In Konoha's dark underground chamber, a faint glow gently brushed over Orochimaru's deathly pale face. Paired with his signature wicked smile, he looked every inch the villain.
"What a pleasant surprise. So a body with all five attributes has problems too. A large amount of Chakra washing through it can cause the body to collapse? Interesting. Is the Chakra being affected and refined passively, or is the body falling out of balance because too much energy is flowing through it?
"What a pity. People with all five attributes are far too rare. Otherwise—"
Orochimaru narrowed his long, thin eyes, considering whether he should take the risk, then shook his head. "Forget it. It isn't worth going that far for something like this. Have the Anbu keep an eye out. For now, I might as well analyze the data I already have."
Elsewhere, the first thing Naruto did after his body recovered and he got out of bed was run over to Shiro and ask about the doubts he had from his battle with Neji.
Although he had won that fight, he had actually relied on the Nine-Tails' power. Without the Nine-Tails, he very likely would have lost that day.
That was undeniably hard for Naruto, who had always prided himself on being the best among his peers, to accept. After thinking it over for so many days, he finally determined the reason.
Chakra!
That was the gap between Naruto and Neji!
It was not that ability to control Chakra perfectly, nor was it the Byakugan. It was simply the amount of Chakra.
Naruto realized that Neji had a lot of Chakra. An absurd amount. Logically speaking, at their age, they should not have been able to refine enough Chakra to use Rotation. Not even that incomplete version of it.
Conventional