Three Years of Training, a Power All His Own

With the Sage Transformation Body, Naruto no longer needed to train in Mount Myōboku's Sage Mode.

He could absorb natural energy himself and form senjutsu chakra within his body.

In other words, Naruto's Sage Mode was entirely his own, and it was permanently active: Senjutsu chakra always flowed through him.

It had none of Mount Myōboku's five-minute time limit, and it didn't make horns grow on his head like Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode.

He still needed to learn taijutsu techniques like Frog Kata and Frog Strike, though.

Those were ways to use natural energy, not techniques that required Mount Myōboku's Sage Mode.

It was like Konoha Style Taijutsu: ninja from other villages could use it if they learned it. It wasn't limited to Konoha Ninja.

I can call myself a Sage now, can't I? Naruto thought smugly.

Ten days passed. Naruto finally mastered Frog Kata and Frog Strike, and he successfully used senjutsu chakra to power wind release ninjutsu.

That day, a gale uprooted most of Mount Myōboku's plants. Sand and stones flew everywhere, leaving the place a wreck. Even the Toad Sage was startled awake.

If Old Toad Fukasaku hadn't stopped Naruto in time, the whole of Mount Myōboku might have been destroyed.

Later, several old toads gathered to discuss the matter before telling Naruto:

"You should leave. We truly have nothing left to teach you, and we don't dare let you stay."

Naruto had wanted to learn Fukasaku and Shima's sound-based genjutsu, Demonic Illusion: Toad Confrontation Chant. Instead, he was bluntly told that only real toads capable of croaking could master it.

"Seriously? That's cold!"

Naruto thought it over. Although his body was now full of senjutsu chakra, he still didn't have enough of it.

Ever since he lost his two Sage Bodies, the enormous drop in his