At the Training Ground.
Sasuke gravely told Naruto Uzumaki what had just happened.
Naruto stared blankly.
"Huh? Huh? Is that what happened? But I didn't do anything! I followed the same steps as when I practiced the Rasengan before!"
Sasuke narrowed his eyes and looked Naruto up and down. "Hey! You're not holding out on me, are you? Are you afraid I'll learn the Rasengan faster than you, so you're deliberately not teaching me?"
"Huh?!"
Naruto jumped. "How could I? Didn't you say Big Brother gave us those Ninjutsu Scrolls so we could both practice them?"
"And you're my best friend, Sasuke! Why would I hide anything from you?"
"..."
Sasuke studied Naruto's face, then shook his head. "True. You probably couldn't lie even if you tried..."
Naruto nodded like a chicken pecking at grain.
Then he scratched his head, looking troubled. "But what exactly happened just now?"
Inside the Sealing Space.
The Nine-Tails stared blankly.
Back then... he had watched the Fourth Hokage develop the Rasengan. Even at the time, he'd thought the man was a genius.
Later, he met that wicked brat Shinji Uchiha for the first time.
Shinji had worked changes in Wind Release's Nature Transformation and shape into the Rasengan, making it resemble a Shuriken.
He had "created" that so-called... Rasenshuriken?
The Nine-Tails hated to admit it.
But he thought Shinji was a genius too!
At the very least, Shinji was on par with that detestable Madara Uchiha!
And now...
That blond guy's son, a goofy little brat whom that wicked Shinji Uchiha thought highly of, was a genius too?
At that thought, the Nine-Tails suddenly realized something.
Of course!
He might look down on minor Ninjutsu like the Three Basic Techniques.
But since this brat had entered the ninja academy, aside from his poor basic