Even though he was on the verge of a breakthrough, Naruto did nothing out of the ordinary. He simply prepared to train with his usual calm mindset.
Normally, when Naruto came beneath the waterfall, he would take off his shirt and shoes and leave them on the bank to save a little money. That way, they would not become disposable items after a single use.
But today, his shirt and shoes had already exploded during his battle with Orochimaru.
He had only one pair of tough pants left on his entire body. Pants really were great—no matter how fierce the battle, they would not be destroyed by the aftershocks of attacks. At most, the lower legs would get a little tattered.
In the middle of the pool beneath the waterfall stood a huge boulder Naruto had thrown down from the mountain.
He stepped onto the boulder, steadied his breathing, and began assuming the stances of the Indestructible Body. Rather than picking up from wherever he had last stopped, he began with the first form of the Indestructible Body.
Like a complete beginner, he slowly performed the first form.
The sound of water striking stone rang in his ears from time to time, but Naruto seemed not to hear it. He slowly moved through the Indestructible Body stances, his motions so sluggish that it was as if they had been slowed countless times over.
As he moved, his bodily memories began to resurface, returning to the very beginning of his training. Naruto clearly captured every part of those memories.
The gradual strengthening of his body, its transformations, from ordinary to beginner—Naruto could feel with incomparable clarity the changes in every muscle, every inch of skin, every pore...
This was a process of recollection and reflection.
It was like a film being