Even retreating requires a plan.
The fox transmitted the message. Upon receiving it, the clone blew a whistle.
Naruto could communicate with Kurama, and Kurama could communicate with the clone. Transmitting a message was simple.
This was merely the basic operation of a Shadow Clone plus Kurama.
Even more magically, Kurama could also supply Chakra to the clones. Naruto's clone used Kurama's Chakra to counter Wood Release when fighting Madara.
Conversely, clones could also give Chakra to Kurama. Killer B once mentioned in the original story that when Naruto used Shadow Clones, Kurama would consume Naruto's Chakra exponentially, along with the clones.
If it could consume, it could naturally give.
It seemed like an unremarkable ability, but if it fell into the hands of someone who knew how to use it, it became a god-tier skill: Permanent Sage Mode!
Fighting in Sage Mode, refining Chakra as you fought, then directly transferring the newly refined Chakra to Kurama. Kurama would then pass it to the clone, which would convert it into Sage Chakra and return it.
With Kurama as a Chakra relay station, it was that simple.
This was Naruto's envisioned mode.
From the moment Naruto learned Sage Mode and Kurama pushed away Fukasaku and Shima, he knew it didn't like sharing.
Now, with this size, sharing was even more impossible. Anyone who saw it, besides Naruto, would be silenced. And currently, no one in the entire shinobi world could defeat it. The experts who could defeat it were all in the afterlife.
Pain was out of the question; it almost died just fighting a mere fox. Fighting a "fox-pig" would mean its demise.
Jiraiya's Sage Mode, with the aid of the two Great Sages, might be able to contend for a while, but then, in their despairing gaze, Kurama would enter its "Sage Pig" state, torturing them to near death.
Sharingan? When you have natural energy sensing, why do you need eyes? You can't even see behind you. Come, old man, I'll fight you with my eyes closed.
Kurama, capable of controlling Sage Art, was truly that powerful. Aside from the First Hokage's Wood Release, anyone who came would kneel.
This fox, drinking cola and watching anime, had inexplicably become invincible!
Everything was well-conceived, but unfortunately, Naruto hadn't learned Sage Mode yet.
The whistle was blown by Naruko, very rhythmically. Faintly, one could recognize it as the "Charge Song."
She originally wanted to play the national anthem or a charge bugle call, but then she thought her playing wasn't good, and thought blowing such meaningful songs badly would insult her homeland, so Naruko switched to another.
Naruko's song choice wasn't random either. Knowing that her main body was using speed to "educate" people, she chose this song. Under this music, a certain bald-headed boss in slippers, grabbing a bullet-headed man, uttered that famous quote: "In all martial arts, there is nothing unbreakable, only the unbreakable speed."
Hearing the whistle, Naruto, transformed into Yae Sakura, looked at the two girls supporting each other, and said with a smile, "Apologies, I won't be able to kill you today. The organization has rules; it's time to go."
If Tenten were here, she could have spat out a ten-thousand-word rant at this line.
But here were Sakura and Ino. The two merely watched the fox-spirit before them warily, wondering what "organization" he was referring to.
Naruto jumped into the hole that Sakura had collapsed. In mid-air, he cupped his hand around his mouth, forming a half-circle, and took a deep breath: "Wind Release: Great Entangling Dust Cloud."
The name was strange because it was pieced together.
First, he took a segment from the Chakra manipulation method of 'Entangling Wind,' then expelled it from his mouth using the 'Great Breakthrough' method. The wind exhaled was an unstable, swirling vortex, very similar to a 'Whirlwind,' and the sand it kicked up resembled Shima-sama's Sage Art Wind Release: Dust Storm.
By taking several existing ninjutsu completely intact and piecing them together like a tailor, those unaware of the truth would believe he had created a new ninjutsu.
This was the "Ninjutsu Ghost Tailor."
It was shameless; no one should learn it.
Using sand to obstruct vision, combined with Chakra turbulence in the air to block Ino's perception, Naruto jumped into the hole.
To avoid being sensed, Naruto had made a very detailed plan.
He crashed and dug his way through the collapsed tunnel. After running a certain distance, he summoned Naruko, who had transformed into Yae Sakura.
His main body, meanwhile, reverted to his red and black tight-fitting suit.
Handing the remaining blade to Naruko, Naruto pulled out two different ones.
He had started with two, but one had been stuck in a rock and blasted by an Explosive Tag before he could retrieve it.
Naruto felt like he might be cursed. Last time, he farmed the Chunin Exam dungeon for Orochimaru and got a Kusanagi blade drop. This time, in the Chunin Exams, he had zero drops from the dungeon!
Zero drops were one thing, but he had also broken several blades.
Originally, he had stolen seven blades from Orochimaru, wanting to play out "Seven Blades Descending from Heaven Mountain." But three broke fighting ants, one was ruined by Neji's grip, one was just destroyed by the explosion, Naruko now held one, and he carried two on his back.
Why don't the numbers add up? It's common sense that the Four Heavenly Kings have five members; is it so strange for "Seven Blades" to have eight?
Everything was ready. He turned and ran back to the surface.
On the surface, wind and sand raged. The two girls, covering their mouths and noses, huddled together, communicating mentally.
"She actually left?" Sakura asked in disbelief.
"Yeah." Ino felt a sense of relief, as if she had just escaped death.
"Don't be careless, let's wait a little longer..."
Naruto's ninjutsu did affect Ino's perception. Although her primary method of perception was through mental energy, Chakra also contained mental energy.
This method of using Wind Release Chakra turbulence to disrupt perception was conceived by Shikamaru's father during the Fourth Great Ninja War, with the aim of disrupting the Ten-Tails, Obito, and Madara's perception.
It worked well.
After the wind and sand subsided, the person who appeared before them made Ino furious.
"It's you!" Ino glared at the person in the red and black tight suit, with two blades on his back.
Sakura, mobilizing her newly recovered Chakra to heal her injuries, her hand glowing green, asked, "Who is he?"
Naruto didn't stop her. Instead, he began to introduce himself: "Oh, what two pretty little girls. Look at these torn clothes; you really look like beggars! Do you want me to sew them up for you? My sewing skills are excellent. I even sew the monthly special for that blind, big-butt old lady I share a house with..."
Blah, blah, blah, a huge stream of chatter, completely ignoring the two girls who were backing away in fright. Naruto drew the twin blades from his back and spun them a few times in his hands. "Oh, right, you can call me Wade... I used to be a mercenary, but my teammates were too annoying... couldn't kill them, couldn't cut them... so I quit..."
More blah, blah, blah, perfectly embodying the Deadpool persona: foul-mouthed and talkative.
Naruto wasn't just messing around; he was giving Ino and Sakura time to recover, albeit in a peculiar way.
That previous battle had drained them considerably, especially Sakura, whose healing green glow was still intermittent.
The two girls' minds were in chaos, as if they had been hit by an intelligence-draining attack.
What kind of people had they encountered today? First, a polite, warm-smiling, yet mercilessly slashing long-eared freak.
And now this pervert who sews up an old lady's monthly special. You talk way too much! And what are you even saying? Who asked about your teammates?
"Teammates?"
Sakura asked with suspicion, "Are you and that long-eared person just now teammates?"
Naruto replied meaningfully, "Oh? You mean that rabbit?"
This was a double entendre, a jab at Yae Sakura's ears and a statement that he was a rabbit. In That Year, The Rabbit and Those Things, the image of Chinese people is the rabbit.
"Although I don't want to admit it, she really is my teammate, a pervert who's lived for five hundred years and still likes women..."
More blah, blah, blah. The two girls were going crazy. Please, stop talking.
Seeing that this person seemed mentally unstable, Sakura tried to extract more information: "Are you a two-person team?"
"Of course not! Our boss says two-person teams die miserably; he always makes us play in trios. Too bad one ran off, with silver hair, and perpetually dead-fish eyes... Have you seen him?"
Sakura's brow furrowed into a deep frown. Your teammate wouldn't happen to be Kakashi-sensei, would he?
"What organization are you?"
"The Seven Warlords of the Sea. Very famous, haven't you heard?"
Naruto had been guiding the conversation from the very beginning.
In this day and age, it was tough to go solo. If you don't have an organization, you create one yourself. I, alone, am an organization!
When he made a name for himself later, it would be perfect to have a "Seven Warlords of the Sea vs. Akatsuki" showdown.
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