Ninja Village Alliance Headquarters.
Swish swish swish...
Amidst sharp breaking wind sounds, shurikens flying in arc trajectories accurately pierced into various targets in the distance.
"Phew..."
Sasuke exhaled lightly.
Although what was in his eye sockets were not his own Mangekyo Sharingan, he surprisingly found that the insight of the Three Tomoe Sharingan was not much worse than his Mangekyo Sharingan with exhausted pupil power.
"Is opening the Mangekyo Sharingan really an ominous curse?"
Sasuke shook his head slightly, sighing.
At this time, a burst of exclamations suddenly came from the distance.
He immediately looked towards the sound, murmuring: "Over there is the training ground?! What's with this noise?"
He wiped his sweat, deciding to go over and find out.
Because loud noises were expressly prohibited in the headquarters, for such loud exclamations to come from the training ground, something must have happened!
Before long, Sasuke arrived at the training ground.
The training ground was already crowded with people at this time, even including many ninjas like him who heard the news and came to join the fun.
Sasuke became more curious, but his view was blocked by the crowd in front. So he looked around and found Yakumo, Gaara, and Ameyuri Ringo all on a spectator stand on one side, so he leaped up and also arrived on the spectator stand.
Yakumo greeted: "Sasuke, you came too?"
Sasuke nodded, casting his gaze towards the training ground. Only then did he realize that what caused the commotion was nothing else but Naruto and Darui sparring in the training ground.
However, before the relief on his face could dissipate, his pupils shrank abruptly, unable to help letting out a light "Eh!?" from his mouth.
Suigetsu aside said: "You didn't expect it either, right!"
Ameyuri Ringo's expression was stern: "Naruto's speed has comprehensively surpassed Darui who activated 'Lightning Release Chakra Mode'. In other words, his speed has probably surpassed all of us!"
Sasuke's face was somewhat ugly, but he had to admit what Ameyuri Ringo said was the truth.
Among the few of them, Darui activating 'Lightning Release Chakra Mode' was undoubtedly the fastest. Only by activating 'Lightning Armor' for Ameyuri Ringo, and entering 'State Two' for Sasuke, could they barely keep up with Darui's speed.
And Naruto being able to comprehensively surpass Darui meant that in terms of speed alone, Naruto had surpassed everyone present!
Gaara spoke up: "Look quickly, Darui is going to lose!"
Sure enough, before Gaara's voice fell, Darui was hit by Naruto twice in a row, obviously confused, retreating steadily.
Sasuke's face darkened.
Previously Naruto could only use 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' to confuse opponents and cover the attack of 'Rasengan'. But now Naruto using only Taijutsu could actually suppress Darui activating 'Lightning Release Chakra Mode'. How could this not make him feel alarmed?
Not long after, Darui was defeated.
This Cloud genius, on whom the Fourth Raikage placed high hopes, walked off the field with his head lowered, reluctance still remaining on his face.
Previously in Cloud Village, Darui almost suffered no setbacks, which cultivated his lazy and unmotivated character. Since the Chunin Exams, he knew there were people beyond people and heavens beyond heavens, starting bitter training and mastering 'Lightning Release Chakra Mode' mastered only by a few Raikages.
He originally thought this way he could stand out among peers. As a result, after several battles and sparring, he lost more than won. Especially participating in Kakashi's elite squad this time, being insta-killed by Itachi Uchiha twice in succession, becoming a rare member in the squad not much injured, made him even more ashamed.
On the spectator stand.
Suigetsu looked left and right, asking: "Does anyone want to go down and try?"
Ameyuri Ringo looked regretful: "If not for the injuries on my body not healed yet, I would definitely go down and compete with Naruto!"
Chojuro nodded in agreement: "Me too!"
Kurotsuchi shook her head: "I'm afraid I'm not his opponent! Yakumo, do you want to go?"
Yakumo said: "Count me out!"
Kurotsuchi looked at Sasuke again: "Sasuke, what about you?"
Sasuke originally wanted to agree, but thinking that he now had no Mangekyo Sharingan, and there were many ninjas watching around, he hesitated.
"Losing is small, damaging the face of the Uchiha clan is big..."
He found an excuse for himself.
Just then, Naruto on the training ground saw the crowd on this spectator stand, hurriedly waving to everyone: "Yakumo, Sasuke, I'm here!"
Instantly, surrounding gazes focused on this small spectator stand of Sasuke and others.
Sasuke's face instantly turned dark.
He managed to convince himself not to go down with great difficulty. Now it was good, everyone's gaze focused over, putting him in a dilemma.
At the critical moment, Gaara stepped out, leaping into the field: "Naruto, let's spar!"
"Okay!"
Naruto agreed readily.
Seeing surrounding gazes move away successively, Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief secretly.
On another hidden spectator stand, the Five Kage were also paying attention to the sparring on the training ground.
Seeing Darui defeated, the Fourth Raikage's face was somewhat ugly.
But Killer Bee aside said: "Naruto's compatibility with Nine-Tails has improved a lot during this period, almost catching up with me and Little Eight!"
Tsunade hurriedly thanked: "Troubled you during this period!"
Naruto's strength improving so fast, besides Naruto's own hard training, was also inseparable from the hard work of Killer Bee, Jiraiya and others.
Killer Bee shook his head: "Naruto's potential is far greater than we imagined. If given more time, he might become the person changing the direction of this war!"
"Oh?"
The Third Tsuchikage became interested immediately upon hearing this.
The Fifth Kazekage Pakura and the Fifth Mizukage Terumi Mei also cast their gazes over.
Killer Bee explained: "Naruto has an infectivity not possessed by other ninjas. He might not be smart enough, but he can make people trust him from the bottom of their hearts! And through these days of special training, I found his grasp of the battle situation is very sharp. This is a very rare talent."
The Fourth Raikage raised his eyebrows slightly.
He didn't expect Killer Bee would give Naruto such a high evaluation. One must know that before this, Killer Bee had never given anyone else such a high evaluation, even Darui who was hailed by Cloud Village as the successor of the next Raikage didn't have it.
Tsunade sighed lightly: "Pity, there is no time for him to grow anymore!"
Jiraiya, who had not spoken, looked at Naruto and Gaara fighting fiercely on the field, lamenting: "No, the battlefield can also make people grow. This is their era!"
Several Kage nodded one after another.
Naruto, Yakumo, Gaara, Darui, Ameyuri Ringo, Chojuro, Kurotsuchi, etc., these rising stars of the Five Great Ninja Villages, although still appearing immature, had also grown into ninjas who could be trusted and expected...