Naruto: The Otherworldly Cultivator

NA – Chapter 179: The Secret Library

NA – Chapter 179: The Secret Library

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"Dialogue"

'Thoughts'

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Chapter 179: The Secret Library

"It's a bit smaller than I imagined." Naruto glanced around the room.

He had entered through a secret passage above the Hokage's office and now stood in a small circular chamber. The room held several scrolls secured in locked shelves, each one covered in complex seals meant for their protection.

At the center of the room was a decently sized circular desk made of some type of dark wood with two comfortable-looking chairs next to it.

"Of course it is," Shizune replied, moving toward a specific shelf. "This is the restricted section, under the Hokage's strict supervision. It contains mostly jutsus deemed forbidden for one reason or another so they are only available to those personally approved by the current leader of the village. There are also some extremely important documents detailing Konoha's hidden history and some of its best-kept secrets, but I suppose you're not interested in those."

She was the only one accompanying him today, and Naruto hadn't seen Tsunade anywhere, which made him a bit curious but not enough to ask.

"I'm not interested in secret documents, no. What I'm looking for is..."

"This?" Shizune unlocked a shelf and retrieved a small scroll. Unlike most of the others, this one appeared relatively new and in pristine shape.

Naruto took the scroll, unfurled it, and skimmed its contents.

"I shouldn't be surprised. There really are no secrets in this village."

"It does look difficult but not overly so. The reason I'm returning this is because I don't need it anymore. I've already engraved the contents into my mind and soul. I won't forget a single detail."

Naruto turned away, leaving Shizune standing there, clutching the scroll.

"You... did what?"

"Am I allowed to study anything else here?" Naruto asked casually while ignoring her question as he didn't want to elaborate on his memorization method.

He also hadn't been told whether he was limited to one scroll or could read multiple ones. There was another jutsu he was interested in...another forbidden technique his father had mentioned on 'that day'. It would be good if he could find it today as that would save him time later on.

"You want to read other scrolls? I mean..." Shizune was still recovering from her shock. "It's not really against the rules..."

Tsunade hasn't said anything specific about this. Mostly because like her, she had assumed that Naruto would spend the entire day on this one scroll and perhaps return in the future for further study.

Learning multiple forbidden S-rank jutsus in a single day seemed utterly insane.

Naruto nodded. "If it's not against the rules, that's good. I might read a few more. Perhaps ten or twenty."

"T-Twenty?!" Shizune stuttered. Did Naruto think this was a supermarket and he was casually picking out cabbages? This was one of the most sacred places in the entire village, where the most dangerous knowledge has been painstakingly preserved since Konoha's very own founding.

Ignoring Shizune's outburst, Naruto scanned the room again.

One scroll, in particular, caught his eye. It was much larger than the others and looked ancient, exuding an almost magnetic aura.

"What can you tell me about that one?"

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