"So, you wanted to use Sasuke to get revenge on me. Too bad you don't understand him at all, yet you actually tried to use him to kill me."
Naruto sneered. He knew Sasuke far too well.
Sasuke was an interesting guy. He clearly harbored some deep-seated viciousness in his heart, yet he always faced the world with a sunny demeanor. Who knew what was going on with that guy?
Besides, Sasuke saying he would kill him... Sage Shima had obviously been deceived by Sasuke.
"Even if Sasuke gains great power, he can never surpass me. And there's no way he can kill me." Naruto looked disdainful.
"Do you think I wouldn't have considered what even a brat like you can think of? But once there's a first time, there will be a second. You'll go farther and farther down the path of corruption, committing countless sins. When that time comes, failure will mean death." Sage Shima stood on Jiraiya's shoulder, pressing her hands together as she helped Jiraiya enter Sage Mode.
Without Sage Fukasaku, it took more time for Sage Shima alone to help Jiraiya control the Natural Energy.
Jiraiya said solemnly, "Be careful, everyone. Naruto can already use True Several Thousand Hands, but with so many of us joining forces, it's not like we have no chance of winning."
Naruto was not Madara, nor was he the First Hokage, much less Obito.
Using the Nine-Tails' power to perform a terrifying technique like True Several Thousand Hands was frightening, but it was not unbeatable. It had not reached the Super-Kage level.
After all, what he had used was Small Thousand Hands. Nor did he possess the immense resistance to genjutsu that Obito and Madara had.
They had two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan, Fū Yamanaka, who excelled in the Mind