Chunin Exams End, The Shocking Final Victor [Part 2] The End of the Volume, A New Volume Begins

Naruto had already used up all of his own chakra.

On top of that, he had used the Nine-Tails' chakra earlier, and the burden it placed on his body was extremely heavy.

Even though Naruto had exceptional stamina, if the Nine-Tails continued forcing chakra into him now, he would definitely still be injured.

Then the Nine-Tails would have to face a combined beating from Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.

"Little Naruto, your body can't take much more. You're only fourteen, nowhere near your peak. If I force my chakra into you, I'd be destroying your potential. This old man won't do such a thing.

Besides...

That would put you and that boy in the same condition. Neither of you has much chakra left, and your bodies are both close to their limits. The rest of this battle will be very fair."

Listening to the Nine-Tails' words in his heart, Naruto took a deep breath and nodded.

He understood what the Nine-Tails meant.

Trading some of his potential for a victory now...

No matter how he looked at it, that was a losing deal.

After all, Sasuke was already chasing him so closely. If his potential was damaged in the future, wouldn't Sasuke catch up to him in no time?

No.

Absolutely not.

Besides...

It wasn't as though he was guaranteed to lose.

The conditions were fair for both sides. They had both reached their limits.

They had experienced this kind of situation many times before.

Then...

Whoosh

Naruto was the first to use the Body Flicker Technique, appearing beside Sasuke.

Sasuke raised his leg and blocked Naruto's attempt to sweep him down with a roundhouse kick.

"Trying to use your taijutsu combos? Dream on!" Sasuke could no longer maintain his Mangekyo, his eyes reverting to ordinary three-tomoe Sharingan.

Even the