"There will be plenty of opportunities later. The ninja world will definitely begin exploring the universe. Maybe someday, each of your clans will even have a planet as its homeland?" Kitahara Kaede joked.
The universe was so vast that one or two planets were no different from specks of dust.
"What would we need such a huge clan homeland for? Right now, I just want to know how strong you are, Kitahara Kaede!" Kiba Inuzuka shouted.
He had been the kind of person who never admitted defeat back then, and he was still the same now.
"Kiba, it looks like you've become much stronger than before. I remember you said you wanted to become Hokage back then," Kitahara Kaede said.
"Ha, Kiba wasn't even selected as a Hokage candidate back then," Shikamaru said from the side, tearing him down.
"I only let Naruto have it!" Kiba said indignantly.
"So, Kiba, have you reached Kage-level strength now?" Kitahara Kaede asked with a smile.
He was also curious about how strong his old companions had become.
They had definitely reached Jonin level, but whether they had Kage-level strength was still unknown.
Shino, who had been quite outstanding back then, only retained the strength of an ordinary Jonin after becoming a teacher. Perhaps after going through a few battles, his strength would awaken again.
But the others should have been about the same.
"Kiba's strength is above that of an Elite Jonin. As for whether he has gone any further, only he knows," Shikamaru said.
"Kiba has taken the most missions out of all of us these past years, so he should be one of the strongest," Ino said, giving a similar answer.
"What about you guys? In my memory, the Ino-Shika-Cho formation could rival Kage-level fighters," Kitahara Kaede asked.
"After Choji uses