Naruto Dream Fulfillment Master

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He looked at his empty hands and sighed softly, "What a pity... I don't know anything at all... I don't understand any of those powerful ninjutsu."

He opened his right palm and tried to gather chakra.

A wisp of blue chakra slowly took shape, spinning erratically in his palm, yet it could never quite coalesce into a sphere.

"As expected, it's just a half-baked Rasengan..."

Naruto smiled bitterly as he dispersed the still-developing Rasengan, muttering dejectedly, "The secret technique my father taught me... I may never be able to complete it on my own again..."

After quickly tidying up, Naruto changed his clothes and went out, running towards the meeting place agreed upon by Team 7.

He was still preoccupied with last night's dream, and his steps were much lighter than usual. He soon arrived at the training ground outside the village.

Sakura was already waiting there in the open space of the training ground.

Upon seeing Naruto, she waved for the first time ever: "Naruto, good morning!"

Naruto strode forward, grinning, and said, "Sakura, good morning! Is Kakashi-sensei here yet?"

As he spoke, he looked around in all directions.

Strange, is Kakashi-sensei, who is always late, even later today?

Just then, Sasuke appeared on the path not far away.

Naruto turned around and, as if remembering something, a sly smile flashed across his face.

He immediately stepped forward, blocking Sasuke's path, his eyebrows raised high: "Yo, Sasuke!"

He looked Sasuke up and down with a smug expression, "I didn't expect this—"

Naruto deliberately dragged out his words.

"Sasuke, you were defeated by me in my dream, and you were still defeated by me in your dream! Hahaha, Sasuke, you're no good either! You're too lame!"

As soon as Naruto uttered his exaggerated boast, Sasuke's face immediately darkened.

Chapter 46 Naruto, Watch Carefully

"You guy..."

Sasuke's temples throbbed with veins, and he felt a tightness in his chest that made him feel suffocated.

"hateful!"

He glared at Naruto's smug grin, suppressing his frustration, and grumbled, "Is that you? What's it to you!"

He turned his face away as he said this.

"Why doesn't it matter!"

Naruto, not to be outdone, crossed his arms and raised his chin, "Wasn't that Naruto in the dream? That was me!"

"Hmph!" Sasuke sneered, stubbornly saying, "Naruto knows far more ninjutsu than you. I was just careless and didn't dodge."

Naruto was speechless, unable to refute what he had just said.

His smile froze on his face, and after a long pause, he managed to stammer out, "You arrogant bastard..."

But deep down, I had to admit that Sasuke was right.

In my dreams, I possess so many powerful ninjutsu techniques, but in reality...

Naruto lowered his gaze, his expression darkening.

Seeing that Naruto was no longer smug, Sasuke felt a little relieved.

But the next second, he noticed that Naruto's expression was a little strange.

Naruto's once radiant face suddenly lost its luster, replaced by dejection and self-reproach.

He lowered his head, clenched his fists, and after a long while squeezed out a sentence from his throat: "...Yes, I can't do anything."

Naruto's voice was soft and muffled, which made Sasuke pause in surprise.

Just then, Naruto took a deep breath, suddenly raised his right hand, and pressed his palm down hard on the tree trunk next to him!

He shouted and poured a surge of chakra energy into the tree trunk.

With a soft "hiss," several cracks appeared on the surface of the tree trunk, which was about the thickness of a bowl.

However, the crack was fine and shallow, and the trunk only swayed slightly twice before returning to calm.

Naruto withdrew his hand, looked at the few small cracks on the tree bark, and smiled bitterly: "You see, this is my current strength..."

He lowered his head and said self-deprecatingly, "This is the profound secret my father taught me, but I've only learned half of it so far. I'm afraid I can never achieve the power I had in my dream again."

Sasuke witnessed this scene and his heart skipped a beat.

This was the first time he had ever seen Naruto look so forlorn.

He could truly understand the feeling of losing something, getting it back, and then losing it again.

I really went too far with what I said in a fit of pique...

Sasuke felt a pang of regret. He opened his mouth, wanting to apologize, but couldn't bring himself to do it.

After a moment of silence, he asked in a muffled voice, "Hey, which tow truck... is the one you were using still missing the last stage?"

"Hmm." Naruto nodded sullenly. "Rasengan. I only completed the second stage, and I can't train the rest no matter what."

As he spoke, he looked at the lingering chakra energy in his right palm, and a deep sense of frustration and regret welled up inside him.

The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat somber.

Sakura stood to the side, looking at Naruto with concern. Just as she was about to say something to comfort him, she suddenly spotted a familiar figure peeking out from behind the bushes not far away.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura raised her arm, waved vigorously at the person who came, and called out loudly.

Upon hearing this, Naruto and Sasuke both looked in the direction of the voice.

Sure enough, that nonchalant white-haired figure was walking this way.

Strangely, Kakashi, who is usually late, arrived early today?

"Hey, good morning."

Kakashi strolled over slowly, hands in his pockets, half his face hidden under his headband and mask, revealing only one crescent-shaped eye. He greeted them with a half-smile.

"Kakashi-sensei is here so early today?!" Naruto was the first to react, his eyes widening as he exclaimed, "That's so rare!"

Sasuke, who was standing to the side, nodded in agreement with Naruto's statement, which was a rare occurrence.

The way the two of them were singing in unison made Kakashi feel slightly awkward.

A bead of sweat trickled down his forehead in embarrassment. He thought to himself that he could never admit that he had come early today because he had dreamt last night that someone had complained about him for always being late.

Kakashi chuckled twice and quickly waved his hand, saying, "Haha, well... the sun is nice today, so I came over early since I was on the way."

He coughed a few times and quickly changed the subject, "Ahem, anyway, there are other plans for today, so I won't be taking you on the D-level mission."

"Really?!" Naruto's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this.

He was fed up with those tedious chores, and he was finally waiting for Kakashi to have a change of heart!

"Great!"

Naruto jumped three feet high in excitement.

"Finally, we don't have to catch cats anymore! Kakashi-sensei, so what are we going to do today? How about we do some cool missions that real ninjas do?"

He couldn't wait to lean closer and ask.

Sakura also looked at Kakashi curiously, clearly uninterested in the usual D-rank missions.

Kakashi gave a meaningful look.

"There's no mission. But—today I'm going to teach you cultivation!"

"Cultivation?!"

Naruto was taken aback at first, then realized what was happening and exclaimed with delight, "Yay! Kakashi-sensei is finally going to teach us training himself!"

He clenched his fist excitedly, his face full of anticipation.

"Teach me powerful ninjutsu quickly!"

Sasuke's eyes lit up when he heard the word "training".

For him, the ability to become stronger is always appealing, no matter when or where.

He took a half-step forward without making a sound, intently waiting for Kakashi to continue.

However, Kakashi's next words caused both Naruto and Sakura to show expressions of existential doubt.

"Today I'm going to teach you—how to climb trees," Kakashi said with a casual smile, his eyes narrowed.

"Huh?!" Naruto and Sakura exclaimed in unison.

"Climbing trees? What's so interesting about that? It sounds so boring..." Naruto's face fell immediately, his eyes filled with utter disappointment.

He thought Kakashi-sensei was going to teach him some incredibly powerful technique, but it turned out to be something even a child could do: climbing trees?!

Sakura looked confused as well: "Does learning this kind of thing count as training?"

She tilted her head, unsure of what Kakashi was up to.

Seeing the three children's varying reactions, Kakashi explained seriously, "This isn't just ordinary tree climbing. Watch closely—"

He said this as he stepped back a few steps and came to a large tree trunk.

In front of the three of them, Kakashi slowly raised one foot and gently stepped on the tree trunk.

An astonishing scene unfolded.

Kakashi's foot was firmly attached to the tree trunk, as if drawn by some invisible force.

He then lifted his other foot, and surprisingly, both feet left the ground, walking up the vertical tree trunk as if on flat ground.

"Wow—!" Naruto's eyes widened in surprise.

Kakashi casually put his hands in his pockets and walked along the tree trunk to a branch more than ten meters above the ground, as if he were taking a stroll on flat ground.

Sakura covered her mouth, letting out a soft gasp, her face full of disbelief.

"I see, so it uses chakra to adhere to the tree trunk?" Sasuke's eyes flashed, and he instantly figured it out.