"Don't look at me like that... why can't Senjutsu be stacked...? Maybe it couldn't before, but that doesn't mean it can't in the future~"
"You... have a point."
Fukasaku and Shima gave up trying to think along conventional lines. The person standing before them wasn't exactly a "normal person" to begin with.
Although the Senjutsu of the Three Great Sage Lands differed, they shared the same origin: sensing natural energy and mixing it with the chakra inside one's body to form senjutsu chakra, then using that senjutsu chakra as a foundation for transformations along different "routes."
With her foundation in Shikkotsu Forest's Senjutsu, Chinatsu had little difficulty learning Mount Myōboku's Senjutsu. Everything flowed naturally, falling into place with ease.
Still, no matter how easy the process was, it required some time. During that time, Naruto and Sasuke truly slipped into sightseeing mode.
Naruto had already learned Shikkotsu Forest's Senjutsu, so there was no need for him to keep learning Mount Myōboku's Senjutsu like Chinatsu.
Sasuke, meanwhile, wasn't suited to learning Senjutsu. He couldn't calm his mind. Rather than studying Senjutsu, he was better off honing his Gundam-piloting skills.
Just imagine Naruto acting as a giant power bank for Sasuke in the future, the two of them joining forces to pilot the Nine-Tails clad in ultimate Susanoo armor. Now that had some serious potential.
As Naruto and Sasuke wandered outside, they weren't particularly afraid of the toads, nor did their auras frighten the toads as much as Chinatsu's did. They soon hit it off.
Toads: "Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit!!!"
Naruto: "Hahaha, that's interesting!"
Sasuke: "Huh? You can understand them?"
Naruto: "Not a word, but that doesn't stop me from finding them interesting."
Sasuke: "..."
Sasuke helplessly slapped a hand over his forehead, left speechless at himself for asking such a question.
After