Chapter – 627 Naruto Challenges Sasuke II

Feeling everyone's attention, especially the attention of all the children in the playground on him, Naruto felt extremely proud, for he, who has always been rejected by most of the village dreams of such moments.

At this time, he pointed at himself and announced loudly, "Listen well, I, Uzumaki Naruto, will become the greatest Hokage of Konoha, believe it!"

As he declared his dream, a solemn silence dawned on the field.

On the platform in the distance, as Naruto declared his dream, the former Hokage shook his head helplessly, this scene reminded him of the day Uzumaki Kushina first introduced herself to her class after transferring to the Ninja Academy of Konoha.

On her first day, she too declared that she wants to become the Hokage, with her verbal tic…

"Naruto really is her son…" mumbled Hiruzen with a sigh.

Jiraiya said to Tsunade, "Unexpectedly, Naruto too, like Minato has the dream of becoming the Hokage…"

Tsunade gave no reply and watched Naruto in silence.

Whether her younger brother Nawaki or her lover Dan, both of them like Naruto had the dream of becoming Konoha's Hokage, however, both of them fell on the battlefield… and that's not all, even both of her grandpas also died as Hokage… so Tsunade has a deep aversion towards the position of Hokage… as such, she had some complicated feelings towards Naruto's dream of becoming the Hokage.

Back on the field.

The solemn silence continued for a while, but then, someone laughed… "Hahaha…"

Nobody knew who started first, but soon enough almost all the children were laughing off their stomachs at Naruto's dream.

There were of course some children who were not laughing and looked at Naruto with serious expressions… but these were a minority.

Although Sasuke didn't laugh at Naruto, he still covered his face in embarrassment, he didn't want to admit that he knew Naruto.

Perhaps Hinata was the only child in the crowd who neither laughed at Naruto nor did she feel embarrassed about his dream… in fact, she was smiling as she looked at Naruto in admiration. Hinata firmly believes that Naruto will definitely become the greatest Hokage.

This is her unconditional belief… she doesn't yet understand what this feeling actually means, but she has it.

Naruto also didn't seem to care about everyone mocking him, he only wanted to prove to everyone with his strength, so he looked at Sasuke with a serious expression and reissued his challenge, "Sasuke, please accept my challenge!"

Sasuke sighed lightly, he then glanced at Naruto and said, "Naruto… although I don't know what this Senjutsu Mode you speak of is, I am confident that whatever it is, it won't help you against me… You won't be able to defeat me… in front of my Sharingan, you have no chance of winning!"

"How would I know if I don't even try!?" said Naruto, and with that, he clasped his hands together, and tried to enter the Senjutsu Mode.

Ichikishima hime had told Naruto that after mastering the Senjutsu Mode he has surpassed all his peers, is now the strongest among them… Naruto firmly believes her, he has an instinctive feeling that she wasn't deceiving or lying to him, therefore, Naruto has confidence that in Senjutsu Mode he really should be able to defeat Sasuke, even if Sasuke has the Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan.

Noticing Naruto's serious expression and form, Sasuke also understood that Naruto wasn't just playing around, he was serious… Understanding this, Sasuke's expression also turned serious and he quickly activated his Sharingan… his eyes turned scarlet red with a black tomoe revolving in each of his eyes as he carefully observed Naruto with them.

As Sasuke seriously responded to Naruto's challenge, the onlookers sensed the solemn atmosphere then, one by one, they stopped laughing and looked at the two trainees expectantly.

From a distance, the Uchiha party including Fugaku, Mikoto, and Itachi were observing everything with different expressions. Itachi was especially curious and looked at Naruto with genuine curiosity, among the many Uchihas, Itachi is one of the few with deep knowledge of Senjutsu. Shisui has given him a lot of explanations about Senjutsu, so he was wondering whether Naruto has really mastered it or not.

As time passed moment by moment, on the high platform, Jiraiya's expression also turned solemn… he wasn't sure whether it was just a coincidence or not, but when he tried to perceive the Nature Energy in the surroundings, he was able to sense a lot of it swirling around Naruto.

And this strange phenomenon raised his doubt, 'Is it just a coincidence or has he really?'

Kuroto also looked at Naruto with an expectant gaze… Among all the people present here, perhaps he is the only one who is perfectly aware of the ins and outs of Naruto's mastery over Senjutsu Mode… Kuroto has always known that Naruto has the qualifications to master the Senjutsu Mode…

Moreover, Ichikishima hime who taught the Senjutsu Mode to Naruto informed Kuroto everything that happened while training Naruto, she also told him that although Naruto was able to learn it when she taught him, however, currently Naruto is not very proficient in it, he would also need additional assistance to absorb Nature Energy…

Now that Naruto has challenged Sasuke, Kuroto wants to observe Naruto…

So, for a moment, the eyes of everyone, including children, parents, and all the high-level officials gathered on Naruto, an eyesore for everyone; who always clamor about becoming the Greatest Hokage!

Time passed second by second and Naruto started to charge himself, as time passed, Naruto also grunted… "ohhhhsshhhhh..."

And then it happened…

Poof…

As Naruto kept charging himself, everyone really thought that Naruto was going to release a Sennin Chakra-infused ninjutsu, but all he released was a smelly fart…, which caused everyone's eyes to twitch in annoyance.

"This? Why didn't it work? I was absorbing Natural Energy the entire night!" Naruto scratched his head in confusion…

In order to fight against Sasuke in the Senjutsu Mode, Naruto went as far as to stay up the entire night and absorbed Natural Energy, although, he missed his nap because of this, however, Naruto was fine with it so long as he could get this opportunity. Naruto thought that this much Natural Energy should be enough for him to activate the Senjutsu Mode, but things didn't go as he planned.

Not only was he not able to enter the Senjutsu Mode, but he also made a fool out of himself in front of everyone…

"This Fool!" Sasuke sighed, then deactivated his Sharingan and without paying any attention to Naruto he turned towards the main building of the campus and walked towards it.

Seeing Sasuke leave, Naruto became a bit nervous…

He finally had the opportunity to challenge Sasuke, Naruto naturally didn't want to waste it, even if he failed to enter the Senjutsu Mode, he wanted to fight against Sasuke, without caring much, he rushed towards Sasuke after issuing a loud warning, "I am not done Sasuke!"

Sasuke gave no reaction to Naruto's warning and continued to walk forward with his hands in his trouser pockets, from his indifferent reaction it seemed as if was completely unaware of Naruto approaching him from behind.

The situation stayed like this until Naruto was just a step behind him…

And then Naruto pounced on him, but just when he did, Sasuke's figure disappeared with a flash, he then silently appeared just a step behind Naruto, kicked him on the shin, and knocked him on the ground, then while completely ignoring the 'Uzumaki Naruto' lying before him, he stepped on Naruto's back and continued to walk forward.

Oh, and just when he was standing on top of Naruto's back, he turned his head, and while looking at all his peers with a chilling expression, he said, "It doesn't matter what sort of Jutsu anyone master, before these eyes, everything is useless… And I am going to use these very eyes to become the greatest Shinobi in the entire world!"

After leaving behind such a declaration, he no longer looked behind and continued to walk forward with his hands still in his pockets… In fact, he really didn't want to look behind because currently, his face was as red as a tomato in embarrassment because of what he just declared… and his only thought at this moment is, 'That was so embarrassing!'

Kiyomi who could see Sasuke's embarrassed face giggled…

As Sasuke walked off his back, Naruto got up from the ground with an unwilling expression… 'How could Sasuke become so strong?'

These doubts were natural as Sasuke's movements just a few moments ago were too fast for Naruto to react…

And this time, no one dared to laugh at Naruto for embarrassing himself in front of everyone, because the same doubt was plaguing their minds as well, the speed of Uchiha Sasuke just was too fast for them to react, and all of them understood it full well that even if they were replaced with Naruto, the ending wouldn't be any different… well most of them thought as such, not all…

There were a few exceptions, one of them was Neji, who had enough confidence… although he was indeed impressed and said to himself, "He really can't be underestimated, and I really can't slack even a single day in my training, else I will be overtaken by Sasuke…"

Shion, who has always been treated as a hime wasn't impressed, and just shook her head, "Humph, such a show-off!"

Hinata worriedly looked at Naruto and wanted to help him.

Nara Shikamaru, who would have preferred to watch clouds than be here sighed, "Sigh, so many annoying guys in one place… next few years are going to be so troublesome…"

Akimichi Choji kept munching on his favorite potato chips while listening to Shikamaru's words.

Yamanaka Ino looked at Sasuke with a blush…

Sai put his paintbrush back in his pocket and looked at his drawing book.

His brother Shin coughed lightly and also looked at Sai's painting…

Kurama Yakumo also approached Sai and curiously looked at his painting, it was the painting of Sasuke knocking down Naruto that Sai had just drawn.

Rock Lee clenched his fist as he looked at Sasuke's back in admiration, and inwardly declared to himself, 'He is my rival!'

Sakura, who was a bit timid at this time also looked at Sasuke's back in admiration… it's just that her admiration was different from Rock Lee's.

Tenten was being... Tenten, I guess?

Noticing that everyone's attention was focused on Sasuke, Naruto became a bit anxious and annoyed, he tried to think of other ways he can use to defeat Sasuke…

And suddenly he remembered it, 'Huh, how could I have forgotten? I can also use that…!'

Having found a way to defeat Sasuke, Naruto bit his index finger and hurriedly tried to weave the appropriate hand signs that he learned, but before he could complete, a hand was placed on his shoulder and a familiar voice reached his ear, "Naruto-kun, this is academy… you can't use that Jutsu here."

Naruto was taken aback, he turned around and noticed that the familiar voice belonged to Kabuto, and he couldn't help but ask, "Kabuto-nii-chan… what are you doing here?"

Kabuto pointed at his uniform and said with a smile, "I will be teaching at the academy… also, make sure to call me Kabuto-sensei…"

Naruto became happier, "That's great Kabuto-nii-chan… err… Kabuto-sensei!"

Kabuto nodded, then he *Coughed* and whispered lightly, "Naruto-kun, you can't use that Jutsu here… it will hurt other trainees."

When reminded by Kabuto, only then did Naruto remember it and say with an embarrassed expression, "Oh, right… I forgot!"

Looking at Naruto who still wasn't all that nervous Kabuto became speechless.

Before sending him back to Konoha, Kabuto warned him to not use or disclose anything about Senjutsu to anyone in Konoha, but Naruto didn't even wait 1 whole week and declared to everyone that he has mastered Senjutsu on the first day of school.

Even Kabuto was speechless and not sure how to deal with such a kid.

While Kabuto was sighing at his bad luck, in the distance, Kuroto looked at the interaction of Naruto and Kabuto with a contemplative gaze, 'Just now, Naruto bit his finger and tried to weave hand signs… which means he was trying to summon one of the snakes of the Ryuchi cave… So, why did Kabuto stop him? Is it possible that the reason why he became a teacher at the academy is Naruto? Does that mean Kabuto is not here to observe Uchiha Sasuke but to observe Uzumaki Naruto?'

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