One Piece: Three Fruits, Starting with the Dark-Dark Fruit

Naruto rubbed his back, looking resentful as he got up from the ground. Gig glanced at him and said,

"How's it going? Feeling a little better after taking that hit?"

Naruto was taken aback, then silently nodded. Giggs kicked the Scroll of Sealing Seals from the ground in front of Naruto and said...

"Learn the Flying Thunder God Technique. As Minato Namikaze's child, it would be a bit unreasonable if you didn't know this ninjutsu."

Unfolding the Book of Seals, Naruto gazed silently at the description of the Flying Thunder God Technique for a while before suddenly speaking.

"Brother Jige, this ninjutsu used to be very famous in the ninja world, right? Because of... Father?"

"Yes, your father's title of 'Yellow Flash' once resounded throughout the entire ninja world, thanks to the Flying Thunder God Technique. However, this ninjutsu is very difficult to learn. Since your father's death, no one has been able to master the Flying Thunder God Technique as skillfully as he did back then."

Naruto nodded upon hearing this, his face showing utmost seriousness, and he began to practice the gestures somewhat awkwardly, following the instructions on the Book of Seals.

Jig sat to the side watching. He remembered that there was a squad in Konoha that could also use the Flying Thunder God Technique, but even after studying it for many years, they couldn't even use it alone. They could only use it occasionally for functional teleportation, and it was out of the question for actual combat. The actual effect was completely different from Minato's.

The most important thing to master the Flying Thunder God Technique is to have a sense of space, and this is the key that has kept 99% of ninjas in the ninja world from getting stuck.

Without spatial talent, even if the Book of Sealing describes the cultivation methods in great detail, one cannot learn a single thing.

However, as for whether Naruto has this talent, Giger believes that he probably does. After all, Naruto is Minato Namikaze's biological son, so surely he must have inherited some talent at all?

Of course, you can't predict genetics; some people really do seem to perfectly avoid inheriting all of their parents' good traits and only inherit their bad ones...

Time passed second by second, and under Giggs's watchful eye, Naruto's hand movements became faster and faster, seemingly forming hand seals.

Although the Flying Thunder God Technique appears to be instantaneous in the hands of the Second and Fourth Hokage, that's because they've mastered the technique. Beginners need to use hand seals to more precisely control the flow of chakra within their bodies, which is perfectly normal.

After forming several hand seals, Naruto slammed his palm on the floor. As he slowly raised his hand, a simple-looking pattern appeared on the ground.

Giger immediately recognized it as the Flying Thunder God pattern that the Second Hokage had once displayed.

Naruto excitedly shouted at Giggs,

"Brother Jige, look, haven't I succeeded!?"

Giger smiled slightly and said,

"Not bad, at least it looks decent, but we'll have to try to see if it works. Stand back a bit."

Naruto obediently nodded, then jogged to the doorway, about seven or eight meters away from the Flying Thunder God pattern on the ground.

Having only just learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, Gigg didn't expect Naruto to be able to freely traverse space right away. He pointed to the pattern on the ground and said...

"Let's see if we can teleport to the location of this pattern."

Upon hearing this, Naruto immediately closed his eyes and began to recall the contents recorded in the Book of Seals, while also carefully sensing the spatial coordinates on the pattern.

However, ten minutes passed, and the feeling was still lingering. Naruto opened his eyes and said to Giger with some frustration,

"I can't afford to fight, Brother Jige, I can't do it..."

Giger tilted his head and said,

"What's there to apologize for? You're already very strong for what you just did. No one in Konoha can do that now. You're a genius, just like your father, Minato Namikaze."

Jig's exclamation of "genius" made Naruto's face flush red, and his whole body trembled with excitement.

Naruto clenched his fist and said with a determined look,

"Brother Jig, I will definitely live up to your expectations. I will master the Flying Thunder God Technique just like my father, and let the name of the Yellow Flash resound throughout the entire ninja world once again!"

Looking at Naruto, who seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, Gigg blinked and said,

"Well, actually I wasn't that excited. I just wanted to see if you could actually learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, to satisfy my curiosity."

"...Brother Jig, could you please not ruin the mood?"

Giger shrugged and joked.

"Just telling the truth, but you just said you wanted to make the name of the Yellow Flash resound throughout the ninja world again, right? Hmm, that goal is much better than becoming Hokage."

Naruto shook his head and said...

“No, Giger, these two goals are not contradictory.”

Jig was somewhat surprised to hear this. He had thought that Naruto would hate Konoha and give up his dream of becoming Hokage.

Naruto continued,

"I want to become a Hokage like my father, and I want everyone to recognize me!"

As Naruto said this, his face turned bright red. Seeing this, Giger thought to himself that Naruto's obsession with becoming Hokage seemed to have deepened even further.

Giger pursed his lips and didn't say much. As long as Naruto didn't yell in front of him about wanting to be the Pirate King, he could be whatever he wanted.

At this moment, Naruto looked at Giggs expectantly and asked,

"Brother Jige, I will succeed, right?"

Giger nodded and said softly,

"Of course you will succeed. I believe that more than anyone else, the future Seventh Hokage."

With his memories of Earth, Giggs was more convinced than anyone that Naruto would become Hokage. However, he suddenly realized that with his intervention, Naruto might not be the Seventh Hokage when he became Hokage.

Naruto didn't notice the word "seven" that Giger had just said, assuming it was a slip of the tongue. Compared to that, the phrase "future Hokage" was what excited him the most.

He rushed up to Gig and grabbed the hem of Gig's clothes, saying...

"Brother Jige, you'll witness me achieve my dream, won't you?"

Giger raised an eyebrow, thought for a moment, and said,

"Not necessarily, I might have already left by then."

Upon hearing this, Naruto's expression froze, and he lowered his head in disappointment.

Giggs suddenly kicked out, sending Naruto crashing back onto the Flying Thunder God seal.

Seeing Naruto groaning and clutching his backside as he struggled to his feet, Giggs said irritably,

"What's the point of thinking about all this now? Let's master the Flying Thunder God Technique first. I have something to do, so I'll be leaving for a while."

After saying that, to Naruto's astonishment, Gigg's figure gradually twisted and disappeared completely in the blink of an eye, leaving only a faint ripple in the air.

It was this slight fluctuation that made Naruto's eyes light up, as if he had grasped something.