"I thought Naruto was already a genius at cultivating Sage Mode. I never expected Hawking to be even more talented than Naruto. He's practically a born sage!"
Looking at Hawking, who had directly entered the perfect Sage Mode before him, Fukasaku could not help letting out a sigh.
The contractors who had previously tried to learn Sage Mode had basically all failed and turned into stone.
Later, there was finally the first person to succeed: Jiraiya. But his was not perfect. He needed Fukasaku and his wife to help absorb natural energy before he could use it.
Moreover, he needed a long time to enter Sage Mode, which was a major weakness during battle.
Afterward, Jiraiya's disciple Minato also mastered Sage Mode. It was the perfect version, and he could enter it quickly. However, with the amount of Chakra in Minato's body, he simply could not contend with powerful natural energy for long.
So he could only maintain it for two minutes. Far too short-lived.
Naruto, on the other hand, not only learned the perfect Sage Mode, but could also maintain it for five minutes with his main body. Then, using two Shadow Clones to absorb natural energy and sustain him, he could maintain it for up to fifteen minutes.
But now, Hawking had merely applied Toad Oil for the first time and begun cultivating Sage Mode, yet he had already transformed directly into the perfect Sage Mode.
If that was not a born sage, what was?
"It worked, just as expected!"
Hawking opened his eyes and felt the Sage Chakra synthesized within his body, knowing that his experiment had succeeded.
During this period, he had been practicing the Flying Thunder God Technique, but every day he also spent some time observing Naruto's training and summarizing his experience with cultivating