Naruto: Minato Namikaze, born evil

Chapter 24 Dogeza

After Nawaki got home from school, Minato started grilling skewers.

The two siblings, Tsunade and her brother, had a barbecue that left them with greasy mouths.

Watching the two wolf down their food, Minato suspected that if they were using iron skewers instead, they might even be able to poke sparks out of them.

Eating skewers really does make people happy!

Seeing that both of their burps smelled like lamb skewers, Minato gently clasped his hands together, and suddenly a round, large watermelon grew out of the ground in front of him!

"Let's have some watermelon to cleanse our palates."

"Wow—! Minato, you're amazing!"

Upon seeing this, Rope Tree immediately shouted excitedly.

Watermelons are very expensive in the ninja world, and he understood all too well the value of Minato's move!

A few minutes later, the three of them sat side by side on the edge of the wall, eating watermelon, the afterglow of the setting sun casting a warm golden glow on them.

For a period of time afterward, Minato's life fell into complete tranquility.

I get up early every morning to cook, eat, and then go to school.

After school, I would go home to cook, and after eating, I would practice meditation in the courtyard.

After finishing my practice, I took a shower and went to bed.

In the blink of an eye, two months have passed quietly.

The daily routine did not make Minato feel bored.

On the contrary, he really enjoyed those days.

A Buddhist-like lifestyle can calm one's mind and make one's thinking clearer, which also allowed Minato to progress rapidly in his training of chakra nature transformation.

In the original work, Naruto used the ability of Shadow Clones to accumulate experience, creating thousands of Shadow Clones and mastering the Wind Attribute Nature Transformation in just a few days.

Minato didn't use multiple shadow clones, nor did he intend to fight as hard as Naruto, since the fatigue from shadow clones can accumulate.

With the Nine-Tails' chakra protecting him, Naruto would at most just exhaust himself to the point of fainting.

If Minato dares to do that, even the power of all things in the universe won't save him.

Furthermore, Naruto is single-minded and doesn't have many ideas in his head. Given Minato's modern-day mental agility, even a split personality would be considered mild.

To be on the safe side, Minato would only create ten shadow clones each day, and after school, he would release the clones to receive the experience.

Then he created ten shadow clones to continue cultivating until he went to sleep, using the accumulated fatigue to help himself fall asleep quickly.

In this way, Minato spent a month and a half to completely master the properties of water, and was able to instantly create waves in a calm pool!

And in the following two weeks, he successfully mastered the transformation of earth attributes.

While it can't match Naruto's speed, for ordinary people, this speed is practically the same as having a cheat code.

It can be said that Minato has now reached the level of a Jonin in terms of ninjutsu!

Tsunade witnessed this terrifying speed of cultivation and was secretly alarmed.

She has completely given up now.

Minato's training speed is simply beyond human capabilities.

She wasn't unaware of the Shadow Clone Technique.

After all, ninjutsu was originally invented for intelligence gathering. Everyone understands the principle of accumulating experience, but not everyone can actually do it.

She could withstand the fatigue of having ten shadow clones.

But someone like Minato, who creates ten shadow clones every day and then cancels them out once in between, could never do that, no matter what.

This level of fatigue is impossible to recover from in just one night, let alone every day.

It's not surprising that Minato could do that.

Judging from the energy that Minato displayed, Tsunade could be completely certain that not only had he awakened Wood Release, but he also possessed the same terrifying vitality as her grandfather—that even after a person dies, their cells remain alive!

"Hey Minato, what are those clones of yours training for?"

It was another weekend, and Rope Tree, watching his clone playing in the mud in the yard, finally couldn't help but ask.

Because he didn't have many clones, he usually trained in the courtyard. At first, Nawaki was a little reluctant to let Minato train, but after a while, he got used to it.

"They are training in Earth Release chakra nature transformation."

Minato explained, "Simply put, it's about enhancing the power of the corresponding elemental jutsu through chakra nature transformation."

"So it's just mixing mud?"

"Strictly speaking, it should be about changing the soil composition and hardness!"

Minato explained, "The time when I can instantly turn mud into rock, or rock into mud, will be the time when I have successfully completed my training."

"That sounds amazing..."

Nawaki slumped onto the tatami mat, looking like a dead fish: "This shouldn't be something ninja academy students should be training for, right?"

"Hmm... It's a required course for Jonin."

Minato nodded hesitantly, knowing that Nawaki would find out sooner or later anyway.

Nawaki looked even more dejected: "Jonin...you've become a genius to a point that I can't even comprehend. Although I knew that a long time ago, I still can't help but feel a sense of disappointment."

Minato smiled and said, "I won't compete with you for the Hokage position."

"So what?"

Nawaki lay on his side, one hand supporting his head, the other sprawled out in a nonchalant manner: "With a genius like you as a comparison, who would choose me as Hokage?"

"Don't underestimate yourself..."

Minato gave an awkward laugh, unsure how to encourage the other person.

After much deliberation, he carefully asked, "Nawaki, why are you so determined to become Hokage?"

"Of course, it's to carry on Grandpa's will!"

At this, Rope Tree perked up immediately, sat up straight, and his eyes sparkled with anticipation.

"I am the grandson of the First Hokage who founded Konoha! Konoha was my grandfather's most important treasure, and of course I must protect it for him!"

"Is that so..."

Minato smiled and said, "In that case, how about I teach you a powerful ninjutsu?"

"Ninjutsu?"

A glint flashed in Nawaki's eyes, then dimmed in an instant: "Forget it, my grandfather was the First Hokage, how could I lack ninjutsu? Besides, you're two years younger than me, it would be too embarrassing for you to teach me."

Minato sighed regretfully, "That's a real shame about this unmarked A-rank ninjutsu."

Pfft!

With a muffled thud, Nawaki collapsed heavily in front of Minato, performing a perfect dogeza (a traditional Japanese kneeling posture), his forehead pressed firmly against the tatami mat.

"I am truly sorry for being so ungrateful! Please, Lord Minato, teach me a lesson!"

"Haha, stop it..."

Minato was both amused and exasperated, and quickly pulled Rope Tree up.

"So... what kind of ninjutsu is it?"

Nawaki stared longingly at Minato.

Rank A ninjutsu is not uncommon.

Unmarked ninjutsu is not uncommon.

However, A-rank ninjutsu without a seal is very rare; he had never even heard of it.

"It's a ninjutsu I created myself."

Nawaki's lips twitched: "Self-created? Created a rank-A ninjutsu without a hand seal at the age of five?"

"That's a bit of an exaggeration, so I didn't even tell Tsunade-sensei."

Minato smiled sheepishly, "With the amount of chakra your Senju clan has, this technique is actually quite suitable for you. Consider it my support for your dream of becoming Hokage! You can secretly practice it and give Tsunade-sensei a surprise later!"

"Hmm..."

Upon hearing this, Nawaki was immediately moved to tears: "Minato, you bastard—"

Click...

"I'm back!"

The door opened, and Tsunade's voice came from the entrance hall.

"The teacher is back, I'll teach you tomorrow!"

"Huh? No...no!"

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