It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

Inside the Bullfrog Immortal store.

"Didn't you say you didn't like toads?"

Jiraiya first looked at the large pot of steaming bullfrog pot on the dining table, then turned his gaze to the bowl full of bullfrog meat in front of Naruto.

"Didn't you say first that toads and bullfrogs can't be confused?"

Naruto glanced at Jiraiya and stuffed the bullfrog meat into his mouth.

After chewing the bullfrog for a while and savoring its delicious taste, Naruto waved his chopsticks at Jiraiya and said, "It's delicious. I paid for it, so why don't you eat it? Choji is from the Akimichi clan. You'll be at a loss if you don't eat any of it~"

"I have a lot of money, I can afford the loss!"

Jiraiya glared at Naruto. How could he not hear the sarcasm in Naruto's words?

In order to persuade Naruto, who was not interested in the title of Sannin, to become his disciple.

Jiraiya finally followed Naruto to the bullfrog restaurant, but there was no point in eating there because if they were discovered by the toads on Myoboku Mountain, they would inevitably scold them.

"Give."

Naruto didn't intend to let Jiraiya go. He took out a new bowl and chopsticks, filled it with bullfrog meat and handed it to Jiraiya: "This is... a gift for becoming a disciple."

"I understand your heart."

"It's no use trying to take advantage of me. If you eat it, I'll be your disciple."

"My heart as a teacher is already filled with your respect for teachers."

Jiraiya and Naruto were whispering and arguing with each other.

"Naruto, who is this uncle?"

Ino, who was sitting opposite Naruto, looked at Jiraiya and Naruto's various little movements while eating, and asked curiously.

Jiraiya previously claimed to be Naruto's master, but from Naruto's expression it was clear that he did not consider himself a disciple.

Besides, Naruto had only been away from the Forest of Death for a short time, and he had a new master so soon...

"Jiraiya."

Naruto was still putting meat into the bowl in front of Jiraiya, and he replied to Ino at the same time.

So his name is Jiraiya, what a weird name...

Ino nodded, unconvinced.

She asked Naruto about Jiraiya's name only because he was paying for the meal, and it would be too rude if she didn't even know Jiraiya's name.

"..."

Ino picked up a piece of bullfrog meat from her bowl.

"?"

Ino's movement of clamping the meat paused.

"!"

Ino suddenly reacted to Jiraiya's name and her eyes widened.

The three members of Team 10, to which Ino belongs, including the team's leading ninja Asuma Sarutobi, all come from Konoha's wealthy ninja clans.

Of course, I have been told the names of the Three Ninjas of Konoha by my elders. The Three Ninjas are all disciples of the Third Hokage.

Apart from Orochimaru who has already defected, Tsunade and Jiraiya are still high-ranking figures in Konoha's political center even though they are not in Konoha Village for most of the year.

"Jiraiya!!!"

Everyone exclaimed.

"Could it be Lord Jiraiya, one of the legendary three ninjas?!"

Jiraiya remained calm in the face of everyone's surprise.

That's right. Naruto's previous reaction made him lose confidence.

I began to doubt myself, and became a relic of the old times...

"Naruto, I didn't expect that in just a blink of an eye, you would become Jiraiya-sama's disciple!"

After learning of Jiraiya's identity, everyone remembered how Jiraiya had previously addressed Naruto as his master and congratulated Naruto.

"Mmmmmmm..."

Naruto gave a perfunctory response to these congratulations.

"By the way, who are the people who have qualified for the third exam?"

Naruto changed the subject and glanced at the three members of Team 10 whose clothes had noticeable dust on them.

Of the eight qualifying spots, he only knew about Sakura, Sasuke and Gaara.

"Among the remaining five qualifying spots, Konoha's ninjas are Hyuga Neji, Tenten, and Aburame Shino, and Sunagakure's are Kankuro and Temari."

Sakura answered as she sat next to Naruto.

"Who will be Shikamaru's opponent in the preliminaries?"

Upon hearing the names of the candidates for the third exam, Naruto was slightly surprised that Shikamaru didn't make it.

"Aburame Shino from Class 8."

Shikamaru replied that no one from their Team 10 qualified for the next round.

"Shikamaru used the shadow imitation technique to control Shino at first, but suddenly a bunch of bugs emerged from Shino's body and parasitized Shikamaru, absorbing his chakra."

Sakura recounted to Naruto what happened when Shikamaru and Shino fought.

Shikamaru's shadow imitation technique can indeed control his opponent, but unfortunately Shino's means of attack is never himself, but the parasites in his body.

She did take Naruto's words to heart and carefully analyzed the information revealed by other candidates in the preliminaries.

In the preliminaries where Kabuto Yakushi's team and the three Oto-nin were not participating.

Most of the opponents of the five groups of candidates have changed.

Sakura had a bye in the preliminaries and was directly qualified as the third candidate.

Uchiha Sasuke VS Rock Lee;

Uzumaki Naruto VS Gaara;

Nara Shikamaru vs Aburame Shino;

Kankuro vs. Kiba Inuzuka;

Temari vs. Yamanaka Ino;

Tenten VS Akimichi Chouji.

These are all changes to the original opponents in the original game.

Knowing the battle table, Naruto could also deduce the reasons for the victory or defeat of each match just by looking at the characteristics of their ninjutsu.

Sakura described the situation of each game, confirming Naruto's suspicions.

Kankuro used a puppet to swallow Akamaru and restrict Akamaru's movements. The Inuzuka clan's ninjutsu are almost all combination ninjutsu with ninja dogs. Inuzuka Kiba was worried that Kankuro would use the puppet to strangle Akamaru, so he took the initiative to admit defeat and gave up the game.

Temari is the strongest among the five female ninjas in the preliminaries. She is able to limit Ino, who uses the mind-transfer technique that requires aiming to be effective, just by relying on the strength of her ninjutsu.

The defeat of Choji is similar to that of Shikamaru, as Tenten also defeated him in attacking. The close-range attack of the human bomb tank with its body is simply a huge live target for Tenten, who specializes in ninja tools.

Among the seven games, the only one in which the opponents are the same as in the original work is the main and branch families of the Hyuga clan.

Hyuga Neji's opponent is still Hyuga Hinata.

Hyuga Neji naturally won without any suspense, but Hinata's ending was slightly better - she fought with Neji for a few rounds and then gave up the game.

Similar to the original work, Ningji at this time still cares about the status of the main family and the branch family.

He only used physical skills to block Hinata's chakra channels and threatened Hinata with words to withdraw from the game, but did not kill her.

Everyone listened quietly as Sakura described each match in the preliminaries.

Jiraiya began to pay a little attention to Sakura. This little girl was really observant.

Sakura analyzed all the methods used by the ninjas who won the preliminaries, but perhaps because her own ninjutsu was insufficient, she did not find a way to deal with these attacks.

Sakura also discovered her problem.

She was able to participate in the third Chunin Exam purely by luck, and was not at the same level of strength as the other seven opponents who had won all the way through by their own abilities.

"Naruto, does our agreement to train together still count?"

Sakura asked Naruto tentatively.

During the past few days of the Chunin Exams, all kinds of big and small things have come to Team 7 all at once.

Sakura wasn't sure if Naruto still remembered the previous agreement.

Naruto turned his head and looked at Sakura, he had forgotten it, but now he had to remember it again.

Naruto was wondering whether to refuse, but Jiraiya had already made the choice for him.

"Little girl, you are a ninja who has successfully entered the finals of the Chunin Exam. Why do you ask Naruto, who was eliminated halfway, to help you practice? One of the legendary three ninjas, Jiraiya is here! I can help you practice before the finals of the exam, of course! I will also ask Naruto to accompany you!"

Jiraiya winked at Sakura, and the main point of his monologue was actually the last sentence which mentioned Naruto's name.

However, since Jiraiya has promised to help Sakura train for a period of time, he will not just deal with it casually.

Naruto felt somewhat helpless about Jiraiya's self-assertion, but he also understood the logic behind Jiraiya's actions.

The benefits of Naruto's disguise over the years were reflected at this moment.

In Jiraiya's view, Naruto is a ninja who was ostracized by the village and should have fallen into darkness, but in the end he came to his senses, embraced the light again, and understood the will of fire.

Since becoming a Genin, he has washed away his reputation as a laggard under Kakashi's guidance, and has shown great concern for his companions in several ninja commissions.

Moreover, Naruto's dream is to become Hokage, which makes him an excellent and legitimate Konoha ninja.

According to Jiraiya's analysis of Naruto's information, Naruto did not have much thought about becoming Jiraiya's disciple.

But if Jiraiya helped Sakura, who was a teammate of Naruto in Team 7, to train for the Chunin Exam at this time, he would definitely be closer to Naruto and gain Naruto's favor.

At this time, Jiraiya once again proposed the idea of ​​teaching Naruto...Naruto's attitude would definitely not be as tough as before.

"Naruto, besides the summoning technique and the Rasengan... I have other things to teach you."

Jiraiya's tone was mysterious.

Naruto did not respond, and Jiraiya did not care. Instead, he continued in a tone that was sure that Naruto would not refuse:

"I can also teach you sealing techniques. Besides this little girl named Sakura, your other ninja classmate is a kid from the Uchiha clan named Uchiha Sasuke, right? The Uchiha clan are all very good at fire escape techniques, and I have a sealing technique that can seal fire escape techniques! I'm also good at other sealing techniques!"

"Think about it, although you failed in the Chunin Exam, after you used my sealing technique to defeat Sasuke, Sakura must have fallen in love with you. What kind of look is that? Didn't you notice that she cares about you more than ordinary companions? That's why I said that little brats like you who don't understand the relationship between men and women are not attractive at all. Let me tell you, when I was your age, Tsunade, who was also one of the three ninjas, loved me to death... What kind of look is that? Don't listen to the rumors. Tsunade loved me at that time but couldn't get me. I tell you-"

"Please don't tell me. I have no interest in your and Tsunade's emotional story."

Naruto was too lazy to listen to the secrets of the Three Ninjas fabricated by Jiraiya, but he was slightly tempted by Jiraiya's teaching of sealing techniques.

The sealing technique of sealing fire escape that Jiraiya mentioned must be the Fire Sealing Seal, which is a technique that can seal all the black flames of Amaterasu.

Anyway, even if he kept refusing Jiraiya's request to become his disciple, Jiraiya would follow him.

Moreover, Jiraiya has already established himself as the "Master", and Naruto will always feel disadvantaged if he doesn't get some benefits as a "disciple" from him.

It would be better to just go with the flow and become his disciple for a while.

Contact with Jiraiya could suppress Danzo's suspicion towards Naruto, making him reluctant to take action in front of Jiraiya.

This allowed Naruto to safely wait for the upcoming third Chunin Exam.

Naruto's defection was at that time...

The following time is his last moment of disguise in Konoha.

……

In the end, with Jiraiya's final decision, Naruto and Sakura were both dragged by him to practice.

However, unlike Jiraiya who "forced" Naruto to become his disciple, Jiraiya only gave Sakura temporary instruction.

Learning techniques among ninjas is a normal phenomenon, and not everyone who has learned ninjutsu from others can become a teacher.

The requirements for apprenticeship are more stringent.

Judging from the perspective brought by Jiraiya's identity and strength, he is very clear that he is not a suitable teacher for Sakura.

However, Jiraiya still helped Sakura to grow substantially.

Under Jiraiya's guidance, Sakura mastered the changes in the properties of chakra related to "water".

In this way, all three members of Team 7 mastered the changes in the nature of chakra.

Jiraiya possesses six chakra attributes: earth, fire, wind, water, yin and yang. Although he often uses fire and earth ninjutsu, he can also teach Sakura water ninjutsu.

Naruto's growth during this period has also been greatly improved.

During his time at the Ninja School, Naruto had to learn by himself because the Konoha higher-ups were wary of him.

After officially becoming a Genin and forming Team 7 with Sakura and Sasuke, although Naruto also received instruction from Kakashi, in order not to expose his true strength, he only learned very superficial things from Kakashi.

Kakashi's teachings were not as profound as Jiraiya's at this moment.

Naruto couldn't help but feel how important it was to have a powerful teacher in the ninja world.

Jiraiya did help Naruto avoid many detours, but the sealing technique that Jiraiya taught Naruto was not the most important one.

Rather, it is about the methods and experience of learning ninjutsu, as well as various practical responses.

……

"Well, the two of you have made good progress in the past month of training. Kakashi has an enviable group of good students."

One afternoon in late July, Jiraiya, who had disappeared for the whole day, appeared in front of Naruto and Sakura with a face full of lipstick marks and a hangover.

This guy is a pervert by nature, but he had been restraining himself because of Sakura's presence, and even stopped collecting materials for a while.

It was not until the official end of today's training that Jiraiya finally indulged himself again.

Naruto admired Jiraiya for being able to hold out for so long.

But if you think about it carefully, Jiraiya himself is the kind of person who is serious and rigorous in dealing with serious matters, but casual and relaxed in normal times.

"Thank you for your teachings, Master Jiraiya!"

Sakura was very excited to get Jiraiya's recognition.

"I didn't teach you anything. The ninjutsu between you and me is not compatible... It's a pity that Tsunade is not in the village..."

Jiraiya shook his head and did not accept Sakura's thanks.

After this period of teaching, Jiraiya was well aware of Sakura's terrifying amount of knowledge.

Sakura is smart and knows how to persevere.

As long as there is a master who has a good relationship with Sakura to teach her, even if Sakura teaches herself, the master only needs to give her a word of advice at a critical moment and Sakura can achieve remarkable results.

"Are you talking about my precise control over the amount of chakra?"

Sakura still remembered what Jiraiya said about her.

"Well, your ability to precisely control chakra is even stronger than Naruto's, and you have the talent to become a medical ninja. If you are interested in developing into a medical ninja, go to Konoha Hospital more often. I can write a letter of introduction for you."

When they reach the level of the Three Ninjas, they are actually very willing to take care of the younger generations they value - this also includes Orochimaru, but whether the younger generations they value will become the objects of Reincarnation after they grow up is another matter.

"The finals of the Chunin Exams are only a few days away, Sakura, you should take a good rest. If you want to practice combat, you can also find Naruto - you two have been working together very well during this period. When your strength has increased, practicing combat can bring good insights to each other and help each other grow."

This is still Jiraiya's experience.

Sakura glanced at Naruto and nodded heavily.

But Naruto had no interest in the "mutual growth" that Jiraiya talked about.

All he cared about was the upcoming third Chunin Exam.

On the day of the finals when all forces gather together, Naruto will take advantage of the chaos to leave Konoha.

His long-planned defection plan has entered the countdown!