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Chapter 29 - Chapter 29

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Afternoon, the small woods on the outskirts of Konohagakure.

"See, watch closely. This is my Multiple Shadow Clone Technique," Naruto said, his bruised face proud, forming hand seals to demonstrate.

'Sharingan!'

Sasuke silently activated his Sharingan, staring intently at Naruto.

"Good luck, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said, cheering, resting her chin on her hands, her eyes sparkling with anticipation and longing.

Because Sasuke-kun promised to eat with her after training.

"Here we go! Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

Naruto shouted, pouting unhappily at Sakura's cheers.

Under Sasuke and Sakura's tense gaze, with a 'bang,' several Naruto clones appeared.

"Hehehe… Simple, right? It succeeded with just a 'bang'!" Naruto said, touching his nose, smiling smugly at Sasuke, who was deep in thought.

He looked at Sasuke nervously.

If Sasuke learned his ninjutsu instantly, he'd lose face.

But if Sasuke didn't learn it, the month-long feast would be gone.

What a difficult choice.

Under Naruto's nervous gaze, Sasuke pondered, forming hand seals.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

Sasuke said, following the chakra flow observed by his Sharingan, activating his chakra with determination.

With a 'bang'.

A puff of white smoke rose beside Sasuke.

But, to everyone's surprise, no shadow clone, not even a defective one, appeared!

"Naruto, what's the secret to the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique's success? I performed it exactly as your chakra flow, so why did it fail?"

Sasuke asked, confused, seeing Naruto's strange expression.

The two-tomoe Sharingan could copy non-bloodline ninjutsu by observing chakra flow.

Logically, with hand seals and chakra flow, it should work.

Even a failed first attempt shouldn't produce nothing.

There must be a problem.

"Secret?" Naruto said, scratching his head, setting aside his joyful disdain at Sasuke's serious expression.

Secret? How would he know?

Didn't it just succeed with a 'bang'?

But in front of Sakura, he couldn't expose his dead-last nature!

(A/N: No.1 unpredictable NinjašŸ˜‚)

"Naruto, you wouldn't not know the secret, would you?" Sakura questioned, her eyes shifting suspiciously.

Sasuke trembled, realizing Naruto's academic incompetence.

He wouldn't really not know, would he?

"Ahem… Of course there's a secret. But I can only tell you secretly," Naruto said, coughing, leaning close to Sasuke's ear.

This was about pride.

He couldn't lose!

"Tch, what's with the mystery." Sakura complained, stepping back ten meters, turning away.

She didn't want Sasuke-kun to dislike her.

"Alright, Sasuke. The secret is..." Naruto said, giving an embarrassed smile, lowering his voice.

"Anger? That's the secret?"

Sasuke said, his face darkening, complaining weakly.

Do you think this is a Super Saiyan transformation?

He shouldn't have trusted Naruto.

Uh, he didn't plan to trust him.

The plan was to copy the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique with the Sharingan, but it failed!

"Mhm, I learned it because of anger. It must be performed under extreme anger to succeed. Whether you learn it or not is your problem, you can't go back on the dinner," Naruto said, glancing at Sakura, bluffing, his eyebrows dancing.

He told the secret.

Whether it worked was Sasuke's concern!

[Naruto's malicious suggestion detected, triggering a 20x C-rank reward. Mission: Perform Multiple Shadow Clone Technique under anger. Reward: Naruto's version of Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.]

Sasuke was about to erupt, but the prompt stopped him.

A new path opened.

But 'anger' couldn't be faked!

He'd wait for the right moment.

"Let's go, time to eat." Sasuke said, exhaling, sighing under Naruto's uneasy expression.

Since he couldn't learn it, he'd cheat!

"Huh? Alright, Sakura, let's go!" Naruto said, stunned, nodding frantically, shouting.

He was ready to pester Sasuke if he refused.

He didn't expect Sasuke to be honorable.

"Huh? Training's over?" Sakura said, bewildered by Naruto's shout.

What secret, and it's done?

She wouldn't refuse eating with Sasuke-kun early, hurrying to catch up.

"Did he give up?"

"Sasuke is smart. That method suits only Naruto. Simplified ninjutsu, especially forbidden ones, can't be learned by observing chakra flow. That flow suits the caster, useless to others. Otherwise, the Second Hokage's simplified ninjutsu would have more successors."

Hiruzen Sarutobi murmured, watching the three via crystal ball in the Hokage's office.

"Well, as expected. Hokage-sama, starting tomorrow, give Team Seven more D-rank missions. I want them in the Chūnin Exams." Kakashi said, sobering up, earnestly requesting Sarutobi.

"Have you decided, Kakashi.." Sarutobi said, grave, seeing Kakashi's rare seriousness.

Letting fresh genin, especially a jinchūriki like Naruto, join the exam was hasty.

"Of course. Sasuke's strength qualifies him for chūnin. Naruto and Sakura will assist, gaining experience for the next exam. I'll leave it to you, Hokage-sama," Kakashi said, nodding, reassuring Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"I see, because of Sasuke. He lacks neither wisdom nor strength, and his talent shouldn't be buried. That incident didn't lead him astray. He's trustworthy. So be it, Kakashi."

"Seeing young sprouts inheriting the Will of Fire grow makes me, as Hokage, very expectant. I hope I see them become jōnin, shouldering Konohagakure's next era."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said, his old face smiling, satisfied.

He looked at the Hokage Rock in the sunset, a smile on his lips.

Former Hokages, this is the inheritance of bonds.

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