Naruto

The next day, Konohamaru and the other two arrived at the 16th training ground early in the morning, waiting for Naruto's arrival.

"How difficult will this survival exercise be? I heard from my classmates that the more powerful a ninja is, the stricter the assessment standards are." Udon arranged the ninja tools in his backpack and said worriedly,

"With Brother Naruto's strength, we..."

"Don't worry blindly. The more you think about this kind of thing, the more scared you will be." Konohamaru jumped down from the branch and said firmly, "No matter how big the obstacles are in front of us, we will definitely be able to overcome them.

!”

"Haha, you are so ambitious, I like it!" The blond new jounin appeared silently behind the three quasi-genin, grinning, and scared them half to death.

"Whew, brother, please stop eavesdropping on us all the time! You don't respect our privacy at all!" Konohamaru protested loudly after calming his violently beating heart.

"Your enemies don't care so much about your privacy." Naruto took out a bell, shook it slightly, and made a crisp sound, "This is the content of your test."

"Wha...what test?"

Naruto hung the bell around his waist with a thin rope, and said with a faint smile: "As long as any one of the three of you grabs this bell from me, all of you will be considered qualified!"

"This... with our strength alone, we can't even do it even if we work together..." Udon said dejectedly.

"No one can stop us from becoming ninjas, not even Naruto-nii!" Konohamaru waved his right fist, his face flushed with excitement.

"Besides, it's impossible for Brother Naruto to set a test that we can't pass at all." Menghuang analyzed calmly, "Previous survival exercises are not just a test of actual combat ability. If we don't dare to fight with brother just because of our own fear, then

It proves that we don’t have the basic qualities to become a ninja at all.”

"Have you discussed it yet? I'm going to start explaining the details. This test will last for a maximum of three hours. Every fifteen minutes, I will remind you how much time is left. There is no limit on means or tools. Are there any questions?

?" Naruto paused for a while, and seeing that none of the three people answered, he raised his right hand high and counted down three times, "Three! Two! One! Start!"

The moment he lowered his arm, the three of them immediately launched an attack in tacit understanding. Konohamaru summoned a shadow clone and attacked Naruto with chakra blades from the front, left and right; while Moehuang and Udon

In unison, they threw shurikens from two directions, pointing directly at his undefended back.

Naruto touched his ninja tool bag with his right hand and threw a few Senbon behind him without looking back, just in time to intercept all the incoming hidden weapons. At the same time, his body turned slightly in the direction of the right hand's release, and raised his left foot.

Then, a flying kick exploded the Konoha shadow clone and hit Konohamaru's chest in the chest, causing the latter to fly several meters away. His kick was very light and did not hurt Konohamaru's sternum at all.

"With this kind of performance, even if I give you all the water in the Endless Sea, I still can't let you pass." Naruto put his hands in his trouser pockets.

, leaning forward slightly, avoiding the Senbon thrown by Menghuang, and deliberately said in a helpless tone, "I say, you should behave a little more politely, otherwise I will not be able to explain to Granny Tsunade."

"Damn it! Brother, you actually look down on us!" The three Xiaoqiang were suddenly angered by the young jounin's verbal provocation. They all clenched their fists and launched a new round of attacks on Naruto.

"Menghuang, Udon, the fifth tactic!"

"clear!"

"Fire release? Ash accumulation!" Konohamaru completed the seal in three seconds and spit out a large cloud of hot smoke from his mouth, covering Naruto's whole body. Udon took out three binding weapons from his ninja bag.

The kunai holding the detonating talisman fell into the smoke. Moehuang and Konohamaru completed the seal simultaneously, and countless tree roots emerged from the ground and twined towards the soles of Naruto's feet.

"My ninjutsu failed!" Menghuang quickly warned his two companions.

"Of course it will fail! With this kind of speed in casting spells, you still dare to call names in such a arrogant manner. Are you too kind-hearted, are you afraid that I will get hurt?" The three of them followed the sound and saw Naruto standing on a branch, looking down from above.

Looking at them, a teasing smile appeared on his face, "Don't worry, with your three-legged cat skills, you can't hurt me!"

"Brother is deliberately irritating us! We can't fall into his trap and waste our chakra in vain!" Udon said loudly to his companions.

"I understand, Udon." Konohamaru turned the kunai in his hand and held the handle tightly wrapped in white cloth, "Huh, it's still early, Naruto-nii, we will definitely pass this drill.

.”

"Then I'll wait and see." Naruto jumped down from the branch and replied with his head tilted.

While Naruto's true body was training Konohamaru and the other three, one of his clones came to the residence of the third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and had tea and chat with the retired Hokage.

With his heavy burden lifted off, Sarutobi Hiruzen no longer had the abyss-like temperament he once had. He looked like an ordinary old man next door. Every wrinkle on his face was filled with tranquility and peace: "Thank you for your satisfaction."

You have fulfilled the wish of an old man who is about to die, Naruto."

"Grandpa, there is no need to say that. Konohamaru has been like my biological brother since he was a child. It is my duty to guide him to grow into an excellent ninja." Naruto picked up the teapot and poured a cup for Hiruzen.

The villagers picked the new tea themselves and presented it to the previous Hokage, "Besides, Konohamaru and the others also have such potential, otherwise I would not agree to it regardless of the personal relationship."

Hiruzen held the elegant white porcelain teacup in his hand, and listened to Naruto's words, a kind smile appeared on his face: "I heard about your 'Suhui' from Minato and Kakashi.

"

"Is that so..." Naruto lowered his head and remained silent.

"You don't need to feel guilty about this matter, Naruto." Hiruzen patted the young man's shoulder and whispered, "I believe he doesn't want to see you carrying the burden of your thoughts because of him. He will definitely

I hope you travel lightly and live happily every day."

"Thank you,

Grandpa." Hearing Hiruzen's gentle words of comfort, a heartfelt smile appeared on Naruto's face.

At the same time, on the other side of the 16th training ground, Naruto's body was standing on the grass that had been devastated by various ninjutsu and ninja tools, holding his trouser pockets, calmly watching the man who fell to his knees due to loss of strength.

Three people on the ground.

"It seems that you are still not good at it. You will still have to endure school for another year."

"Huh...huh...this...this is nothing." Konohamaru was the first to support his body with trembling arms, and stood up slowly, his bloodshot eyes staring at the clothes without any trace of them.

The tainted young Jonin said, "No... ahem... no one can stop me from becoming a ninja!"

"I...I don't want...to be beaten back in a place like this." Menghuang stood up unsteadily, and a large area of ​​skin was rubbed off on his knees by the gravel on the ground because he did not wear suitable protective clothing.

"No...we can't waste another...year." Udon grabbed the weapon in his hand and stood up as the last one. There was a bright red shoe mark on his right cheek, and his nose and tears were flowing all over it.

The whole face.

"Then come here." Naruto waved to the three of them.

"Fire Escape?..."

"Wood escape?..."

"Water escape?……"

The three of them squeezed out the last bit of chakra they could muster, forced their arms that were so numb that they had no feeling, and began to form seals.

"...The art of dragon fire!"

"...Bound to a tree for eternal burial!"

"...Shui Yi Na Yuan!"

Just when they were about to complete the seal, they suddenly felt their bodies being hugged tightly by a pair of warm arms, and heard a word in their ears.

"Everyone is qualified."

The three of them had no reaction at first. It was not until the meaning of the word flashed through their minds that their bodies relaxed completely. There was no surprise, no laughter, only tears of relief flowed from their eyes, making them wet.

Human chest.

"I'm proud of you." He lowered his head and whispered in the ears of the three people who were half asleep.

Fifteen minutes later, the three sweaty genin sat on the bare tree trunks next to the training ground, took the water bag from Naruto's hand, and drank it "gu dong gu dong".

"Oh, I didn't expect that we didn't even get a hit in the end. We are really too weak." Konohamaru threw the empty water bag aside and looked at the ants crawling around on the ground depressedly.

"Haha, no one would expect a group of fledgling genin to really grab something from a jounin. Your performance is already quite outstanding." Naruto bent down and picked up Konohamaru's water bag. After wiping it dry,

Put it into his backpack, "The Konohamaru I know is not a guy who always feels sorry for himself."

"Of course not! Brother Naruto, just wait and see! I, Sarutobi Konohamaru, will definitely become a ninja that everyone in Konoha Village admires!" There was a stubbornness on the young man's face that refused to admit defeat.

"I'm looking forward to this day coming." Naruto replied with a smile.