The experimental results were very obvious. The Rasengan with life force added, besides being a bit unstable, had little medical value. However, Naruto still harbored illusions.
Maybe it's because it's the first time and I'm not skilled enough.
Looking down at the orb in his hand, which flashed brighter than a strobe light, Naruto felt a bit depressed. It's also a Rasengan, but other transmigration big shots either self-developed it, got it from the system, or learned it from a master. Why is this one of mine like something bought for 9.9 yuan with free shipping?
He had many thoughts in his mind, but his hand movements were not slow. He tried to input wind chakra into the Rasengan with his other hand. In less than two seconds, amidst the buzzing sound of wind, the Rasengan trembled wildly as if it had a vibrating motor, almost slipping from his grasp. Naruto roared, "Old man, quickly dodge!"
He was about to lose control of this orb.
Without him even saying so, Jiraiya had already leaped away the moment the jutsu formed. His white long hair extended, wrapped around Naruto's waist, and he fiercely flung him backward.
The two were dodging, but the clone had already lifted the largest experimental subject number seventeen and charged towards the center of the explosion.
"Boom..."
The Rasengan Shuriken exploded. The storm blew through the forest with a rustling sound. The yellow leaves that could have lasted a few more days all fell this time.
The master and disciple hid behind a rock wall. Naruto put an iron pot on his head and poked his head out, carefully observing through the shattered rocks.
"Give it to me," Jiraiya snatched the iron pot and then poked his head out.
The storm dissipated, revealing a large crater, thirty to forty meters in diameter. In the pit, more than twenty wild boars lay sprawled. At the edge of the pit was a circle of wild grass blown down by the wind.
The wild grass was astonishingly long, at least ten feet tall.
Jumping into the pit, Naruto was about to check. Jiraiya casually tore off a wild boar leg and said, "Don't look, they're dead."
Naruto didn't believe it. He walked over and tried it. Indeed, subject number seventeen was also dead.
Half an hour later, Jiraiya took a bite of the freshly roasted wild boar leg, closed his eyes for a moment, and then said, "Although the meat isn't very tasty, it's quite chewy."
At the same time, he mentally simulated the previous attack. Countless tiny wind blades cut cells and meridians, but were instantly healed by life force. This repeated, tempering them over and over, until the jutsu ended.
This chewy meat, it seems, isn't without reason.
"Hehe."
Naruto returned a smile that Jiraiya couldn't understand. He drew a blade from one of the two Kusanagi swords at his waist. Chakra surged into it, and the blade extended, instantly becoming a forty-meter-long great sword.
"Ahhh..." Facing the twenty-odd wild boars, Naruto unleashed a cathartic, wild frenzy of hacking.
So vexing, so uncomfortable. Rasengan, why are you so useless?
I'm not a chef, why are you making the meat so chewy? What's the meaning of this?
After the swordplay, the wild boars were all shredded into various-sized chunks of meat. Wind Release blew away the smell of blood. Naruto released clones to tidy up, picked up a large piece of thigh meat, washed it, put it on the grill, took out a scroll, summoned seasonings, sprinkled salt, added ingredients, and brushed sauce, all in one go.
He threw the scroll to a clone. Naruto sat down and stared motionless at the flames.
"It's just that it deviated from its original intention. Why are you so troubled?"
"Mediocre." Naruto's voice was not good. After busying himself for so many days, he only produced this broken thing. It would be strange if he was in a good mood.
This was a family tradition of the Uchiha; if something wasn't played well, they would be annoyed.
Jiraiya tore at the roasted meat, blowing on it to cool it before feeding it to Gamariki. He reminisced, "Creating and improving ninjutsu never comes from forcing it. Inspiration and opportunity are also very important."
"I remember back then, it was a chance encounter when I was practicing Fire Release on Mount Myōboku. I accidentally ignited a small piece of toad oil, and that's when I thought of using the properties of wind, fire, and oil to enhance Fire Release's power, creating 'Goemon'."
"So, pay more attention to things around you. Maybe one day you'll use it and improve it."
"Oh." Naruto's mood improved slightly. He pondered inwardly, With so many things in my space, what else can I add to the Death-and-Revival Orb?
Seeing Naruto change, Jiraiya feigned annoyance: "It's a pity, that move probably won't work."
"What's wrong?" Naruto subconsciously asked. Goemon might not be strong, but adding senjutsu would make it the only S-rank Fire Release in the Hokage world. He was thinking of learning senjutsu before learning this move, but then he was told it wouldn't work?
Jiraiya rolled his eyes at him: "Myōboku Mountain is out of oil."
"Uh..."
After a meal filled with banter, though Naruto felt somewhat unburdened, there was still a knot in his heart. He retrieved the scroll containing the wild boar meat from his clone and decided to do something to cheer himself up.
He waved his hand to open a teleportation gate and stepped through.
"Where are you going?" Jiraiya asked.
"To deliver the meat."
More than twenty wild boars, each weighing several hundred catties, added up to over ten thousand catties. With their appetites, they wouldn't finish it even if they ate until the kids started making soy sauce.
Moreover, wild boar meat was not as delicious as domesticated pork that had been bred and castrated for thousands of years. It was fine as an occasional wild game meal, but if eaten too much, no one could stand it.
On the other side of the teleportation gate, Naruto looked at the words "Orphanage" on the iron gate, which resembled a school gate. He used the special Transformation Jutsu he learned from Versatile Huashan to transform into Jiraiya's appearance and rang the doorbell.
What could be more joyful and satisfying than doing good deeds?
However, Naruto also knew his identity. Anyone who knew him would be scared for days if they got within two steps of him. To reduce trouble, he transformed into Jiraiya. Although the old man was unkempt, he was well-known in Konoha, being the Third Hokage's disciple and one of the Sannin.
Not long after, a sixty-something old woman came to open the door, saying unnaturally, "Jiraiya-sama? Why are you here?"
Naruto was startled. Could it be that the perverted old man spied on her bathing?
"Cough, cough." Coughing twice to ease the atmosphere, Naruto used his chakra to control his vocal cords, imitating Jiraiya's voice and saying, "Yesterday, I saw a little girl being chased by a wild boar. I went to rescue her. I killed quite a few wild boars, more than I could eat, so I brought some over."
The old woman's hand on the door paused. She said jokingly, "I didn't expect you to still remember what happened back then."
This time, Naruto was stunned. What did that old man do back then to pick up girls?
I made up an excuse, and it actually worked?
Seeing that the situation was not good, Naruto quickly took out a scroll, poured out a quarter of a barrel of wild boar meat, and said, "This is it. You call them out to divide it. The rest will go to a few other places."
Based on his childhood wanderings, Konoha had a total of four orphanages.
The old woman looked at him, wanting to say something, but finally said, "Alright."
The old woman rang the doorbell a few times. From the distant house, a few people dressed as chefs came out first. Seeing that they couldn't carry it, she rang a few more times. In less than a few minutes, a group of children rushed over. The fastest boy jumped to the edge of the barrel, panting, and asked, "Is this... all for us?"
As he spoke, he drooled.
The old woman chuckled, flicked his forehead, and said, "You brat, this is..."
Just as she was about to say something, she turned her head and saw no one.
Naruto crouched behind a wall. He saw several children, drooling, holding chunks of meat bigger than their heads, wobbling behind the chefs. He smiled faintly and left, heading to the next place.
Chinese traditional virtue: do good deeds without leaving your name.
At the entrance of the second house, Naruto was about to ring the doorbell when someone called out to him from behind.
"Jiraiya-sama!?"
Naruto turned around and saw a one-armed man holding a pink-haired woman's hand. The woman was holding a small pink-haired girl.
He had seen these two at the Third Hokage's funeral.
"Oh, it's you two."
"Why are you back?" Konoha's "Dog" was incredulous.
He originally didn't believe it, but whether it was appearance, voice, or even chakra, neither he nor his wife could detect any abnormalities.
Although his singing was terrible, Naruto was a professional at acting. Not just his voice, but even his chakra, he simulated with the Nine-Tails Chakra.
"Why are you here?" Naruto pretended to recognize them.
"You know we grew up in an orphanage, right? And now we have a child. I discussed with Ryuji that we want to pass on our names and experiences, and planned to send her here to study for a while after she becomes self-sufficient at three years old. So we brought her here first to get familiar with the place."
"Hmm, that's a good idea," Naruto praised.
After a brief chat, the director of this orphanage also came to open the door. The director seemed even older than the previous one. Naruto felt he would probably retire in a few years.
This time, fearing he might say too much, Naruto left the meat and departed.
Looking back at the two who were holding the child and talking to the director, Naruto was speechless. What were these parents thinking? Sending their child to an orphanage to learn?
Besides playing with children here, who else could she learn from? The director? He looked like he was about to retire. What could he teach? She might as well wait for the next director to take office before getting familiar.
"Dog," after helping move the pork, said longingly, "Jiraiya-sama is truly a good person. I truly hope our child can become his disciple in the future."
Ryuji didn't want to discourage him, but just said tactfully, "When she grows up, Jiraiya-sama will be over sixty."
Dog poked the baby's pink face and chuckled, "Then let her take his disciple as master. Don't you think that's good, Ryuji?"
After speaking, he himself was stunned.
Ryuji's gentle and maternal expression changed. He pulled a long face. "Don't mention him!"
Even if she hadn't been monitoring Naruto for over a year, her ears still echoed with the roar of that explosion from time to time.
After delivering all the pork, Naruto, content, went to Ryūchi Cave. Sasuke was looking for him to replenish his chakra.
As soon as he arrived at Ryūchi Cave, Naruto keenly sensed an anomaly and asked, "Someone's been here?"
"It's Kabuto," Sasuke replied concisely.
"Oh." Naruto stretched out his arm. Has Kabuto arrived at Ryūchi Cave so early? Then perhaps I can ambush him.
Feeling it was feasible, Naruto said, "Next time you encounter him, call me."
If Kabuto hadn't brought Orochimaru away back then, the one soaking in the snake wine pool in the Land of Snow would be Orochimaru, not Aoda.
After replenishing his chakra, Naruto waved goodbye to the White Snake Sage and returned to Jiraiya's side.
That evening, Naruto received an oil lamp summons from the twin-tailed old woman.
As soon as the clone arrived, he found Tsunade laughing. Her smile was unsettling, making him shiver. She held two stones in her hand. After clenching and then releasing her grip, she sprinkled a handful of powder.
"Go fetch Jiraiya."
"Oh." The clone quickly activated teleportation, moving away from this troubled area.
A few seconds later, Jiraiya appeared and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," Tsunade smiled as she walked to Jiraiya, gesturing for the clone to tell the main body to close the teleportation gate.
"No, what are you doing?" Jiraiya felt something was amiss.
"What am I doing?" Tsunade's fist clenched, creaking.
The other three orphanages are fine; they were established by Konoha. But don't you know that the last one is Danzo's faction?
I've been fighting him fiercely here, and you're secretly giving benefits to his subordinate units?!
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