The upheaval the Three Sacred Treasures caused throughout heaven and earth drew the attention of every powerhouse in the shinobi world. Yet Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata, who had caused it, looked utterly bewildered. Even Jiraiya and the future Sasuke and Naruto were startled and dumbfounded.
Once Jiraiya recovered, he shouted, "Naruto, what did you do? How did such tremendous power suddenly erupt? Huh? Why do I feel like the natural chakra around us has suddenly grown many times stronger? Am I imagining things?" Having sensed the change in natural chakra before and after the Three Sacred Treasures erupted, Jiraiya asked in confusion.
Young Naruto recovered and answered Jiraiya's question. "No, Pervy Sage, your senses aren't wrong. The natural chakra really has grown much stronger. It seems the power released by the Three Sacred Treasures has spread out, greatly increasing the world's natural chakra."
"It isn't my imagination?" Jiraiya asked, still finding it hard to believe.
"It isn't," Young Sasuke said. "I can sense the changes in this world too. Although I haven't practiced senjutsu, my Rinnegan can see those changes very clearly."
Jiraiya pondered. "It seems the resonance between the Three Sacred Treasures also released the natural chakra originally sealed within them. They probably absorbed that natural chakra to maintain the seal on the Eight-Headed Serpent. Now that he's broken free, the natural chakra used to sustain the seal has been released as well."
Young Sasuke nodded. "That's probably it."
The power within the Three Sacred Treasures returning to the world was good news for many people. But for Sasuke and Naruto, who wanted to absorb the treasures to strengthen themselves, it was anything but. The loss of their power dealt the two a considerable blow.
Naruto said to Sasuke, "Looks like our plan's fallen through, Sasuke. We wanted to