"Kabuto, have you ascended into a dragon?"
Everyone on Blue Moon Island gathered around Kabuto as Orochimaru asked with an amused air.
Kabuto lay on his back on the wet grass, letting the azure moonlight soothe his exhausted body and mind, especially... those eyes that reflected his soul.
The still-unnamed technique capable of destroying a Perfect Susanoo had exacted a heavy toll, nearly blinding him... Returning to base after leaving those blustering words behind had actually been his only choice!
Faced with Lord Orochimaru's slightly mischievous question, Kabuto gave a wry smile. "I nearly turned into an earthworm!"
Suigetsu asked, "Was it really that bad? Your opponent was just a brat around Sasuke's age, right? Even if he was Madara."
"You said it yourself—he was Madara. How could you judge him by normal standards?"
Kabuto adjusted his glasses, slowly sat up, and presented a scroll to Orochimaru.
"I recorded the entire fight in this scroll."
Orochimaru channeled chakra into the scroll and studied it intently.
"This is..."
Everyone asked, "Well?"
Orochimaru handed the scroll to Suigetsu, who broke out in both water and sweat after examining it.
Jugo and Karin both fell silent after looking through it.
The scroll reached Sasuke.
After examining it, Sasuke frowned slightly.
What troubled him was not the strength Madara had displayed, but... the difference compared with his strength during the fight against Jiraiya.
His strength had soared in such a short time. Not only had he mastered the Nine-Tails' Gold Body Mode and Sage Mode, he had even unleashed a Perfect Susanoo when cornered!
But Sasuke soon put his concerns to rest.
Orochimaru had already analyzed it: the faster the Black Cursed Seal's power awakened, the faster Naruto's own strength would grow to adapt to it. Once he became strong enough to break through