Chapter 71 - Barrier around Konoha
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(A/N: Good grief… you guys sure like working me to the bone, in any case I'm thankful. I saw my mistake in plot holes, now I have to make this mistake about 3-5 times more before I can correct it HAHAHAH... hah... what a drag... After the timeskip, let's go back in time!)
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Haku sat alone in the dining room where Naruto left, getting ahold of herself, she opened the book.
'Ice Elemental Sage Mode. A special lesson for my love, Yuki Haku or should I say… Uzumaki Haku?'
Haku chuckled at Naruto's tone in the writing, he hasn't gone away for long and he was already making her laugh without his presence?
'Now let's begin.
First, the 'Water Sage Mode', the balance is 58.2% Chakra, 41.8% Water Natural Energy but you already know that.
From here, I'll be explaining why 'Perfected Sage Mode' is better than 'Ascended Sage Mode'.
Although 'Perfected Sage Mode' only lasts for 5 minutes, the pros of 'Perfected Sage Mode' far outweighs the cons, which is it increases the chakra quality by x3 in the certain element, and consumes less chakra and more on consuming 'Natural Energy.'
Haku nodded as that was indeed true.
'After using 'Ascended Sage Mode', I've come to the conclusion that only I can use it in battle, when I'm running low, I can just teleport with my [Flying Thunder God Jutsu]. The pros are it increases chakra quality by x10 because it directly flows into the chakra pathway all the time, but… the cons are too much, it consumes more chakra and doesn't let you recover chakra because you can't gather natural energy automatically because the natural energy is directly flowing with your chakra in the 'Chakra Pathway'.'
'In other words, 'Ascended Sage Mode' is impractical for battle.'
'Onto the last point is the balance with 'Ice Elemental Sage Mode', 16.65% Wind, 20.9% Water, and 62.45% Chakra.
Please follow my instructions to not be in 'Ascended Sage Mode' all the time or it won't guarantee your life. Only use it when something or someone threatens your life, and when you have someone to take care of you when you're out of chakra. Let me be the one who takes the risk of finding out what it will lead me to before you try to use it.'
Haku nodded as she read the notebook with tears flowing out from her eyes again, "Come back alive… Naruto…"
Haku wiped the tears in her eyes and proceeded to raise one of her fingers. She had to figure out how much 0.01% of her chakra is like just like how Naruto taught her about how much 0.1% chakra is.
Although she wasn't going into 'Ascended Sage Mode' she was trying to learn 'Perfected Sage Mode' for the Ice Element. Naruto already gave her the manual, she just needs to learn it.
Jiraiya on some rooftop also read the book and said as he sighed "So that's it huh… I knew it was uncharted territory but I didn't know it was that dangerous. I hope you come back safely, Naruto."
Jiraiya flinched as his vigilance increased from detecting huge amounts of chakra in Konoha. Then surrounded the whole village with a barrier with 5 corners.
"What's happening?" Jiraiya kept the book in his pocket in worry and headed to the Hokage's office.
"Sensei! Tsunade! What's happening?!"
Hiruzen, who was smoking his pipe on the couch, chuckled and replied "Looks like Naruto didn't tell you his handiwork."
"That was Naruto's doing?" Jiraiya couldn't help but let out a dry laugh "I now see why he could leave without worry."
"Leave?" Tsunade asked in curiosity.
"What? I guess only I, his godfather, has been told about it! He's training outside for a bit."
"What?! We're about to announce what that barrier is to the village and the creator is gone?!" Tsunade slammed her table in annoyance.
Jiraiya scratched his face in embarrassment "I said training but more like risking his life to chase after strength."
Hiruzen frowned and asked "What do you mean?"
Tsunade also looked in curiosity.
Jiraiya gave the notebook to Hiruzen and replied "See for yourself."
After a few minutes of reading, Hiruzen sighed before throwing the book in Tsunade's direction. "That's quite a treacherous path he's taking."
Jiraiya sighed as well, "That's what I think too, he's only 13 and is already too obsessed with strength. He's already so strong to be on par with us raw power alone but he wants more… I wish he'd relax more…"
"Although his aim at the end of all this is a peaceful life, he's making it quite hard for himself on the way there." Hiruzen nodded, agreeing to Jiraiya.
Jiraiya chuckled but still had a worried tone "I hope he'll be okay by the end of it."
Tsunade was also curious about what they were talking about so she read the book as well.
Boom!
She slammed the table broken after she finished reading it and scolded "Why didn't you stop him! Jiraiya!"
Jiraiya went behind Hiruzen to hide like a kid and said "It's not my fault, he didn't tell me anything, he only gave me that today and disappeared as soon as he gave it. How could I stop him with his [Flying Thunder God Jutsu.]"
2 ninjas entered the room, and Tobirama said "Tsunade call Naru… what's happening here?"
Hiruzen approached Tobirama and gave it to him to understand what he's about to say "You were going to ask Tsunade to call for Naruto? He's gone to risk his life chasing after strength, you'll understand when you read this."
Tobirama nodded and read it before his face was replaced with a frown as he said, giving the book to Hashirama to read. "A young kid shouldering the fate of peace in Konoha? Shouldn't it be the Hokage's work?"
Jiraiya replied embarrassedly "That's what I thought too, but that kid… Naruto… probably only trusts his own strength and he's not shouldering the fate of peace in Konoha but his own life… according to his files, he wants to live a peaceful life and the only way for him to achieve that in his opinion is to be the strongest."
Tobirama rubbed the bone between his eyes and replied "Isn't he already quite strong? He'd only grow to be much stronger even if he went at a much slower pace."
Hiruzen nodded and replied "But in his view, I think it's not strong enough… Sensei…"
Hashirama who read the book simply laughed out loud "Hahaha! Just let the kid do what he wants. If he fails, he fails, but that kid… I don't think he'd fail!"
Tobirama just facepalmed and said "Anija… Forget it…"
Hashirama just scratched the back of his head in confusion. "In any case, the announcement has gone to waste without the guest of honor."
Tsuande replied before sitting back on her seat with a broken table in front of her. "It's not gone to waste, even if Naruto is gone we will give him the honor he deserves."
Tobirama nodded and agreed with Tsunade. He's done Konoha a huge favor, he can't be left unrewarded.
Hiruzen suddenly remembered, so he reminded them,"Oh right, he wants money too. I don't know if it is with that kid but he likes money a lot, so I promised to give him a billion. I guess we'll just leave it in the treasury until he comes back."
They just all agreed and proceeded with the announcement, gathering all of the villagers to update them with the barriers in the surrounding of Konoha.
Tsunade stood on top of the building as she gazed through the citizens of Konoha and said "Citizens of Konoha! The barrier you see outside is a barrier seal that even the tailed beast bomb cannot penetrate. As long as you're in Konoha you will be safe!"
"After just becoming Hokage, Tsunade-sama has already made such a huge contribution?!"
"We've made the right decision in supporting her!"
With citizens gossiping and cheering on Tsunade, she continued "But!..."
Hence the silence of the crowd, with a smile, Tsunade continued "I am not the creator of the seal! It's Uzumaki Naruto!"
"Woahhh! Naruto-sama!"
"Naruto-sama! Naruto-sama!" The whole village cheered in joyfulness. "Let us see Naruto-sama!!!!"
Tsunade shook her head and continued "Normally, I would ask Uzumaki Naruto to stand here but he's not here. That brat went to go train without any warning despite knowing we're going to announce the seal today! I'll beat him up when he comes back! That bra… Hey! Let me go Jiraiya!"
"Haha… Stop Tsunade… that's unbecoming, you're 5th Hokage you have to mind your image…" Jiraiya let out a dry laugh as he pulled Tsunade back.
"Like hell if I care about reputation! Let me go!" Tsunade struggled.
"Hahahaha! Naruto-sama is indeed eccentric."
"As expected of Naruto-sama, we have to be thankful when he comes back, or else I won't be able to look at myself in the mirror with a clear conscience."
"That's right! That's right!"
The Konoha was filled with laughter as they celebrated the seal around the village that will keep them safe even in the presence of a tailed beast.
Hashirama, Tobirama, and Hiruzen smiled happily seeing the village has become more and more safer with Naruto's presence.
"Saru, you know what this means when it spreads right? With benefits comes along with troubles."
"Of course, not really bragging but I've been Hokage a lot longer than you, Sensei… But that's not for me to worry about… I'm retired haha…" Hiruzen chuckled as he smoked his pipe.
Hashirama laughed out loud "That's true, it's Tsuna's problem now."
Tobirama just sighed with these two happy go lucky fellows.
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(A/N: Did I fill the plot hole a little? Btw I'll be focusing on other characters in the next chapters since this is pre-timeskip. Leave a power stone~ Thanks~)