Chapter 65: Naruto Reunites with His Companions! Though It's Been Two Months, It Feels Like Three Ye

Chapter 65: Naruto Reunites with His Companions! Though It's Been Two Months, It Feels Like Three Years!

"Neji, Hinata, you two must not grieve too deeply. Tsunade-sama and everyone else will definitely help you get your revenge.

Those bastards who dared to treat the Hyuga clan like this will definitely pay the price!"

Ino stood by Hinata's side, gently patting her shoulder.

Hinata's face was devoid of emotion, filled with sadness, and she remained silent.

Neji kept quiet.

"Right, where are Naruto, Sakura, Yamato, and Sai?

I thought they were back? Why haven't they shown up yet?"

Kiba suddenly spoke up, intentionally changing the subject.

"They're all lazybones, not a single one of them is here!" Tenten complained.

"Oh! My eternal rival, Kakashi! Why aren't you here yet? Where's your youthful spirit? Your burning passion?" Gai looked around, slightly dejected.

But the next moment, his eyes lit up as he exclaimed:

"Oh! There they are! Kakashi! Hokage-sama! They're here! My blood is boiling once more!"

"Hokage-sama is here?"

The group looked in the direction of the voice.

They saw Tsunade, clad in her green overcoat, with a solemn expression on her face, leading Kakashi, Shikaku, and Shizune towards them. She scanned the entire area and said, "Everyone who's supposed to be here is present.

Now, I have an announcement to make!"

Hearing this, the group turned serious.

"Is it about the Hyuga clan incident? Have you found the culprit, and do you need our help in taking them down?"

A ninja asked.

"No, it's not about the Hyuga clan.

We haven't identified the perpetrator yet, but rest assured, once we do, I won't let them get away with it."

Tsunade shook her head.

"Then, what is the mission, Hokage-sama? We're ready to give it our all, no matter what it is!" Another ninja spoke up.

The others nodded in agreement.

Tsunade nodded gently:

"This mission is simple. I want all of you to study hard!"

"St-study!?"

The group was stunned, their mouths agape in disbelief.

"You want us to study, Tsunade-sama? Study a new and powerful combination jutsu?" Ino asked.

"No, no, no! I'm sure Tsunade-sama wants us to learn powerful taijutsu, right, Tsunade-sama?" Gai gave Tsunade a thumbs-up.

"How could it possibly be something as trivial as taijutsu? Why would we need so many people to learn that?" An jonin rebutted.

Quite a few people around nodded in agreement.

But Tsunade's expression turned solemn as she said, "What I want you to learn can indeed be considered a type of taijutsu."

"Wh-what? We're really going to learn taijutsu?" The group was astonished.

"This is fantastic! Tsunade-sama has finally recognized the power of taijutsu! If everyone masters powerful taijutsu, the fiery passion of Konoha will burn even brighter! Oh oh oh! As expected of Tsunade-sama!"

Gai shouted excitedly, spinning in circles.

"Teacher Gai! My blood is boiling!" Rock Lee shouted as well.

"Let's run a hundred laps around Konoha together!" Gai shouted.

"Oh!"

"Gai! Lee! You two! Can you let Tsunade-sama finish speaking?" Kakashi covered his forehead with a helpless expression.

The others shook their heads in resignation.

Shikamaru frowned, "For Tsunade-sama to ask us to learn taijutsu, it must be something out of the ordinary."

"Indeed, it's an incredibly powerful form of taijutsu known as 'Budo'. If mastered, even I could be defeated.

Tsunade spoke.

"What? Defeat you, Tsunade-sama? How could a mere taijutsu defeat someone as powerful as you?" The group of ninjas found this hard to believe.

After all, ever since the profession of ninja came into existence, taijutsu had always been considered inferior.

Take, for instance, the iron country's bushi, who solely relied on physical techniques. They had long since been left behind by ninjas and were not even considered a threat.

Even Might Guy, the strongest taijutsu practitioner in Konoha, was only on par with Kakashi Hatake, and compared to the Sannin, he fell far short.

In this world, only ninjutsu was considered the most powerful and mainstream!

"I knew it would be hard for you to believe," Tsunade said. "But it's fine. I'll show you the power of Budo. Naruto! Sakura! Sai! Yamato! All of you, come over here!"

Tsunade called out loudly.

From the trees not far away, Naruto and the other three emerged, walking slowly.

"Everyone! It's been a long time!"

Naruto smiled and greeted the group.

"Naruto-kun!"

Hearing the voice she had been longing for day and night, Hinata immediately lifted her head, only to lower it again soon after.

Her face was filled with sadness.

"It's truly wonderful that Naruto-kun has returned to Konoha... But... but... I'm no longer the same as before. I don't have the right to like Naruto-kun anymore..."

Hinata thought sadly.

"Naruto, you jerk! Sakura! Do you know how worried everyone has been about you two these past two months?" Ino yelled at Naruto and Sakura.

"Naruto, I was planning to invite you to go eat barbecue with me today, but I couldn't find you... Now that I see you, I'm relieved." Choji smiled.

"Oh oh oh! I can feel the burning passion from Naruto! Teacher Guy!" Rock Lee exclaimed.

"As expected of Naruto! Let's ignite our youth together!" Guy shouted.

"Wait... Am I hallucinating? Why does Naruto seem taller and stronger after not seeing him for just two months?" Kiba walked closer, inspecting Naruto with a surprised look on his face.

"Hehehe! Kiba, you're pretty perceptive!

But I'm still growing, so it's normal for me to get taller, right?

Is there a need to be so surprised?" Naruto puffed out his chest, looking proud.

Two months ago, his height was about 1.66 meters, but now, after learning Budo, his height had skyrocketed to around 1.77 meters.

Although this was nothing compared to the Empire's Rock Lee and Neji, he had indeed grown taller when standing among his old teammates.

This made him feel proud.

"Tch! You were shorter than me two months ago, and now you're taller! It's so annoying!" Kiba grumbled, feeling envious.

How could Naruto have changed so much in just two months? It was as if three years had passed instead!

"Naruto..." Neji muttered.

Naruto also turned his gaze to Neji and Hinata, and his smile faded as he said, "Neji! Hinata! The Hyuga clan's matter will not be left unresolved! I will avenge you! Believe me."

"Naruto-kun..." Hinata lifted her head, looking at the serious Naruto, and whispered softly. She wanted to say something more but ended up lowering her head again.

"Hmph! I'll take care of the revenge myself.

What can you, a genin, possibly do?"

Neji's feelings were complicated, but he still spoke with a cold tone.

Naruto's expression immediately froze:

"Genin... Genin... Genin..."

He crouched down and started drawing circles on the ground.

(End of Chapter)

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