After more than a month of training, Naruto finally mastered the Rasenshuriken.
But now he was at Konoha Hospital.
Sakura examined his hand. Dressed in a white medical uniform, she stood up and brushed aside her fallen pink bangs.
Naruto's face reddened slightly as he looked at Sakura and asked worriedly, "Sakura, my hand isn't crippled, is it?"
Sakura shook her head. "Didn't Kakashi-sensei teach you the version of the Rasenshuriken that doesn't injure your hand?"
"How did it get hurt this badly?"
"If you keep using this ninjutsu, your hand will be crippled."
Sakura rubbed her forehead, not knowing why Kakashi had not taught Naruto the perfected version of the Rasenshuriken.
Yamato, who had brought Naruto to the hospital, explained, "Kakashi-senpai wanted to teach him, but Naruto simply couldn't learn that version of the Rasenshuriken."
"And he really wanted to master it, so we could only teach him the incomplete version first."
"Through the Multi Shadow Clone Technique, Naruto really did master this ninjutsu. Now we can only find another way to solve its self-harming flaw."
Yamato felt rather helpless. Naruto simply could not learn the perfected version of the Rasenshuriken.
Sakura sighed. "Don't use that technique again, unless you don't want to be a ninja anymore."
Upon hearing that, Naruto nearly jumped up.
"Sakura, save me! I don't want to end up unable to be a ninja!"
Naruto still had the mentality of a child.
Sakura thought for a moment. "Then you can only learn sage arts. Once you master them, they can strengthen your control over chakra, and then you'll be able to master the perfect version of the Rasenshuriken."
Naruto's eyes lit up. "Sage arts?"
"Like Sasuke's sage arts?"
Sakura nodded. "There are the Three Great Sage Regions. You should be able to learn the sage