Jiraiya Begins to Seclude Himself

The next day, training continued.

Jiraiya, uncharacteristically, woke up early and followed Naruto to the waterfall with great enthusiasm.

"Come on, little Naruto! Sign your name on this scroll, and I'll teach you the Summoning Technique!"

"That way, you can have another battle partner from the Summoning Beast Holy Land Mount Myōboku. With your Chakra, Naruto, you can also practice Toad Sage Techniques and become a Sage like your teacher, greatly enhancing your strength."

"My previous disciple, your father Minato Namikaze, was also a contractor of Mount Myōboku."

Beside the Waterfall, watching Naruto warm up after creating a bunch of Shadow Clones, Jiraiya took out the huge scroll he had been carrying on his back and said with a smug look.

At this moment, he was already anticipating the worshipful and expectant look from his little disciple.

However, the reality was that Naruto's reaction was extremely indifferent.

Naruto glanced at Jiraiya, then brought out Kurama as a shield, pointing to his stomach and saying, "This guy is being difficult and won't let me sign a blood contract with other Summoning Beasts."

After a pause, Naruto entered Sage Mode and said, "Besides, I already know Sage Mode. Kurama taught me."

With the knowledge his father Minato Namikaze and mother Kushina had given him, and having drained Kakashi and Guy of their entire life's accumulation of over twenty years.

Plus Kurama's daily guidance and the information he had gleaned from manga, Naruto didn't need anyone to guide his training.

All he needed was to get stronger step by step.

He called Jiraiya 'teacher' out of respect for him, not because he really wanted to learn anything from him.

After all, in this world, there were only a few people who were truly good to him.

Inside the Sealing Space, Kurama kicked away Naruto's Shadow Clone, who was sitting on the sofa next to him reading a book, expressing his dissatisfaction at being used as a shield.

This exploded Shadow Clone perfectly fulfilled its mission.

The Naruto outside received the returned memories and pain, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily as he pointed to his stomach.

Jiraiya, who was beside him, saw all of this.

He assumed that it was indeed the Fox Spirit in Naruto's belly that was being difficult, and didn't suspect that Naruto was fooling him.

He just muttered to himself in a slightly strange tone, "Kushina never said that a Jinchuriki couldn't sign a contract with other Summoning Beasts. Is it because your relationship with the Nine Tails has improved, so he's jealous and afraid you'll have other Summoning Beasts and neglect him?"

In an instant, Jiraiya was relieved.

No wonder Naruto had kicked him away so quickly the other day, before he could even react. This Sage Mode training was much more powerful and perfect than his own, and there were not too many signs of mutation.

Since the Nine Tails was wholeheartedly helping Naruto, and he had also learned Sage Mode, then not signing a blood contract with Mount Myōboku was not a big deal.

However, Jiraiya was not discouraged.

"Then, let me teach you Ninjutsu," Jiraiya said, regaining his enthusiasm.

Then, he began to list the Ninjutsu he knew to Naruto.

This time, Naruto gave Jiraiya some face and did not reject his vigorous desire to impart knowledge.

Jiraiya did indeed have many Ninjutsu that he had not learned.

For example, this series of Ninjutsu that applied hair, Needle Jizo, Wild Lion's Mane Technique, Fire Release Ninjutsu, Earth Release Ninjutsu, as well as some Sage Techniques and applications of Natural Energy that Naruto had not yet learned.

Although it's not of great use, it can enrich his knowledge reserves in this area, saving a lot of extra self-exploration time.

Of three men walking together, at least one can be my teacher; it is indeed so.

Creating another Shadow Clone and sending it to learn Ninjutsu from Jiraiya, Naruto began his physical strengthening training.

"You're only making one Shadow Clone?"

Jiraiya said with some dissatisfaction, feeling that Naruto was underestimating him.

With the number of Ninjutsu he knew, wanting to learn them all, the amount of Chakra from one Shadow Clone was far from enough.

In Jiraiya's view, even if Naruto had outstanding talent as a ninja, wanting to learn all his Ninjutsu would take at least a year, and it would have to be the main body with even more abundant Chakra.

This estimate was still based on the fact that he kept hearing the Third Hokage and Kakashi bragging about Naruto's talent.

He himself spent more than ten years mastering all these Ninjutsu.

Kakashi, who was standing to the side, heard the conversation between the two, and a gloating smile appeared on his face hidden under his mask.

Kakashi couldn't help but think of the scene a few months ago when Naruto and Sasuke were learning Ninjutsu from him.

It was simply a devastating blow to him, who considered himself the ceiling of genius ninjas.

"Jiraiya-sama, you really know nothing about geniuses." Kakashi muttered in his heart, but he had no intention of reminding Jiraiya.

While Kakashi was practicing Sealing Techniques, he would occasionally watch the two during breaks, waiting with great interest to see Jiraiya make a fool of himself.

"Yeah, just a Shadow Clone, it's enough, Kurama will provide me with Chakra to practice Ninjutsu."

Naruto didn't want to waste any more words with Jiraiya, and casually gave an unconvincing reason, but the facts would prove everything.

Jiraiya was quite angry, feeling that Naruto had become a little arrogant with his strength at such a young age.

"Hmph, I'll let you suffer some setbacks, so you'll obediently do as I say." Jiraiya said to himself, and then chose a Secret Technique with a very high difficulty to get started, Needle Jizo, to teach Naruto.

Needle Jizo is a Secret Technique that stimulates hair growth to attack enemies. Because it is a change in the body, it belongs to the category of Yin Release.

The key to practicing this Ninjutsu is to have some talent for Yin Release and possess strong Chakra control ability.

After Naruto listened to Jiraiya's explanation and watched him demonstrate it once, he pondered for a moment.

Then he made hand seals, and in Jiraiya's dumbfounded expression, he successfully used a mature Needle Jizo that was no less than Jiraiya's on his first try.

"Okay, I've learned it, next one."

Naruto looked at Jiraiya and said calmly.

Three days later, Jiraiya joined the Seclusion Alliance formed by Kakashi and Guy.

Jiraiya, who relied on hard work to catch up with Orochimaru in the later stages, had always firmly believed that hard work could overcome talent.

But now, he realized that this statement might be a bit wrong.

Because, geniuses can also work hard.

Although it's a bit wrong to say that, Jiraiya truly felt it at this moment.

Sometimes the gap between people is even greater than the gap between people and dogs.

"Fortunately, this is my student, and he has also learned from me. A teacher should be most proud when his disciple surpasses him."

Jiraiya comforted himself in this way, the emptied him becoming like Kakashi.

As a teacher, his only remaining duty was to pass on his rich life experience as an elder to the younger generation.

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