Chapter 59: Mokuren's Scheme, Seizing the Seal Book

  The next day, in the afternoon, Meng Ling came alone to the entrance of the Ninja School. There was a large group of children chatting and laughing with their families, it seemed that the graduation exam of the Ninja School had already ended. However, Meng Ling soon saw Naruto sitting alone on a swing, seeing this scene, Meng Ling knew that it seemed that Naruto's graduation exam did not pass again.

  Woman A: "Hey, that kid..."

  Woman B: "Is that 'that' child?"

  Woman A: "I heard he was the only one who didn't pass. Hmph, serves him right."

  Woman A: "It would be terrible if he became a ninja. Because he is..."

  Woman B: "Wait, don't say any more, be careful he might hear you, what comes next is a forbidden phrase."

  "Alas, this must be the hypocrisy of humans. I remember when Naruto defeated Pain, everyone in the village was cheering and rejoicing for him." Looking at the crowd not far away from her who were discussing Naruto, Meng Leng let out a helpless sigh.

  "Mikoto, don't disappoint me, hurry up and appear! Your actions will not only benefit me but also Naruto in the future." Miren smiled faintly.

  "What's wrong, Mei Terumi? Are you quite interested in that child?" At this time, the voice of the Third Hokage came from behind Mei.

  "Heh, yeah, the Third Hokage's grandfather, after all, I once held little Naruto in my arms when he was still a baby, so there's some sentimentality to it." Mengying wasn't surprised at all. In fact, her spiritual sense had become extremely sharp due to her completion of the "Tian Dao Jiu Duan" martial arts scripture and her experiences as one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja, where she was constantly in danger. As a result, Mengying had developed a habit of always keeping her spiritual sense extended around herself within a ten-meter radius to avoid being ambushed. Just as the Third Hokage approached within ten meters of her, Mengying had already sensed his presence.

  "What a pity! If he had graduated this time, I would have been happy to be his teacher." Meng Ling said with a smile.

  "Hmm, Third Hokage-sama, who is this..." At that time, Iruka arrived at the side of the Third Hokage, pointing at Mei and asked with some doubt.

  "Hehe, let me introduce myself, Shen Ruyue Mengling, please advise." Mengling said with a smile.

  "Ah, yes... nice to meet you. My name is Iruka Haino."

  "Alright, Iruka, come here for a moment. I have something to talk to you about later." The Third Hokage's voice rang out once again.

  "Yes." Iruka replied very respectfully.

  "So I'll leave first. Goodbye, Fire Shadow Grandpa and Iruka." Meng Ling also bid farewell and left the Ninja Academy. As she was leaving, she glanced at the swing where Naruto originally sat, and found that Naruto had already left, a hint of a smile appeared on her mouth.

  "Iruka-sensei isn't looking for trouble with you." At that time, on a rooftop, Mizuki was talking to Naruto.

  "Why is it always targeting me!?" Narutom's tone was somewhat depressed.

  "Maybe he wants you, Naruto, to truly become stronger. Because he's also an orphan." Mizuki's voice sounded very familiar.

  "But I really want to graduate." Naruto's voice was filled with resentment.

  "Hehe, this isn't impossible either..." Shuimu said with a smile.

  "Huh?" Naruto looked somewhat surprised.

  "Let me tell you a secret." Upon hearing this, Naruto's spirit was suddenly lifted.

  ————I am that gorgeous dividing line————

  At night, in the small woods outside Konoha Village...

  "Huh, let me see... the first jutsu is... Multiple Shadow Clone Technique? What the...!? The first one is my worst jutsu!?" Naruto slapped his own head, complaining.

  "But for now, let's just practice." With his mind made up, Naruto immediately began training in ninjutsu. Meanwhile, Mei was using the art of concealment to quietly observe Naruto from behind a large tree.

  "Wait until he masters Shadow Clone, then I'll make my move." Meng Ling had already made up her mind.

  About ten or so minutes later, Naruto's chakra was depleted and he fell to the ground, his eyelids starting to droop.

  "It seems someone is coming, I guess I won't be able to wait any longer. Let's get moving then - Illusory Mist." Meng Ling's right hand slowly rose, and instantly the surrounding fog began to gather rapidly, while Ming Ren also thoroughly entered the illusory realm set up by Meng Ling.

  "This is the Sealing Book? It seems I won't be able to finish reading it before the Third Hokage uses that damned Crystal Ball, so I'll just have to switch them." Meng Ling walked over to Naruto's side and picked up the Sealing Book on his back. With a flick of her wrist, the Sealing Book unfolded completely on the ground. At the same time, Meng Ling also took out an empty scroll from her own body that was identical in shape to the Sealing Book.

  "Alright, let me just copy it then. I'll keep the original for collection." Meng Ling placed her left hand on the Sealing Book and her right hand on the blank scroll. In an instant, a white mist flashed by, and the contents of the Sealing Book were completely copied onto the blank scroll. Suddenly, two scrolls appeared beside Meng Ling - one real and one fake.

  "Ah, alright, I'll take the Seal Book back and study it slowly later. I should probably leave now too." Meng Ling smiled as she stored the real Seal Book into her own Cycle Purple Jade on her chest, then put the fake one she had made onto Er Mingren's back before leaving calmly.

  "Huff...huff..." Not long after Meng Ling left, Ming Ren woke up and sat on the ground panting heavily.

  "Hey, Naruto!" At this time, Iruka's figure appeared in front of Naruto, with a furious expression.

  "Heh heh, I've finally found you. I just learned a new jutsu too." Naruto scratched the back of his head and grinned foolishly.

  "He's practicing ninjutsu here, what kind of ninjutsu can he practice here?" Iruka was somewhat surprised.

  "This is it, I'll show you a powerful ninja technique. If I succeed, will you let me graduate?" Naruto asked excitedly.

  "Who... who told you?" Iruka asked with some surprise.

  "Mizuki-sensei! It was Mizuki-sensei who told me that this scroll is the place where the Wind and Lightning are released." Naruto replied honestly to Iruka's question.

  "Mizuki?" Iruka's eyes widened in surprise at hearing his colleague's name.

  "Whoosh...whoosh...whoosh..." Just then, a series of breaking air sounds came from behind Iruka.

  At a critical moment, Iruka pushed away Naruto, but he himself was hit by Kakashi.

  "You actually managed to find this place." At this time, Mizuki's voice rang out.

  "So that's how it is." Iruka suddenly understood the truth of the whole matter.

  "Naruto, give me the scroll." Mizuki didn't pay attention to Iruka's words and directly demanded it from Naruto.

  "What's going on here?!" Naruto was completely bewildered by what he saw happening right before his eyes.

  "Uzumaki! I'd rather die than give him the scroll! This sealed scroll contains many forbidden jutsu, and Mizuki wants it so badly that he's using you." Iruka said with difficulty, drawing out his own shuriken.

  "Uzumaki, Iruka is only saying that because he's afraid you'll get the scroll," Mizuki said calmly.

  "Don't be fooled, Naruto."

  "Hehe, shall I tell you the truth?" Shuimu said with a sly smile.

  "No, you can't!" Iruka shouted loudly.

  "Twelve years ago, a rule was set in this village." Mizuki said slowly.

  "What rules?" Naruto muttered.

  "Don't say it, Mizuki." Iruka shouted loudly.

  "That's the rule..." and then Mizuki immediately revealed that Naruto is the Nine-Tails' jinchuriki.

  "Detestable, detestable, detestable, detestable," Having heard that his own body was the nine-tailed demon fox that had brought disaster to the village, Naruto was already on the verge of going berserk.

  "Die, Naruto!" Mizuki saw his chance and immediately took off the giant shuriken from his back, launching an attack on Naruto.

  After that, everything went exactly as in the original story. After Iruka blocked the kunai for Naruto, Naruto heard Mizuki's taunt again and escaped from the scene. In the end, Naruto used the Shadow Clone Jutsu he had just learned to defeat Mizuki in a rage. And so, Naruto finally received his Ninja Academy graduation certificate with the Konoha symbol on it from Iruka.

  At this time, Meng Ling, who knew the plot, was not worried that Naruto would be unable to defeat Mizuki after learning the Shadow Clone Jutsu. So he didn't finish watching and went back to his residence. He started studying the Sealing Book, although Meng Ling knew that the ninjutsu recorded in the Sealing Book might not be of much use to himself. However, apart from the Shadow Clone Jutsu, he really didn't have any other powerful jutsu. In these five years, Meng Ling discovered that the physical clones created by his Chaotic Godly Power would not dissipate like Naruto's clones when attacked strongly, and some variations had occurred. So Meng Ling also wanted to know what kind of variations would occur after learning other ninjutsu.

  "Alright, now I'll take a good look at what kind of ninjutsu is recorded in this sealed book." As she spoke, Meng Ling sat cross-legged on her small bed and slowly opened the sealed book from the Cycle of Purple Jade.

  "This, this is......" Meng Ling looked at the sealed book in her hand in surprise, but found that before the sealed book were some ninjutsu she had never seen, and at the end there was a seal pattern with only one word "Dou".

  "What?" Meng Ling stretched out his own left hand, touched the seal, and suddenly a white mist flashed by. On Meng Ling's left hand appeared a scroll with the word "Dou" written on it.

  "It's really the Book of Fights, it seems I can continue my training now. I wonder how the Dragon God would hide the Book of Fights here." Although Meng Ling's words were slightly resentful, her eyes showed that she was extremely excited.

  "Well, since there's still time now, I'll just... properly cultivate for a bit." After saying that, Meng Ling recorded several ninja techniques and then stored the Sealing Book in the Cycle of Purple Jade. Afterwards, she brought the Fighting Book into her spiritual world...