Naruto: Naruto Hosted by the System

Naruto blinked as he watched Jiraiya talking to the two toads.

"Naruto, come here quickly! These two are Fukasaku and Shima, the sages of Mount Myōboku. You're really something, kid. You managed to summon two sages on your first visit." Jiraiya called Naruto over.

He then introduced the two immortals, saying, "This is Naruto Uzumaki, Minato's son. I just had him sign a contract. In fact, he summoned you here when he first tried to summon you."

"Greetings, two sages." Naruto did not look down on them because of their size. Just now, with the system's reminder, he activated his senses and discovered that the chakra of these two sages was indeed extraordinary, fundamentally different from everyone he had ever met before.

Is this what makes immortals so special?

[Jiraiya calls himself a sage, so perhaps he can do the same thing. Considering his previous conversation with the Third Hokage, perhaps this is something he can learn.]

"Oh? Jiraiya, this child wouldn't be..." The green-skinned Fukasaku Sage sensed the unusually large amount of chakra within Naruto and, upon hearing that he was Minato's son, couldn't help but show surprise.

"Well, actually, I only met him for the first time today." Jiraiya scratched the back of his head sheepishly, his eyes filled with apology as he looked at Naruto.

"Honey, enough of this small talk, let's get down to business." The purple-skinned Shima patted Fukasaku.

"Yes, yes, Jiraiya, we'll release the summoning here first, and then summon you to Mount Myōboku."

"Don't forget to bring Karin along too," Naruto said, pointing at Karin.

"Although people can't just come into the Holy Land, let's make an exception for Jiraiya's sake."

The two immortals waved goodbye and then dispelled the spiritual connection.

Noticing Karin's unease, Naruto stepped forward and took her hand.

"Don't worry, now that I've rescued you from that hell, I'll definitely take full responsibility."

Feeling the warmth from Naruto's palm, Karin felt a little relieved and nodded.

Before long, Naruto felt a call that seemed to come from another dimension. He did not resist it, but instead accepted it and secretly had the system record the relevant data.

In the blink of an eye, the scene they were in had undergone earth-shattering changes.

Naruto first confirmed that he was still holding Karin's hand and that she was still safely beside him before he began to look around at the scenery.

"Is this... the holy land?"

Being here feels like being shrunk down, because the plants here are incredibly tall.

"Now that we're here, let's not rush into cultivation. Let's go see the master; it's rare for him to be lucid for a while." The immortal, Fukasaku, beckoned everyone to go inside.

Upon entering, the first thing that catches the eye is a huge, extremely old-looking toad that is dozing off.

I really don't know how long he has lived. Compared to him, the two great immortals are probably just children.

"Master! Master! Wake up! Didn't you say you were going to find Jiraiya and that there was a new prophecy?!" Fukasaku jumped forward and shouted loudly.

"What? Oh, it's little Jiraiya." The Great Toad Sage replied.

Just when Naruto thought he had woken up and was about to get down to business... he heard snoring again.

"Really."

The immortal was quite helpless; it seemed that this kind of thing happened often.

He called out several more times before the Great Toad Immortal finally woke up.

“I saw this child in the prophecy, but… I couldn’t see him clearly, I really couldn’t see him clearly, it was all blurry, I could only see a little bit clearly.”

"Furthermore, I also foresee many wars in the future, the largest of which will involve the entire ninja world."

"However, in the more distant future, I see many children, even adult ninjas, going to school."

"In a time far beyond the distant past, when perhaps even I had died and Konoha no longer existed, peace descended..."

After saying this, the Great Toad Sage fell into a deep sleep again, unresponsive to Fukasaku Sage's calls, only emitting continuous snoring.

"That old fool, always so unreliable," Shima-sensei muttered in dissatisfaction.

"Honey, you can't say that," said the hermit, trying to smooth things over.

"Alright, I'm going to cook." Shima-sensei left in a hurry.

Fukasaku looked at Naruto and his group with a hint of apology: "You may not understand what the master is saying now, but you will gradually understand it in the future."

"By the way, you're here to train at Mount Myōboku, right? Jiraiya, are you really going to let such a young child learn Sage Mode? What if there's any danger..."

"Let him give it a try." Jiraiya put his hand on Naruto's shoulder, looking confident.

The group arrived at a small waterfall. The waterfall looked a bit strange because the water inside was yellow and looked more like oil than water.

"Karin, you should first learn some knowledge about sealing techniques from Jiraiya-sensei."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Naruto walked up to Fukasaku and asked curiously, "What is this?"

"This is toad oil, which can help you sense natural energy."

"You should know that chakra is a mixture of physical energy and spiritual energy. Adding natural energy to this creates the even more powerful Sage Chakra."

Fukasaku the hermit jumped to a large rock and said, "Let me demonstrate for you."

Then Fukasaku stood still. Naruto couldn't see anything different, but he could guess that he was absorbing natural energy.

After a while, Fukasaku seemed to have finished absorbing the energy. He took a deep breath and then lifted up a boulder that was at least fifty times larger than himself.

"How...how?" The hermit put down the stone and took a breath.

"If necessary, I can even lift Bunta."

Naruto scratched his cheek, looking somewhat puzzled.

"But I can do this without relying on natural energy."

"Uh..." Fukasaku choked a little.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly, adding, "Then if you add natural energy, wouldn't you be even more powerful?"

"That makes sense." Naruto agreed, after all, who would complain about being too strong?

The hermit then jumped to the side of the waterfall.

“Here, I’ll put a tiny bit of toad oil on you. This way, your body will absorb natural energy on its own. If you don’t control it properly during this process, you’ll turn into a toad, but I’ll be watching.” With that, Fukasaku applied a fingernail-sized amount of toad oil to Naruto’s hand.

Naruto immediately sensed something was different; it seemed as if something was entering his body, and his body began to show characteristics of a toad.

But he wasn't worried at all, because his friend had absolute control over his body!

[Foreign substance detected, analysis in progress...]

[Analysis complete. The foreign substance has been confirmed as natural energy. Attempting to convert it into Sage Chakra...]

[Conversion successful.]

When Fukasaku saw the toad-like features on Naruto, he couldn't help but think that he shouldn't have let such a young child learn about natural energy.

Thinking this, he picked up a stick and tried to wake Naruto up.

But the next moment, his movements stopped, because—

"What do you mean you've activated Sage Mode???"

Chapter 33 More Possibilities for the Rasengan

Fukasaku stared at Naruto in disbelief.

In the past, most people who tried to train in Sage Mode turned to stone because they couldn't control the natural energy. Over the years, only Jiraiya of Mount Myōboku learned Sage Mode, but it was an imperfect version, and he still had many toad-like features on his body.

In contrast, Naruto only had a little reddish-brown eyeshadow at the corner of his eyes, and his pupils looked a bit like a toad's.

No, that's not right. Naruto seems to be still not very proficient in Sage Mode because he has just mastered it. Now even those features have become very subtle. If you don't look closely, you can't tell the difference from usual at all!

This side of Naruto reminded Fukasaku of someone—

"Hashirama Senju?!"

Fukasaku rubbed his eyes hard, confirming that he had only seen a double image.

"Naruto, your Sage Mode is just as perfect as the First Hokage's."

"What?! Naruto, you've already mastered Sage Mode, and you don't even need two Sages to help you???"

Jiraiya interrupted his teaching and rushed over, his face full of shock and resentment.

"Heh, little Jiraiya, you must have put in a lot of effort when you were learning this." Fukasaku had recovered from his shock and was proud of himself for teaching such a genius.

What? You're saying you only taught for less than half a day?

That's still teaching!

"That's amazing." Karin applauded Naruto.

Karin doesn't understand what Sage Mode is, but she has a strong talent for perception and can sense that Naruto has undergone a complete transformation.

I can't fall too far behind.

"Teacher, let's continue." Karin pulled Jiraiya to the side.

After spending half a day together, she had come to realize that although Jiraiya was a womanizer, he wasn't a bad person.

And Naruto is right there.

Jiraiya was on the verge of tears, because he discovered that Karin's talent was also extremely terrifying.

He has a talent for healing ninjutsu, sealing techniques, and sensory abilities, as well as the Uzumaki clan's vast chakra reserves. He is so versatile that he doesn't even know what to teach first.

"These kids these days... are really terrifying."

On the other side, Naruto felt the changes in his body and found them quite novel.

“Master Fukasaku, I’d like to familiarize myself with Sage Mode first,” he suggested.

“Yes, it’s time to get familiar with it.” Fukasaku the Immortal had no objection, and he also planned to get something to eat.

The first thing I noticed was the change in physical strength that Fukasaku had just demonstrated.

Might Guy once offered to teach Naruto the Eight Gates, but Naruto, unlike Rock Lee, didn't specialize in taijutsu and didn't practice it much.

However, now that Sage Mode has been activated, the increase in physical fitness is absolutely no less than that of the first few gates of the Eight Gates.

Then there's chakra. Sage chakra and ordinary chakra are fundamentally different in composition. Naruto could sense the enormous energy contained within Sage chakra.

"But can ninjutsu still be performed using Sage Chakra?"