Listening to Shinji's explanation, Karin said: "Lord, you don't need to explain anything to me! My power, my life, everything I have, was bestowed by you. So if you need me to be Karin, then I am Karin; if you need me to be 'B', then I am 'B'!"
Haku aside chuckled lightly: "Lord, we all follow you of our own will! So like Karin, I don't need any explanation."
Yakumo leaned in: "Me too!"
Shinji breathed a sigh of relief.
For this confession of identity, he had prepared a lot of explanations privately, but it turned out he didn't need them at all.
Just as he expected.
In contact after contact, Karin, Haku, and Yakumo had already guessed more or less, noticing something.
"That's right..."
Shinji couldn't help but chuckle inwardly.
If not for this, when he fell out with Danzo in the hospital last time, Haku and Karin wouldn't have stood so firmly on his side.
After all, one of them was a spy planted by the Hidden Mist in the Hidden Leaf, and the other was a spy planted by the Hidden Grass in the Hidden Leaf. Plus, both had secretly joined the 'Akatsuki Organization'. Their identities simply couldn't withstand in-depth investigation. Getting involved in conflicts against the high-level officials of the Hidden Leaf rashly would very likely expose their identities.
Putting the mask back on, Shinji said: "Usually you don't need to address me as 'Lord', just call me Shinji."
"Understood!"
The three nodded in unison.
Subsequently, Haku and Yakumo put back their respective masks, and Karin also took out a spare fox mask from her ninja tool pouch and put it on.
Shinji instructed lightly: "Clean up the scene, prepare to return to the village!"
In the canyon.
Rumble...
Amidst the continuous rumbling, a few crack crack shattering sounds were mixed in, sounding particularly ear-piercing!
Sasuke looked up, following the shattering sound, found the place where his 'Susanoo' was damaged and cracked, and his face became even gloomier.
"Damn it!"
He cursed secretly, a sense of powerlessness surging in his heart.
The powerful 'Susanoo' enveloping him didn't give him enough sense of security. Under Naruto's endless 'Rasengan', his 'Susanoo' seemed to have become a target that could only take hits, defending and defending!
Fortunately, the power of Naruto's 'Rasengan' was much weaker than Menma's 'Great Spiralling Ring'. Otherwise, he might not have lasted until now.
On the sidelines.
Besides Jiraiya and Yamato at the beginning, Tsunade, Kakashi, Shizune, and Sakura also hurried over upon hearing the news, paying attention to this spar.
"So... so strong!" Sakura looked shocked, murmuring: "Is this really Naruto?"
Shizune echoed: "Yeah, this speed and strength are simply unimaginable! My eyes can barely keep up with his rhythm!"
Not only her, the expressions on the faces of others watching the battle, including Tsunade and Jiraiya, were all serious with surprise.
The strength shown by Naruto in 'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode' really exceeded their expectations somewhat. Even Jiraiya and Yamato, who had been helping Naruto practice 'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode', didn't expect the potential of this mode to be so great at first!
Actually, they couldn't be blamed for making a fuss.
In the original timeline, although Naruto's taijutsu at this stage was decent, it was far from astonishing. More often, Naruto used the combination of 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' and 'Rasengan' to enhance combat power.
Meeting true taijutsu experts, he often suffered setbacks, just like his battle with Kimimaro.
What truly made Naruto's taijutsu advance by leaps and bounds, joining the ranks of top-tier in the Ninja World in one fell swoop, was after he mastered 'Sage Mode' and 'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode'.
Especially 'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode', which gave him speed, agility, and even strength not inferior to the Fourth Raikage.
Imagine, Naruto, who was the dead-last in the Ninja Academy not long ago and often dropped the ball for no reason, turned into a taijutsu powerhouse comparable to the Fourth Raikage in the blink of an eye. Anyone at the scene would be as shocked as Tsunade, Jiraiya, and others.
Jiraiya sighed with emotion: "As expected of Minato, even in death, he can bring me surprises!"
Tsunade stared intently at the battlefield: "Sasuke is probably not Naruto's opponent now!"
"Mhm!" Nodding, Jiraiya said in a deep voice: "'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode' allows Naruto's dynamic defense to reach an amazing level. The current Sasuke either can't break Naruto's defense or simply can't hit Naruto! And once the battle drags on like this... heh, fighting a war of attrition with a Jinchuriki is not a wise choice!"
Tsunade nodded slightly, but her thoughts had already drifted outside the battlefield.
Jiraiya's analysis was actually not just for Sasuke in front of them. Anyone else facing Naruto in 'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode' would face the same predicament as Sasuke now.
"If it were Yakumo, could she defeat Naruto?"
Tsunade couldn't help but simulate a fight between Yakumo and Naruto in her mind.
Then she found that although Yakumo mastered 'Wood Release', a means to restrain Tailed Beasts, facing a perfect Jinchuriki like Naruto who utilized Tailed Beast chakra to such a realm, whether Yakumo's 'Wood Release' could be as effective as before was really hard to say now.
Then, she thought of Shinji, who was recognized as the strongest among this batch of graduates from the Ninja Academy, and vaguely felt that perhaps even Shinji would find it difficult to confront the current Naruto.
On the field.
Boom...
Another barrage of 'Rasengan', forcing Sasuke back a few steps again.
"Huff huff..."
Sasuke under 'Susanoo' panted heavily.
Shinji only replenished half of his pupil power. Although his efficiency in utilizing pupil power increased a lot with improved control over the Mangekyo Sharingan, competing in consumption with a Jinchuriki like Naruto, he obviously couldn't hold on!
"Can't go on like this!"
Sasuke wiped the blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, deciding to go all out.
Just then, a mocking voice came from beside him: "Hey hey hey, weren't you very arrogant before? Why can't you even beat Naruto now? I haven't even made a move yet? If I make a move too, wouldn't you be dead meat!"
"Shut up!"
Sasuke roared.
Undoubtedly.
The one chattering in Sasuke's ear was none other than Naruto's Heart Demon, Menma.
Since the spar began, he floated to Sasuke's side in spiritual form. Without attacking, he just kept taunting, annoying Sasuke endlessly.
Menma swayed his body, floating to Sasuke's other side: "Yo, I remember you told me in the Ninja Academy before that only losers shout and scream! What, our noble Mangekyo Uchiha has also become a loser now?"
Sasuke was so angry that veins popped out...