Naruto: What Kind of Starter Pack is 13 Years Late?

"Huh?"

Hearing Naruto's words, everyone was surprised.

Ino asked curiously, "Takemi, are you taking the Jonin exam?"

"Didn't you hear the news?"

Shikamaru, while quietly eating, explained, "Takemi is indeed taking the exam, this year."

"So amazing!"

The young ninjas all looked envious, but Takemi smiled and shrugged.

"Just good luck. So today is like an early celebration, eat your fill."

"Yay!"

Everyone cheered, with Choji being the loudest, a scene that made Naruto's face stretch even longer.

"Hey, this guy is a total bastard!"

"Shut up, Naruto! Don't talk nonsense!"

"Exactly!"

Naruto pursed his lips. He and Sasuke exchanged glances, both sighing helplessly.

If everyone knew that Takemi was the first to run when trouble broke out, causing them to be lectured by the Hokage and that it was his rotten idea that sent the Hokage to the hospital, what would everyone think?

"Bastard, let's eat!"

In the end, Naruto and Sasuke both turned their indignation into appetite, fiercely joining the 'BBQ Scramble'.

"Slow down, there's more."

Takemi looked at these youngsters, especially Sasuke and Naruto's appetites, and couldn't help but shake his head.

If it were before, his fists would definitely be clenched, but now…

"I've done so many missions, I have money. If not, I can discuss it with Kakashi and the Akimichi clan?"

Takemi had many people he could ask for favors. If Kakashi wasn't available, wasn't there Jiraiya?

If that didn't work, go to Sarutobi Hiruzen?

At worst, he could just say, 'You wouldn't want to see me, Sasuke, and Naruto washing dishes, would you?'

"And this operation went pretty well."

While grilling his own meat, Takemi pondered.

This time, he had seen the power of Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and even if it wasn't the authentic effect, it was still good.

"Moreover, with this usage, the speed at which my eyes absorb Chakra has increased. Perhaps my eyes will undergo some new changes."

The increased absorption speed of his eyes was important to him. Even if it didn't level up, his eyes could still gain many new abilities.

After all, Nagato's Rinnegan only used basic abilities, and Takemi was similar, but his basic abilities weren't maxed out.

Besides, no one could say whether his basic abilities were the same as the Rinnegan.

He hoped to gain some new abilities to develop more attack methods belonging to his 'Takemi' identity.

"Then I'll discuss it with Kakashi-sensei and apply for some missions, as I still need to hone my skills."

He no longer lacked Chakra. In fact, it was increasing more and more, but he still needed to hone his tactics and techniques.

Ōtsutsuki Takeshiki could suppress with brute force, but Takemi couldn't. He still had a long way to go.

"Also, I might even get a summoning beast to play with. I remember that Kishimoto's summoning beast seems to be in the Land of Fire?"

Suddenly, Takemi thought of something, but just then, Ino's voice rang out.

"Takemi."

"Hmm?"

Snapping back to reality, he saw Ino smiling at him, holding juice.

"Although it's not yet time, I wish you success in advance, Takemi."

"Wishing you success in advance, Takemi!"

With Ino leading, all the youngsters smiled and raised their cups, even Sasuke and Naruto did the same.

"Is that so?"

Takemi also picked up his juice, smiling as he raised it.

"Then I'll take your good wishes. Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

Time flew by, and in a blink of an eye, it was already September, the golden autumn.

Leisurely times always bring joy. At least for Takemi, he had been living very comfortably during this period.

Every day was spent sparring with Guy, Kakashi, and even Jiraiya, and sometimes Hiruzen would even come over to instruct him.

Besides that, he would learn Medical Ninjutsu from Tsunade.

Medical Ninjutsu is also an application of Yang Release. His Yang Release is very strong, and self-recovery is completely fine.

But it didn't work on others, and he also wanted to study Obito's arm, so he could take it out later.

However, compared to his happiness, others were not doing so well.

"Damn it!"

Inside the Root base, Danzo slammed his fist on the table.

"What exactly is Orochimaru doing? Why has there suddenly been no news from him at all?"

Danzo was very depressed now, he had almost lost contact with Orochimaru. For a moment, he even suspected that Orochimaru might have died.

But according to his understanding of Orochimaru, he was most likely fine. The only explanation was that Orochimaru probably held a grudge against him.

"Was it that time in the Land of Wind?"

He wasn't actually clear about what had happened in the Land of Wind. The report he received seemed to indicate that something Minato had sealed back then had erupted.

As a result, everyone present was affected. If Takemi hadn't used Flying Thunder God, Kakashi and the others would probably have died.

"Takemi can already deal with Orochimaru..."

Thinking of Takemi, at such a young age, being able to contend with Orochimaru, who was already famous and renowned throughout the Ninja World, he felt another pang of heartache.

Why hadn't he discovered this kid back then?

"Has Orochimaru also chosen not to trust me because I didn't inform him, and also because he lost the Ryumyaku?"

The word 'trust' coming out of his mouth had a somewhat strange taste.

After all, there wasn't much trust between him and Orochimaru to begin with, they were just using each other.

But Orochimaru's current behavior did make him feel a sense of danger.

Orochimaru had a lot of his dirty secrets!

"And without Orochimaru, Jiraiya's side will also be troublesome."

Danzo was vexed. Perhaps the only good news was that contact with Hanzo had been restored.

"But what's with this guy constantly asking me about the Chunin Exams? Does he have some other ideas?"

Danzo couldn't figure it out, and that guy also suggested meeting up in the future, which made him even more wary.

He didn't think there was anything good about him and Hanzo meeting.

"I need to stabilize him, and he can indeed get intelligence, so I also need to provide him with some intelligence..."

But what intelligence to give Hanzo was a matter worth considering.

After all, intelligence needs to be exchanged. Sometimes, to get important intelligence, some intelligence needs to be sacrificed.

While Danzo was in distress, on a Konoha street, Naruto looked at Takemi with a bitter expression.

"You scoundrel..."

"You really got us into trouble!"

"What does that have to do with me? It's clearly your doing, isn't it?" Takemi looked at Naruto with annoyance.

"Don't even mention yourself, I got scolded too! You scoundrel, you've ruined me!"

"Damn it, why do I feel like you're constantly smiling?"

Takemi said, "You're mistaken. I'm so upset right now I want to punch you. Sure enough, Konoha's education has problems. How can you guys be so bad when I'm so excellent?"