The appearance of the giant hand startled Jiraiya and the others. Satori, who had been entangling them for several hours, had been subdued so easily. Just how powerful was the ninja who had acted from the shadows?
Could it have been a ninja from Iwagakure? But even within Iwagakure, there probably weren't many who could use Earth Style on this scale.
After pondering for a moment, Jiraiya thought of Naruto. Only Naruto possessed Chakra on this scale, but when had Naruto mastered Earth Style...
At that moment, Jiraiya sensed the presence of Nature Energy from the earth and immediately understood everything.
With that in mind, Jiraiya walked over to Tsunade and said, "Tsunade, Naruto was the one who acted. Only he could perform a ninjutsu on this scale."
"Jiraiya, just how do you think the Third Hokage trained Naruto?"
Tsunade's expression was strange. She had thought Jiraiya meant the village could do nothing to Naruto because of Minato, that they had deliberately left Naruto some room to grow. But now, it seemed Naruto's strength was not merely comparable to the Sannin—it surpassed ordinary Kage.
Jiraiya was stumped by the question. After thinking for a moment, he slowly said, "Maybe it's because Naruto is a perfect Jinchuriki. Kumogakure's Eight-Tails Jinchuriki is also very strong..."
By the end, even Jiraiya felt like he was talking nonsense, but that was the truth.
Near the Blood Altar.
After dragging Satori near the Box of Paradise, the transformed undead monsters around them began to stir again. Naruto glanced at the undead monsters, and more than a dozen Adamantine Sealing Chains shot out from behind him, restraining them all.
These undead monsters were very weak, but merely touching them made it feel as if Chakra was being contaminated.
However, neither Naruto nor the Nine-Tails lacked