Starting from Hokage

When the sky dimmed, most people in Konoha Village were still sleeping, but Naruto and Rock Lee had already gotten up and started practicing.

Living with Rock Lee has one advantage for Naruto, that is, he is constantly urged to face the relative limits of one's efforts.

The training room of Akai's family.

Rock Li was doing push-up exercises on the side, and the two hundred people were just warming up.Naruto held the wooden sword in his hand and kept slashing at the sword pile in front of him, one move at a time. The more he chopped, the more concentrated he became, and the more he chopped, the more concentrated he became.

The first half of swordsmanship training involves splitting a wooden pile with an iron sword, slashing it a thousand times, and splitting the broken wood with the sword. This is considered the first half of the training. In this state, you can kill people with a little familiarity, and you can already slash it a thousand times with the sword. If you cut people to pieces, killing people is like chopping wood stakes, you will achieve a small success in your art.

The middle half of the swordsmanship training involves splitting wooden stakes with a wooden sword, slashing a thousand times, and splitting the wood with the sword. This can be regarded as the middle half of the swordsmanship training. This swordsmanship level can be regarded as a master even in the entire ninja world. , when fighting with others, you can smash and break the weapons in the opponent's hands in just a few swords, attack with the momentum, and find an opening to get in.

The second half of the swordsmanship training involves splitting an iron stake with an iron sword, slashing it a thousand times, and splitting the broken iron with the sword. This can be regarded as the second half of the practice... Baiyun has not really reached this level in the morning. He can do it, but In that state, every sword blow was at full strength, and he couldn't cut with a thousand swords. According to Baiyun's words in the morning, his sword heart and body still needed further training.

Moreover, even after completing these three stages of practice, there is still further practice. After a swordsman completes these three stages of practice, the skill of wielding a sword has been refined and polished countless times. It is deeply imprinted in the instinct, and it is necessary to compete with the sword. You need to be familiar with chopsticks, and you can even reach the point where your mind is as sharp as your sword.

At this level, the key point of swordsmanship training is the word "interruption".

Break down the flowing sword movements into points one after another, and use these points as nodes to move the sword with intention and stop with intention.

It may be difficult for ordinary people to understand this concept, but it is easy for athletes, especially professional athletes.

Any body movement, after being tempered countless times and engraved into the body's memory, can be naturally performed by a thought in the mind. Even if it is forcibly interrupted, you will feel uncomfortable, because the will is going against what has been engraved into the body countless times. memory.

Only the truly top masters of this way can send and receive freely, and advance and retreat at will.Only when you reach this point can you be called a top swordsman who can truly control a sword, and can no longer be controlled by a human sword.

Of course, as of now, even Naruto is far from that state.

"Brother Naruto, brother Xiao Li, this is Tiantian, it's time to go out today." Tiantian's cute and childlike voice came from outside the door.

"Ok."

"Uncle Kai, you came here to call us every day. The breakfast food is in the pot. You can warm it up before you eat it." Locke Li responded. After Naruto wiped the sweat from his cheeks, he ran to Uncle Kai's bedroom to explain.

Some time ago, Metkai had just completed an S-level mission and returned to Konoha to rest. It seems that in the previous mission, he fought against a Jonin from the Iwa Ninja Village. Metkai was forced to open the five doors. Although he successfully completed the mission, But after I came back, I became languid and lacked energy for a period of time.

"I know, Naruto. Well, I will heat up something to eat after I get up." Matkai said as he stretched out a hand from the frog quilt and shook it.

Naruto shook his head and walked out of Matt's mansion with Locke Lee. Today was the rest day for the Ninja School. Some time ago, Naruto agreed to help Tiantian go to the commission office to find a Ninjutsu scroll suitable for her.

In the morning, the Ninjutsu Scroll Exchange Room at the Konoha Mission Commission Office in the Hokage Building.

"Here, the list of C-level ninjutsu scrolls that can be exchanged are all here. You can choose slowly. Let me know when you have made your choice."

"Thank you."

"I'm bothering you."

Looking at the very polite children in front of him, the person in charge of the exchange room shook his head and walked out. He had seen situations like this many times in Tiantian. Basically, the genin had just completed the ninja mission and exchanged the ninjutsu scroll for the first time. It will all be like this.

Expectation, excitement, feeling that it is a turning point in my destiny.

But in fact, every ninja's ultimate achievement is determined by most of his life, and cannot be directly changed by one correct choice.

"Naruto-kun, you must help me choose a ninjutsu scroll." Because he cared so much, even though he knew Naruto would do his best, Tiantian couldn't help but say this.

"I know, I know Tenten sister, Brother Naruto will make a good choice." Seeing that Tenten was leaning too close to Naruto, Hinata puffed up her chubby face in anger, and moved closer to stand between the two of them.

Naruto, Rock Lee, Neji, Hinata, and Tenten came together to choose a C-level ninjutsu scroll, using five of the twelve Jounin of Konoha. If this moment was recorded, it would be quite interesting. Commemorative.

According to what Naruto said a few days ago, Neji and Rock Lee's choices were all ninjutsu for controlling ninja tools, and they quickly found a few that looked pretty good: Naruto's "Fuuma Shuriken" "Usage Experience" is not suitable for Tiantian practice. It is a throwing method that focuses on strength and chakra control. Tiantian is more suitable for practicing refined, unique, skillful and wonderful throwing techniques.

What's more, after the night when the Uchiha clan was exterminated, the Uchiha family's scroll library was completely burned by fire. Although Naruto privately suspected that it was secretly swallowed by the third generation or Danzo, no matter what, the orphans of the Uchiha family He couldn't learn it anymore, so Naruto imprinted a copy of the throwing skills and returned the copy to the Uchiha family, showing the utmost kindness and justice.

"Tiantian, what do you think of this 'Tool Manipulation Technique'? This is a C-level ninjutsu that strengthens the control of ninja tools. It requires extremely high talent for using ninja tools and a lot of training. The subsequent ninjutsu is also very good. It feels like It suits you very well." At this time, Neji opened a scroll and handed it to Tiantian, saying excitedly.

"Well, it's really suitable for me, Brother Naruto, what do you think?" Tiantian took the scroll from Neci's hand and brought it to Naruto, showing it to him.

In fact, Tiantian is one year older than Naruto, but Naruto's temperament and mentality are so mature, and coupled with his outstanding intelligence, he makes the decision in everything, so Tiantian subconsciously takes care of it. Naruto called him brother, and Naruto thought it was natural.

"Well, this ninjutsu is indeed very suitable for you. It can improve your combat power in a very short time. However, I don't think you need to practice it since childhood. What you need now is not to improve your combat power in a short time. .”

"Tiantian, what do you think of the sealing technique?" After saying this, Naruto, who was standing in the corner of the room, unfolded the scroll in his hand towards Tiantian:

Sealing Technique, a huge category of techniques, has a wide range of uses. Ninjas can use sealing techniques to seal items and even lives, and then take them out through psychic channels if necessary.However, the sealing technique requires a very high level of knowledge, and most ninjas lack this talent.

"But, didn't Brother Naruto say before..."

"We hadn't come here yet at that time. I didn't expect that the C-level ninjutsu scrolls included the sealing technique. Although it wasn't practical yet, from the introduction, it was for practicing higher-level sealing techniques. Foundation."

"Tiantian, I know your goal is to become a powerful female ninja like the 'Legendary Sannin' Tsunade. But, after this period of time, you should know that you and I, Ningji, Rock Lee, and The gap between Hinata and Hinata will continue to increase as time goes by...the inheritance of the secret arts of a big family cannot be smoothed out by one or two CB-level ninjutsu."

In fact, the difference is more about talent and personal differences. Tiantian is not even harder than Hinata. From time to time, she even considerately helps her father Tejuku share the store work. It is impossible to be like Hinata, who can ignore almost everything and focus on cultivating herself. Combat strength.

"If it were really a life and death fight, the 'Legendary Sannin' might be equally famous, but Tsunade-sama is actually weaker than Jiraiya-sama and Orochimaru, but in terms of prestige, Tsunade-sama is not inferior to the other two. , because in addition to her powerful combat power, Tsunade-sama is also an outstanding medical ninja, and her significance on the battlefield is even far higher than the other two."

Originally, listening to Naruto's unassuming truth, Xiao Tiantian became more and more unhappy. Her mouth was pouting, as if she might cry at any time.

However, when Naruto changed his words, Tiantian's eyes gradually brightened and his mouth stopped pouting.

People who point out problems may be annoying, but if they have the ability to solve problems, they will be admired and convinced.

"On the battlefield, combat power is of course the first and most important, but everyone is working hard to practice, so it is difficult to widen the qualitative gap between them. Logistics is always the top priority, and sealing skills are very important. It’s difficult to practice, but I think if you practice well Tiantian, whether you are in the ninja army or on other occasions in the future, your importance will be worthy of being protected by a jounin who is much more powerful than you."

"Since we can't beat the family ninjas in a straight line, then we choose to overtake in curves. When you carry an army's food, weapons, and wound medicine supplies with you every day, even the Hokage will look at you with suspicion."

"it is good."

"I trust brother Naruto's judgment, and I have decided to practice the sealing technique." She took the scroll in Naruto's hand and said this to Tiantian. Now she was completely impressed by the beautiful prospect that Naruto had painted.

"However... practicing the sealing technique is certainly a shortcut to overtaking others, but don't forget to improve your combat power every day, especially physical skills. After becoming a ninja who is proficient in the sealing technique, you will be our treasure, but at the same time you will also You will become the target of crazy attacks by the enemy, and physical skills are relatively the most powerful skill in saving your life."

"I know, I know. As long as my taijutsu can keep up with the progress by your side, I think I can completely protect myself when I graduate from ninja school."

The Hyuga family is known as the strongest family in Konoha's taijutsu and represents the pinnacle of the soft fist.The Matt family is almost the strongest family in Konoha's physical arts and represents the pinnacle of Gouken.I hang out with these people around me all day long. After graduating from ninja school, my physical skills will indeed be indispensable.

Just like that, Tiantian took the scroll recording the C-level sealing technique and ran to the person in charge to register it happily.She vaguely understood that after making today's choice, her future would be smooth.

"Okay, it's time. Let's go have lunch first, and then go to the forest base to practice in the afternoon." After completing the selection of ninja techniques, everyone filed out of the room, with Naruto at the end, leaving the exchange room filled with scrolls.

However, when he closed the door, he looked up and found that there was no one in the corridor in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, due to poor lighting, the lights in the corridor, which had been turned on during the morning, suddenly fluctuated, becoming darker one after another.

(...) Naruto gritted his teeth, his palm holding the handle of the Akamatsu Sword that he almost never left his body.However, at this moment, a low and terrifying voice suddenly sounded in his ears behind him: "The battle between ninjas is like the hell of Shura!"

Naruto heard this vicious whisper, and his hand holding the handle of the red pine sword became harder and harder, and his muscles gradually became bulging and veins burst out.

However, at the next moment, he used his rationality to control himself and did not draw his sword to attack. Instead, he turned around slightly and looked at the ugly, weird, and ferocious man who appeared behind him, and controlled himself to look at him.

One moment, two moments, three moments...

"Naruto, Naruto?"

"Brother Naruto?"

"Naruto, what's wrong with you? What are you doing?" The image of the ugly, weird, and ferocious man in front of him was distorted and faded. Finally, Naruto seemed to have returned to the real world. In front of him was Hyuga Neji and everyone watching with concern. Looking after one's own people.

"Huh...huh...what happened just now?" Naruto loosened his grip on the sword handle, and asked as if he was almost exhausted with sweat on his face.

"Nothing happened? It's just that Brother Naruto, you just suddenly froze, and then suddenly you were holding the hilt of the sword, and your expression became very scary." Hinata was obviously frightened. She ran over at this time and grabbed it with both hands. Grabbing Naruto's arm sleeve.

(...After more than a year, is it finally coming again? And it feels more and more fierce each time.)

"Probably, it should be that I have been practicing too crazily during this period. I am always rehearsing to kill the enemy in my mind, so that I fell into an illusion for a while." Naruto touched his forehead with his hand, wiped away the sweat, and then when his palm fell , the whole person has returned to his usual calm and composed state.

"However, let's not go to the forest base to practice today. Let's go eat, sing, and go shopping, okay?" He held Hinata's hand with a smile, and the warmth in his palm calmed down the chubby girl next to him. .

"Okay, of course."

"Oh, Naruto, you practice too hard, and sooner or later something will happen."

When other people saw the scene just now, they would certainly not object to Naruto's proposal. They were too young to notice the danger of the scene just now, but they could faintly feel that Naruto had something on his mind.

At noon and afternoon of that day, Naruto took the children to have a big meal, to sing, to go shopping, to have fun and relax as much as they wanted.

Neji, Hinata and the others were young after all, and they quickly forgot what happened in the exchange room in the morning.

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As night went on, the invasion of various illusions became more intense. Many times, Naruto even felt that those were not illusions, but some reality that happened, although it was weird, although it was terrifying, although it seemed incredible.

But just because it is so incredible, it makes people feel that it goes beyond the limits of imagination and is not an illusion.

At the same time, on the other hand, Naruto also had to lament that Taiyin's methods were really brilliant. In the morning at the Hokage Building, under the eyes of the shadow-level powerhouse Sandaime Sarutobi Hiruzen, Taiyin performed a spell on him, and he actually managed to hide it from everyone. , at night, he was by the side of Konoha's powerful Jonin Metkai, but even with Metkai's beast intuition, he didn't notice anything unusual about him.

(Or maybe it’s because all these are changes in my own body and mind, so it’s impossible for others to intervene or get involved.)

The night gradually deepens.When it was time to go to bed, Naruto said to Locke Li who was on the bed next to him: "Xiao Li, if I can't get up tomorrow, please remember to ask for leave from school for me."

"How could it happen? When did you...Naruto, are you feeling unwell again?" Xiao Li suddenly looked serious as he recalled something.

"Haha, a little bit." Naruto put his hand on his forehead and didn't say anything more because of Xiao Li's worries. Until now, he didn't know whether dying in the mental image world meant that he really died. If so, If so, then after tonight, it is really possible that he will never wake up from his dreams.

However, this is something that only you can face and solve. Telling people around you will only make them more worried and sad.

Lying on the bed, covering myself with a quilt, when my eyes closed, the phantom image rushed up again like a frenzy, completely engulfing my entire consciousness.

This time, Naruto felt like his consciousness was floating in the sky. The bed behind him was getting smaller and smaller. Flying high and fast, slowly, the entire Konoha fell into the eyes, and then quickly became smaller...

The lower plane is an abyss world with endless territory and infinite spread. It is filled with chaotic and violent energy, and the blazing red flame whirlwind destroys all matter.

The many broken worlds that fell from the middle plane to the lower plane are like isolated islands, or bubbles. They can instinctively get close to each other and hold together to resist the energy storm of the abyss, but they also devour and merge with each other, hoping to obtain enough worlds. With his strength, he broke away from the force of falling and floated back up to the middle plane of the universe and all the heavens and worlds.

The scary thing about the abyss is that it makes people always hold on to hope. Then, when you work hard to catch the light of hope, you find that it is a fire that burns the souls of all living beings!

Once a soul that does not understand this knowledge loses the protection of the original broken world and is exposed to the endless abyss, 90.00% of the souls will be shattered into ashes in an instant. The souls of the world are all food in the endless abyss, and the individual life forms in the world The soul, 90.00% nine or above, is so weak that it is worse than floating. It is so fragile that it is not worth mentioning.

Under the guidance and protection of some kind of power, Naruto only had time to gaze at the terrifying abyss where the endless flames of sin were surging. The next moment, he was guided from the bubble of the Naruto world into another, smaller bubble.

This process is as fast as lightning. Otherwise, once the delicious soul breath fully spreads, no one knows how terrible evil spirits it will attract.

In the process of quickly approaching a light blue sphere, the light blue sphere suddenly flashed with scenes of continuous scenes, as if countless rays of light were radiating towards this side:

The wandering soul only felt that he was watching the scenes with incomparable clarity, all of which were the various events and changes that were constantly happening on the planet, flashing before his eyes as if watching a movie.

The next moment, Naruto felt that he had fallen to the ground. At this moment, his skin was red all over and the heat was spreading. He fell into a puddle in the cave and even stirred up bursts of white smoke, as if his whole body had just emerged from the lava. It was fished out, but it was not burned to ashes.

"Gurgling, grunting." Because of the unbearable hunger and thirst, Naruto first lay on the ground and drank the water in the cave pit. After a while, he drank no one knows how much water, and then he gradually relaxed. come over.Reason gradually returns to the neural network that is almost like burning, red wire.

(Why was it okay last time, but this time I feel almost dead at the beginning? Is Taiyin deliberately trying to mess with me?) He raised his head and looked around. Here is a black stone cave surrounded by white mist. The light is dim. At this time, Naruto suddenly saw the back of a woman not far away, wearing gorgeous clothes and a purple skirt.

Instinctively, Naruto ran after the beauty's back.

"Sister, that sister, please stop for a moment. Please wait." On the one hand, it was because of his physical weakness, and on the other hand, because the figure was like a ghost and was extremely fast. Naruto chased after it with all his strength, but every time You can see the skirt flickering around the corner, and then follow it closely.

After several twists and turns, the figure in front finally slowed down. Even if he looked at it from behind, Naruto could be sure that it was a touching and charming beauty. At this moment, she was walking gracefully and gracefully. , his jade-white hands held the wooden tray and teapot, and as his field of vision gradually expanded.Naruto, or Zhu Peng, once again saw the guy in the cave in front of him that he never wanted to see again in his life.

"Taiyin!" He growled as if spitting out between his teeth, looking at the man in Taoist robes who was playing the game alone.

"You'd better speak softly. If you disturb the master's pleasure... I'll kill you." The beauty Pingpingtingting turned sideways, but her eyes were as sharp as knives.