40: Chapter 40, a supplementary chapter titled "Change of Nature"."You lecherous immortal, is your technique.not yet complete?"
The roar of the waterfall seemed to be silenced in that instant.
A crack appeared in Jiraiya's petrified expression, followed by a surge of absurdity at being offended by a junior.He almost burst out laughing.
A kid who just learned an A-rank ninjutsu in ten minutes turns around and criticizes the creator's teacher, saying that the technique has flaws.
This is absolutely the funniest joke of the year.
"Boy, what nonsense are you spouting?" Jiraiya's voice was a little hoarse as he tried to regain his authority as an elder and master."Don't become arrogant just because you've mastered a little bit.The Rasengan is the Fourth Hokage's masterpiece; it's perfect."
[Ding!You have received 3100 of Jiraiya's [Absurdity] items!]
[Ding!You have received 2800 [Displeasure] from Jiraiya!]
Naruto Uzumaki did not argue.
He simply extended his right hand, and a standard Rasengan once again condensed in his palm.
Immediately afterwards.
Bang.
A cloud of white smoke exploded, and a shadow clone that looked exactly like him appeared beside him.
Jiraiya's eyelid twitched.
He had no idea when the kid formed the hand seal.
Under Jiraiya's increasingly confused gaze, Naruto did something that Jiraiya couldn't understand at all.
He had the shadow clone extend its hands and cover his main body's hands, which were maintaining the Rasengan.
"What are you going to do?" Jiraiya asked instinctively.
Naruto did not answer.
A completely different chakra attribute surged from the shadow clone's body and was carefully injected into the rapidly spinning blue energy ball.
wind.
It refers to the change in the properties of wind.
Jiraiya's breathing stopped.
He recalled his past attempts and the struggles that Minato had faced back then.
The Rasengan, which combines nature transformation with form transformation to its ultimate form, is no less difficult than making a person run left and right simultaneously.
The chakra will instantly go out of control and then explode.
However, the expected explosion did not occur.
Buzz!
The Rasengan in Naruto's hand instantly became extremely unstable.The originally perfect sphere began to twist violently, and countless tiny, visible chakra blades emanated from its edges.
The air around the sphere emitted a sharp, slicing sound.
On the nearby rocks, several deep cuts, visible even to the bone, appeared silently after being slashed by the dissipated air blades.
An aura of pure destruction and cutting, far exceeding that of a regular Rasengan, spread out.
Jiraiya felt a chill run down his spine and instinctively took a step back.
This power.
"Did you see that?" Naruto calmly spoke, dissipating the violent energy in his hand."This technique only completes the most basic 'form transformation,' condensing chakra and spinning it at high speed.However, it doesn't incorporate 'nature transformation.'"
"It's only a semi-finished product."
"A flawed, unfinished product whose power is only less than half of what it was meant to be."
Every word Naruto said was like a heavy hammer, striking Jiraiya's nerves hard.
His voice was calm, without boasting or showing off; he was simply stating a fact.
But this statement is more subversive than any arrogant declaration.
Semi-finished product?
defect?
A thunderous roar exploded in Jiraiya's mind.
He remembered.
Many years ago, on a similar evening, the blond disciple who always had a sunny smile had said something similar to him, looking troubled.
"Teacher, there's still room for improvement in the Rasengan.If I could add my wind-style chakra, its power would be several times greater than it is now.But… it's too difficult.It requires chakra control to a level that's almost impossible to manipulate."
That problem, which was hailed as a once-in-a-generation genius, could not be solved even after exhausting all his efforts.
That regret, buried forever with his untimely death.
Now.
A twelve-year-old boy, right in front of him, casually and succinctly revealed the truth.
No, it's not just about revealing.
He even turned that idea into reality in a crude but effective way.
Jiraiya stared blankly at Naruto, at that youthful yet terrifyingly calm face.
The sounds of the waterfall, the wind, and the birdsong all vanished.
In his world, there was only one incomprehensible fact that overturned all his understanding.
This goes beyond what can be explained by talent.
This is a monster.
It is a monster in human skin that descended from a higher dimension to examine them, these mortals.
[Ding!You have received 15,000 of Jiraiya's ultimate [Cognitive Collapse]!]
[Ding!You have received 11,000 units of Jiraiya's ultimate [Fear]!]
[Ding!You have received 9800 "Awe" from Jiraiya!]
A surge of emotional points flooded into the system, but Naruto's heart remained calm and undisturbed.
He was just calculating.
They were calculating the revenue from this "performance" and its impact on the future direction of the script.
Jiraiya's gaze towards Naruto completely changed.
It was no longer the appreciation of elders for younger generations, nor the scrutiny of teachers for students.
He put away all his nonchalant air.
That aura, honed amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood, belonging to the legendary Sannin, awakened for the first time after years of silence, because of a twelve-year-old boy.
He no longer saw Naruto as a junior who needed to be taught and protected.
He needs to re-observe and reassess.
The atmosphere became incredibly eerie for the rest of the journey.
Jiraiya fell silent.
Naruto, on the other hand, was happy to have some peace and quiet.
While maintaining the appearance of a "young man full of expectations for the future," he quietly analyzed the high-quality emotional data continuously emanating from Jiraiya deep in his heart.
One week later.
A brightly litA bustling town appeared on the horizon.
Short Book Street.
The most famous den of iniquity in the Land of Fire, a paradise for gamblers and wanderers.
As the two entered this city that never sleeps, they were greeted by a cacophony of voices and decadent music, the air thick with the mingled scents of alcohol and desire.
Jiraiya's gaze was unconsciously drawn to the flamboyant women on the street, and his long-suppressed nature began to stir.
However, Naruto Uzumaki stopped the moment he stepped into the town.
His face still held that youthful look, full of wonder at everything.
But in his perceived world, a silent storm is brewing.
[Mindset and Spiritual Perception]
An immense, almost tangible field of negative emotions surged into the sky from the most central and noisiest part of the town.
That wasn't a chaotic, mixed collection of emotions.
It was a mixture of two emotions, both incredibly pure and intertwined.
The sadness that could drown a person.
With a mad tendency toward self-destruction, wanting to completely destroy oneself.
This emotion was so intense that, in Naruto's perception, it formed a gray tornado that stretched across the heavens and the earth.
At the center of the tornado, he sensed a familiar, codenamed emotional entity being ravaged by this emotion.
"Slug".
Naruto raised his head, his azure eyes piercing through the throng of people, precisely locking onto the town's largest and most luxurious casino.
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