[Detected that the host has killed Akatsuki member Kisame Hoshigaki...] [Overall assessment... Inheritance Experience gained: +3,000 points!] [Current Inheritance Progress: 1.5%]
"An S-rank Missing-nin only raised my inheritance progress by a little over 1%..."
Ye Chuan walked out of the explosion's aftermath, frowning slightly as he watched the shark intelligence clones scatter and flee.
Kisame Hoshigaki truly deserved his place as one of the Akatsuki's toughest men. He had his own ninja way, too, willing to pay any price for his mission, even his own life.
Unfortunately, he had chosen the wrong side.
"Whoa! Ye Chuan! You... you're way too strong!"
Naruto stared at the unscathed Ye Chuan and the battle scars around them, which looked as though a natural disaster had swept through. His jaw dropped in shock.
Killer B dropped his playful hip-hop expression as well and looked gravely at Ye Chuan:
"Little guy from Konoha... you're even scarier than my big brother said! Yo!"
Yugito Nii's beautiful eyes shone, and a trace of indescribable feeling entered her gaze as she looked at Ye Chuan.
Naruto clenched his fists hard and shouted:
"Damn it! Ye Chuan's gotten stronger again! I can't fall behind!"
"Octopus guy! Hurry up and take me to train! I'm going to master the Nine-Tails' power!"
Then, brimming with excitement, Naruto followed Killer B to train at the "Waterfall of Truth," which could supposedly help him gain perfect control over the Nine-Tails chakra.
Ye Chuan stayed with Yugito Nii on a patch of high ground at the edge of Turtle Island, the gentle sea breeze stirring their hair.
"Ye Chuan."
Yugito Nii gazed in the direction Naruto had gone, a trace of worry in her mismatched eyes:
"Naruto... can he really control the Nine-Tails' power?"
"It's the strongest tailed beast. The slightest mistake