"About twenty years. Don't let my appearance fool you. I'm already thirty-three."
Adult Naruto landed on the ground, and Big Yellow immediately returned to the form of a tiny golden retriever puppy. With a whoosh, he darted to Naruto's feet and affectionately rubbed against his trouser leg.
I feel much safer with Naruto!
Adult Naruto couldn't touch Big Yellow's head, so he simply left him alone.
He looked straight at Madara Uchiha, who sat astride the Skeleton Horse ahead, studying him intently with his Rinnegan.
"Interesting. Very interesting."
Madara murmured to himself, an almost fanatical gleam flickering in his Rinnegan.
"To think you could change so dramatically in just twenty years. And there's something very special about you. You don't feel like an ordinary powerful shinobi. Instead, you're rather like..."
He seemed to be searching for the right description. Finally, he thought of the old man he had met not long ago.
"Very much like the Sage of Six Paths."
"It doesn't matter. Soon, you won't remember any of this."
Golden chains pierced Madara's heart from behind, sealing his chakra.
"Is this... Adamantine Sealing Chains?"
Madara instantly recognized the technique used against him.
"So cool!"
Watching from the side, Yūji Uzumaki couldn't help exclaiming softly, his eyes shining.
"Dad can actually form this technique outside his body?"
In truth, the technique involved nothing more than a little sleight of hand. The chains still formed behind Naruto's back.
Adult Naruto extended his right hand.
"Memory Seal."
As Naruto spoke, countless intricate black runes emerged from the empty air before his palm, like a swarm of tadpoles that had come to life.
These runes weren't physical objects, but highly concentrated yin release chakra.
As though alive, they wove together and spiraled through the air, then turned into a black torrent of runes