Senior Brother of Konoha

The moonlight is cold and the cold wind whines.

Something terrible is happening by the gurgling river.

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After pondering for a long time, Naruto walked to the place where the hatchet fell, bent down to pick up the hatchet, returned to the river, and cut off Mizuki's head with one knife, turning Mizuki completely into a corpse.

Practitioners have a strong physique and can hold their breath underwater for a long time. If they have water-attribute spiritual roots and then learn high-level water-attribute spells, they can even live underwater for a long time.

Therefore, even if he was submerged under the water for half an hour, Naruto could not be sure that Mizuki was really dead. Only by beheading him could he truly confirm.

When 12-year-old Naruto did this, his hands didn't tremble at all, just like when he usually killed fish and chicken.

After placing Mizumu's head on the stone on the river bank, he returned to Mizumu's body and took out the items Mizumu carried one by one.

A completely empty deerskin concealed weapon bag, a deerskin glove, a waterproof and windproof fire wallet, 10 banknotes from Datong Bank, one hundred taels each, some scattered silver, and a map without any markings A piece of paper, a well-made Xuan-grade low-grade sharp knife, and a jade slip with a warm color.

Naruto held the jade slip in both hands, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

If the guess is correct, this jade slip should be the sealed book that Shuimu stole from the leader's mansion.

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In Naruto Continent, low-level spells below the Xuan level can be recorded in writing or passed down by word of mouth.

For example, Naruto and other handyman disciples learned the nameless breathing technique.

High-level spells above Xuan level cannot use these two methods for inheritance, but must use jade slips to transfer skills.

What is the Jade Slip of Chuan Gong?

In short, in the form of a spell, the true energy running route of a certain spell, the key points, taboos, and the image of the spell when used are sealed into a specially made blank jade slip, and then passed down and inherited. A means of dissemination.

With the Jade Slip, one can learn the spells sealed in the Jade Slip without a master. Without the Jade Slip, even with a master, it will take a lot of effort to learn it.

Of course, this does not mean that the jade slips can replace the inheritance of master and apprentice. Both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. No one can completely replace the other. The combination of the two will have better results.

Generally speaking, the method of unlocking the Jade Slip is very simple. As long as you have true energy from cultivation and can input it into the Jade Slip, it will be fine.

Only those special Jade Slips for transmitting power require a specific nature of true energy and a specific method of inputting true energy to be unlocked.

For example, the family secrets of Konoha Sect that are never passed down except to the direct descendants of the family, or the forbidden techniques with special meanings.

Theoretically speaking, jade slips like the Book of Sealing, which seal many forbidden techniques, should belong to the latter.

But strangely enough, Naruto tried it casually and successfully unlocked the seal on the jade slip.

The art of multiple shadow clones, the art of reincarnation in dirty soil, the mutual detonation talisman, and the eight-door armor, the four major sealed forbidden arts appeared in front of him.

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Half an hour later, Naruto was awakened by the rustling sounds in the firewood forest, and he pulled his mind away from the jade slips.

The time was short, and it was far from enough for him to learn all the four forbidden arts. All he could do was to learn one of them first.

The art of multiple shadow clones was the choice he made, perhaps an inappropriate choice.

Because this is a technique that requires extremely high amounts of real energy, it is definitely not something he can perform with less than 3 years of real energy.

However, this was the only technique that he could learn immediately, and he had no choice.

Now, it's better to put away the jade slips and hand them over to the shadow guards who are chasing after them.

If those shadow guards discover that he is secretly learning the forbidden techniques in the Book of Sealings, I am afraid that what awaits him will not be a reward for his merits, but a severe interrogation.

Naruto put back all the trophies he found from Mizuki as quickly as possible, but when he put the sharp knife, he hesitated a little and quietly stuffed it into his sleeve.

After Mizuki's incident, he became more wary.

In the past, he was just on guard against others hurting him, but now he was even more worried that someone would kill him at any time.

After doing all this, Naruto returned to the stone where Mizuki's head was placed and quietly waited for the Shadow Guard to arrive.

What made him feel strange was that with the skills of the Shadow Guards, a lot of time had passed since he heard the footsteps. They should have arrived long ago. Why was it so slow?

After listening carefully for a moment, he discovered the reason. The footsteps in Chailin were not those of the highly skilled Shadow Guards, but someone he knew well enough to remember the footsteps of, Umino Iruka.

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"Naruto, you killed Mizuki"

Umino Iruka slowly walked out of the firewood forest, his eyes flickering back and forth between Mizuki's severed head and the terrified Naruto next to him.

For some reason, in Naruto's eyes at this moment, the long scar on Iruka Umino's nose seemed like a thin lip that was sneering.

"Yes, he was the one who made the first move and wanted to kill me."

Naruto explained what happened between Mizuki and him in a tone that was mixed with fear and anger.

While explaining, his eyes were also carefully observing Umino Iruka, trying to determine why Umino Iruka appeared here and what the purpose of coming here was.

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"Elder brother Asuma Sarutobi was worried that Mizuki would escape from Konoha Mountain with the Book of Sealing, so he upgraded the defense level and mobilized all the brothers in the sect who are above the outer sect disciples to search the mountain."

After Umino Iruka explained, he added, "I know that your residence is far away from other people, and I was worried that something might happen to you, so I went to your residence to have a look, but I couldn't find you. I remembered that you often come after the rain to get firewood. Lin picked mushrooms and looked for them, and sure enough he found you here.

Thank God, nothing happened to you, Naruto. "

He glanced back and forth between Naruto's face and Mizuki's head on the stone again, and said with a sigh: "I really didn't expect that, Naruto, you guy, tsk tsk"

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Naruto didn't see "Thank God" on Umino Iruka's face, but instead saw something unusual in Umino Iruka's eyes.

Are those jumping and flashing lights greed and cruelty?

He wasn't sure.

But he knew that at this time, he couldn't take risks and should do something to ensure his safety.

"Thank you, Brother Iruka. If you hadn't saved me in time, I might have died in the hands of the traitor Mizuki."

"Um"

Umino Iruka looked at Naruto in surprise, not understanding why Naruto suddenly said this.

"Brother Iruka, it's like this. I came to Chailin to pick mushrooms at night and accidentally bumped into the fugitive Mizuki. He wanted to kill me and silence me. Then Iruka, you showed up in time, killed Mizuki and saved me."

“So this is what it looks like”

Umino Iruka's eyes widened and he stared at Naruto's face for a long time, then suddenly turned his gaze to the ground.

There was a bloody hatchet there.

Naruto was horrified by Umino Iruka.

Could it be that, even though I have decided to give all the credit for killing the traitor Mizuki and the sealed book, the master's most important treasure, to Umino Iruka, he still doesn't plan to let me go?

Was it because I acted too mature that he was wary of me?

No, that's not right, it's not just fear, but this is the perfect opportunity for revenge.

As long as you kill me, not only can you take all the credit, but you can also blame the dead Mizuki for my death. It is really a golden opportunity.

If it were me, I would never let go of this good opportunity.

Naruto, Naruto, you misjudged the greed of human nature, so today is the day you die.