Chapter 639 Recognition

Seeing Iruka eager to try, Naruto had to ask Jiger for help.

"Jig, could you be a little gentler later? Iruka-sensei is a very nice person..."

Of course, Jiger knew the relationship between Iruka and Naruto. It was not an exaggeration to say that Iruka was Naruto's second father. He was indeed a good man, so he naturally would not let Iruka lose too badly.

Iruka took a step back, raised his hand to his waist, and then shot out several shurikens.

This clean and neat "Shuriken Shooting Technique" caused the students behind to exclaim in surprise, but their exclamations stopped abruptly the next second.

Those shurikens flashing with cold light passed through Jiger's body without any hindrance and were embedded in the wall behind him.

Iruka was surprised when he saw this. He frowned and looked at Naruto and said,

"Naruto, didn't you say your clones were capable of fighting? How come you don't even have a physical body?"

Naruto didn't know how to explain it. Just when he wanted to ask Jiger, Shadow Jiger suddenly appeared in front of Iruka.

Iruka was startled, and before he could react, Jiger's hand was already on his head. The real touch made Iruka immediately understand that this clone was answering his previous questions with actions.

With Jiger's hand on his head, Iruka felt as if his soul was being sucked away. He couldn't help but shudder. The intuition of a Kamui ninja left him no doubt that if this clone wanted to, it could end his life in an instant.

In just a moment, Naruto's "clone" has demonstrated terrifying speed and ability, and its combat capability is needless to say.

Jiger moved his hand away, hugged his arm and slowly walked back behind Naruto. Iruka wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and exclaimed,

"Naruto, the Shadow Clone Technique you developed has far exceeded the scope of teaching in school. To be honest, even the teacher cannot give you any guidance on this. I will report this technique. You are a genius!"

"I...I'm a genius?"

Iruka's last comment made Naruto stunned. He kept repeating this sentence in his mouth as if he was possessed by a demon.

Jiger patted Naruto's head from behind, and the voice echoed in Naruto's mind.

"Can you be a little more ambitious? Just one word of genius makes you look so beautiful? Is this the behavior of someone who wants to be Hokage?"

Naruto shuddered and quickly turned around and bowed to Shadow Jiger.

"I'm so sorry, brother Jige, I got carried away!"

Of course, Naruto still communicated with Jiger through his mind. Others could not hear the communication between him and Jiger, but just looked at Naruto strangely as he bowed madly to his own shadow.

"Alright, alright, you have to learn to adapt to your status as a genius and stop being so jumpy all the time."

"Uh, but Brother Jige, these are actually your abilities. I don't have this talent..."

"Don't underestimate yourself. Even without my help, you will eventually reach the pinnacle of the ninja world. Your talent is no less than anyone else's."

Hearing Jiger's affirmation of himself, Naruto was so moved that tears came out of his eyes. Iruka saw Naruto bowing and crying, and he couldn't help but stepped forward and patted Naruto on the back, saying softly,

"What's wrong Naruto, is something bothering you?"

Naruto wiped his tears vigorously and shook his head.

"I'm fine Iruka-sensei. Finally, I've gotten recognition from others. I'm so happy!"

A complicated look appeared on Iruka's face when he heard this. He knew Naruto's experience. The environment of being excluded by everyone around him was suffocating just thinking about it, not to mention that Naruto was an orphan.

It's obviously not Naruto's fault...

Sasuke was also looking at Naruto silently at this time. Seeing Naruto's unconcealed happiness, he felt a little happy for no reason, but more of a sense of unwillingness.

He has Uchiha blood and practices hard every day, but in the end he was surpassed by the original "tail end", and the gap was so huge!

With only this level of skill, does he still have a chance to seek revenge on Uchiha Itachi?

Thinking of this, Sasuke clenched his teeth and the stinging in his eyes intensified again.

In the past, when Sasuke showed this expression, there would have been fans coming up to show their concern, but now everyone's attention was focused on Naruto, even Sakura, who had just been slapped by Naruto.

To put it bluntly, at this age, they are most eager to admire the strong, and the various abilities displayed by Naruto have already completely convinced them. The gap is so big that no one feels jealous.

This is exactly in line with what Giger said: as long as you are strong enough, others will naturally recognize you. Strong people will not actively seek recognition from others.

Iruka patted Naruto's shoulder and said softly,

"Naruto, teacher believes that more and more people will recognize you in the future. You are a good boy!"

Naruto nodded vigorously, then turned around and looked like he wanted to hug Shadow Jiger.

Jiger dodged and said with a hint of disgust,

"Don't come near me, you little snotty-nosed brat."

Naruto's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he said weakly in his heart,

"Brother Jige, isn't your current body a shadow? Why do you still care about this?"

"There is a kind of mysophobia called mental mysophobia."

Naruto scratched his head and stood there at a loss.

Iruka then spoke,

"Okay Naruto, go back to your seat first. Don't be so harsh on girls next time!"

Naruto nodded quickly and ran back to his seat, but Shadow Jig was still standing there. Iruka knew that this "shadow clone" had its own consciousness, so he said to Naruto,

"Naruto, dispel your shadow clone as well."

Naruto heard this and quickly asked for Jiger's opinion in his mind. Jiger's response was,

"No need, I finally got out, I want to go for a walk outside."

"......"

Naruto looked at Iruka awkwardly and made up an excuse.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Iruka, but I can't control my shadow clone technique freely yet. It will only dissipate when my chakra is almost depleted."

Iruka was surprised when he heard this.

"So will your clone just stand here? It will disturb other students in class."

Just as he finished speaking, he saw Shadow Jiger swaggeringly open the classroom door, and walked away under the gaze of everyone, his figure gradually disappearing at the end of the corridor.