On the eve of the Grand Martial Arts Tournament, at Amegakure's training ground.
Crackle...!
Purple lightning tore through the curtain of rain, piercing eight Wood Release Armed Wooden Dummies in a row!
Hitomi steadied himself at the far end of a trail of wood chips. Rain struck his young but resolute face, mingling with the sweat of exhaustion before falling into the mud at his feet!
The lightning vanished, and he lowered his battered little hands!
Poof, poof, poof, poof, poof, poof, poof...!
The thousands of Shadow Clones scattered across the training ground vanished in clouds of white smoke.
"Whew..."
Hitomi took a deep breath and lay back on the muddy ground.
After nine days and nights of grueling effort, he had mastered the beyond-S-rank killing technique, Purple Electricity!
Tap! Tap! Tap!
With steady footsteps, Naruto came to Hitomi's side, his eyes full of fatherly concern. He offered his praise freely. "Well done. That's my son..."
Hitomi asked, "Then can I enter the Grand Martial Arts Tournament?"
Rather than answer directly, Naruto took a small bottle from inside his clothes, tipped out a red pill, and placed it in Hitomi's hand. "Eat this first."
Hitomi held the pill between two fingers and examined it closely. "Is this... a Military Rations Pill?"
Though he was not yet a ninja, he had already studied ninja knowledge. He asked because this red pill looked slightly different from the Military Rations Pills he had seen.
Naruto smiled. "It's called an Elixir. You could call it the Ōtsutsuki version of a Military Rations Pill. Eat it and see how it feels."
Hitomi opened his mouth and placed the Elixir inside. Even just holding it in his mouth sent waves of warmth flowing through his chakra pathways. He bit down hard, cracked it apart, and swallowed!