Several days had passed since Naruto completed the Dragon Vein mission.
To gain the power to defeat the leader of Akatsuki, Naruto followed Sage Fukasaku to Mount Myōboku to train in Sage Mode at his suggestion.
Since Naruto had never learned to sense natural energy, the first stage of his training was using toad oil to sense and absorb natural energy.
It was only the initial training, yet neither Sage Fukasaku nor Naruto had expected Naruto to encounter enormous difficulty at this stage.
Bang! Bang!
After consecutively knocking away three Shadow Clones that were about to turn into frogs, then casually dispersing the natural energy in Naruto's original body as well, Sage Fukasaku revealed a puzzled expression.
"That shouldn't be right. Although it's difficult to perfect this training, Little Naruto, you made three Shadow Clones. That should mean several times the training effect, so why is your progress so slow?" Sage Fukasaku asked, unable to understand.
After thinking for a moment, he said to Naruto:
"Little Naruto, don't make Shadow Clones. Train again like you just did, and I'll carefully sense what's going on."
After speaking, Sage Fukasaku sprinkled the toad oil from the waterfall onto Naruto.
Naruto closed his eyes and began sensing and absorbing natural energy as he had before.
Sage Fukasaku fully activated his senses and stared intently at Naruto.
Within Sage Fukasaku's perception, large amounts of natural energy entered Naruto's body, while a small portion was drawn into Naruto's body by some kind of strange, rhythmic breathing.
"I see." Sage Fukasaku wore an enlightened expression.
Naruto had unintentionally used two different methods to draw in natural energy, causing the natural energy to clash within his body and making the already difficult-to-control energy even harder to manage.
"So what's going on? Don't tell me I don't have