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Naruto woke up the next morning.
Due to a synchronization failure, his mental space woke up first.
The first thing that entered his sight was the scarlet vertical pupils of the Fox Demon.
"You're awake? The roasted meat is all gone."
From ten o'clock yesterday until this morning, the roasted meat and fish, which hadn't been refilled, had been completely eaten by Kurama. Even the cola tower was empty.
"..."
This fox was beyond saving, completely useless.
Rubbing his still aching head, Naruto sat up from the fox's belly. Turning his head, he saw Kurama carving several names on the wall with a mithril skewer.
"Big Fox, what are you doing?" Naruto asked, puzzled.
"Bored, just writing down all those who stopped updating their stories."
Yesterday, Naruto and his clones all died, leaving Kurama in a state of no water, no food, and no internet.
With nothing to eat or drink and no shows to watch, he was extremely annoyed.
Bored and looking for something to do, Kurama finally thought of the words the brat had carved on the wall a while ago. He decided to follow suit.
"Brat, remember these people. If you see them, beat them to death."
Sliding off the Fox Demon's belly and walking a few steps away, Naruto finally saw how much Kurama had actually written.
The first line was the uncle he met the day before yesterday, Tomoyuki Fujiboki… Sangjian Qiwu…
Over eighty names, two by two in a row, like a roll call list a teacher holds at the start of school.
"If you meet them, you go ahead. I can't bring myself to do it." Naruto said, walking to the first meat pool to put in roasted meat.
"Good, I'll do it myself."
After filling up on roasted meat for a while, Naruto's spirit and body successfully synchronized.
Jiraiya was hunched over, writing a book. Hearing Naruto stir, he opened his mouth, "You..."
"I'm awake," Naruto said first.
Having learned the routine, he had mastered the art of answering quickly.
"Ugh..." The swaying from sitting up made his head ache even more.
"Use that move less often next time," Jiraiya said.
"Mm."
He used to use fewer Shadow Clones, and he could bear it, but as the number of Shadow Clones increased, even with his abnormal body, he couldn't handle it. He was still human after all, and human capabilities had limits, so...
It was better to use that move less.
Stepping out of the house, the fresh outdoor air relieved most of Naruto's headache.
Adding a few more logs to the bonfire, Naruto sat on a wooden stump, warming himself. The heat from the bonfire calmed him down, allowing him to quietly reflect on yesterday's battle.
A moment later, Jiraiya came out of the house, carrying Shunfeng, and asked, "Does your dog have lingering effects? Bumping into everything it walks past?"
"Huh?" Naruto tilted his head, puzzled.
Jiraiya put Shunfeng down.
As soon as his paws touched the ground, Shunfeng began to wobble, eventually crashing headfirst into the tree stump beneath Naruto's butt.
Naruto: "..."
This dumb dog wouldn't think it was still blind, would it?
"Why don't you send him to the Inuzuka clan to get him checked?" Jiraiya asked.
After Naruto fainted yesterday, Jiraiya had been taking care of these animals. The other three were fine, but he couldn't figure out this dog. He hadn't studied dogs and thought it was a lingering effect from the flashbang grenade that day.
Scooping up the silly dog and holding him under his armpits, slowly approaching the fire, Naruto chuckled, "It's fine. He got heatstroke. A little roasting will fix him right up."
Jiraiya: "..."
It's December. Where would he get heatstroke?
"Woof... Yelp..." Getting closer to the flames, Shunfeng's biological instincts took over, and he desperately wriggled free from Naruto's hands, scurrying to Jiraiya's feet, trembling.
"See, he's better now."
"So he was faking it earlier?"
"Not necessarily. He might genuinely think he's blind."
Jiraiya sat next to Naruto. "Look at what kind of things you're raising."
After saying that, Jiraiya paused. He remembered that Naruto also had something else living inside him.
Pointing at Naruto's stomach, he said solemnly, "You must have felt that power when you released the insects yesterday, right?"
"Mm." Naruto nodded.
Not just the power, I felt the appetite too.
"Next, you need to try and learn..."
"Bang."
Two puffs of smoke exploded, and Jiraiya and Naruto both disappeared.
Mount MyĹŤboku.
"???" Naruto was utterly bewildered.
Why did you call me here so early in the morning? It's not time to train Sage Mode yet.
Fukasaku coughed a few times to get their attention, then said solemnly, "Little Naruto, the Great Sage Toad has a prophecy about you."
"Let's go, Naruto." Jiraiya's expression was also serious.
When he was young, he was mischievous towards the Great Sage Toad, but as he grew older, he respected the Great Sage Toad more and more.
"Wait a moment." Naruto waved his hand, opening a teleportation portal.
After sending his pets to the Land of Snow, Naruto then arrived at Mount MyĹŤboku, clapped his hands, and said, "Alright."
Fukasaku and Jiraiya led the way, with Naruto following behind, his heart pounding.
He used to not believe in prophecies, but since he had come to this world, he had no choice but to believe.
Naruto was quite convinced of the Great Sage Toad's prophetic abilities. Although fragmented, they were indeed accurate.
Naruto speculated that the Great Sage Toad probably entered the river of time through dreams, thus seeing the future, but its abilities were insufficient, so it only saw fragments each time, and the timing was uncertain.
In the Naruto world, space was a toy for anyone to manipulate. Whether you had skill or power, you could shape it as you wished.
But time was different. Except for Kaguya, an existence beyond, everyone else would be mercilessly crushed by it, even Tailed Beasts were no exception.
They were all adorable when they were young, but grew uglier with age.
Even the most beautiful Kurama had its edges smoothed by time.
It was just that the river's current was a bit strong; a perfectly fine fox was polished like a pebble, with no edges visible.
"Burp~ Brat, I sense malice from you," the "pebble" in Naruto's mouth spoke via ventriloquism.
Naruto, refilling the cola tower, said without looking up, "Nothing of the sort."
"Burp~ I won't stoop to your level, brat."
Outside, in front of the palace gates, Jiraiya said to Naruto, "You listen carefully. When we go in later, stay quiet. The Great Sage Toad is not an ordinary toad, so don't mess around here. Show some reverence."
He was truly afraid that this kid, in a fit of madness, might blow up the palace.
Naruto nodded.
The palace was large, and its gate was also large, probably designed for toads the size of Gamabunta, but there was also a small door.
As soon as they pushed the door open, they heard Shima's impatient voice.
"Old Toad, stop sleeping, the people you called are here!"
Naruto looked sideways and asked, "Reverence?"
Jiraiya's mouth twitched.
The Great Sage Toad opened his eyes and looked at Naruto, asking curiously, "Who is this newcomer?"
Jiraiya secretly celebrated that this one still remembered him and didn't say he was also a newcomer.
Shima was a toad with a sharp tongue but a kind heart. Her words were venomous as she chided, "Are you so old you can't remember things? Didn't you call him here!"
"Oh, it's Little Naruto," the Great Sage Toad said, realizing.
"Yes," Naruto replied.
Looking at the Great Sage Toad's smile and those squinting toad eyes, Naruto secretly marked this place as a teleportation forbidden zone in his mind.
Those who smile with squinting eyes are monsters; it's better to stay away.
Naruto was waiting for the prophecy, but the Great Sage Toad remained silent.
A moment later… Shima said angrily, "Old Toad, you fell asleep again!"
"Oh... I see," the Great Sage Toad said.
Staring at the blond head below, he asked, "Who is this newcomer?"
Naruto: "..."
I really should drag that insect guy over here and let you two get acquainted.
"Little Naruto, I saw your future."
"Mm. Please tell me."
"You will fight with someone who has power in their eyes."
"???"
Great Sage Toad, did you get the wrong script? Weren't those words about the Crown Prince and Sasuke in the original story?
Did you prophesy that I'd have another fight with him this afternoon?
Naruto indeed had a fight with Sasuke scheduled for the afternoon; it was a routine combat review after every battle.
As if seeing Naruto's thoughts, the Great Sage Toad continued, "As an adult, you are still working hard to pass the Chunin Exams."
"The person you fight against has miraculous power in their eyes, and there's also a green watermelon rind on the field..."
Naruto had a "black person with a question mark" face.
If he understood correctly, the Great Sage Toad meant that his adult self would participate in the Chunin Exams with Sasuke, and the proctor would be Might Guy...
Putting aside why Sasuke would participate in the Chunin Exams for no reason, and not discussing how Might Guy became a proctor, Naruto just wanted to know if such a fight would leave anyone alive in the arena?
Wait... I'm an adult and still a Genin?
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