After leaving the Elven Forest, Nawaki Senju said goodbye to Naruto and Sasuke. He was heading to the New Land of Fire, which badly needed more hands right now. With the plan Naruto and Tsunade had drawn up, he ought to go help as well. As for training, now that Nawaki Senju had entered the god realm, improving his strength through grueling practice was no longer realistic, so he gave up on that. Helping build the New Land of Fire was more important.
Naruto recalled what Dean Greg had suddenly told him as they were about to leave the Elven Forest: "Kid, you're strong, but our Star Light Academy won't go down so easily at this Exchange Meeting between the Two Academies. Heh, I'm really looking forward to the matches between our academies."
Seeing that Naruto seemed to be pondering something, Sasuke asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Naruto came back to his senses and said, "I'm a little curious about what Dean Greg said. He should have been able to see how strong you and I are, but that last remark of his still bothers me."
Sasuke remembered it as well. "Yeah, it really is strange. Neither of us has reached the god realm yet, but ordinary god realm experts should already be no match for us. With Wisdom Academy suddenly gaining two fighters on that level, Greg should have been concerned. Instead, he seemed full of confidence. That really is odd."
Just then, Dean Allen came out with Ao Ling and the others. Naruto said, "I'll go ask that old fellow. Maybe he knows something. They're rivals, after all."
Naruto walked up to Dean Allen and asked, "Old man, do you know why Star Light Academy's dean wasn't concerned about how strong Sasuke and I are? He even looked completely