An Indescribable Feeling (Third Update)

Lord Snow Shadow?

Hearing Neji's words,

the people from Konoha before him felt a range of emotions stir deep within them.

Kakashi, Shikaku, and Might Guy all showed subtle changes in their expressions.

Those behind them—Sakura, Hinata, Choji, and the others—looked even more visibly moved, their excitement difficult to put into words.

It must be Naruto-kun, right?

Snow Shadow, Naruto?

That really is an imposing title.

Different thoughts flickered through the Nine Rookies' minds.

They were no longer the little rookies who had just graduated from the Ninja Academy. They knew perfectly well what the title "Shadow" represented. Throughout the Shinobi World, there were many people called "Shadow." Even the leaders of various small Ninja villages called themselves "Shadow." The best-known example in the original story was the leader of Hoshigakure, in the Land of Bears, who called himself the Hoshikage. But in the end, that was little more than a way to entertain themselves behind closed doors. In the entire Shinobi World, there had previously been only five people universally recognized as "Shadow": the leaders of the Five Great Nations. The title represented not only the individual's strength, but also the power and standing of their village.

Just like the Hokage of their own village, Konohagakure.

Of the more than one hundred thousand Ninja alive today, and the tens of millions—nearly a hundred million—of ordinary people, only five Shadows were recognized as equals. But that balance had now been broken. The rise of Snow Ninja Village, the strength of the Land of Snow, and the extraordinary personal strength Naruto had displayed had led the entire world to acknowledge the arrival of a Sixth Shadow.

And that was the First Snow Shadow, Namikaze Naruto, whose public succession ceremony was about to be held!

The Rookies knew how much weight the