Chapter 56: Setting Sail! Oh no, on land, it should be... Charge! 

"Pervy Sage, can you teach me some Ninjutsu?" Outside Konohagakure, Naruto followed Jiraiya with his hands behind his head.

"Haven't you already learned the Summoning Jutsu?" Jiraiya, carrying his backpack, didn't look back. "Don't aim too high. When you can use the Summoning Jutsu properly, I'll teach you new Ninjutsu."

Naruto sighed: "But I have so few attack methods. When I fought Gaara before, if I had some attack Ninjutsu, I could have beaten him easily."

The Ninjutsu Naruto knew were Shadow Clone Jutsu, Summoning Jutsu, Transformation Jutsu, Sexy Jutsu, and Harem Jutsu. He could barely count these five. He knew the Tailed Beast Bomb, but without Kurama's chakra, he couldn't use it, so it didn't count.

Winning against Gaara with these methods was a miracle. This was all thanks to Kurama.

Jiraiya stroked his chin and thought for a moment, agreeing with Naruto: "But the problem is, even if I teach you Ninjutsu now, you can't learn it."

Naruto couldn't use any chakra at the moment. They had to travel slowly, and he couldn't handle moving through the trees like before.

He was still wrapped in bandages.

"It's okay, I can borrow a little bit of Kurama's chakra. Just a tiny bit won't have any effect." Naruto laughed boldly.

"Really?" Jiraiya looked at Naruto with some doubt.

Kurama's chakra is very corrosive, and Naruto's body is so weak now that even a little bit of tailed beast chakra would cause damage. So this statement is definitely false, and Jiraiya is not stupid.

He turned his head to look forward, with his back to Naruto, and said, "Well, let's wait until Tsunade treats you, then I'll teach you."

Jiraiya was already planning to teach Naruto some attack techniques, including the Rasengan, which was originally Naruto's father's ninjutsu. But now Naruto's condition is too poor.

His goal is to make Naruto stronger, not to burden him.

Naruto lowered his head in frustration. "But how can you be sure Granny Tsunade will treat me?"

Tsunade is definitely not going to treat Naruto in her current state. According to Kurama, Naruto needs to perform well during this time to change Tsunade's stubborn attitude.

Although Naruto doesn't know what Kurama means by "perform well," he knows that Granny Tsunade won't treat him anytime soon. For Naruto, who is eager to become stronger, this is torture.

At this moment, Kurama's voice suddenly came from within. "Naruto, you can start now."

Naruto was stunned and instinctively stopped in his tracks.

Ahead, Jiraiya also stopped and turned around with a puzzled look. "What's going on?"

A joyful smile appeared on Naruto's face. "Pervy Sage, someone wants to see you."

"Hmm?" Jiraiya instinctively expanded his senses. There wasn't even an Anbu around, so who could it be... Suddenly, Jiraiya's eyes widened, and his whole body tensed like a stretched rubber band. He looked at Naruto with a serious expression. "The Nine-Tails... no, Kurama?"

"That's right."

Naruto nodded.

"Why does he want to see me?"

Jiraiya frowned tightly.

"I don't know,"

Naruto shook his head.

"Kurama didn't tell me. He said it's too early for me to know, and I'll find out when the time comes."

What could be so important that even a tailed beast is alarmed? The seriousness on Jiraiya's face deepened. He looked at Naruto and unconsciously lowered his voice.

"How does Kurama want to see me? What do I need to do?"

"Actually, it's nothing much."

Naruto chuckled, formed a hand seal, and borrowed a bit of Kurama's chakra.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

A look of pain appeared on Naruto's face. Even a little bit of Kurama's chakra causes him pain, but it's much better than when he forcibly used Kurama's chakra before.

As the smoke cleared, another Naruto appeared in front of him. The two Narutos looked at each other, and the original Naruto wiped his sweat and smiled.

"I'll leave it to you!"

"Alright!"

The shadow clone Naruto smiled brightly and clasped his hands together, closing his eyes in front of Jiraiya's surprised gaze.

As time passed, Jiraiya's gaze also...

Gradually becoming surprised, about a minute later, a red chakra flowed out from Shadow Clone Naruto, accompanied by Shadow Clone Naruto's increasingly painful expression, the red chakra was absorbed into his body.

Almost at the same time, Shadow Clone Naruto's nails grew, turning into claw-like hands, his canine teeth grew, and the whiskers on his face became thicker. He looked like a beast. The next moment, Shadow Clone Naruto opened his eyes, and his originally blue pupils had turned into Kurama's.

Shadow Clone Naruto released the hand seal, a cold smile appeared on his face, he shook his hand and looked at Jiraiya:

"Yo, Jiraiya, let me think how to say this... Nice to meet you, right?"

Shadow Clone Naruto... no, it should be Kurama, his voice had completely turned into Kurama's, hoarse with a strong sense of oppression.

Stared at by Kurama's invasive eyes, Jiraiya felt a chill down his spine, almost instinctively alert, his whole body tensed, and his right hand couldn't help but reach into the Ninja_Tools bag, ready to kill Kurama in front of him in a second.

But he didn't do that, instead, he took a deep breath, staying alert while looking at Naruto beside him:

"Kakashi told me that your relationship with him is closer than he imagined. Originally, I thought it was just some kind of agreement, but now it seems he was right."

Naruto was willing to let Kurama out, and he didn't seem worried that Kurama would take over his body or kill him. Kurama also retracted his chakra immediately after coming out, not letting the rampant chakra continue to harm Naruto's body.

This kind of subconscious communication, in Jiraiya's eyes, was a sign of two companions who trusted each other and could entrust their backs to each other.

Jiraiya squinted his eyes. Before the Chunin exam, Naruto had never seen the Nine-Tails. At that time, he helped Naruto enter the sealed space to see the Nine-Tails for the first time. It hasn't even been a month, and they already trust each other to this extent.

Jiraiya didn't believe Naruto would lie to him because Naruto was Minato and Kushina's son. So, the problem must be with the Nine-Tails...

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