"Teacher Cangwu..."
When Naruto opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was Cangwu's handsome face.
He held his head and slowly sat up.
"Teacher Cangwu, I had a really strange dream."
"In it, there was a... super huge fox, just as tsundere as Sasuke!"
"It even had nine tails!"
As he spoke, a smile spread across Naruto's face.
"Teacher Cangwu was in my dream, too."
"That huge fox was as docile as a kitten in front of you~"
Nine-Tails: "???"
Nobody gets to live!
Just destroy everything!
"Is that so?"
"Could it be that it wasn't a dream?"
Cangwu smiled, offering no further hints.
Otherwise, the fox inside Naruto would fly into a rage.
Naruto raised an eyebrow, then touched his head. "It wasn't a dream?"
"I'm not sure... Teacher Cangwu, I've finished the second stage of training. Can I start the third stage now?"
As he spoke, Naruto stood up.
Thump—
But that one movement sent him sprawling right where he stood.
Well... all he needed now was to step on his left foot with his right and take off.
"What's going on?!"
Naruto looked utterly incredulous.
He stared at his hands and clenched his fists. His body felt incredibly unfamiliar.
It was as if he'd been living under ten times normal gravity, only to suddenly find himself in a normal-gravity environment.
Cangwu watched Naruto with his butt stuck high in the air, his pupils narrowing.
He wasn't surprised by Naruto's antics.
He was surprised by how much he'd changed.
Had Kotoamatsukami worn off?
Was this really Naruto talking?
It seemed the shock of the past few days had been too much, too intense.
Naruto happily got back to his feet.
He bounced around on the spot, grinning from ear to ear.
Cangwu stepped forward and held him