Sasuke, Did You Know Naruto Is Right Beside You? You Can Get As Many Rinnegan as You Want!

Naruto felt very satisfied.

And it was more than just that.

His dad was also teaching him how to use Nine-Tails Mode. He had already found the threshold; with a little more effort, he would be able to obtain Nine-Tails Mode and see his strength soar from where it was now.

Then, in the future, he could become someone useful to Kitahara Kaede.

But...

"Today felt really strange..."

Naruto had come to report on his studies for the day, then complained, "At first, I didn't know how to get along with those villagers..."

"But then..."

"They came to my doorstep to apologize on their own."

"When I ran into them outside..."

"They also apologized for how they had treated me in the past."

"They even believed I could become the Seventh Hokage..."

"At first, I wanted to work hard to become Hokage, to show everyone who looked down on me, and then... earn everyone's acknowledgment."

Naruto said, "But..."

"It feels like I've already achieved that goal."

Naruto began complaining.

"It's a change in status," Kitahara Kaede said. "In the past, you were branded with rejection and prejudice because of the Nine-Tails."

"Now, your identity as the Fourth Hokage's son has been made public."

"So... the prejudice has been removed, and the things others once ignored have reappeared in their view."

"So..."

"This was Naruto's own effort."

"Your own strength."

"Is... is that so..." Naruto grew a little embarrassed from the praise and scratched his head.

"..." Sasuke.

At that moment, Sasuke was also in the office.

He had come to report on his own situation as well.

He had already transplanted his brother Itachi Uchiha's eyes. He had originally thought there was no way he could catch up to Kitahara Kaede.

Then... he would catch up to Naruto instead.