"Hmph!"
"Dead last is dead last."
"Wasn't the third stage easy enough to finish?"
While Naruto rested, Sasuke casually picked up a ball.
Then, as he released chakra into it, the ball burst.
"As expected of Sasuke... Damn it, you cocky jerk! Were you peeking at me with your Sharingan?!"
Naruto was exhausted. He'd been digesting the experience his shadow clones had sent back and hadn't felt like bickering with Sasuke.
But then—
The Nine-Tails outright exposed how Sasuke had been peeking with his Sharingan all along.
It even took the opportunity to mock the Sharingan's abilities with malicious glee.
Sasuke turned his head slightly. "Idiot."
He'd never expected to get caught red-handed.
"You... you!" Naruto pointed at Sasuke, his face full of anger.
But the next second, he suddenly put on a smile.
"Oh, I see. It's fine. You just need to work harder. If you don't know how, look more, learn more, and listen more."
Sasuke: "???"
Since when had Naruto learned to talk like that?
Sasuke's eye twitched.
Look more, learn more, listen more...
Cangwu watched the pair of bickering frenemies and shook his head.
This was bad. Now that Naruto was "clear-headed," Cangwu couldn't begin to guess how things would go between the two of them.
Especially with Zabuza and Haku around to "enlighten" them.
"Mr. Cangwu, could you help me get this fishhook out?"
Tsunami swept her long hair back from her temple, the corners of her mouth lifting slightly.
Before they knew it, a week had passed.
Early that morning,
Cangwu led the three kids toward the forest.
As far as the eye could see, a thick fog blanketed the area.
[ Ding~! ]
A familiar, crisp mechanical chime rang in Cangwu's mind.
[Team 7's strength has increased significantly!]
[The host has received