Naruto: The Hidden Protector

110:The customized course

The next day in the early morning, Naruto was called to the training field in the backyard by Izanami. Although he was very sleepy, Naruto walked towards the training area while yawning constantly.

Opening the door, Naruto found that Izanami was already inside. Next to her, there was a barrel full of scrolls.

“Good morning, big sis Izanami, “ Naruto greeted Izanami while yawning. Although he slept early yesterday, he was still a bit tired. Yesterday his parents doubled his training with them in the sealed space. They didn’t stop until he was mentally drained. Well, he was allowed to watch a movie afterward with his parents, so he isn't complaining.

“ Well let's first have you fully woken up, “ Izanami said as she snapped her fingers.

The very next second, a ball of water appeared above Naruto and splashed water all over him. And before Naruto could exclaim in shock, a gust of warm wind passed by him and dried his clothes instantly.

“ There that ought to wake you up, “ Izanami said with a chuckle. But all she got was an annoyed glare from Naruto.

Ignoring his glares filled with resentment, Izanami continued, “ Well Naruto, as you may have heard yesterday, you will have a new sealing teacher at the ninja academy. “

“You mean the white-haired old man who was beaten by Mom and Kurama yesterday? “ Naruto thought about it and asked.

“Yes, that’s the guy. “ Izanami nodded her in confirmation. After thinking about it, she asked, “ Do you know why he was punished yesterday? “

“ Umm “Naruto nodded and said, “ Yes Mom explained everything to me. “” Yesterday his mother was not satisfied with the punishment that the white-haired old man had and was constantly cursing at him from time to time. From those curses, Naruto could make out the details.

“ Good although I will still give you a brief summary. In short, that man is your godfather who should have been your legal guardian before I came. But as you may have already noticed, he failed to do his duties and was out of the village for many years. And yesterday he had to face your mother’s wrath because of that mistake.

But although he is very irresponsible, don’t misunderstand him, Naruto. Jiraiya is not a bad person. I’m sure he has never considered intentionally harming you, but that’s just the way he is. In fact, that fool Jiraiya could be called an adult who has the mind of a child. “ As Izanami began to scold Jiraiya, Naruto, who was forcibly awakened, began to feel his eyelids becoming more and more heavy.

Just as he was on the verge of mastering the secret art of sleeping during a conversation, he was once again drowned in water and dried the next second.

“Ehem, as I was saying, since Jiraiya had done such injustice to you, it is only fair that you have some revenge of your own, “ Izanami said as she looked at Naruto with a smile.

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While Izanmi was having this conversation with Naruto in the real world, a similar conversation was going on in his mindscape.

“What do you mean by this lady Izanami? “ Minato, who heard everything, asked as he looked at the spiritual Izanami, who was relaxing on top of Kurama. And the said fox was currently in a heated battle with Kushina.

And no, they aren’t fighting in the real sense. Both of them are just using the new video game console Izanami introduced to them. And boy, are these too good. They just needed a few minutes to get familiar with the rules, and boom, two professional players were born.

“What are you talking about, Minato? “ Izanami asked as she raised an eyebrow. Although she appeared clueless, the playful smile on her face said something otherwise.

“Why are you instigating Naruto against teacher Jiraiya? “ Minato asked. Although he was very disappointed by his teacher’s behavior, he still respected Jiraiya. As Izanami said, Jiraya was like an adult with the mind of a child.

So even though he is irresponsible, Minato knew perfectly well that Jiraiya didn’t have any prejudice against Naruto. Even Kushina in her anger knew this. If Naruto was really threatened in front of him, Jiraiya would have protected Naruto without any hesitation.

Knowing this, Minato didn’t want Naruto to hate Jiraiya. Jiraiya was still his godfather after all.

Seeing Minato’s worries, Izanami sighed and said, “ You know you are taking this whole conversation too seriously. I have no interest in making Naruto hate Jiraiya. The reason I’m saying all this is to motivate him. “

“Motiuvate him, “ Minato asked in puzzelment.

“Yeah, the lesson I will teach Naruto is about sealing arts. And knowing how much Naruto hates studying, I figured he would definitely lose interest in seals very easily. So I decided to teach him in a more different way. “ Izanami said with a smile.

“And that is? “ Minato asked, getting a bad feeling about where this conversation was going.

“ The most practical and efficient way to motivate Naruto is teaching him how to prank others. Especially those villagers who have more than enough free time to become practice targets, “ Izanami said with a smile that almost split her face. She looked like a devil who is about to break free from her restraints.

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“Pranks? “ Naruto asked with eyes shining. He was very interested.

“Yes, since I take it you would be bored while learning sealing arts so, I created this special pranking course, especially for you. “ Izanami said as she took one of the big scrolls from the barrel next to her and handed it to Naruto.

Naruto unfolded it and began to read its content. Due to Izanami’s and Nanami’s influences, Naruto at least knew how to read and write at an early age. Well, he had to, or else he would be forced to run 10 laps around the house for being stupid. And just running one lap is very tiring enough that he is almost out of breath.

Reading the bold lines that said, “ 30 pranking seals for beginners, “ Naruto couldn’t help but have a very serious expression. Even as a seasoned prankster who had pranked the villagers for 2 years, Naruto had to say that these pranks mentioned here are simply genius.

And what’s more, even though he has no knowledge of seals, even Naruto felt he could learn these few seals very easily.

Well, of course, he would find these seals easy after all; all these seals were custom-designed by Izanami herself to be the simplest but most effective. Although Izanami may not look like it, in her youth she was the one who even the great Sage of Six Paths feared. Because no one would know how they were pranked by her.

Even during a serious fight, you may get yourself hit by a flying pie that appeared out of nowhere.

“ So Naruto, what do you say? Do you want to learn these seals and try them on your new sealing instructor? “ Izanami asked, tempting him.

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