When Nagato sensed his surroundings and discovered that Naruto had vanished as well, he was completely dumbfounded.
He had never expected events to develop in such an unforeseen manner.
First, the One-Tails Jinchuriki Gaara had been rescued by that improper frog. Now, even Naruto had vanished into thin air right before him.
After thinking for a moment, however, Nagato guessed why Naruto had disappeared.
"First, you used a Summoning Beast to rescue the One-Tails Jinchuriki, then had it use the Reverse Summoning Jutsu to save yourself. What a fine scheme!
Naruto Uzumaki, you have truly given me a tremendous 'surprise'!
Senior Brother Minato, now I want to see you even more!"
After standing silently for a moment, Nagato spoke to himself with heartfelt emotion.
Being toyed with by a junior, Nagato honestly did not know how to describe his current feelings.
He had thought victory was already certain, yet such a huge twist had appeared at the very end!
Still, this also showed that Naruto of this life was absolutely not as reckless as he had been in the original work. He could be considered a man of both courage and strategy.
Whether it was devising a plan to rescue Gaara and then having the Summoning Beast rescue himself, or knowing to retreat when he clearly could not defeat Nagato, both demonstrated that point.
If this had been the original work, even if Naruto had saved Gaara, he likely would have continued to stubbornly fight Nagato head-on.
It could be said that the original Naruto's dictionary did not contain the words "retreat."
That was precisely why Naruto so often ended up covered in injuries.
But faced with the current situation, a strategic retreat was absolutely the best choice!
With Naruto and Gaara both gone, Nagato could only turn back and