Sasuke Also Wants to Be a Jinchuriki

All the trash in the entire river was gathered by the current and jumped into the net in neat rows.

Kakashi felt this couldn't continue; this level of control consumed a lot of chakra.

Naruto definitely wouldn't be able to keep it up.

Even with his vast chakra reserves, it wouldn't be enough.

Therefore, he constantly observed Naruto, ready to interrupt the ninjutsu at any moment.

Ten seconds passed, Kakashi remained vigilant.

Half a minute passed, Kakashi was surprised.

One minute passed, Kakashi was shocked.

Two minutes passed, Kakashi felt a bit numb.

Five minutes passed, a quarter numb.

Ten minutes passed, half numb.

Twenty minutes passed, now he was completely numb.

Half an hour passed, Kakashi felt utterly devoid of life.

After replacing hundreds of large nets, and all the trash was collected, he still found no abnormalities in Naruto; in fact, he seemed quite relaxed.

Kakashi entered the next stage: questioning his own existence.

Was this the amount of chakra a person could possess?

This wasn't just controlling a small stream; it was continuously controlling the entire river's water.

This volume of water could fill the entire West Lake and still have some left over.

It was terrifying.

The entire process was fluid and seamless. Kakashi felt that this water-release control ability was something only the legendary Second Hokage could achieve.

Kakashi thought he had already placed a high value on Naruto, considering him a super genius, but he never imagined he was even more of a genius than he had thought.

Fire Release, Water Release.

He had only seen Naruto's self-created Fire Release jutsu, but now, seeing his Water Release, and this terrifying chakra control, he suddenly felt that Naruto's Fire Release was probably no different.

It was just that Naruto hadn't shown it.

Mastering one element to its extreme was enough to become a powerful figure, yet Naruto had mastered, no, completely controlled two of them.

Could there be others?

He didn't dare to think about it.

Kakashi already couldn't bring himself to think about it.

Should he make an intelligence report to the Third Hokage?

Kakashi fell into deep thought.

Finally, the cheers of the team woke him up.

"Great job, Naruto! We finished the mission ahead of schedule!"

"That means we can disband early. Naruto, you can't go back on your word."

"Don't worry, Sasuke, I always keep my promises. That's my ninja way!"

"Huh? Didn't you say last time that fairness and justice were your ninja way?"

"Don't ask. These are all my ninja way."

Watching the three bickering, Kakashi felt a moment of daze.

These two kids probably thought Naruto was just using a simple, casual Water Release ninjutsu, unable to see its deeper meaning.

But he, Kakashi, could see it clearly.

As the saying goes, if you don't cultivate chakra control, you see me like a frog in a well looking at the moon; if you do cultivate chakra control, you see me like a tiny ant seeing the vast sky.

But Naruto felt that Kakashi's vast sky was still too shallow.

Kakashi thought Naruto was controlling water droplets, but in reality, he could precisely control water molecules.

There were several orders of magnitude difference between the two.

This move, he was in the stratosphere.

Team Seven returned to the Hokage Building to turn in the mission.

Before they disbanded, Kakashi gave Naruto another deep look.

He had intended to test Naruto, but considering how much chakra he had used that afternoon, he decided to postpone it until tomorrow.

"Get some good rest, Naruto." Kakashi said solemnly as they parted.

This sudden concern left Naruto a bit bewildered.

Could it be because of that stunt this afternoon?

Did that bit of chakra need rest too?

With his recovery speed, even if he ran out of chakra, he'd be full again in twenty minutes.

But he couldn't refuse, so he'd rest well and get to sleep in tomorrow.

"Okay, Teacher Kakashi."

4:30 PM.

Naruto's house.

The three of them sat on the floor in Naruto's room, looking at each other.

"What do we do?" Sasuke asked.

"It's simple."

Naruto extended his palms to them. "We'll hold hands. You two grab my hands and try to channel your chakra. I'll handle the rest."

Sasuke tried it with some doubt, while Sakura, her heart pounding, grabbed Sasuke's hand.

Naruto almost said, You don't actually need to hold Sasuke's hand.

He decided against it.

"Hold on tight, here we go!"

As Naruto spoke, darkness fell over the other two.

When they opened their eyes again, the scene had changed.

Solid ground was beneath their feet, covered in lush wild grass and the scent of flowers. In the distance, rolling hills and forests stretched out, followed by a lake that seemed to have no end.

This was an entirely different world!

Sasuke was confused about where they were.

"Where is this?"

"This is a Sage Realm connected to the Sealing Space," Naruto appeared beside them and explained.

Sasuke was even more bewildered. "Sealing Space? Sealing what?"

"Have you guys heard since you were little that I'm the Nine-Tails Fox?"

Sakura finally reacted a bit. "I think I've heard something like that."

At this moment, Naruto, who wanted to explain, suddenly remembered his conversation with Kurama last night.

He wanted Kurama to meet his teammates, but Kurama had said he wanted to observe them first.

He was actually quite 'shy'.

However, he'd borrowed the name 'Sealing Space'.

Naruto had given him a 'threat' back then.

'Kurama, you wouldn't want anyone to know that a powerful Nine-Tails like you is sealed away in a place like this, would you?'

Kurama had agreed immediately.

He was Nine-Tails, after all, and he had his pride.

Remembering Kurama's tsundere nature, Naruto chuckled for a moment before explaining, "This place can also be considered Kurama's Sealing Space, because Kurama is sealed here."

"Kurama?" ×2

Hearing the name, the two of them were startled.

The notion they'd been fed since childhood—that he caused countless deaths and injuries in Konoha, and that the Fourth Hokage sacrificed himself—filled them with unprecedented shock and fear.

Even Sasuke lost his composure, his face turning deathly pale.

"Don't worry, you won't be able to see Kurama."

Sakura kept looking around, as if to confirm, and asked, "We really can't see Kurama?"

"Don't worry, you absolutely won't."

Hearing this, and seeing Naruto's relaxed demeanor, Sasuke also relaxed. Looking around at the beautiful scenery, good air, and pleasant environment, he asked, "How big is this place?"

At this, Naruto fell into a reminiscent mood.

He had explored it with Kurama before. The so-called 100x100 map used kilometer units.

After exploring the entire map back then, Naruto had been extremely, even 114514% confused.

Who was such a massive training space meant for?

Ultraman?

He understood later, after he got stronger. Oh, it's for me.

Even this vast space wasn't enough for him to go wild in.

A mere ten thousand square kilometers, which was only about 1.58 times the size of Shanghai or 5 times the size of Shenzhen.

Naruto decisively topped up his account and switched to a larger one.

"About a 1000 by 1000 kilometer square," he replied.

"What? 1000 kilometers?"

Sakura was utterly shocked, and Sasuke was no less so.

This place was that big?

At this moment, Sasuke remembered the purpose of their arrival and set aside his curiosity to get straight to the point.

"Naruto, how did you get so strong?"

Naruto didn't answer directly. "Try casting a ninjutsu on the lake's surface yourself."

Walking to the edge of the lake, confused, Sasuke quickly formed hand seals.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"

He was a little doubtful before releasing it, but then, in the span of a breath, the chakra he expended was instantly replenished.

Sasuke was shocked, for what felt like the umpteenth time today.

There was such a good place?

Wouldn't that mean he could practice ninjutsu indefinitely?

"You felt it, right?"

Naruto said, "It's more than that. This is an Immortal Land, where deities exist. They'll be here soon, and you can ask the sages for guidance on ninjutsu."

Sages personally teaching ninjutsu?

Sasuke wouldn't have believed such a childish tale before, but now he did.

Was this how Naruto got so strong?

He was envious, Sasuke was incredibly envious.

With such a blessed land and a dedicated sage teacher, he, Sasuke, also wanted to be a Jinchuriki.

Why shouldn't he, Sasuke, be a Jinchuriki!

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