"Naruto! Look at what you've done! I was even gonna teach you a super - powerful Ninjutsu! Is this how you're repaying me?"
In the small woods, Jiraiya was fuming, glaring at Naruto.
Naruto was completely lost, having no clue what was going on. At this moment, Naruto was imitating Kakashi, wearing his Forehead Protector diagonally to cover his right eye.
"What happened?" Naruto wracked his brains but still couldn't figure it out.
"You told him to do it!" Jiraiya clenched his big fist.
Naruto glanced at Sasuke beside him and found that Sasuke had been completely subdued and was now hanging upside down from a tree.
At this moment, Sasuke was thinking: My Genjutsu has no effect on Jiraiya at all... Is this the strength of the Sannin?
Naruto was greatly shocked and thought: What on earth did Sasuke do? If Sasuke did it according to my instructions, this couldn't have been the outcome...
According to my plan, Sasuke was supposed to train Genjutsu while constantly setting up beautiful women for Jiraiya. In the end, Jiraiya would find Sasuke to be a promising talent worth cultivating and might even help Sasuke.
"It's messed up," Naruto thought. "It seems Sasuke and Jiraiya just don't click. Sasuke is too serious. He might be more suitable for someone as rational as Orochimaru... I didn't think it through..."
"Hey, Lustful Sage, calm down, calm down," Naruto quickly whispered soothingly. "Although I don't know what happened, I'll pay for it. I'll invite three or four young ladies to drink with you." Naruto took out his wallet.
Naruto lowered his voice so that Hinata wouldn't hear. However, Hinata was still young and didn't understand many things. Even if she heard, she wouldn't know what it meant.
"Only three or four..." Jiraiya's anger shot through the roof.
"What?" Only then did Naruto realize that Sasuke might have caused a big problem.
Naruto quickly bolted from the small woods towards the lodging town. He found that several teams of Anbu ninjas from Konoha Village had been dispatched, and now the lodging town was under the control of the Konoha Anbu.
"What the hell..." Naruto watched as men, women, the elderly, and children in the whole town were lying unconscious on the ground, and the Anbu ninjas were trying their best to treat the civilians who had been hit by Genjutsu.
Naruto stepped forward and asked, "Hey, handsome Anbu guy, what happened here?"
A Konoha Anbu ninja replied, "It's probably an attack by some unknown ninjas. Konoha Village was just attacked not long ago, and now there's another collective Genjutsu incident here. It's really been an unstable period recently."
"..." Naruto understood. Sasuke must have seen Naruto's strength increasing greatly. When the strength gap between Naruto and Sasuke got too wide, Sasuke even lost it.
Naruto left the lodging town and returned to the original small woods. He saw Jiraiya, Hinata, and Sasuke hanging upside down from the tree.
Naruto said awkwardly, "Inviting three or four young ladies really isn't enough..."
Jiraiya nodded heavily and said aggrievedly, "Without fifty or sixty, don't even think about me teaching you the new Ninjutsu, Rasengan!"
Naruto looked at his wallet. Obviously, he didn't have enough money.
Jiraiya thought to himself, 'Naruto is not just wealthy; he's the richest Genin I've ever seen. I've got to take this chance to make up for the shock I had earlier.'
"Besides the lodging town, is there any other place nearby where we can gamble?" Naruto looked at his wallet and said, "This money isn't enough. I guess I have to try my luck at gambling."
"Tsk." Jiraiya said, "Do you think you can win for sure?"
"I always win at gambling. I've gotta win, and I have a foolproof trick."
"Oh? Tell me about it."
"Nope, it won't work if I tell you."
"Forget it. Tsunade, the one we're looking for, is also crazy about gambling. She should've been in the lodging town, but with all this ruckus, she's probably already hightailed it out of there." Jiraiya analyzed, "Tsunade is addicted to gambling. She can't be too far from the casino. The most likely place she'll go next is Shortcake Street."
Naruto shouted, "Great, let's head to Shortcake Street. On the way, teach me the new Ninjutsu, Rasengan."
Jiraiya snapped angrily, "Unless you find me fifty or sixty girls to drink with, there's no way I'm teaching you."
"I'll owe you. Once I learn the new Ninjutsu, not to mention dozens, I'll arrange a hundred for you!"
"Oh!" Jiraiya's anger subsided a lot. He was liking Naruto more and more; he really suited his taste.
Hinata only half understood the conversation between Naruto and Jiraiya.
Next, Jiraiya, Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke walked together, with Sasuke walking alone at the back.
Sasuke was in a foul mood all the way. He thought to himself, 'What the hell am I doing? I was lured here by a letter from Naruto and then conned into training Genjutsu. Now I don't even know where I'm following Naruto to...'
Suddenly, Sasuke said, "Hey, Naruto, let's have a fight!"
Naruto was taken aback for a second and then straight up used the Flying Thunder God Technique, instantly popping up behind Sasuke.
Sasuke's pupils dilated. He was utterly shocked and thought, 'How the hell did Naruto get behind me? Why can't I see clearly...'
Naruto said in a taunting voice right next to Sasuke's ear, 'Wanna see me do it again? Let you activate your Sharingan. Once you're ready, I'll teleport behind you again.'
Sasuke's head was spinning. He knew he was way behind Naruto in terms of strength, but he never expected the gap to be this huge.
Sasuke gritted his teeth and balled his fists up tight.
"Did you manage to transplant it successfully?" Sasuke saw that Naruto had changed his appearance, imitating Kakashi by covering his right eye with the forehead protector.
"Yes." Naruto readily admitted.
Just then, Jiraiya was standing sideways, eyeing Naruto and Sasuke, and he also noticed the change in how Naruto wore his forehead protector.
Hearing Naruto's affirmative answer, Sasuke knew that Naruto had transplanted the Sharingan.
The Sharingan he was so proud of was now in Naruto's hands. Sasuke felt he no longer had what it takes to catch up with Naruto.
"Catch up to me, Sasuke. I'm sure you can do it." Naruto was consoling Sasuke.
"Then let's start training right now." Jiraiya pulled out a water-filled balloon from his backpack and tossed it to Naruto, then tossed one each to Hinata and Sasuke.
Jiraiya took out another water - filled balloon and placed it in his palm. Concentrating his [Chakra] in his palm, he made the whole water - filled balloon burst.
"This is the first step in training a new Ninjutsu." Jiraiya said seriously, "Naruto, show me."
Naruto calmed down and made a slight attempt. The water - filled balloon in his palm burst instantly.
Sasuke and Hinata were both very shocked. Naruto succeeded on his first try.
Jiraiya thought to himself: Sure enough, Naruto is truly a natural - born Ninja. The Flying Thunder God Technique is an S - rank Ninjutsu, a Space–Time Ninjutsu, and it is even more difficult to train. Since Naruto can master the Flying Thunder God Technique, his control of [Chakra] has reached an extremely high level. Then, it should be very easy for him to learn the A - rank Rasengan.
Sasuke placed the water - filled balloon in his palm and continuously concentrated [Chakra] in his hand, but the balloon didn't react at all.
Hinata had a similar result.
"Naruto, move on to the next stage." Jiraiya threw a plastic ball to Naruto.
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