Chapter 387: Jiraiya and Naruto

"The Ninja Academy Teacher, I Can Become Stronger by Teaching" Volume 305: Jiraiya and Naruto. "This guy's vitality is tenacious," Obito couldn't help but exclaim.

As the smoke cleared, all three puppets released by An Lushan were blown to pieces. An Lushan's own body was tattered, but he still did not fall, staring at Naruto Uzumaki and the others with gnashed teeth.

"You forced me to do this." Seeing no hope of escape, An Lushan decided to fight to the death. Even if he died, he would drag two people down with him.

As An Lushan activated all his Dragon Vein energy, the puppet fragments on the ground were all triggered and flew rapidly toward An Lushan.

The puppets he carried were not ordinary puppets; strengthened by Dragon Vein energy, they could merge with him and become even stronger.

After absorbing all the damaged puppet fragments, An Lushan's body grew massive, no longer resembling a human but a monster.

An Lushan glanced at the Queen of Loulan out of the corner of his eye, then pretended to charge at Obito. Just as Obito used Fire Release to attack him, An Lushan immediately turned and accelerated toward the queen.

The two people he most wanted to kill now were Naruto Uzumaki and the Queen of Loulan. One of them had traveled through time and space to continue hunting him, and the other had trapped him in his current desperate situation.

But Naruto Uzumaki was obviously not so easy to kill, so An Lushan decided to capture the Queen of Loulan first. If he could use her to escape, he would kill her after escaping; if not, he would kill her immediately.

"These Leaf ninja are only this good. They don't even know how to protect their client," An Lushan sneered inwardly.

Naruto Uzumaki and his team were loosely spread out. Only one blond-haired ninja stood beside the Queen of Loulan; the others were at a certain distance from her.

That blond-haired ninja had not made a move just now, so An Lushan thought his strength should not be very high.

If he were truly strong, he would definitely have been the main attacker fighting him, rather than being stationed beside the Queen of Loulan.

Yamato, Kakashi, and Naruto Uzumaki all used ninjutsu to attack An Lushan, but An Lushan endured all the attacks and was still rushing toward the Queen of Loulan at high speed.

If it were an ordinary ninja, they would either have to give up attacking or die under the ninjutsu of Naruto Uzumaki and the others. But An Lushan was different now—though it was painful, he was not about to die.

Watching An Lushan charge straight at Mu Yue, Obito and the others showed strange expressions on their faces. He was really eager to court death.

Mu Yue had told them before the battle that An Lushan was within their ability to handle, so under normal circumstances, Mu Yue would not take action.

"Queen, you will regret the decision you made," An Lushan said in a deep voice.

The Queen of Loulan was, after all, an ordinary person. Seeing this massive monster charging at her, she instinctively took half a step back.

But the Queen of Loulan quickly calmed down, because Mu Yue was right beside her.

Mu Yue was the captain of this Leaf team. His team members all had the strength to injure An Lushan, so as the captain, Mu Yue was surely stronger.

"Splitting a Tile!"

Seeing An Lushan rushing over like he had no fear of death, Mu Yue did not stand on ceremony. Using Rock Breathing to enhance his physical strength, he flashed in front of An Lushan and suddenly struck out with a knife-hand.

He had held back from attacking so that the mission settlement reward would be higher, letting An Lushan serve as a whetstone for his disciples.

But if An Lushan was asking for a beating, he didn't mind letting him know what real strength was.

Mu Yue was very fast. An Lushan only saw a flash and then a blond figure appeared in front of him.

Bang!!

Boom!!

An Lushan only felt a terrifying force hit him, and then he flew backward even faster, crashing heavily into the ground and cracking it.

The place where Mu Yue had struck him now had a vicious, terrifying wound, as if it had been cut by a huge blunt blade.

The look in An Lushan's eyes as he stared at Mu Yue turned to terror. He realized that Mu Yue was actually the strongest.

After that one strike, Mu Yue continued to quietly stay beside the Queen of Loulan, not attacking again.

They had arrived too early. An Lushan, who had only absorbed this little Dragon Vein chakra, had limited strength. Only the An Lushan from the original movie could have the strength to fight Mu Yue.

An Lushan, feeling somewhat desperate, found that Mu Yue did not continue attacking, and a glimmer of hope for survival arose in his heart.

With such strong strength, Mu Yue was not participating in the battle but was continuously protecting the Queen of Loulan. Obviously, he wasn't valuing the client; he was training his disciples.

Although this made An Lushan feel insulted, it was indeed his chance.

If Mu Yue also joined the fight, he wouldn't have the slightest hope of surviving.

But An Lushan soon realized he was overthinking things. The strength of Obito and the others was not as simple as he had imagined.

Seeing that An Lushan had been injured by Mu Yue, Obito immediately entered Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, strengthening his power to the limit.

Hoo! Hoo!

Obito's chakra erupted, and his whole body burst into blazing high-temperature red flames, especially the flames on his right hand.

Under Obito's control, the flames on his body rapidly flowed toward his right hand. The fire on his right hand fiercely intensified and then compressed and shrank. Through continuous compression and enhancement, the flames on Obito's body disappeared, but the flames on his right hand became extremely deep.

"Great Serpent Tame!"

Obito charged forward while compressing the flames, and finally hurled the compressed flames at the rising An Lushan.

Since this enemy was huge, Obito did not use the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, but instead used the smaller-area but more powerful Great Serpent Tame.

An Lushan wasn't blind; he could tell that Obito's fire release this time was no joke, so he didn't intend to take it head-on. He erupted the dragon vein chakra on his body to try to dodge.

But while he was sent flying by Mu Yue, the others weren't idle.

"Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld!"

Kakashi just finished his hand seals and turned the ground under An Lushan into a swamp, causing An Lushan to sink into it.

"Wood Release: Thorn Kill Technique!"

Stimulated by Yamato's Wood Release chakra, many wooden vines suddenly grew around An Lushan, binding his body, causing him to pause in his struggle to escape the swamp.

"Wind Release: Rasengan!"

At this moment, Naruto Uzumaki's shadow clone also charged toward An Lushan while spinning a wind release Rasengan.

This technique was essentially the prototype of the Rasenshuriken. The Rasenshuriken required too much chakra, so the shadow clone couldn't use it.

In this situation, his real body couldn't just charge in with a Rasengan; that would also get him caught in Obito's fire release.

Whoosh!

Boom! Boom!

Naruto Uzumaki's Wind Release Rasengan and Obito's Great Serpent Tame simultaneously struck An Lushan's massive body. The terrifying high-temperature flames instantly engulfed An Lushan, and Naruto's Wind Release Rasengan had an unexpected effect, driving Obito's flames into a firestorm that enveloped An Lushan.

The combination of Naruto's Wind Release Rasengan and Obito's Flame Breathing Chakra Mode Great Serpent Tame exceeded Obito's expectations. The wooden vines binding An Lushan were quickly burned away, and the muddy ground under An Lushan rapidly dried under the terrifying heat.

"Brother Naruto, our combo is so strong!" Obito said with a grin.

Naruto Uzumaki also laughed proudly; he hadn't expected such an effect.

After the flames dissipated, An Lushan, scorched black and tattered from head to toe, came into view.

Because he was no longer a real person but a human puppet, An Lushan looked terrible but didn't die.

As a human puppet, as long as his core energy remained, he wouldn't die.

"Since I can't live, you won't have a good time either." After realizing his dire state, An Lushan decided to self-destruct.

He definitely couldn't win in a fight, and given what he had done, there was no way he would survive, so An Lushan chose suicide, hoping to take a few with him.

"Purple Lightning!"

But just as An Lushan had that thought, Mu Yue flashed behind him and gave him an electric shock treatment.

When Mu Yue hit An Lushan with the Axe Strike, he had conveniently placed a Flying Thunder God mark on him.

"Zhoutian Seal!"

Then Mu Yue stretched out his hand and grabbed An Lushan's core, applying a sealing technique on it.

The Zhoutian Seal was the strongest result of Mu Yue's study of sealing techniques over the past two years. He had originally wanted to develop the Eight Trigrams Seal following Minato's idea, but he had no clue on the Four Symbols Seal. Instead, he kept getting inspiration on the Five Elements Seal, eventually modifying it into the Zhoutian Seal.

The Zhoutian Seal had no flashy special effects; it was simply strong in sealing power, much stronger than the Four Symbols Seal.

Mu Yue added Yin and Yang properties on top of the original Five Elements, which not only made the seal more stable but also greatly increased the difficulty of unsealing.

First of all, it was impossible for the person to forcefully break through. In Mu Yue's estimation, only the Six Paths-level technique nullification effect could directly break the Zhoutian Seal.

As for using knowledge of sealing techniques to break the Zhoutian Seal, the difficulty was almost three times that of breaking the Five Elements Seal. To use the Zhoutian Release, one must master all seven chakra nature transformations.

Although it only required being able to use them, not necessarily to a high level of training, even so, very few people in the ninja world could meet this requirement.

"What's going on? My power!"

The moment Mu Yue's sealing technique was complete, An Lushan felt that the dragon vein energy inside his body was like a stagnant pool; no matter how he tried to mobilize it, he couldn't stir up a single ripple.

"To ensure your safe return, I will now study Mukade and the dragon vein power on him," Mu Yue explained.

"I've already sealed him with a sealing technique; he won't be able to escape now."

Naruto Uzumaki and Yamato both nodded without objection—they still had no idea how to get back, since they hadn't done anything particularly special when they came.

"I am very grateful for everyone's contributions to Loulan. Tomorrow I will hold a grand assembly and make An Lushan's crimes known to the public." The Queen of Loulan stepped forward, bowed slightly, and expressed her thanks after seeing An Lushan defeated.

This turn of events had caught her somewhat off guard; she hadn't expected An Lushan to be such a ruthless and venomous person, nor to possess such terrifying power. Without the help of Muyue and the others, the damage An Lushan would have inflicted on Loulan would have been incalculable.

Next, the Queen of Loulan sincerely invited Muyue and the others to attend the assembly tomorrow as heroes and receive the blessings of the people of Loulan.

Since there was still plenty of time, Muyue accepted the Queen of Loulan's invitation.

He would still need the Queen's help later on, so giving her a little more face was good for both sides.

"We saved another country. That's great." Obito said excitedly.

He felt he was getting closer and closer to becoming a hero among ninja—not only had he saved two countries, but he had also met ninja from the future.

Maybe someday he would even need to go save the future.

"Obito, don't you want to meet the princess of Loulan? Last time in the Land of Snow, you were really interested in the princess, weren't you?" Rin Nohara smiled and fired off two questions in a row.

"I'm sure she won't be as perfect as the one there." Obito sighed in reply.

After the mission in the Land of Snow, he no longer held any expectations for real princesses.

"Maybe that's the price of growing up." Obito felt as if he had matured a lot.

"Because the one there was fictional to begin with. Only someone with a messed-up brain would demand that real people be as perfect as fictional characters." Kakashi attacked without mercy.

"Haven't you ever heard the saying, 'Based on reality'?" Obito retorted.

Seeing Obito and Kakashi falling back into their argument in no time, Naruto Uzumaki laughed. He and Sasuke were often like that too, except now…

Since An Lushan had been sealed and imprisoned, there was no need to investigate further that night, so Naruto Uzumaki used the time to teach Obito the Rasengan.

Since Obito wanted to learn, Naruto Uzumaki really did teach him.

"The most important factor of the Rasengan is rotation. The essence of the Rasengan is chakra spinning at high speed!" Naruto began by simply explaining the principle of the Rasengan.

"Mm-hmm, and then?" Obito nodded excitedly and asked.

"Rasengan!"

Without saying more, Naruto Uzumaki immediately demonstrated. He gathered a large amount of chakra in his hand, formed a Rasengan, and smashed it directly into a large tree created by Yamato's Wood Style.

Bang!

A huge gap instantly appeared in the tree, sending wood chips flying everywhere.

"The Rasengan isn't a complete jutsu yet. Adding a nature transformation can make it even stronger." Naruto Uzumaki briefly mentioned his Rasen Shuriken.

Since the Rasen Shuriken was too powerful and also damaged his own body, Naruto Uzumaki didn't demonstrate it; he just gave a brief explanation.

Obito grew even more excited. He thought of the combination technique he and Naruto Uzumaki had accidentally performed earlier that day—if he could do it alone, it would be like gaining another powerful jutsu.

"Learning the Rasengan consists of three parts. First, practice with this water balloon." As he spoke, Naruto took out a water balloon filled with water.

"Then, bam! Wham! Burst it."

As Naruto uttered the onomatopoeia, the water balloon in his hand burst with a pop.

"Ooh, ooh, Naruto big brother, how did you just do that?" Obito's eyes went wide; he felt he hadn't quite understood.

"I said, bam! Wham!" Naruto Uzumaki repeated himself, thinking Obito hadn't heard him, so he deliberately spoke a little louder.

Obito: …

Obito stared at Naruto Uzumaki in utter bewilderment.

Seeing Obito like this, Naruto scratched his head and pulled out another water balloon.

"It's just bam! Wham! Such a simple thing."

The water balloon burst again in time with Naruto's sound effects.

Obito was dumbfounded. Could anyone actually learn a jutsu from teaching like this?

Obito thought that if he wrote down what Naruto Uzumaki said and then went to tell Muyue, letting Muyue develop the technique and then teach him, it might be faster.

…………

Land of Grass, Konoha camp.

"Muyue, why are you here? What mission did you take?" Jiraiya asked with a laugh as he saw Muyue approaching.

The more powerful ninjas on the battlefield, the easier it was for him. Naturally, he welcomed Muyue's arrival.

Muyue did not immediately answer Jiraiya's words, instead scanning the surroundings.

Understanding Muyue's intention, Jiraiya and Muyue entered a meeting tent for a private conversation.

"It's not a mission, it's a personal matter related to you, Lord Jiraiya," Muyue said.

"Oh, what matter requires Muyue to come all the way to the front lines to find me?" Jiraiya asked curiously.

For a moment, he couldn't think of what personal matter could bring Muyue all the way to the battlefield.

"A ninja from the future, he really wants to meet you." Muyue didn't play riddles; he directly mentioned the existence of Uzumaki Naruto.

"A ninja from the future? I didn't realize you were so humorous, Muyue," Jiraiya laughed.

But then Jiraiya's smile gradually faded and disappeared, because Muyue's expression didn't change at all, not looking like he was joking.

Actually, Jiraiya thought Muyue wouldn't be so bored as to make such a joke, but this matter was indeed hard to believe.

This was not the same as a prophecy. If one could travel through time and space at will, wouldn't history be thrown into chaos?

"Who is he? Since you want me to meet him, he must have a name, right?" Jiraiya asked calmly.

"Uzumaki Naruto, the future Nine-Tails jinchuriki of Konoha, and the future student of Kakashi," Muyue replied after a moment of thought.

"Uzumaki? Jinchuriki?" Jiraiya squinted, lost in thought.

Currently in Konoha, there is only one person with the surname Uzumaki, and that is Minato's girlfriend, Uzumaki Kushina.

But this Uzumaki Naruto might not necessarily be related to Minato and them. After all, Minato's descendants should be named Namikaze. Perhaps he is a survivor of the Uzumaki clan who joined Konoha.

But the point of being the Nine-Tails jinchuriki gave Jiraiya much to ponder. A jinchuriki changes only under one circumstance: the previous jinchuriki dies. That means Kushina died, making way for this Uzumaki Naruto.

"I think he might be Minato's child," Muyue said, offering his 'guess'.

"He knows a jutsu, one that Minato is currently developing. Moreover, he bears some resemblance to Minato."

At present, Uzumaki Naruto himself doesn't know his father is Namikaze Minato, so Muyue could only say it was his guess.

Jiraiya frowned deeply. Looking like Minato, able to use a jutsu Minato was developing, and having the surname Uzumaki — it was almost conclusive.

If it were just the first two points, they could also apply to Muyue, since the current Rasengan was nominally developed jointly by him and Minato. But the Uzumaki surname had nothing to do with Muyue.

"The war is at a critical juncture; I can't leave," Jiraiya said after sorting out his thoughts.

Muyue didn't speak. There was a way to meet without delaying battlefield matters, and he believed Jiraiya could think of it.

"Let my shadow clone go with you," Jiraiya said, forming hand seals and creating a shadow clone.

The saying 'can't be in two places at once' doesn't hold in Naruto, because people here can actually create clones.

Writing was slow today; after dawdling for a long time, I only wrote 5k.