"I'm full!"
Naruto stood up from the table, eager to leave.
But at that moment, Kushina glanced at him with a gloomy look in her eyes. Seeing this, Naruto trembled and sat back down reluctantly.
"How many times have I told you not to fight with Sasuke? Why don't you listen!"
Kushina's eyebrows were raised, and there was clear anger in her voice.
For some reason, Sasuke and Naruto had been at odds since they were young.
"Mom, I told you there was no fighting. That was just training," Naruto muttered softly.
"Even if it's training, you're not ninjas yet. There's no need to use kunai, right?"
Chiharu could notice small details, so naturally Naruto couldn't hide anything from Kushina's sharp eyes.
Naruto was about to say something, but Minato, who sat beside Kushina, stood up and placed his hand on her shoulder, speaking with a gentle smile:
"Mom is angry because she's worried about your safety. She's right. We have no objection to practicing, but you must pay attention to safety in the future."
"Got it?"
"Yeah."
Naruto responded, catching the wink Minato gave him.
"Then Mom and Dad, I'm going to practice."
He stood up from his seat and ran to the living room.
After Naruto left, Kushina glared at Minato and said, "You always spoil him like this. Hmph, you two, father and daughter, ganging up to help him against me."
Although she complained, she still unconsciously revealed a hint of joy in her eyes.
"Hehe."
Minato chuckled, and beside Kushina, little Chiharu also showed a sly smile on her face, like a clever fox.
In the living room.
After a year of practice, Naruto had already mastered several hand seals for condensing chakra.
After quickly completing the seals, a slightly frustrated look appeared on his face.
He had been practicing this for a year, but the results were very poor.
Naruto's physique was different from ordinary people, so even with the interference of the Nine-Tails' chakra, he could extract more chakra than others. However, he struggled to control the power he had cultivated.
The role of chakra wasn't just to perform ninjutsu. The reason ninja could run day and night and possess superhuman physical strength was that they could quickly recover their energy with the support of chakra.
Sasuke had already mastered this ability, which was why Naruto always lost in their recent fights.
This made him very frustrated!
Under these fluctuating emotions, Naruto's practice obviously couldn't proceed smoothly.
"Ah, damn it!!"
After practicing for a while, he shouted anxiously and ruffled his hair in frustration.
"Brother, what's wrong?"
At that moment, a clear voice came from behind Naruto.
Naruto turned around quickly, and the anxious look on his face immediately disappeared. He smiled and scratched his head, saying, "No, nothing."
However, Chiharu, observing from the side, already knew the reason for Naruto's outburst.
She looked thoughtful and asked, "Is this practice so difficult? I've been watching you practice for a long time."
Chiharu had learned to speak when she was less than six months old, and when she was only seven months old, she could already walk very steadily.
She had been watching Naruto practice this for nearly a year.
"Of course not! For a genius like your brother, this kind of practice is a piece of cake."
Naruto held his head high and looked smug.
Chiharu nodded, not doubting his words at all.
"Brother, can you teach me? I want to learn too," Chiharu asked softly.
"Huh?"
Naruto was stunned at first, then looked at Chiharu and said, "It's okay, but..."
Minato had once told Naruto that to practice chakra concentration, a person must reach a certain age before they could do it safely.
As if knowing what Naruto was thinking, Chiharu smiled and said, "Don't worry, brother. If it doesn't work, I'll just give up."
"Well, okay then."
Naruto hesitated for a moment but still agreed to Chiharu's request.
Since Chiharu had helped him when he first entered the house, Naruto decided to teach her as a way of "returning the favor."
"If you want to start this practice, you must first learn to make hand seals."
"Making hand seals isn't easy. You have to watch carefully."
Naruto explained, feeling quite self-satisfied, as if he were a great ninja instructing his pupil.
"Hmm."
Chiharu listened to him attentively.
As soon as he finished speaking, Naruto placed his hands in front of Chiharu and began to form the hand seals.
To make it easier for her to follow, Naruto performed the hand seals at a moderate pace.
After completing the demonstration, Naruto looked at the girl in front of him and said, "Did you see clearly? If you didn't see it clearly..."
"Like this?"
However, before he could finish speaking, the girl in front of him raised her delicate little hands and placed them together.
Right before Naruto's eyes, Chiharu began to form hand seals.
She made the seals even faster than Naruto had just demonstrated.
In no time at all, she completed the entire sequence.
"This..."
What Chiharu didn't notice was that Naruto's eyes had widened in shock, his eyeballs nearly popping out.
He still remembered how he had spent several days just to memorize these complicated hand seals.
But Chiharu had only watched him do it once, and she remembered the entire sequence perfectly, with all the positions correct.
The young girl didn't have time to notice Naruto's shocked expression.
Minato had originally planned to come to the living room to check on Naruto's practice, but he happened to see Chiharu performing the hand seals.
He immediately stopped and focused his gaze.
His perception extended slightly. At that moment, every cell in Chiharu's body became active, and strands of subtle energy gradually seeped out from them, merging into her chakra pathways.
"It's her first time practicing..."
From the chakra condensation in Chiharu's body, Minato could clearly tell that this was her first attempt at chakra concentration.
The concentration seemed extremely awkward at first, but it began to become smooth in a very short time.
That was the result of Chiharu's own natural adjustment.
Although Minato knew that Chiharu, like her brother Naruto, had inherited Kushina's strong physique and was perfectly capable of this kind of practice...
She had mastered the technique of condensing chakra so quickly that he couldn't help but be astonished.
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