Naruto's Exam

In the mysterious fantasy world, the Shadow Will Black Zetsu, a conscious being with almost no physical power, was able to successfully lead his eldest son Indra and his younger brother Ashura towards betrayal and opposition under the surveillance of the great creator Six Paths Sage, and gradually distorted the "Shin Yu Sect" founded by the Six Paths Sage into the camp of "Mystic Warriors", and shaped and tampered with the order of the ninja world over a thousand years of history.

He cleverly triggered a generational feud between the Uchiha clan, the heirs of Indra's bloodline, and the Senju clan, the descendants of Ashura, and even pushed the three major clans of Uzumaki, Uchiha, and Senju into the abyss of destruction.

All of this was made possible thanks to Black Zetsu's extremely cautious, calculated, and cunning psychological manipulation.

As he read an ancient law in detail, he was thankful that the unconscious white creatures around him - the white shadows - could not wake up without his instructions, so he did not violate the rules of this mysterious realm and was able to answer questions calmly.

【Secret Realm Feedback 1】

Black Zetsu's eyes widened in astonishment: "There are prizes?!"

[Secret Realm Feedback 1: Charm +1]

[Those who answer correctly will receive a charm value of +1, which will enhance their personal charm and permanently change their appearance to a certain extent, thus better starting their social journey.]

However, when he saw the charm values ​​displayed by himself and the white shadows around him, the astonishment in his eyes deepened.

The numbers around Black Zetsu show:

Charisma: -7

The data of the white shadows are:

Charisma: -6

Despite scorning such prizes, Black Zetsu found himself trapped in a strange domain barrier, a strange space where chakra could not be sensed, and even his proud "Ephemeral Escape" could not escape from it.

This power, which is similar to reality but full of strangeness, makes Black Zetsu believe that there must be a conspiracy behind it by a powerful manipulator. As a key chess piece in controlling the ninja world and even the entire history of time and space, Black Zetsu feels unprecedented anxiety and uneasiness at this moment.

However, no matter what, he could always find a way to revive his mother. He concentrated and thought about the next question - what secret method had once stunned Kaguya Otsutsuki for a moment during a fierce battle with Indra and the reincarnation of Ashura?

Black Zetsu knows that he used the power of the Ten-Tails and the Infinite Tsukuyomi to sacrifice Obito to revive his mother. In order to return to the top, she must not only devour the Ten-Tails, but also take back the chakra scattered in the bodies of the two prodigal sons, Otsutsuki Hamura and Otsutsuki Hagoromo...

The Otsutsuki Hagoromo, who later became the Sage of Six Paths, once gave his chakra to his second son Ashura during the fight between his two sons. This means that there may be a person with a large amount of chakra of the Sage of Six Paths hidden in his body, and he must be the reincarnation of Ashura!

Could it be that Hashirama Senju was resurrected by some master using the "Rebirth and Reincarnation Technique"?

And then Hashirama Senju successfully induced Uchiha Madara to betray and fight against their mother together?

In response, Black Zetsu sneered, thinking it was wishful thinking.

Speaking of power that can shock a mother...it is undoubtedly Uchiha Madara's Mangekyō Sharingan illusion.

Thinking of this, Black Zetsu glanced at the white shadow beside him.

The unconscious Shiro stepped forward and answered mechanically, "Illusion of the Mangekyō Sharingan."

however,

【Wrong answer.】

With a dull "bang", the white shadow shattered into clumps of white clay and scattered on the ground.

The other white shadows acted as if nothing had happened and still maintained their usual expressionless looks.

The Black Zetsu, who was originally full of confidence, now stood there in confusion - where did he go wrong in his reasoning? !

Although the possibility is very small, only Uchiha Madara's Mangekyō Sharingan illusion can make his mother fall into shock for a short time? Besides this, what other power can achieve such an effect? ​​!

After calming down, Black Zetsu began to recall all the secret methods of the major clans in the ninja world... Time passed as he pondered.

Illusion of the Kurama clan? Impossible.

Senju Hashirama's celestial art? Listed as one of the candidates.

Shadow imitation? This level of secret technique was not enough to shock the mother, so something was wrong.

Perhaps it was the Quicksand Technique of the Land of Sand? After all, the commander-in-chief of the Ninja Alliance was good at playing with sand, so he could also be a candidate.

Wait, there is one more important choice!

The Uzumaki clan's sealing technique! This must not be forgotten and must also be included in the candidate list.

……

In a distant fantasy continent, Jiraiya, a traveler from another world, casually stroked his chin, staring at the mysterious Senju Tobirama with deep eyes: "I wanted to remind you before, young wizard, your breath seems to have gone through thousands of years of vicissitudes, this is not okay. The vitality and vigor that young people should have--"

Suddenly, a strong shock came over him, causing Jiraiya to exclaim:

"and many more!"

He suddenly realized that the person in front of him was none other than his mentor, the legendary Third Great Sage of Fire - Sarutobi Hiruzen!

The only one who could address this Great Sage of Fire so casually was probably...

His eyes passed over the statue of the Fire Sage, and then fell back to the fair-skinned girl in front of him, who looked like an elf.

"you you……"

Senju Tobirama frowned, "You are the mentor of the Fourth Great Sage of Fire? And also the mentor of the future Uzumaki Naruto?"

"Oh!" Speaking of his favorite disciple, Jiraiya immediately introduced himself with great pride: "I am one of the three guardians of the secret realms. I am a disciple of the Third Great Sage of Fire, and I am the great mentor who taught the Fourth Great Sage of Fire and the legendary boy Uzumaki Naruto. I am the white-haired fairy boy Toad Master who lives in Myogi Mountain, Master Jiraiya!"

Senju Tobirama was silent for a moment.

"..."

Jiraiya seemed a little embarrassed by the response that was not as surprising as expected: "Anyway, I don't know why you disguised yourself as the second generation of the Great Sage of Fire, and what the purpose behind it is, but in this magical forest village - Konohagakure, you'd better -"

"You... your innocent personality has its limits." The Second Great Sage of Fire once again questioned Konoha's education system. In order to save time, he stopped arguing with Jiraiya and went straight to the point: "You returned to Konoha this time to find the descendant of the Fourth Great Sage of Fire, Uzumaki Naruto, right?"

Before he finished speaking, Jiraiya's originally playful expression suddenly became serious: "Who are you?"

In desperation, he could only recount how he was resurrected by Uzumaki Naruto through an ancient resurrection spell.

Learning that Naruto had the opportunity to resurrect the Fourth Great Sage of Fire, but chose to resurrect Uchiha Sasuke's mother, Jiraiya felt deeply moved by the trick of fate and felt even more pity for the orphan left behind by his disciple.

The Second Great Sage of Fire then mentioned Naruto's safety: "I have placed a teleportation magic mark on Naruto. As long as he is not too far away from Konoha, I can reach him quickly."

After thinking for a moment, although he originally planned to take Naruto away from the pursuit of the evil force "Akatsuki", according to the description of the second generation, considering that those mysterious phenomena called "Horror Questions and Answers" may randomly descend on any corner, and the content of the questions is also difficult to predict, it is undoubtedly safer to stay in Konoha.

Konoha's intelligence network is relatively complete, and there is a greater possibility of finding the correct answer in a short period of time. Compared with the two of them wandering outside and suddenly encountering a question-and-answer dilemma, it is obviously much safer.

After the security issues were settled, Senju Tobirama turned to talk about Naruto's education: "However, as Uzumaki Naruto's mentor, the plan to teach him magical skills can continue."

"Just what I want." Jiraiya pinched his nose, "That kid is really a genius in creating magic."

Thinking of the unique magic created by Naruto, the Second Generation Fire Sage couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "He must be taught formal magic skills. At the same time, his martial arts and dart skills also need to be re-instructed. His resistance to illusions is also very weak, and he has not yet started to learn contract summoning. As for the Uzumaki family's sealing magic, it goes without saying..."

At this time, the only skills Naruto could show off were the unique magic he created and the detective magic he invented, "Shadow Clone Technique".

"..." Jiraiya felt emotional when he heard the second generation's comments on Naruto. Unlike other disciples, Minato and Nagato were both born magicians. Perhaps only Uzumaki Naruto truly inherited his bloodline.

After exchanging a few words with the second generation Great Sage of Fire about the Akatsuki organization, the horror question-and-answer video, and Uzumaki Naruto's situation, Jiraiya returned to the magic tower and found Uzumaki Naruto.

After some clever tricks, he successfully took away the orphan of his disciple.

However, he didn't know that it wasn't just Naruto who was taken away that time, but also the Fourth Great Sage of Fire, Minato Namikaze, who followed silently in the form of a soul.

-

Naruto crossed his hands behind his head and followed Jiraiya leisurely.

Even in this state, as a father, Minato still thinks his child is extremely cute!

If he was not in a state of soul unable to touch physical objects, Namikaze Minato would really take out his camera and use the speed of his special skill "Spiral Flash Super Wheel Dance Roar Three Styles" to take crazy photos of his son as a souvenir.

Naruto asked, "Hey... Sensei, are you really going to teach me powerful magic? But we can't go too far, I have an appointment with Sensei Iruka to eat magic ramen tomorrow."

"Tsk," Jiraiya was a little displeased that Naruto called him "teacher," "I've already told you, I'm one of the three legendary guardians of the secret realm, the white-haired fairy boy Toad Master who lives in Mount Myogi, Master Jiraiya!"

"..." Naruto looked indifferent, "Well, then please - Master Jiraiya, the white-haired fairy boy toad from Miaomu Mountain, teach me a magic that can immediately defeat Sasuke and his brother Sasuke-sama?"

"You can't be so greedy, kid. The Second Great Sage of Fire explicitly asked me to teach you from the basics," Jiraiya replied.

"What basics? Just teach me how to summon a canine pet as big as a mountain, and a flying bird magic that is even bigger than the Great Sage Tower of Flame!"

"Oh, you're eager to master the secret method of summoning spirits~" Jiraiya said with a mocking smile: "If you can't even condense the most basic spirit power, how can you use your own spirit power to summon a powerful monster partner that has signed a mysterious contract with you? This is completely impossible."

"Hmph! Of course I know how to condense my soul power!" Naruto retorted angrily. He formed a strange seal with his hands, attached his soul power to the soles of his feet, concentrated his will, and stepped steadily onto the branches of an ancient tree beside him.

"Now you can finally teach me the secret technique of summoning spirits, right?!" Naruto looked at him challengingly.

"It's not enough," Jiraiya nodded seriously, pointing to the dark blue river flowing beside him, "unless you can walk on it as if it were flat ground, and can skillfully use the unique magic you created yourself." When mentioning Uzumaki Naruto's original magic, a subtle blush passed across Jiraiya's face.

Naruto's eyes were determined, and the scenery around him was cold and pale.

"Dirty uncle..."

[The Fourth Kazekage: "Please do not mislead my son like this, Master Jiraiya!"]

Jiraiya clicked his tongue. Apparently he had not expected the boy to be so clever as to have noticed the hidden meaning in his words.

"In short, you have to be able to gain a foothold on that rushing river first." Jiraiya frowned and snorted in dissatisfaction with not achieving his goal.

Naruto thought that it was not a big loss and regarded it as an opportunity to practice. So he walked to the lakeside, formed the "Wei" seal again, gathered his soul power to his feet, and stepped forward carefully.

[Minato Namikaze reaches out to stop him, "Naruto!"]

"Wow ah-"

"Oh!"

As expected, a fox-shaped monster with golden fur emerged from the water.

The wet hair scattered on his shoulders made Naruto look particularly disheveled, and the unique flame birthmark on his cheek added a bit of desolation.

The wet clothes clung to his body, revealing his thinner body compared to his peers.

[When Minato Namikaze saw this scene, he felt a wave of pity and deep remorse.]

Naruto struggled to get ashore and took off his wet clothes. When he gathered his soul power again, the traces of the seal on his abdomen came into Jiraiya's sight.

In an instant, Jiraiya understood the deep meaning behind why Minato Namikaze chose to seal the Nine-Tails in this young boy's body.

His disciple was indeed gifted. He actually came up with such an ingenious sealing method at that time, allowing the child to gradually learn to control the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox?

As early as when Naruto was born and encountered the Nine-Tails Rebellion, he had already foreseen such a distant future.

As expected, you are the fourth Kazekage - Minato Namikaze.

[However, Jiraiya did not realize that his long-missed disciple was right beside him at this moment, and he complained in a low voice with a wronged look on his face: "Teacher Jiraiya, really, you should have reminded Naruto to take off his coat before letting him go into the water..."]

"Concentrate! Steadily gather your soul power onto the plane that connects to the water surface! Steady, steady again, do you understand?" Jiraiya reminded.

Naruto curled his lips, replied "I know", and continued practicing walking on water.

This stream is quite deep, with active water flow and numerous fish and shrimps at the bottom of the stream. Therefore, even though the water flow is not very strong, it can still be considered turbulent, which undoubtedly adds a lot of difficulty to Naruto's training.

At first, he would sink immediately after jumping into the water. Later, he was able to stay on the water for a few seconds, but he would lose his balance due to the current and fall back into the water. In this way, it took Naruto about half an hour to barely reach this level.

"What a slow kid," Jiraiya commented with a yawn, completely different from his genius student.

The talented disciple beside him was watching his blond son fall, get up, and make seals to gather his soul again and again. His stubbornness and straightforwardness of refusing to admit defeat no matter what was just like his late wife, Kushina.

["Kushina, our Naruto is already twelve years old..."]

[“As you said back then, he may not be very good at studying, but he is an honest, tenacious and good kid!”]

[“I really want you to see him in person. I think you will feel bad for him. I’m sure you will prepare a lot of delicious food for him, right?”]

[“I feel the same way about this…”]

There was a barely perceptible sob in the ending of the Fourth Kazekage's words...

"Hey! Old man."

Jiraiya, who was dozing off, turned over and continued to sleep.

"Old man!!"

Jiraiya, immersed in his dream, murmured, "Beautiful elf lady, I want to be together... hehe..."

"...oirokenojyutsu (Soul Summoning Technique)!!!"

"Oh!"

"Master Jiraiya, it's time to get up~"

[“Puff!!!!” Namikaze Minato instantly retreated several meters, using all his strength to display the speed of the golden flash, thus avoiding an extremely embarrassing situation and leaving himself with a heavier psychological trauma.]

At the place where the Fourth Kazekage had just stood, Uzumaki Naruko was kneeling cross-legged and trying to wake up the sleeping Jiraiya.

This trick was very effective. Jiraiya was so shocked that he jumped three feet high and praised Uzumaki Naruko's way of waking him up.

After canceling the transformation technique, Naruto showed contempt on his face: "...House-sennin..."

[Namikaze Minato: “Puff——” Naruto, promise daddy that you will never use this kind of ninjutsu again!]

After unremitting efforts, Naruto finally accelerated the pace of learning the second stage of summoning techniques under the constant pleading of Uzumaki Naruko.