Beyond the rules of Life-and-Death Shogi.
Adult Naruto and his son Yuyun, the father and son who had crossed time and space to watch, had witnessed the entire long, heart-stopping duel below.
The battle was nearing its end. The power and skill both sides had displayed had long since surpassed anything an ordinary ninja could imagine.
Adult Naruto slowly turned his head, his gaze settling on Yuyun beside him.
The gifted boy, who had inherited the extraordinary talents of both his parents, was staring intently at the battlefield below. His clear eyes reflected the intertwined golden and purple light, along with the trajectories of countless intricate formulas.
Adult Naruto spoke, his voice calm, with a hint of a test:
"You've been watching for so long. How much have you learned?"
He did not name any particular technique, but he clearly meant every Sage Art, application of Yin-Yang Release, and secret of taijutsu that Young Naruto and the Sage of Six Paths had used in this battle, as well as their clever ways of exploiting and countering Life-and-Death Shogi.
Yuyun had not merely been watching all this time.
His comprehension and insight far surpassed those of ordinary people, bordering on the monstrous.
Whether it was the intricate hand seals of a Sage Art, the transformations of Truth-Seeking Orbs embodying the deepest principles of Yin-Yang Release, or the elusive combat instincts and adaptability the two fighters displayed at the limits of attack and defense...
As long as Yuyun focused, he seemed able to see straight through the surface and grasp the fundamental principles governing the flow of energy, the paths of chakra nature transformation, and the logic behind the construction of each formula.
To him, learning a technique did not mean memorizing its steps. It meant understanding why it worked.
Once he