Xuandou came to the unconscious Sasuke's side.
He channeled the chakra within his body to heal Sasuke's injuries.
Unlike earlier, when he had misjudged the strength needed to handle Naruto as a Genin, Sakumo had controlled his force exquisitely this time, doing just enough to knock Sasuke unconscious.
Thus, under Xuandou's treatment, Sasuke soon recovered.
Only then did Xuandou rise and look at Sakumo, then glance at the ninja Mirai had summoned, who looked exactly like Sakumo.
He shook his head. "Senior Sakumo, whether Mirai becomes your apprentice is entirely his choice. It has nothing to do with me."
"I see."
Sakumo nodded, then glanced at the flawless beauty clones Naruto had transformed into all around them, as well as the newly awakened Sasuke, and could not help remarking.
"Xuanyin really does produce one outstanding talent after another."
"With Naruto, Sasuke, and Mirai here, the Shinobi World is practically destined to belong to Xuanyin for the next hundred years!"
"You truly have extraordinary discernment, Senior Sakumo!"
Xuandou offered a word of praise.
Recalling rumors he had heard years ago, he felt increasingly certain that Mirai's decision to take Sakumo as his teacher was a good one.
Among so many exceptionally powerful ninja, Sakumo had unerringly picked out Naruto, the reincarnation of the chakra of Asura, the Sage of Six Paths' second son, and Sasuke, the reincarnation of the chakra of Indra, the Sage of Six Paths' eldest son, at a glance.
That was no easy feat.
Nor was this Sakumo's first display of such discernment.
Long ago, before Might Guy had distinguished himself, when he knew neither genjutsu nor ninjutsu and had only the label of "dead last," Hatake Sakumo had already recognized his potential.
He had been certain that Might Guy's future achievements would be limitless.
Sure enough, in