Chapter 479: Konohamaru and Kakashi Join
"Uzumaki Naruto, get your ass out here!"
While Naruto was still tangled in his thoughts, a furious shout came from outside.
Confused, Naruto stood up and walked out, only to see a completely unfamiliar stranger.
"Who are you?"
"You bastard! A few days ago you transformed into the Nine-Tails and attacked the place where I live! Look at what my home has become! And look at these poor little cats!"
Tamaki angrily pulled out a stack of photos from her arms and slammed them onto Naruto's face.
Seeing the photos—ruined rubble, collapsed walls, and small cats covered in dirty water—Naruto immediately felt awkward.
"I didn't think anyone and cats were still living there… forget it, I'll help you clean it up."
Naruto thought for a moment. He couldn't get any writing done anyway, so he might as well go out and relax a bit. Maybe he'd even get some inspiration.
"Wait."
Kiba's voice suddenly came from inside the house.
The next second, Kiba appeared beside Naruto, leaning against the doorframe, running a hand through his hair and striking a cool pose.
It was clearly love at first sight… or rather, lust at first sight.
"I'll go help too. I'm the most helpful person around."
"And you're a ninja cat user, right? After we're done cleaning up, I can even teach you Sage Mode that works in cooperation with ninja cats…"
Smack.
Before Kiba could finish, Tamaki slapped him hard across the face. Afterward, she even took out a handkerchief to wipe her hand, and then threw the handkerchief away.
"You are not allowed to come! Otherwise, the cats will tear you apart!"
She glared at Kiba fiercely.
And just like that, Kiba was left alone, completely lost in the wind.
His youth ended before it even began.
Kiba didn't even realize that Tamaki had been there yesterday and personally witnessed what he and Naruto had done.
Not only that…
Regarding the attack on her home, Naruto had been the one who launched it, but Kiba was actually the real culprit behind everything.
Tamaki wasn't exaggerating.
Cats are very vengeful. They remembered Kiba's scent.
If he dared to show up, the cats would instantly tear him apart, this evil human who attacked them while they were sleeping, yawning, and eating.
"Naruto, where are you going?"
"Naruto-nii, where are you headed?"
Just as Naruto stepped onto the main road, two voices came from his left and right.
It was Kakashi and Konohamaru.
The two of them had coincidentally appeared here.
Originally, Kakashi had been Tsunade's second most overworked tool, right after Shizune.
But yesterday, Tsunade mysteriously summoned Kakashi, who rarely ever got days off, and told him that Inuzuka Kiba of the Inuzuka clan had mastered a Sage Mode that combined with ninja hounds.
She also told him that if he wanted to gain power, he could go learn from Naruto or Kiba.
After all, Kakashi's summoning beasts were also ninja dogs.
And Kakashi was a genius. Maybe he could even enter Sage Mode without relying on ninja dogs.
In the ninja world, everybody pursues power but the real question is what they pursue it for.
Kakashi wanted to protect the people he cared about and prevent Obito from walking down the wrong path again.
Whether it was the possible future Six Paths Obito, or the later-coming Ōtsutsuki clan, all of them would require the power of senjutsu.
Even though he already had Kamui, which could deal damage, it still wasn't enough.
More skills never hurt. After all, he was the "Konoha Technician."
So, Kakashi came knocking.
Konohamaru also came. He had been sent here by Tsunade as well.
After losing both his grandfather Sarutobi Hiruzen and his uncle Sarutobi Asuma, Konohamaru had finally become one of the strongest kinds of people in the ninja world, someone who had lost his entire family.
Of course, he still had distant relatives from the Sarutobi clan.
But to Konohamaru himself, it felt like his whole family was gone.
So he gradually matured, began training, and started pursuing the power to protect others.
Ebisu simply couldn't satisfy Konohamaru's need for rapid growth. Konohamaru wanted to find Naruto, but Ebisu stopped him.
Ebisu believed Naruto was too unserious and that Konohamaru should receive proper orthodox training.
If he followed Naruto, he would definitely become indecent.
For example, Konohamaru had already gone astray and learned Naruto's "Sexy Technique."
Although Ebisu himself was also quite perverted, when it came to teaching children, he still maintained a very serious outward appearance, like a well-dressed beast.
At least he had the right to say that.
So Ebisu brought Konohamaru to Tsunade.
But Tsunade didn't care at all about who Konohamaru trained with.
She directly sent Konohamaru off to Naruto.
Ebisu was abandoned in despair.
He didn't expect the result to be the same even after going to Tsunade.
"Naruto, I'm here for your Sage Mode."
Kakashi spoke bluntly and got straight to the point.
"Shh—Kakashi-sensei, keep your voice down. Kiba's mother said this shouldn't be spread around. Everyone should just understand it without saying it out loud."
Naruto quickly waved his hands to signal him to lower his voice.
"Naruto-nii, I've also contracted with the monkey clan. I want to learn Sage Mode too."
Konohamaru, who had just been about to speak, lowered his voice and whispered instead.
"That's great! Kakashi-sensei, Konohamaru, I'll definitely teach you, just wait a bit. I need to go help clean up the place I accidentally messed up a few days ago."
Naruto was very happy about Kakashi and Konohamaru joining him.
Finally, he didn't have to think through the so-called "manual" with that idiot Kiba anymore.
And indeed, that was the case.
It was unclear whether Tsunade had noticed Naruto's predicament, but she had sent these two over.
Kakashi's talent needed no explanation.
And Konohamaru was no less impressive.
The fact that he could learn Rasengan through Naruto's "puff, stab, bang" teaching method was basically no different from inventing Rasengan himself.
With these two assisting him, Naruto really was like a tiger with wings.
"…"
Tamaki quietly watched the three of them scheming and grinning sinisterly, and silently stepped back to put some distance between herself and them.
Sage Mode—it sounded nice, very proper on the surface.
Only those who had truly seen the truth knew that the term "Sage Mode" had already been completely corrupted, it represented something entirely different now.
And so.
Naruto and the others followed Tamaki to an open vacant area and met the Cat Granny waiting there.
"Huh? This granny looks kind of familiar…"
Naruto scratched his head in confusion.
"You're the kid who used to follow little Sasuke around, right?"
Cat Granny smiled kindly.
She had watched Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke grow up and was also a provider of intelligence and weapons for the Uchiha clan.
And when Naruto was young, he had once sneakily followed Sasuke around, trying to see what he did every day at the ninja academy.
Sasuke had noticed him, but didn't stop him.
So Naruto had also seen Cat Granny a couple of times from a distance.
"I don't remember."
Naruto scratched his head again.
"Forget it, I should hurry up and help you clean, Granny. That's what I'm best at!"
Naruto immediately formed hand seals and used Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu.
He wasn't lying at all.
Cleaning up filth had been something Naruto had trained in since childhood, long before he even learned ninjutsu.
And now, with the help of shadow clones, it was naturally—
"Ah—"
Tamaki suddenly punched and destroyed one of the shadow clones.
"Sorry, I instinctively used that move from Sage Mode."
Naruto's real body quickly apologized for the shadow clone's indecent action in front of everyone.
(End of this chapter)