"What?! You just learned it from the Scroll of Seals? How is that even possible?!" Iruka exclaimed, his voice filled with shock.
"From what Naruto said, it hasn't even been an hour since you stole the Scroll, yet you managed to learn this ninjutsu so quickly?"
He couldn't wrap his head around it. The technique Makoto had mastered wasn't just any technique.
It was the Fourth Hokage's signature move!
[Senju Tobirama: Well, now we have another witness. This should make it easier to prove to everyone that you're a genius.]
[Uchiha Madara: Hah! You really think anyone will believe this? Even if we took a casual glance at it, mastering something of this level instantly should be impossible.]
Iruka's eyes remained locked onto Makoto, scanning him carefully as if trying to make sense of what kind of monster he had been teaching all these years.
When Makoto had defeated Sasuke earlier, Iruka had already suspected that his true strength far exceeded what was publicly known. In fact, he had even reported his suspicions to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
At that moment, Iruka had compared Makoto to someone like Jiraiya, one of the legendary Sannin. Jiraiya had been a fool in his youth, but under the guidance of the Third Hokage, he had experienced an epiphany that set him on the path to becoming one of the most renowned figures in the ninja world.
Iruka had thought Makoto might be similar to Jiraiya. But what he hadn't expected was that Makoto was even more of a genius than he had imagined. The idea that he could learn a technique like the Rasengan in such a short time was simply outrageous.
Just then, a figure suddenly appeared before them.
It was none other than Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had rushed over from the Hokage's office.
Seeing that all three of them were safe, Sarutobi let out a quiet sigh of relief.
After all, Iruka was an excellent academy teacher, Naruto was the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki, and Makoto was a prodigy who could potentially follow the same path as his disciple Jiraiya. If anything had happened to them, it would have been a heavy blow.
Upon seeing Sarutobi, Iruka immediately straightened up and saluted. "Lord Third! I didn't expect this situation to alert you enough to come in person!"
Sarutobi had seen the moment when Makoto had rushed toward Mizuki. But now, he saw that Makoto was completely unharmed.
His brows furrowed in confusion. "Where is Mizuki? Did he run away? And why aren't you injured at all? What exactly happened here?"
From what he had observed, Makoto had engaged Mizuki directly. Yet now, everything seemed… fine
What had happened to Mizuki?
Sensing Sarutobi's confusion, Iruka stepped forward and pointed toward a spot in the distance. "Lord Third, he's over there!"
Sarutobi turned his gaze in the direction Iruka was pointing. His eyes widened slightly as he spotted Mizuki lying unconscious on the ground, surrounded by several broken trees.
The wound on Mizuki's stomach caught his attention. Narrowing his eyes, Sarutobi examined the injury closely. There was something eerily familiar about it.
Where had he seen such a wound before?
"What happened? Who defeated him?" he asked, his voice tinged with curiosity.
Iruka immediately responded, "Lord Third, those injuries… they were caused by Makoto. He used Rasengan!"
Sarutobi's eyes widened in disbelief. "What did you just say?! Makoto used Rasengan to defeat Mizuki?"
Iruka scratched his head awkwardly, knowing how absurd it sounded. "Although it's hard to believe, it's the truth, Lord Third! Makoto used Rasengan, and he just learned it from the Scroll of Seals!"
Sarutobi stared at Makoto, his small eyes filled with confusion. He glanced at Mizuki, then back at Makoto. Rubbing his eyes in disbelief, he repeated this action quite a few times.
Mizuki, Makoto, Mizuki, Makoto.
"You… You really learned Rasengan just from reading the Scroll of Seals? Not from somewhere else?"
Ito Makoto shrugged helplessly. "Yeah, I just read the Scroll of Seals with Naruto. The Rasengan technique looked pretty good, so I learned it. Honestly, I didn't find it hard."
"And Naruto learned the Multi Shadow Clone Technique!"
Naruto scratched the back of his head, his face turning red with embarrassment. "But I think Rasengan is really hard… Makoto, you're amazing! I spent a long time trying to learn it, but you got it right away!"
Sarutobi was completely flabbergasted. He had never expected to witness such an extraordinary talent emerging once again.
Among civilian-born ninjas, there had been Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Minato… and now, Makoto!
At this point, Sarutobi had no choice but to believe Iruka's words. There was no other explanation.
Makoto was just a civilian ninja. The only possible way for him to have learned Rasengan was through the Scroll of Seals. It seemed like the right time for Sarutobi to personally explain the profound essence of the Will of Fire to Makoto.
After processing all of this, Sarutobi looked at Makoto with an intense gaze. If Minato had been called a once-in-a-generation genius...then what should he call Makoto?
Perhaps calling him a genius wasn't enough. A more fitting word would be monster!
At that moment, a deep sense of regret washed over Sarutobi.
Makoto's potential had been truly wasted.
His parents had died on a mission when he was young, and without anyone to seriously guide him, he had been left to grow on his own. If Makoto had received proper training from an early age, he would be something far more terrifying.
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