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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
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Chapter 81: The Results
Three weeks later.
Naruto heard the crunching sound of dry leaves being stepped on and knew that soone was approaching.
He opened his eyes and saw a middle-aged man staring at him with an amused expression on his face.
"Did you have a good nap, Naruto?" the man asked.
"Do we know each other?" He was sure he had never seen this man before.
He would rember eting soone with such a peculiar appearance. The man had a massive head of pure white hair and wore an old-style kimono in dark green with a red sleeveless jacket on top.
"You really don't know who I am? Do they not teach history anymore at the academy?" he grumbled.
"I don't recall much of my academy days," Naruto told the man. "Perhaps you can tell your na. That would help."
"Right…Sensei did ntion your amnesia… Very well, I will tell you my glorious na!" He struck a dramatic pose.
"What is this?" Naruto wondered if soone had sent a buffoon to bother him during his training. But…sothing told him that this man was more than he seed.
"I am the Legendary Jiraiya of the Sannin!" he proclaid loudly.
Naruto stood up imdiately, his deanor changing to full alert.
"Sannin?...."
Jiraiya noticed this and made a calming gesture with his hands.
"Whoa, calm down. I didn't co here to fight you. I was sent by the Hokage."
"And I'm supposed to trust you just because you ntioned the Hokage? If he really sent you to , then you must know that I had a recent encounter with one of your friends…and it was not a pleasant one."
Jiraiya's eyes narrowed, and his attitude suddenly changed.
"I can overlook a lot of things, but don't ever call 'that man' my friend again. Orochimaru is nothing more than a stain in Konoha's history… and one day, I will succeed in hunting him down."
"Oh?..." Naruto could not sense any deceit in his words.
"Fine, I can believe you are not allied with that other Sannin…but that doesn't an I trust you."
"You are a very cautious boy… What the hell happened to you? Last ti I saw you…nevermind." Jiraiya decided not to get into that. After all, he had seen Naruto a few tis in the past when he had visited Konoha, but he never appeared in front of the boy…he didn't want to get too close.
"You still haven't told why you are here…I'm sure the Hokage would not have sent a Sannin just to check on ," Naruto said.
"Of course not," Jiraiya replied. The truth was that he had been keeping an eye on Naruto for over a week.
He was truly startled when he didn't see him move from his sitting position for an entire day. But his vitals always seed to be okay, so he didn't interrupt his ditation.
"But first, I would like to ask you sothing…what have you been doing for the past three weeks?" the Sannin asked.
"Training," Naruto simply told him.
"That was a very peculiar way of training…" Jiraiya pointed out.
"Everyone has their ways," Naruto answered.
"Tsk…what an annoying brat…" He was getting frustrated by the lack of proper answers, but it was obvious that the boy didn't trust him at all, so he wasn't going to get much from him.
"Fine…I'll tell you why I ca to see you. I don't know how much you have been told, but…after your stunt in the Forest of Death, the Hokage sent an urgent call. He wanted to check the state of your seal."
"Kakashi did ntion a Fūinjutsu master…is that you?"
"Indeed! Among my many incredible talents, I am a master in the art of seals."
"Mmm…" Naruto didn't seem very impressed. There was sothing about this man that he didn't like but couldn't yet figure out what it was.
"Co on, take off your robes, and let take a look… Why are you looking at like that?" Jiraiya frowned.
"I still don't trust you…"
"Oh, for crying out loud! I already told you I am one of the Sannin! If I wanted to harm you, it would be so easy!" Jiraiya exclaid.
"It wouldn't be that easy…." Naruto muttered.
"But you do have a point…" He opened his robes and took them off, leaving himself in just the shorts he had underneath.
"What the…" Jiraiya stared in disbelief at Naruto's body.
His muscles were all defined to an almost impossible degree.
This was the body of soone who spent most of their waking day doing physical work, not of soone who spent three weeks sitting beneath a tree.
What Jiraiya didn't know was that this was the result of Naruto's major breakthrough.
After completing the Body Forging Stage to perfection, he was left with a body that went beyond what was normally possible to achieve with re martial training.
Every second he spent refining his body with his chakra was the equivalent of spending hours in intense workouts.
But the external appearance was rely a side effect. The real benefits were his imnse improvent in strength and speed, as well as his physical resistance to damage.
His skin was almost as tough as copper and would resist the impact of most normal weapons with no more than so superficial scratches.
His bones were also many tis more resistant than before and would be very difficult to break.
His body was now ready to begin the next stage…the Qi Refining.
"Would you stop staring so much?… I'm not interested in old n, you know?"
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