Konoha: Naruto, trained by Aizen

Watching Kurama's expression fluctuate with the game, Naruto pondered how to initiate a dialogue.

"How's your gaming lately? Want to see a new game?" After a moment's thought, he asked.

Kurama briefly looked away from the computer and glanced at Naruto.

"Tell me, what will you use for the transaction?"

Kurama clearly understood that Naruto was a boy who appeared refined and polite on the surface, but was actually terrifyingly rational and realistic.

He wouldn't comfort himself for no reason unless he possessed something he desired.

"Chatting with you saves me so much time." Sure enough, Naruto smiled.

"I want to learn ninjutsu."

"Ninjutsu? I don't know it." Kurama directly rejected Naruto.

“Don’t rush to refuse. After reviewing historical documents, I discovered that you appeared about forty years ago and were suppressed by the First Hokage. Since then, you have been imprisoned in a cage,” Naruto said slowly and calmly.

When the past was brought up, Kurama's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

Being named the First Hokage was a disgrace to him throughout his life.

Because of the words, "You are too dangerous, so I will seal you away," Kurama began decades of a dark and hopeless prisoner's life.

“Over the past few decades, you must have had several hosts. They, like me, must have learned ninjutsu from scratch. This means you likely remember the hand seals for certain ninjutsu, and I need those. In return, I can download two new games for you.” Naruto held up two fingers, looking confident.

"Hmph, then I've memorized some hand seals for ninjutsu." Kurama sneered, "What ninjutsu do you want to learn?"

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique," Naruto replied without hesitation.

During his conversation with Sasuke, he learned about this forbidden technique.

A physical clone is created using chakra. The clone will have a consciousness independent of the caster's original body and a certain degree of resilience. After the clone is dispelled, the clone's memories and experiences will return to the original body.

This is a ninjutsu tailor-made for training.

"This ninjutsu is no simple technique; it requires at least three variations..."

"make a deal."

"Hiss, I feel like I've been tricked!!! Three kinds seem too few." Nine-Tails realized something was wrong and looked furious.

Chapter Twenty-Five: My Personality Seems a Bit Terrible

The Shadow Clone Technique, a B-rank ninjutsu developed by the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, is widely known in the ninja world.

Once Naruto masters this technique, combined with the Nine-Tails' chakra within him, he can create hundreds or even thousands of shadow clones at will for training.

However, this technique has a significant drawback: the clone's memories will revert to the original body.

This also means that if Naruto summons several clones to train, the pain he experienced during the training, which pushed him beyond his limits, or the feeling of being killed in battle, will be instantly fed back into Naruto's mind after the training ends.

For an ordinary ninja, this would likely cause them to break down.

Therefore, this ninjutsu is not very practical in combat.

Because if the clone is destroyed, the instantaneous pain transmitted to the main body may cause the caster to become momentarily sluggish. Battles are ever-changing, and even a moment's hesitation can lead to death.

Therefore, to use Shadow Clone Jutsu in battle, one must at least train to the point of being able to ignore the pain caused by the clone exploding.

This is all information that Naruto learned from Sasuke.

Although the information is comprehensive, the specific situation still depends on your own experience.

"You brat, you mother..." Nine-Tails realized he had misspoke halfway through his sentence and quickly corrected himself using internet slang he had learned from the game: "You motherfucker about the difficulty and danger of this shadow clone."

"The previous Nine-Tails Jinchuriki went through a lot of effort to successfully master this technique."

"Remember, you must proceed gradually at the beginning. Don't create too many clones at once, or you'll be in excruciating pain." Nine-Tails seemed to have thought of something and revealed a smile.

Back then, the reckless Kushina did something just as foolish, and the pain from the explosion of her hundreds of shadow clones made her cry her heart out.

Sigh, Kushina may be annoying, but she was still a decent Jinchūriki.

Things have changed, and Kushina's son has unexpectedly become her jinchūriki.

If Kushina knew how Naruto was treated in Konoha, given her personality, she would surely have given the Third Hokage a good punch.

Putting away her memories, Kurama smacked her lips and waved her hand dismissively: "With my chakra, creating a hundred, or even several thousand, clones is a piece of cake. You'd better cherish them."

"I'll teach you after I finish this game."

"Okay." Naruto sat down on the spot and stopped bothering Kurama.

.......

In the training ground not long after.

Naruto began forming hand seals.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique".

"Bang bang bang." A series of sounds like firecrackers rang out, and then hundreds of Narutos dressed in white robes and looking refined appeared in the training ground.

As the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, Naruto's chakra is unfathomable, and coupled with his terrifying regenerative abilities, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique can be said to be tailor-made for him.

"Hello everyone," Naruto greeted his shadow clone.

"Hello." Hundreds of shadow clones answered in unison, their voices deafening and their presence imposing.

"Very well, what do you want to do now?" Naruto decided to test whether the shadow clones had independent thoughts.

"train."

"I feel a little sleepy."

"Chatting with three generations of grandfathers."

"Helping the villagers."

The answers from the 'Narutos' varied.

Naruto nodded in satisfaction, looked at one of his shadow clones, and said apologetically, "Sorry, I'm going to beat you up and let you experience the pain."

“Naruto, I think you can choose someone else. I am different from others,” the shadow clone said with a smile.

"I am different too."

“You can never see my magnanimity because we are in different dimensions.”

"Naruto, you won't do it. In my heart, you are gentle and refined. Tell me you won't beat me to a pulp."

"Naruto, I understand that you want to become stronger. In my heart, you have extremely high talent. Before you beat me to a pulp, please give me five last seconds to see this world."

The 'Narutos' started to act cool and sneer to themselves, or they transformed into warm-hearted men.

Naruto, exasperated, blasted a shadow clone to pieces.

The pain was immediately transmitted to him.

He felt a sudden, slight pain in his chest, almost negligible, but it was definitely there.

Such pain is perfectly acceptable, and receiving such pain during combat will not affect the body.

But you should know that if hundreds of shadow clones die at the same time, the accumulated pain will be unbearable.

To be on the safe side, Naruto deactivated most of his shadow clones, leaving only ten.

Standing in the open space, he cleared his throat, his eyes hardening.

"Everyone, I think you all know what our purpose is!"

"Then we'll become stronger. Without effort, talent will only be wasted. To become Hokage, we need power that surpasses everything, so..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a shadow clone.

"This kind of inspirational quote doesn't work on me. My eyes have already seen through the illusion and seen the essence."

Another shadow clone smiled gently and said, "Naruto, you're right. I share your thoughts. Let's work together towards a better tomorrow."

Like Naruto himself, the 'Naruto's' independent thinkers will stick to their own personas, while also possessing inner pride.

This really gave Naruto a headache, so he could only wave his hand to disperse the shadow clones: "You guys arrange your own training, don't be lazy."

As soon as he finished speaking, the shadow clones scattered and disappeared one by one, until soon only Naruto remained.

"It seems my true personality is still quite troublesome," Naruto thought to himself, maintaining his perfect smile.

After stretching his muscles, Naruto picked up Kyoka Suigetsu and began his daily sword-slaying training.

He knew that, given his seemingly gentle but inwardly proud personality, those shadow clones would definitely not slack off.

I, as the original body, must also work hard, lest I be outdone.

.......

"Naruto actually learned the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique?" The Third Hokage, who was usually "gathering material," looked up from the crystal ball, a thoughtful expression on his face.

The Multiple Shadow Clone Technique isn't a high-level ninjutsu, so how did Naruto learn it?

Could it be the Uchiha?

The third generation narrowed his eyes, a fierce glint flashing within them, before concealing his sharpness.

"Impossible. I've been observing for the past few days. Although Sasuke mentioned this ninjutsu, he didn't teach Naruto the hand seals."

"Besides, the Uchiha aren't stupid; they won't interfere with Naruto's training."

"Then it seems to be the Nine-Tails." A look of surprise flashed in the Third Hokage's eyes.

"I never expected that the ferocious Nine-Tails would be willing to teach Naruto ninjutsu, but this will not affect my plan."

"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is very suitable for the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, and Naruto's growth rate will increase even faster."

"However, he needs more bonds, so let him go to... Iruka's class."

"Although Iruka hates Kurama, he is still kind and gentle at heart. He may become another ray of light for Naruto."

Chapter Twenty-Six: First Day at the Ninja Academy

Konoha 54th year.

Ninja Academy enrollment time.