Cooperation

The shattered bodies slowly reassembled, and Uchiha Madara and Mu appeared once more.

The two surveyed their surroundings, both wearing grim expressions.

"You were right. This guy isn't easy to deal with."

"Have you never seen a new ninjutsu before? This scale is truly astonishing!"

Uchiha Madara snorted. "The larger the scale of a ninjutsu, the less threatening it is to the strong. Even if he's the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, he can't use a technique like that many times. It's nothing but a waste of Chakra."

He had clearly just used massive-scale Wood Release himself, yet he was saying something like that. Did this guy actually have a tsundere side?

As the two spoke, Gaara and the Tsuchikage slowly rose up from underground.

Meanwhile, Naruto felt an overwhelming emptiness in his body. The excessive Chakra consumption left him in terrible condition, and he knelt on the ground, gasping for breath.

Gaara looked around in shock. "Naruto, was that your new ninjutsu?"

Ōnoki said, "The younger generation truly surpasses the old. But judging by your state... forget it. Leave the rest to us."

Uchiha Madara and Mu suddenly appeared before them.

"Ōnoki, at your age, you're still talking so big. Do you still have the strength to dance?"

Ōnoki stared coldly at Madara, who immediately looked displeased. "What's with that expression? After the lesson I taught you before, you should know perfectly well how great the gap between us is!"

Before Ōnoki became the Tsuchikage, he had once accompanied the Second Tsuchikage, Mu, to Konoha to establish an alliance treaty. Madara had beaten them mercilessly, and that lesson left a deep impression on Ōnoki. It was also the deepest reason for his hatred of Konoha.

But now, after looking at Naruto, Ōnoki's expression softened slightly.

"In the past, the Five Great Shinobi