My Name Is Namikaze Naruto - Chapter 3
As the Nine-Tails Jinch?riki and the Fourth Hokage’s orphan, Naruto had always been under the watchful eyes of the ANBU.
Although they claimed to be monitoring him, their primary purpose was to protect him. If the Nine-Tails Jinch?riki were to die, the Nine-Tails within him would also disappear. Besides the time it would take for the Nine-Tails to be reborn, searching for and capturing it again would require considerable manpower, resources, and effort. Considering the threats and covetous eyes from other villages, the Third Hokage and even Danzo Shimura couldn’t allow anything to happen to Naruto.
This was one reason why Danzo had previously suggested taking Naruto to be trained in the Foundation. Of course, his ulterior motive was to brainwash and control Naruto, believing he could then ascend to the Hokage’s position.
With the protection of the ANBU, Naruto didn’t have to worry about anything, even if he wanted to play in the Forest of Death.
Today, having successfully refined his chakra, this area would become not only a source of his living supplies but also his primary training ground for the next few years.
Naruto wasn’t worried about his training being observed by the ANBU and reported to the Third Hokage. He knew as long as he didn’t do anything out of line, the Third Hokage wouldn’t interfere much. Just refining chakra and starting his training wasn’t a big deal.
In fact, the Third Hokage already knew when Naruto first refined chakra. Through the ANBU’s reports, learning that no outsiders had contacted Naruto, the Third Hokage didn’t interfere at all.
Living in a ninja village, knowing how to refine chakra was not unusual. The difference lay in whether one could actually refine chakra. That was the crucial distinction! Major ninja villages had no reason to conceal the method of chakra refinement. Even in their own village, even a Genin added to the village’s strength. Becoming a ninja required talent. Just knowing how to refine chakra didn’t make one a ninja; otherwise, there would be many more ninjas.
Excluding the five major villages, look at other ninja villages. How many ninjas do they have? What’s the ratio of J?nin, Ch?nin, and Genin? Chakra refinement and some basic chakra training methods were widely known. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many wandering ninjas.
Knowing how to refine chakra and actually refining it wasn’t strange. Not knowing how to refine chakra in Konoha was the minority. Although it was noteworthy that Naruto managed to refine chakra without guidance, it was acceptable as long as there was no malicious external interference.
Moreover, Naruto was the Fourth Hokage’s orphan. The Third Hokage would let him be to some extent as long as it didn’t involve the village’s core interests and safety.
Naruto didn’t fully understand the Third Hokage’s thoughts but could guess some aspects.
“Great, let’s start tree-climbing training today!”
Upon arriving at his familiar forest, Naruto easily found a particularly tall tree, looked up with satisfaction, and nodded slightly.
Chakra refinement, control, and growth were the basic paths for a ninja to become strong.
Although Naruto hadn’t meticulously watched the original series in his previous life, he remembered the main content clearly.
For example, chakra control training for ninjas. Tree climbing and water walking were the most basic and effective methods. By attaching chakra to his feet, and adjusting the amount and stability of chakra released, he could improve his chakra control.
In the original series, Naruto demonstrated this to millions of fans. For Naruto, such chakra training was essential to solidifying his foundation and making his life easier.
Whether it was picking wild fruits and vegetables or catching fish and shrimp, it would be much more efficient than before.
Despite the influence of the Nine-Tails chakra, Naruto knew his chakra training would be more challenging. But because of this, he believed his chakra control would become more refined.
His strength would visibly increase when he met the Nine-Tails in the future and eliminated its chakra influence.
Recalling the tips and necessary points for chakra manipulation and control training from the original series, Naruto quickly formed a seal, cautiously mobilizing his internal chakra to his feet, ensuring it wasn’t too much or too little.
“Alright, let’s start with the first step.”
Reaching what he thought was the right amount of control, Naruto took a deep breath, showing a determined expression, and stepped towards the tree.
As expected, with no experience and the Nine-Tails’ chakra interfering with his control, Naruto’s first attempt ended with him crushing the tree bark.
His body swayed slightly with the sudden shift in center of gravity, but Naruto quickly reacted, flipping lightly to land back on the ground.
“Too much chakra, huh?”
Worried about not having enough chakra and falling, Naruto had deliberately used more chakra, resulting in crushing the tree bark.
The first failure didn’t discourage him. He knew ninja training was tough. Even the main characters in the series, despite their plot armor, had to spend a lot of time and effort. Without the Shadow Clone Jutsu’s cheat-like ability, Naruto’s chakra nature transformation training wouldn’t have progressed so smoothly.
Everything required one step at a time.
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