At the Konoha Academy, taking advantage of Iruka's absence, Udon leaned towards Konohamaru and whispered, "Konohamaru, have you noticed that the village's atmosphere has changed recently? Even Iruka-sensei is often called away."
"Perhaps something is going on," Konohamaru knew a lot, but to avoid causing panic, he couldn't say anything. Looking at the Hokage Rock outside the window, he asked in return, "Udon, if I applied to graduate, would I pass?" Naruto Uzumaki is my Big Brother. How can his little brother stand by and do nothing? But to help him, I must become a ninja, and right now I'm... damn it!
"You want to apply to graduate? You can."
Iruka's ghostly voice from nearby startled Konohamaru, who then replied in surprise, "Really? How do I do it?" Big Brother, wait for me, your little brother is coming!
"Really, you just need to finish the exercises." Iruka ruffled his hair, then walked to the podium, holding a sealing scroll. "Today, the school received an anonymous donation of exercise books, specifically for our class. I just checked them; they're fine.
Now, everyone line up to receive them, fifty-three books each." Konohamaru was stunned: "How many?!" Iruka enunciated each word: "Fifty-three books." Konohamaru slumped in his chair, his hands hanging limply, his head tilted back, looking like a salted fish. I'm sorry, Big Brother, your little brother might...
"Konohamaru, do your exercises!" "Oh." Konohamaru weakly picked up a book from a pile in the aisle and opened it, immediately feeling dizzy. He slammed it down in frustration. Damn you, air resistance! I'm going to find my Big Brother!
"Quiet." "But..." Konohamaru bit his lip unwillingly, a little grievance in his expression. Iruka knew his thoughts and gave him a warm, comforting smile, saying, "Don't worry, those two adults are very strong. He'll be fine.
Besides, he has his own plans." After speaking, he continued to study the exercises, which were very different from Konoha's style. From the location of the scroll on the rooftop and the designated class,
he could guess who sent it and what the intention was: to give him and Konohamaru something to do and stop them from overthinking. But Naruto, I know you mean well, but... this is too much, isn't it? What year will I finish grading all of this?!
In a secret room in Konoha, Tsunade threw two exercise books in front of Jiraiya: "Look, look, he even thought about the children, but not you. What do you think?" "Don't say anything..." "And that little girl from the Hyuga clan, protecting him so much, but what was the result? He took Tenten away and hasn't brought her back yet. I really don't know why you two protect him so much..." "Don't say anything..."
After teasing Jiraiya, Tsunade's mood improved greatly. She said seriously, "Alright, no more jokes. Get ready. This time, you might have to lead the team." "Are we really going to fight?" "We received intelligence that the Land of Lightning's Daimyo has shown a willingness to support. We have to be on guard." "Good!"
"He really stirred up a hornet's nest this time. As his master, don't you know what he's thinking?" "Gulp, gulp, gulp..." Jiraiya continued to drink in silence. How would I know what he's thinking? His brain is even crazier than his dog's.
As for Naruto, he was wondering whether to bring Iruka over to consult him about air resistance. It was now the seventh day after their agreement. Naruto had already ascended over fifty thousand meters.
Due to the weather, his magic power value, and the Nine-Tails occasionally refusing to lend its strength to his clones, he was estimated to reach sixty thousand meters on the day of the drop.
At this altitude, it would take about 110 seconds from drop to landing, not accounting for air resistance, which would increase the time. But at tens of thousands of meters, the air density varied.
How was he supposed to calculate it? What if it landed too early, and Hidden Cloud couldn't react in time to intercept it? Wouldn't that one strike kill tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people? Karma aside,
wouldn't he become the greatest demon king in the ninja world? If the Akatsuki organization were to collectively transform into heroes under the guise of eliminating evil for the people, wouldn't he be inherently at a disadvantage? Coupled with heroes from other villages, if he was busy dealing with these people every day, how would he marry the Byakugan princess?
Taking out a blue potion and chugging it down to restore his magic power, Naruto inwardly called out to the fox spirit: "Big Fox." Since the landing time was difficult to calculate due to air resistance, he would increase the altitude, making the mountain fly longer.
But that wouldn't gain much time. Should he invert it to increase air resistance? Tenten was massaging her aching hands, studying the map. Seeing Naruto make a move, she asked, "Are you well again?" These past few days, she had truly realized how abnormal Naruto was. Such a massive chakra consumption, yet he recovered in ten minutes by just sitting and refining. This was simply... unfair!
"Let's go, next one." Naruto opened a teleportation gate. Although sealing a mountain consumed nearly four hundred chakra units, which Naruto called "a trifle," he couldn't endure two such instances. Each time, he had to refine chakra. After all, he only had four hundred seventy to eighty chakra units in total now.
However, he recovered quickly. He could recover by just sitting for ten minutes, though it consumed mental energy and squeezed his cells, and he got hungry easily. So, after a few times refining, Naruto had to eat a lot of dragon meat and drink soda to replenish his nutrients. Otherwise... well, nothing much would happen, he'd just sleep it off.
"I want to stay here tonight." Ignoring the red dot on the map, Tenten pointed to the location of the Land of Hot Water and said, "I heard the hot springs in the Land of Hot Water are quite good." "Alright." Naruto nodded.
As long as she didn't go back to the village, she could stay anywhere. If Tenten went back to the village, Naruto wasn't sure he could get her out again. So Naruto had his clone leave Tenten's letters for Team Guy, then took her traveling around the world. Sealing mountains during the day, choosing any place in the ninja world to stay at night.
Even places they hadn't been to could be reached in a day by having a clone teleport them nearby. Room fees were all paid, and food was all-inclusive. So Tenten, apart from being a bit tired during sealing, was essentially on an all-expenses-paid trip, though she wasn't short on money herself.
On the morning of the tenth day, the Land of Lightning finally agreed to dispatch troops. The people of Hidden Cloud Village were so excited that tears welled up in their eyes. Why did their eyes often well up with tears? Because Naruto threw tear gas.
Except for the first day, when Hidden Cloud was relatively passive, they responded well for the remaining time. With sensory ninjas, barriers, and Byakugan working together, sometimes Naruto couldn't even get a single clone in for an entire day.
So Naruto just had his clones go play around, launch sneak attacks, and show their presence. Tear gas was one of them. It worked well. Over two hundred households in Hidden Cloud Village had already moved out.
The plan was complete. Naruto wasn't planning to continue playing, but then he actually saw Kakashi! Holy crap, are you guys crazy, or are you underestimating the Raikage's short temper? He told you to come at what time? With his temper, let alone an envoy between two warring armies, he'd cut down any visitor, okay? No choice.
Naruto had his clone approach Kakashi to see if there was an opportunity to send him back to Konoha. Outside Hidden Cloud Village, Kakashi was being escorted towards the village by two Hidden Cloud ninjas.
He had actually arrived earlier, but Hidden Cloud hadn't received him. Only now that they were dispatching troops did they receive him. He could guess the reason: either to gain intelligence, or to humiliate Konoha in front of him, and then kill him as a sacrifice. But you guys are really underestimating my copying ability...
"Yo, Kakashi-sensei, good morning."
"It's him, charge!"
Seeing the figure in the distance, the two Hidden Cloud ninjas, without a word, prepared to attack.
"Um, can I just say a few words to him first?"
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