.

"I know."

Tatsumi showed a hearty smile.

He lightly flicked his Uchiha-branded windbreaker, and a lot of screams immediately erupted around him.

"Tatsumi, you're so handsome!"

"I like you so much!"

Screams like these were endless.

Jiraiya glanced at the little girls screaming non-stop around him and curled his lips.

"This is far from as popular as I was when I was young."

"..."

Tatsumi, who walked onto the stage, simply snapped his fingers, and a feather suddenly appeared on the platform. The opponent glanced at the feather, and his tense body suddenly froze and didn't move, then slowly lay down and fell asleep on the platform.

Tatsumi easily defeated his opponent.

A burst of cheers immediately came from under the stage again.

Jiraiya widened his eyes, "This Uchiha kid is not simple."

This is a Genjutsu: Feather Sleep.

This technique is different from the Nirvana Temple Technique. The Nirvana Temple Technique is to drop a wide range of illusory feathers, putting the enemies within the range into a sleep state.

That is a large-scale genjutsu.

The Feather Sleep Technique, however, is a genjutsu aimed at one person. This technique is related to the amount of chakra and mental strength input. The more chakra is output, the longer the person under the genjutsu sleeps.

This technique is enough to deal with a second-year student.

Although he can't perform more profound genjutsu now, it is already easy for him to launch genjutsu through mediums such as sound or movement.

Genjutsu is so hard to guard against.

Compared to Minato's injuries, Tatsumi was obviously much more unrestrained.

"Tatsumi, are you okay?"

When Tatsumi left the arena, Mikoto ran to his side anxiously and asked with great concern.

"I'm fine, relax. It's a piece of cake." Tatsumi used head-patting to touch Mikoto's head.

This kind of PDA caused a lot of damage to Jiraiya, who had been watching the whole time. Jiraiya felt like he had been critically hit by 10,000 points.

He let out the roar of a single dog.

"Why... why?" Jiraiya roared to the sky, speechless.

"What did I do wrong?"

"The kids these days can show affection like this, and I'm already a Jonin, but I haven't found a girlfriend yet. Why doesn't Tsunade agree to my request to date?!"

Tatsumi's mischievous side from his previous life surfaced again, and he suddenly wanted to tease Jiraiya.

"Lord Jiraiya, Lord Jiraiya." Tatsumi waved his hand, signaling him to come closer, "Want to know how to woo Lady Tsunade?"

Tatsumi looked serious as he fooled around with Jiraiya, who was eager for knowledge.

"Yes, yes, what's the method? Tell me quickly..." Jiraiya was practically wagging his tail like an excited puppy.

"I have a trick that works very well. You go find Lady Tsunade now, then grab her hand, push her into a corner, and just kiss her."

"As long as you follow my method, Lady Tsunade—although it won't immediately change your relationship—she will definitely understand your feelings. The relationship will slowly get better, won't it? All you lack now is an opportunity."

"Will she hit me?" Jiraiya was a little scared when he thought of Tsunade's violent nature.

"Lord Jiraiya, honestly, based on my observations, I've always had the idea that 'Lord Jiraiya is afraid of Lady Tsunade'. You're not really afraid, are you?"

"Tatsumi, you are completely wrong about this! If you really think so, I would be too disappointed in you."

"You might get the nickname 'idiot.' When performing missions, Tsunade always listens to me. You can ask Orochimaru if you don't believe me," Jiraiya bragged.

"Is it really useful?" Jiraiya was still a little unconfident.

"Of course, it's true. Think about it, if you take Lady Tsunade's first kiss, she won't do anything out of line to you. After all, the first time will always be memorable," Tatsumi showed a knowing smile.

"Okay, okay, I understand." Jiraiya continued to nod his head, "If this method really works, kid, even if you don't get into the top three, I'll guide you individually!"

"Hehe." Tatsumi smiled ambiguously, neither agreeing nor refusing.

"Tatsumi really is... how can you talk nonsense about this kind of thing?"

"It's okay, anyway, it's good to pass on some life experience to a single dog who is almost twenty years old and can't find a girlfriend."

"...I'm not going to talk anymore, I'm going on stage first."

Uchiha Mikoto, who was embarrassed by the teasing, pushed Tatsumi and then ran onto the earthen platform with a red face.

"Good luck."

As for Jiraiya, he's been beaten by Tsunade more than once or twice anyway, so it doesn't matter if it happens this time, right?

"Tatsumi, what are you thinking about?"

Minato, now healed, walked back with a smile.

Tatsumi.

"Has Mikoto already gone on stage?"

"Yes, that's her on stage."

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