Chapter 257
In a flash.
Three days later, Naruto and the others returned to the tower of the Death Forest again. At this time, all the people who passed the test had gathered here.
Of the 26 groups participating, only seven groups remained.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hokage, also appeared in everyone's sight and spoke slowly.
"Next, we will have the preliminary round before the third exam, because the third round will be watched by many wealthy people who have issued tasks.
So if the gap is too big, it will cause extremely serious consequences, which means that only half of the people here can really participate in the third exam!"
The people below did not say much.
The preliminary round was held as scheduled, but it ended without any waves, and the original three-person group.
Sakura was finally eliminated.
There is still a month before the real third exam.
In the office of the Hokage Building.
Sarutobi Hiruzen sat in a chair, handling official business.
And at this time,
The door of the office was pushed open, and Danzo walked in and directly stated his purpose.
"Huruzen, hand Naruto over to my Root. With his talent, I can train him into a perfect weapon!"
But what he got was a verbal rejection from Sarutobi Hiruzen, "Give up, Danzo, this is impossible. Naruto must be bathed in the sun! The dark Root is not the place for him!"
These words almost told Danzo clearly.
Naruto's future is Hokage!
Danzo, who noticed this, suddenly became gloomy, "The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is at risk of losing control. Only my Root can better control him..."
This also successfully touched Sarutobi Hiruzen's reverse scale, and he immediately slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Danzo, I am the Hokage!"
This scene seemed familiar.
Danzo, who was turned away, became even more annoyed and said in the same cold voice.
"You will regret it, Hiruzen!"
After saying that, he turned around and slammed the door and left.
The two of them parted unhappily.
Sarutobi Hiruzen also sat back down again. He was no longer the compromising and weak Hokage in the original novel!
Only because of Naruto's existence, he had new hope.
He firmly believed.
Naruto would lead Konoha to greatness again!
Just as he was immersed in the beauty of the future, the door of the office was pushed open again.
A burly figure with long white hair walked in, "Old man, what are you looking for me so anxiously? I still need to find inspiration..."
Before he finished speaking, Sarutobi Hiruzen interrupted him, "Going to the women's bathhouse to find inspiration? Do you know how many people have complained about you?! But I didn't ask you to come here for this..."
Changing the subject, he continued solemnly, "Jiraiya, I have an extremely important matter to ask you!"
Seeing this serious look, Jiraiya also rarely became serious, and asked curiously, "Then tell me, what is it."
Sarutobi Hiruzen did not delay, and immediately asked, "I hope you can accept Uzumaki Naruto as your apprentice!"
"Minato's child?"
Jiraiya also has some memories of Naruto, but he doesn't know the specific situation. After all, he has not been in the village for these years.
However, he also had special expectations for Minato's child, "In that case, I will accept him as my apprentice. If there is nothing else, I will leave first."
After receiving a positive answer, Sarutobi Hiruzen's wrinkled face also smiled rarely, "That child will definitely give you a surprise."
"I hope so."
After saying this, Jiraiya left directly.
...
At the same time.
In the training ground, Naruto was practicing cross-legged under a tree while the shadow clone was practicing with Sasuke.
On a tree not far away, Jiraiya was looking at the battle in the training ground, and saw that the two of them were fighting fiercely.
Even Jiraiya couldn't help but nod slightly.
At this age, with such talent, he can be called a genius!
After watching for a while, Jiraiya instantly came to Naruto's body, and Naruto opened his eyes.
A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.
"Excuse me, is there anything you can do for me?"
Hearing this, Jiraiya raised his lips and praised, "Very polite, I am your future master, the legendary Sannin, the Sage Jiraiya!"
The situation here also attracted Sasuke's attention, and he couldn't help but stop the competition.
Hearing the other party's name, Naruto fell into a brief contemplation. After all, the Sannin are now basically unknown in the new generation of ninjas in Konoha Village.
Seeing Naruto's expression, Jiraiya pouted and changed his words, "You justYou need to know that I am your master, and it is appointed by the Third Hokage. "
"I see."
Naruto nodded slightly after hearing this.
He did not doubt too much. After all, Aguramaru did not warn him, which proved that there was no problem.
And the Aguramaru in his body thought more, and personally appointed Jiraiya to accept Naruto as a disciple. It seems that this is really training Naruto as the future Hokage.
But if you think about it carefully, this is normal.
After all, with the talent shown by Naruto now, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the second Senju Hashirama.
As for the outside world, Naruto looked at the cheap master in front of him, and after a brief confusion, he stood up and introduced himself with a smile.
"I am Uzumaki Naruto, so please teach me more in the future!"
At this moment, Jiraiya seemed to see the figure of Minato, and could only sigh in his heart, worthy of being a father and son!
But he soon came back to his senses, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Then I will guide you to practice next, if there is no problem, follow me. "
"Please wait a moment, Master."
Naruto responded, and quickly turned to look at Sasuke and apologized to him.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke, I'll leave first, but I won't remove the shadow clone. If you want to continue training, you can let him accompany you."
Sasuke didn't have any objection to Naruto's departure, but looking at this unreliable Jiraiya, it was hard for him not to doubt him.
He couldn't help but said coldly.
"Are you sure what this guy said is true? Could he be a liar?"
But Naruto thought about it and replied.
"It shouldn't be."
Jiraiya didn't care about the conversation between the two, but couldn't help but look at the last survivor of Uchiha a few more times.
Until Jiraiya and the two left together.
Walking on the street, Naruto asked with some doubt, "Master, where are we going to practice next?"
"You'll know when you get there. "
Jiraiya walked in front and replied lightly, and then the two of them came to the entrance of the women's bathhouse in the village.