Chapter 976 Letter Paper

Shikamaru was slightly stunned, then he also laughed, "You guy, you are still so optimistic." Naruto scratched his head and his eyes fell back on the letters, "But these letters may contain a lot of secrets about my parents." As he said, Naruto carefully opened a letter. The letter paper was a little yellowed, and it was densely written with words. Shikamaru leaned over to read it together. He saw that the letter mentioned some interesting things about Naruto's father Minato Namikaze creating the Rasengan, and the gentle side behind Naruto's mother Kushina Uzumaki's hot temper. Reading these words, Naruto seemed to see the image of his parents he had never seen before, and his eyes gradually became moist. Shikamaru sighed softly, "It seems that the third generation grandfather is really recording these things carefully." Naruto slowly put away the letters, his eyes became firm, "I will keep these letters well. This is also a precious gift given to me by Grandpa Hokage. In the future, I will tell these stories to my children so that they can know what kind of people grandpa and grandma are."

At this time, there was a sudden noise outside. Naruto and Shikamaru looked at each other and rushed out quickly. It turned out that a group of ninjas were chasing a suspicious person. The figure was very fast and disappeared around the corner in a blink of an eye. Naruto chased after him without hesitation, and Shikamaru followed closely. When they chased to a forest, they found that the man was actually a ninja who had defected. Naruto shouted, "Why did you come back?" The man sneered, "I came back to find something. I didn't want to cause trouble, but you chased me." Shikamaru whispered to Naruto, "Be careful." However, Naruto fearlessly stepped forward and said, "No matter what you want to do, we won't let you hurt the village." Just as the two sides were deadlocked, a strange light suddenly flashed across the sky, followed by a mysterious voice: "There is a huge secret hidden here, and the key to unlocking the secret lies in you." Everyone was shocked, not knowing what this sudden change meant, and their eyes were cast on Naruto, waiting for him to make a decision. Naruto took a deep breath, clenched his fists and said loudly: "No matter what the secret is, as long as it threatens the village, we will never back down." The rebel sneered: "Don't be so stubborn, this secret is not something you can handle." Shikamaru narrowed his eyes and thought, and suddenly asked: "How did you know this secret?" The rebel hesitated for a moment before saying: "I accidentally got an ancient scroll, which mentioned that the secret of this place is related to a powerful force."

At this time, Jiraiya also arrived at the scene. He looked around solemnly: "This matter may not be that simple." The mysterious voice sounded again: "The power sealed by Minato Namikaze here is about to awaken. If it is obtained by evil people, Konoha will face a catastrophe." Naruto was shocked. Minato was his father. He said resolutely: "Then we must stop it."

So, everyone put aside their grudges temporarily and searched for clues together. As they went deeper into the woods, they found a strange rune formation. The moment Naruto touched the rune, a memory image emerged. It was actually a warning left by Minato, informing him of the danger of the sealed object here. Everyone realized that the responsibility was heavy, and they were ready to work together to reinforce the seal and prevent the evil people from succeeding. Just as everyone was about to reinforce the seal, the rebel ninja suddenly attacked Naruto. Shikamaru was quick-witted and cast a shadow binding technique to trap the rebel ninja. "What do you want to do?" Shikamaru shouted angrily. The rebel ninja struggled and said, "Only by getting rid of him can I get that power and become the strongest." Jiraiya stepped forward and kicked the rebel ninja unconscious, "Let's solve the seal problem first."

Naruto followed the instructions in his father's image and injected chakra into the rune. The others followed suit and worked together to send energy to the seal. But the force seemed to sense someone approaching and began to attack the seal frantically. For a moment, the surrounding wind was strong and the trees were shaking violently.

Suddenly, a dazzling light flashed at the seal, and Minato's phantom appeared again. "Son, I'm glad that you can stick to your belief in protecting the village. This final strength is in your hands." After that, a powerful force surged into Naruto's body. Naruto felt full of strength. He shouted and tried his best to suppress the evil power that was about to break through the seal. With the help of everyone, the seal was finally strengthened. The mysterious voice gradually dissipated. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Naruto looked at the sky and whispered, "Dad, I did it." After the rebel ninja woke up, he looked at the reinforced seal with a face full of regret. Naruto walked towards him and said, "Give up your unrealistic idea. Protecting the village is much more important than personal desires." The rebel ninja lowered his head and said silently.

Jiraiya patted Naruto's shoulder and said, "Okay, now that the problem is solved, it's time for us to go to Myoboku Mountain." Naruto nodded, said goodbye to his friends, and followed Jiraiya.

Arriving at the foot of Mount Myoboku, Naruto looked around curiously. Several toads jumped out to greet them. Entering the mountain, there were strange sights everywhere. Jiraiya took Naruto to meet the Great Toad Sage. The Great Toad Sage opened his hazy eyes, looked at Naruto and said, "The road ahead is still long, and you are shouldering the heavy responsibility of changing the world of ninjas. The training in Mount Myoboku will make you stronger." Naruto responded with a firm look in his eyes: "I will definitely work hard to practice!" From then on, Naruto began his arduous and fulfilling training journey in Mount Myoboku, moving towards becoming a truly powerful Hokage, and everything he experienced turned into nutrients for growth, inspiring him to move forward courageously. During the days of training in Mount Myoboku, Naruto practiced fairy arts hard every day. One day, Naruto encountered a bottleneck when practicing fairy arts chakra, and he could not stabilize the fairy arts chakra no matter what. Seeing this, Jiraiya decided to take Naruto to find Master Fukasaku for help. Master Fukasaku looked at Naruto and said, "You still have distracting thoughts in your mind. Is there something you can't let go of?" Naruto pondered for a moment and thought of Konoha Village and his friends. Master Fukasaku nodded, "If you want to fully control the senjutsu, you must focus on it." Naruto closed his eyes and tried to eliminate distracting thoughts. After a few days of adjustment, Naruto finally succeeded in stabilizing the senjutsu chakra.

After training for a period of time, Naruto mastered a lot of new fairy skills. At this time, Myoboku Mountain received news that dark forces outside were ready to move, and the target seemed to be Konoha Village. Naruto immediately asked to return to Konoha. After returning to Konoha, Naruto led his companions to repel the enemy's attacks again and again with his newly learned fairy skills. In the battle, Naruto was like a shining star. Not only did his strength increase greatly, but he also inherited his father's spirit of protecting the village and wrote his own legendary chapter in the ninja world.