Yoruha chuckled and patted Sasuke on the shoulder, saying, "Don't be so down. Over these three years, your strength has increased to the Kage level. Tell me, which other ninja in the world has improved as quickly as you?"
Yoruha was trying to comfort Sasuke, and indeed, his strength had grown significantly, far surpassing what it was in the original storyline at this point.
However, Sasuke looked at Yoruha and said, "You really don't consider yourself a normal ninja, do you?"
Yoruha just smiled without responding. He certainly wasn't a normal ninja, as his current combat style—or rather, his most powerful combat style—wasn't ninjutsu.
After a while, Naruto woke up. Upon seeing Yoruha, he was speechless. "Yoruha, were you trying to kill me?"
Although Naruto lost consciousness after fully transforming into the Tailed Beast, Kurama had transmitted its memories to him. So Naruto was aware of the scenes from Yoruha's battle with Kurama. Even just watching the scenes, Naruto could feel that soul-chilling terror.
Yoruha was momentarily taken aback, then realized it must have been Kurama's doing. "That Kurama." "It was just a test, no need to talk about life and death.
But Naruto, you're doing pretty well. Your full Tailed Beast transformation time has increased significantly. I estimate you can hold it for about ten minutes now, right?"
With Yoruha's words, Naruto forgot about what had just happened and scratched his head with a grin. "Not bad, right? I've been training really hard these three years."
Yoruha quickly added, "Very impressive. I bet even Sasuke might not be your match now." Standing beside Yoruha, Sasuke was suddenly mentioned. He turned to glance at Yoruha but said nothing, just shook his head.
He knew Yoruha was just trying to cheer Naruto up. After all, from the recent battle, Sasuke was confident he could use his Mangekyō Sharingan to control Kurama. Without his strongest technique, what could Naruto do?
However, what left Sasuke feeling helpless was that his genjutsu had no effect on Yoruha, and neither did Amaterasu or Kagutsuchi.
He couldn't even slow Yoruha down for a moment. But when Naruto heard Yoruha say he might have surpassed Sasuke, he immediately became excited, jumping up despite his injuries. "Really?"
Yoruha nodded seriously, "Of course it's true. After your full Tailed Beast transformation, you saw how powerful Kurama's strength was, didn't you?" Naruto thought for a moment.
Earlier, Kurama had instantly gathered hundreds of Tailed Beast Bombs, a feat Sasuke couldn't achieve. Indeed, in terms of destructive power, Sasuke's Perfect Susanoo couldn't compare to Kurama.
Or rather, if we're just talking about destructive power, who in the ninja world, aside from Yoruha, could match a Tailed Beast?
Not to mention Kurama, even the Tailed Beast Bombs from other Tailed Beasts were unmatched. Naruto was indeed convinced, looking at Sasuke with a proud expression.
"Sasuke, Yoruha said it, not me." Seeing Naruto's smug look, Sasuke didn't say anything, just silently cursed "idiot" in his heart. Sakura watched Naruto with some helplessness.
But she didn't say anything either, as her relationship with Sasuke wasn't suitable for commenting.
It turns out he can use Wood Release. As Tsunade's disciple, she was well aware that in Konoha, only Yamato could use the Wood Release of Hashirama.
However, the Wood Release that Yoruha used just now was on a completely different level from Yamato's, almost like it was a different kind altogether.
While the four were talking, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Kakashi appeared. Earlier, Yoruha had also applied a spatial shield to them. Similar to Obito's Kamui, their bodies were sent to another dimension, but their vision remained in this one.
This made them believe they hadn't left this space because their projections still existed here. It was only when the shockwave hit them that they realized something was amiss.
Only Yoruha could perform such an incredible feat. Without Yoruha's spatial shield, they wouldn't have been able to escape the massive shockwave earlier.
It was too fast and powerful. Such a technique was indeed beyond comprehension, so the trio's evaluation of Yoruha rose even higher.
Yoruha's technique was akin to manipulating space. In such a short time, Yoruha managed to apply spatial ninjutsu to them from several kilometers away. It was beyond their understanding, and they couldn't imagine how Yoruha did it or how much chakra it consumed.
Regardless of the chakra cost, Yoruha didn't seem affected at all. After the three appeared, they saw Yoruha chatting and laughing with Sasuke and the others. The three exchanged smiles; despite Yoruha's immense power, he hadn't changed from before.
Tsunade was particularly nostalgic, saying, "He's just like my grandfather." Back then, Hashirama possessed unparalleled power in the ninja world, yet he wasn't tyrannical or malevolent.
In this regard, Tsunade felt Yoruha was very similar to her grandfather. Jiraiya added, "I'm certain now, he is the Child of Prophecy."
Jiraiya had considered many as the Child of Prophecy—Nagato, Minato, and originally, he thought Naruto might be the one. But now, he had no doubt that Yoruha was the Child of Prophecy.
Given Yoruha's strength, if any chaos arose in the ninja world, only Yoruha could quell it. If there was an enemy even Yoruha couldn't defeat, everyone else would be like lambs to the slaughter. So-called Kage-level ninjas had no advantage before Yoruha, and might not even be able to put up a fight.
At least, Jiraiya didn't think he could last long against Yoruha.
That technique, True Several Thousand Hands, was enough to destroy a country, and after using such a terrifying jutsu, Yoruha didn't show any signs of chakra exhaustion, not even a change in his breathing. It was unimaginable how powerful he was.
Kakashi, on the other hand, was pleased. Not only was Yoruha incredibly strong, but Sasuke and Naruto were also very powerful.
Although Sakura hadn't shown it, according to Tsunade's assessment, Sakura had reached a quasi-Kage level, even stronger than he was now. However, the battle just now wasn't one a quasi-Kage could participate in.
Kakashi himself couldn't have joined. He even suspected that Tsunade and Jiraiya wouldn't have been able to participate. That kind of battle required mastery of large-scale jutsu to qualify.
The three approached Yoruha and the others, and Tsunade smiled, "It seems you've all grown a lot in these three years, especially Sasuke and Naruto. There are probably very few in the ninja world who can match you now."
Sasuke humbly replied, "Not at all, it's all thanks to Kakashi-sensei and Hokage-sama's teaching." Sasuke showed rare emotional intelligence.
Sakura then playfully asked, "Master, am I not strong too?"
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