The Six-Year Deadline Has Arrived!

From that day on, there was one more truant in the class: Uchiha Sasuke.

As the homeroom teacher, Iruka had gained several more wrinkles than before.

And Riverside Grove had gained the sound of repeated bangs, along with the sight of someone dragging trees.

At first, after spending an entire day pounding on trees, Sasuke would be completely wrecked.

Fortunately, Naruto provided him with specialized recovery potions.

After discovering the miraculous effects of Naruto's potions, Sasuke trained no less desperately than Naruto did.

He might not have been as monstrous as Naruto, but he still followed Naruto's example and dragged trees for weight training.

When he could not drag three or four trees, he dragged one.

By now, East of the Village Head had practically been plowed into a riverbed by those two kids.

Even Might Guy could not stand watching how absurd they were.

During that time, the Third Hokage finally could not take it anymore and had Kakashi deliver two sets of weighted training gear.

Since those weighted sets were made of special metal and weighed roughly the same as the trees Naruto dragged, the Third Hokage thought that with those things, the two kids would not keep dragging trees, right?

But what happened?

Naruto said he would not train like before anymore, then immediately put on the weighted gear and started dragging trees...

Seeing that the boy had already gone completely off the rails, the Third Hokage gave up on trying to manage Naruto. He simply designated the area east of the village head for the two children to train in, so they would not go wrecking other parts of the village.

Konoha really could not withstand those two troublemakers.

As for Hinata, Naruto was much more considerate. He did not dare let her go crazy like he and Sasuke did.

He got her a punching bag and a wooden training dummy, then occasionally accompanied Hinata in taijutsu training.

The days of training were always dull, and six years passed in the blink of an eye.

This year, Naruto was twelve...

"Sasuke, Hinata, take a look at the Chakra inside my body."

Naruto sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and began circulating the Wind Release Chakra within him to force open the "gate."

Over those six years, he had never given up on that technique.

He continued refining it step by step under the Byakugan and Sharingan, improving the amount of Wind Release Chakra while working with Big Fox to alter the circulation route within his body.

Naruto had also named this technique—Wind Release: Blood Burst Technique.

At first, when he used this technique, it was much like the first time. Since his physique was stronger than before, he directly shattered Konoha's barrier.

He remembered that the Third Hokage had been so furious that he fainted.

Still, Naruto had gained some control over the Wind Release Chakra in his body, allowing him to run it at full power while ensuring it would not endanger his life.

In the end, he discovered that the limit of Wind Release: Blood Burst Technique could only be maintained for fifteen seconds.

Any longer, and he would enter a near-death state.

To confirm the technique's strength, Naruto had even asked Might Guy to assess it.

At the time, even Might Guy thought Naruto was a genius. The state activated by his self-created Wind Release: Blood Burst Technique was no weaker than the state he entered after opening the Third Gate.

But as he watched, Might Guy noticed something was wrong...

Because aside from Naruto, no one else really dared to practice this technique.

If an ordinary person learned it...

Then Danzo of Root had to be mentioned.

When the Third Hokage learned that Naruto had developed this technique, he immediately classified Wind Release: Blood Burst Technique as an A-Rank forbidden technique and placed it under the category of Nintaijutsu.

However, the Third Hokage did not treat Naruto unfairly. He directly took out the Sealing Scroll and let him choose one forbidden technique to learn.

He had originally hoped the kid would take the initiative to learn Flying Thunder God...

But unexpectedly, Naruto chose the A-Rank forbidden technique, Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

As for why he had not learned Flying Thunder God...

Naruto said he simply could not understand it.

Yet no one expected Danzo to secretly learn Naruto's Ninjutsu...

No one knew exactly what happened, but judging by the fact that the leader of Root had vanished from the Third Hokage's sight for three years, the man must have been seriously injured.

The Third Hokage heard from Root ninja that Danzo had turned into a blood-soaked man on the spot while practicing Wind Release: Blood Burst Technique.

It sounded pretty miserable.

After confirming that only someone with recovery abilities as monstrous as Naruto's could learn this Ninjutsu, the Third Hokage deleted the technique without any hesitation.

He did not want some child to become curious and try learning it in the future, only to drop dead on the spot and die young.

"Naruto, move the route a little closer to your heart."

Sasuke stared with his Sharingan and spoke with a serious expression.

Honestly, he thought Naruto's technique was excellent. Unfortunately, he did not possess Wind-nature Chakra.

Otherwise, he would definitely have learned it.

"Naruto-kun, there's too much Chakra."

Hinata and Sasuke stood on either side of Naruto, constantly reminding him.

Boom—

As time passed, a great amount of Wind-nature Chakra surged from Naruto's pores, carrying thick blood mist with it. From a distance, Naruto looked as though he were enveloped in a red shroud.

Sitting beside him, Sasuke and Hinata both raised their hands to shield their faces. They had to use Chakra to steady themselves just to avoid being blown away by the airwaves.

"This power..."

"It has already reached the level of the Fourth Gate of the Eight Gates, hasn't it?"

Sasuke opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Earlier, so the three children could truly understand the power of the Eight Gates, Might Guy had specifically opened the Fourth Gate for them to see.

Now, Naruto's aura alone had reached the state Guy had been in when he opened the Fourth Gate.

"Naruto-kun... has gotten stronger again."

Hinata was happy, but she also felt useless...

She had already worked extremely hard over the years, yet no matter what she did, she could not keep up with the speed at which Naruto grew stronger.