The next afternoon.
At a Training Ground in Konoha.
Sasuke had completed his mission and returned to the village.
The moment Naruto learned that Sasuke was back, he immediately challenged him.
At the Training Ground.
Sasuke stood before Naruto, looking at the Naruto who had returned to the village after three years apart.
He sized Naruto up.
He frowned slightly. "You've grown quite a bit over the past three years."
Naruto, meanwhile, stared at Sasuke with an annoyed expression.
"Why the hell did this guy grow so tall? Damn it!"
Sasuke was now 1.8 meters tall, half a head taller than Naruto.
And now that he had matured, he was somehow even more handsome than before.
In terms of appearance, Naruto had been utterly defeated.
If he were Sakura, he would obviously choose Sasuke.
The two of them standing together would be a perfect match, but standing beside Naruto, it would look completely out of place.
Before they had even started fighting, he had already lost badly in terms of looks.
In the forest nearby, Neji sat on a tree branch with a smile on his face. "Sasuke's in trouble now."
Sitting on the branch, he looked thoroughly amused by Sasuke's misfortune.
But he did not mean Naruto could defeat Sasuke. He meant Sasuke would have to figure out how not to defeat Naruto too quickly, so as to leave him a little dignity.
Not ending a fight too quickly also took skill.
Sasuke, who now possessed the Rinnegan, was no longer someone Naruto could handle.
In a small grassy clearing in the forest, roughly several hundred meters long and wide.
Sasuke and Naruto stood facing each other as the wind rippled through the grass.
Sakura, Kakashi, Tsunade, and Jiraiya stood nearby as well.
When Jiraiya saw Sasuke, he frowned