Sage Fukasaku hopped along in front, leading the way as he said,
"Second Pillar, ahem, well, although Gamahiro and the others were mostly at fault this time, please behave yourself too."
Naruto leaned close to Sasuke and whispered, "How did you end up fighting Gamahiro and Gamaken?"
Seeing the water stains on Naruto's body, Sasuke silently moved a step away and said coldly, "Sparring."
Hearing that, Naruto fell silent for a while. He gestured with his hands to show the size of the sword Gamahiro had just thrown, then immediately asked suspiciously, "Are you sure?"
With that kind of power, he would have believed it if someone said they had been trying to kill each other.
Sasuke crossed his arms. "When I used genjutsu to make them see each other's faces, for an instant, they became the face each of them hated most."
"I see."
Naruto immediately understood, but he also became curious. What kind of face could provoke such a huge reaction from Gamahiro and the others?
"Naruto, when you go in later and meet the Great Toad Sage, be respectful," Sage Fukasaku reminded him.
"Yes!"
After a while, however, Sage Fukasaku still did not move.
Sasuke raised his eyes and found Sage Fukasaku looking at him. "...Right."
Only then did Sage Fukasaku start moving again.
"I'll see you off here. Go in by yourselves..."
The two nodded. Just then, Sage Fukasaku seemed to remember something and hurriedly added,
"Wait, um, if you see the Great Toad Sage asleep, you can wake him up." After all, if they waited for the Great Toad Sage to wake up on his own, it might take a few minutes at best, or several months at worst.
After watching the two little ones enter, Sage Fukasaku's toad face gradually revealed a worried