Jiraiya crossed his arms and looked down at Naruto with a serious expression.
"Naruto," he said slowly, "this time I'm going to teach you two powerful ninjutsu at once."
Naruto's ears immediately perked up.
His blue eyes sparkled with excitement.
"If you manage to master even one of them," Jiraiya continued, "your overall strength will increase dramatically."
He then added with a smirk, "Of course… the difficulty level of these techniques is extremely high."
Naruto leaned forward eagerly.
"What are they?!" he asked impatiently.
"What kind of awesome ninjutsu are you going to teach me?!"
Jiraiya smiled.
"One of them is the Summoning Technique."
Naruto blinked.
"And the other one…"
Jiraiya paused for dramatic effect.
"…is the Rasengan."
Naruto's mouth dropped open.
"Rasengan?! That sounds incredible!"
Jiraiya nodded with satisfaction.
This decision had come after careful thought.
Teaching Naruto the Summoning Technique had always been part of the plan. It was one of the most useful abilities a ninja could possess.
As for the Rasengan, Jiraiya originally believed Naruto might not yet be ready for it.
But recently, he had realized something.
Naruto possessed tremendous potential.
More importantly…
The boy worked incredibly hard.
Sometimes, it even seemed like Naruto was pushing himself beyond his limits.
In that case, there was no need to overthink things.
If Naruto could learn many techniques, he would eventually find the path that suited him best.
Naruto pumped his fists excitedly.
"They both sound super powerful!"
Jiraiya grinned.
"Of course they are."
"Now watch carefully."
"First, I'll teach you the Summoning Technique."
Jiraiya bit his thumb.
A small line of blood appeared.
He quickly performed a sequence of hand seals before slamming his palm onto the ground.
"Summoning Technique!"
BOOM!
A loud explosion echoed across the training field.
Thick white smoke billowed everywhere.
Naruto coughed and waved his hands in front of his face as the smoke slowly cleared.
Then—
His jaw dropped.
Before him stood a massive toad.
The giant frog towered above Naruto like a small building.
And standing proudly on top of the frog's head was Jiraiya himself, arms crossed confidently.
Naruto's eyes widened to the size of saucers.
"It's… it's HUGE!"
Jiraiya laughed loudly.
"This is one of the amazing toads from Mount Myōboku."
"As long as you master the Summoning Technique and sign a summoning contract with them, you'll be able to call them to fight alongside you anytime, anywhere."
He looked at Naruto meaningfully.
"If you had known this technique earlier, dealing with Gaara and Shukaku would have been much easier."
Naruto scratched his head awkwardly.
"Well… I did manage to use the Diamond Sealing Chains."
Jiraiya nodded.
"That ability was definitely unexpected."
Naruto immediately became fired up.
"Alright!"
"I'm going to try it right now!"
Following Jiraiya's instructions, Naruto carefully practiced the required hand seals.
He bit his finger.
Then he used the blood to draw the summoning mark on his palm.
Taking a deep breath, he slammed his hand onto the ground.
"Summoning Technique!"
BOOM!
Another cloud of smoke appeared.
Naruto stared eagerly at the smoke.
He imagined a giant frog even bigger than Jiraiya's.
But when the smoke cleared…
A tiny red frog stood on the ground.
Naruto froze.
"…What?"
Then he screamed.
"AHHHH!"
"Why is it so SMALL?!"
He grabbed his head in disbelief.
The tiny frog glared at him.
"Hey! Watch your mouth, kid!"
"You're the small one!"
Naruto blinked.
"Huh?"
"You can talk?!"
The frog crossed its arms.
"Of course I can talk!"
"My name is Gamakiichi!"
"I thought someone important had summoned me!"
Naruto crouched down and stared at him closely.
"So you're really from Mount Myōboku?"
Gamakiichi puffed out his chest proudly.
"Of course."
"The frogs of Mount Myōboku are far smarter and stronger than you humans!"
Naruto frowned.
"Are you serious? Or are you just bragging?"
Jiraiya chuckled.
"He's telling the truth."
"Mount Myōboku is one of the Three Great Sacred Lands."
"It has existed since the era of the Sage of Six Paths."
Gamakiichi nodded smugly.
"See? The adult understands."
"You little brat clearly don't know anything."
Naruto's eyebrow twitched.
"Hey!"
"I'm the one who summoned you!"
"Shouldn't you follow my orders?!"
Gamakiichi snorted.
"The frogs of Mount Myōboku are not ordinary summoned creatures."
"We are partners."
"Whether we help you or not depends on whether you're worthy."
Naruto turned toward Jiraiya.
"Perverted Sage!"
"Is that really true?!"
Jiraiya shrugged helplessly.
Naruto clenched his fists.
"Hmph!"
"Then I'll prove how strong I am!"
He pointed at Gamakiichi confidently.
"Besides, a tiny frog like you isn't very useful."
"I'll summon a frog even bigger than the Perverted Sage's frog!"
Gamakiichi scoffed.
"You think you can do that, kid?"
"I doubt it."
Naruto puffed out his chest.
"Just watch!"
Soon, the human and frog began arguing loudly.
Jiraiya rubbed his forehead.
"Why are they fighting…"
He sighed.
But Naruto ignored him.
He immediately prepared another summoning.
"Summoning Technique!"
BOOM!
Another cloud of white smoke appeared.
A new frog emerged.
"Ah! Big brother Gamakiichi!"
Gamakiichi blinked in shock.
"Gamadatsu?!"
"What are you doing here?!"
The orange frog smiled innocently.
"I was bored."
"And I felt like eating snacks."
He looked at Naruto eagerly.
"Do you have any delicious snacks?"
"If I'm full, I might help you fight!"
Naruto stared blankly.
"…What kind of weird situation is this?"
Jiraiya burst out laughing.
"This is exactly why I said the Summoning Technique isn't easy."
"If you don't activate it with maximum chakra and determination, you won't summon the strongest creatures."
In fact, Naruto was already performing much better than expected.
In the original timeline, Naruto initially summoned nothing but tadpoles.
But now, he had summoned Gamakiichi and Gamadatsu in his first attempts.
Naruto clenched his fists.
"Fine!"
"Within three days, I'll summon a frog even bigger than yours!"
Jiraiya suddenly raised his hand.
"Wait a minute, Naruto."
Naruto looked confused.
"What is it?"
"I still need to teach you the Rasengan."
Naruto blinked.
"Why?"
"I haven't even mastered the Summoning Technique yet!"
Jiraiya grinned.
"With your talent, learning only one new jutsu at a time would be a waste."
"It's better to learn two at once."
Naruto narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"…Hey."
"That sounds nice on the surface."
"But in reality…"
"You just want to teach me the jutsu quickly and then run off to have fun somewhere, right?!"
Jiraiya laughed loudly.
"Hahaha!"
"Naruto, you're surprisingly good at reading people!"
Naruto stared at him silently.
Jiraiya coughed awkwardly.
Then he pulled out three items.
A water balloon.
A rubber ball.
And a regular balloon.
Before explaining the training, Jiraiya demonstrated the Rasengan.
"Watch carefully."
He extended his right hand.
No hand seals were needed.
Chakra rapidly gathered in his palm.
The blue energy began spinning violently.
Faster and faster.
The swirling chakra compressed into a brilliant sphere.
The air vibrated from the immense power.
"Rasengan!"
Jiraiya thrust his arm forward.
The Rasengan struck a nearby tree.
BOOM!
The tree trunk exploded inward.
A perfectly spherical hole appeared through the wood.
Naruto's jaw dropped.
"That's… that's insanely powerful…"
Even Gamakiichi and Gamadatsu stared in awe.
Jiraiya smiled proudly.
"This technique is called the Rasengan."
"To master it completely, you must pass through three stages."
He handed Naruto the water balloon.
"The first stage uses this water balloon."
"You must burst it using rotating chakra."
"This stage trains your chakra rotation."
Then he lifted the rubber ball.
"The second stage uses this rubber ball."
"It's a hundred times tougher than the water balloon."
"You must still burst it using chakra."
"This stage trains your power."
Finally, he held up the normal balloon.
"The third stage is the opposite."
"After mastering rotation and power, you must compress chakra into a stable sphere without bursting the balloon."
"This trains control and concentration."
"When you succeed, you'll create the complete Rasengan."
Jiraiya looked at Naruto.
"Do you understand?"
The old Naruto might have struggled to grasp the explanation.
But now—
Naruto immediately understood.
"Ah!"
"I get it, Perverted Sage!"
Jiraiya burst out laughing.
"Hahaha!"
"You really are a genius ninja!"
"In that case…"
"Start your training immediately!"
He pointed at Naruto.
"You must train all of them simultaneously."
"Your Wind Release techniques, the Summoning Technique, and the Rasengan!"
Naruto instantly felt enormous pressure.
These techniques followed completely different training paths.
Wind Release body techniques.
The Summoning Technique.
The Rasengan.
Previously, when Kakashi taught him two wind techniques at once, Naruto already felt overwhelmed.
Now he had to learn three new jutsu simultaneously.
And each one was far more difficult.
Ten times harder.
Maybe even a hundred times harder.
This training could only be described as…
Inhuman.
A living hell.
But Naruto clenched his fists.
His eyes burned with determination.
No matter how difficult it was…
He would master them all.
Because one day—
He would become Hokage.
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