32 32 Stunned Murakami

Konoha.

Tieing the forehead protector Naoki pushed open the entrance door and immediately strode towards the reception desk near the entrance.

The lady at the reception desk seeing the forehead protector didn't take Naoki as just an ordinary child, respectfully handing him a piece of paper along with a pen.

Naoki quickly filled the book submission application handed to him by the receptionist, writing his name, address and other necessary information about the book.

"The review might take a few days, whether your story will be accepted for publishing or not, the answer will be mailed to your address!"

Said the receptionist politely while putting the first volume handed for review in the designated submission box.

"No problem, thanks for your hardwork!"

Said Naoki politely, next moment walking out of the building as his business here was finished.

"It's time for some training now!"

Thought Naoki, he hadn't trained for more than a week due to drawing, but now that he was done, it was time to get back to grind.

Though Naoki didn't immediately go to the training ground, going back home and changing into a whole black training gear, also picking a scroll.

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Third Training Ground.

On the grassy ground sat Naoki with a focused look, his eyes on the contents of the scroll in his hands.

*Shadow Clone Jutsu*

*Lightning Style! Lightning Dash!*

*Fire Release! Flame Shurikens*

"Shadow Clone and simple clone jutsu isn't much different at the root, it won't take much time to learn it"

"The other two need effort and time!"

Thought Naoki looking at the jutsu recorded on the scroll.

The day after he returned from his mission, Danzo sent the scroll recording these three ninjutsu, playing his part as the guiding jonin.

With shadow clone his first goal, Naoki started his ninjutsu training, practicing five or six times everyday to the point of chakra exhaustion.

It was on the third day of his training that he finally managed to succeed.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Poof!!

Naoki quickly made hand signs, as with the last seal the chakra in his body halved immediately, smoke bursting next to him.

"Just one, well not that it's out of expectations!"

Seeing just one clone, Naoki wasn't much disappointed as due to his pitiful chakra amount, he had expected this.

"Now on to the next!"

The first Ninjutsu done, Naoki immediately shifted his focus on the second ninjutsu, expecting to learn it in the remaining 15 days of his free month.

While Naoki was busy training, at the fire publishers branch in konoha, the editor in his office seemed a lot stressed.

In the office with lots of papers scattered around, on the chair sat a person with black hair and black eyes, currently holding his head in worry.

"The identity of First Hokage has been milked enough to gain profit, we need something different now, something unique, or the whole company will go downhill!"

Said Murakami, the chief editor of fire publishers konoha branch, the revenue generated by the new story based on the life of first hokage not even enough to cover up quarter of the cost in publishing all over land of fire.

Everyone is more or less aware about Senju Hashirama ending the warring states era with his strength, there decision to publish a story based on him turning out to be a disaster.

"Sigh... I hope there is something good in the current batch!"

But sighing Murakami continued his job, hoping for a change that will turn the tides completely.

One by one Murakami picked and read through the stacked bundle next to him, the disappointment on his face getting more and more over time.

"Hmm...A drawn story...rare!"

Murakami who picked another bundle, turned to the first page, surprise in his eyes seeing the drawn story, not many do that, they mostly publish novels.

"ONE PIECE? Quite a unique name!"

Thought Murakami, but nonetheless he finally started reading the volume titled Romance Dawn in his hands.

"Flip!!"

There was silence in the room suddenly, only the sound of one page being flipped after another, it remaining like this for nearly an hour.

"Thup!!"

The bundle in the hands of Murakami slipped and fell on the table, though he didn't care and leaned back on the chair, covering his face with his hands.

"This...this can't be a work of human... it's the work of a god!"

Glin!

Said Murakami, his voice a bit shaky, tears running down his cheeks dripping onto the chair.

He has read thousands of stories over the years, but not even one came slightly close to this.

A vast world of sea, devil fruits, pirates, marines, sea kings, just what kind of imagination is required to come up with this, to him no human could do this, only a god could achieve this.

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