"Mental fatigue?"
Shihōin Naraku narrowed his eyes at Naruto Uzumaki, who was training in front of the waterfall. Nothing seemed wrong with him.
Tenzo had somewhat underestimated Naruto's willpower and mental strength. He would not go down that easily.
Still, getting some rest was necessary. Keeping himself wound too tightly would not do his training much good.
"All right, give him a little longer, then have Naruto stop training and rest for a while. You can go back and get some proper rest too."
Naraku could even see the dark circles under Tenzo's eyes. It seemed that once Naruto started training, he went at it day and night, putting Tenzo through the wringer too.
"Yes, sir!"
At Naraku's words, Tenzo was so moved he almost cried. It had been a long time coming, but he finally had time to rest.
"Right, since you'll be watching over Naruto's training for a while, we'll temporarily change your name to Yamato to prevent any ANBU information from leaking. The name Tenzo will be put aside for now."
"Yes, sir!"
Yamato?
Tenzo-no, Yamato-thought the name sounded pretty good.
Still, the name was only a temporary code name. When he went on ANBU missions, he would be Tenzo again.
Whoosh-whoosh-
Beneath the palms of Naruto and his Shadow Clones, a huge spray of water erupted from the waterfall.
Although the sight looked spectacular, it was precisely what showed that Naruto Uzumaki's training had yet to succeed.
Pop, pop, pop...
Just as Naraku lowered his head slightly, pondering something, a sudden series of sounds startled him out of his thoughts. Looking up, he saw Naruto's entire row of Shadow Clones vanish in puffs of smoke.
It looked like Naruto had reached his limit.
Naruto swayed on the tree trunk, then lost consciousness and toppled backward.
Seeing