"Naraku, look! Pretty amazing, right?"
"Hahaha..."
Watching Naruto Uzumaki run over excitedly, Naraku smiled. It seemed the stories he had told him about Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki really had brought out his potential.
Otherwise, there was no way Naruto could have completed his training this quickly.
"Hehehe, so, what do you think of my new ninjutsu..."
Naruto went on and on about his excitement, as though he wanted to announce to the whole world right away that he had grown stronger again.
Naraku's gaze sharpened. He noticed that Naruto's right hand was trembling involuntarily, and Naruto had not even realized it.
"Hey, Sakura, take a look at Naruto's right hand."
"Huh?"
Naruto, who had been showing off to Sakura Haruno, froze in confusion. He raised his right hand and said, "What's wrong with my right..."
Only then did the others notice it too. Naruto's right hand seemed to be trembling beyond his control!
"It's fine, I..."
"Let me see!"
Sakura Haruno first had Naruto sit down. Then a faint glow appeared over her hands, and she began examining his right hand with great care.
"This..."
The moment her chakra entered Naruto's right hand, Sakura Haruno froze, her expression instantly growing tense.
"Sakura, why are you making that face? My right hand's fine. It just hurts a tiny bit. It must be because I trained too long. A night's rest will fix it."
Compared with the extremely tense Sakura Haruno, Naruto himself was utterly relaxed. As far as he was concerned, no matter how badly he was injured, he always recovered anyway.
"Lord Naraku, most of the chakra pathways in Naruto's right hand have been severed!" Sakura Haruno looked up and reported to Naraku, her face full of worry.
"Mm, looks like I wasn't mistaken. Yamato, head back first. Naruto,