[Konoha Village]
[Training Ground]
"Chidori!"
Countless chirping sounds rang out, flashing with a searing white light.
Sasuke kept clutching his left hand and sprinting across the ground, changing course, charging toward the approaching Itachi.
And he ruthlessly stabbed forward.
Just as Sasuke guessed how his brother would respond, Itachi simply reached out, grabbed his wrists with both hands, hooked his foot under him, and shoved Sasuke down onto the ground.
Sasuke panicked, but he still kept Chidori active in his hand.
Crack!
A crisp sound, the ground had a large hole where Sasuke's Chidori had pierced.
Sasuke's hand was stuck in it.
Itachi stepped on Sasuke's back; this time the Chidori had already vanished.
"Ah!", Sasuke screamed. His hand was stuck in the dirt.
He couldn't pull it out.
Itachi casually placed the sheathed sword beside Sasuke's neck.
"Sasuke, is that how you use Chidori?", Itachi asked.
Sasuke's hand stuck in the dirt really hurt, but being scolded by his brother made him both afraid and aggrieved.
"Y-yes… sorry, Nii-san!", he stammered.
Itachi removed his foot and pulled Sasuke up, "Here, you're not my little brother in this place."
Sasuke hugged his arm and stood; although it was all scratched and bloody, it was only external wounds.
If Itachi wanted, he could have broken his finger bones.
"Do you know why you can't hit me?", Itachi asked.
Sasuke hugged his hand and pressed his lips together, "It's, my movements are too slow."
Itachi hummed, "This technique is good and has strong killing power, but the prerequisite is that you must hit the target."
"How many times can your chakra use Chidori?"
Sasuke, a little discouraged, replied, "Barely twice."
Itachi stared at Sasuke, "So, you plan to miss with the second Chidori and then fall down and wait to die?"
Sasuke felt ashamed, and the joy of having learned Chidori faded.
"Your fundamentals are too poor."
"Techniques always act as an extension of yourself."
"When you fight, as long as you can kill the enemy, the method doesn't matter."
"Yes, Itachi-sensei, I understand," Sasuke obediently apologized to Itachi.
Itachi's expression cleared a bit. He took Sasuke's hand and began to examine the wound.
"Ouch… it hurts, Nii-san."
"Now you know it hurts. Next time you use ninjutsu, be more careful."
While Itachi checked Sasuke's hand, nearby Naruto was also sparring with Rengoku.
Although Naruto was still young, his use of the Shadow Clone Technique was exquisite.
A group of people circled Rengoku, constantly running in turns.
Hands behind their backs, switching positions, they closed in on Rengoku together.
Naruto threw a punch at Rengoku's face.
Rengoku smiled and stepped back, grabbed Naruto's hand and dragged him, directly throwing him to the ground.
With a bang, it instantly turned to smoke.
Another Naruto popped out, Rengoku spun and kicked the left one, caught another by the neck and twisted.
Two more puffs of smoke.
"Rasengan!"
A Naruto behind Rengoku formed a Rasengan and pressed it against his back.
Naruto watched as the Rasengan drew closer and closer to Rengoku.
Rengoku chuckled softly, sidestepped and lifted an arm; the Naruto hit staggered forward a couple of steps.
Rengoku pushed, and Naruto crashed to the ground, the earth immediately forming a large pit.
Debris flew and a small cut appeared on Naruto's face.
"You brat, you've got a lot of tricks, huh."
Naruto shook his hand and stood, "Principal, why can't I ever hit you?"
Rengoku was speechless, "Your taijutsu is so poor, how could you possibly hit someone?"
"Although you have lots of chakra, if you can't hit, don't use Rasengan."
"Practice your taijutsu more. If your fundamentals are good, your combat will flow more smoothly."
"Yes, Principal, I understand."
Naruto knew Rengoku had done a lot for him, so from his heart he obeyed Rengoku.
Rengoku glanced toward the edge of the training ground; at that moment his eyes quietly spread a genjutsu. Naruto became dazed and blurted out, "Thank you, Principal, for telling me who my father is."
"And for letting me know the Third Hokage's dirty deeds."
Rengoku stroked Naruto's head, "Remember, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen, is the dirtiest person in this world."
"When you have the chance in the future, you must kill him."
"Mm, I remember!"
Naruto's expression cleared just then, he shook his head, 'Why did I zone out just now?'
Nearby Jiraiya heard Naruto's words and immediately jumped out from nearby.
"Rengoku, what are you teaching Naruto!?", Jiraiya's eyes darkened as he asked him sternly.
Rengoku pulled Naruto behind him, "What? I teach Naruto Rasengan, what has that got to do with you?"
Jiraiya, of course unaware Naruto had been hypnotized a moment before, shouted angrily, "I'm not talking about Rasengan. Why are you inciting Naruto against the old man?"
Rengoku laughed softly, "Inciting? Isn't the Third Hokage dirty?"
"Letting Naruto go hungry and cold, waiting for him to be beaten and then pretend to be a good person."
"Truly ugly and disgusting."
"Shut up!", Jiraiya's face changed. Whatever Rengoku said didn't matter, but Naruto was here, and Naruto absorbed Rengoku's ideas wholesale.
For the Third Hokage that was a disaster.
"That was done to protect Naruto, measures taken for his sake, you don't understand," Jiraiya said, looking at Naruto as he spoke.
But Naruto's eyes naturally showed dislike and hatred toward the Third Hokage, and his gaze toward Jiraiya was affected as well.
Jiraiya's heart skipped a beat, 'Has Rengoku brainwashed Naruto so quickly?'
A keen sarcasm colored Rengoku's face, "Oh? So you understand?"
"If your brain worked normally, you could see Hiruzen's ugliness and filth, but unfortunately you can't."
Jiraiya's eyes darkened as he stared at Rengoku. He was not a complete fool.
He had noticed many things, but his butt often decided his brain.
Jiraiya was the sort of person careless to the point of arrogance, he always thought from his own center.
It was as if he never thought about how vile his peeping at women was.
Anyway, he was strong; those weaker couldn't beat him, those stronger couldn't catch him.
In the original timeline, his bond with Naruto was formed later.
And the premise for forming it was Naruto's value.
From summoning to throwing Naruto off a cliff, it was clear.
Jiraiya was a typical utilitarian.
He wouldn't consider whether Naruto might be seriously injured if the summon failed.
He simply ignored that possibility.
In his understanding, even if Naruto got hurt, so what.
But in the end Naruto proved himself and summoned Gamabunta, and Jiraiya took pride in that.
At this time he naturally thought the same way.
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