Hinata's Summoning Beast and the Eerie Ghost Castle

After returning to Konoha, Naruto took out the Fallen Star Stone and ran experiment after experiment on it.

He could clearly sense that some substance inside it made his Chakra more active and could even change its form.

"Who would've thought the Fallen Star Stone could affect a Sage Body, too? I wonder what it would do to a Sage Transformation Body. Could it interfere with absorbing Natural Energy?"

With that thought, Naruto put the stone away. His instincts told him it would prove useful when no one expected it.

After all, it was a meteorite from beyond the sky. Like the Ōtsutsuki Clan, it had come from outer space, and it was shrouded in mystery.

One day, I want to see what this universe is like. Could there be an Earth out there, too? If there is, I could go home!

Naruto looked up at the sky, his thoughts drifting far away.

While Naruto was experimenting with the Fallen Star Stone, Tsunade sat in the Hokage's Office, smiling smugly as she read Hinata's mission report.

Hinata's last two missions had both reached B-rank difficulty. Without Naruto's help, Team Hinata might well have failed, or even suffered casualties.

But because Hinata was there, Naruto had gotten involved despite not wanting to take missions.

Tsunade felt he had walked straight into her plan, and she could not help feeling pleased with herself.

Little did she know that Naruto had wanted to take the recently completed Hoshigakure mission himself—and that it had brought him quite a gift.

Now another mission request had arrived on Tsunade's desk:

Lady Kayo of Honey Country had vanished on her way to visit her family, so the Daimyo of Honey Country had asked Konoha to send Ninja to search for his wife.

Tsunade suspected hostile Ninja might