Naruto smiled and nodded when he saw Snake Aunt's last reply.
"White Scale?"
Seeing this distinctive new name, Naruto could roughly guess a few things.
"Has she already found the White Snake Sage in Earth Dragon Cave, or mastered the Eight Branches Technique? Or does Snake Aunt simply think White Scale suits her image better?"
Naruto murmured a couple of questions, then put the matter aside.
Whatever name Snake Aunt chose, she was still his closest confidante.
He had learned that Sasuke had not only reached Otogakure safely, but also successfully awakened the straight-tomoe Mangekyō Sharingan.
That took a huge weight off Naruto's mind.
He took a moment to compose himself.
Then Naruto reached into System Space and took out a small mirror.
He often used the Telescope Technique, and this supporting Sensory Ninjutsu required a medium to display images when activated.
For convenience, Naruto always carried a mirror with him.
With the mirror in hand, Naruto slowly closed his eyes.
"Mangekyō Sharingan, activate!"
With a thought, the chakra in his body began flowing into his eyes.
His closed eyes slowly opened.
Ever since awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan and bluffing Kakashi-sensei,
Naruto still had not figured out whether his own Mangekyo had straight or curved tomoe.
As everyone knew, the straight-tomoe Mangekyō Sharingan enhanced speed, Taijutsu, and basic visual perception.
The curved-tomoe Mangekyō Sharingan, on the other hand, strengthened Genjutsu and all sorts of incredible abilities involving mental power.
The Mangekyō Sharingan of Shisui Uchiha, Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Fugaku, and Obito Uchiha all had curved tomoe.
By contrast, those of Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Madara Uchiha, Uchiha Izuna, and Sasuke Uchiha had Straight-Tomoe Mangekyo.
Naruto had his own theory about whether a Three-Tomoe Sharingan would develop straight or curved tomoe when awakening into a Mangekyo.
Holding the mirror, Naruto slowly opened his