The Beginning of Chaos (Third Update)

With these two reasons combined, Utakata truly began to entertain the idea of heading to the Land of Snow.

However, there remained one final concern.

That was the issue of "trust."

A healthy amount of suspicion was only reasonable.

At the very least, Naruto found it normal.

The intelligence fed back by Hoshichi was that the Six-Tails Jinchuriki wanted to meet Naruto in person. Furthermore, he insisted on choosing the location himself and demanded that Naruto come alone. This was Utakata's way of testing Naruto's sincerity. From a conventional perspective, one would certainly refuse; who knew what kind of risks might be involved?

Yet, Naruto prepared to agree without the slightest hesitation.

One reason was that Naruto trusted his own judgment regarding Utakata.

This was the best way to recruit the Six-Tails Jinchuriki to his side and bolster his own strength, and Naruto was unwilling to give up on it!

The other reason lay in Naruto's confidence in himself.

Having advanced his mastery of the Flying Thunder God Technique even further than before, there were now very few people in the vast Shinobi World who could hinder Naruto's movements.

Even if Kirigakure were to mobilize its entire force, Naruto was quite certain he could retreat unscathed.

Even if there were ambushes involving Barrier Teams or Sealing Teams, Naruto believed they could not stop the escape provided by the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Unless they possessed corresponding space-time ninjutsu or the ability to seal spatial coordinates, the Flying Thunder God Technique was, for the average ninja, a weapon of mass destruction in the truest sense!

This was the greatest source of Naruto's confidence at present.

"Relay this message back to Hoshichi: I accept the conditions. However, because the mission isn't over yet, I need one more week. After that week, the