“What’s so great about Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave?”
“Uh... this...” Neji didn’t know how to answer, Kuroto’s question.
In Neji’s understanding, Kuroto should know the meaning of Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave better than him, therefore, he couldn’t figure out why Kuroto asked such a question.
And before Neji could answer him, Kuroto asked another question, “Garaga... And Gamabunta... do you think they are strong?”
“Sensei...” this time, Neji was taken aback, and quickly replied, “Sensei... maybe you haven’t seen Naruto’s summon Garaga... and Sasuke’s summon Gamabunta... both of them are strong Summons!”
At the time of Combat Assessment at the Forest of Death, Kuroto arrived only after Garaga left the scene, therefore, Neji thought that Kuroto had never seen Garaga, nor has he even seen Gamabunta, so he doesn’t really know how strong the two of them are?
Hearing Neji’s question, Kuroto chuckled, “Is that what you think?” and turned his eyes towards the horizon.New novel chapters are published on
It was already evening, only the afterglow of the setting sun was visible on the horizon, and the bright moon loomed in the sky. Staring at the looming moon, Kuroto said lightly, “Whether Mount Myōboku or Ryūchi Cave or Shikkotsu Forest, these places are nothing compared to–...”
Before Kuroto could complete it, suddenly a lot of noise came from the other side of the corridor. Kuroto paused and looked in that direction only to find the trainees of Neji’s class coming towards him.
The ones leading the trainees were none other than Sasuke and Naruto, while the other trainees like Shikamaru, Rock Lee, Kiba, and the others followed the two. They seemed to be arguing something and looked extremely excited.
Kuroto and Neji were confused.
Soon, they came closer to Kuroto, and greeted him with a respectful bow, “Good Evening, Sensei!”
Kuroto nodded lightly, “Good evening.” Then asked curiously, “What are you kids doing?”
Sasuke quickly replied, “Sensei, I am going to challenge Naruto!”
Hearing Sasuke’s answer, Kuroto couldn’t help but think, ‘It has only been a few hours since he signed the contract at Mount Myōboku, and now he has rushed to challenge Naruto. It seems Sasuke is really in a hurry to restore his reputation.’ And turned towards Naruto.
Naruto held his hands at the back of his head and seemed carefree about the entire situation, it was as if he didn’t take Sasuke’s challenge to heart. Naruto seemed to have confidence.
Seeing Naruto’s indifferent and carefree expression, Sasuke snorted, “Humph... I am going to beat the crap out of you today!”
Knowing the Sensei-Shishō relationship between Kuroto and Neji, Naruto and Sasuke nodded, “All right Sensei.” and then excitedly went towards Konoha’s gate.
After everyone had walked away, Neji sighed quietly, and said to Kuroto, “Sensei... thank you... if not for your help, I would have made a fool of myself.”
Kuroto shook his head, “I didn’t do that just to save you from embarrassment, I really have something to tell you... so come with me.” Then without giving Neji any opportunity to think, he picked up Neji and disappeared from the Ninja Academy.
Whoosh!
...
In just a few flashes, Kuroto crossed the outer wall of Konoha and brought Neji to an open grassland.
Looking at his surroundings, which changed in less than a second, Neji was taken aback, and exclaimed, “So... so fast!”
Neji knew that Kuroto was fast, however, to what extent, he realized only now. In the blink of an eye, they were outside Konoha, and this is not a joke! ‘Can shinobi really be so fast?’
Before Neji could ask his doubt, Kuroto looked at him, and asked, “Do you... really want a Summon?”
Recalling the scene from a while ago, Neji nodded, “Although, I don’t want to be left behind by Sasuke and Naruto... I... I don’t want to put you through that embarrassment again Sensei... I am sorry.”
Kuroto nodded, “If that’s the case... then.” Then he bit his thumb, and while forming the hand signs, he said, “There is no need to ask anyone’s help.”
Neji was confused by Kuroto’s words, and recognizing the order of hand signs, he was surprised, “Sensei... do you... do you have a Summon too?”
“I guess you can say that.” Said Kuroto, and shouted, ‘Summoning Jutsu!’
Poof!
Instantly, white smoke surged, covering the surroundings.
The sky was already dim, and as the white smoke billowed up, the surroundings immediately darkened.
What is strange is that, even after the smoke disappeared, the surroundings still remained dark. Neji was confused for a moment, and as he felt a behemoth-like presence behind him, he was taken aback, “Se... Sensei...!”