Kurama's earth-shaking roar formed a tangible shockwave, violently blasting Urashiki below into the air. Sasuke took the opportunity to release his hold on Urashiki, bracing himself on the ground with one arm as he stared up in disbelief at the mountain-sized Golden Nine-Tails.
"Mr. Sasuke!"
Boruto hurried forward to support Sasuke, unable to hide the excitement in his voice. Looking at the majestic golden beast, he could not help but marvel. "That's amazing! Was Dad already this strong at this age?"
Yet Sasuke's heart was in turmoil. Was Naruto really this powerful at this point in time? Of course not.
In his memories, Naruto had indeed been slightly stronger than him during this period, but there was no way he could have been this terrifyingly powerful.
If Naruto had truly possessed such strength back then, he would have broken Sasuke's limbs and dragged him back the moment he defected from Konoha. More frighteningly, Sasuke knew how arrogantly extreme his younger self had been. Faced with such a vast gap in strength, his jealousy would likely have twisted his personality even further.
"Th-this is impossible!"
Urashiki stabilized himself in midair, his face full of baffled disbelief as his logic collapsed. He had always been supremely confident in his own abilities. Though the interference of these two uninvited guests had prevented him from arriving when Naruto was still a child, bringing him instead to the point when Naruto had become a genin.
But was this really the strength a genin from this planet should possess? If this guy already had such terrifying power at this time, then his rate of improvement over the years had been far too slow!
When Urashiki realized that the "soft target" he had carefully chosen was actually an unbreakable iron wall, he finally lost control and roared.