"Sarada is an Uchiha, my older brother's child. No matter who the enemy is or how strong they are, I'm saving her. There's no room for discussion."
Seeing Sasuke's impatient stubbornness, Naruto gave a helpless little smile and shook his head.
"Sasuke, you're still too hasty."
"I originally planned to use this meeting to keep the Celestial Dragons in check, negotiate terms with them, seize the initiative, and gradually uncover their trump cards."
"But now that Sarada has been captured again, we've completely lost the initiative. That plan is useless now."
With that, Naruto turned to face Langwei, his expression utterly serious.
"Langwei, tell us everything you know about the Celestial Dragons. The more detail, the better."
Langwei thought in silence for a moment, then looked up and asked, "Which part do you want to hear first?"
Naruto's eyes flashed. He pinpointed the central question behind the entire battle and asked directly, "Start with the power systems your two sides use."
That was the key to defeating their opponents. Only by understanding themselves and their enemies could they survive.
Without hesitation, Langwei laid out the fundamental difference between the two factions.
"Both the Holy Knights and the Celestial Dragons build our foundations by training our bodies to the extreme. Our physical strength far exceeds that of anyone in the Shinobi World."
"But our paths differ. Beyond training our bodies, we also temper our inner selves and hone our wills, ultimately awakening a power unique to us-Haki."
"The Celestial Dragons don't cultivate their inner selves. They pray to the Divine Stone to obtain Devil Fruits, or God Fruits, as they call them. They grow stronger by developing the transformative abilities of those fruits."
Those few simple words completely overturned everything they knew.
Standing nearby, Gaara, Ōnoki, the Raikage, and the Mizukage