Utatane Koharu slowly stood up. "Come on! I'll perform the transplant myself. You just mentioned Confucianism and Daoism, but what about Buddhism?
"Naruto is studying Buddhism. He originally wanted to become Hokage, but now he wants to become a Buddha so there will be no more suffering in the world."
"I don't know. Naruto is the most enthusiastic about studying Buddhism in Konoha, and he's only just started, so it's too early to tell.
"According to the Buddhist worldview, if Naruto reached the highest level of cultivation, no one would be a match for him."
"Not even you?"
"No!"
Uchiha Yan shook his head. "We can't choose Naruto's future path for him. Let's leave that decision to the Fourth Hokage and his wife.
"I'll let Naruto meet his family at a crucial moment. Right now, he's still easily influenced. We won't know whether he'll continue down the path of Buddhist cultivation until he's met the Fourth Hokage."
"True! Naruto needs to meet the Fourth Hokage and his wife to learn what familial love is like. How can you transcend the world without entering it? How can you lose something you've never had?"
As they saw it, Naruto was only studying Buddhism because of Shukaku's influence. He might not actually want to study it, and perhaps he would give it up once he experienced more.
And just as they said, Naruto hadn't actually made up his mind. Studying Buddhism was simply the only thing that interested him at the moment, because that was what Shukaku studied.
Sasuke kept saying he had taken the wrong path, and he was determined to show Sasuke that Buddhadharma was the most powerful of all.
At that moment, Naruto was in his mental space, reciting Buddhist chants for the Nine-Tails. He had been doing this often