Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 185 The Indispensable Bell-Snatching Scene in Naruto
"Alright!" Naruto said, rubbing his hands together excitedly. "Just you wait and see, teacher."

"Don't get too excited yet," Uchiha Touko said with a light laugh. "Passing the test will exempt you from the garbage-collecting task, but if you fail, there will be a punishment."

"Punishment?" Naruto was taken aback by the question.

"Of course, there's no such thing as getting an opportunity that others don't have without paying any price," Uchiha Touko said. "Each of your punishments is absolutely tailor-made, guaranteed to be unforgettable for you. Now, do you still want to participate in this test?"

Upon hearing this, Sasuke and Neji exchanged a glance and simultaneously swallowed, but neither of them intended to give up.

"Teacher, in this test, will I be able to get Tenten's help?" Neji asked.

“Of course,” Uchiha Touko said. “This is also part of your strength. Let me make it clear beforehand: you must be prepared to kill me, otherwise you will never pass my test.”

"Teacher, just you wait and see!" Naruto said confidently.

After leaving Uchiha Touko's office, the three of them went to Ichiraku Ramen to discuss their tactics for tomorrow.

"Are you three crazy? Challenging the Hokage? If you think life is too easy, why don't you come to the Ninja Tool Lab and help us with some tests?" After receiving Neji's message, Tenten also rushed to Ichiraku Ramen. As soon as she arrived, her little mouth, which couldn't stand not to complain, immediately started talking.

As soon as Tenten finished speaking, Naruto shrank back. In the past two years, since the establishment of the Ninja Tool Research Institute, the things they researched have been all sorts of strange things. As Neji's junior brother, Naruto would occasionally go to help with the testing. But it would have been better if he hadn't gone. As soon as he went, Naruto's animalistic body was targeted by the researchers in the institute. Every time he went to test, they would put Naruto under pressure and test all sorts of new ninja tools in the institute.

As for whether doing this would cause the Jinchuriki to go out of control, the current head of the Ninja Tool Research Institute, Tono Kakusuke, is the kind of guy who would dare to fool the Seventh Hokage's son into causing trouble. Let alone a Jinchuriki, even if the Nine-Tails were present, this guy would dare to take a look at it.

“It will be very difficult for the three of us to defeat the teacher,” Neji said at this moment. “However, this test should only require us to demonstrate our current strength to pass, right?”

“I don’t think it’s that simple,” Sasuke analyzed at this moment. “If that were all, then the teacher could have taken us to the training ground earlier instead of setting the time for tomorrow morning. Considering that this assessment was designed to let us skip the tedious D-rank missions, the teacher must have also been intentionally testing our ninja skills, including intelligence gathering and pre-battle preparation.”

“That makes sense!” Naruto nodded eagerly from the side.

“That’s right, otherwise the teacher wouldn’t have told us the location of the assessment in advance,” Neji analyzed.

“That’s right!” Naruto nodded again.

“Well then, Neji, go and use your Byakugan to gather information about the teacher. I’ll take Naruto to the third training ground to set up traps,” Sasuke said.

“Let’s do it this way!” Naruto said.

"Can't you say something else?" Tian Tian couldn't help but complain, seeing Naruto's attitude of always agreeing with whatever the two of them said.

"What can I say after they've both finished speaking?" Naruto said.

"You could at least offer some advice," Tian Tian said.

"A suggestion?" Naruto thought about it seriously for a while before tentatively saying, "How about we give the teacher some laxatives?"

Sasuke:  …

Neji: ...

Tian Tian: "I feel like you're going to ruin yourself sooner or later."

"Fine, let's stick to the previous plan." Sasuke sighed and said. Instead of expecting Naruto to do these things, it would be better to hope that the kid would come up with some brilliant ideas during the battle tomorrow.

"I'll go back to the research institute for a bit, and then I'll go with you guys to set up the traps," Tian Tian said. "The research institute has recently developed a new type of trap."

After making the battle plan, Neji disguised himself and began to lie in wait around the Hokage Building. After more than a year in the Anbu, he knew exactly which parts of the Hokage Building were weakest in defense.

Soon, Uchiha Touko sensed someone spying on him from behind. To this, Uchiha Touko smiled knowingly and then pretended not to see anything.

Sasuke and Naruto, on the other hand, waited for Tenten to bring the traps from the research institute before setting them up one by one in the training ground.

"Don't get distracted! Memorize the locations of all these traps so you don't fall into them during the battle," Sasuke reminded Naruto, who was still daydreaming while setting up the traps.

"Yes, yes!" Naruto finally snapped out of his daze and then said, "But I think there's a chance we'll succeed in giving the teacher laxatives."

"How is that possible?" Sasuke looked at the other person speechlessly. "When there are no banquets, the teacher's meals are prepared and delivered to the Hokage Building by the clan's butler every day. Not only is it difficult for us to find an opportunity to make a move, but the risk is also very high."

"You said there's no banquet, but I heard from Kakashi that our teacher is hosting a banquet for his ministers tonight..."

"So tomorrow all the court officials in the Land of Fire will be exhausted from diarrhea, right? If you really do that, see if Teacher will punish you or not." Sasuke said, rubbing his forehead.

“Okay.” Naruto nodded and then joined in setting up the trap.

After the traps were set up, it was already quite late. After the three of them met up with Neji, Sasuke handed Neji a map showing the locations of the traps.

The next morning, after having breakfast, Uchiha Touko rushed to the training ground. When he arrived, Sasuke and the other two were already waiting there.

"You're here pretty early." Uchiha Touko said, while looking around at the dense forest, estimating the number and location of the traps hidden inside.

"Teacher, what is the content of the test?" Sasuke clearly didn't want to give Uchiha Touko any more time to observe the trap, and hurriedly asked.

"The test is very simple, and it's a tradition of Konoha," said Uchiha Touko, taking out a bell from his waist. "You have two hours. If even one of you can touch the bell on my waist, you will pass the test."

"That's all?" Naruto asked incredulously. "You'll find out whether it's simple or not once you try it," Uchiha Touko said, turning sideways and kicking a blond clone who had jumped out from the shadows and tried to ambush him, turning it into a cloud of smoke.

After dealing with the sneak attack clone, Uchiha Touko looked back in the direction where the three had been. Neji and Naruto were nowhere to be found, only Sasuke remained in the same spot.

"Are you planning to rely on you to hold me off head-on?" Uchiha Touko laughed.

“That’s right.” Sasuke nodded, solemnly drawing the long sword from his waist. This sword was a graduation gift from Fugaku Uchiha to Sasuke. After hearing that his godfather wanted to forge a ninja sword made entirely of chakra metal, Takagi Seiwan specially collected the best chakra metal in the region and then had the best swordsmith in Kirigakure forge it according to the design of Hayatei.

This ninja sword, named Purple Lightning by Sasuke, is made of materials that are even more precious than those used by Uchiha Touko's Lightning Blade.
“My Lightning Release ninjutsu is hardly effective against you, Master, so all I can do is use my swordsmanship to entangle you,” Sasuke said.

"Then let me see if you've neglected your swordsmanship practice lately," Uchiha Touko said after nodding.

"Master, aren't you going to draw your sword?" Sasuke asked.

"Hehe, letting me draw out the Lightning Bolt is also part of your test," Uchiha Touko said.

With one hand holding a sword and the other forming hand seals, Sasuke quickly summoned three Sasuke figures, riding on lightning, towards Uchiha Touko in the center. Uchiha Touko smiled slightly, and two bolts of lightning descended from the sky, instantly shattering Sasuke's lightning clones. Then, he raised the still-unsheathed Swift Lightning and precisely struck the back of the Purple Lightning blade, causing Sasuke's main body to instantly lose its balance.

However, Sasuke did not panic. After twisting his body to regain his balance, he adjusted his angle and launched another attack on Uchiha Touko. Uchiha Touko calmly responded, but at this moment, Uchiha Touko suddenly became alert. He blocked Sasuke's attack with the scabbard of the Lightning Blade, and when he turned around, he saw Naruto descending from the sky with a giant Rasengan.

"Super Giant Rasengan!" The Rasengan descended from the sky with a buzzing sound. Uchiha Touko tried to dodge it, but as soon as he lifted his foot, he found that the ground under his feet had suddenly become extremely muddy, causing his feet to sink deep into it.

"Interesting. I remember none of you three know this water-style ninjutsu, right? Is it a new type of trap developed by the Ninja Tool Research Institute?" Uchiha Touko calmly watched the giant Rasengan falling from the sky, and even had the mood to chat for a bit.

"Teacher, you should try to withstand this attack first!" Naruto shouted as he slammed the Giant Rasengan at Uchiha Touko.

However, Uchiha Touko simply pulled out a blank scroll and then conjured a set of runes on it. The powerful Rasengan dissipated into the air the moment it touched the scroll.

"How could this be?" Naruto was dumbfounded. After the Rasengan disappeared, he fell straight down and was hit hard on the forehead by Uchiha Touko.

"I told you to learn more sealing techniques, but you wouldn't. Now you can't even find the weak points in sealing techniques anymore," Uchiha Touko said calmly after kicking Naruto away.

However, the next second, Uchiha Touko was hit in the back by a beam containing a huge amount of chakra.

boom!
The compressed chakra energy exploded in an instant, and the huge explosion raised a massive amount of smoke and dust.

In a corner of the training ground, Neji put down a strangely shaped sniper rifle. At that moment, Naruto's true form appeared beside him and asked, "Did you succeed?"

"It should be... a success." Neji rolled his eyes, carefully searching everything in the smoke.

"Well done, you even forced out my first stage of Susanoo." Uchiha Touko's voice rang out behind the two of them, and their hair stood on end.

Neji threw down his sniper rifle, grabbed Naruto and tossed him aside. Then, his chakra surged, erupting from his pressure points, and he began to spin rapidly.

"Back to the days!"

The chaotic airflow forced Uchiha Touko back half a step. However, Uchiha Touko simply raised his hand and snapped his fingers. A large, azure lightning bird was created and let out a long cry before circling Neji.

From Neji's perspective, the outline of the large blue bird in front of him became clearer and clearer, which meant nothing: the speed at which this thunderbird flew around him had caught up with the speed at which he was spinning.

The next instant, the Thunderbird changed direction and charged toward him at high speed.

"Tenten!" Neji shouted, stopping the Rejuvenation Technique and crossing his hands in front of him.

A spatial fluctuation flashed by, and a shield with a ninjutsu formula engraved on its surface appeared right in front of Neji. Without thinking, Neji poured his chakra into it. The wind-style chakra contained within the formula was activated by Neji's chakra, forming a turbulent current full of sharp wind-style chakra in front of Neji. The thunderbird formed by Uchiha Tokō's ninjutsu was quickly shattered in this turbulent current.

However, after the Thunder Bird perished in the turbulent currents, Uchiha Touko appeared behind Neji and slashed at him with a hand chop.

"Neji, behind you!" Tenten, who shared the same field of vision as Neji, quickly reminded him, while handing a new ninja tool to Neji.

The two worked together seamlessly; the moment the newly delivered ninja tools appeared, Neji could grasp them with his open palm.

This was a long staff with a dark gold color. After Neji took the staff, he first swept it to force Uchiha Touko back, then created some distance. Neji then used his family's Bagua footwork to strike Uchiha Touko with several consecutive blows.

Uchiha Touko watched the wave-like attack, parrying as he nodded, "Not bad. You've managed to integrate your Hyuga clan's palm techniques into your staff techniques, using the staff's longer attack range to target pressure points."

Sure enough, without needing to waste time researching the Rejuvenation Technique, Neji's talent in taijutsu finally came to the fore. This staff technique, which combined the Hyuga clan's Bagua footwork and pressure point techniques, was still in its infancy, but Uchiha Touko could see its future potential.

Of the three of them, Neji has indeed progressed the furthest in terms of physical skills.

Soon, Sasuke arrived with his sword and joined the battle.

While fighting two opponents simultaneously, Uchiha Touko calmly said, "It seems you two are pinning your hopes of finding the bell on Naruto, isn't that right?"

“That’s right,” Sasuke said while struggling to resist Uchiha Touko’s attacks. “In this battle, our task for Naruto is to let him do whatever he wants. You know, for that guy, the best tactic is no tactic at all.”

"You're making me really look forward to it," Uchiha Touko laughed. "How big of a job can he give me?"

"Super Seduction Technique!"

(End of this chapter)