Konoha.
Orochimaru's research base.
Quite a few people surrounded Shamu, but none stood too close to him, afraid of disturbing him.
Naruto was excitedly boasting to Sasuke, "...Sasuke, you have no idea. The moment Master appeared, that guy was scared out of his wits and fled like a rat."
"Master just stretched out a hand and saved the Jinchuriki whose Six-Tails had already been extracted."
In truth, Shamu and Jigen had fought in a separate dimension. By the time he chased after him, Jigen had already fled outright.
But that did not stop Naruto from singing Shamu's praises. After all, Naruto himself could not withstand even a single move, while even his father had been beaten to the point where he could only run away.
That only made Shamu's strength stand out even more.
As the Shinobi World's number-one Shamu fanboy, Naruto deserved the title.
Naruto's smug expression made Sasuke roll his eyes.
After Sasuke had dealt with Boro earlier, the ground had been covered in acid, so he and Yahiko had gone to meet up with Nagato.
Nagato's group had captured someone alive.
They had no idea Jigen would attack afterward.
Had Sasuke known he would get to see his master fight at full strength, he definitely would not have left.
Of course, if Sasuke had been there at the time, it was unclear whether Jigen would have casually crushed him to death.
After studying for twenty minutes, Shamu opened his eyes.
Seeing so many people gathered around, he first beckoned to Sasuke.
Only then did Sasuke notice that both of his master Shamu's eyes had changed.
One had become a Byakugan. The other was still a Mangekyō Sharingan, but it now contained three additional tomoe.
With a single glance from Shamu, Sasuke felt as though he had been