Chapter 554: Combat Readiness

In the ninja school, Naruto is almost famous for his poor talent.

Whether it is throwing kunai, physical skills, or practicing the three-body technique, he is far inferior to Sasuke.

And Sasuke, with the help of the Sharingan, can quickly get started with everything, and he is already a little genius with a little reputation in Konoha.

It is precisely because of this that Naruto has a stronger desire to become stronger and be recognized by others.

Compared with Sasuke's pride as a genius of the Uchiha clan, he is undoubtedly more able to put down his face and flexibly obtain what he needs.

"I haven't said that I want to teach you to become stronger!"

"Naruto!"

Xia Le shook his head and smiled lightly.

"With your current situation, you are not qualified to be my disciple."

Hearing this, Naruto's eyes flashed with disappointment, but he quickly adjusted his mentality.

"You can teach me even if you are not a disciple!"

"Look at Sasuke's arrogant look, isn't it annoying."

Xia Le just smiled, then drank the tea in the cup, and spit out two words: "Pour tea!"

Naruto was stunned, and then poured tea with a smile on his face.

Although young, Naruto is obviously much more flexible, in other words, his emotional intelligence is relatively high.

"You want me to teach you."

"First, I need to know what you have learned in the ninja school."

Xia Le smiled faintly.

Then, he slowly stood up.

"Let me see what Konoha has taught you!"

Hearing this, the expressions of both of them changed slightly.

A flash of excitement flashed across Naruto's face, while Sasuke had a hint of doubt.

Although the other party had the Uchiha clan emblem on his body, his identity had yet to be confirmed, so he was still very cautious.

A moment later, in the yard.

"Among the methods of testing what you have learned, actual combat is undoubtedly the most effective and direct!"

"Let's start!"

Xia Le clasped his hands and said faintly.

Naruto clenched his fists and immediately took an offensive posture, and his expression became serious.

He had fought many times in the ninja school, and most of the results were his defeat. And with a genius like Sasuke, there was no chance.

The teacher in charge of the class would never arrange the two of them together.

Because the gap between them is too big.

"You are so arrogant on weekdays, let me see how strong you are!"

Naruto shouted.

Sasuke just stood there coldly, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

His black and white eyes suddenly changed, and suddenly became blood red, and one of the magatama slowly rotated.

It was the symbol of the Uchiha clan, the Sharingan.

"You know nothing about the power of the Uchiha!"

Sasuke said coldly.

Naruto showed an angry expression on his face, and the other party's contempt made him feel very uncomfortable.

"Let's start!"

At this time, Xia Le said lightly.

As soon as the voice fell, Naruto rushed up immediately.

But as Sasuke said, he knew nothing about the power of the Sharingan, and almost all of his movements were penetrated, as if in slow motion.

After just a few breaths, Sasuke counterattacked with a backhand and punched him in the face.

"Bang!"

A dull collision sound was heard, and Naruto flew out immediately, fell to the ground, and drew a distance.

"Too weak!"

"There is no need for such a battle!"

Sasuke said coldly.

Then he turned around and looked at Xia Le.

The meaning in his eyes was very clear, it was a demonstration.

Xia Le looked calm, looking at Naruto who fell to the ground and got up again, frowning slightly.

Naruto was indeed very weak at this moment.

And Namikaze Minato, who was the same age, had become a famous young genius with outstanding strength and participated in the war.

The contrast between father and son was so strong.

Following quickly, Xia Le's eyes blinked, and when he opened them again, they had turned blood red.

It was this pair of blood-red eyes that made Sasuke's expression suddenly change, and his heart was even more shocked.

"Sharingan!"

"It's still three magatama!"

"He is really a member of the Uchiha clan."

Seeing these familiar eyes, Sasuke instantly confirmed the other party's identity, and his heart became complicated.

"Sure enough!"

"Although he is young, because of the blood of the Uzumaki clan, the chakra in his body is several times that of Sasuke of the same age!"

"But."

After a pause, Xia Le looked at Naruto.

Stared at by these blood-red eyes, Naruto, who had just climbed up, was inexplicably afraid.

"Uncle Xia Le!"

"Do you find it difficult to mobilize chakra when you usually operate it?"

Xia Le asked.

Naruto was stunned: "Isn't it the same for everyone?"

He always thought that mobilizing chakra was a very difficult thing.

"It should be, only you are like this!"

"Or, because of the existence of that fox, you want to mobilize chakra, and its difficulty is several times that of others!"

Xia Le said.

Naruto's face changed slightly: "Fox?"

"I'll take you to see it!"

Xia Le said lightly.

He flashed, and Sasuke had already opened his Sharingan, and he didn't even see the trajectory of his movement, and he was already in front of Naruto.

"So fast!"

Sasuke was shocked.

At the same time, Xia Le's right hand had already touched Naruto's head.

His pair of three-magatama Sharingan also instantly transformed into a kaleidoscope.

Naruto, who had just raised his head, had no time to react. The next second, the world was spinning around him. When he saw the surroundings again, the environment around him had changed.

In the dark cage, a ferocious giant with red flames burning all over its body was staring at him with cold eyes.

"Ah?!"

Naruto was startled and stepped back.

As his footsteps moved, the accumulated water on the ground was trampled and splashed up.

"Little ghost!!"

"How did you get in here?"

A cold, low voice came out.

It took Naruto a long time to react. It was the giant in the cage in front of him who was talking.

He clearly felt the terrifying sense of oppression transmitted from the other party. The comparison of the chakras of the two sides was just like the difference between a firefly and the bright moon.

"Who are you?"

Naruto asked in a trembling voice.

"Who am I?"

"Hehe?"

The giant sneered, and two streams of white air spurted out of his nostrils, and then stopped talking, obviously too lazy to pay attention to him.

Naruto looked forward carefully and found that the opponent was shaped like a fox, with nine huge tails behind him, dancing gently.

Recalling the name the villagers usually called him, he had some guesses in his heart.

Just then, a hand was placed on his shoulder.

"I haven't seen this guy for a long time!"

A gentle voice came, and the huge sense of oppression disappeared in an instant.

Naruto looked up and called out in surprise: "Uncle Xia Le!"

Xia Le nodded, and then his eyes swept to the Nine-Tailed Fox in front of him.

"Still this annoying look, Nine-Tailed Fox!"

Hearing this, the Nine-Tailed Fox turned his head, and when he saw his appearance, an anthropomorphic expression immediately appeared on his huge face, becoming terrified and shocked.

"It's you!!!"

It will never forget that it was once played by the opponent like a toy, a pet, and it was embarrassed.

Even the Jinchūriki after the tail beast was transformed, in front of it, was like a poor little chicken, and had no power to fight back at all.

"Before, you were in the body of this child's mother."

"At that time, you were very dishonest."

Xia Le said lightly.

"Now, you still look like this."

"It's really distressing!"

Kyuubi's expression suddenly changed, and the nine tails behind him soared into the sky, and he was extremely nervous: "What do you want to do?"

"If we fight here, this little body will also be affected!"

Looking at the other party's alert posture, Xia Le laughed.

"How about a negotiation?"

Kyuubi looked suspicious: "What negotiation?"

"There is nothing to talk about between you and me!"

Then, staring at Xia Le with fear and hatred in his eyes.

The feeling of being controlled in all aspects, even the body is not under your control, is really unforgettable.

"Take back your chakra that affects this child!"

Xia Le said lightly.

"Just for this?"

Kyuubi was stunned and said incredulously.

Xia Le had no expression on his face and did not say anything else.

But Jiuwei felt chilled and humiliated at the same time. Because, almost instinctively, it withdrew the power that affected Naruto's chakra.

This undoubtedly means that it has been extremely afraid of the power of the man in front of it.

"Asshole, I'm not afraid of you!"

It roared and raised its head suddenly.

But when he looked again, the two people outside the cage had disappeared.

Inexplicably, the Nine-Tailed Fox breathed a sigh of relief.

Naruto slowly opened his eyes, and what came into his sight was Xia Le's smiling face.

"Try to mobilize the chakra in your body again!"

After a moment of hesitation, Naruto immediately did it.

Soon, a surprised expression appeared on his face.

Because the chakra in his body was mobilized unusually smoothly, which was completely different from usual.

Xia Le chuckled and turned around.

"In the ninja school, you all received the most basic guidance."

"But here, if you want to learn something, that little foundation is obviously not enough."

"But!"

After a pause, Xia Le smiled faintly.

"Correspondingly, you need to put in more effort and hardship."

Naruto widened his eyes and shouted immediately: "I'm not afraid of hard work!"

"I don't want to be the last one!"

"I, I want to."

At this point, he showed a hint of hesitation on his face, but soon became firm again.

"I want to be a hero like my father!"

"I want to be the Hokage of Konoha!"

Hearing this, Xia Le narrowed his eyes and looked at the child who spoke boldly in front of him.

After a while, he smiled.

"It's good to have ambition, but to achieve the ideal in your heart."

"The hardship you put in is probably thousands of times more than that of others!"

Naruto clenched his fists: "I'm never afraid of hardship!"

Yes, he was never afraid of hard work. What he was afraid of was that he would not be recognized by others, and that he would always be the last one.

"Okay!"

"Then I hope you remember what you said."

Xia Le smiled faintly.

Then, he looked at Sasuke meaningfully.

Everyone has the desire to become stronger, especially these young children, who have infinite fantasies in their hearts.

"Your foundation is still very poor."

"So next, do a good job of physical training, and wait until your body becomes more mature before you can learn new things."

Hearing what Xia Le said, both of them showed a hint of disappointment in their eyes.

Next, Xia Le demonstrated the technique of kunai throwing for the two.

Compared to Sasuke, Naruto's strength, accuracy, and skills are undoubtedly far behind.

This is also a very normal thing.

No one will invest more energy in the last one, right?

The worse the student, the less attention the teacher will get. This kind of thing is also the same in the ninja school.

But Xia Le knew very well in his heart that Naruto's talent was actually not bad at all, and was not even inferior to his father Namikaze Minato.

He demonstrated the accuracy of throwing kunai and hitting the bull's eye for the two, and threw three kunai at the same time, flying in an interlaced manner, but changing direction after colliding with each other, and finally hitting the bull's eye accurately.

This fancy technique made Sasuke and Naruto stare wide-eyed.

Because even the Chunin teachers in the Ninja School cannot achieve such a throwing skill.

At the same time.

Outside the Uchiha clan, two eyes have already passed through the crack of the door and are looking at the scene inside solemnly.

"No mistake!"

"It's really that man, he's back!"

"That year, I was just a child in my teens, but my memory of him is so deep that I will never forget it!"

"But, hasn't he joined the Rain Country?"

"Now, what is the purpose of suddenly appearing in Konoha?"

"With his strength, I'm afraid he has discovered us. This matter must be told to the Third Generation as soon as possible!"

"Yes, this kind of thing is no longer something we can decide!"

After the voice fell, the two figures quickly disappeared here.

A moment later, in the Hokage's office.

The third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly raised his head, his face full of shock and surprise: "What did you say?"

"Xia Le?!"

"How could he appear in Konoha!"

The two ninjas who were responsible for monitoring Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other and said seriously: "We are also shocked, but this matter is true!"

"Now, he is in the new clan land of Uchiha, and is teaching the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and the kids of the Uchiha clan."

The third Hokage's eyes flickered and his face changed.

For a while, he fell into silence.

He was very clear about Xia Le's strength. Now, such a big man suddenly appeared in Konoha, which caught him off guard.

What is his purpose?

It's okay to contact Sasuke, but even the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is covered.

In this case, the meaning behind it is worth thinking about.

After a long while, he raised his head.

"Let Kakashi come over!"

"Also, let the guards and the jonin left in the village enter combat readiness!"

"Stand by your side!"

Hearing this, the two ninjas' faces changed, and they saw the horror in each other's eyes.

Combat readiness!!

Just because of one person, Konoha ended its past tranquility and peace.

But they knew very well that for that man, all this was worth it!

Otherwise, if the other party made any big move, it would be earth-shattering!