Naruto: I, Naruto, don't want to try anymore.

Chapter 14 The Key is in Hand

"Tailed Beast Ball!"

Naruto had no more tolerance for Jiraiya's repeated foolish actions.

The Tailed Beast Ball burst forth with dazzling light, shooting out like a cannonball!

"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"

Jiraiya swiftly completed the hand seals, causing the earth to tremble. A giant earth dragon burst forth from the ground, opening its massive jaws to catch the incoming Tailed Beast Ball and soaring straight into the sky.

With a loud bang, a dazzling light burst forth in the sky.

"Is this the difference in combat experience...?"

Naruto looked up at the direction of the explosion, lost in thought.

The Earth Dragon Bullet, though only a B-rank ninjutsu, was easily diverted from the direction of the Tailed Beast Ball, even though it wasn't large. The difference in chakra between the two was at least twenty times.

If it were him, he would never have thought of such a chakra-saving solution; he would only be thinking about how to counter the energy wave.

"Don't be impulsive, Naruto, everything can be discussed!"

Seeing that Naruto didn't press his advantage, Jiraiya quickly reassured him, "I was just making a suggestion. Calm down, everything is negotiable!"

"Fine, I've had enough of your stupidity."

Naruto shook his head: "Remember what I just said? Jiraiya, you're trash, pure trash. I don't even need to interact with you much to know what category you belong to..."

"Despite knowing nothing, they always act as if they understand others, spouting grand principles and presumptuously instilling naive ideas in people, hoping that someone will put their ideals into practice."

"But what's the reality? You turn a blind eye to the darkness, you avoid talking about humanity, and you yourself wander the world like a stray dog, escaping reality..."

"Always thinking of entrusting your ideals to others, living forever in your own beautiful dream, to be honest... a guy like you will only bring misfortune to those around you, because if they believe your nonsense today, they will pay the price tomorrow."

Upon hearing Naruto's words, Jiraiya's expression changed, and in a daze, familiar faces seemed to flash through his mind.

Yahiko, Nagato, Konan…

As if a sore spot had been touched, Jiraiya's face gradually turned pale.

Inside the sealed space, the Nine-Tailed Fox clapped its hands in amazement: "Kid, that's impressive! You kill without a knife..."

Naruto shook his head slightly: "I just shattered his daydream. After all... lies don't hurt people, but the truth is the sharpest blade."

Naruto's feelings towards Jiraiya were a mixture of admiration and dislike.

He admired the fatherly care and emotional investment the other party showed in his disciples.

At the same time, he was extremely disgusted by Jiraiya's idealistic, even fantastical, concept of peace—that people should understand each other.

In Naruto's view, Jiraiya's idea was not wrong, but it was too one-sided and weak, which is why it was so stupid and annoying to him.

People in this world are always like this, always striving for perfection, even in the pursuit of peace.

Little did they know that if you want everything, you will get nothing; those who cannot learn to let go will end up holding onto nothing.

Unfortunately, they didn't have any philosophical ancestors to teach them the wisdom of giving and receiving.

The main reason for this dispute is that Jiraiya applied his preconceived theories to Naruto.

In modern terms: hypocritical and sanctimonious behavior.

Those who truly understand the pain of others will never easily utter the word "understanding," because their first thought is how to soothe the other person's pain.

"Your complexion is very fair, Jiraiya..."

Naruto chuckled and shrugged, "Did you remember something happy?"

"That's enough, Naruto..."

Jiraiya looked at Naruto, seemingly a little tired: "I'm sorry, I didn't consider your feelings."

"Meaningless nonsense."

Naruto forms hand seals: "Wood Clone Technique".

Crunch, crunch…

A sickening rustling sound of trees growing filled the air as four wooden clones flew out from behind Naruto, vanishing the moment they landed.

"My Flying Thunder God Seal is located in all four directions of Konoha: east, south, west, and north. The Anbu are almost here, and if anyone attacks me, I will consider it a declaration of war. The consequences... you should understand, right?"

"Now, prepare for all-out war, Jiraiya. You were the one who provoked us first..."

As he spoke, Naruto formed hand seals once more.

Compared to Jiraiya's dazzling hand seal speed, Naruto's hand seal speed is definitely not fast.

Fortunately, with his improved chakra control, he now only needs to form one hand seal—clapping his hands together.

"Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"

boom----

The earth trembled violently again, and beneath Naruto's feet, a Wood Release giant tens of meters tall burst forth from the ground and rose into the air!

Naruto's hands moved non-stop: "Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"

Naruto suddenly raised his palm, and a wooden dragon flew out, with a faint sound of a dragon's roar.

The wooden dragon is nearly 100 meters long and coils around the wooden figure.

Unlike Hashirama Senju's wooden dragon with Squidward's big nose, his wooden dragon was carved to be lifelike, with four claws on its body, and looked majestic.

"This is... the First Hokage's technique. He really thinks highly of me."

Jiraiya gave a wry smile, formed a summoning hand seal, and immediately a toad crawled out of his mouth…

It was a strange toad with its arms crossed and a long scroll on its belly. The way it crawled out of Jiraiya's mouth was hardly aesthetically pleasing.

"Gama-Ino, give him the key..."

Jiraiya sighed and beckoned to Naruto: "Come down, Naruto, let's stop here."

Seeing this, Naruto snorted coldly and leaped down from the wooden dummy's head, not worried at all about Jiraiya plotting against him.

Unless you kill him instantly, no amount of sealing or illusion techniques will work on him.

I'm trying to get the Rinne Sharingan for free, and you think you can affect me with just a little chakra?

joke…

Naruto looked at the toad: "How do I break the seal?"

"Forehead…"

The toad, who was suddenly summoned, looked bewildered. He glanced at Jiraiya, then at Naruto, sensing that the atmosphere was a bit strange.

Realizing the complexity of the situation, Hama-in wisely remained silent.

It was responsible for guarding the Nine-Tails' sealing key, and since Jiraiya had agreed, it naturally had no reason to object.

With a whoosh, he flung open the scroll on his stomach, crossed his arms, and said, "Record your chakra on this, then open your mouth wide and let me into your stomach."

Naruto channeled his chakra to his fingertips and left his chakra on the scroll.

Then he gave Toad In a disdainful look: "Do you know transformation magic?"

"Okay, you don't actually have that big a mouth..."

Gamabunta made a hand seal, turned into a tiny creature, and darted into Naruto's mouth.

Naruto's face twitched. He felt nauseous when he remembered that Jiraiya had just spat this thing out.

But... thankfully, I got the key!

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