"Naruto, that's a bit far-fetched."
"Abilities and knowledge?"
"How could you clone those?"
Jiraiya clearly didn't believe Naruto Uzumaki.
Naruto Uzumaki had no answer to Jiraiya's objection.
Honestly,
if he hadn't read the Original Story, he wouldn't have believed technology like that existed in this world either.
It was hard to wrap his head around.
"Fine. I'll get to the bottom of it."
"Let's leave it there for today."
Jiraiya drained his last cup of sake, then nearly fell to his knees as he stood.
"Jiraiya, you're getting older. You should take better care of yourself."
Naruto Uzumaki offered the reminder.
Jiraiya had always refused procedures that could extend his life.
He was still strong, but age had begun to show.
"You little brat."
Jiraiya shot Naruto Uzumaki a glare.
Calling him old?
He still had plenty of energy!
"What are you going to do next?"
Jiraiya asked one last question.
"I'll start by having a chat with the members of Outer."
Naruto Uzumaki looked over the names of Kara's members on the Scroll, a faint smile appearing on his face.
Ao...
Kirigakure.
Naruto Uzumaki floated in midair, gazing at the bridge spanning the sea with wonder in his eyes.
Even Blue Star in his previous life couldn't have built a bridge across such a vast distance, could it?
At the far end stood Kirigakure, utterly transformed.
Kirigakure had once been known as the Bloody Mist Village.
Thick fog had shrouded it year-round, and the atmosphere had been oppressive.
Dilapidated houses were everywhere. Ordinary people had struggled just to fill their stomachs.
But now, everywhere he looked,
Kirigakure glowed beneath multicolored neon lights, its rows of high-rises reaching for the sky.
The coast had been turned into a vast circular beach.
The fog that had once lingered all day