"Yo, you're all here. I've got a new missi—"
Kakashi suddenly froze. Three seconds later, he continued, "Naruto, what happened to Sasuke?"
Sasuke's muscles were bulging all over, stretching his normally loose clothes so tight they looked ready to rip at any moment. For a moment, Kakashi thought he saw a bunch of hulking men standing behind Sasuke, radiating an aura of "powerful, manly strength."
"Probably ate too much."
Naruto didn't sound too sure. "If he works out a little longer, he should recover."
Kakashi still couldn't figure out what was going on, so he turned to Sakura.
"Yesterday at noon, Sasuke gave me a recipe for Military Ration Pills and asked me to try making them."
Sakura stared blankly, but still explained, "Just now, I gave the finished pills to Sasuke. He ate one, and then he turned into this."
Kakashi pondered for a moment, then asked Naruto, "Did your master give you the recipe?"
Naruto nodded.
"That explains it."
Kakashi accepted the situation immediately. "Going by experience, your master should have told you this might happen."
"He did."
Naruto scratched his head. "My master said, 'These Military Ration Pills pack a punch, but they're also nourishing. When you're doing high-intensity training, one a day will keep your body from overexerting itself.' But he didn't say my body would turn into this."
Kakashi asked, "So what counts as 'high-intensity'?"
"Training with Sealing Jutsu counts."
Naruto sounded certain. "My master gave me the recipe when I first started training with Sealing Jutsu."
"That's right."
Sasuke finally spoke. His voice hadn't changed, but his tone was incredibly forceful. "Don't worry. I'll be back to normal in no time—Sealing Jutsu, activate!"
Black patterns spread across Sasuke's body. His bulging muscles seemed to be pressed down by something, gradually shrinking back.
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