Naruto? Savior of the Shinobi World? Him?

What was even more terrifying was that, according to Kitahara Kaede's Diary, there was more than one person capable of destroying the world. The waters of the Shinobi World ran deep—now, he finally understood what that meant.

This was not merely deep. It was unfathomably deep.

So all this time, they had been operating in the shallows of the Shinobi World's waters?

This world was far too dangerous!

He suddenly understood why Kitahara Kaede had seemed so lacking in security in his diary. If anyone knew that Konoha would be destroyed by a single attack in the future, they probably would not feel safe either.

Then again, did that mean the Ichiraku Ramen shop that could withstand Shinra Tensei really have something special about it?

"What kind of eyes were those? Stronger than the Sharingan? Was that move a Dojutsu?"

Uchiha Sasuke clenched his fists. He had always believed that the Sharingan was the strongest dojutsu Kekkei Genkai in the Shinobi World. He had not even thought much of the Byakugan, which was said to stand alongside the Sharingan.

How many powerful Byakugan users had ever appeared throughout history? How could it possibly compare to their Sharingan?

Yet the appearance of the Rinnegan had shattered his understanding, making him realize that the Sharingan was not the only powerful dojutsu Kekkei Genkai in the world. In fact, compared to the Rinnegan, the Sharingan did not even deserve a mention.

"An organization that could make Uchiha Itachi bow his head... was he the leader of that organization?" Uchiha Sasuke only felt his path of revenge becoming ever more distant and hopeless.

Uchiha Itachi alone was already powerful enough to suffocate him. If there were so many people behind him who were equally strong—or even stronger—

How was he supposed to take revenge?

Perhaps he needed companions too. Companions capable of standing against such powerful enemies.

At that moment, he thought of Uzumaki Naruto. In Kitahara Kaede's assessment, he was an extraordinary person.

One of the towering peaks of the entire Shinobi World over the next twenty years?

If Kitahara Kaede thought so highly of Uzumaki Naruto, then Naruto would at least grow strong enough to rival Uchiha Itachi's companions, wouldn't he?

This was the first time Uchiha Sasuke, the lonely avenger, had ever considered finding companions.

The more he learned, the more he understood just how childish and laughable his stubborn insistence on seeking revenge alone had been.

"Damn it, how am I supposed to get revenge?!"

Uchiha Sasuke let out a helpless, furious roar.

[Today, I met Naruto. Just as I imagined, he possessed the Asura Clan's inherited warmth and cheerfulness. If I were him, I would have gone dark a thousand times over already. Yet he could still remain so optimistic and even become the Savior of the Shinobi World. Don't tell me that had nothing to do with Asura's Chakra—I wouldn't believe it.

He even accomplished what no previous Asura had managed to do: he brought Indra back and severed Asura and Indra's destiny in this generation. That alone was remarkable.

After all, he was the generation of Asura most skilled in Talk no Jutsu.]

The diary continued updating. Hatake Kakashi could understand the metaphor about Uzumaki Naruto going dark a thousand times over. Thinking about Naruto's treatment over the years, about the hatred and disgust he had endured from the villagers, Kakashi wondered whether he himself could have persisted without going dark.

He did not know, because his own life had been miserable as well.

His mother had died when he was young. When he got a little older, his father had committed suicide. Later, his Close Friend died before his eyes. Not long after that, he killed another one of his teammates. Then there were his teacher and Master's Wife—one after another, the people most important to him had left his life.

By now, he was completely alone.

But what did it mean by the Asura Clan's inherited warmth and cheerfulness?

Wasn't Naruto from the Uzumaki Clan?

Even if they counted from his teacher's side, that would make him part of the Namikaze Clan. What did that have to do with Asura?

And this so-called Asura's Chakra could even affect him?

Or did Naruto possess this so-called Asura's Chakra?

Hatake Kakashi could not help but worry. This was, after all, his teacher's Orphan. Now that both his teacher and Master's Wife were gone, he had to watch over this child in their stead.

Though the influence of this Asura's Chakra seemed to be heading in a positive direction, who could say for certain?

And it even involved Asuras from previous generations, which meant there was more than one Asura?

And there seemed to be an Indra standing in opposition to them?

What kind of destiny did Asura and Indra have that needed to be severed in this generation?

Or perhaps Asura was actually some kind of professional identity?

Something passed down generation after generation.

If Asura was some secretly inherited profession, and Indra was another secretly inherited profession, then the two had been entangled for many generations for some reason and seemed to be hostile toward each other.

But in the end, they had reached a complete resolution in this generation?

For a moment, Hatake Kakashi's thoughts were in complete disarray, and he had no idea where to begin investigating.

"Savior?"

Uchiha Sasuke keenly noticed the key phrase in that passage. Kitahara Kaede's assessment of Uzumaki Naruto was growing increasingly lofty—from one of the peaks of the Shinobi World in the coming decades to the Savior of the Shinobi World.

Wasn't that assessment getting more and more absurd? Could that Dead Last really grow into a Savior in the future?

Uchiha Sasuke felt conflicted. He hoped Uzumaki Naruto could grow powerful enough to join his quest for revenge, yet at the same time, he quickly felt unwilling to accept it.

He was the top student in their year, while Uzumaki Naruto was the worst student in the class—the Dead Last.

Could his future really be inferior to that of a Dead Last?

He was deeply unconvinced.

[Uzumaki Naruto's talent was actually quite good. It was just that the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox interfered with the circulation of his Chakra, and I couldn't resolve that either. To solve it completely, he would have to wait until he became the disciple of the Pervy Sage, Jiraiya, in the future.

The Uzumaki Clan left behind so many Fuinjutsu techniques targeting the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, yet he hadn't learned a single one of them. What a complete waste. As the lone orphan of the Uzumaki Clan, there were only a handful of clan members left in the entire Shinobi World. Their plight was hardly any better than that of the Uchiha Clan. Thinking about it, Konoha truly had committed sins!]

"Naruto's talent was good; it was just that the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox interfered with the circulation of his Chakra?" Only then did Hatake Kakashi finally realize what was going on. Whether it was his prodigious teacher, Minato Namikaze, or his fiery Master's Wife, Kushina Uzumaki, both possessed exceptional ninja talent.

How could the child born from those two be a ninjutsu idiot? Yet he had ranked dead last at the Ninja Academy year after year, becoming the infamous Dead Last known far and wide.

The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Chakra could interfere with Naruto's Chakra circulation?

Had the seal loosened?