"Do you yield?"
"Damn it… Ah!"
"I said, do you yield?!"
"You…Ah!"
Naruto kept hammering Sasuke with his fists, all the while shouting arrogantly.
Sasuke had never been humiliated like this in his life.
Not only did this guy not fight according to the routine, he even pinned himself to the ground.
And he kept yelling 'Do you yield' on top of that…
But worst of all, Naruto kept aiming for his face!!
The sheer humiliation, combined with Naruto's taunting, stirred up a furious, unfamiliar rage inside Sasuke.
Naruto, who was happily beating him up, suddenly noticed that the guy beneath him had reddened eyes...
'Huh!?'
'Sharingan!?'
Noticing the tomoe in his pupils, Naruto's expression turned strange.
'Oh, really...'
'So you're gonna power up mid-fight, huh?!'
'Today, I, Uzumaki Naruto, will let you know who the real protagonist is!'
"I'll kill..."
With a bruised and battered face, Sasuke let out a hoarse growl, clearly on the verge of snapping completely.
But before he could even finish the sentence, Naruto's fist smashed into his face again, cutting him off.
"Naruto, that's enough."
Smack…
At this moment, Naruto found that his wrist was held by someone, and the voice in his ear was extremely familiar.
'It's the old man Sandaime!'
Looking back at Hiruzen, Naruto obediently stood up and stood aside.
"You bastard!!"
Sasuke staggered to his feet and continued to glare at Naruto, until a hand was placed on his head.
"That's enough, Sasuke."
"The fight is over."
The moment he heard his brother's voice, Sasuke's fury melted away.
Then his eyes rolled back, and he passed out right in Itachi's arms.
Naruto was a little speechless when he saw this scene.
He hadn't expected to literally punch Sasuke into awakening his Sharingan.
After all, on the night of the genocide, Sasuke's parents were sent to the Pure Land and he only opened one magatama.
'Then…'
'Getting beat up by me = Uchiha Genocide?'
From this, it can be seen that the anger in Sasuke's heart when he was pinned to the ground and beaten by Naruto was no less than that on the night of the Uchiha Genocide!
"Itachi, I'm sorry…"
"This child..."
Hiruzen said with a kind smile, but Naruto noticed his expression clearly froze for a second when he saw Sasuke's awakened eye.
'I wonder what this old man is thinking.'
"Sandaime-sama, it's my fault for not keeping a closer eye on Sasuke."
"But I suppose he has this boy to thank for his Sharingan."
Itachi smiled softly at Naruto.
But Naruto didn't respond to him at all. He just turned his head away, too lazy to pay attention to this bro-con.
"Sandaime-sama, I will take him back first."
Itachi carried Sasuke on his back, said goodbye to Hiruzen, and turned to leave.
Now, only Naruto and Hiruzen remained at the scene.
The two of them, one old, one young, stood quietly side by side, neither saying anything at first.
After a long silence, Hiruzen finally couldn't hold back and asked, "Naruto… that Space-Time Ninjutsu you used… what exactly was that..."
In fact, Hiruzen's main purpose for coming here was actually to ask what Naruto's Ninjutsu was.
He used to think that he had a decent grasp on Naruto's bizarre Kekkei Genkai, but who knew that Naruto could also use Space-Time Ninjutsu?
And a Shinobi in the village who could use Space-Time Ninjutsu carried serious strategic value.
Just look at Naruto's father, Minato, and you will understand.
Just now, when he saw Naruto suddenly appear behind Sasuke, it was a bit like Minato using Flying Thunder God Technique.
Naruto tilted his head and asked innocently, "What is Space-Time Ninjutsu?"
In fact, Naruto had his own considerations for using the portal in public.
No matter how you looked at it, his dad had been a master of Flying Thunder God Technique, so awakening a Space-Time Ninjutsu of his own didn't seem that outrageous, right?
As for whether the old bastard Danzo might try to make a move on him...
Do you really think that this old man who has been the Hokage for a long time is just a figurehead?
Naruto wasn't just any kid. He's the ultimate weapon of Konoha, the Kyubi's Jinchuriki, and a taboo existence in the village.
If anyone wanted to lay a hand on him, they'd have to get past the Hokage's Advisors and Hiruzen himself first.
Moreover, with how convenient this ability was, trying to hide it and use it in secret would've been too troublesome.
So why not just reveal it openly and confidently?
When Hiruzen saw Naruto's innocent look, he realized that there was indeed something wrong with what he said.
How could a six-year-old child possibly understand something like Space-Time Ninjutsu?
Then, he changed his question to one that was easier to understand.
"I mean that purple cocoon thing you just used."
"Oh... you're talking about this..."
Naruto raised a hand and casually tossed out a portal, then a purple light cocoon appeared out of thin air between the two of them.
Hiruzen's hand that was stroking his beard tightened, and he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
Because he didn't sense any Chakra fluctuations at all.
Hiruzen stood beside the light cocoon that was as tall as a person and looked at it carefully.
Looking inside, there was nothing to see except a swirling violet.
After hesitating for a moment, Hiruzen slowly reached in with his hand.
The next second, another purple light cocoon suddenly appeared five meters away, along with Hiruzen's outstretched arm.
Naruto had deliberately set that range.
Although he didn't mind others knowing he had this power, that didn't mean he was about to show off everything.
So he was careful not to make the portal seem too broken.
There's no way was he going to tell Hiruzen that he could instantly open a portal to any place he'd ever been to.
Hiruzen rotated his wrist, moved it up and down a bit, and stared at his own arm across the distance.
Somehow, it felt like his hand had a mind of its own.
After a few more attempts, Hiruzen grabbed Naruto and passed through the purple light cocoon.
In the blink of an eye, both of them emerged five meters away.
The captured Naruto could only secretly laugh at Hiruzen's cowardice.
"Naruto, how far can these cocoons reach?"
"Mm… about as far as from here to home?"
'So, about 500 meters…'
Hiruzen made a rough calculation in his mind and nodded with great satisfaction.
Then, he asked again, "And how many times can you use it in a day?"
"Maybe ten or so? I haven't really tested the limit."
'So it was a newly awakened Kekkei Genkai then?'
Sandai took out his pipe and took a few puffs, then fell silent again.
'Only 10 times, huh…'
'This Space-Time Ninjutsu is really good.'
'But there was a fatal flaw...'
'Every time it was used, it created that very obvious purple cocoon.'
At the beginning, Hiruzen thought that in the future, Naruto would become the new generation of 'Purple Flash' like Minato on the battlefield.
But thinking about it more...
The light cocoon is so eye-catching, it would be a miracle if the enemy didn't see it coming.
The only real use he could see was for transporting squads or supplies.
But during the test just now, he also noticed that each cocoon only lasted for around ten seconds.
'All in all, this ability was far less versatile than Flying Thunder God. And honestly, it felt a little underwhelming.'
'If enemies learned about it in advance, it'd basically be a death sentence.'
Hiruzen couldn't help but sigh again at Naruto's weird, unpredictable Kekkei Genkai.
'However, this ability was at least a lot more practical than the previous ones.'
"Alright, I understand."
"From now on, try not to use that technique in front of others, alright?"
"Got it, Grandpa."
Naruto replied obediently, but in his mind, he was wondering why this old man still didn't leave.
The fox in his belly was already urging him to go eat.