Chapter 37: Game over for Mizuki

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At midnight, Naruto sneaked into the Hokage Residence.

After failing the exam, Mizuki had found the dejected Naruto and told him about the existence of the Forbidden Scroll.

Naruto was very excited - as long as he could learn a powerful jutsu from the scroll, then Iruka-sensei would definitely recognize his skills and allow him to graduate.

"Naruto!"

Colt appeared silently at the door of the Hokage Residence, and Naruto almost cried out in fright.

"Colt, why are you here?"

Colt shrugged, "I originally wanted to go to your place to cheer you up tonight, but I found you sneaking around, so I followed you."

"I see." Naruto breathed a sigh of relief, naively believing in Colt's excuse...

Two hours earlier, Colt had been taken to the Third Hokage's office by an Anbu, while dazed.

Seeing the two come in, the Third quickly put away the crystal ball he was using.

Catching Colt's contemptuous gaze, he coughed awkwardly and waved the Anbu away.

"This afternoon, Mizuki tricked Naruto into stealing the Forbidden Scroll later on. I hope you can cooperate with Naruto to prevent any incidents."

"Any good reason?" Colt asked with a small smile.

The Third Hokage laughed. "Cheeky brat."

"You can learn the Shadow Clone Jutsu along with Naruto, which is perfect for big chakra powerhouses like you."

The Third also had a considering look, excluding the Nine-Tails factor, Colt's chakra reserves were several times larger than Naruto's.

It was too exaggerated.

At this point, he was already extremely convinced that Colt had deeply awakened the Senju body's powers.

'Hmm. Maybe he could even learn the Wood Style in the future.'

"Not enough," Colt shook his head in rejection, "The Shadow Clones don't suit my fighting style."

"Then what do you want? The Jutsus in the Forbidden Scroll are under illusion seals. I can help you access what you wish to learn."

When dealing with Colt, the Third was surprisingly accommodating.

"No need, I'll take a look when the time comes, and pick out what I want myself."

He wanted to learn too much, and the Third would definitely not hand everything over at once, so he might as well take it himself.

Hearing this, the Third thought Colt would simply take one later, and immediately agreed.

"Okay, then do as you say."

...

Back to the present.

After meeting Colt, Naruto was even more excited.

In his opinion, with Colt's help, tonight's plan would surely succeed.

So, without hesitation, he spilled everything.

Colt also agreed with Naruto to steal the Forbidden Scroll together.

Inside the Hokage Residence, they got past all the Anbu and guards unimpeded.

Then...after half an hour of searching, Naruto finally found the Forbidden Scroll on a desk.

This made the corners of the Third's mouth twitch in his shadowed hiding spot.

Colt, the little brat, not only lacked teamwork, but was just stringing him along with this show.

Didn't he know his old self was tired from hiding for half an hour?

Finally, it was showtime.

"Naruto, Colt, what are you two doing?!"

The Third Hokage appeared before Naruto elusively, a gloomy expression on his face.

"Ah, Grampa Third!"

Naruto was a little scared by his sudden appearance, then used the Sexy Jutsu.

Looking at the Third's massive nosebleed, it would likely keep him down for a few days.

Colt held his forehead, the Sexy Jutsu really was an OP ninjutsu.

You could take down the Hokage himself or possibly even the Six Paths with that technique.

Countless powerful ninjas had suffered greatly from it.

If it didn't clash with his own fighting style, Colt would also want to learn it.

...

The Third collapsed, and Naruto and Colt slipped away.

The two ran towards the forest with the Forbidden Scroll.

"Naruto, this is far enough, let's learn here."

"Eh? Okay."

Landing in a clearing, Colt took the scroll from Naruto.

As soon as the Forbidden Scroll was opened, Naruto peered over.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu, I just need to learn this!"

When Naruto saw the name, he felt it was destiny.

Colt took a look and memorized it, then continued unrolling the scroll. The Jutsus behind were blurred, apparently under illusion seals.

But this didn't bother him.

"Release!"

The three-tomoe Sharingan appeared quietly, and the misty illusions were cracked instantly.

He knew the Third was peeking, but so what?

Now that the Uchiha were gone, what kind of storm could a lone Sharingan user cause? There was absolutely no need to be so cautious.

The Forbidden Techniques sought after by countless ninjas appeared before Colt's eyes.

"Not bad, let's learn this."

"Flying Thunder God, too long, memorize it first."

"The Reaper Death Seal? Too bad, don't learn it."

"Reanimation Jutsu also needs dealing with the dead, don't learn it."

While browsing, he muttered repeatedly, unaware that Hiruzen who was peeking had his jaw-dropping in the office.

What the hell!

Colt actually had the Sharingan?

'Did Colt belong to the Uchiha clan?'

No, he hadn't heard Jiraiya mention Colt was an Uchiha descendant.

'Could it be...'

The old man instantly thought of countless plots and wanted to find Colt's biological father.

It's a pity he couldn't fathom the existence of the [Healer's Benevolence System] no matter what he thought of.

Colt browsed for a long time, finally choosing a few Jutsus:

Dark Style, Flying Thunder God, Tandem Explosive Attack, and Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu.

As for the basic Shadow Clones, he had already learned that after a quick read.

On Naruto's side, Colt pondered for a while, but did not dispel the illusion seals for him.

The Third was right, at this stage, the 'Shadow Clones Jutsu' was most suitable for Naruto, but the rest of the Jutsus were still too advanced.

It didn't take long for Mizuki and Iruka to catch up.

Colt didn't intend to take action, and in a state of extreme anger, Naruto instantly created over 2,000 Shadow Clones.

With a single punch, the chuunin Mizuki was given a brutal K.O.

Eventually, Iruka did recognize Naruto as a new graduate student and didn't hold anything against him anymore.

Colt had memorized many powerful new Jutsus.

It could be said everyone was happy.

Only Mizuki got beaten which was also a goal achieved.