21: Chapter 21 Shadow Clone Technique! The Art of DeceptionThe crying was deafening, with tears and snot flying everywhere.
"Hey, hey, hey!Don't cry!"
Naruto was flustered.He was most afraid of people crying, especially cute creatures like this, whose crying was twice as devastating.
Seeing Konohamaru crying uncontrollably and accusing him of "lying" and "not being a good leader," Naruto felt his face burning and quickly came up with a brilliant idea!
"Konohamaru!"
Naruto suddenly stretched out his hands and slammed them hard on Konohamaru's shoulders, almost knocking the little guy to the ground.At the same time, he shouted with an air of authority, "Do you still want to be Hokage?"
This sudden, overwhelming blow and immense force instantly silenced Konohamaru's cries.
"Uh.hiccup!"
He hiccuped, snot and tears streaming down his face, and instinctively answered in a tearful voice, "I.I want to."
"very good!"
Naruto stared intently at him, his aura intimidating."Then let me ask you, is it harder to become Hokage, or harder to learn this Adamantine Sealing Chains?"
Konohamaru was stunned by Naruto's imposing manner, his mind still a little fuzzy.After thinking for a moment, he replied blankly, "Then.then of course being Hokage is more difficult."
"That's more like it!"
Naruto, as if grasping at a straw, raised his voice, spitting almost onto Konohamaru's face, "You can't even handle this little difficulty—"
If you can't even find a way to overcome a technique you can't learn for the time being, and you can't even muster the courage to face it, then what makes you think you can overcome all the hardships on your path to becoming Hokage?
"What are you talking about becoming Hokage?Crying over such a small setback, what kind of person are you?"
This "shocking" fallacy, combined with Naruto's resolute tone and piercing gaze, actually managed to intimidate Konohamaru.
The little one sobbed, whispering in protest, "But.but.even so.I can't change my surname to Xuan."
"Thump!"
A crisp tap landed precisely on Konohamaru's forehead!
"Ouch!Boss, why did you hit me?"
Konohamaru clutched his forehead, which had suddenly swelled up with a small bump, cried out in pain, and questioned the doctor with teary eyes.
I hit you because you don't use your brain!
Naruto pointed at the scroll with exasperation and launched into his usual bluffing tactic, "I'm asking you!Who invented this Adamantine Locket?"
"That.that was invented by the ancestors of the Uzumaki clan."
Konohamaru rubbed his head and answered with a wronged expression.
"yes!"
Naruto slapped his thigh, his voice filled with the exhilaration of a sudden enlightenment, "Since it was invented by the Uzumaki ancestor, that proves it wasn't born naturally!It was created by someone!Right?"
Konohamaru nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
"Since our ancestor Uzumaki was able to create a secret technique that only his clan could use," Naruto revealed his true intentions, his eyes shining as he guided the discussion, "then why can't you, the future Hokage, modify it?"
"Change it so that it's no longer exclusive to the Uzumaki clan, but a powerful secret technique that everyone can cultivate!"
"ah?"
Konohamaru was completely stunned; this idea was too shocking for him.
"Think about it!"
Naruto continued to fan the flames, painting a grand picture: "If you succeed, the entire ninja world will benefit because of you!They will be grateful to you and sing your praises!"
The name of the creator, Konohamaru-sama, will resound throughout the ninja world!
When the time comes, everyone will elect you as Hokage, won't that be a natural and inevitable outcome?
This is the true, groundbreaking path to becoming Hokage!
"A groundbreaking.path."
Konohamaru murmured, repeating the words, his face instantly losing all trace of grievance and tears, replaced by a radiance as bright as the stars!
An unprecedented surge of ambition burned brightly in his small chest!
"That's right!Boss!You're absolutely right!"
Konohamaru jumped up excitedly, grabbing Naruto's arm."I'm going to modify it!I'm going to make everyone learn the Adamantine Sealing Chains!I'm going to be the creator!I'm going to become Hokage!"
Boss!Let's start learning!Let's begin studying how to modify it right now!
Seeing Konohamaru's passion ignited instantly, his face beaming with excitement that screamed "I'm going to make history!".
Naruto secretly wiped away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead, letting out a long, silent sigh of relief: 'Phew.I finally fooled him.'
"Ahem, that's spirited!Now that's more like my little brother!"
Naruto forced himself to remain calm and reopened the secret scroll of "The Diamond Lock," which was like a foreign language to both of them."Come on!I'll study it with you today!Let's see how this 'Diamond Lock' is actually 'sealed'!"
The two little heads once again peered into the profound and obscure scroll.
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"Um..."
On the open ground behind the mountain, an ancient scroll lay unfurled in the sunlight, filled with enigmatic and incomprehensible phrases such as "Concentrate your mind, connect your soul," "Respond to the call of your bloodline," and "Rock will, vast chakra."
Naruto and Konohamaru huddled together, studying the subject for a long time, finding it ten times more difficult to understand than the ninjutsu theories taught by Iruka-sensei!
"Boss, boss."
Konohamaru frowned, his little face full of confusion."What does this.mean?How do I 'connect the soul'?I didn't hear the 'bloodline call' either?"
He looked at Naruto blankly.
Naruto's mind was also a complete mess at that moment.He recognized each of the words individually, but when they were put together, it was like reading gibberish.
But as the "boss," how could he show weakness?Especially in front of the underlings he had just taken in!
"Well..."
Naruto forcefully suppressed his guilt, straightened his back abruptly, waved his small hand, and struck a pose of profound wisdom, as if to say, "Hmph!What's so hard to understand?""Yes!I've completely grasped its essence!Watch!I'll demonstrate it to you right now!"
The confidence that combined the "world-shaking wisdom" of Naruto, Luffy, and Ichigo was boiling like magma in Naruto's chest!
He firmly believed that with their extraordinary talents, the three of them would be able to force out this so-called "bloodline power"!
Of course, Naruto wasn't completely unprepared.
He has another trump card up his sleeve!
Naruto's hands moved swiftly, forming hand seals.Although his movements were still a bit clumsy, his unique hand seal—with his hands crossed and his index and middle fingers intersecting vertically—was already complete!
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang.
A series of dense, hair-raising explosions, like popping beans, resounded across the open space behind the mountain!
In the blink of an eye, the once empty forest clearing was completely filled with thousands upon thousands of identical blond-haired, orange-clad figures!
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